:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at ten, the White House dramatically changes policy
:00:08. > :00:14.on Syria, after this week's suspected chemical weapons attack.
:00:15. > :00:18.As relatives mourn the dead, Washington says there's no
:00:19. > :00:23.doubt Syrian government forces were responsible.
:00:24. > :00:25.Investigators have been at the scene of the bombing.
:00:26. > :00:29.America says Syria has no future under President Assad.
:00:30. > :00:34.I think what happened in Syria is a disgrace to humanity.
:00:35. > :00:37.But he's there and I guess he's running things,
:00:38. > :00:43.And tonight there are reports of detailed discussions
:00:44. > :00:45.between the Pentagon and the White House,
:00:46. > :00:54.President Trump prepares to meet China's Presidnt Xi,
:00:55. > :00:58.the first face to face talks between the super power rivals.
:00:59. > :01:00.Britain's highest court rules against a father
:01:01. > :01:06.who took his daughter on holiday during the school term.
:01:07. > :01:08.The issue is no longer - if ever it was -
:01:09. > :01:12.It's about the state taking the rights of parents away,
:01:13. > :01:17.when it comes to making decisions about their children.
:01:18. > :01:20.Not the welcome he was expecting for the French Presidential
:01:21. > :01:22.candidate Francois Fillon - we'll have the latest
:01:23. > :01:27.There's a dramatic start to the Masters,
:01:28. > :01:31.with the world number one Dustin Johnson pulling out.
:01:32. > :01:35.And an inspired work of art, or expensive folly?
:01:36. > :01:41.We have an exclusive on the latest work by Damian Hirst.
:01:42. > :01:44.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Dustin Johnson walks off
:01:45. > :01:47.the first tee and out of the Masters.
:01:48. > :01:49.The world number one won't play at Augusta
:01:50. > :02:10.after injuring his back in a fall at home.
:02:11. > :02:15.In an apparent major shift in policy, the Trump administration
:02:16. > :02:19.says Syria has no future under Bashar al-Assad, after the deaths
:02:20. > :02:22.of at least 80 people, killed in a suspected chemical
:02:23. > :02:26.The authorities in Damascus have denied any involvement,
:02:27. > :02:30.but tonight, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said
:02:31. > :02:33.there was no doubt Syrian government forces were responsible.
:02:34. > :02:35.It's being reported that detailed discussions are taking place
:02:36. > :02:39.between the Pentagon and the White House about possible
:02:40. > :02:41.military action against the Syrian government and President Assad.
:02:42. > :02:45.And speaking in the last hour, President Trump aboard Airforce One,
:02:46. > :02:47.said the bombing was "a disgrace to humanity" and "something
:02:48. > :02:51.Our correspondent Nick Bryant reports from the United
:02:52. > :03:06.Yesterday we saw Abdul-Hamid Alyoussef grieving for his twin
:03:07. > :03:11.children, poisoned in the attack. Today, he suffered the further agony
:03:12. > :03:13.of burying them. Often the images we see from Syria are of helpless
:03:14. > :03:18.victims, caught in a spiral of violence that they have no way of
:03:19. > :03:23.controlling. But today, these Syrians became activists. Doctors,
:03:24. > :03:27.rescue workers, children, a silent protest, an expression of dignified
:03:28. > :03:31.rage, an act of self preservation. They are demanding punishment for
:03:32. > :03:38.the Assad regime and protection from the international community. And
:03:39. > :03:42.growing signs tonight both could come from the Trump administration.
