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Hello, this is Breakfast, with Rachel Burden and | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
The British Government toughens its rhetoric over Russia's | :00:08. | :00:10. | |
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon blames the Kremlin | :00:11. | :00:18. | |
for the civilian deaths in Tuesday's chemical weapons attack. | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
Boris Johnson seeks support for a new initiative | :00:22. | :00:23. | |
A rare honour for murdered police officer Keith Palmer. | :00:24. | :00:45. | |
His coffin will be taken to the palace of Westminster ahead | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
A ceremony to mark the centenary of the First World War Battle | :00:49. | :00:57. | |
More than 20,000 people are expected to take part. | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
In sport, England's Justin Rose is at the top of the leaderboard | :01:03. | :01:05. | |
Rose is six under par along with Spain's Sergio Garcia | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
Also this morning, we meet the sisters with a combined age | :01:12. | :01:21. | |
of 300 and a century of stories to share. | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
Ben has the weather. After yesterday's sunshine and | :01:28. | :01:34. | |
warmth, today will be even warmer. But not for all of us. Scotland and | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
Northern Ireland turning cloudier and cooler. All the details in 15 | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
minutes. Thanks very much. | :01:43. | :01:45. | |
There's been more tough rhetoric from the British government | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
on Russia, over its continued support for Syrian President, | :01:50. | :01:51. | |
The Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has sharply | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
criticised the Kremlin, saying it was responsible for every | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has pulled out | :01:58. | :02:05. | |
of a planned visit to Moscow and is seeking support | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
We can speak now to our political correspondent Susana Mendonca. | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
Good morning to you. The rhetoric is toughening, whether or not the | :02:14. | :02:21. | |
Russians will take any notice remains to be seen. Very much so. We | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
are hearing from Michael Fallon. Some scathing criticism of the | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
Russian government. He says that by proxy they are responsible for every | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
single one of those deaths that we saw last week and what they are | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
saying is that the British government wants the Russians to | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
bring the Russians to heal, to put pressure on him, to stop the civil | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
war. All of this criticism of course follows the British government's | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
support for the US action in Syria on Friday, when they attacked those | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
buildings that they said contained the equipment that had been used for | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
those gas attacks. What Michael Fallon has said is that he thinks | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
Donald Trump made the right call. All of this comes as the Foreign | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
Secretary Boris Johnson was supposed to be going to Russia tomorrow for a | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister. That's been cancelled. He | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
faces criticism from the Liberal Democrats, who is basically saying | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
he was behaving like an American poodle. The Foreign Secretary's team | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
has said that what they are trying to do now is co-ordinate a response | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
from the G7 industrialised nations who will be meeting on Tuesday in | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
Italy to try to get some kind of co-ordinated response, to put more | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
pressure on Russia. Thank you very much indeed. | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
Thousands of people are expected to gather at services in Stockholm | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
later, to remember those killed in Friday's terror attack. | :03:49. | :03:50. | |
Four people died when a lorry was driven into them | :03:51. | :03:53. | |
Police are still investigating whether a device later found onboard | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
From Stockholm, Maddy Savage reports. | :03:58. | :04:05. | |
Thousands of people spent Saturday paying their respects and, after | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
police reopened the shopping street where the attack happened, many were | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
quick to find new ways to make their mark. In the old town's mediaeval | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
cathedral, there was a special service to remember that it is, | :04:20. | :04:26. | |
attended by Sweden's Prime Minister. Earlier, police revealed that when | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
they towed away the delivery truck used in the violence they had made a | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
disturbing discovery. We have found something in the truck, in the | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
drivers seat. A technical device which should not the deaf. I can't | :04:39. | :04:45. | |
at this stage say whether this is a bomb. The man they think was behind | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
the wheel has connections here, a diverse working-class suburb in the | :04:50. | :04:52. | |
north of the city. He hasn't been named IT is 39 and originally from | :04:53. | :04:59. | |
Uzbekistan. Several others have been arrested following break in | :05:00. | :05:01. | |
different locations. Security remains tight, but locals are | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
expected to gather for a peaceful rally later. They've been told to | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
leave politics at home and come together to show their love for | :05:11. | :05:12. | |
Sweden. A controlled explosion has been | :05:13. | :05:14. | |
carried out in the centre of Norway's capital, | :05:15. | :05:17. | |
Oslo, after police found The area has been sealed off | :05:18. | :05:19. | |
while investigations continue. The US military has ordered a Navy | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
strike group to move towards the Korean peninsula, | :05:25. | :05:34. | |
amid growing concerns about North Korea's missile | :05:35. | :05:36. | |
and nuclear weapons programme. US Pacific Command described | :05:37. | :05:38. | |
the deployment as a "prudent measure to maintain readiness | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
in the region". President Trump has said | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
the United States is prepared to act alone if necessary to deal | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
with the nuclear threat from North PC Keith Palmer, who was killed | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
in the Westminster attack last month, will today | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
receive a rare honour. The Queen has given her consent | :05:57. | :05:58. | |
for his coffin to lay at rest at the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
in the Palace of Westminster. His funeral takes place tomorrow | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
afternoon at Southwark The 48-year-old father and husband, | :06:08. | :06:20. | |
PC Keith Palmer had been a policeman for 15 years. He was stabbed by | :06:21. | :06:27. | |
Khalid Masood during the Westminster terror attack, as he stood guard | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
outside the houses of Parliament. PC Palmer was one of four people | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
killed, while a fifth died in hospital just a few days ago. Later | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
today PC Palmer's Coughlin will be taken to rest at Chapel of St Mary | :06:44. | :06:50. | |
Undercroft in a Palace of Westminster. It is a rare honour and | :06:51. | :06:54. | |
one only done with the consent of the Queen. The former Prime Minister | :06:55. | :06:57. | |
Baroness Thatcher and Tony Benn are the only people in recent times to | :06:58. | :07:05. | |
have laid bare two. Tomorrow, PC Palmer's coffin will be taken to | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
