07/04/2017

:00:00. > :00:09.This is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Charlie

:00:10. > :00:20.The United States has carried out missile attacks in Syria overnight.

:00:21. > :00:23.59 cruise missiles were launched from US warships targeting

:00:24. > :00:29.President Trump said he ordered the action in retaliation

:00:30. > :00:37.for a chemical attack that killed dozens of people.

:00:38. > :00:47.It is in this vital national security interests of the United

:00:48. > :00:51.States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical

:00:52. > :01:02.weapons. We'll have full analysis of those

:01:03. > :01:11.airstrikes with our correspondents in the Middle East,

:01:12. > :01:13.America, and Russia. New figures show a big increase

:01:14. > :01:17.in the number of ambulances being turned away from hospitals

:01:18. > :01:22.because they're too busy. We're eating less toast

:01:23. > :01:26.for breakfast, and sales of margarine are spread too thin

:01:27. > :01:29.for the food manufacturer, Unilever, and they've

:01:30. > :01:31.decided to sell their Flora And good morning from Aintree

:01:32. > :01:38.on Ladies' Day, ahead of tomorrow's It's been confirmed that Katie Walsh

:01:39. > :01:45.will be able to ride in the big race tomorrow on Wonderful Charm

:01:46. > :01:48.despite a nasty fall yesterday. And the weather is supposed to be

:01:49. > :02:03.so good this weekend, Good morning. It certainly is

:02:04. > :02:08.depending on your definition. It is springlike this morning but also

:02:09. > :02:16.cold. A cold start across the UK. Frost, patchy mist and fog. Lots of

:02:17. > :02:27.sunshine later today. A very warm weekend for some of us. A high

:02:28. > :02:32.possibly of 24. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you.

:02:33. > :02:36.The United States has launched missile strikes

:02:37. > :02:40.59 cruise missiles were fired from US warships at an air base

:02:41. > :02:43.in retaliation for a chemical attack that killed dozens of people

:02:44. > :02:45.The Syrian government has condemned the action.

:02:46. > :02:48.President Trump said it was in America's national

:02:49. > :02:50.security interest to prevent the spread of chemical weapons.

:02:51. > :03:00.This was what he had to say just hours after the attack.

:03:01. > :03:10.On Tuesday, the Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, launched a

:03:11. > :03:19.horrible, the weapons attack on innocent civilians using a deadly

:03:20. > :03:27.nerve agent. Bashar al-Assad ended the lives of helpless man, women,

:03:28. > :03:36.and children. -- men. It was a slow and brutal death for so many, even

:03:37. > :03:45.beautiful babies. They were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric

:03:46. > :03:50.attack. No child of God should ever suffer such horror. Tonight I

:03:51. > :03:59.ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syria from where

:04:00. > :04:05.the chemical attack was launched. It is in this vital national security

:04:06. > :04:14.interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use

:04:15. > :04:22.of deadly chemical weapons. There can be no dispute that Syria used

:04:23. > :04:30.banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the Chemical

:04:31. > :04:36.Weapons Convention, and ignored the urging of the UN Security Council.

:04:37. > :04:42.Years of previous attempts at changing Bashar al-Assad's behaviour

:04:43. > :04:49.have all failed, and failed very dramatically. As a result, the

:04:50. > :04:53.refugee crisis continues to deepen, and the region continues to

:04:54. > :05:01.destabilise, threatening the United States and its allies. Tonight I

:05:02. > :05:07.call on all civilised nations to join us in seeking to end the

:05:08. > :05:19.slaughter and bloodshed in Syria, and also to end terrorism of all

:05:20. > :05:23.kinds and all types. We ask for God's with them as we face the

:05:24. > :05:30.challenge of our very troubled world. -- wisdom. We pray for the

:05:31. > :05:35.lives of the wounded and for the souls of those who have passed. And

:05:36. > :05:41.we hope that as long as America stands were just as that peace and

:05:42. > :05:45.harmony will, in the end, prevail. Good night, and God bless America

:05:46. > :05:58.and the entire world. Thank you. So, that was President Trump

:05:59. > :06:01.speaking in the early hours of its morning just after the cruise

:06:02. > :06:01.missiles were launched from US warships.

:06:02. > :06:02.Our US correspondent, Barbara Plett-Usher,

:06:03. > :06:05.joins us now from Mar-a-lago, in Florida, where the President

:06:06. > :06:09.Barbara, this was a limited attack on one airfield but intended to send

:06:10. > :06:24.This is a significant moment. It is a significant moment. It is a major

:06:25. > :06:28.shift in the US approach. It is the first time in Syria's civil war that

:06:29. > :06:36.the Americans have directly targeted the forces of the Syrian president,

:06:37. > :06:39.Bashar al-Assad. They supported opposition members against him but

:06:40. > :06:44.have never targeted him before, not even under President Obama. It is

:06:45. > :06:48.also a major shift in approach for President Trump who has been quite

:06:49. > :06:52.ambivalent about Bashar al-Assad, saying it was not his problem and he

:06:53. > :06:56.was focused on Islamic State and their group. Now he said his mind

:06:57. > :07:03.has changed and Bashar al-Assad has done a heinous act and has launched

:07:04. > :07:07.a strike against the Syrian Air Force. But the administration says

:07:08. > :07:13.this does not change their military strategy, their military policy, in

:07:14. > :07:17.Syria, and are still focused on Islamic State. This is a one-off

:07:18. > :07:21.strike. But because the chemical weapons attack was carried out, it

:07:22. > :07:24.was called specifically in a limited way on the air base from where the

:07:25. > :07:28.attack was launched, and it was meant to send a warning and a

:07:29. > :07:35.message to the regime that chemical attacks will not be tolerated.

:07:36. > :07:39.Barbara, this weekend, where you are, the Chinese president is there

:07:40. > :07:45.and the Prime Minister, sorry, the president, is having that meeting.

:07:46. > :07:49.It is a personal message, but also, the dynamic around this, there is a

:07:50. > :07:58.huge diplomatic dimension around this as well. Well, he is meeting

:07:59. > :08:00.with the Chinese president, probably the most important international

:08:01. > :08:06.relationship that he is going to have while he is president. It is a

:08:07. > :08:09.very... It is a relationship between the leaders of the two, the two

:08:10. > :08:16.biggest economic level powers in the world. And while he is trying to

:08:17. > :08:20.work out a proper relationship with the president and talk about things

:08:21. > :08:25.including North Korea, he is facing this crucial test of his ability to

:08:26. > :08:29.act on the world stage should he respond to this chemical weapons

:08:30. > :08:33.strike in Syria. And he acted quickly, moving a day or two after

:08:34. > :08:37.the chemical weapons attack. He responded with a military strike to

:08:38. > :08:44.be so here is being tested in a number of levels, his ability to say

:08:45. > :08:48.what the role of the US will be under his presidency and to react.

:08:49. > :08:53.That is something he has been working on over the past couple of

:08:54. > :08:56.months and it is still a work in progress, frankly. So this weekend

:08:57. > :08:57.has been interesting in that regard. For the moment, Barbara Plett-Usher,

:08:58. > :08:59.thank you. Our correspondent,

:09:00. > :09:01.Ben James, is in Beirut. Ben, what's been the

:09:02. > :09:09.reaction in the region? We just heard her saying this is a

:09:10. > :09:16.change in policy. We are expecting some reaction, sorry, were expecting

:09:17. > :09:19.a reaction to this attack, so what has changed? From the Syrian

:09:20. > :09:29.government point of view so far we have heard from the Governor of Homs

:09:30. > :09:32.Province, the province in which this air base is located. They are

:09:33. > :09:35.talking about risky operations at the airfield. Talking about not many

:09:36. > :09:42.people being killed, but certainly there has been material damage. That

:09:43. > :09:47.was the stated aim of the Pentagon in the first place, trying to target

:09:48. > :09:50.some of the infrastructure that Barbara was talking about. We have

:09:51. > :09:54.also heard from somebody on the ground who lives close by. One of

:09:55. > :09:57.our producers has been talking to someone about the moment the attack

:09:58. > :10:04.happened. They work appearing repeated strikes of those missiles,

:10:05. > :10:07.59 launch from the destroyers on the Mediterranean. They were talking

:10:08. > :10:12.about the anvil of activity and people on the air base as well,

:10:13. > :10:21.saying a number of jets had been destroyed along with infrastructure.

:10:22. > :10:26.-- the ambulance. Thank you very much. We will talk to you later on.

:10:27. > :10:29.And we'll be bringing you the latest on this throughout the morning.

:10:30. > :10:32.There has been a sharp rise in the number of Accident

:10:33. > :10:35.and Emergency departments in England turning away ambulances compared

:10:36. > :10:39.The Nuffield Trust Think Tank says its analysis shows ambulance

:10:40. > :10:41.services are facing even more pressures than NHS hospitals.

:10:42. > :10:46.Here's our health correspondent, Jane Dreaper.

:10:47. > :10:56.Ambulances are diverted when hospitals are exceptionally busy.

:10:57. > :10:59.It's a temporary measure to take the pressure off A,

:11:00. > :11:02.but it means patients have further to travel for urgent treatment.

:11:03. > :11:05.Today's report shows how the number of diverts has leapt

:11:06. > :11:11.During the three winters beginning in 2013, this happened

:11:12. > :11:17.But in this most recent winter, the number of diverts jumped

:11:18. > :11:22.The report says this is bad for patients and explains why

:11:23. > :11:24.ambulance trusts in England are missing their expected response

:11:25. > :11:30.500 or so - you may say "Well, it's not a big number."

:11:31. > :11:35.They reveal a service under tremendous pressure.

:11:36. > :11:38.There'll be 500 diverts but there'll be many more A departments working

:11:39. > :11:42.right at the limit that they could have diverted.

:11:43. > :11:45.And the report says morale is low among ambulance staff,

:11:46. > :11:51.NHS England believes too many ambulances are being dispatched

:11:52. > :11:54.to simply try to hit targets, and it's reviewing the system.

:11:55. > :12:06.The Basque militant group, ETA, has said that it will officially

:12:07. > :12:09.disarm tomorrow, according to a letter obtained by the BBC.

:12:10. > :12:12.More than 800 people were killed during ETA's campaign of violence,

:12:13. > :12:23.Here's our chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet.

:12:24. > :12:25.The French presidential candidate Francois Fillon has been pelted

:12:26. > :12:30.The conservative candidate had been at a rally in Strasbourg

:12:31. > :12:33.when a protestor emptied the bag of flour at Mr Fillon.

:12:34. > :12:35.The former Prime Minister has faced protests in recent weeks

:12:36. > :12:39.since he was charged over accusations he gave his wife a fake

:12:40. > :12:45.parliamentary job for which she was paid hundreds of thousands of euros.

:12:46. > :12:48.The Kenyan long-distance runner, Jemima Sumgong, who won the marathon

:12:49. > :12:51.at last year's Rio Olympics and the London Marathon has tested

:12:52. > :12:53.positive for a banned performance enhancing substance.

:12:54. > :12:55.The long-distance runner tested positive for the banned substance,

:12:56. > :13:05.There's no indication as yet as to what action the authorities

:13:06. > :13:15.Norway has unveiled plans to build the world's first ship tunnel

:13:16. > :13:18.The mile-long and 120-foot wide tunnel will connect two fjords

:13:19. > :13:22.so that ships of up to 20,000 tons can bypass the perilous

:13:23. > :13:28.It will cost ?250 million and take around six years to build.

:13:29. > :13:38.That is the artist's impression you can see. And now we will take a

:13:39. > :13:40.moment to talk about sport. It's Ladies' Day at

:13:41. > :13:42.Aintree race course. Mike's there with the sport

:13:43. > :13:58.for us this morning. Good morning. Good morning. Ladies'

:13:59. > :14:11.Day. For race-goers, the Styles Stakes for hats and suits. What a

:14:12. > :14:15.view from the stands. My Kingdom for a horse. The Grand National is

:14:16. > :14:19.tomorrow. The fences. The steeplechase, the toughest test for

:14:20. > :14:25.the riders and their horses. It should be a keenly contested race.

:14:26. > :14:33.Wide open as ever. The hardest to protect in the calibre year. --

:14:34. > :14:39.predict. It is 40 years since this race was put on the map with an

:14:40. > :14:44.historic three races in a row. More on that to come. For now, golf news.

:14:45. > :14:47.The Masters is under way at Augusta, but without world number one,

:14:48. > :14:52.He hurt his back when he fell down the stairs at his rental

:14:53. > :14:56.Johnson seemed determined to play and made his way to the first tee,

:14:57. > :14:58.before walking back to the clubhouse.

:14:59. > :15:04.After the opening round, Justin Rose is one of several

:15:05. > :15:06.British players towards the top of the leaderboard.

:15:07. > :15:08.He's one-under-par, six shots behind the leader,

:15:09. > :15:14.Charley Hoffman, of the United States.

:15:15. > :15:17.Kyle Edmund is first on court in Rouen, as Great Britain

:15:18. > :15:19.begin their Davis Cup quarter-final against France.

:15:20. > :15:23.Edmund was one of the singles winners in Britain's victory over

:15:24. > :15:27.And here at Aintree, Lizzie Kelly rode "Tea for Two"

:15:28. > :15:30.to victory in the Betway Bowl, the feature race on day one.

:15:31. > :15:34.They were pushed all the way to the line by the two to one

:15:35. > :15:47.Talking of falls, Katie Walsh had a bad for yesterday and it was bought

:15:48. > :15:50.for a time she might have broken her arm, but she hasn't. She tweeted

:15:51. > :15:58.last night that it was just bruising. She will get to ride

:15:59. > :16:08.Wonderful Charm tomorrow. Not bad. An outsider, 32-1. Talking of the

:16:09. > :16:12.big race, so many memories from Red Rum, when he defied all of the odds

:16:13. > :16:15.and his age to win the Grand National for the third time. I

:16:16. > :16:19.remember being at a school jumble sale and I was watching the TV and

:16:20. > :16:28.they stopped the sales so we could watch this horse. It was the horse

:16:29. > :16:35.that rang the nation together. A really vivid sporting memory. Now

:16:36. > :16:40.the museum is open here, it just opened this week, and I will have a

:16:41. > :16:42.little look later. A lovely walk down memory lane!

:16:43. > :16:45.Thank you. This weekend could be

:16:46. > :16:48.the hottest of the year so far and rising temperatures have brought

:16:49. > :16:51.trees around the country in bloom. Carol's going to bring us the latest

:16:52. > :16:57.weather in the moment. First, some lovely pictures to show

:16:58. > :17:02.you of some of the blossom. Alnwick Gardens,

:17:03. > :17:08.taken by M Whittaker. Westonbirt Arboretum

:17:09. > :17:11.is the next shot. Brogdale Collections

:17:12. > :17:21.looking very gorgeous. If you've got some pictures,

:17:22. > :17:24.do send them into us at bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk,

:17:25. > :17:35.or share them with us We would love to see them and show

:17:36. > :17:40.them off this morning. How is it looking where you are, Carol?

:17:41. > :17:47.Rather beautiful! This morning it's a cold start wherever you are. But

:17:48. > :17:53.look at Regent's Park. Some lovely blossom. On the other side we've got

:17:54. > :17:59.sure lips, daffodils. Spring really has sprung. -- got tulips. I

:18:00. > :18:04.mentioned it was cold. It is about six Celsius here at the moment. The

:18:05. > :18:10.temperature will head up when the sun comes up. But for many parts of

:18:11. > :18:14.the UK it's a chilly start. Mist and fog around and for most of us there

:18:15. > :18:18.will be sunshine through the day. The exception to that over the next

:18:19. > :18:21.couple of days will be in the north-west of the UK, where we will

:18:22. > :18:26.have a bit more cloud. That will suppress temperatures. 9am this

:18:27. > :18:31.morning in Scotland we have a fair bit of sunshine. In the east, more

:18:32. > :18:41.cloud and drizzle. But the Pigeon ruled -- living south into England,

:18:42. > :18:44.a bit more cloud. Inland, a bit more cloud. Currently we have cloud in

:18:45. > :18:49.the Midlands. Then we have sunshine coming through. As we will in east

:18:50. > :18:53.Anglia and southern counties of England's generally. Don't forget, a

:18:54. > :18:57.chilly start and some of us have frost first thing. For Wales we have

:18:58. > :19:03.bits and pieces of cloud around. For Northern Ireland, a bit more cloud

:19:04. > :19:07.this morning as well. So as we go through the day it what you will

:19:08. > :19:11.find is we still hang onto some cloud in northern and western

:19:12. > :19:15.Scotland, where it is also breezy. The odd spot coming out of that. For

:19:16. > :19:21.Northern Ireland, bright spells as well. For the rest of the UK it will

:19:22. > :19:26.be drier, fine and temperatures up to 19 Celsius for example in London.

:19:27. > :19:29.Through the evening and overnight there will be some breaks in the

:19:30. > :19:38.cloud. Another chilly night in the countryside. Frost around again and

:19:39. > :19:46.low cloud. Mr forming as well. -- missed forming. Breezy in the north.

:19:47. > :19:50.Tomorrow for the north and west we start on a cloudy note. What you

:19:51. > :19:54.will find is that will push back towards the coast through the day

:19:55. > :19:57.and many of us will have a sunny day. Along the coast it will be

:19:58. > :20:05.cooler, with Seabreeze is developing in the south. Inland, 20- 21.

:20:06. > :20:10.Further north, temperatures not as high, but still a lovely day. Into

:20:11. > :20:16.Sunday we start to pull in the southerlies, so it will turn warmer,

:20:17. > :20:23.especially in central and eastern parts of England. This is where we

:20:24. > :20:27.get up to 22, possibly 23 or 24. We also have a weather front coming

:20:28. > :20:30.across Scotland and Northern Ireland, which will induce more

:20:31. > :20:35.cloud and rain. So it won't be as warm. Temperatures close to where

:20:36. > :20:38.they should be. Through the rest of Sunday and into Monday morning the

:20:39. > :20:45.front crosses us all and for somewhere we have the high

:20:46. > :20:52.temperatures on Sunday it will drop 88 or nine degrees. It sounds

:20:53. > :20:56.lovely! Thank you. -- eight or nine. Let's bring you up-to-date with the

:20:57. > :21:03.events as they unfolded early this morning.

:21:04. > :21:06.The US launches a major missile strike on Syria,

:21:07. > :21:10.President Trump says he ordered the strike in retaliation

:21:11. > :21:13.to a suspected chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people.

:21:14. > :21:21.The Pentagon says this was at 1:40am, UK time. 58 Tomahawk

:21:22. > :21:29.missiles were fired from navy ships in the Mediterranean. They say they

:21:30. > :21:33.targeted where the chemical attack was launched from on Tuesday.

:21:34. > :21:37.Michael Pregent is a Middle East analyst at the Hudson Institute,

:21:38. > :21:39.He is also a former US Government Intelligence officer.