:03:43. > :03:46.It top diplomat hinting strongly the US could respond militarily and
:03:47. > :03:49.saying President Assad will eventually have to go. We are
:03:50. > :03:55.considering an appropriate response for this chemical weapons attack,
:03:56. > :03:57.which violates all previous UN resolutions, violates international
:03:58. > :04:04.norms and long held agreements between parties, including the
:04:05. > :04:07.Syrian regime, the Russian government, and all other members of
:04:08. > :04:14.the UN Security Council. It's a serious matter that requires a
:04:15. > :04:17.serious response. Today, America's commander in wounded warriors from
:04:18. > :04:22.past conflicts. This has been a big stress test of his America first
:04:23. > :04:27.approach, a philosophy predicated on a narrow view of US interests in
:04:28. > :04:31.which exercising moral and humanitarian leadership was not
:04:32. > :04:35.considered central. But the chemical attack has clearly altered that
:04:36. > :04:40.thinking. As he indicated tonight, aboard Air Force One. What Assad did
:04:41. > :04:46.is terrible. I think what happened in Syria is one of the truly
:04:47. > :04:50.egregious crimes and it shouldn't have happened. And it shouldn't be
:04:51. > :04:54.allowed to happen. The diplomatic battle ground in this conflict has
:04:55. > :04:57.long been the United Nations Security Council. It's seen a
:04:58. > :05:00.struggle primarily between the United States and Russia and they've
:05:01. > :05:05.clashed again over the wording of the draft resolution responding to
:05:06. > :05:07.the attack. The British and the French drafted this resolution and
:05:08. > :05:12.then the Americans inserted much stronger demands. They are insisting
:05:13. > :05:17.that the Syrian military hand over all the flight logs for the day of
:05:18. > :05:21.the attack and also give international investigators access
:05:22. > :05:28.to its air bases. The Russians say that's unacceptable. The Americans
:05:29. > :05:30.are refusing to back down. The Syrian government continues to claim
:05:31. > :05:38.it wasn't responsible for the chemical weapons attack.
:05:39. > :05:43.TRANSLATION: Our army has never used chemical weapons and will not use
:05:44. > :05:49.chemical weapons, not only against our civilians, our people, but also
:05:50. > :05:52.against the terrorists. The international investigation is now
:05:53. > :05:56.under way and victim soft Tuesday's mass poisoning is being treated in
:05:57. > :06:00.Turkish hospitals provide major clues. Samples taken from them and
:06:01. > :06:03.postmortem is carried out on the dead have left the Turkish
:06:04. > :06:08.government in no doubt the Assad regime carried out the attack. And
:06:09. > :06:11.fortunately, it's very clear to us that the Assad regime has no
:06:12. > :06:17.hesitation in using chemical weapons. They attacked with chemical
:06:18. > :06:20.weapons. The gruesome images from Syria do appear to have stirred a
:06:21. > :06:26.dismal response from Donald Trump. He often reacts to what he sees on
:06:27. > :06:29.television. There are increasing indications his outrage will be
:06:30. > :06:32.expressed in some kind of military response.
:06:33. > :06:39.We'll hear a bit more from the King but first, let's talk to our America
:06:40. > :06:44.editor Jon Sopel, who is in Palm Beach ahead of President Trump's
:06:45. > :06:49.meeting with President Xi of China. The suggestion we are seeing a shift
:06:50. > :06:54.in policy on Syria from the Trump administration, how clear is that?
:06:55. > :06:59.Well, it's pretty clear, and it's pretty dramatic. I mean, a month ago
:07:00. > :07:02.Bashar al-Assad, in the eyes of the US administration, was part of the
:07:03. > :07:06.solution, that he could be very useful in the fight against
:07:07. > :07:10.so-called Islamic State. Yesterday, we heard President Trump say that
:07:11. > :07:13.his position had changed, that the Assad regime had crossed many lines.