Southwark Cathedral. As a mark of respect, the Metropolitan police | :07:10. | :07:19. | |
have retired PC Palmer's shoulder number, which will not be reissued | :07:20. | :07:21. | |
to another officer. A man has suffered what police say | :07:22. | :07:23. | |
are life-changing injuries, after acid was thrown | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
at him in north London. His wife and their two year old son | :07:27. | :07:28. | |
suffered minor burns in the attack, which happened at around | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
1:00 yesterday afternoon Police say they want to hear | :07:34. | :07:35. | |
from anyone who saw what happened. Tributes are being paid | :07:36. | :07:40. | |
to the former Radio Two presenter, Brian Matthew, who died | :07:41. | :07:43. | |
yesterday aged 88. His broadcasting career | :07:44. | :07:45. | |
spanned almost 70 years. He's most well known | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
for the 'Sound of the 60s', a programme he presented | :07:51. | :07:53. | |
for 27 years. But it was his first appearance | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
on the 'Saturday Skiffle Club', which caught the ear of producers, | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
as Brian Matthew explained in 2013 It was a wonderful opportunity with | :08:02. | :08:10. | |
that one, because it covered a wide range of the arts and every month or | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
thereabouts we did a live show from the theatre and it amazed me that | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
the vast audience always turned up to wherever we were. I mean, it was | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
an opportunity to see a number of eminent stars, I suppose that was | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
the attraction. But it was a great programme to be associated with. | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
Such an instantly recognisable voice. | :08:36. | :08:36. | |
Those paying tribute to the Radio two broadcaster include | :08:37. | :08:39. | |
musician and lyricist Sir Tim Rice, calling him | :08:40. | :08:41. | |
While Brian Matthew's former colleague at Radio Two, | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
Jeremy Vine, said he'd done everything in broadcasting and met | :08:46. | :08:48. | |
More than 20,000 people, including Princes Charles, | :08:49. | :08:56. | |
William and Harry, will gather in Northern France today to mark | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles | :09:00. | :09:01. | |
Thousands of Scottish and Canadian troops died in four | :09:02. | :09:05. | |
days of fighting in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. | :09:06. | :09:08. | |
Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy reports. | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
A battlefield then, covered with symbolism today. Vimy Ridge, a place | :09:13. | :09:23. | |
of reverie, death and victory. -- bravery. The fighting to take the | :09:24. | :09:26. | |
ridge only lasted four days, but this was just part of the price paid | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
by Allied troops. Overall, the campaign saw 300,000 casualties. The | :09:33. | :09:40. | |
battle of RS saw over 5000 men killed and wounded on average, which | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
gives it a higher daily casualties rate than any of the other famous | :09:45. | :09:50. | |
battles. So it was one of the most intense and brutal campaigns the | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
British army fort. These are scenes from the battlefield. Much of the | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
heavy load to dislodge the Germans from the ridge was shouldered by | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
comedian and Scottish troops. The Canadians on three Victoria crosses | :10:05. | :10:07. | |
on the first day alone. The Scots suffered so many casualties | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
communities back home were shocked. -- Canadians won. | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
Today's event, here being rehearsed, will be witnessed by Prince Charles, | :10:17. | :10:24. | |
Prince William and Prince Harry, as well as 25,000 guests. All those | :10:25. | :10:31. | |
attending will be sat here in front of the striking monument, soaring | :10:32. | :10:39. | |
out of the ridge itself and dedicated to those who died. It's | :10:40. | :10:42. | |
humbling scale a symbol of losses on both sides. Every kind of weapon was | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
used here and although World War I would come to a close the following | :10:49. | :10:55. | |
year, this battle showed its horrors were drawn out to the end. | :10:56. | :10:58. | |
People caught fly-tipping will have to help councils clean up litter, | :10:59. | :11:01. | |
under new proposals by the government. | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
It says fly tippers cost 50 million a year in England | :11:08. | :11:10. | |
and the number of instances of rubbish being illegally dumped | :11:11. | :11:13. | |
by roads or in parks is on the increase. | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
The crew onboard a Turkish Airlines flight ended up having to look | :11:18. | :11:24. | |
after one more passenger than they bargained for, | :11:25. | :11:27. | |
Cabin crew helped to deliver the baby girl after the mother went | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
The journey from Guinea to Burkina Faso was only just over | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
two hours long, so, as you can see, things happened rather quickly! | :11:37. | :11:50. | |
It must have come as a bit of a shock. I wonder what nationality is | :11:51. | :11:57. | |
the baby? I don't know! Dual nationality? Free flights on Turkish | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
airlines for life! Imagine! | :12:04. | :12:04. | |
Let's take a look at this morning's papers. | :12:05. | :12:08. | |
We've been talking about the continuing situation with Syria and | :12:09. | :12:15. | |
Russia. Russia accused of complicity in the war crimes, that some the | :12:16. | :12:18. | |
Sunday Times. The picture is of one of the race-goers at Aintree | :12:19. | :12:26. | |
yesterday, cheering on One For Arthur, perhaps. | :12:27. | :12:28. | |
And Michael Fallon writing inside the Sunday Times this morning on | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
that issue. It is also the lead on the Sunday Telegraph. Boris Johnson, | :12:33. | :12:39. | |
Russia must leave Syria. A message that President Assad must depart the | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
country, although this is a conversation we have had many times | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
before and one we seem to be returning to once again. | :12:48. | :12:51. | |
The Observer has a picture of the Grand National. A picture of One For | :12:52. | :12:59. | |
Arthur winning. And the story is about the call for | :13:00. | :13:05. | |
an enquiry into an anti- Jeremy Corbyn plot. | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
Finally, Boris Johnson makes the front page of the Mail on Sunday. | :13:09. | :13:16. | |
Boris the Poodle. That was the name given to him by the leader of the | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
Lib Dems. He said he only pulled out over the say-so of Washington. He | :13:23. | :13:26. | |
said he was doing the bidding of the White House, which has been denied | :13:27. | :13:29. | |
by Foreign Office. We will look at the papers later in | :13:30. | :13:31. | |
the programme. Next week is Holy Week, | :13:32. | :13:34. | |
leading up to Easter Sunday, the day that Christians | :13:35. | :13:42. | |
mark their belief that Jesus rose But research commissioned by the BBC | :13:43. | :13:44. | |
suggests belief in a life after death is by no means | :13:45. | :13:48. | |
limited to people of faith. A study by ComRes found | :13:49. | :13:51. | |
one in five atheists, who say they don't believe in a god, | :13:52. | :13:53. | |
also believe in an afterlife. Our religious affairs correspondent | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
Martin Bashir reports. You are here to worship today! Come | :13:58. | :14:08. | |
on! Worship at hill song church in Surrey isn't just an expression of | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
gratitude for what this Christians say God is doing in their lives now, | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
but also what they say he has in store for them when they die. The | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
Bible says that we will have eternal life, we will enter heaven. It | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
doesn't go into major details, it just says that there will be no more | :14:27. | :14:32. | |
weeping, no more tears. It will be a place of great joy. The confidence | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
of Christians in the existence of heaven is based on what they believe | :14:38. | :14:42. | |