:21:40. > :21:45.This is all unfolded in the last three or four hours. Just give us

:21:46. > :21:48.your analysis of what has happened, why Donald Trump has made this

:21:49. > :21:52.decision so quickly. Thanks for having me. It was important for the

:21:53. > :21:59.president to do something based on the developments in the last 48

:22:00. > :22:01.hours. In the last 48 hours the US intelligence confirmed that it was

:22:02. > :22:11.Assad who carried out the chemical strike in Idlib. General Mattis and

:22:12. > :22:15.General McMaster presented a target package to the president for

:22:16. > :22:19.consideration. There were two target packets presented. He chose to go

:22:20. > :22:24.with the one that focused on the specific base, leaving options to do

:22:25. > :22:30.something else if Assad doesn't get the message. So it was important to

:22:31. > :22:34.do it and it is even be -- more important to see what happens in the

:22:35. > :22:41.next 48- 72 hours. It has been described as a precision strike. It

:22:42. > :22:44.is also being... The US administration described it as a

:22:45. > :22:48.1-off response to a specific incident. A lot of people will be

:22:49. > :22:53.thinking possibly that this could be the beginning of something else?

:22:54. > :22:58.Well, the thing about a strike like this is it opens up all sorts of

:22:59. > :23:05.options. To say it's a 1-off I think is a mistake because you Telegraph

:23:06. > :23:09.to Assad, Putin and Imran that this is just a one-time response because

:23:10. > :23:15.of the chemical weapons. -- Iran. But what is actually the situation

:23:16. > :23:19.is that if Assad continues to do this there will be more military

:23:20. > :23:25.strikes on Assad's airports, specifically military targets. I

:23:26. > :23:29.like what happened, a lot of Democrats like what happened, a lot

:23:30. > :23:32.of advocates in the Obama administration are saying this is a

:23:33. > :23:41.good ring. Advocates for military force, such as Susan Rice. So this

:23:42. > :23:47.is good for this president to do something, but you're right, it's

:23:48. > :23:51.the question, what happens next? The one good thing is Assad is looking

:23:52. > :23:56.to Russia and Imran and wondering why they weren't able to stop this.

:23:57. > :23:59.Especially Russia, with their defence systems in Syria and also

:24:00. > :24:04.with Russia getting a heads up about the attack. And then warning

:24:05. > :24:09.Syrians. Assad is very concerned about his relationship and insecure

:24:10. > :24:17.about his relationship with Putin this morning. Talk about that a

:24:18. > :24:22.little more. Clearly President Trump is convinced. He knows who carried

:24:23. > :24:26.out the strike. But Russia, as you well know, has been very vocal,

:24:27. > :24:36.saying, we don't know the answers to those questions at this stage and

:24:37. > :24:39.seen the reaction this time was inappropriate. Russia being an

:24:40. > :24:45.authority on whether Assad has chemical weapons are not, but is not

:24:46. > :24:49.clear. When it was decided to instead of using military force to

:24:50. > :24:54.address the redline issue in 2013, to work with Russia to remove

:24:55. > :24:59.Assad's chemical weapons, there was a key phrase used during those

:25:00. > :25:05.negotiations and it was" declare munitions". Declaring of chemical

:25:06. > :25:13.munitions. As we saw from the attack on Tuesday, Assad still has gas and

:25:14. > :25:17.the ability to deliver these chemicals. The Russia was either

:25:18. > :25:22.completed or incompetent in removing the chemical weapons. We believe it

:25:23. > :25:30.there for now. Thank you very much for your time this morning.

:25:31. > :25:36.Obviously lots of information coming to us as this story unfolds. We've

:25:37. > :25:39.got some words from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a

:25:40. > :25:44.British-based monitoring group. They say that that US strike on a Syrian

:25:45. > :25:53.air base has killed four solders on Friday. They say it virtually

:25:54. > :25:56.destroyed the facilities there. The air base was almost completely

:25:57. > :26:02.destroyed. The runway, the fuel tanks and air defences were all

:26:03. > :26:06.blown to pieces. That comes from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

:26:07. > :26:11.Of course more information coming all the time. Those strikes were

:26:12. > :26:15.carried out at 1:40am UK time. We will bring you more information from

:26:16. > :26:16.Washington, reaction from Russia and around the world as well.

:26:17. > :29:36.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:29:37. > :29:48.This is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Steph

:29:49. > :29:59.We'll have the latest news and sport in just a moment.

:30:00. > :30:01.And coming up, on Breakfast today.

:30:02. > :30:04.We're live in Dover as more than 80 hot air balloons prepare

:30:05. > :30:07.to set off for Calais in an attempt to set a record-breaking mass

:30:08. > :30:12.James Wong, the self-proclaimed "botanist who is obsessed with food"

:30:13. > :30:15.will reveal simple ways we can turn everyday ingredients

:30:16. > :30:24.Blur drummer, Dave Rowntree, and the artist, Dom Pattinson,

:30:25. > :30:26.join us to talk about an Easter Treasure Hunt

:30:27. > :30:29.with a difference, there's no eggs to find, but instead,

:30:30. > :30:34.pieces of art worth thousands of pounds.

:30:35. > :30:42.But now, a summary of this morning's main news.

:30:43. > :30:53.The United States has launched missile strikes against Syria

:30:54. > :30:58.overnight. 59 cruise missiles were fired from US warships at an airbase

:30:59. > :31:03.in retaliation for a chemical attack which killed dozens of people this

:31:04. > :31:09.week. The Syrian government has condemned the action which happened

:31:10. > :31:14.at 20 too two this morning. President Trump said it was in the

:31:15. > :31:16.interest of America's safety interests to do this. This is what

:31:17. > :31:29.he said just hours after the attack. Tonight I ordered a targeted

:31:30. > :31:32.military strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical

:31:33. > :31:34.attack was launched. It is in this vital

:31:35. > :31:36.national security interest of the United States to prevent

:31:37. > :31:40.and deter the spread and use There can be no dispute that Syria

:31:41. > :31:45.used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under

:31:46. > :31:48.the Chemical Weapons Convention, and ignored the urging

:31:49. > :32:01.of the UN Security Council. Years of previous attempts

:32:02. > :32:03.at changing Bashar al-Assad's behaviour have all failed,

:32:04. > :32:19.and failed very dramatically. As a result, the refugee crisis

:32:20. > :32:21.continues to deepen, and the region continues

:32:22. > :32:23.to destabilise, threatening Tonight, I call on all civilised

:32:24. > :32:29.nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed

:32:30. > :32:48.in Syria, and also to end terrorism President Trump. David Willis joins

:32:49. > :32:52.us from our studio in Washington. This is a change in policy from

:32:53. > :32:57.President Trump. He was opposed to intervention during the campaign.

:32:58. > :33:03.This is sending out a strong message, isn't it? Yes. Just as

:33:04. > :33:06.recently as a week ago, would you believe, the Trump administration

:33:07. > :33:11.was saying they had little interest in a regime change in Syria. Well,

:33:12. > :33:15.all of that changed when they saw those heartbreaking pictures from

:33:16. > :33:20.Syria of that chemical weapons attack. And the administration,

:33:21. > :33:26.which is often criticised for being chaotic, acted very decisively in

:33:27. > :33:35.the early hours of this morning, about five hours ago, firing 60

:33:36. > :33:40.Tomahawk missiles from warships in the Mediterranean. They were

:33:41. > :33:44.targeting the Syrian air raids were those chemical weapons were stored

:33:45. > :33:49.that carried out the attack and from where the planes took off to deliver

:33:50. > :33:52.them on their target. And they have destroyed, apparently, some

:33:53. > :33:59.infrastructure in that area, and some aeroplanes. Now, it is what the

:34:00. > :34:05.US is calling a limited response to the chemical were up and attack

:34:06. > :34:13.which sends, they believe, a sharp message. -- weapons attack. Rex

:34:14. > :34:17.Tillerson says President Trump is showing his authority, saying when

:34:18. > :34:23.red lines across, he is well prepared to take military action. A

:34:24. > :34:27.lot of criticism as well from the administration of Syria's closest

:34:28. > :34:33.ally, Russia. And it will be interesting to see what happens next

:34:34. > :34:36.week when Rex Tillerson, the Secretary of State, visits Moscow on

:34:37. > :34:48.a prearranged trip. David Willis, indeed. Thank you. Those attacks

:34:49. > :35:00.took place at 1:40 this morning UK time. Reuters is saying the Governor

:35:01. > :35:04.of Homs said several died and five were wounded. We will keep you

:35:05. > :35:09.up-to-date on all the action as it comes in this morning. Let us look

:35:10. > :35:27.at the other news this morning for you.

:35:28. > :35:29.There has been a sharp rise in the number of Accident

:35:30. > :35:32.and Emergency departments in England turning away ambulances compared

:35:33. > :35:36.The Nuffield Trust Think Tank says its analysis shows ambulance

:35:37. > :35:38.services are facing even more pressures than NHS hospitals.

:35:39. > :35:41.The Basque militant group, ETA, has said that it will officially

:35:42. > :35:44.disarm tomorrow, according to a letter obtained by the BBC.

:35:45. > :35:47.More than 800 people were killed during ETA's campaign of violence,

:35:48. > :35:54.GP practice closures have hit record levels,

:35:55. > :35:57.with hundreds of thousands of patients forced to change

:35:58. > :35:59.surgeries last year, according to figures obtained

:36:00. > :36:03.The Royal College of GPs said doctors could no longer cope

:36:04. > :36:05.with growing patient demand, but NHS England said all patients

:36:06. > :36:08.would still be able to register with a surgery.

:36:09. > :36:11.It added that an extra billion pounds had been invested in general

:36:12. > :36:23.It's Ladies' Day at the Grand National at Aintree.

:36:24. > :36:41.We will have a look. Where are you now? Good morning. Had morning. The

:36:42. > :36:44.new Red Rum Museum at Aintree, a trip back to the certainties of my

:36:45. > :36:53.childhood to be photos and memorabilia celebrating the third

:36:54. > :36:58.win of Red Rum. This picture is key. This is what makes it a fairy tale.

:36:59. > :37:04.This horse had an incurable bone condition, pass from trainer to

:37:05. > :37:13.trainer, until one pick up and him to full fitness on this send in the

:37:14. > :37:21.seawater. -- sand. He went for a swim in the sea before his Grand

:37:22. > :37:40.National win. If you want to see his importance, look at this. Pictures,

:37:41. > :37:43.a bottle of whiskey, a car, cod-liver oil named after Red Rum so

:37:44. > :37:44.you could have his stamina. The Masters is under way.

:37:45. > :37:47.Golf's world number one Dustin Johnson said "it sucks really

:37:48. > :37:50.bad," after being forced to withdraw from The Masters.

:37:51. > :37:53.He made his way to the first tee at Augusta, before deciding

:37:54. > :37:57.Johnson hurt his lower back on Wednesday, when he fell down

:37:58. > :38:15.Obviously, I want to play, you know, more than anything. I will have a

:38:16. > :38:17.few swings. But I just can't swing at all.

:38:18. > :38:19.Justin Rose is one of several well-placed Britons

:38:20. > :38:22.He's one-under-par, six shots behind the leader,

:38:23. > :38:38.Charley Hoffman of the United States.

:38:39. > :38:41.Kyle Edmund will play the first rubber of Britain's Davis Cup

:38:42. > :38:43.quarter-final today, against France's Luca Pwee.

:38:44. > :38:45.Edmund helped the team to victory over Canada in February,

:38:46. > :38:48.but without the injured Andy Murray, Great Britain are the underdogs

:38:49. > :39:02.There's coverage from Rouen across the BBC.

:39:03. > :39:08.Greg Eden scored his 11th try of the season,

:39:09. > :39:10.to make sure Super League leaders, Castleford,

:39:11. > :39:14.After intercepting a wayward pass, Eden ran almost the entire length

:39:15. > :39:30.Castleford won by 27 points to ten. And well done.

:39:31. > :39:33.Here at Aintree, Lizzie Kelly showed she'd recovered well from her fall

:39:34. > :39:37.in the Cheltenham Gold Cup three weeks ago, when she rode the 10-to-1

:39:38. > :39:40.shot, "Tea for Two," to victory in the feature race on day one,

:39:41. > :39:44.It was a battle at the end, with the favourite cue card pushing

:39:45. > :39:53.A brilliant ride. Back in the museum, I might look around the

:39:54. > :40:02.corner to find a historian. This is fantastic. A trip down memory lane.

:40:03. > :40:06.Tell us about the legacy of Red Rum. You can see how popular he is by all

:40:07. > :40:16.the memorabilia we have about him. We call him the saviour of Aintree.

:40:17. > :40:22.I do lots of tours without him we would not have such a big advance

:40:23. > :40:27.today. You are saying that the Grand National would not be famous around

:40:28. > :40:31.the world today without him. Was always a famous race, but in the 70s

:40:32. > :40:38.it was down on its knees. But there was a threat it would be bought and

:40:39. > :40:43.made into a housing estate. But Red Rum, especially being a local horse,

:40:44. > :40:52.brought all this excitement and people flooded back to it. And he

:40:53. > :40:55.had this bone condition and he was a horse no one wanted until they found

:40:56. > :41:02.the rejuvenating properties of the Irish Sea. It shows the spirit of

:41:03. > :41:09.the Grand National, anyone can win. These are not period dresses. They

:41:10. > :41:16.have been designed by students in a tribute of 40 years to Red Rum. You

:41:17. > :41:23.can see his colours, maroon and gold. And hats made by a girls

:41:24. > :41:30.school as well. A jigsaw puzzle behind you. It looks very 70s. Very

:41:31. > :41:37.70s. Books about him, postcards, whiskey, as you have seen, scarves,

:41:38. > :41:48.teddy bears, kilts in Red Rum tighten. And this is a famous

:41:49. > :41:59.saddle? -- tartan. This road him to two victories in 73 and 74 and

:42:00. > :42:05.second place in 75. -- rode. I was watching in 73 and 74. I was

:42:06. > :42:10.wondering who Red Rum was. I certainly know now. Thank you. That

:42:11. > :42:15.was great. That was brilliant. Fascinating. We will see you soon.

:42:16. > :42:20.Keeping you up-to-date with developments this morning. We know

:42:21. > :42:24.that the US has carried out a missile attack against an air base

:42:25. > :42:31.in Syria. 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from a destroyer

:42:32. > :42:34.in the Mediterranean against a Syrian air base. The UK government

:42:35. > :42:40.fully supports the US action, which Whibley was an appropriate response

:42:41. > :42:48.to the barbaric chemical weapons attack launched by the Syrian

:42:49. > :42:54.regime, intended to deter further action. A spokesman for the

:42:55. > :42:56.government of the UK. -- which we believe. We will keep you up-to-date

:42:57. > :42:56.on that. Six years ago, around 50 hot air

:42:57. > :43:00.balloons soared into the record books when they completed a mass

:43:01. > :43:03.crossing of the channel The balloons are back,

:43:04. > :43:07.more than 80 of them hope to smash that previous record

:43:08. > :43:09.later this morning. Our reporter, Fiona Lamdin

:43:10. > :43:25.is getting ready to join them, Wow. Look at that. It looks amazing.

:43:26. > :43:29.Look behind me! 82, to be precise. They are from all around the world.

:43:30. > :43:34.We are just outside Dover. We are going to take the 26 mile journey

:43:35. > :43:38.across the Channel. I have just in given my lifejacket. I am not keen

:43:39. > :43:44.on that idea. Look at these balloons. Isn't that absolutely

:43:45. > :43:49.beautiful? The weather is completely perfect. We just had a safety

:43:50. > :43:53.briefing. We heard about the wind. All of that. Me and conditions,

:43:54. > :43:59.absolutely, this morning. I will take you over to meet my pilot. --

:44:00. > :44:05.mint conditions. He will give us a taste of what we can expect. We are

:44:06. > :44:09.hoping to bring you live broadcasts as we cross on this world record

:44:10. > :44:13.attempt. We really wants to get on to the Guinness world book of

:44:14. > :44:18.records to become away from the burner. You can hear it getting

:44:19. > :44:24.ready. Good morning. You tried six years ago. The last time we did this

:44:25. > :44:30.was six years ago to the day. We flew 49 from here the front and set

:44:31. > :44:34.a world record. That came about because everyone always asks me what

:44:35. > :44:42.my favourite flight was. I said it was this. 82 balloons ready to go to

:44:43. > :44:46.France. If we ordered the weather we need for this to be perfect, this is

:44:47. > :44:52.what it would be. Tell us were these people have come from. Belgium. Ten

:44:53. > :44:58.countries. Spain, Italy, Croatia, all of Western Europe. In fact, we

:44:59. > :45:04.always have someone from America who just can't get here on time. How

:45:05. > :45:09.many hours? 26 miles. How long? 50 miles an hour is the wind today.

:45:10. > :45:15.From here the front is two hours of flying time. It will give us time to

:45:16. > :45:20.take our time and take a look at the cliffs and enjoy it. I have flown

:45:21. > :45:24.over land but never be sea. Do you have to do anything different, take

:45:25. > :45:29.more fuel? You can see from the equipment and your lifejackets that

:45:30. > :45:35.there is a lot more fuel and flight plan are going in over oceans. Umm,

:45:36. > :45:39.but, you know, as long as the wind is there it is safe. And I think

:45:40. > :45:43.this is going to be the most memorable flight of every pilot

:45:44. > :45:47.thank you so much. We will keep you date throughout the morning. My

:45:48. > :45:50.cameraman and I have shared that we are both a little bit scared of

:45:51. > :45:59.heights. It's going to be amazing. We look

:46:00. > :46:03.forward to what will happen through the morning. It looks like pretty

:46:04. > :46:14.good weather. Carol can bring us up-to-date on what it will be like

:46:15. > :46:19.for them later in the day. It is a cold start to the day, certainly in

:46:20. > :46:26.Regent's Park, in London. Some of us seeing frost this morning. A look at

:46:27. > :46:32.this view. Blossom, pink and white, and look at the kaleidoscope of

:46:33. > :46:40.colour we have. Juliet -- tulips, daffs. If you are just stepping out

:46:41. > :46:45.it is chilly. As I mentioned, some frost, also some patchy mist and

:46:46. > :46:49.fog. But that will lift readily. For many parts of the UK it will be

:46:50. > :46:53.sunny and pleasant. At 9am this morning in Scotland you will notice

:46:54. > :46:58.more clout in the west, with drizzle. In the east we have some

:46:59. > :47:05.sunshine. Further south and into northern England and the north-west

:47:06. > :47:10.has more clout, the north-east sunny skies. Further south again we have

:47:11. > :47:15.cloud across the Midlands. That will thin and break. The sun coming out

:47:16. > :47:20.in east Anglia. Heading towards Kent, generally southern counties of

:47:21. > :47:24.England. Don't forget it is cold if you're stepping out first thing. For

:47:25. > :47:29.Wales this morning we have variable amounts of cloud and sunny spells.