:07:14. > :07:17.When I was outside the White House this time yesterday, I thought I
:07:18. > :07:21.said I thought the implication was that there was going to be military
:07:22. > :07:27.action. I've now changed that. Given everything that has been said in the
:07:28. > :07:32.last 24 hours, I think that military action is a betting certainty and
:07:33. > :07:42.could be imminent and we could wake up tomorrow morning and find out
:07:43. > :07:47.that the Americans have taken action. Cast your mind back to what
:07:48. > :07:58.Donald Trump said about Barack Obama, when he said a red line had
:07:59. > :08:08.been crossed and he did nothing about it. Were Donald Trump not to
:08:09. > :08:11.act now, he would look weak and he would not want that. What would the
:08:12. > :08:13.objectives of military action be? Is it a metaphorical slap on the wrist,
:08:14. > :08:15.or something more profound? I understand General Mattis is
:08:16. > :08:18.briefing the president on military options. It could range from cruise
:08:19. > :08:26.missiles launched from the eastern Mediterranean, taking out the Syrian
:08:27. > :08:31.I forced off from to launch the attack, to attacking Syrian air
:08:32. > :08:34.defences, to other options. It goes back to that original question you
:08:35. > :08:37.asked, what is the military objective? That, we don't know. It's
:08:38. > :08:43.easy to start something, much more difficult to stop it. Jon Sopel,
:08:44. > :08:49.thank you, in Palm Beach. Let's go to Nick Bryant in UN in New York. We
:08:50. > :08:54.seeing real toughening of the language from the White House and we
:08:55. > :08:59.are expecting a vote at the UN shortly? In the next couple of hours
:09:00. > :09:03.we are expecting a vote on the resolution demanding access to the
:09:04. > :09:08.air bases for investigators to go in there, and what I've been told,
:09:09. > :09:12.while we've been on air, I've received a text from somebody who is
:09:13. > :09:16.in those negotiations and their full expectation is that the moment that
:09:17. > :09:22.the Russians will veto that draft resolution. That will be the eighth
:09:23. > :09:27.veto of a resolution that was aimed at the Assad regime. The Americans
:09:28. > :09:33.are saying publicly and privately Rex Tillerson repeated it today as
:09:34. > :09:37.well, that the Russians have to rethink their support for the Assad
:09:38. > :09:41.regime. They want that to change. Rex Tillerson will be in Moscow next
:09:42. > :09:45.week, delivering that message personally. What the conversation
:09:46. > :09:50.and the negotiations have been about in New York this past day, have been
:09:51. > :09:56.about getting investigators access to the airbase. That conversation
:09:57. > :09:59.could change dramatically and possibly overnight, and there is
:10:00. > :10:04.this possibility is that we could be talking tomorrow about some kind of
:10:05. > :10:08.US air strike on the basis from which they believe the planes took
:10:09. > :10:20.off, that launched the chemical attack. Nick Bryant at the UN in New
:10:21. > :10:28.York. Donald Trump was speaking about Syria on his way to Florida,
:10:29. > :10:31.to meet President Xi Jinping of China. The two men will discuss a
:10:32. > :10:35.highly contested issues of trade on the growing threat from North Korea.
:10:36. > :10:44.They are meeting at Mr Trump's resort in Palm Beach in Florida and
:10:45. > :10:49.in a moment we'll get the view of our China editor, Carrie Gracie, on
:10:50. > :10:53.the meeting. First, Jon Sopel. President Trump and the First Lady
:10:54. > :11:06.arrived in Florida for what promises to be the most important meeting of
:11:07. > :11:08.his presidency. President Xi arrived, two superpowers with
:11:09. > :11:13.different missions. We are getting ripped by China. We can't allow
:11:14. > :11:18.China to rate our country. Travel down the coast from here to the port
:11:19. > :11:21.of Miami and you can see what the president is talking about. Far more
:11:22. > :11:25.goods are coming in from China than American products going the other
:11:26. > :11:29.way. It's a massive imbalance and the president has threatened to
:11:30. > :11:34.introduce tariffs, which could spark a trade war. But the local mayor
:11:35. > :11:37.said that must be avoided. The president would like to see more of
:11:38. > :11:42.the balancing exports and imports but I don't think we are going to
:11:43. > :11:46.get into a trading war with China. It would not be good for the United
:11:47. > :11:51.States or China. And the picture is more complex than the campaign
:11:52. > :11:57.rhetoric. Take apple's iPhones, an American company that chooses to
:11:58. > :12:02.manufacture in China. US companies are account for 40% of imports
:12:03. > :12:06.coming in from the Asian superpower. In America, there's more Chinese
:12:07. > :12:13.investment like this windscreen facility in Ohio, creating tens of
:12:14. > :12:16.thousands of jobs. This is the number-1 foreign policy concern of
:12:17. > :12:19.the Trump administration. There is frustration that China hasn't done
:12:20. > :12:25.more and Donald Trump has threatened to go it alone. A bad idea, says
:12:26. > :12:30.this North Korea expert. We will do a lot better at it if we were doing
:12:31. > :12:33.this in conjunction with China and with the Republic of Korea, than if
:12:34. > :12:38.we are trying to do it separately. These are the most asked Vietnamese
:12:39. > :12:41.protesters unhappy about Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea.