happened at Easter, that Jesus died, was buried and Ben Rosen again. | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
After our life here we go to heaven and it's paradise, perfect, no pain. | :14:47. | :14:52. | |
It's good. The resurrection is a really powerful event for me, | :14:53. | :15:00. | |
because it is Jesus conquering death, essentially. That gives us | :15:01. | :15:06. | |
life. But what of those don't claim to have any religious faith. -- | :15:07. | :15:12. | |
faith? The BBC poll of 2000 people conducted by ComRes show that just | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
over 30% of those who say they are not religious still believe they | :15:18. | :15:21. | |
will live again after death. Mediums and tarot card readers here in | :15:22. | :15:27. | |
Covent Garden charge of ?45 for 30 minutes and say they can put you in | :15:28. | :15:31. | |
touch with friends and relatives who have passed away. It is hoped that | :15:32. | :15:38. | |
what has left is literally the flesh, the physical body, but they | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
believe that they can still sense and be in contact with the loved | :15:44. | :15:48. | |
ones. It is the hope that they have. A desperate hope? The desperate | :15:49. | :15:55. | |
hope, exactly. The sense that we might be able to live beyond the | :15:56. | :15:59. | |
grave has now made the journey from the spiritual to the scientific | :16:00. | :16:03. | |
community. Companies like this one are now offering to freeze the | :16:04. | :16:08. | |
deceased body, just in case it proves possible to raise the dead in | :16:09. | :16:13. | |
the future. Until that happens, the world's great religions continue to | :16:14. | :16:22. | |
fill the void. So, whether you're planning to attend church during | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
holy week or visit a medium, our shared beliefs may be closer than we | :16:27. | :16:32. | |
realised. That humanity has a sense that this isn't all there is. Even | :16:33. | :16:34. | |
though it's tough to prove. We hope you have been enjoying the | :16:35. | :16:47. | |
glorious weather over the past few days. We can see what is happening | :16:48. | :16:53. | |
outside the windows. Greater Manchester. Misty and hazy outside. | :16:54. | :17:03. | |
It will be another good one. For most of us. Yesterday, almost all of | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
us got warmth and sunshine. Today, fortunes become more divided the | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
further south and east you are. And other sunny day. Even warmer if | :17:14. | :17:21. | |
anything. Things will be clouding over in this area through the day. | :17:22. | :17:27. | |
Weather will be cooler. This will spoil the party across the | :17:28. | :17:30. | |
north-western areas through today. Further south and east, high | :17:31. | :17:33. | |
precious ill holding on. That means plenty of sunshine. Hazy. Odd mist | :17:34. | :17:41. | |
and fog around. That will clear quickly. For many, we keep hold of | :17:42. | :17:46. | |
the sunshine, especially for east England and Wales. Further west, | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
more cloud. We will see rain in the afternoon getting through Northern | :17:52. | :17:54. | |
Ireland and western Scotland. Some heavy for a while. Temperatures, | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
that bit lower, eight, nine, 10 degrees in the west. Eastern | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
Scotland. Cloud will increase in western England and Wales and parts | :18:06. | :18:12. | |
of Cornwall. In the sunshine, central and eastern areas, they | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
could well get up to 25, possibly even 26. This evening and tonight, | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
it is all about this weather front, which will be tracking its way south | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
and east. As it goes, the rain will fizzle. Notice this. It will sink | :18:28. | :18:34. | |
south and east. It will introduce cool north-westerly winds and cooler | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
air to all of us. Temperatures by tomorrow morning, 4-9. Also some | :18:40. | :18:47. | |
showers. Tomorrow, a very different feeling. We get into the cool | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
north-westerly wind. Fair amounts of dry weather. Showers as well. Some | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
of those showers could even be wintry, believe it or not, across | :18:56. | :18:59. | |
the far north of Scotland. Despite the sunshine in the south, say | :19:00. | :19:06. | |
goodbye to 25, 26. I think 15 is the highest temperature we will see. So | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
I guess the message is make the most of the warmth while we haven't. We | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
will do our best. It is always the same in this country, make the most | :19:16. | :19:19. | |
of it while it is there. We will be back with the news at 630. Now on | :19:20. | :19:25. | |
BBC News, it is time for the Film Review. | :19:26. | :19:34. | |
Hello and welcome to The Film Review on BBC News. | :19:35. | :19:37. | |
To take us through this week's cinema releases, | :19:38. | :19:39. | |
We have I Am Not Your Negro, which is an Oscar-nominated | :19:40. | :19:52. | |
We have Raw, which is a real breathtaking debut feature. | :19:53. | :19:56. | |
And A Quiet Passion, Terence Davies' film about Emily | :19:57. | :19:58. | |
And I Am Not Your Negro, billed as a documentary. | :19:59. | :20:16. | |
Is it solidly a documentary, a funny genre? | :20:17. | :20:18. | |
Well, basically what it is if it's based on an unfinished project that | :20:19. | :20:22. | |
James Baldwin had started working on, to tell the story of America | :20:23. | :20:25. | |
through the story of three men, Medgar Evers, Malcom X | :20:26. | :20:28. | |
And so what you get is the film is narrated by Samuel L Jackson, | :20:29. | :20:32. | |
and it mixes news footage, reportage, clips from movies, | :20:33. | :20:35. | |
clips from television programmes and it puts together basically | :20:36. | :20:38. | |
a narrative which tells the story in a way which is both polemical | :20:39. | :20:41. | |
One of the outstanding features is some of the footage of Baldwin | :20:42. | :20:49. | |
himself, who comes across as a brilliant orator | :20:50. | :20:51. | |
I have more in common with a black scholar than I have with a white man | :20:52. | :21:05. | |
And you have more in common with a white author than you have | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
with someone who is against all literature. | :21:11. | :21:12. | |
So why must you always concentrate on colour, | :21:13. | :21:14. | |
There are other ways of connecting men. | :21:15. | :21:17. | |
When I left this country in 1948, I left this country with one reason | :21:18. | :21:22. | |
I might have gone to Hong Kong, I might have gone to Timbuktu. | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
I had a theory that nothing worse could happen to me | :21:29. | :21:37. | |
there that had already happened to me here. | :21:38. | :21:40. | |
You talk about making it as a writer about yourself. | :21:41. | :21:42. | |
You have to be able then to turn all the intent with which you live, | :21:43. | :21:46. | |
because once you turn on your back on this society, | :21:47. | :21:49. | |
You can see it seems really, really urgent, really engaging, | :21:50. | :21:53. | |
The way in which they mix news footage and television and films. | :21:54. | :22:00. | |
There is a very coherent argument, which is about the sort of nature | :22:01. | :22:03. | |
of America, which seems every bit as pertinent now as it did when this | :22:04. | :22:07. | |
The thing that was most striking about it is, | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
on the one hand, you asked, is it a documentary. | :22:14. | :22:15. | |
It's basically it's a visual essay that's put together | :22:16. | :22:28. | |
No, it doesn't and that's what's so brilliant about it. | :22:29. | :22:33. | |
You end up feeling that what you are seeing is a visual | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
representation of an argument that may have been laid down a literature | :22:39. | :22:41. | |
and really engaging, really as I said timely. | :22:42. | :22:43. | |
Put together in a way that absolutely grabs the audience's | :22:44. | :22:50. | |
attention and leads them through this story. | :22:51. | :22:52. | |
It was up against very strong competition in the Oscars, | :22:53. | :22:56. | |
but it's a really good piece of work that is accessible to everybody, | :22:57. | :23:00. | |
And has done really well at the box office. | :23:01. | :23:03. | |
Perhaps more than they expected, which is quite heartening as well. | :23:04. | :23:06. | |
Now, look, Mr Kermode, because when we decided | :23:07. | :23:09. | |
that we would like to continue working together, | :23:10. | :23:11. | |
I said your challenge of course was to try to get me | :23:12. | :23:14. | |
Well, thanks for doing that on week one. | :23:15. | :23:17. | |