:47:30. > :47:32.For Northern Ireland we have more cloud. We will hang onto that

:47:33. > :47:38.through the day. Not as cold for you. Talking of going through the

:47:39. > :47:41.day, most of us will have a very pleasant and sunny day. Temperatures

:47:42. > :47:48.getting up in the south-east to about 19 Celsius. For other parts of

:47:49. > :47:54.the UK, widely in the midteens. 14- 16, for example. Pollen levels today

:47:55. > :47:57.are high across most of England and Wales. Moderate or low across

:47:58. > :48:02.Northern Ireland and Scotland and northern England. Pretty sickening

:48:03. > :48:07.and overnight once again there will be holes in the cloud. Once again we

:48:08. > :48:12.will have mist and fog patches forming. There will also be frost

:48:13. > :48:16.around and we hang on to the cloud and drizzle across the far

:48:17. > :48:20.north-west. It won't be an especially cold start in towns and

:48:21. > :48:24.cities, but in the countryside it will be. Especially where we have

:48:25. > :48:30.clearer skies. Tomorrow, any mist and fog will lift. Looking again at

:48:31. > :48:35.a fine day. Although it will start off on a cloudy note in Scotland and

:48:36. > :48:40.Northern Ireland, through the day that cloud will melt away and it

:48:41. > :48:45.will brighten up. Sea breeze will develop around the south coast in

:48:46. > :48:50.particular. Here it will feel fresh. Inland tomorrow, especially in

:48:51. > :48:57.England, we have up to 21. But generally 14- 16 Celsius. Into

:48:58. > :49:01.Sunday we have some southerly winds coming our way. It really is going

:49:02. > :49:05.to turn warm across England and Wales in the killer. For Scotland

:49:06. > :49:08.and Northern Ireland we have a weather front introducing rain and

:49:09. > :49:13.the cloud associated with that will fringe into counties adjacent to the

:49:14. > :49:21.Irish Sea through the day. On Monday it will turn cooler again.

:49:22. > :49:31.That man running behind her due! He is off! -- hard you.

:49:32. > :49:41.Going back to the lead story. The United States has carried out a

:49:42. > :49:46.missile attack on a Syrian air base, in response to Tuesday's chemical

:49:47. > :49:52.attack on a rebel held town in which many were killed. The US had a red

:49:53. > :49:56.line had been crossed by President Assad's regime and Trump said it was

:49:57. > :50:01.in their interest to prevent the spread and use of chemical that is.

:50:02. > :50:07.On Tuesday, the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible

:50:08. > :50:17.chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. Using a deadly nerve

:50:18. > :50:24.agent, Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. It

:50:25. > :50:33.was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were

:50:34. > :50:42.cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. No child of God

:50:43. > :50:49.should ever suffer such horror. Tonight I ordered a targeted

:50:50. > :50:59.military strike on the airfield in Syria, from where the chemical

:51:00. > :51:03.attack was launched. It is in this vital, national security interest of

:51:04. > :51:09.the united date to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly

:51:10. > :51:15.chemical weapons -- the United States. There can be no dispute that

:51:16. > :51:22.Serie A used banned chemical weapons -- Syria used banned chemical

:51:23. > :51:26.weapons, violated its obligations under the Chemical Weapons

:51:27. > :51:34.Convention and ignored the urging of the UN Security Council. Years of

:51:35. > :51:41.previous attempts at changing Assad's behaviour have all failed

:51:42. > :51:46.and failed very dramatically. As a result, the refugee crisis continues

:51:47. > :51:52.to deepen and the region continues to destabilise, threatening the

:51:53. > :51:58.United States and its allies. Tonight I call on all civilised

:51:59. > :52:10.nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter. And bloodshed. And

:52:11. > :52:18.also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types. We ask for God's

:52:19. > :52:24.wisdom as we face the challenge of a very troubled world. We pray for the

:52:25. > :52:30.lives of the wounded and for the souls of those who have passed. And

:52:31. > :52:37.we hope that, as long as America stands for justice, then peace and

:52:38. > :52:48.harmony will in the end prevail. Good night and God bless America and

:52:49. > :52:52.the entire world. Thank you. That was President Trump speaking in the

:52:53. > :52:56.last few hours. As to give you a sense of the sequence of events, all

:52:57. > :53:01.Aberdeen in the early hours of the morning -- all happening. 1:40 a.m.,

:53:02. > :53:07.UK time. Those 59 cruise missiles were launched from a warship in the

:53:08. > :53:15.Mediterranean at a Syrian air base. Just getting reaction now. A

:53:16. > :53:24.spokesperson from Number 10 Downing St, the US has taken action against

:53:25. > :53:27.a Syrian regime, and the UK government fully supports the US

:53:28. > :53:30.action which we believe was an appropriate response to the barbaric

:53:31. > :53:36.chemical weapons attack launched by the Syrian regime, as intended to

:53:37. > :53:41.deter further attacks. That's the Downing Street response coming

:53:42. > :53:44.through in the last half-hour. We will be talking to the Defence

:53:45. > :53:49.Secretary Michael Fallon just after 8am on this. Let's get the business

:53:50. > :53:54.news now. You've got props. What's going on? They are crucial!

:53:55. > :54:01.We are talking about toast. Have we fallen out of love with margarine?

:54:02. > :54:05.Have we? We will find out. Good morning. We

:54:06. > :54:10.are talking about toast and margarine. The food manufacturer

:54:11. > :54:24.Unilever has said it is selling off its spreads division. That's Iran is

:54:25. > :54:28.like Flora, I Can't Believe it's not Butter. Sales of my dream would down

:54:29. > :54:32.7% last year. We are more conscious of our health, we are busier, we are

:54:33. > :54:35.making less toast and fewer sandwiches. But how is that changing

:54:36. > :54:36.our taste and affecting the business?

:54:37. > :54:39.Let's talk to Gareth Hodgson from the market research firm

:54:40. > :54:45.We've got some bread and toast and margarine here. Is it that we are

:54:46. > :54:49.eating more butter and less margarine, or we aren't eating bread

:54:50. > :54:54.much at all these days so we don't need the margarine? I think it is

:54:55. > :54:59.symptomatic of the lifestyle change, both in terms of convenience and

:55:00. > :55:04.looking for improved health. What we are seeing is that bread sales are

:55:05. > :55:09.down, cereal sales are down, so consequently margarine... People

:55:10. > :55:13.just aren't consuming it at breakfast time in the same way as

:55:14. > :55:17.they previously were. The whole point of margarine was that it is

:55:18. > :55:22.there and ready to spread. Put it on your knife and off you go. What

:55:23. > :55:26.needs to be much quicker than that for breakfast in the morning? Why

:55:27. > :55:32.aren't people happy to do that while they go to coffee shops? I think the

:55:33. > :55:37.lifestyles have changed. We are seeing things like commute times

:55:38. > :55:42.changing, for example, so on average people are maybe competing for an

:55:43. > :55:46.hour into work, up to two hours, so it is very much about getting out of

:55:47. > :55:50.the house as quick as possible, beating the traffic as quick as

:55:51. > :55:54.possible and if that means going to a coffeeshop and grabbing something

:55:55. > :55:59.to eat, or the cup of coffee, or taking something preprepared, then

:56:00. > :56:06.that's a trend. What are companies like Unilever doing? They are

:56:07. > :56:12.selling some of their divisions. What are they doing instead? I think

:56:13. > :56:15.one of the main things with scene in the market over the last couple of

:56:16. > :56:20.years is a massive increase in on the go products which have been

:56:21. > :56:24.developed. Recent research we did with a manufacturer demonstrated

:56:25. > :56:28.that across the market there was double-digit growth in the volume of

:56:29. > :56:33.those snacks created, as people moved towards cereal bars or things

:56:34. > :56:39.which incorporate nuts and seeds and fruits and things like that. So that

:56:40. > :56:43.convenience but also the healthy Lifestyle. Thanks very much. I also

:56:44. > :56:50.realised that normally I like to put my butter on a plate, with a cup of

:56:51. > :56:55.tea, to get it to melt a little bit. What you mean? You put the butter on

:56:56. > :57:02.a little sauce and you put it on the key, to get it warm. But studio

:57:03. > :57:03.lights do the same thing, because this butter is perfectly spreadable

:57:04. > :00:25.now! Hello this is Breakfast,

:00:26. > :00:34.with Steph McGovern and Charlie The United States has carried out

:00:35. > :00:38.missile attacks in Syria overnight. 59 cruise missiles were

:00:39. > :00:41.launched from US warships President Trump said

:00:42. > :00:51.he ordered the action in retaliation for a chemical attack that

:00:52. > :01:02.killed dozens of people. It is in this vital national

:01:03. > :01:05.security interest of the united date to prevent and deter the spread and

:01:06. > :01:21.use of deadly chemical weapons. Good morning, it's

:01:22. > :01:26.Friday, 7th April. We'll have full analysis of those

:01:27. > :01:29.air strikes with our correspondents in the Middle East,

:01:30. > :01:34.America and Russia. And the very latest response from

:01:35. > :01:39.Downing Street. Also this morning: Under pressure,

:01:40. > :01:41.new figures show a big increase in the number of ambulances

:01:42. > :01:44.being turned away from hospitals A quarter of us have found we've

:01:45. > :01:49.overspent on mobile phone bills by 50 pounds while we've been

:01:50. > :01:52.using our phones on holiday. And good morning from Aintree

:01:53. > :01:58.on Ladies' Day, ahead of tomorrow's Grand National, and it's been

:01:59. > :02:04.confirmed that Katie Walsh will be able to ride in the big race

:02:05. > :02:16.tomorrow on Wonderful Charm, And will be live at Dover ahead of a

:02:17. > :02:18.world record attempt to get more than 80 balloons to cross the

:02:19. > :02:19.Channel. And the weather is supposed to be

:02:20. > :02:31.so good this weekend. Good morning from a beautiful

:02:32. > :02:38.morning at Regents Park. It is beautiful here, and it is going to

:02:39. > :02:41.be sunny and warm for most of us away from the north-west. That is

:02:42. > :02:46.the same forecast for the weekend. It is getting warmer for most of us,

:02:47. > :02:48.especially by Sunday. More details in 15 minutes.

:02:49. > :02:51.The United States has launched missile strikes

:02:52. > :02:56.59 cruise missiles were fired from US warships at an air base,

:02:57. > :02:58.in retaliation for a chemical attack that killed dozens of people

:02:59. > :03:09.The Syrian government has condemned the action which happened

:03:10. > :03:12.at twenty to two this morning, but Downing Street has said

:03:13. > :03:14.the action was an appropriate response.

:03:15. > :03:20.Here's our Washington Correspondent David Willis.

:03:21. > :03:24.It was a decisive response from an administration that has often seemed

:03:25. > :03:30.disorganised and at times, dysfunctional. A few salade of

:03:31. > :03:35.Tomahawk missiles fired from US Navy ships in the Mediterranean, aimed at

:03:36. > :03:39.the Syrian air base from which America says the deadly chemical

:03:40. > :03:47.weapons attack was launched earlier this week. A line in the sand

:03:48. > :03:54.moment. On Tuesday, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible

:03:55. > :04:03.chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. Using a deadly nerve

:04:04. > :04:09.agent, Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children.

:04:10. > :04:13.These are the heartbreaking images that moved the President to action,

:04:14. > :04:18.triggering a remarkable shift in foreign policy on the part of his

:04:19. > :04:23.administration. One week ago, White House officials professed little

:04:24. > :04:31.interest in rating change in Syria, but the use of a deadly nerve agent

:04:32. > :04:36.has changed everything. Tonight I call on all civilised nations to

:04:37. > :04:45.join us in seeking to end the bloodshed in Syria. And also to end

:04:46. > :04:53.the terrorism of all kinds and all types. News of the missile strikes

:04:54. > :04:58.some want overshadowed a summit with President Xi Jinping, at which the

:04:59. > :05:01.two leaders were expected to discuss the threat posed by North Korea.

:05:02. > :05:07.Depending where the US goes from here, it could be that President

:05:08. > :05:09.Trump has his conflict cut out in Syria. It could define his

:05:10. > :05:17.presidency one way or the other. And David joins us now

:05:18. > :05:20.from our studio in Washington. David, this was a contained attack

:05:21. > :05:38.on one airfield but intended to send Absolutely. President Trump is

:05:39. > :05:42.calling on the global community to join him in sorting out the

:05:43. > :05:49.situation in Syria. It is not something that he had looked to get

:05:50. > :05:54.involved in. President Trump was elected on a mandate of America

:05:55. > :05:58.first. His Middle East policy was confined to rooting out Islamic

:05:59. > :06:01.State, but that changed with those heart wrenching pictures of the

:06:02. > :06:09.victims of the chemical weapons attack in Syria a couple of days

:06:10. > :06:14.ago. Since then, his administration has done a 360. Reaction coming in

:06:15. > :06:18.from foreign governments as well. The richest government giving their

:06:19. > :06:23.full support, saying it is an appropriate reaction. The response

:06:24. > :06:27.from Russia, a very different feeling. They have said it is a

:06:28. > :06:32.serious obstacle to an international coalition. It is interesting,

:06:33. > :06:39.because Russia is Syria's main ally and benefactor. The United States,

:06:40. > :06:42.particularly Donald Trump, had fought a better relationship with

:06:43. > :06:49.Vladimir Putin. That relationship seems to have turned 360 degrees in

:06:50. > :06:54.the time that Donald Trump has been in the White House. Its bubbly now

:06:55. > :06:58.back to where it was at the time of Barack Obama. The Russians will not

:06:59. > :07:04.be happy with this. Even though the Americans point out that they did

:07:05. > :07:08.tip of Russian forces on the ground in an attempt to avoid casualties,

:07:09. > :07:12.they have also said they did not get permission, if you like, from

:07:13. > :07:17.Moscow's before doing this. The bigger question is, what is to

:07:18. > :07:22.follow now? Will there be other strikes? The indication is that this

:07:23. > :07:29.was a 1-shot deal, but we will have to wait and see. Thank you. Lots of

:07:30. > :07:34.reaction coming in on this story. A statement from number ten this

:07:35. > :07:37.morning, they said: The UK government fully supports the US

:07:38. > :07:41.action. We believe it was an appropriate response to the barbaric

:07:42. > :07:46.chemical weapons attack launched by the Syrian regime. It was intended

:07:47. > :07:49.to do deter further attacks. We will be talking more about that later

:07:50. > :07:51.this morning. There has been a sharp rise

:07:52. > :07:54.in the number of Accident and Emergency departments in England

:07:55. > :07:56.turning away ambulances compared The Nuffield Trust think-tank

:07:57. > :08:02.says its analysis shows ambulance services are facing even more

:08:03. > :08:04.pressures than NHS hospitals. Here's our health

:08:05. > :08:10.correspondent, Jane Dreaper. Ambulances are diverted when

:08:11. > :08:17.hospitals are exceptionally busy. It's a temporary measure to take

:08:18. > :08:26.the pressure off A, but it means patients have further

:08:27. > :08:28.to travel for urgent treatment. Today's report shows how the number

:08:29. > :08:31.of diverts has leapt During the three winters beginning

:08:32. > :08:35.in 2013, this happened But in this most recent winter,

:08:36. > :08:43.the number of diverts jumped The report says this is bad

:08:44. > :08:49.for patients and explains why ambulance trusts in England

:08:50. > :08:51.are missing their expected response 500 or so - you may say "Well,

:08:52. > :08:58.it's not a big number." They reveal a service under

:08:59. > :09:03.tremendous pressure. There'll be 500 diverts but there'll

:09:04. > :09:06.be many more A departments working right at the limit that they

:09:07. > :09:10.could have diverted. And the report says morale is low

:09:11. > :09:12.among ambulance staff, NHS England believes too many

:09:13. > :09:16.ambulances are being dispatched to simply try to hit targets,

:09:17. > :09:19.and it's reviewing the system. The Basque separatist movement, ETA,

:09:20. > :09:28.has said that it will officially disarm from tomorrow -

:09:29. > :09:30.according to a letter obtained More than 800 people were killed

:09:31. > :09:48.during ETA's campaign of violence - The Spanish government has refused

:09:49. > :09:52.to negotiate with the group, whose aim is to achieve

:09:53. > :09:59.independence from Spain. The government is proposing to

:10:00. > :10:06.prevent hidden charges being charged to chance in hidden fees. It comes

:10:07. > :10:09.after information that some chance were being charged twice for the

:10:10. > :10:25.same service. The ban begins today. GP practice levels have been changed

:10:26. > :10:29.dramatically, and it is affecting doctors. The doctors have said they

:10:30. > :10:33.can no longer cope with growing patient demand. NHS England have

:10:34. > :10:43.said that all patients will be able to register with a surgery.

:10:44. > :10:46.It added that an extra billion pounds had been invested in general

:10:47. > :10:51.The French presidential candidate Francois Fillon has been pelted

:10:52. > :10:55.The conservative candidate had been at a rally in Strasbourg

:10:56. > :10:58.when a protestor emptied the bag of flour at Mr Fillon.

:10:59. > :11:01.The former Prime Minister has faced protests in recent weeks

:11:02. > :11:04.since he was charged over accusations he gave his wife a fake

:11:05. > :11:07.parliamentary job for which she was paid hundreds of thousands

:11:08. > :11:10.The Kenyan long-distance runner, Jemima Sumgong, who won the marathon

:11:11. > :11:13.at last year's Rio Olympics and the London marathon,

:11:14. > :11:15.has tested positive for a banned performance

:11:16. > :11:17.The long-distance runner, tested positive for the banned

:11:18. > :11:21.There's no indication as yet as to what action the authorities

:11:22. > :11:36.Overnight, the US launched a military attack on Syria,

:11:37. > :11:38.releasing dozens of missiles from navy warships -

:11:39. > :11:45.targeting an airfield in western Syria.

:11:46. > :11:48.It's in response to a chemical attack that killed at least 80

:11:49. > :11:51.people and was described by President Trump as a disgrace

:11:52. > :11:55.Here's what he had to say about the air strikes this morning.

:11:56. > :11:57.On Tuesday, the Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, launched

:11:58. > :12:00.a horrible, the weapons attack on innocent civilians

:12:01. > :12:05.Bashar al-Assad ended the lives of helpless men,

:12:06. > :12:17.It was a slow and brutal death for so many, even beautiful babies.

:12:18. > :12:19.They were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack.

:12:20. > :12:34.No child of God should ever suffer such horror.

:12:35. > :12:37.Tonight I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield

:12:38. > :13:02.in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched.

:13:03. > :13:04.It is in this vital national security interest

:13:05. > :13:07.of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use

:13:08. > :13:16.There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons,

:13:17. > :13:18.violated its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention,

:13:19. > :13:21.and ignored the urging of the UN Security Council.

:13:22. > :13:23.Years of previous attempts at changing Bashar al-Assad's

:13:24. > :13:28.behaviour have all failed, and failed very dramatically.

:13:29. > :13:30.As a result, the refugee crisis continues to deepen,

:13:31. > :13:32.and the region continues to destabilise, threatening

:13:33. > :14:00.Tonight, I call on all civilised nations to join us in seeking to end

:14:01. > :14:03.the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria, and also to end terrorism

:14:04. > :14:08.We ask for God's wisdom as we face the challenge

:14:09. > :14:19.We pray for the lives of the wounded and for the souls of those

:14:20. > :14:38.And we hope that as long as America stands were just as that peace

:14:39. > :14:40.and harmony will, in the end, prevail.