:12:42. > :12:47.That issue might be touched upon. But it's not central to the concerns
:12:48. > :12:50.today, where the focus is on trade and North Korea. Jon Sopel, BBC
:12:51. > :13:03.News, Palm Beach, Florida. President Xi likes to play the
:13:04. > :13:06.strongman, every appearance choreographed, every meeting
:13:07. > :13:12.scripted. He doesn't do risky Blind dates. But in Florida he hopes to
:13:13. > :13:19.seize the day and shake President Trump's China policy in a way that
:13:20. > :13:23.suits China. -- shape President Trump's China policy. Last time
:13:24. > :13:29.President Xi visited the US he made the point that companies like Boeing
:13:30. > :13:33.earn good money in China. But with economic growth slowing at home, he
:13:34. > :14:32.can ill afford a trade war with his biggest market, and he laughed to
:14:33. > :14:34.offer help for US exports and jobs. He can from this investment in
:14:35. > :14:37.deprived areas of the United States and promised Trump he is bringing
:14:38. > :14:39.jobs to the United States. He's using North Korea as an excuse to
:14:40. > :14:43.deploy aggressive strategic military assets closed China. He's using
:14:44. > :14:45.deploy aggressive strategic military assets closed China. He's if Mr she
:14:46. > :14:50.can then head off a trade war and temper Mr Trump's tweets on North
:14:51. > :14:52.Korea, he'll call this Florida summit a triumph. Carrie Gracie, BBC
:14:53. > :14:57.News. The highest court in England
:14:58. > :15:00.and Wales has ruled that any parent who takes their child out of school
:15:01. > :15:03.during term time could be fined, A man from the Isle of Wight had
:15:04. > :15:10.argued he could take his daughter out of school
:15:11. > :15:11.because she attended regularly. Jon Platt had originally
:15:12. > :15:14.refused to pay a fine, after taking his daughter
:15:15. > :15:16.for an unauthorised holiday. The Supreme Court, in overruling
:15:17. > :15:18.a High Court judgment, said parents need to act
:15:19. > :15:19.within school rules. Here's our Education
:15:20. > :15:25.editor, Branwen Jeffreys. Jon Platt took his case
:15:26. > :15:28.to the highest court and lost, but today,
:15:29. > :15:30.defiant, he said for him this The issue is no longer -
:15:31. > :15:37.if ever it was - about term time holidays, it's about the state
:15:38. > :15:41.taking the rights of parents away when it comes to making decisions
:15:42. > :15:45.about their children. Later, Jon told me
:15:46. > :15:47.he has no regrets. His daughter had attendance
:15:48. > :15:51.of more than 90%. He won't plead guilty when it goes
:15:52. > :15:55.back to the magistrates and could face a fine
:15:56. > :16:00.of up to ?1000. Not every day missed at school
:16:01. > :16:02.has a negative impact, because if it did we wouldn't have
:16:03. > :16:04.schools taking children What do you say to people who argue
:16:05. > :16:12.it's the areas where children are missing lots of school
:16:13. > :16:15.and results are really poor that So if they are missing
:16:16. > :16:21.school all the time and they are persistently
:16:22. > :16:24.absent, prosecute them. So where does this leave
:16:25. > :16:27.England's schools? It means they get to decide
:16:28. > :16:30.the rules on attendance. Something headteachers
:16:31. > :16:35.have welcomed. We've always stood our line
:16:36. > :16:42.at this school anyway, because we said to parents,
:16:43. > :17:11.when you chose to send your child to this school you signed our
:17:12. > :17:11.home-school agreement that said I'll send them everyday regardless,
:17:12. > :17:12.but it will make our life a lot It's not just us saying it, we've
:17:13. > :17:12.got the full force of law behind us. Families at Exmouth today,
:17:13. > :17:12.at the start of their Easter break. Many annoyed by the high holiday