It's a French-Belgian cause celebre, from the writer-director Julia | :23:18. | :23:27. | |
The story of a young woman who was a vegetarian, | :23:28. | :23:30. | |
who goes to that school and there are these hazing rituals. | :23:31. | :23:33. | |
One such ritual, she is forced to eat a raw rabbit. | :23:34. | :23:36. | |
She says, I'm not going to do that, I'm a vegetarian, but then | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
she starts to develop previously suppressed appetites. | :23:41. | :23:42. | |
The film turns into, on the one hand, a horror movie, | :23:43. | :23:46. | |
that refers to movies like I suppose Trouble Every Day, | :23:47. | :23:48. | |
and to some extent Carrie, We Are What We Are. | :23:49. | :23:51. | |
But on the other hand is a story about a young woman attempting | :23:52. | :23:55. | |
to fit in when she is a misfit, about somebody who really wants | :23:56. | :23:58. | |
to be part of a group but discovers that she's something | :23:59. | :24:01. | |
It's very metaphorical and allegorical and on some level | :24:02. | :24:04. | |
the director described it as a modern tragedy, | :24:05. | :24:06. | |
It's also got a fairy tale element to it. | :24:07. | :24:18. | |
Yes, there are visceral things in it. | :24:19. | :24:20. | |
Yes, there are moments in which she will gasp and recoil, | :24:21. | :24:22. | |
There's really heartfelt emotion in it. | :24:23. | :24:26. | |
It has meaty substance, pun fully intended. | :24:27. | :24:29. | |
Yes. I hear you. But I also read that people have been actually | :24:30. | :24:38. | |
physically sick in the cinema. There have been stories of people fainting | :24:39. | :24:42. | |
but I am sure they are exaggerated. I am sure they are exaggerated to be | :24:43. | :24:46. | |
give it a go, you will like they lot stop at let us see how long we | :24:47. | :24:50. | |
worked together before I have the guts to see it. I am looking forward | :24:51. | :24:59. | |
to A Quiet Passion. Terrence. He is a genuine amazing director. A young | :25:00. | :25:08. | |
poet is told early on that classics of every language of the works of | :25:09. | :25:13. | |
man, not women, says the editor. She is a rebellious spirit, Emily | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
Dickinson, and she is wrestling with the eternal soul and religion and | :25:19. | :25:23. | |
society and also the lack of recognition in her lifetime. Sushi | :25:24. | :25:27. | |
is finding solace in her family and her friend. Here is a clips. -- so | :25:28. | :25:39. | |
she. This is my third commencement ball. And not a hint of romance. Do | :25:40. | :25:45. | |
you suppose that men are frightened of a woman who teaches and is | :25:46. | :25:53. | |
independent? Men are feelers, aren't they? In war. Sometimes. In love, | :25:54. | :26:04. | |
never. Look at that divine creature. What a noble and he has. Like a | :26:05. | :26:14. | |
Roman Emperor. Nero. I think Cynthia Nixon is terrific and Kathleen | :26:15. | :26:22. | |
Bailey as well. It is funny. That is what I like. There is light and | :26:23. | :26:28. | |
laughter. It is also profound. It is a film about poetry. If you know | :26:29. | :26:38. | |
Terrence's work, the way he moves a camera slowly around the room or | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
around the theatre, he is someone who at an early age well in love | :26:44. | :26:47. | |
with cinema, sitting on a balcony as a child looking at the screen. -- | :26:48. | :26:53. | |
fell. You can tell this from every shot. So what happened? She became | :26:54. | :26:59. | |
reclusive? She became old and frail and lived in the same house for | :27:00. | :27:04. | |
years and years. Is there the sense of claustrophobia as a result about | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
this? There is to all of his films. What he does brilliantly is right | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
about lives. She expresses herself group poetry. At one point she says | :27:15. | :27:19. | |
there is posterity, but I want to be recognised in my lifetime. Actually | :27:20. | :27:23. | |
it all came later on. This is classic Terrence Davis material. | :27:24. | :27:29. | |
Claustrophobic circumstances with vibrant inner lives. As I said, you | :27:30. | :27:35. | |
have to remember, the poster played this up, it is very funny. There is | :27:36. | :27:40. | |
a lot of laughter. It is tragic and spiritual and transcendent as well. | :27:41. | :27:54. | |
Think about it. In a week in which this and Raw and others, it is the | :27:55. | :27:58. | |
full plate of cinema. I suggest you see all of them, because you will | :27:59. | :28:02. | |
get something from all of them. A long week ahead of the Get Out. It | :28:03. | :28:09. | |
is divisive. An absurdist action movie set entirely in a warehouse | :28:10. | :28:21. | |
with answer but don't -- unsympathetic characters. The idea | :28:22. | :28:27. | |
is, it is a whole movie of a final shootout. It is terrific cinema. It | :28:28. | :28:34. | |
is again much funnier than you would expect from the subject matter. I | :28:35. | :28:38. | |
will have to take your word on that once. What about DVDs for those who | :28:39. | :28:45. | |
want to stay in? Moana. Classic Disney. A Polynesian adventurer who | :28:46. | :28:50. | |
sets out to save her homeland. Absolutely jaw-dropping animation. | :28:51. | :28:56. | |
Beautiful storytelling. A film made with real love and affection that | :28:57. | :29:00. | |
you could watch at any age at all from 9- 19. It is a real winner. I | :29:01. | :29:10. | |
was going to say. It is and our children only? -- aimed at. Anyone | :29:11. | :29:19. | |
of any age can sit down and be overwhelmed. I will discover that my | :29:20. | :29:23. | |
niece has already seen a ten times, probably. They are always watching | :29:24. | :29:28. | |
these. Thank you so much. And a quick reminder that you can find all | :29:29. | :29:34. | |
of the reviews on line. The usual address. Bbc.com. You will also find | :29:35. | :29:43. | |
all of our previous programme is on the BBC iPlayer. Of course. I have | :29:44. | :29:48. | |
my task for the weekend. Enjoy all of your ten are going. -- | :29:49. | :29:53. | |
cinemagoing. Goodbye. Hello, this is Breakfast, | :29:54. | :30:17. | |
with Roger Johnson and Rachel Coming up before 7am, | :30:18. | :30:20. | |
Ben will have the weather for you. But first, a summary of this | :30:21. | :30:28. | |
morning's main news. The UK Government is leading | :30:29. | :30:31. | |
growing criticism of Russia over its continued support | :30:32. | :30:34. | |
for the Syrian president, Sir Michael Fallon, | :30:35. | :30:36. | |
the defence secretary, has claimed the Kremlin | :30:37. | :30:38. | |
is responsible for the 80 civilian deaths in a chemical weapons attack | :30:39. | :30:41. | |
in Syria on Tuesday. Last night Russian television showed | :30:42. | :30:46. | |
jets taking off from an air base hit with US cruise missiles | :30:47. | :30:50. | |
after the attack. Thousands of people are expected | :30:51. | :30:55. | |
to gather at services in Stockholm later, to remember those killed | :30:56. | :30:58. | |
in Friday's terror attack. Five people died when a lorry | :30:59. | :31:00. | |
was driven into them Police are still investigating | :31:01. | :31:03. | |
whether a device later found onboard A 39-year-old man, thought to be | :31:04. | :31:07. | |
the driver, remains in custody. A controlled explosion has been | :31:08. | :31:15. | |
carried out in the centre of Norway's capital, | :31:16. | :31:18. | |
Oslo, after police found The area has been sealed off | :31:19. | :31:19. | |
while investigations continue. The US military has ordered a Navy | :31:20. | :31:25. | |
strike group to move towards the Korean peninsula, | :31:26. | :31:31. | |
amid growing concerns about North Korea's missile | :31:32. | :31:33. | |
and nuclear weapons programme. US Pacific Command described | :31:34. | :31:37. | |
the deployment as a "prudent measure to maintain readiness | :31:38. | :31:40. | |
in the region". President Trump has said | :31:41. | :31:46. | |
the United States is prepared to act alone if necessary to deal | :31:47. | :31:49. | |
with the nuclear threat from North PC Keith Palmer, who was killed | :31:50. | :31:52. | |
in the Westminster attack last month, will today | :31:53. | :31:55. | |
receive a rare honour. The Queen has given her consent | :31:56. | :31:57. | |
for his coffin to lay at rest at the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft | :31:58. | :32:01. | |
in the Palace of Westminster. His funeral will be held tomorrow | :32:02. | :32:07. | |
afternoon at Southwark Cathedral. More than 20,000 people will gather | :32:08. | :32:13. | |
in Northern France today to commemorate the 100th anniversary | :32:14. | :32:16. | |
of one of the bloodiest battles Princes Charles, William and Harry | :32:17. | :32:19. | |
will be among those attending the event to mark the Battle of | :32:20. | :32:23. | |
Vimy Ridge, near the city of Arras. It was a hugely significant battle | :32:24. | :32:26. | |
for Scottish and Canadian troops, People caught fly-tipping will have | :32:27. | :32:30. | |