:14:41. > :14:43.Good night, and God bless America and the entire world.

:14:44. > :14:57.We understand those missiles were launched at 1:40am UK time. A total

:14:58. > :15:00.of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from destroyers in the eastern

:15:01. > :15:05.Mediterranean. Conflicting reports at this stage about the damage done.

:15:06. > :15:09.Some suggestions there may have been a number of lives lost in the

:15:10. > :15:11.attack. Let's get the reaction from Downing Street, offering full

:15:12. > :15:13.support for the US action. We're joined now from our

:15:14. > :15:21.Westminster studio by our political Take after exactly what's been said.

:15:22. > :15:27.I understand the Minister was informed ahead of the strikes taking

:15:28. > :15:31.place, as she did know ahead of them they were going ahead with the

:15:32. > :15:35.strikes. I've also been told by Downing Street that the UK and the

:15:36. > :15:40.US were in contact at the highest levels, not just overnight but

:15:41. > :15:43.yesterday too. A statement from the government says that overnight the

:15:44. > :15:48.US has taken military action against the Syrian regime, targeting that

:15:49. > :15:52.airfield which was used to launch the chemical weapons attack earlier

:15:53. > :15:55.this week. The UK government fully supports the US action, which we

:15:56. > :16:01.believe was an appropriate response to the barbaric chemical weapons

:16:02. > :16:07.attack launched by the Syrian regime and is intended to deter further

:16:08. > :16:09.attacks. Interestingly we heard from George Osborne, the former

:16:10. > :16:14.Chancellor, who says that although the UK wasn't involved in the

:16:15. > :16:18.strike, he says he assumes we were consulted and we will support. There

:16:19. > :16:21.are further questions that will be asked about whether the Prime

:16:22. > :16:25.Minister and government were not just informed that the strikes were

:16:26. > :16:29.taking place, but whether they were also consulted. And if they were, is

:16:30. > :16:34.there a reason why it particular the UK didn't go ahead and get involved

:16:35. > :16:39.itself? So lots more questions to come. We've heard from one Labour

:16:40. > :16:45.MP, Mary Craig, said the government was right to support the US action

:16:46. > :16:56.against the airbase and she hopes this ends Assad's impunity. -- Mary

:16:57. > :17:00.Creagh. Thank you. That was the information that as we understand

:17:01. > :17:04.the British government was informed. We will speak to the UK Defence

:17:05. > :17:06.Secretary Michael Fallon just after 8am, we can ask some of those

:17:07. > :17:07.questions. Dr Leslie Vinjamuri,

:17:08. > :17:10.a US analyst at the think tank Chatham House, joins us now

:17:11. > :17:18.from our London newsroom. Thank you for joining us. It is a

:17:19. > :17:22.real change in policy for President Trump. We heard through his campaign

:17:23. > :17:28.how he was very imposed the intervention in Syria. What are your

:17:29. > :17:31.thoughts on it? It is clearly a very specific reaction to the use of

:17:32. > :17:35.chemical weapons. I wouldn't say it's a broad change in strategy,

:17:36. > :17:41.it's a response, the limited response, directed response. It has

:17:42. > :17:46.very widespread consensus support. Across the US there is some pushback

:17:47. > :17:50.from Congress, that if there's any further action taken then the

:17:51. > :17:53.president needs to with Congress, but it doesn't really represent a

:17:54. > :17:57.significant strategy. I wouldn't say there is a very significant strategy

:17:58. > :18:01.right now. I would say the next thing to watch will be how Russia

:18:02. > :18:04.response, because that will be crucial in terms of any further

:18:05. > :18:10.engagement with the conflict in Syria. But these strikes are largely

:18:11. > :18:13.symbolic and important. The violation of the prohibition in

:18:14. > :18:19.using chemical weapons and the intense devastation that sat in

:18:20. > :18:23.Syria can't be understated. But they haven't been aiming to fundamentally

:18:24. > :18:27.change what's going on in the war in Syria. You mentioned Russia and we

:18:28. > :18:31.have had a reaction from the Kremlin this morning, saying that within the

:18:32. > :18:34.last few minutes they've said the cruise missiles attack does

:18:35. > :18:42.significant damage to US- Russian ties. Resident Putin considering

:18:43. > :18:44.those US strikes as aggression against the sovereign state, which

:18:45. > :18:50.violate the rules of international law. So clearly this is making that

:18:51. > :18:55.relationship very tense? Yes, and that relationship, as we know, has

:18:56. > :19:01.been in an increasingly bad place, even before Donald Trump has come

:19:02. > :19:06.into office, for a lot of reasons. If Russia is not onboard had not

:19:07. > :19:10.willing to put pressure on Assad and Syria, then the prospects of these

:19:11. > :19:15.strikes having any significant impact on the war in Syria are

:19:16. > :19:23.unfortunately quite low. Nonetheless, the symbolism is is --

:19:24. > :19:28.is significant. In 2014 President Obama looked to the Russians to work

:19:29. > :19:32.with Assad, to get rid of the chemical weapons, and he got a lot

:19:33. > :19:36.flak for that, for not taking harder measures. But there was the view

:19:37. > :19:41.that most of the chemical weapons had been destroyed. Now we know that

:19:42. > :19:44.wasn't the case, the Trump really didn't have a proper especially

:19:45. > :19:48.after the statement the night before last, he didn't have room to take

:19:49. > :19:52.much more serious measures, but it doesn't change the context of the

:19:53. > :19:56.war. If Russia isn't on side it will continue to be very difficult. There

:19:57. > :20:00.is now pressure on the US and President Trump as to whether he

:20:01. > :20:03.will do more to affect the conflict in Syria, which is now in its sixth

:20:04. > :20:10.year, more than 400,000 people killed, most estimate. So it's a

:20:11. > :20:14.very severe situation. Any further attacks really need to be taken with

:20:15. > :20:18.a much more comprehensive strategy, for what they aim to achieve. Thank

:20:19. > :20:23.you very much for your time this morning.

:20:24. > :20:29.We will come back to that story throughout the morning. Let's catch

:20:30. > :20:34.up with our reporter, who is taking part in a world record this morning.

:20:35. > :20:37.More than 80 balloons took off this morning. She can hear us but we must

:20:38. > :20:44.explain, your camera is in the balloon we are looking from and

:20:45. > :20:55.that's you in the distance? I do know. Can you see me? -- don't

:20:56. > :21:03.know. We can! You won't be able to see this but my hand is clutching

:21:04. > :21:07.onto the banister. I can't look down, but I am sure the cameraman is

:21:08. > :21:12.showing you the beautiful pictures. We are very close to the sea.

:21:13. > :21:19.Underneath us is Dover Castle. How far have we gone? We are about half

:21:20. > :21:23.a mile from the cliffs. Just about to go over the castle and this is

:21:24. > :21:27.the point of no return. The next stop is France. Looking ahead, 82

:21:28. > :21:33.balloons behind us. We are leading the way and it's a pretty good site,

:21:34. > :21:37.isn't it? It is amazing. We are all bunched up together, so it is this

:21:38. > :21:42.mass exodus of balloons. I have no idea what the people on the ferries

:21:43. > :21:47.are going to think when they see as passing by! No one has seen this

:21:48. > :21:52.across the channel before? 49 was the record and we have 82 in the

:21:53. > :21:55.air. Hopefully we will end up with a new Guinness world record. The

:21:56. > :21:58.conditions you were telling the earlier are completely perfect. We

:21:59. > :22:06.are going quite slowly? Slower than normal but it is safe. The upper

:22:07. > :22:12.winds are above us. Above us are much faster winds. So once we finish

:22:13. > :22:17.our sightseeing we will climb up and get to France quicker. Brilliant. I

:22:18. > :22:21.love the way you say lovely views. You're great with views. Am I the

:22:22. > :22:31.only person struggling with the heights? What more could you want?

:22:32. > :22:35.INAUDIBLE... You might not be able to hear us because the bird is

:22:36. > :22:41.going. We're getting very close... Look at that! Amazing. Once we are

:22:42. > :22:47.out there, you look out and all you can see is sea? Divisibility today

:22:48. > :22:53.is such that the weather is quite clear. We are in the middle of the

:22:54. > :22:57.Channel. We won't be able to see France or England, which will be a

:22:58. > :23:01.little bit disconcerting. We will get in touch and hopefully see you

:23:02. > :23:11.soon when we are across the sea, in the middle of It! Absolutely

:23:12. > :23:15.stunning images. Stay on the pictures for a minute. The noise you

:23:16. > :23:20.can hear other burners. Initially you thought it was interference, but

:23:21. > :23:22.of course it is the rise of the burners as they set off on a

:23:23. > :23:26.journey. It looks absolutely stunning.

:23:27. > :23:30.And the weather looks absolutely gorgeous. Let's see what the weather

:23:31. > :23:33.is like across the rest of the country. Good morning!

:23:34. > :23:40.Carol is at Regent's Park. Good morning. I think you have fairly

:23:41. > :23:45.well summed it up. The weather for many parts of the UK today is going

:23:46. > :23:48.to be gorgeous. If you like it is sunny and pleasantly warm. Here in

:23:49. > :23:54.Regent's Park this morning it is glorious. A cold start for many of

:23:55. > :24:05.us, but look at the colours of the spring flowers. Regent's Park has

:24:06. > :24:09.been here a long time, since the 1800, and each season it offers

:24:10. > :24:14.something beautiful. Lots of people have been running this morning. The

:24:15. > :24:19.forecast for most of the UK is a chilly start. We're also looking at

:24:20. > :24:23.sunny spells through the course of the day. The exception to that in

:24:24. > :24:27.the north and north-west. At 9am this morning in Scotland we have the

:24:28. > :24:31.north and north-west that seeing more cloud and some drizzle. Still

:24:32. > :24:36.quite breezy. Eastern Scotland has some sunshine. For north-west

:24:37. > :24:41.England, a little bit more cloud. Across the Pennines and into the

:24:42. > :24:44.north-east, back into the sunshine. Further south still some cloud

:24:45. > :24:48.across the Midlands. That will break and we have sunshine and sunshine

:24:49. > :24:56.into east Anglia. Blue skies already in London. Down in the south coast

:24:57. > :24:59.as well. And all the way over to the south-west, including the Isles of

:25:00. > :25:02.Scilly and the Channel Islands. A bit of clout in Wales. But lots of

:25:03. > :25:08.sunshine as well. For Northern Ireland, more cloud around. At least

:25:09. > :25:13.it isn't such a cold start. Some of us have got that frost. What it will

:25:14. > :25:17.quickly lift now that the sun is out and temperatures are rising. Through

:25:18. > :25:22.the day we hang on to the breeze in the north and north-west. For the

:25:23. > :25:26.rest of the UK, we have this sunshine. High pollen levels today

:25:27. > :25:34.across most of England and Wales. And it is treatable. Temperatures

:25:35. > :25:38.today up to about 19. -- it is tree pollen. Overnight it will be holes

:25:39. > :25:41.in the cloud, so again a touch of frost in the countryside. East and

:25:42. > :25:49.low cloud forming. Breezy in the far north. But average about 7-9. In the

:25:50. > :25:53.tomorrow, any mist and fog will lift rapidly and for most of us there

:25:54. > :25:56.will be another fine, dry and sunny day. The cloud in the north-west

:25:57. > :26:06.retreating towards the coast. Inland tomorrow, especially in England, 20-

:26:07. > :26:11.21. Widely we have about 14- 16 Celsius. But on the coast it will be

:26:12. > :26:15.a little bit cooler. That leads us into Sunday. It will be the warmest

:26:16. > :26:23.day of the weekend. Southerly winds coming our way. Highs of up to 23-

:26:24. > :26:30.24. Fresh in Scotland and Northern Ireland. That will produce bigger

:26:31. > :26:32.cloud and rain. Sounds lovely and looks gorgeous

:26:33. > :26:40.where you are! We are going to go back to that shot

:26:41. > :26:44.of the hot air balloons. 80 of them about to cross the Channel. Look at

:26:45. > :26:55.that. It isn't every day we can offer you a picture like this. It's

:26:56. > :27:01.a record-breaking attempt today and it just looks remarkable. They got

:27:02. > :27:06.lucky with the weather. I am not an expert on good learning conditions

:27:07. > :27:09.but it looks good. Fiona is in one of them. We will be

:27:10. > :30:31.going back life to her later. Plenty more on our website

:30:32. > :30:35.at the usual address. Hello, this is Breakfast

:30:36. > :30:48.with Steph McGovern and Charlie The United States has

:30:49. > :30:51.launched missile strikes 59 cruise missiles were fired

:30:52. > :30:55.from US warships at an air base, in retaliation for a chemical attack

:30:56. > :30:58.that killed dozens of people The Syrian

:30:59. > :31:13.government has condemned the action which happened at twenty to two this

:31:14. > :31:16.morning but Downing Street has said the action was an

:31:17. > :31:37.appropriate response. This morning, President Trump said

:31:38. > :31:42.it was in America's national security interests to prevent the

:31:43. > :31:44.spread of illegal weapons. This is what he had to say just hours after

:31:45. > :31:56.the attack. Tonight I ordered a targeted

:31:57. > :32:02.chemical attack on Syria from where the chemical attack was launched. It

:32:03. > :32:11.is in this vital national security interest of the United States to

:32:12. > :32:18.prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. There

:32:19. > :32:27.can be no dispute that Syria used chemical weapons, violated its

:32:28. > :32:34.obligations under the chemical Weapons Convention, and ignored the

:32:35. > :32:38.urging of the UN Security Council. Numerous previous attempts at

:32:39. > :32:46.changing Assad's behaviour have all failed, and they'll vary

:32:47. > :32:49.dramatically. -- and failed vary dramatically. As a result, the

:32:50. > :32:56.region continues to destabilise, threatening the United States and

:32:57. > :33:01.its allies. Tonight I call on all civilised nations to join us in

:33:02. > :33:06.seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria.

:33:07. > :33:16.President Trump talking about the airstrike there.

:33:17. > :33:18.Let's get more details now from our Moscow Correspondent,

:33:19. > :33:28.They have said that there has been significant damage to US- Russian

:33:29. > :33:35.ties because of this? Yes, Moscow's faith things very differently. We

:33:36. > :33:45.heard the first reaction from the Kremlin -- Moscow sees this very

:33:46. > :33:48.differently. They have said it was a violation of international law, and

:33:49. > :33:52.an attempt to distract the international community from

:33:53. > :33:57.civilian casualties in America's military campaign in Iraq. President

:33:58. > :34:05.Putin said that this attack would cause significant damage to the US-

:34:06. > :34:09.Russian friendship, strong words from the Kremlin this morning. That

:34:10. > :34:14.was expected. Although yesterday the Kremlin said that the chemical

:34:15. > :34:19.attack in Idlib province was a monstrous crime, they also said that

:34:20. > :34:31.there was no evidence to suggest that it had been carried out by

:34:32. > :34:37.President Assad. Just after eight o'clock, we will be speaking to the

:34:38. > :34:40.Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. It is understood that the British

:34:41. > :34:43.government was informed that this strike was going to take place, but

:34:44. > :34:45.we will discuss that later this morning. Looking at the other news

:34:46. > :34:48.this morning. There's been a sharp rise

:34:49. > :34:51.in the number of Accident and Emergency departments in England

:34:52. > :34:53.turning away ambulances. Analysis by the Nuffield Trust

:34:54. > :34:55.think-tank shows ambulances were diverted nearly

:34:56. > :34:57.500 times last year, compared to an average of 249

:34:58. > :35:00.in the previous three years. NHS England says too many ambulances

:35:01. > :35:03.are being dispatched and the system The Basque separatist movement, ETA,

:35:04. > :35:09.has said that it will officially disarm from tomorrow -

:35:10. > :35:12.according to a letter obtained by the BBC.

:35:13. > :35:14.More than 800 people were killed during ETA's campaign of violence -

:35:15. > :35:27.thousands of others were injured. The Spanish government has refused

:35:28. > :35:29.to negotiate with the group, whose aim is to achieve

:35:30. > :35:31.independence from Spain. GP practice closures

:35:32. > :35:33.have hit record levels, with hundreds of thousands

:35:34. > :35:36.of patients forced to change surgeries last year,

:35:37. > :35:38.according to figures obtained The Royal College of GPs said

:35:39. > :35:42.doctors could no longer cope with growing patient demand,

:35:43. > :35:45.but NHS England said all patients It added that an extra billion

:35:46. > :36:04.pounds had been invested in general That brings you up to date. The

:36:05. > :36:12.weather coming up in a few minutes time.

:36:13. > :36:15.But for now, it's Ladies' Day at Aintree.

:36:16. > :36:27.Today we have the style stakes as well. We also have the buildup to

:36:28. > :36:33.the Grand National, the world's most famous steeplechase. At all the

:36:34. > :36:38.officials but is oil and Tufts of grass the course to cover up any

:36:39. > :36:43.holes after it took a pounding yesterday. Imagine that over two

:36:44. > :36:47.miles. They go around that cause twice tomorrow in the Grand

:36:48. > :36:50.National. Time to have a look at the rest of the sport for now.

:36:51. > :36:52.Golf's world number one Dustin Johnson said "it sucks really

:36:53. > :37:03.bad", after being forced to withdraw from The Masters.

:37:04. > :37:06.He made his way to the first tee at Augusta, before deciding

:37:07. > :37:10.Johnson hurt his lower back on Wednesday, when he fell down

:37:11. > :37:24.Obviously I want to play, more than anything. But I was just sitting

:37:25. > :37:26.there and I was trying to, you know, take a few swings, and I just can't

:37:27. > :37:28.swing it at all. Lee Westwood is the leading Briton

:37:29. > :37:31.after a blustery opening He's in third place,

:37:32. > :37:34.five shots behind the leader, Charley Hoffman of the

:37:35. > :37:36.United States, who's Poor weather is playing havoc

:37:37. > :37:40.with practice ahead of this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.