:17:13. > :17:12.prices, but sympathy too for the judges' view that if too
:17:13. > :17:13.many children miss If everyone took their children out
:17:14. > :17:13.of school because of cheaper holidays, then school wouldn't
:17:14. > :17:15.be the same. I think children need to be
:17:16. > :17:23.in there, but occasionally I can see why parents do take their children
:17:24. > :17:26.out of school, because the holiday companies just ramp up the prices
:17:27. > :17:28.during the school holidays, I think they should be
:17:29. > :17:32.taken out of school, because they always did in our day
:17:33. > :17:36.and it never did us any harm. A week or two, they don't miss that
:17:37. > :17:39.much and they learn so much Elisha works in a cafe
:17:40. > :17:42.at this seaside town. She says it's hard for parents
:17:43. > :17:44.who have seasonal work. We are busiest in the half terms
:17:45. > :17:47.and the summer holidays, so it's hard to get time off work,
:17:48. > :17:50.and it's easier when Parents have a legal duty
:17:51. > :17:56.across the UK to get their children to school regularly,
:17:57. > :17:59.but the chances of a fine Wales - the exception,
:18:00. > :18:07.where families can ask for up No consolation in England,
:18:08. > :18:12.where schools may now be stricter. Let's take a look at some
:18:13. > :18:21.of the day's other top stories. Theresa May has told the President
:18:22. > :18:24.of the European Council, Donald Tusk, that the sovereignty
:18:25. > :18:26.of Gibraltar is not up for negotiation,
:18:27. > :18:28.during Brexit talks. The two met at Downing Street
:18:29. > :18:31.for the first time since Mrs May triggered the process of leaving
:18:32. > :18:42.the European Union. The oil giant, BP, has cut the pay
:18:43. > :18:45.of its Chief Executive, Bob Dudley, by 40%,
:18:46. > :18:46.after facing a shareholder The company said it had
:18:47. > :18:49.consulted investors, before putting forward
:18:50. > :18:51.the new package worth ?9.3 million, to ensure a clear link
:18:52. > :18:56.between pay and performance. The Ukip Welsh Assembly
:18:57. > :18:58.member, Mark Reckless, has left the party and will now vote
:18:59. > :19:01.with the Conservatives, making them the second-largest party
:19:02. > :19:04.in the devolved Assembly,overtaking It's another blow for Ukip,
:19:05. > :19:10.after its only MP, Douglas Carswell, announced
:19:11. > :19:16.he was leaving the party last month. Labour says if it wins the next
:19:17. > :19:19.election, every primary school pupil in England will get free school
:19:20. > :19:22.meals, and they'll be paid for by charging VAT
:19:23. > :19:25.on private school fees. Jeremy Corbyn says the health
:19:26. > :19:28.and performance of young children will be improved,
:19:29. > :19:31.but critics say Labour's A political hot potato
:19:32. > :19:40.which Labour is reheating. The Labour Leader was in
:19:41. > :19:52.Lancashire to promote the idea of free school meals
:19:53. > :19:54.for all state-educated, primary age children in England, with the aim
:19:55. > :19:56.of improving their health, paid for by adding VAT
:19:57. > :20:01.to independent school fees. What can be more important
:20:02. > :20:03.than making sure our children are What can be more important
:20:04. > :20:07.than making sure our children grow up with a balanced
:20:08. > :20:10.diet and a reliable lunch every It's the families of these
:20:11. > :20:13.private school pupils who would be paying for the initiative,
:20:14. > :20:16.a prospect which doesn't impress But the thing is it wouldn't be
:20:17. > :20:25.just taxing the rich, these are the very people
:20:26. > :20:27.who are struggling to send their Paying twice with their taxes,
:20:28. > :20:34.and making the choice of wanting It cost ?9,000 a year to send