to help councils clean up litter, under new proposals | :32:31. | :32:37. | |
by the government. It says fly tippers cost ?50 | :32:38. | :32:39. | |
million a year in England and the number of instances | :32:40. | :32:42. | |
of rubbish being illegally dumped by roads or in parks | :32:43. | :32:45. | |
is on the increase. Monaco-style Grand Prix events | :32:46. | :32:51. | |
could be hosted on roads in England, under new laws coming | :32:52. | :32:54. | |
into force on tomorrow. They will allow motorsport promoters | :32:55. | :33:00. | |
to apply for permission from local authorities to close public roads | :33:01. | :33:03. | |
so they can host races. The government said the move | :33:04. | :33:10. | |
could increase tourism. The final decision on whether a race | :33:11. | :33:12. | |
is safe to proceed would be made It promises to be an interesting | :33:13. | :33:27. | |
spectacle if it happens. It is the Chinese Grand Prix today. I am sure | :33:28. | :33:31. | |
we will mention it at some point in the bulletin. But golf tops the | :33:32. | :33:33. | |
bill? Yes, Justin Rose is at the top. | :33:34. | :33:42. | |
Justin Rose has won a major before. He is perfectly poised at the | :33:43. | :33:44. | |
Masters. England's Justin Rose | :33:45. | :33:48. | |
and Spain's Sergio Garcia joint There are plenty of big names | :33:49. | :33:50. | |
just behind them though. The third round of the Masters is | :33:51. | :34:00. | |
known as moving day and Justin Rose moved right to the front of the | :34:01. | :34:05. | |
queue at Augusta. After a slow and steady start for the Olympic | :34:06. | :34:09. | |
champion, five birdies on the back nine help into a super 67 and he now | :34:10. | :34:15. | |
sits joint top at six under par. The key for me was staying patient early | :34:16. | :34:19. | |
in the round. This is a golf course where you have to pick your moments | :34:20. | :34:23. | |
and that's what worked well for me today and I am sure that will be | :34:24. | :34:26. | |
somewhat the gameplan tomorrow. Perhaps Englishmen can discuss the | :34:27. | :34:30. | |
gameplan with his playing partner, Sergio Garcia, are who is still | :34:31. | :34:35. | |
looking for his first major. -- who is. In the creek! Not so, the water | :34:36. | :34:44. | |
somehow avoided and look how the Spaniards profited. A beautiful shot | :34:45. | :34:49. | |
and, like Justin Rose, he too is on six under. But they have quite a | :34:50. | :34:55. | |
crowd chasing them, including Rickie Fowler and former champion Jordan | :34:56. | :34:59. | |
Spieth. He hit nine shots on the 15th in the first round. He really | :35:00. | :35:05. | |
is a remarkable young man, an amazing golfer. And it was an | :35:06. | :35:10. | |
equally successful day for Lee Westwood. He is one under and still | :35:11. | :35:16. | |
has an outside chance. As does world number two Rory McIlroy. Six shots | :35:17. | :35:20. | |
back, but it could have been better. A double bogey at the seventh | :35:21. | :35:24. | |
damaging what have otherwise been a good ground. No moving day for Rory, | :35:25. | :35:32. | |
but perhaps he will come do to make -- come good on proving day. | :35:33. | :35:36. | |
One for Arthur, ridden by Derek Fox, won yesterday's | :35:37. | :35:39. | |
It was the first winner trained in Scotland for 38 years. | :35:40. | :35:42. | |
The 14 to one shot finished well clear of the favourite Blaklion, | :35:43. | :35:46. | |
Fox, the jockey, had looked set to miss the race, | :35:47. | :35:50. | |
only returning to the saddle this week following injury. | :35:51. | :35:55. | |
All 40 horses who started the four and half mile race | :35:56. | :35:58. | |
It is unbelievable. We couldn't believe when we came up to the lane | :35:59. | :36:09. | |
and it is hard to put into words what it was the best feeling. Just | :36:10. | :36:15. | |
as any jock who wants to win the Grand National, you just feel very | :36:16. | :36:19. | |
lucky to win one. It is the first time in my career riding it and it | :36:20. | :36:21. | |
is unbelievable. Chelsea maintained their lead | :36:22. | :36:23. | |
at the top of the Premier League Marcos Alonso rounded off | :36:24. | :36:28. | |
the scoring following an own goal The Blues are seven points clear, | :36:29. | :36:32. | |
with seven games left to play. Tottenham remain in second | :36:33. | :36:39. | |
place, trying to keep Dele Alli scored the pick | :36:40. | :36:41. | |
of the goals at White Hart Lane It was a sixth win in a row | :36:42. | :36:45. | |
for Mauricio Pochettino's men. In the day's other results, | :36:46. | :36:56. | |
Liverpool remain third after they won away at Stoke 2-1, | :36:57. | :36:58. | |
Manchester City stay fourth Middlesbrough drew with | :36:59. | :37:01. | |
Burnley West Brom lost at home to Southampton and | :37:02. | :37:05. | |
West Ham beat Swansea. Celtic kept up their hopes of going | :37:06. | :37:07. | |
a whole Scottish Premiership season unbeaten, with a 3-1 win | :37:08. | :37:10. | |
at home to Kilmarnock. Hearts ended a run of three straight | :37:11. | :37:13. | |
defeats with a 1-0 win over Dundee. This finish from Tavares Cruz | :37:14. | :37:17. | |
da Silva settled it. It was a sixth straight | :37:18. | :37:19. | |
loss for Dundee. Bottom side Inverness were well | :37:20. | :37:24. | |
beaten at home by St Johnstone. And Partick were 1-0 winners | :37:25. | :37:30. | |
at home to Motherwell. Great Britain have failed to reach | :37:31. | :37:33. | |
the semi-finals of the Davis Cup Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot had | :37:34. | :37:36. | |
to win their doubles match against France to stand | :37:37. | :37:41. | |
a chance, but lost. Nicolas Mahut and Julienne Benneatau | :37:42. | :37:46. | |
took the first set before Murray But it proved to be the only set | :37:47. | :37:49. | |
Britain won with the French taking the crucial points | :37:50. | :38:00. | |
and the next two sets. Saracens kept up the pressure | :38:01. | :38:02. | |
on Premiership leaders Wasps with a 40-19 victory against London | :38:03. | :38:04. | |
rivals Harlequins at Wembley. There were more than 70,000 fans | :38:05. | :38:07. | |
there to witness Mike Rhodes sealing it with this run and score | :38:08. | :38:10. | |
for Sarries' third try of the game. The win secures their | :38:11. | :38:20. | |
place in the play-offs. A drop goal in the final minute | :38:21. | :38:22. | |
of the match helped Leinster strengthen their grip | :38:23. | :38:26. | |
on the top of the Pro 12. They beat Ospreys at | :38:27. | :38:29. | |
the Liberty Stadium. Leinster's replacement fly half | :38:30. | :38:31. | |
Ross Byrne found space for a shot at goal to put the Irish side ahead | :38:32. | :38:34. | |
with overtime approaching. Ospreys then missed | :38:35. | :38:37. | |
a kick of their own. 20-18 was how it | :38:38. | :38:39. | |
finished to Leinster. British Olympic hero Nicola Adams | :38:40. | :38:41. | |
won by a unanimous points decision in her first professional | :38:42. | :38:44. | |
boxing fight. The two-time Olympic champion beat | :38:45. | :38:46. | |
the Argentine fighter Virginia Carcamo at | :38:47. | :38:48. | |
the Manchester Arena, winning all four rounds | :38:49. | :38:49. | |
with the judges. Having dominated in the amateur | :38:50. | :38:57. | |
ranks, she turned professional earlier this year, signing | :38:58. | :39:00. | |
with promoter Frank Warren. It was really good. Really enjoyed | :39:01. | :39:08. | |
myself, loved the crowd. I like entertaining. Yeah, it was an | :39:09. | :39:14. | |
amazing experience for the first time. I did I little bit hard to get | :39:15. | :39:19. | |
the stoppage, but it will come with experience. The more times I box and | :39:20. | :39:24. | |
the more rounds I get in either get used to settling down and placing my | :39:25. | :39:27. | |
punches a bit more. Great stuff. Just a reminder, the | :39:28. | :39:34. | |
Chinese Grand Prix starts at 7am this morning. Of course Lewis | :39:35. | :39:38. | |
Hamilton is on poll. It is raining, to which be fascinating. | :39:39. | :39:44. | |
Nice to see Nicola Adams' smile. Isn't she lovely? Good luck to her. | :39:45. | :39:47. | |
The stars of the stage will be out for tonight's Olivier Awards | :39:48. | :39:50. | |
in London, but there are questions over whether the separate categories | :39:51. | :39:53. | |
for actors and actresses should be scrapped. | :39:54. | :39:55. | |
Calls for non-gendered prizes at ceremonies such | :39:56. | :39:57. | |
as the Emmy's and Oscars are growing. | :39:58. | :40:02. | |
And this weekend, the MTV Movie and TV awards have announced they'll | :40:03. | :40:05. | |
be ditching separate prizes for men and women at next month's event. | :40:06. | :40:08. | |
In a moment we'll be asking how it could work, | :40:09. | :40:11. | |
First, here's what people out on London's West End make of it. | :40:12. | :40:21. | |
At the end of the day how you look but it is there shouldn't be a | :40:22. | :40:28. | |
division between an actor and an actress. I think it always seems to | :40:29. | :40:32. | |
be actors are made a big deal of than an actress and I think you put | :40:33. | :40:38. | |
everyone together. I think there is less chance of... If I was an | :40:39. | :40:49. | |