:37:41. > :37:42.Conditions in Shanghai mean the medical helicopter can't operate

:37:43. > :37:45.and therefore it's not safe for the drivers to go

:37:46. > :37:50.on to the track. The first session was severely

:37:51. > :37:53.disrupted and the second session was due to start at 7am,

:37:54. > :38:01.but is yet to get underway. Olympic marathon champion

:38:02. > :38:03.Jemima Sumgong has failed The 32-year-old Kenyan was due

:38:04. > :38:09.to defend her London Marathon title She tested positive for the blood

:38:10. > :38:17.booster EPO in a test by athletics' Kyle Edmund will play

:38:18. > :38:26.the first rubber of Britain's Davis Cup

:38:27. > :38:51.quarter-final today, Edmund helped the team to victory

:38:52. > :38:55.over Canada in February - Great Britain are the

:38:56. > :38:59.underdogs in this tie. There's coverage from

:39:00. > :39:01.Rouen across the BBC. In rugby leage, Greg Eden

:39:02. > :39:03.scored his 11th try of the season, to make sure

:39:04. > :39:06.Super League leaders Castleford beat After intercepting a wayward

:39:07. > :39:10.pass, Eden ran almost the entire length of the pitch,

:39:11. > :39:13.to dive over the line. Here at Aintree, Lizzie Kelly

:39:14. > :39:17.showed she'd recovered well from her fall in

:39:18. > :39:24.the Cheltenham Gold Cup three weeks ago when she rode the 10-to-1

:39:25. > :39:27.shot Tea For Two to victory in the feature race on day

:39:28. > :39:32.one - the Betway Bowl. It was a battle at the end,

:39:33. > :39:50.with the favourite Cue Card pushing Katy Walsh has tweeted that her

:39:51. > :39:57.suspected broken arm was actually just a bruising. She will be able to

:39:58. > :40:01.compete tomorrow. It is 20 years since the entire course had to be

:40:02. > :40:09.evacuated because of a warm threat by the IRA. It was the biggest

:40:10. > :40:15.sporting evacuation in British history -- bomb threat. This is a

:40:16. > :40:20.reminder of how the day unfolded. It was to be a special day, the Grand

:40:21. > :40:34.National, but it was a very sad day for sport. All 60,000 people at

:40:35. > :40:47.Aintree were evacuated. It is so disappointing for so many people,

:40:48. > :40:51.the biggest race in the world. I am with local resident Edie Roach. 20

:40:52. > :40:58.years ago, it you got more involved than you had ever imagined? I did.

:40:59. > :41:05.We were having the usual get-together, as we've always done.

:41:06. > :41:11.And then there was... Something happened around the racecourse,

:41:12. > :41:16.there was no activity. People started congregating outside the

:41:17. > :41:23.house. There is no other entrants except the racecourse itself. I went

:41:24. > :41:30.outside and said, what's happening? They said, can you tell us? Have you

:41:31. > :41:37.got a television? We've got horses in there. They were very concerned

:41:38. > :41:41.about the horses. I said, instead of me relaying information, why don't

:41:42. > :41:50.you come in and have a look yourself? Not just punters? There

:41:51. > :41:54.were owners, trainers, jockeys... The whole world of racing in my

:41:55. > :42:02.living room. I didn't realise who they were, to be honest. Within

:42:03. > :42:06.seconds, the house was packed. Harvey Smith was sitting on the

:42:07. > :42:12.stairs patting the family dog, Robert Ogden was in the living room

:42:13. > :42:19.with his brother. The Hendersons, the list just went on and on. They

:42:20. > :42:22.have nowhere to go, they had to stay, there were no mobile phones

:42:23. > :42:28.and they were waiting for the show first to come and pick them up. It

:42:29. > :42:31.basically just went on and on. Once we realised that the race was

:42:32. > :42:41.definitely off, it just developed into a nice afternoon. A positive

:42:42. > :42:47.day! One you will never forget. Andrew, you had the logistics to

:42:48. > :42:51.organise that day, the biggest sporting evacuation in history? It

:42:52. > :42:55.was amazing at the time. It was great, we just got on with it. It

:42:56. > :43:00.was just one of those things. We had all the horses in the stables and

:43:01. > :43:05.everything. I think it was, everyone was just banding together. And then

:43:06. > :43:17.we ran it as a one-day national for the first time ever, that was

:43:18. > :43:25.fantastic. Let's briefly talk about the conditions. Who will they

:43:26. > :43:33.favour? Something on the easy said I don't make side would be good, you

:43:34. > :43:43.can get your heel in it. -- something on the easy side. I would

:43:44. > :43:50.love a Scottish winner, I come from Scotland. At the end of the day,

:43:51. > :43:58.it's a great race, and that's what it's all about. There's ?1 million

:43:59. > :44:04.up for grabs, it will be amazing. Thank you very much. In one hour 's

:44:05. > :44:09.time, I will need to smart enough a bit, because I will be speaking to

:44:10. > :44:11.some sporting icons later in the programme.

:44:12. > :44:22.Fantastic to hear that. If you are on holiday and you use your phone,

:44:23. > :44:27.there is a risk that you will run up a big deal. One option is, don't use

:44:28. > :44:36.the phone. You never use your phone, do you? A little bit more sociable

:44:37. > :44:41.than when he is in the office. Last year I was on the phone to my

:44:42. > :44:46.network provider for a couple of hours, trying to sort out my

:44:47. > :44:55.contract before I went away. I didn't want to get the cost once I

:44:56. > :45:05.got there. Some of us have nicer times of broad band Charlie. It's a

:45:06. > :45:11.sting in the tail after time away. The customer comparison site has

:45:12. > :45:15.found that phone bills were over ?50 more than expected after people have

:45:16. > :45:19.been on a break. There is quite a bit of confusion about the rules and

:45:20. > :45:32.the different providers on offer. Time to talk to Greenalls. -- Graham

:45:33. > :45:40.Knowles. What's the capital these people? Most networks in the UK have

:45:41. > :45:47.the amount of usage you can hit basically, so if you are on a

:45:48. > :45:52.standard tariff you can go beyond that by ?50. You could still spend

:45:53. > :45:58.?50 before the networks cut you off and they will most likely said you

:45:59. > :46:03.were -- said you were text, which will say, would you like to opt out

:46:04. > :46:06.of this? If you say you want to opt out of it that you are really

:46:07. > :46:10.opening the floodgates. The sky is the limit. You probably don't want

:46:11. > :46:19.that scenario. But even if you have the scenario Don Black -- have the

:46:20. > :46:26.limit, you could still spend that ?50. Often when you are on holiday

:46:27. > :46:29.people throw caution to the wind and you might need maps, you might be

:46:30. > :46:34.the situation we need directions or something like that. Sometimes you

:46:35. > :46:37.just get a voicemail message. We found people didn't realise there

:46:38. > :46:42.was a cost associated with checking your voicemail and that can quickly

:46:43. > :46:47.add up. A lot of this is to do with preparing. One of the things you can

:46:48. > :46:51.do, if you speak to your network of either beforehand or at least know

:46:52. > :46:55.what they offer, there are different deals for when you are travelling,

:46:56. > :46:59.which might mean you can use your contract? Definitely. We recommend

:47:00. > :47:04.getting in touch with your network. You can go on the website. Many of

:47:05. > :47:18.them are helpful and they have guides available as two packages.

:47:19. > :47:22.You might be done -- payee ?2.50 in Europe. It might be a bit more

:47:23. > :47:27.further afield. You have to weigh up how much you will use it. If you are

:47:28. > :47:31.just going to send one text message... I had a situation where I

:47:32. > :47:36.was abroad and I got a text from a bank saying there was suspicious

:47:37. > :47:46.activity on my card. I had to reply yes to block it. That cost me ?5

:47:47. > :47:51.because my add-on was triggered. If you are going the way the main thing

:47:52. > :47:55.is to be prepared. You will probably get some costs, so you have to take

:47:56. > :48:01.care with your budget. Thank you.

:48:02. > :48:12.My point is that you speak to the people you are with. Carol is in

:48:13. > :48:20.Regent's Park, enjoying beautiful surroundings! Good morning. Yes, it

:48:21. > :48:24.is beautiful. It's been a cold start and the temperature is now about

:48:25. > :48:29.five Celsius. But look at the view! You probably won't be able to make

:48:30. > :48:32.them out because of the sun, but if I take you around Regent's Park

:48:33. > :48:38.we've got the blossoms behind, the gorgeous kaleidoscope of colour...

:48:39. > :48:44.INAUDIBLE. Over there we have the red standing out against the green.

:48:45. > :48:47.It is magnificent. If you have an allergy to pollen it is worth

:48:48. > :48:51.mentioning across most of England and all of Wales today the pollen

:48:52. > :48:57.levels are high and we are talking about tree pollen. The forecast for

:48:58. > :49:01.today is a chilly start. Some of us starting off with frost, but sunny

:49:02. > :49:07.spells. Many starting with blue skies. In Scotland we start the

:49:08. > :49:11.forecast with a bit more cloud in the north and west, producing

:49:12. > :49:19.drizzle. Around Argyll and Bute, for example. Eastern Scotland, dry, with

:49:20. > :49:23.sunshine. Four Northwest England is a bit more cloud. As we come south

:49:24. > :49:27.into east Anglia, Kent, the Midlands, down the south coast, if

:49:28. > :49:32.you've got pockets of cloud they will tend to fade away. Into the

:49:33. > :49:37.south-west of England in the sunny start. For Wales, a bit of cloud

:49:38. > :49:44.around, but a lot of sunshine. For Northern Ireland, the cloudy start,

:49:45. > :49:49.so not as cold as it is for much of the UK. Through the day the north

:49:50. > :49:53.and west will hang on to the cloud. So if you are Northern Ireland and

:49:54. > :49:57.Northwest Scotland that's where it will remain cloudy. There's the odd

:49:58. > :50:01.spot of drizzle coming out. The wind is coming down, compared to

:50:02. > :50:08.yesterday, but it will be quite breezy. Temperatures in the

:50:09. > :50:14.south-east, up to about 19. Generally we have 14- 16. At evening

:50:15. > :50:20.and overnight, again, some cloud around. Some of us in the

:50:21. > :50:24.countryside waking up to a touch of frost. A little bit of mist and some

:50:25. > :50:29.low cloud as well. Still breezy in the north, showers in the

:50:30. > :50:34.north-west. Temperatures in towns and cities roughly from about 6-9.

:50:35. > :50:38.Tomorrow morning we should lose any mist and fog that's formed overnight

:50:39. > :50:41.by about 8-9 in the morning and although it will start cloudy the

:50:42. > :50:45.north-west of Scotland and Northern Ireland as we go through the day you

:50:46. > :50:51.will join the rest of the UK in having a sunny and pleasant day.

:50:52. > :50:55.Tomorrow in England that averages 20- 21. It will be cool on the coast

:50:56. > :51:00.with the sea breezes, but widely again 14- 16. Sunday is the warmest

:51:01. > :51:07.day of the weekend across England and Wales. Highs of 23- 24 possible

:51:08. > :51:10.in the south-east. But for Scotland and Northern Ireland, a weather

:51:11. > :51:14.front coming in and that will introduce more cloud and some rain.

:51:15. > :51:25.It will feel fresher. As the weather front crosses us all, it will feel

:51:26. > :51:34.that it cooler than this weekend. Charlie and Sall. And Steph!

:51:35. > :51:38.You get so used... It is like saying Bill and Ben.

:51:39. > :51:41.I apologise! We keep cutting the line because we don't want to hear

:51:42. > :51:45.your excuses! Thanks AMCU in a bit.

:51:46. > :51:51.We will be back with Carol later. -- see you in a bit. Let's bring you up

:51:52. > :51:55.to date with the events of the morning. Last night the US launched

:51:56. > :51:59.missile strikes against Syria. President Trump said it was in

:52:00. > :52:03.America's national interest to prevent the spread and use of

:52:04. > :52:08.chemical weapons. The strike to race at 1:40am UK time and a total of 59

:52:09. > :52:15.Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from destroyers in the eastern

:52:16. > :52:18.Mediterranean. The target was an air base in Syria. We will be talking to

:52:19. > :52:19.the Defence Secretary later. Afzal Ashraf was a senior

:52:20. > :52:22.officer in the RAF and worked as a counterinsurgency strategist

:52:23. > :52:32.for the US commanding general We knew there would be some type of

:52:33. > :52:35.reaction from the US. But this feels like the start of a different

:52:36. > :52:41.military campaign. Would you say that's fair? Yes, it is fair. This

:52:42. > :52:45.is a very significant departure from what's been going on in Syria in a

:52:46. > :52:50.number of ways. It is unclear as to what this will lead to. What do you

:52:51. > :52:55.think will happen next? We've been told by the US government that this

:52:56. > :53:01.is a 1-off attack. Do you think it is? I think that's probably the

:53:02. > :53:08.case. The Trump administration wanted to send out a message. This

:53:09. > :53:13.was the least risky way of doing so. They've used missiles. They have

:53:14. > :53:21.also taken steps apparently to forewarn the Russians, to take every

:53:22. > :53:27.reasonable care to avoid Russian and possibly Iranian advisers from being

:53:28. > :53:31.casualties, in order to avoid an escalation. However, the Russians

:53:32. > :53:37.appear not to be too pleased about this and the Chinese are also --

:53:38. > :53:42.were critical during the debate yesterday. Now the ball is very much

:53:43. > :53:45.in a court and it will be interesting to see how the Russians

:53:46. > :53:50.respond. Whether they will de-escalate at this stage or if they

:53:51. > :53:54.will want to increase tensions. As you mentioned, in the last few

:53:55. > :53:57.minutes we heard from the Kremlin, with Russia saying this cruise

:53:58. > :54:04.missiles TAC does significant damage to US- Russian ties. Yes, it does.

:54:05. > :54:12.And of course this comes in the context of what was a very different

:54:13. > :54:14.relationship between the Trump administration, from that which the

:54:15. > :54:22.Obama administration had with the Russians. So it really does change

:54:23. > :54:27.the dynamic. But what it does do for the Trump administration is this is

:54:28. > :54:32.the first occasion as far as I can tell that President Trump has been

:54:33. > :54:39.able to take action with support from all sides of the government,

:54:40. > :54:45.from both parties. Thank you. Sorry to interrupt you. We can now speak

:54:46. > :54:52.to the Defence Secretary. So Michael Fallon joins us. Thank

:54:53. > :54:56.you for your time. Can you give us the reaction to the events that

:54:57. > :55:01.unfolded in the early hours of the morning? We fully support the

:55:02. > :55:04.strike. We have been in close contact with the American government

:55:05. > :55:08.over the last few days in preparation for this. The Americans

:55:09. > :55:14.believe they've exhausted all possible diplomatic and peaceful

:55:15. > :55:20.ways of dealing with the use by the regime of chemical weapons. And they

:55:21. > :55:25.have been determined to want to prevent future attacks like this, so

:55:26. > :55:29.they've taken this action today, limited and appropriate action

:55:30. > :55:32.against the airfield and the aeroplanes and the equipment that

:55:33. > :55:38.was used they believe in this attack. That is action that we fully

:55:39. > :55:42.support. And whether British government informed before? Can you

:55:43. > :55:45.take us through the sequence of events? We've been in close contact

:55:46. > :55:48.with the American government over the last couple of days at all

:55:49. > :55:53.levels, through the Foreign Secretary and the UN here in London

:55:54. > :56:01.and Washington. The American Defence Secretary consulted me earlier in

:56:02. > :56:03.the evening about our assessment of the regime's culpability for the

:56:04. > :56:09.chemical weapons attack and be reviewed the need to understand and

:56:10. > :56:14.to deal with any likely Russian reactions to the attacks. He was

:56:15. > :56:18.then reviewing the different options to put before the president. He then

:56:19. > :56:23.called me later on to advise us of the President's Cup sit on, to give

:56:24. > :56:27.us notice of the attack, and our Prime Minister was kept informed

:56:28. > :56:29.throughout. Will there be involvement from the British

:56:30. > :56:35.military in any further strikes? We haven't been asked to be involved in

:56:36. > :56:41.this. It is not part of the coalition. We are in a coalition

:56:42. > :56:46.with the United States, fighting Daesh terrorism in Iraq and Syria,

:56:47. > :56:49.but the US have made it clear that this was a United States operation.

:56:50. > :56:54.But I should emphasise, we fully support it. Have you seen for

:56:55. > :57:01.yourself Congress is evidence that Syria was responsible for the

:57:02. > :57:04.attack? How assessment is that it is highly likely, from the intelligence

:57:05. > :57:12.that we've seen. That this was the regime. And of course the regime has

:57:13. > :57:15.formed here. There have been previous serious allegations of

:57:16. > :57:19.where the regime they have used various gases against its own people

:57:20. > :57:25.and one of the purposes of this very limited and appropriate action was

:57:26. > :57:29.to deter the regime. This is the first time the Trump administration

:57:30. > :57:35.has been faced with an incident like this, to deter the regime from using

:57:36. > :57:40.gas in this appalling way. Thank you very much for your time this

:57:41. > :57:43.morning. That was the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon speaking to

:57:44. > :57:48.us, after the 59 cruise missiles were fired from US destroyers at a

:57:49. > :57:51.Syrian air base in the early hours of this morning.

:57:52. > :01:13.This is a story which is continuing to develop, so we will get

:01:14. > :01:20.Hello, this is Breakfast with Steph McGovern and Charlie Stayt.

:01:21. > :01:22.The United States has carried out missile attacks in Syria overnight.

:01:23. > :01:30.59 cruise missiles were launched from US warships

:01:31. > :01:35.President Trump said he ordered the action in retaliation

:01:36. > :01:52.for a chemical attack that killed dozens of people.

:01:53. > :01:54.It is in this vital national security interest

:01:55. > :01:57.of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use

:01:58. > :02:16.We'll have full analysis of those air strikes

:02:17. > :02:18.with our correspondents in the Middle East,

:02:19. > :02:23.Reaction from Downing Street saying the action was appropriate. More

:02:24. > :02:27.details throughout the programme. Also this morning: Under pressure,

:02:28. > :02:30.new figures show a big increase in the number of ambulances

:02:31. > :02:32.being turned away from hospitals Oil prices have risen overnight

:02:33. > :02:39.to its highest level And good morning from Aintree

:02:40. > :02:48.on Ladies Day ahead It's been confirmed that Katie Walsh

:02:49. > :03:12.will be able to ride in the big race Look at these images, hot air

:03:13. > :03:14.balloons crossing the Channel in an attempt to break a record. We will

:03:15. > :03:20.look at those pictures later on. And the weather is supposed to be

:03:21. > :03:31.so good this weekend It's going to be a beautiful weekend

:03:32. > :03:36.with sunny spells. The highest temperatures will be on Sunday but

:03:37. > :03:40.across England we could hit 23 or 24 which will be the highest we are

:03:41. > :03:43.likely to see. I will have more in 15 minutes.

:03:44. > :03:48.The United States has launched missile strikes against Syria

:03:49. > :03:51.59 cruise missiles were fired from US warships at an air

:03:52. > :03:54.base in retaliation for a chemical attack that killed dozens of people

:03:55. > :04:05.The Syrian Government has condemned the action. Downing Street has said

:04:06. > :04:12.the action was an appropriate response.

:04:13. > :04:15.Here is our Washington correspondent.

:04:16. > :04:17.It was a decisive response from an administration that has

:04:18. > :04:19.often seemed disorganised and at times dysfunctional.

:04:20. > :04:24.A fusillade of Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from US Navy ships

:04:25. > :04:26.in the Mediterranean aimed at the Syrian air base

:04:27. > :04:30.from which America says that deadly chemical weapons attack was launched

:04:31. > :04:37.A line in the sand moment for the new commander-in-chief.

:04:38. > :04:40.On Tuesday, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible

:04:41. > :04:51.chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians.