:20:35. > :20:38.a child to this school. If Labour gets their way, a tax
:20:39. > :20:42.of 20% would be added to the bill, These two women send
:20:43. > :20:51.their children to independent Oh, it will make a huge
:20:52. > :20:57.difference for most people who are just about affording to send
:20:58. > :21:01.their children to private school. I honestly think
:21:02. > :21:03.that's the majority of people who do without holidays,
:21:04. > :21:06.they do without new cars. My own daughter is now
:21:07. > :21:09.sending her child to the same And I know full well
:21:10. > :21:17.that the majority of her friends will not be able to continue
:21:18. > :21:25.if they have to pay another 20%. But there are those who support
:21:26. > :21:28.a tax on school fees. I had children in private school,
:21:29. > :21:31.also had them in mainstream. When we could afford
:21:32. > :21:33.it, yes - I wouldn't have minded paying for
:21:34. > :21:36.the people who couldn't. Let them help people who are less
:21:37. > :21:45.fortunate than themselves. Labour has pointed
:21:46. > :21:48.to research it claims shows that providing free school
:21:49. > :21:51.meals at primary level raises But the actual researchers
:21:52. > :21:54.clarified their position today. Our research showed there
:21:55. > :21:57.was a positive, academic benefit, to having universal free
:21:58. > :22:02.school meals in deprived areas. It said nothing
:22:03. > :22:04.about whether it would have the same impact
:22:05. > :22:08.if you rolled it out nationally. Labour says the tax could raise
:22:09. > :22:13.?1.5 billion a year. Danny Savage from the BBC
:22:14. > :22:19.News, West Yorkshire. With little more than two weeks
:22:20. > :22:22.to go before the first round of the French Presidential
:22:23. > :22:24.elections, the candidates have been attending campaign rallies
:22:25. > :22:26.across the country. But there was a setback
:22:27. > :22:28.for the Republican candidate, Francois Fillon, when a protester
:22:29. > :22:30.threw a bag of flour He's under investigation,
:22:31. > :22:35.accused of paying hundreds of thousands of pounds to family
:22:36. > :22:38.members for work they didn't do, Well, the latest opinion polls show
:22:39. > :23:16.Mr Fillon trailing in the race, behind the centrist candidate
:23:17. > :23:19.Emanuel Macron, and Marine Le Pen Our Europe Editor, Katya Adler,
:23:20. > :23:23.has travelled to the town of Bandol in the south of France,
:23:24. > :23:25.where she found voters, willing to bypass the established
:23:26. > :23:27.political parties. Sun, song and Provencal
:23:28. > :23:28.charm cascades through Like much of France,
:23:29. > :23:32.so appealing on the outside, but bubbling with resentment
:23:33. > :23:34.on the in. "We need a radical
:23:35. > :23:35.change," Alain told me. "Our politicians line
:23:36. > :23:37.their pockets while we struggle While Mimi said her
:23:38. > :23:40.country was beautiful, This strong antiestablishment
:23:41. > :23:43.feeling plays into the hands of far right presidential hopeful
:23:44. > :23:45.Marine Le Pen, traditional Le Pen activists were campaigning
:23:46. > :23:56.hard in the market today. TRANSLATION: Ours is
:23:57. > :23:57.a patriotic programme, a complete change for France,
:23:58. > :24:00.and the people say The Le Pen campaign
:24:01. > :24:10.casts a wide net. Marine targets angry low-income
:24:11. > :24:12.workers in the north, prominent niece Marion woos
:24:13. > :24:18.struggling businesses in the south. Both are anti-immigration
:24:19. > :24:24.and anti-globalisation. But now there's a rival
:24:25. > :24:28.antiestablishment kid in town. Back in the market, Team Macron
:24:29. > :24:37.was on a charm offensive. With Emmanuel Macron
:24:38. > :24:39.we have the choice to vote against the professionalisation