actress I would be a bit annoyed. Whoever is talented should get the | :40:50. | :40:55. | |
award. We are trying to live in a diverse, multicultural, equal world | :40:56. | :41:00. | |
and by separating genders we are still showing that there are | :41:01. | :41:05. | |
differences between men and women, when there aren't. So why not? Fair | :41:06. | :41:11. | |
game for everyone. The main thing is talent recognition. As long as the | :41:12. | :41:15. | |
right person wins, I don't see any issue with it. | :41:16. | :41:24. | |
Joining us now is the actor Joel Parry, and the arts critic | :41:25. | :41:28. | |
Kate Bassett, in our London newsroom. | :41:29. | :41:35. | |
Joel, you're an actor. Good idea to get rid of separate categories? I | :41:36. | :41:43. | |
generally think that any kind of movement towards inclusivity for | :41:44. | :41:46. | |
minorities, people who don't feel they are represented, is a positive | :41:47. | :41:51. | |
thing and it wouldn't be the first body to do this, the national | :41:52. | :41:56. | |
television awards did about ten years ago and the Grammys have done | :41:57. | :42:03. | |
it. So it is great that we are discussing it. I guess the argument | :42:04. | :42:09. | |
is, Kate, that by doing away with separate categories perhaps you do | :42:10. | :42:12. | |
away with having equal the present occasion. Would that be your | :42:13. | :42:16. | |
concern? It isn't. I think it's a good idea overall. I think when you | :42:17. | :42:21. | |
think about it in detail there are a few drawbacks. One of the potential | :42:22. | :42:25. | |
drawbacks is you get less people nominated. So if you have only one | :42:26. | :42:33. | |
best actor award, the shortlist will be shorter and I think it's good to | :42:34. | :42:36. | |
recognise as many people. But perhaps the solution is to create a | :42:37. | :42:40. | |
new categories, for example. Some people might think shortening an | :42:41. | :42:44. | |
award ceremony is not necessarily a bad idea! Yes. I think it's just | :42:45. | :42:50. | |
about... There aren't that many awards and there are a lot of very | :42:51. | :42:54. | |
talented people, so it would be good to have a shortlist. But when it is | :42:55. | :42:57. | |
announced I think you get the shortlist. This has all come about, | :42:58. | :43:02. | |
Joel, because of a contact that was made with Kate Dylan who stars in | :43:03. | :43:11. | |
Billions. She was written to because she is not gender specific and they | :43:12. | :43:15. | |
asked each category she might want to go into. It shows the organisers | :43:16. | :43:22. | |
are listening. Absolutely. From what I've read about that situation, it | :43:23. | :43:27. | |
is clear they were listening and they were open to the suggestion. | :43:28. | :43:31. | |
They said they were happy for them to be in whatever category they | :43:32. | :43:37. | |
choose. I suppose the Oscars was the big one. If you are going to make | :43:38. | :43:44. | |
these changes, that's the ultimate one. Yes, and it is so steeped in | :43:45. | :43:53. | |
division. I think the more we can talk about it the more comfortable | :43:54. | :43:58. | |
with real feel and we will know what kind of vocabulary to use. The more | :43:59. | :44:03. | |
likely we are to get there. When it comes to the Olivier Awards, | :44:04. | :44:06. | |
specifically looking at what's going on in stage productions, what's the | :44:07. | :44:12. | |
gender balance across-the-board? Not just amongst performance but amongst | :44:13. | :44:15. | |
production staff as well. I think that's quite complex and it probably | :44:16. | :44:19. | |
depends from industry to industry. In most of the arts, we've realised | :44:20. | :44:25. | |
that there is still quite a lot of work to do in terms of gender | :44:26. | :44:29. | |
equality. I think that's changing and that is being proactively | :44:30. | :44:32. | |
pushed, there is still an issue about it. So I think it is not a | :44:33. | :44:39. | |
world where we are ready to have no awards that are gender specific, but | :44:40. | :44:43. | |
I think in terms of the big awards for Acting Ido the wide... I've | :44:44. | :44:47. | |
never seen white there's really a gender division. I wonder, you could | :44:48. | :44:53. | |
almost take it the other way and say in order to promote female directors | :44:54. | :44:56. | |
you could almost have a best male and best female director award. You | :44:57. | :44:59. | |
think that's something that could work? I suppose I think if the big | :45:00. | :45:05. | |
awards go non- binary that would be beneficial, cause I think we should | :45:06. | :45:11. | |
try and move towards... Well, we already have moved towards work not | :45:12. | :45:15. | |
being judged by gender. What I think there is room for awards... | :45:16. | :45:20. | |
Different awards to be promoting and encouraging undervalued and | :45:21. | :45:24. | |
underrepresented groups. Very interesting. Interesting way in | :45:25. | :45:29. | |
which things are moving. I find the whole actor, actress... Actor is a | :45:30. | :45:38. | |
very accepted term. Interesting. Thanks very much. | :45:39. | :45:44. | |
And now for the weather. Looking pretty good. How is it looking for | :45:45. | :45:52. | |
the rest of the weekend? Well, it is looking pretty good for some of us | :45:53. | :45:56. | |
today. Yesterday, just about all of us got some warmth and sunshine, | :45:57. | :46:02. | |
today, fortunes are divided. Many start with this. This picture was | :46:03. | :46:09. | |
from Essex. The further south and east, you get to keep the sunshine | :46:10. | :46:16. | |
today. Warmer than yesterday. North and west, especially Northern | :46:17. | :46:18. | |
Ireland in Scotland, things clouding over. Rain to the cooler. That is | :46:19. | :46:24. | |
because of this weather front to the north-west. High-pressure to the | :46:25. | :46:29. | |
south and east. That is where we will have the warmth in the | :46:30. | :46:32. | |
sunshine. One or two fog patches around. They will clear. As you can | :46:33. | :46:36. | |
see, based in Brighton is for most of us. Things changing out west. -- | :46:37. | :46:47. | |
bathed in brightness. The cloud will increase in this area. Rain moving | :46:48. | :46:52. | |
in. Heavy rain for a time. Temperatures dropping away, eight, | :46:53. | :46:56. | |
nine, 10 degrees. Dry for eastern and southern parts of Scotland. | :46:57. | :47:01. | |
Increasingly cloudy. Around the coast of Wales, Devon and Cornwall, | :47:02. | :47:06. | |
as the cloud comes in from the sea, temperatures will drop away. 11 or | :47:07. | :47:11. | |
12 degrees. Further east, sunshine. Highs of 25, maybe even 26 degrees. | :47:12. | :47:16. | |
The weather front through the late afternoon. Working its way across | :47:17. | :47:21. | |
Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some rain at this stage is. As the front | :47:22. | :47:25. | |
south, watch the front of rain, disintegrating. Fizzling away. Cloud | :47:26. | :47:32. | |
going south. Behind that weather front, a cold front. Getting in the | :47:33. | :47:39. | |
cooler air tomorrow morning. 5-9. Through the day tomorrow, a cool | :47:40. | :47:41. | |
north-westerly wind across the country. A lot of dry weather. Fair | :47:42. | :47:46. | |
amount of sunshine. Showers in eastern England as well. There could | :47:47. | :47:51. | |
be wintry, believe it or not, in western Scotland. Look at the | :47:52. | :47:58. | |
temperatures. No more 25s, no more 26s, a bumper back down the reality. | :47:59. | :48:03. | |
Thank you. Get out and enjoy the weather. While we can. -- bump. We | :48:04. | :48:15. | |
will have the headlines soon. But for now, on BBC News, it is time for | :48:16. | :48:17. | |
Click. I will run you a bath | :48:18. | :48:34. | |
and play some relaxing music You have 17,000 Tweets, 16 e-mails, | :48:35. | :48:41. | |
and 105 fake news updates. Your boss sent an e-mail | :48:42. | :48:59. | |
asking if he can stop There is a quinoa, samphire, | :49:00. | :49:03. | |
and ginger scallop bake I'm setting the oven to come on now | :49:04. | :49:08. | |
and ordered a bottle of his favourite wine | :49:09. | :49:13. | |
to be delivered at 7:00. And order some chocolate | :49:14. | :49:15. | |
double-fudge cake. Shall I apply for a gym | :49:16. | :49:17. | |
membership for you? Now, one day we really will have | :49:18. | :49:20. | |
artificially intelligent personal assistants which we can really talk | :49:21. | :49:31. | |
to and who know us better than we know ourselves, | :49:32. | :49:34. | |
like Pretend Rory here. Now, we're not there yet, | :49:35. | :49:36. | |
but we are well on the way. What started on our phones | :49:37. | :49:49. | |
with names like Siri, Cortana, and, uh, "OK, | :49:50. | :49:51. | |
Google," can now control our homes And this week, Google's Home | :49:52. | :49:54. | |
is launched in the UK. Now, it's all very well having these | :49:55. | :50:06. | |
intelligent personal assistants to which we can ask | :50:07. | :50:08. | |
anything into their permanently open ears, but the more we use them, | :50:09. | :50:11. | |
the more trust we are going OK, Google, is Obama | :50:12. | :50:14. | |
planning a coup? For example, in his day job, | :50:15. | :50:24. | |