:04:52. > :04:54.Using a deadly nerve agent, Assad choked out the lives

:04:55. > :05:05.These are the heart-breaking images that moved the President to action,

:05:06. > :05:09.triggering in the process a remarkable shift in foreign

:05:10. > :05:12.policy on the part of his nascent administration.

:05:13. > :05:17.A week ago, White House officials professed little interest in regime

:05:18. > :05:20.change in Syria but the use of what they say was a deadly nerve

:05:21. > :05:22.agent by Bashar al-Assad's forces has changed everything.

:05:23. > :05:27.Tonight, I call on all civilised nations to join us in seeking to end

:05:28. > :05:33.the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria and also to end terrorism

:05:34. > :05:44.News of the missile strike somewhat overshadowed a one-day summit

:05:45. > :05:48.with China's President Xi at which the two leaders

:05:49. > :05:52.were expected to discuss the growing threat posed by North Korea

:05:53. > :05:56.but depending on where the US goes from here he could find

:05:57. > :06:00.he has his work cut out in Syria, a quagmire of a conflict

:06:01. > :06:05.which could define his presidency one way or the other.

:06:06. > :06:10.And David joins us now from our studio in Washington.

:06:11. > :06:19.So, people here are picking up on the story this morning, those 59

:06:20. > :06:23.cruise missiles launched and the speech shortly afterwards from

:06:24. > :06:29.Donald Trump, both emotional but also hugely significant in terms of

:06:30. > :06:33.the serious situation. Very much so. Yes, full of appeals to the

:06:34. > :06:38.international community to come in, even though the President has made

:06:39. > :06:43.clear that he is well prepared to take unilateral action if necessary

:06:44. > :06:49.and this intended to send a signal f you like, to the Assad regime. It

:06:50. > :06:55.was a limited response according to officials in the Trump

:06:56. > :07:02.administration but a powerful one. Those 59 missiles fired from US Navy

:07:03. > :07:06.forces, Navy vessels in the Mediterranean. Donald Trump has

:07:07. > :07:10.described the attack, chemical weapons attack, as barbaric and he

:07:11. > :07:16.said that President Assad had, as he put it, choked out the lives of

:07:17. > :07:20.helpless men, women and children. That was what pre-empted this

:07:21. > :07:24.turnaround, if you like, because the Trump administration had previously

:07:25. > :07:28.made clear it really wasn't interested in forcing regime change

:07:29. > :07:33.in Syria. Now all that has changed. The question, though, is are there

:07:34. > :07:37.more such attacks to follow or is this a one-shot deal, if you like?

:07:38. > :07:43.The indications are it's the latter. But we are really just have to wait

:07:44. > :07:49.and see, I think. David, thank you. Downing Street has offered full

:07:50. > :07:52.support for the US action. Let's go live to our Westminster studio. Our

:07:53. > :07:57.political correspondent is there for us. Talking to the Defence Secretary

:07:58. > :08:02.on the programme a few minutes ago, he said this was very much a United

:08:03. > :08:08.States operation but fully supported by the UK Government. That's right.

:08:09. > :08:11.We know that the Prime Minister was informed ahead of the strikes taking

:08:12. > :08:16.place. Michael Fallon emphasising this morning that over the last

:08:17. > :08:20.couple of days the UK and the US at all different levels have been in

:08:21. > :08:27.constant contact over the situation in Syria. He did continue to say

:08:28. > :08:30.this is a US air strike, it's not a strike by the coalition as he called

:08:31. > :08:34.it and that's why he was saying we fully back it but it is right that

:08:35. > :08:38.we are not involved at this stage because it is action taken by the US

:08:39. > :08:44.on the orders of the President Donald Trump. Here is a little bit

:08:45. > :08:47.of what the Defence Secretary said a few minutes ago. We haven't been

:08:48. > :08:52.asked to be involved in this. It's not part of the coalition, we are in

:08:53. > :08:58.a coalition with the United States fighting Daesh terrorism in Iraq and

:08:59. > :09:02.Syria. But the United States has made this clear this was a United

:09:03. > :09:05.States operation but I should emphasise we fully support it. Now

:09:06. > :09:10.overnight we had a statement from the Government which said that the

:09:11. > :09:14.attack in Syria was, the chemical weapons attack was barbaric. Those

:09:15. > :09:18.are words that have been reflected in response from the Liberal

:09:19. > :09:24.Democrats this morning, the leader Tim Farron saying that the American

:09:25. > :09:27.forces attack was a proportionate response to the barbaric attack by

:09:28. > :09:32.the Syrian Government on its own people. But saying that the British

:09:33. > :09:35.Government rather than putting out a bland statement welcoming this

:09:36. > :09:40.should now follow it up and call an emergency meeting of the Nato

:09:41. > :09:45.alliance and see what else can be done, be that more surgical strikes

:09:46. > :09:50.or no-fly zones. The Lib Dem statement goes on, evil happens when

:09:51. > :09:54.good people do nothing. We can not sit by while a dictator gases his

:09:55. > :09:57.own people, we can not stand by, we must act. Some strong words there. I

:09:58. > :10:03.guess the questions going forward now are going to be if the

:10:04. > :10:06.Government was informed, was it consulted and going forward is there

:10:07. > :10:12.a possibility that the UK may become involved?

:10:13. > :10:18.Thank you very much. We will stay with that story

:10:19. > :10:21.throughout the morning and keep you up to date including in about five

:10:22. > :10:25.minutes the full statement made by President Trump in the hours after

:10:26. > :10:28.the missiles were launched. That's coming up.

:10:29. > :10:34.The other stories this morning. There has been a sharp rise

:10:35. > :10:37.in the number of Accident and Emergency departments in England

:10:38. > :10:39.turning away ambulances in the last year, compared

:10:40. > :10:41.with the previous three years. The Nuffield Trust think-tank

:10:42. > :10:43.says its analysis shows Ambulance Services are facing even

:10:44. > :10:48.more pressures than NHS hospitals. Here's our health

:10:49. > :10:50.correspondent, Jane Dreaper. Ambulances are diverted when

:10:51. > :10:55.hospitals are exceptionally busy. It's a temporary measure to take

:10:56. > :10:57.the pressure off A, but it means patients have further

:10:58. > :11:00.to travel for urgent treatment. Today's report shows how the number

:11:01. > :11:05.of diverts has leapt During the three winters beginning

:11:06. > :11:14.in 2013, this happened But in this most recent winter,

:11:15. > :11:20.the number of diverts The report says this is bad

:11:21. > :11:24.for patients and explains why ambulance trusts in England

:11:25. > :11:27.are missing their expected 500 or so - you may say "Well,

:11:28. > :11:34.it's not a big number." They reveal a service under

:11:35. > :11:43.tremendous pressure. There'll be 500 diverts but there'll

:11:44. > :11:45.be many more A departments working right at the limit

:11:46. > :11:49.that they could have diverted. And the report says morale is low

:11:50. > :11:52.among ambulance staff, NHS England believes too many

:11:53. > :11:56.ambulances are being dispatched to simply try to hit targets,

:11:57. > :12:19.and it's reviewing the system. A woman who was knocked into the

:12:20. > :12:24.River Thames during the Westminster terror attack has died of her

:12:25. > :12:30.injuries police have confirmed. Andrea Cristea, who was 31, was

:12:31. > :12:34.visiting London from her native Romania when she was struck on

:12:35. > :12:36.Westminster Bridge by the car driven by Khalid Masood. She is the fifth

:12:37. > :12:41.person to have died following the attack.

:12:42. > :12:44.The Basque separatist movement ETA has said that it will officially

:12:45. > :12:45.disarm from tomorrow, according to a letter

:12:46. > :12:49.More than 800 people were killed during ETA's campaign of violence,

:12:50. > :12:52.The Spanish government has refused to negotiate with the group,

:12:53. > :12:54.whose aim is to achieve independence from Spain.

:12:55. > :12:56.GP practice closures have hit record levels,

:12:57. > :12:58.with hundreds of thousands of patients forced to change

:12:59. > :13:00.surgeries last year, according to figures obtained

:13:01. > :13:04.The Royal College of GPs said doctors could no longer cope

:13:05. > :13:06.with growing patient demand, but NHS England said

:13:07. > :13:08.all patients would still be able to register with a surgery.

:13:09. > :13:11.It added that an extra billion pounds had been invested in general

:13:12. > :13:16.The French presidential candidate Francois Fillon has been pelted

:13:17. > :13:20.The conservative candidate had been at a rally in Strasbourg

:13:21. > :13:27.when a protestor emptied the bag of flour at Mr Fillon.

:13:28. > :13:31.The former Prime Minister has faced protests in recent weeks

:13:32. > :13:34.since he was charged over accusations he gave his wife

:13:35. > :13:36.a fake parliamentary job for which she was paid hundreds

:13:37. > :13:55.Back to our main story. The US launched a military attract on Syria

:13:56. > :13:58.overnight, releasing dozens of missiles from Navy warships

:13:59. > :14:03.targeting an airfield in western Syria. It's in response to a

:14:04. > :14:06.chemical attack that killed at least 80 people and was described by

:14:07. > :14:08.President Trump as a disgrace to humanity. Here's what he had to say

:14:09. > :14:12.earlier. On Tuesday, the Syrian

:14:13. > :14:14.dictator, Bashar al-Assad, launched a horrible,

:14:15. > :14:16.the weapons attack on innocent civilians

:14:17. > :14:25.using a deadly nerve agent. Bashar al-Assad ended

:14:26. > :14:28.the lives of helpless men, It was a slow and brutal death

:14:29. > :14:43.for so many, even beautiful babies. They were cruelly murdered in this

:14:44. > :14:49.very barbaric attack. No child of God should

:14:50. > :14:56.ever suffer such horror. Tonight, I ordered a targeted

:14:57. > :15:00.military strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical

:15:01. > :15:08.attack was launched. It is in this vital

:15:09. > :15:13.national security interest of the United States to prevent

:15:14. > :15:19.and deter the spread and use There can be no dispute that Syria

:15:20. > :15:28.used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under

:15:29. > :15:32.the Chemical Weapons Convention, and ignored the urging

:15:33. > :15:40.of the UN Security Council. Years of previous attempts

:15:41. > :15:45.at changing Bashar al-Assad's behaviour have all failed,

:15:46. > :15:51.and failed very dramatically. As a result, the refugee crisis

:15:52. > :15:55.continues to deepen, and the region continues

:15:56. > :15:57.to destabilise, threatening Tonight, I call on all civilised

:15:58. > :16:06.nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed

:16:07. > :16:08.in Syria, and also to end terrorism We ask for God's wisdom

:16:09. > :16:25.as we face the challenge We pray for the lives

:16:26. > :16:35.of the wounded and for the souls And we hope that as long as America

:16:36. > :16:43.stands were just as that peace and harmony will,

:16:44. > :16:54.in the end, prevail. Good night, and God bless America,

:16:55. > :17:05.and the entire world. That was the full statement from

:17:06. > :17:07.President Trump in the immediate aftermath of that missile launch.

:17:08. > :17:09.Former British Ambassador to Syria, Sir Peter Ford,

:17:10. > :17:18.Good morning. Can I first draw your attention, the opening part of that

:17:19. > :17:21.statement from President Trump said, my fellow Americans, on Tuesday,

:17:22. > :17:26.Syrian dictator President Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible

:17:27. > :17:32.chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. This is a statement of

:17:33. > :17:38.fact. It is a myth statement of non-fact. We don't know. What is

:17:39. > :17:41.needed is an investigation. There are two possibilities for what

:17:42. > :17:46.happened. One is the American version, that Assad dropped chemical

:17:47. > :17:52.weapons on this locality. The other version is that an ordinary ball was

:17:53. > :17:56.dropped and it hit a munitions dump -- and ordinarily Bohm. The jihadis

:17:57. > :18:00.were storing chemical weapons. We don't know which of these two

:18:01. > :18:07.possibilities is the correct one. Remember the run-up to Iraq. The

:18:08. > :18:11.experts, the intelligence agencies, the politicians were convinced that

:18:12. > :18:16.Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. They produced reams of

:18:17. > :18:20.evidence, photographs and diagrams. It was all wrong. It was all wrong.

:18:21. > :18:26.It is possible that they are wrong in this instance as well. That they

:18:27. > :18:33.are just looking for a pretext to attack Syria. And let's not deceive

:18:34. > :18:37.ourselves, what has happened makes more use of chemical weapons more

:18:38. > :18:41.likely, not less. Well, the sentiment that you are talking about

:18:42. > :18:44.their chines most amongst international reaction to what

:18:45. > :18:50.happened, the chemical attack, with what Russia is saying. You chime

:18:51. > :18:54.most with them. We heard from Michael Fallon, the Defence

:18:55. > :19:00.Secretary, you convinced by the evidence is sufficient that he backs

:19:01. > :19:04.this action -- he is convinced. Why are you a relatively lone voice? I

:19:05. > :19:10.don't leave my brains out the door when I examine a situation

:19:11. > :19:13.analytically. I try to be objective. Based on previous experience,

:19:14. > :19:22.including Iraq, we can see that we cannot take at face value what the

:19:23. > :19:26.so-called intelligence experts tell us, not least when they have an

:19:27. > :19:30.agenda. The main point is that it is not going to end here. Britain is

:19:31. > :19:38.likely to be dragged into this, because Trump has just given the

:19:39. > :19:44.jihadis 1000 reasons to stage fake flag operations, seeing how

:19:45. > :19:51.successful and how easy it is with a global media to provoke the West

:19:52. > :19:55.into intemperate reactions. They will very likely staging operation

:19:56. > :20:00.similar to what they did, and this was documented by the United Nations

:20:01. > :20:05.in August last year. They mounted a chlorine gas attack on civilians,

:20:06. > :20:09.and they try to make it look like it was a regime operation. Mark my

:20:10. > :20:16.words, you are hearing it here, and it will happen. And we will get all

:20:17. > :20:21.of the warmongers coming to tell us that Assad is defying us and we must

:20:22. > :20:27.go in more heavily into Syria. This will be fake flag. Can I ask you,

:20:28. > :20:31.you are a form of British ambassador to Syria -- a former British

:20:32. > :20:34.ambassador. With your knowledge of Bashar al-Assad, his regime and the

:20:35. > :20:41.country, what do you think his reaction to this will be? Assad may

:20:42. > :20:48.be crawled, brutal, but he is not mad. It defies belief that he would

:20:49. > :20:54.bring this all on his head, for no military advantage. The fight with

:20:55. > :20:57.him had no military significance. It made absolutely no sense. We are

:20:58. > :21:03.going back to the previous argument... It would have angered

:21:04. > :21:08.the Russians for no other reason. This is simply not plausible. But

:21:09. > :21:12.how will his DAV change now he knows President Trump is prepared to

:21:13. > :21:20.launch cruise missile attacks? - how will his behaviour change. He broke

:21:21. > :21:25.the first place, so he can't change his behaviour. We will all pay the

:21:26. > :21:32.consequences. The oil price will spike. Very likely there will be

:21:33. > :21:38.more use, not less use, of CW as a result of this. And, this is also

:21:39. > :21:42.important, the Russians and the Syrians will give Glasgow operation

:21:43. > :21:48.in the fight against Isis. Peter Ford, thank you for coming in --

:21:49. > :21:52.will give less co-operation in the fight against Isis.

:21:53. > :21:59.Carol is out and about for us with the weather. It's looking lovely,

:22:00. > :22:03.isn't it? It certainly is here in Regents Park in London. You can

:22:04. > :22:08.hardly believe you are in the centre of London. It has been a chilly

:22:09. > :22:12.start of the day. Temperatures are starting to pick up. For most of us,

:22:13. > :22:16.today's forecast is one of sunny spells. The exception is in the

:22:17. > :22:21.north-west of the UK, where there is a bit more cloud. In the north-west

:22:22. > :22:26.of Scotland we have some drizzle. Eastern Scotland off to a fight but

:22:27. > :22:30.a chilly start with some sunshine. North-east England, similar, it but.

:22:31. > :22:44.To the day, losing the fog in the Vale of York earlier. East Anglia

:22:45. > :22:50.towards Kent, again, beautiful but a nippy start of the day. For Wales,

:22:51. > :22:56.you have got little bits and pieces of cloud, nothing too much, and a

:22:57. > :23:00.lot of sunshine. As we cross the Irish Sea into Northern Ireland,

:23:01. > :23:04.well, it is a cloudy start for you. As a result, it is not as cold is

:23:05. > :23:08.not. Through the course of the day we will hang on to the cloud across

:23:09. > :23:12.the north and west of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Still some showers

:23:13. > :23:20.on and off across the West of Scotland. Here too it will be

:23:21. > :23:22.breezy. For the rest of the UK we are looking at a largely sunny and

:23:23. > :23:31.dry day. Temperatures responding in the sunshine. The Southeast will hit

:23:32. > :23:35.18-19 C. Generally we are looking at about 14. Pollen levels are high,

:23:36. > :23:39.tree pollen, something to bear in mind if you are heading out. Tonight

:23:40. > :23:43.there will be breaks in the cloud, we will see some frost. In the

:23:44. > :23:48.countryside there will be shallow and mist and low cloud forming,

:23:49. > :23:52.still quite breezy in the North. Temperatures between five and nine

:23:53. > :23:56.Celsius, lower in roar areas, which is where we are expecting frost. Any

:23:57. > :24:02.mistimed fog that forms tomorrow morning will clear at about 80. --

:24:03. > :24:07.any mist and fog. Starting off the cloudy note in the north-west, but

:24:08. > :24:14.through the David cloud full retreat back to the coast. For most of us, a

:24:15. > :24:19.sunny day and a pleasant one. Temperatures 14-16 . Inland we could

:24:20. > :24:25.hit 20 or 21. Sunday starting warmer for England and Wales. Locally we

:24:26. > :24:29.could have 23 or even 24 Celsius. The average in London is about 13.

:24:30. > :24:33.For Scotland and Northern Ireland we have a weather front coming in

:24:34. > :24:47.introducing a bit more cloud. Through the day we will also see a

:24:48. > :24:50.bit more cloud across western parts of England and also Wales. Enjoy it

:24:51. > :24:51.whilst you can if you've got it, Chiloyan Steph. It sounds

:24:52. > :24:54.marvellous! Thanks, Carol, see you in a bit. We have been treated to

:24:55. > :24:59.some beautiful images this morning, not only of Regents Park. 82 hot-air

:25:00. > :25:02.balloons, they look amazing. They are currently sailing over the

:25:03. > :25:05.channel as they attempt a record-breaking crossing of the

:25:06. > :25:10.channel. There are still in the air right now. Fiona Lamdin joined them

:25:11. > :25:14.in the air with her pilot. We spoke to her as they flew over the white

:25:15. > :25:19.Cliffs of Dover. My hand is clutching onto the canister. I'm

:25:20. > :25:23.trying to keep my eyes, because it is absolutely beautiful but I can't

:25:24. > :25:27.look down! I'm sure the cameraman is showing you the beautiful pictures

:25:28. > :25:33.down. We very, very close to the sea. Underneath us is Dover Castle.