:24:40. > :24:42.of politics and someone We're not against free trade
:24:43. > :24:57.or globalisation or immigration. The Macron appeal is he's
:24:58. > :25:00.an insider-outsider. Traditional political background,
:25:01. > :25:04.but youthful, unconventional. He's chatting here to schoolchildren
:25:05. > :25:07.about his vision for a new France, But it's not only the future
:25:08. > :25:19.of France riding on these elections. France is an EU heavyweight,
:25:20. > :25:27.historically, politically and economically, but the leading
:25:28. > :25:29.presidential candidates here want to pull the country
:25:30. > :25:32.in different directions. In deep with Emmanuel Macron,
:25:33. > :25:39.who even campaigns with EU balloons. Marine Le Pen wants out of the euro
:25:40. > :25:47.and possibly the union altogether. TRANSLATION: It would be a disaster
:25:48. > :25:57.for Europe if Le Pen won. After Brexit, if France goes,
:25:58. > :26:00.the EU would have no military power anymore,
:26:01. > :26:04.no nuclear power. Compared to China,
:26:05. > :26:06.Russia or America, the EU The number of abstentions
:26:07. > :26:17.and last-minute voters The disillusioned could decide
:26:18. > :26:26.the direction of France and beyond. Katya Adler, BBC News,
:26:27. > :26:31.south of France. It's day one of the first
:26:32. > :26:34.golfing major of the year, But, as the players teed off,
:26:35. > :26:38.there was a dramatic late withdrawal, with the world number
:26:39. > :26:41.one, Dustin Johnson, pulling out. Here's our Sports Correspondent,
:26:42. > :26:52.Katie Gornall. It was a guessing game right up
:26:53. > :26:57.until the last minute. After a bad fall at his rental home, world
:26:58. > :27:02.number one Dustin Johnson arrived in should -- injured and unsure. Would
:27:03. > :27:05.his back hold-up? Following practice he had his answer. The red-hot
:27:06. > :27:10.favourite walking away without taking a shot. His absences are
:27:11. > :27:15.boosting his rivals. The masters is the one major title missing from the
:27:16. > :27:19.CV of Rory McIlroy. He is expected to face competition from Jordan
:27:20. > :27:23.Spieth. The American is looking to bounce back from last year's final
:27:24. > :27:28.day collapse which allowed Danny Willett to become the surprise
:27:29. > :27:38.winner in 2015. This time it was Matt Fitzpatrick who set the early
:27:39. > :27:41.pace. Leading up to 15 holes he finished his first round one under
:27:42. > :27:43.par. For many the conditions at Augusta were proving a challenge.
:27:44. > :27:48.Jordan Spieth may be former champion but he struggled with the twins.
:27:49. > :27:54.Rory McIlroy ensured a difficult start. His trademark roar all too
:27:55. > :27:59.often replaced with the sight of frustration. Consistency has been a
:28:00. > :28:03.problem for Danny Willett. After an early wobble, he covered with some
:28:04. > :28:09.pinpoint accuracy. You can always rely on Watson to add colour to the
:28:10. > :28:11.course. He played his round with a pink ball. As the first day's draws
:28:12. > :28:20.to a close, much is in contention. Preserving sharks in formaldehyde,
:28:21. > :28:22.or encrusting a skull with more There's no question Damien Hirst's
:28:23. > :28:25.art is eye-catching, earning him notoriety and wealth
:28:26. > :28:29.in equal measure. Well, now, the former
:28:30. > :28:30.Turner Prize winner is hoping a fable about a shipwreck
:28:31. > :28:33.will help relaunch a career that some critics believe
:28:34. > :28:37.has hit the rocks. Called Treasures from the Wreck
:28:38. > :28:41.of the Unbelievable, the new artwork has been nearly
:28:42. > :29:15.a decade in the making, In his only broadcast
:29:16. > :29:16.interview about the piece, Damien Hirst has been speaking
:29:17. > :29:16.to our Arts Editor, Will Gompertz. What quickly becomes apparent