the BBC's tech correspondent, Rory CJ, recently discovered that | :50:25. | :50:28. | |
you can't always believe Obama may, in fact, be planning | :50:29. | :50:31. | |
a communist coup d'etat at the end That fake news story just happened | :50:32. | :50:37. | |
to be the top search result Well, Dan Simmons has been looking | :50:38. | :50:41. | |
at some of the other unintended consequences of living | :50:42. | :50:51. | |
with these devices. As we transition from controlling | :50:52. | :50:57. | |
things through screens to using our voice, | :50:58. | :50:59. | |
for those providing services, I'm in the BBC's Blue Room, | :51:00. | :51:01. | |
a space where the broadcaster tests And with voice-assistance, | :51:02. | :51:09. | |
it's not all going smoothly. Alexa, when's the next | :51:10. | :51:21. | |
train to Manchester? Sorry, I didn't understand | :51:22. | :51:23. | |
the question I heard. If you have to find out | :51:24. | :51:25. | |
when the next train to Manchester is, right now you have to say, | :51:26. | :51:29. | |
"open the National Rail App, tell me when the next train | :51:30. | :51:32. | |
to Manchester is," and then you have to go through a number | :51:33. | :51:35. | |
of steps to achieve that. You have to remember a number | :51:36. | :51:38. | |
steps to find out content For the default service | :51:39. | :51:42. | |
provider, it's very simple. "Play me from a song," it'll be | :51:43. | :51:46. | |
provided by a certain provider. "Tell me the news," it'll be | :51:47. | :51:49. | |
provided from a certain provider. And that disadvantage applies | :51:50. | :51:52. | |
to search results, too. Up to now, websites aimed to be | :51:53. | :52:00. | |
on the first page of results. With voice assistants, | :52:01. | :52:03. | |
just one answer comes back. Fine, if it's a right-wrong | :52:04. | :52:05. | |
definitive answer you're after, the ones that companies | :52:06. | :52:09. | |
constantly demo. The moon is 384,400 | :52:10. | :52:11. | |
kilometres from Earth. More controversial if you are | :52:12. | :52:13. | |
seeking a product or service. For anyone else, how did it | :52:14. | :52:16. | |
get to that position? Only one person can | :52:17. | :52:18. | |
have the first spot. Everyone else will have to figure | :52:19. | :52:25. | |
out what do they do, how do they work with Amazons | :52:26. | :52:28. | |
and Googles to make sure their content and their | :52:29. | :52:31. | |
results appear first. This is not the end of the world, | :52:32. | :52:33. | |
it is just the end of competition Oxford University is home to one | :52:34. | :52:37. | |
of the world's most influential thinkers when it | :52:38. | :52:41. | |
comes to competition. If we use our assistants to buy | :52:42. | :52:43. | |
stuff, Ariel Ezrachi believes there'll be consequences, | :52:44. | :52:50. | |
and they won't be unintended ones. That shift from an on line | :52:51. | :52:52. | |
environment to the digital helper, You have a helper that is | :52:53. | :52:55. | |
voice-activated, you are one step further from the ability to look | :52:56. | :53:00. | |
for outside options. Your ability to check | :53:01. | :53:02. | |
whether the price you received You tell your helper, "Order me one, | :53:03. | :53:05. | |
two, three," and you just assume that the helper will | :53:06. | :53:10. | |
serve your needs. The likelihood is that, | :53:11. | :53:12. | |
in a two-side market, the helper is actually | :53:13. | :53:14. | |
serving the platform. Today, your assumption, | :53:15. | :53:16. | |
our default assumption, is that the price you receive | :53:17. | :53:18. | |
is the competitive price. And you're suggesting | :53:19. | :53:26. | |
that it won't be? Amazon told us "There | :53:27. | :53:28. | |
is lots of potential and room Our job is to innovate on behalf | :53:29. | :54:03. | |
of the customer and then But perhaps what these home | :54:04. | :54:07. | |
assistants are most useful for is what they are becoming most | :54:08. | :54:19. | |
known for, and that's for controlling other | :54:20. | :54:22. | |
things around the house. Look, I know we have | :54:23. | :54:24. | |
not seen each other, and you think I am crazy, | :54:25. | :54:54. | |
but I was just passing by, and... Oh, wait, have you still got that | :54:55. | :54:57. | |
stupid voice control thing, But the lights were real, | :54:58. | :55:00. | |
even though the oven and the front door was faked a little bit by us, | :55:01. | :55:33. | |
to just show you what the potential is of this technology if it cannot | :55:34. | :55:37. | |
recognise your voice. In actual fact, Amazon tell us | :55:38. | :55:40. | |
the unlock feature for doors is not enabled on the Echo, | :55:41. | :55:43. | |
and that may be the biggest admission there is that there's | :55:44. | :55:46. | |
still some work to be done Welcome to the experience | :55:47. | :55:49. | |
of the text adventure. When computing power was limited, | :55:50. | :56:22. | |
the text adventure that players head-scratching puzzles | :56:23. | :56:24. | |
and mysteries, all brought to life by typing instructions | :56:25. | :56:31. | |
into the game. But the reason that I've taken us | :56:32. | :56:33. | |
on this journey down 32 kilobyte by typing instructions | :56:34. | :56:35. | |
into the game. But the reason that I've taken us | :56:36. | :56:37. | |
on this journey down 32 kilobyte It's a game that I've | :56:38. | :56:41. | |
been playing on this, And it's a title that reminds me | :56:42. | :56:44. | |
of those old text adventures Leading you through the Abbey, | :56:45. | :56:48. | |
Abbess approaches one Now, you might think playing a game | :56:49. | :56:51. | |
on one of these is like trying Because the Echo, of course, | :56:52. | :56:58. | |
lacks a screen, or any other way of interacting with it other | :56:59. | :57:03. | |
than barking commands at it. But that is exactly how the game I'm | :57:04. | :57:06. | |
about to play works. The player must solve | :57:07. | :57:09. | |
a murder in a fantasy realm. The game plays like an interactive | :57:10. | :57:26. | |
version of an audio book - you get a bit of dialogue, | :57:27. | :57:29. | |
then it waits for a response. Surprisingly, it commands quite | :57:30. | :57:32. | |
a bit of your attention, and it's quite a relaxing way | :57:33. | :57:37. | |
to play a game, although that relaxing mood is shattered | :57:38. | :57:40. | |
when you hear this... Would you like to talk | :57:41. | :57:46. | |
to the Abbess now? As the action progresses, | :57:47. | :57:59. | |
it can shatter the illusion and become increasingly frustration | :58:00. | :58:26. | |
when it does not understand Which is obviously bit | :58:27. | :58:28. | |
of a problem for a game you play When it does work, though, | :58:29. | :58:32. | |
Runescape on Echo is a fun It also points to the potential | :58:33. | :58:53. | |
these devices have beyond reading at the weather to you or | :58:54. | :58:57. | |
reciting rubbish jokes. Runescape is available by the Skill | :58:58. | :58:59. | |
section of the Alexa app. That is it for the short part of | :59:00. | :59:21. | |
Click this week. The longer one is on line. Follow us on Twitter. Thank | :59:22. | :59:28. | |
you for your interaction with us this week. That included choosing | :59:29. | :59:32. | |
the name of one person, the assistant. State thank you. Thank | :59:33. | :59:40. | |
you. Thank you for watching. See you soon. | :59:41. | :59:59. | |
Hello, this is Breakfast, with Rachel Burden and | :00:00. | :00:01. | |
The British Government toughens its rhetoric over Russia's | :00:02. | :00:04. | |
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon blames the Kremlin | :00:05. | :00:08. | |
for the civilian deaths in Tuesday's chemical weapons attack. | :00:09. | :00:11. | |
Boris Johnson seeks support for a new initiative | :00:12. | :00:13. | |
A rare honour for murdered police officer Keith Palmer. | :00:14. | :00:36. | |
His coffin will be taken to the palace of Westminster ahead | :00:37. | :00:39. | |
A ceremony to mark the centenary of the First World War Battle | :00:40. | :00:50. | |
More than 20,000 people are expected to take part. | :00:51. | :00:57. | |
In sport, England's Justin Rose is at the top of the leaderboard | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
Rose is six under par along with Spain's Sergio Garcia | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
Also this morning, we meet the sisters with a combined age | :01:04. | :01:18. | |
of 300 and a century of stories to share. | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
After yesterday's sunshine and warmth, today will | :01:22. | :01:29. | |
Scotland and Northern Ireland turning cloudier | :01:30. | :01:37. | |
There's been more tough rhetoric from the British government | :01:38. | :01:45. | |
on Russia, over its continued support for Syrian President, | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
The Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has sharply | :01:49. | :01:51. | |
criticised the Kremlin, saying it was responsible for every | :01:52. | :01:53. | |
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has pulled out | :01:54. | :02:00. | |