:25:34. > :25:37.The pilot will be able to tell me, how far away from the sequence blog

:25:38. > :25:43.we half a mile from the cliffs. We are about to go over a block the

:25:44. > :25:46.castle, next stop is France. Looking that way, straight ahead, 82

:25:47. > :25:51.balloons behind us, we are leading the way. It's a pretty good site.

:25:52. > :25:57.It's amazing. We are all bunched up together. It is this huge mass

:25:58. > :26:01.exodus of balloons. I have no idea what the people on the ferries are

:26:02. > :26:05.going to think when they see us passing by. Nobody has ever seen

:26:06. > :26:10.anything like this crossing the channel B. Lot 49 was the record,

:26:11. > :26:13.and we have 82 balloons in the air. Hopefully we will end up with the

:26:14. > :26:18.new Guinness World Record. The conditions, you were telling me

:26:19. > :26:24.earlier, are completely perfect. We are going quite slowly. We are going

:26:25. > :26:28.slower than normal, the winds, up above us is a much faster wind, so

:26:29. > :26:36.when we clear the cliffs we are going to climb up and get close to

:26:37. > :26:40.France a bit quicker. Amazing images! Fiona is still in the air

:26:41. > :26:44.along with the rest of the 80 balloons, gradually making their way

:26:45. > :26:49.gently across the tunnel. I must say, Fiona is scared of heights, so

:26:50. > :26:53.she might be having quite a scary time! They are due to get there

:26:54. > :26:57.sometime after 9am this morning. We wish them all good luck.

:26:58. > :27:03.It's Ladies Day at Aintree, and Mike will be looking ahead

:27:04. > :27:06.to today's race with his track-side tips.

:27:07. > :30:27.I will be back with the latest from where you

:30:28. > :30:32.I will be back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom in half an

:30:33. > :30:39.hour, we will see you soon. Goodbye for now.

:30:40. > :30:43.Hello this is Breakfast with Steph McGovern and Charlie Stayt.

:30:44. > :30:52.The United States has launched missile strikes against Syria

:30:53. > :30:57.overnight. These are images released by the US military, 59 cruise

:30:58. > :31:01.missiles were fired from US warships at an airbase in retaliation for a

:31:02. > :31:05.chemical attack that killed dozens of people earlier this week. The

:31:06. > :31:11.Syrian government has condemned the action which and at 20 to two this

:31:12. > :31:14.morning. President Trump said it was in America's national security

:31:15. > :31:25.interest to prevent the spread of chemical weapons. This was what he

:31:26. > :31:30.said just hours after the attack. Tonight I ordered a targeted

:31:31. > :31:41.military strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack

:31:42. > :31:47.was launched. It is in this vital national security interest of the

:31:48. > :31:56.United States to prevent and deter the use of deadly chemical weapons.

:31:57. > :32:04.There can be no dispute that Syria uses banned chemical weapons,

:32:05. > :32:08.violated its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and

:32:09. > :32:14.ignored the urging of the United Nations Security Council. Earlier

:32:15. > :32:18.this morning Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said that while the

:32:19. > :32:22.British government fully supports the air strikes last night there are

:32:23. > :32:26.no current plans for joint action. We have not been asked to be

:32:27. > :32:32.involved in this. It is not part of the coalition. We are in a coalition

:32:33. > :32:36.with the United States fighting terrorism in both Iraq and Syria but

:32:37. > :32:39.the United States have made it clear that this was United States

:32:40. > :32:45.operation but I should emphasise that we fully support it. Reaction

:32:46. > :32:52.in Russia to the US air strikes on being the best present insurgents

:32:53. > :32:57.could have hoped for, according to a senior Russian senator. More now

:32:58. > :33:00.from our Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford. Interesting that Michael

:33:01. > :33:03.Fallon said the British government was informed ahead of the air

:33:04. > :33:10.strikes, I understand that Moscow was also informed ahead of the

:33:11. > :33:15.strikes. According to the Pentagon yes but not on a political level, we

:33:16. > :33:18.understand that the US military informed the Russian military in

:33:19. > :33:23.Syria using the established communication lines there. They did

:33:24. > :33:27.give early information to say that this was coming, we understand that

:33:28. > :33:35.most personnel were evacuated from this airbase in Syria, in Hommes

:33:36. > :33:40.province. It seems that efforts were taken to minimise the human

:33:41. > :33:44.casualties from this strike. We have not yet heard from the Russian

:33:45. > :33:50.military in Moscow about what has happened but we have heard from a

:33:51. > :33:54.spokesperson for Mr Putin, the Kremlin spokesman. He said that Mr

:33:55. > :33:59.Putin sees what was done in Syria as an act of aggression against a

:34:00. > :34:03.sovereign state, he says, on an invented premise because Russia does

:34:04. > :34:06.not believe that there is evidence that Syrian government troops were

:34:07. > :34:10.responsible for carrying out a chemical attacks in Russia continues

:34:11. > :34:14.to dispute that which is of course the basis of this US air strike.

:34:15. > :34:20.Russia has also said that this strike inflicts significant damage

:34:21. > :34:39.on the relationship between Russia and the US and the coalition which

:34:40. > :34:46.is why it is fighting, strong was although we have not heard from the

:34:47. > :34:50.Russian military. Thank you. The Syrian army has given a televised

:34:51. > :34:53.statement in reaction, saying six people were killed and several

:34:54. > :34:58.others injured in the US air strikes and they described the damage

:34:59. > :35:11.Isgrove material damage. We have guessed from the Syrian community

:35:12. > :35:16.group now, Yasmine. Adding a family feel about this? We have mixed

:35:17. > :35:20.emotions, the first thought that comes to mind is, finally, because

:35:21. > :35:24.we have watched the international community mumbling for six years

:35:25. > :35:31.about how serious and complicated it is and too difficult to do anything.

:35:32. > :35:35.There was an ability to respond to an atrocity committed by the Assad

:35:36. > :35:44.regime and it makes us wonder, if something like this had been done in

:35:45. > :35:48.2013, when Syria crossed the red line of president Obama, could we

:35:49. > :35:53.have seen thousands of civilian lives saved? Percent and we are

:35:54. > :35:57.cautious and it's difficult to come out and endorse a military campaign

:35:58. > :36:03.outright without knowing what shape or form it will assume. Because we

:36:04. > :36:07.have heard from President Trump and the US government saying this was a

:36:08. > :36:13.one-off attack, it will not be a big change in policy. What do you hope

:36:14. > :36:17.will come out of it? At the very least what this strike will have

:36:18. > :36:20.done is to send a strong message to the Assad regime that the

:36:21. > :36:24.international community will not tolerate his gassing of his people.

:36:25. > :36:28.I think it is is important that this message be sent not just in response

:36:29. > :36:34.to chemical weapons but for us to remember that the majority of damage

:36:35. > :36:37.has been done from conventional weapons although it does send a

:36:38. > :36:41.message to Assad that we will not sit by and tolerate his committing

:36:42. > :36:47.these atrocities against his people. Hopefully this will start making

:36:48. > :36:51.changes in Syria, one might even be the restarting of the political

:36:52. > :36:55.process in Syria. We have never advocated for a military solution in

:36:56. > :36:58.Syria, maybe this can be the start of more serious political

:36:59. > :37:02.negotiations were by the Assad regime realises that the

:37:03. > :37:09.international community is serious about moving bees talk sword and

:37:10. > :37:15.negotiating a solution. Yasmine, thank you for talking to us. But

:37:16. > :37:19.time is 837. Those events dominating the news agenda today. Let's bring

:37:20. > :37:27.you up to date with other events this morning. One woman injured in

:37:28. > :37:36.the Westminster attack hats died of her injuries. Andreea Cristea, from

:37:37. > :37:46.Romania, was knocked into the Thames. She is the fifth person to

:37:47. > :37:50.have died from the attack. There's been a sharp rise in the number of

:37:51. > :37:55.accident and emergency departments in England turning away ambulances.

:37:56. > :37:59.Analysis by the Nuffield Trust shows ambulances were diverted nearly 500

:38:00. > :38:05.times last year compared to an average of 249th in the previous two

:38:06. > :38:09.years. NHS England says too many ambulances are being dispatched and

:38:10. > :38:20.the system is under review. The Basque separatist movement, ETA, has

:38:21. > :38:23.said that it will officially disarm from tomorrow according to a letter

:38:24. > :38:27.obtained by the BBC. Over 800 people were killed during its campaign of

:38:28. > :38:31.violence, thousands of others were injured. The Spanish government has

:38:32. > :38:32.refused to negotiate with the group whose aim is to achieve independence

:38:33. > :38:35.from Spain. It's Ladies' Day at the Grand

:38:36. > :38:44.National at Aintree. Good morning, today it is all about

:38:45. > :38:48.the fashion stakes, the race to be the most stylish and seven races as

:38:49. > :38:51.we build up to the world's most famous steeplechase tomorrow, the

:38:52. > :38:54.Grand National. I promised that there would be quite a few horses

:38:55. > :38:58.here but they've gone off into the distance, they should because they

:38:59. > :39:03.are getting a feel for the course on the day before the Grand National.

:39:04. > :39:08.There they are in the distance. We saw Ruby Walsh's horse earlier, one

:39:09. > :39:13.of the fancied runners in a race today. More about ladies Day, I have

:39:14. > :39:18.special guests in a moment, first the rest of the sport and the golf

:39:19. > :39:23.world number one Dustin Johnson says he is devastated at having to pull

:39:24. > :39:26.out of the Masters. He was leading his way to the first tee in Augusta

:39:27. > :39:30.before he said he could not carry on. He hurt his lower back on

:39:31. > :39:35.Wednesday when he fell down the stairs at his rental home. Obviously

:39:36. > :39:46.I want to play more than anything, you know, but I made a few swings on

:39:47. > :39:50.the putting green and I just can't swing the ball. Lee Westwood is the

:39:51. > :39:54.leading British player after a great opening round, in third place, five

:39:55. > :40:00.strokes behind Charley Hoffman of the USA, who is seven under par. Bad

:40:01. > :40:03.weather is playing havoc with the practice before the second race of

:40:04. > :40:10.the Chinese Grand Prix. Conditions in Shanghai meant that the medical

:40:11. > :40:14.helicopter couldn't operate so it wasn't safe for the drivers to go on

:40:15. > :40:19.the track. The first session was severely disrupted and the second

:40:20. > :40:25.was due to start an hour and a half ago, it is yet to get underway. The

:40:26. > :40:30.Olympic marathon champion has failed an out of competition drug test. The

:40:31. > :40:33.32-year-old from Kenny was due to defend her London Marathon title

:40:34. > :40:44.this month but tested positive for the blood booster EPO in tests

:40:45. > :40:48.conducted by the IAAF. Lizzie Kelly show that she had recovered from the

:40:49. > :40:54.fall she had in the Cheltenham Gold cup just weeks ago when she rode the

:40:55. > :40:59.10-1 shot to victory in the feature race on the first day at Aintree. It

:41:00. > :41:06.was a battle at the end and she was pushed all the weight of the line.

:41:07. > :41:08.We saw the leading female jockey Katie Walsh falling yesterday but

:41:09. > :41:13.luckily after initial fears that she had broken her and it's fine, she

:41:14. > :41:17.was just bruised and she will be able to compete tomorrow on

:41:18. > :41:23.Wonderful Charm in the Grand National. It is ladies day, here are

:41:24. > :41:30.the icons of fashion! You always look smart! Let's just get the

:41:31. > :41:33.microphone, Dame Sarah Storey, the most successful Paralympic and of

:41:34. > :41:38.all time and Sam Quek who scored gold with the British hockey team

:41:39. > :41:41.last summer and you are a proud Liverpudlian so you know how much

:41:42. > :41:48.ladies day means in a fashion and social calendar to everyone here.

:41:49. > :41:51.100%, I'm really nervous, it's my first Grand National experience, it

:41:52. > :41:59.is looking fab and I am so honoured to be surrounded by so many amazing

:42:00. > :42:04.women today. You are here for the grand summit when the leading

:42:05. > :42:08.figures in women's sport come today to egg together to celebrate the

:42:09. > :42:12.achievements of women in sport. When that gets exciting, we get to talk

:42:13. > :42:16.about the brilliance of sport, what it means to people, how it furthers

:42:17. > :42:20.the community and what it can do in the future and with the Olympic and

:42:21. > :42:27.Paralympic teams getting better there's every reason to be excited

:42:28. > :42:32.about the future of British sport. And your women's national cycling

:42:33. > :42:37.team is competing. After lunch and raising our big rushing over to join

:42:38. > :42:41.the team in the Lincolnshire walls, very much looking forward to seeing

:42:42. > :42:45.that kick off on Sunday morning. Because you have always been so busy

:42:46. > :42:50.training and competing you've never been to the races so what have you

:42:51. > :42:55.made of it so far? After half an hour! It's amazing, we are always

:42:56. > :42:59.training, racing, so it's brilliant and the jockeys look even smaller

:43:00. > :43:03.than on TV and when you write around the countryside like I do you seek

:43:04. > :43:10.bigger horses and these are the athletes of the sport! It's just a

:43:11. > :43:15.little overwhelmed. And you get to walk the course. Have you brought

:43:16. > :43:19.your wellies? We won't be walking around in these, we would sink, I

:43:20. > :43:23.have brought my boots. It is a gorgeous course, I've been here to

:43:24. > :43:26.work with the Jockey Club before and each time it has got bigger and

:43:27. > :43:31.bigger and the final product is outstanding. I am so impressed. And

:43:32. > :43:36.whatever your friends said about ladies day in the past and what it

:43:37. > :43:40.means to the city? Is huge. Liverpool is renowned for women who

:43:41. > :43:52.love to dress up and live for the weekend. I think

:43:53. > :43:56.we'll get glimpse of that today although it is only Friday. I asked

:43:57. > :43:58.for professional help today because I felt pressured to look good and

:43:59. > :44:01.judging the style awards. I think it's going to be a really good

:44:02. > :44:03.spectacle. These awards are where they all stand to have their

:44:04. > :44:06.pictures taken. I think there'll be a massive queue. This is the hardest

:44:07. > :44:09.race in the world to predict so you've got as much chance as anyone,

:44:10. > :44:14.have you studied the form of the Grand National? I pick on colour and

:44:15. > :44:21.numbers so I will choose either number 13, it is my jersey number.

:44:22. > :44:27.Or definitely the colour red as well. I've followed Liverpool

:44:28. > :44:31.football club and Team GB red. I will go with girl power and Katie

:44:32. > :44:37.Walsh. Wonderful Charm, let's hope that after the fall yesterday she is

:44:38. > :44:41.back. It did very well before, so the horse has got form. The race is

:44:42. > :44:45.always full of fairy tale stories, it would be a fairy tale for Katie

:44:46. > :44:50.to come back after that fall and actually win the big race. You need

:44:51. > :44:54.to be a tough cookie and they don't come tougher than her so she is

:44:55. > :45:00.ready and shall be back on the start line tomorrow, let's keep our

:45:01. > :45:03.fingers crossed for her. The jump jockeys, I have seen what you go

:45:04. > :45:11.through with a hockey team won I trained with the last year. This is

:45:12. > :45:18.the only job where an ambulance follows you, that speaks volumes!

:45:19. > :45:21.You look fantastic, ladies, I don't think a fascinator would look good

:45:22. > :45:26.on me though! That's all from here this morning. I'm going to study the

:45:27. > :45:28.form and I promised some top tips tomorrow before the Grand National.

:45:29. > :45:31.That is all for now. There's plenty of information

:45:32. > :45:34.on what we should be eating to stay healthy,

:45:35. > :45:37.but could the way we pick, store The botanist James Wong

:45:38. > :45:43.explores in his new book whether sticking mushrooms

:45:44. > :45:57.on the windowsill or reheating pasta A very good morning to you. Your

:45:58. > :46:02.book is called How to Eat Better. That has to be good. We all want to

:46:03. > :46:06.eat better. There is a lot of questions about what to eat, but

:46:07. > :46:09.everyone knows what we should be eating. Dieticians and doctors have

:46:10. > :46:15.been telling us for 50 years not to go crazy on sugar and fat, lots of

:46:16. > :46:19.fruit and vegetables. But what a lot of people don't know is taking the

:46:20. > :46:25.fruit and vegetables and treating them in different ways... Literally

:46:26. > :46:32.where you store the food you are going to eat? Mushrooms contain

:46:33. > :46:37.little or no vitamin B when you buy them from the supermarket. Put them

:46:38. > :46:43.on a windowsill, in as little as an hour or two, particularly upside

:46:44. > :46:52.down, they can get 100 times vitamin D, just by storing them. Mushrooms

:46:53. > :46:56.on a windowsill. What else? It relies on UV light hitting the

:46:57. > :47:00.mushroom. It is also about selecting storing. If you picked a red pepper

:47:01. > :47:08.instead of a green pepper, you get five times the carotenes and the

:47:09. > :47:21.polythene ill. You put two words in there. Consuming carotenes has been

:47:22. > :47:27.linked to reduced cardiovascular disease, reducing cancer. Similar

:47:28. > :47:33.for polythenils. Some carotenes can be converted into vitamin A and it

:47:34. > :47:40.can protect vision. Lots of people eat salad that comes in a bag.

:47:41. > :47:44.Pre-washed. Tell us what science tells us about how long you can keep

:47:45. > :47:48.it, does it get better or worse? If you slice lettuce and leave it

:47:49. > :47:54.overnight in the fridge for a few hours, it can get 50% more

:47:55. > :48:00.polythenils. There are chemicals in plants that have health benefits for

:48:01. > :48:04.humans, they are produced as defence chemicals. Slicing up the lettuce,

:48:05. > :48:10.they react by churning out defence chemicals. It will not go soggy.

:48:11. > :48:15.Within a short period of time. There has been a medical trial, and within

:48:16. > :48:19.three days it maintains most of its integrity. Within eight hours, there

:48:20. > :48:24.is essentially no difference in texture and a significant difference

:48:25. > :48:28.in terms of nutrients. It is so complicated, knowing what to do. It

:48:29. > :48:33.feels like we get so much conflicting information about what

:48:34. > :48:39.to eat, when, how to prepare it. How do you know? This is the fascinating

:48:40. > :48:42.thing. There is an idea that scientists keep changing their mind,

:48:43. > :48:48.that one-year the evil thing is fat, the next year it is sugar. That is

:48:49. > :48:53.usually a media headline. Science has recommended the same diet

:48:54. > :48:56.essentially for a few years. The evidence really hasn't changed.

:48:57. > :49:00.Don't be ridiculous amounts of fat and sugar, eat lots of whole grains,

:49:01. > :49:05.fruit and vegetables. These are simple ways to make them even better

:49:06. > :49:10.for you. When you get home from the supermarket, you put most stuff in

:49:11. > :49:15.the fridge. Some of it, that is clearly a mistake? Lots of things

:49:16. > :49:19.are naturally stored in the fridge in supermarkets that I don't

:49:20. > :49:25.understand... Who on earth is throwing potatoes in the fridge?