:29:17. > :29:16.from Damien Hirst's new show filled two enormous palazzos
:29:17. > :29:18.with mythical figures. The idea is that there
:29:19. > :29:18.is a collector from 2000 years ago, who was a freed slave
:29:19. > :29:19.from Antioch in Turkey. And he begged,
:29:20. > :29:20.borrowed, stole, commissioned He built the biggest ship
:29:21. > :29:24.of its day called The He packed the treasures
:29:25. > :29:28.into it and the ship sank. Then, ten years ago,
:29:29. > :29:33.we looked into the discovery of the wreck and we found the wreck
:29:34. > :29:36.and excavated the treasures. The exhibition is the exhibition
:29:37. > :29:39.of the treasures from the So the story goes but,
:29:40. > :29:44.hang on a minute. An ancient sword, bearing
:29:45. > :29:49.the legend, "SeaWorld." A marble sculpture
:29:50. > :29:53.with Barbie branding. Doesn't matter tattooed figure
:29:54. > :29:57.looks a lot like Rhianna? Is Damien Hirst taking
:29:58. > :30:01.the Mickey Mouse? For me, the show is
:30:02. > :30:03.totally about belief. You can believe whatever
:30:04. > :30:05.you want to believe. Fantastical story aside,
:30:06. > :30:07.this collection of bronze, solid gold and marble artworks must
:30:08. > :30:11.have cost a fortune to make. More than 50 or less
:30:12. > :30:23.than 50 million? Why do you want people
:30:24. > :30:31.to believe in this story? I want you to be searching
:30:32. > :30:34.for the truth, and I want you to have to be
:30:35. > :30:36.peeling back the layers I don't know what that truth
:30:37. > :30:41.is for you but I know what it is For me, it is that this
:30:42. > :30:45.guy lived 2000 years ago, he amassed this
:30:46. > :30:48.collection and he tried to do and it sank to the
:30:49. > :30:51.bottom of the sea. It's like, I'm really shocked that
:30:52. > :30:54.I say that to you now. There is something sort of barmy
:30:55. > :30:57.about believing a story you actually You know, people
:30:58. > :30:59.believe in Santa Claus. The difference is, those
:31:00. > :31:02.are other people's story. If I close my eyes,
:31:03. > :31:07.I can see the sky. Whether this show is
:31:08. > :31:11.a great masterpiece, or an overblown vanity project,
:31:12. > :31:13.or somewhere in between, will be Either way, there's plenty to see
:31:14. > :31:17.and amuse in these works by a man who once pickled a shark but now
:31:18. > :31:21.finds some of today's contemporary Sometimes I look at new art
:31:22. > :31:26.and I think, what the hell is it? I can definitely walk
:31:27. > :31:31.into an exhibition and go, "I don't understand these
:31:32. > :31:33.contemporary artists." Now, that is a reality
:31:34. > :31:53.for a lot of people. In what appears to be a shift in the
:31:54. > :31:57.Donald Trump policy on Syria, a future role for president Assad has
:31:58. > :32:01.been ruled out. Discussions are taking place between the Pentagon
:32:02. > :32:08.and the White House about possible military action against the Assad
:32:09. > :32:12.regime. Let's return to our editor. What is the latest? Politically we
:32:13. > :32:16.have seen the most massive change in the last 24 hours with Donald Trump
:32:17. > :32:22.announcing that his view has changed. Since then we have heard a
:32:23. > :32:26.lot of things, a variety of different full sons, all pointing to
:32:27. > :32:31.the idea there will be a true strike against Syria and that it could be
:32:32. > :32:37.imminent. Plans have already been drawn up and decisions are being
:32:38. > :32:40.made as we speak. The Defence Secretary briefing Donald Trump
:32:41. > :32:45.about what the target options would be. They range from a slap on the
:32:46. > :32:48.wrist to something much more profound with all the consequences
:32:49. > :32:53.that could go with that. Thank you for that.