:49:26. > :49:29.Tomatoes and apples, a whole host of berries can significantly improve

:49:30. > :49:34.nutrient content above 15 degrees. Tomatoes will get more red, more

:49:35. > :49:38.aromatic and higher in a range of antioxidants, but the chemical

:49:39. > :49:43.reactions will only happen if kept above 10-15 degrees. The windowsill

:49:44. > :49:50.rather than the fridge. Steph is not a fan of bananas. I am allergic to

:49:51. > :49:56.them! They are a staple diet for a lot of people. But which bananas

:49:57. > :50:01.should you choose? Every banana in the supermarket will be the exact

:50:02. > :50:06.same genetic variety. But depending on the stage of how ripe it is,

:50:07. > :50:10.green bananas, not right, traditionally they have a

:50:11. > :50:14.surprisingly good flavour like a potato, and they have much more

:50:15. > :50:20.fibre, they keep you more full for longer than other carbs, rice and

:50:21. > :50:27.pasta. So you would encourage people to eat a green banana? And plantains

:50:28. > :50:31.for example. But a ripe banana is also a good choice. Green bananas

:50:32. > :50:36.are just as cheap as potatoes and they taste really good. Just don't

:50:37. > :50:41.eat them near me! So much great advice today. What is the one thing

:50:42. > :50:46.that people should change if they are thinking about trying to be

:50:47. > :50:51.healthy? I am not a dietician, I am a botanist, but a dietician would

:50:52. > :50:55.say eat more fruit and vegetables. Very few people eat enough, just eat

:50:56. > :51:00.more. In my book, it is just science -based tips and tricks to make what

:51:01. > :51:07.you are eating even better for you. Just eat more of them. Sometimes if

:51:08. > :51:12.I have a pot of jam open for a while, you get some mould on the

:51:13. > :51:15.top. I would take off and carry on regardless. That is a question I

:51:16. > :51:21.can't answer because I am not a dietician! I thought it might fit

:51:22. > :51:25.into the science and food category! What I can tell you is that a lot of

:51:26. > :51:31.the nutrients in things like berries, when you cook them, cooked

:51:32. > :51:36.blueberries, in the microwave for three minutes, will have

:51:37. > :51:41.significantly higher levels of the key antioxidant chemical believed to

:51:42. > :51:45.convert a health benefit. If you take frozen ones, half the cost, you

:51:46. > :51:52.put them in the microwave, it is the same thing... They have up to twice

:51:53. > :51:56.the nutrients. I must ask, given the job you have and the fact you are

:51:57. > :52:00.well known for it, do you get people analysing your shopping and looking

:52:01. > :52:06.in your basket when you are in the queue? All the time! I was in a

:52:07. > :52:11.coffee chain store and I ordered a black coffee. She had just ordered

:52:12. > :52:22.an arm and milk green tea lactate and she looked at me was disgust. --

:52:23. > :52:28.arm and milk green tea latte. I told her that mine was significantly more

:52:29. > :52:33.healthy, and it tastes nicer, let's be honest! We will find someone who

:52:34. > :52:36.can answer your question about the jam! Thank you.

:52:37. > :52:38.James' book is called How To Eat Better.

:52:39. > :52:42.Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:52:43. > :52:54.It is beautiful here. Not just the plants, but lovely wildlife as well.

:52:55. > :53:01.Someone involved in a special mission in the London parks is with

:53:02. > :53:05.me. Where, what is this mission? Mission In vertebrate challenges us

:53:06. > :53:10.to better understand the invertebrates living in London's

:53:11. > :53:13.Royal Parks. Thanks to the people's postcode lottery, we are on a

:53:14. > :53:18.mission to show everyone how valuable, diverse and important

:53:19. > :53:27.invertebrates are. What is an inverted it? -- and invertebrate? It

:53:28. > :53:32.is an animal that doesn't have a backbone. Pretty much 95% of all the

:53:33. > :53:38.animals on this planet. You might immediately think of insects, for

:53:39. > :53:41.example, butterflies, bees, wasps. But also worms and snails and slugs

:53:42. > :53:50.and woodlice. All those wonderful creepy crawlies. Why are they so

:53:51. > :53:53.important? They are the bedrock of nature on this planet, basically.

:53:54. > :53:58.The world would not look anything like it does today without the

:53:59. > :54:03.support of invertebrates. They are really important for three reasons.

:54:04. > :54:07.One, they recycle all the organic matter from the trees and plants.

:54:08. > :54:16.They food providers, they provide enough for all of animals. I have

:54:17. > :54:21.forgotten the third one! Hedgehogs? That's right. In Regents Park, we

:54:22. > :54:24.are lucky enough that it is home to the last breeding population of

:54:25. > :54:32.hedgehogs in central London. And they depend on invertebrates to

:54:33. > :54:35.survive. As part of Mission Invertebrate, we are on a mission to

:54:36. > :54:39.discover more about the invertebrates in the park. Hedgehogs

:54:40. > :54:43.only use a third of this park for some reasons, and we are inviting

:54:44. > :54:47.citizens scientists to come and help us understand where the insects are

:54:48. > :54:54.and whether that affects the distribution of hedgehogs. The other

:54:55. > :54:59.parks have different animals? Yes, we have highlighted a hero

:55:00. > :55:04.invertebrate for each of the eight Royal Parks. We are going to be

:55:05. > :55:11.focusing on each one throughout the summer. Richmond Park, for example,

:55:12. > :55:14.the hero is going to be the ant. There are and Hillsborough did all

:55:15. > :55:20.around Richmond Park which you may have tripped over if you are lucky

:55:21. > :55:27.enough to visit. -- ant hills around Richmond Park. And woodpeckers for

:55:28. > :55:31.example. We need to understand what makes the ants thrive, and how

:55:32. > :55:36.management of the park can have an effect on those and the

:55:37. > :55:41.invertebrates there. Thank you for joining us. It is a glorious morning

:55:42. > :55:47.in Regents Park. It is across many other parts of the UK as well. It is

:55:48. > :55:54.a chilly start, but temperatures now starting to rise in the sunshine.

:55:55. > :55:58.Many of us looking at sunny spells. At nine o'clock, in Scotland, more

:55:59. > :56:03.cloud in the north and north-west, producing a spot of drizzle. In the

:56:04. > :56:08.east, some sunshine. North-west England, a bit more cloud.

:56:09. > :56:11.North-east, the sunshine. Further south, in the Midlands, the cloud

:56:12. > :56:16.from earlier is starting to break up, more sunshine through the day.

:56:17. > :56:22.East Anglia, Essex, Kent, southern counties into the South West, the

:56:23. > :56:27.Channel Islands as well, the Scilly Islands, all looking at blue skies.

:56:28. > :56:30.In Wales, some sunshine. A bit of cloud floating around, and in

:56:31. > :56:35.Northern Ireland, you have a bit more cloud, not as cold a start for

:56:36. > :56:40.you and you will hang on to the cloud through the day. Through the

:56:41. > :56:44.day, for Northern, north-west of Scotland and Northern Ireland, a bit

:56:45. > :56:49.more cloud. It will be breezy, not as windy as it was in the North

:56:50. > :56:53.yesterday, but you will notice it. Away from those areas, we are back

:56:54. > :56:59.in the sunshine. Temperatures responding nicely. We could get up

:57:00. > :57:04.to 18 or 19 in the south-east of England, but generally between

:57:05. > :57:10.14-16. Pollen levels are high today across most of England and Wales. We

:57:11. > :57:15.are talking tree pollen. Through the evening and overnight, once again,

:57:16. > :57:20.some cloud, with some holes punched in it. In the countryside, cold

:57:21. > :57:25.enough for a touch of frost. Some mist and fog patches forming. Still

:57:26. > :57:31.quite breezy across the far north of Scotland, with a few showers. In the

:57:32. > :57:35.towns and cities, about 5-9 Celsius. Tomorrow morning, mist and fog that

:57:36. > :57:39.has formed overnight will clear quickly, probably by eight or nine

:57:40. > :57:43.in the morning. Although we will start off fairly cloudy across

:57:44. > :57:47.northern and western Scotland and Northern Ireland, through the day

:57:48. > :57:52.the sunny spells across the rest of the UK will push up and melt away

:57:53. > :57:58.the cloud. Most of us ending up with a dry and a fine and a sunny day.

:57:59. > :58:04.Temperatures tomorrow up to 19-21 in parts of the UK. Sunday, the warmest

:58:05. > :58:08.of the weekend. Could hit 23, even 24 in parts of England. Where we

:58:09. > :58:12.have the rain coming in across Scotland and Northern Ireland, it

:58:13. > :58:14.will feel a bit fresher. The high temperatures are not going to last

:58:15. > :58:24.even into Monday. Sounds lovely. Looking forward to

:58:25. > :58:25.some good weather over the weekend. You had been sending pictures of

:58:26. > :58:34.blossom, lovely weather. From Ruth, in a nursery in

:58:35. > :59:07.Sevenoaks. And this from London. A great time

:59:08. > :59:16.of year. It really cheers you up. Just coming up to nine o'clock.

:59:17. > :59:19.Now in its 18th year, BBC Radio 2's Folk Awards has

:59:20. > :59:21.honoured the best talent in folk, acoustic and roots music,

:59:22. > :59:25.Earlier this week, the singer and musician Kris Drever scooped

:59:26. > :59:28.two awards, including the coveted Folk Singer of the Year title.

:59:29. > :59:30.We'll speak to Kris in a moment, but first let's hear

:59:31. > :59:47.If Wishes Were Horses, which won Original Song of the Year.

:59:48. > :00:01.# I wish that we were made of gold # I wish that we would never grow

:00:02. > :00:12.old # To all the things we never try it

:00:13. > :00:23.# If wishes were horses then beggars would write

:00:24. > :00:29.# Van and beggars would write -- then beggars would ride #.

:00:30. > :00:33.Kris is with us now. You comfortable watching that because people

:00:34. > :00:39.sometimes do not like to watch themselves performing. That video

:00:40. > :00:44.was made at a sound check last year with a friend! Are you very

:00:45. > :00:48.self-critical? I think we all are it is different because you think

:00:49. > :00:52.differently inside your own head to the way that everyone else hears it.

:00:53. > :00:57.It is like listening to a different person. And now you are

:00:58. > :01:03.award-winning, congratulations, how does that feel? Really good, thank

:01:04. > :01:06.you, I had a lovely night, at the Royal Albert Hall, I've never been

:01:07. > :01:12.there before, we could do with one of them in Shetland! Get working on

:01:13. > :01:19.that. I had a really lovely time. It's quite a close knit scene, you

:01:20. > :01:22.see a lot of the same people at the festivals, we don't get to hang out

:01:23. > :01:27.with them so much through the rest of the year, so it's good to hang

:01:28. > :01:34.out with all the people I never see. You mentioned Shetland, that his

:01:35. > :01:38.home. Where I'm living, yeah. Quite a contrast to the scene we saw

:01:39. > :01:43.there, I'm thinking of the relative solitude and the peaceful times you

:01:44. > :01:48.have, is that inspirational musically? It certainly affords time

:01:49. > :01:52.for reflection. Although I have a toddler so there isn't loads of time

:01:53. > :01:58.for that. A good place to generate music. And it's a good community of

:01:59. > :02:04.musicians as well. A very strong fiddle tradition particularly. And

:02:05. > :02:09.your music is steeped in your own family because your dad was also a

:02:10. > :02:13.musician. He has committee is a professional singer songwriter, he

:02:14. > :02:19.lives in Norway now although he still tours and mum is a musician as

:02:20. > :02:25.well and a great singer. So it was inevitable? That is what people say.

:02:26. > :02:29.You are touching your guitar, you probably feel comfortable holding

:02:30. > :02:33.it. I do spend a large percentage of my time holding my guitar. Padraig

:02:34. > :02:40.are going to play something, what are you going to play? I'm going to

:02:41. > :02:54.play a bit of a song that we do on tour.

:02:55. > :03:16.# Beyond repair... # Redemption waits in an afternoon.

:03:17. > :03:40.# And make the shadows on your shelf # I get my powers from someone else

:03:41. > :03:46.That is lovely, Kris, thank you, I'm curious because some singers

:03:47. > :03:54.disguise their absence when they sing but you are clearly Scots. I

:03:55. > :03:59.think it is a choice, I kind of feel like, when I was growing up almost

:04:00. > :04:03.all the people who sang from everywhere, from Cornwall to

:04:04. > :04:07.Shetland, they sang in a transatlantic accident. There is

:04:08. > :04:12.nothing wrong with that. It is a pop thing, it is an affectation. But I

:04:13. > :04:20.always felt it was a little disingenuous. You know when you are

:04:21. > :04:26.a teenager, opinion Asian takes over so I thought it was stupid! That's

:04:27. > :04:31.how I can have ended up doing that. Thank you for playing with us live.

:04:32. > :04:37.We should have had an instrument. You can watch highlights of the Folk

:04:38. > :04:47.Awards on Sunday on BBC Four at 10pm. Speaking to Dave Rowntree and

:04:48. > :06:25.Dom Pattinson about an Easter day with light winds, in the spring

:06:26. > :06:28.sunshine it should feel warm, top temperature 17 degrees. We'll be

:06:29. > :06:38.back at 1:30pm with the lunchtime news, goodbye.

:06:39. > :06:48.Welcome back. Hunting for chocolate eggs that Easter is a tradition, and

:06:49. > :06:52.next Friday and Saturday pieces of art with thousands of pounds will be

:06:53. > :06:57.placed around London, free to whoever finds them first. It's been

:06:58. > :07:02.created by the artist Dom Pattinson, he joins us with Blur drama, Dave

:07:03. > :07:10.Rowntree, and they will be giving clues on social media. What is the

:07:11. > :07:14.idea? And this a couple of times, once in New York and once in London

:07:15. > :07:22.and Portugal, and it is just a fun thing to do it's good to see people

:07:23. > :07:27.getting engaged with it and seeing graffiti artists as something more

:07:28. > :07:37.positive than just vandals. What kinds of places will they be hidden

:07:38. > :07:42.in? Obscure places. I want people to come across, if they look at the

:07:43. > :07:48.queues, they can actually find them. You will be able to work out where

:07:49. > :07:56.they are. They will not be in central London. Give us a clue, what

:07:57. > :08:03.is the art that people will be looking for? In what form? They are

:08:04. > :08:09.on large pieces of paper, about one metre by 60 centimetres. They are

:08:10. > :08:14.big pieces. Not rolled up, they will be stuck to the walls with duct

:08:15. > :08:20.tape, you can't miss them. If you walk past when you cannot miss it.

:08:21. > :08:26.The idea is that they are zebras. I've created, I did a painting a few

:08:27. > :08:30.years back which is about people being allowed to be who they are and

:08:31. > :08:37.being comfortable with who they are. And it is working on the same theme.

:08:38. > :08:44.It kind of represents a coat of arms. Dave, how did you get

:08:45. > :08:54.involved? I have known Dom for a few years, we worked together on

:08:55. > :08:57.projects including one called Star Boot Sale which involved celebrities

:08:58. > :09:05.standing behind tables selling bric-a-brac to their adoring public!

:09:06. > :09:08.Dom's PR company said that with his knowledge, we could start treating

:09:09. > :09:13.some of the queues. I thought, that will give me a head start, I will

:09:14. > :09:17.get that is first and I can go chasing around! See you are passing

:09:18. > :09:22.on the queues. So that you can put them out. Nine that's the idea. I

:09:23. > :09:28.will be sitting at home, Dom will pass me and a couple of other people

:09:29. > :09:33.some clues, and knowing how his mind works, he will be of no help to

:09:34. > :09:38.anyone! We will be treating them and putting them on Facebook and getting

:09:39. > :09:45.them out to people. Giving people a chance to get to where they will be.

:09:46. > :09:50.Why are you doing it, Dom? I've got a solo show opening to the public on

:09:51. > :09:54.the 19th. What I am doing is, I am selling work that Dave and I have

:09:55. > :10:01.been working on with the IRC for a couple of years now. I am selling

:10:02. > :10:08.some work with the proceeds of those sales will go directly to the

:10:09. > :10:17.organisation. The actual treasure hunt is just for a bit of fun. I got

:10:18. > :10:22.the sense from and he said, Dave, is Dom's mind cryptic, will the queues

:10:23. > :10:27.be unlikely to be straightforward? I very much doubt it, knowing how his

:10:28. > :10:32.mind works, I think they will be funny, maybe smutty! I think that

:10:33. > :10:35.people will enjoy the queues, perhaps not as much as when they

:10:36. > :10:41.find they art but it will be a fun thing to do. It has a serious side

:10:42. > :10:47.to it. This is one of our better established refugee charities and

:10:48. > :10:49.they work in Syria and across the Middle East, making conditions

:10:50. > :10:53.better for refugees in the Middle East. The better things are in the

:10:54. > :10:58.middle east the less people will want to risk their lives tracking

:10:59. > :11:04.across a continent so it is very important. Do you think that in the

:11:05. > :11:11.future, Blur might do something on similar lines, or is it more

:11:12. > :11:16.complicated? We could hide members of Blur across London for people to

:11:17. > :11:21.find! I will suggest it to the guys. Do they often go missing? It

:11:22. > :11:24.happened once, we were supposed to play a festival and grey and the

:11:25. > :11:30.guitarist went missing. We had to announce it across the PA -- Graham

:11:31. > :11:37.went missing. I think he had the wrong idea of what time we had to go

:11:38. > :11:42.on and which stage. So we asked over the PA if he would make his way to

:11:43. > :11:52.the backstage area. People thought it was a joke! When is this going

:11:53. > :11:57.on. Good Friday and the next day. The first clues will be coming out

:11:58. > :12:05.probably on Thursday. Good to see you both. Thank you. The time now is

:12:06. > :12:09.11 minutes past mind. Our coverage today dominated by one main story,

:12:10. > :12:15.the United States launching missile strikes against Syria overnight. 59

:12:16. > :12:19.cruise missiles were fired from US warships across an airbase, it is in

:12:20. > :12:22.retaliation for a chemical attack that killed dozens of people earlier

:12:23. > :12:26.this week. The Syrian government says the number of its troops were

:12:27. > :12:32.killed in the attack, this is what President Trump said just hours

:12:33. > :12:37.after launching the missiles. Tonight I ordered a targeted

:12:38. > :12:47.military strike on the airfield in Syria, from where the chemical

:12:48. > :12:51.attack was launched. It is in this vital national security interest of

:12:52. > :13:00.the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly

:13:01. > :13:08.chemical weapons. There can be no dispute that Syria uses banned

:13:09. > :13:14.chemical weapons, has violated its obligations under the chemical

:13:15. > :13:19.weapons Convention, and ignored the urging of the UN security council.

:13:20. > :13:24.Presidents Trump speaking in the early hours of this morning. More

:13:25. > :13:27.coverage and analysis of the air strikes on Syria on the BBC News

:13:28. > :13:31.channel through the day. Breakfast back tomorrow at 6am. Until then,

:13:32. > :13:35.have a lovely day. Bye bye.