of a planned visit to Moscow and is seeking support | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
We can speak now to our political correspondent Susana Mendonca. | :02:04. | :02:11. | |
Good morning. The rhetoric is getting tougher from the British | :02:12. | :02:19. | |
government, but whether or not the Russian government will take any | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
notice remains to be seen. And that's the key question. We are | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
certainly hearing a much tougher stance from Michael Fallon. In the | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
Sunday Times he makes these comments where he basically says that by | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
proxy Russia is responsible for all of those deaths that we saw in Syria | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
last week. He says that what Russia needs to do is it needs to bring | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
Assad to heal and exert pressure on him. Michael Fallon also says that | :02:47. | :02:53. | |
Russia is failing in its obligations. Back in 2013 it was | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
supposed to deal with trying to destroy all of the chemical weapons | :02:59. | :03:02. | |
that Syria held and Michael Fallon is basically saying that Russia has | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
failed to do that. What the British government wants to see is a | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
situation where Assad is no longer the leader in Syria, where there is | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
some kind of political solution, but also where Russia intervenes and | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
puts pressure on Assad. At the same time, Michael Fallon has renewed his | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
support for the US action in Syria. He said that President Trump took | :03:26. | :03:33. | |
the right action, it was a co-ordinated approach, and that was | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
something he had to do because of the severity of the situation that | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
we saw with those gas attacks in Syria last week. At the same time | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was supposed to be going to Russia | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
tomorrow. That trip has been cancelled. He has been criticised by | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
the Liberal Democrats, who have been describing him as an American | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
poodle, basically handing dealings with Russia over to the Americans, | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
because they will be going there later in the week. But what we've | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
heard from Boris Johnson's team is he is now trying to work on some | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
kind of co-ordinated effort. The G7 group of industrialised nations will | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
be meeting in Italy on Tuesday. We understand he is trying to get them | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
to come up with a co-ordinated response that they can put to Russia | :04:22. | :04:25. | |
and really apply more pressure. we will follow that later in the week. | :04:26. | :04:27. | |
Thanks very much. Thousands of people are expected | :04:28. | :04:28. | |
to gather at services in Stockholm later, to remember those killed | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
in Friday's terror attack. Four people died when a lorry | :04:32. | :04:33. | |
was driven into them Police are still investigating | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
whether a device later found onboard Our reporter Maddy Savage | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
is in Stockholm. People are already out and about on | :04:41. | :04:54. | |
the streets. This is the very road that the truck ploughed into on | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
Friday. As you say, Sweden is one of the most secular countries in the | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
world, people are expected to bring candles to special church ceremonies | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
around the country. There will also be a peaceful non- political rally | :05:08. | :05:10. | |
about 100 metres away from here, where we are expected to hear music | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
and messages of love. Home. One controversy that has emerged is that | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
the shop the Hind me that the lorry smashed into released a statement | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
saying that they would offer the items half price for people today. | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
-- behind me. A statement to some considered as insensitive. It is a | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
store owned by one of the richest families in Sweden. They've | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
apologised for anything that may have caused offence. Security | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
remains tight across the capital, but it certainly feels much calmer | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
than in recent days. Thank you very much for talking to us. | :05:45. | :05:46. | |
A controlled explosion has been carried out in the centre | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
of Norway's capital, Oslo, after police found | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
The area has been sealed off while investigations continue. | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
The US military has ordered a Navy strike group to move | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
towards the Korean peninsula, amid growing concerns | :06:01. | :06:02. | |
about North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programme. | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
US Pacific Command described the deployment as a "prudent measure | :06:09. | :06:11. | |
to maintain readiness in the region". | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
President Trump has said the United States is prepared to act | :06:19. | :06:20. | |
alone if necessary to deal with the nuclear threat from North | :06:21. | :06:23. | |
PC Keith Palmer, who was killed in the Westminster attack last | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
month, will today receive a rare honour. | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
The Queen has given her consent for his coffin to lay at rest | :06:34. | :06:36. | |
at the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster. | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
His funeral takes place tomorrow afternoon at Southwark | :06:41. | :06:42. | |
A 48-year-old father and husband, PC Keith Palmer had been a policeman | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
He was stabbed by Khalid Masood during the Westminster terror | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
attack, as he stood guard outside the Houses of Parliament. | :06:53. | :06:58. | |
PC Palmer was one of four people killed, while a fifth, | :06:59. | :07:01. | |
Andreea Cristea, died in hospital just a few days ago. | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
Later today, PC Palmer's coffin will be taken to rest at Chapel | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster. | :07:11. | :07:20. | |
It's a rare honour and one only done with the consent of the Queen. | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
The former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher and Tony Benn are the only | :07:25. | :07:34. | |
people in recent times to have laid there too. | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
Tomorrow, PC Palmer's coffin will be taken to Southwark Cathedral. | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
As a mark of respect, the Metropolitan Police have retired | :07:41. | :07:42. | |
4157U will not be reissued to another officer. | :07:43. | :07:49. | |
More than 20,000 people, including Princes Charles, | :07:50. | :07:50. | |
William and Harry, will gather in Northern France today to mark | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles | :07:55. | :07:56. | |
Thousands of Scottish and Canadian troops died in four | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
days of fighting in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy reports. | :08:06. | :08:13. | |
The fighting to take the bridge on lasted for days but this was just | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
part of the price paid by Allied troops. | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
Overall, the Arras campaign saw 300,000 casualties. | :08:24. | :08:27. | |
The Battle of Arras saw over 4,000 men killed and wounded on average, | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
which gives it a higher daily casualties rate than any | :08:32. | :08:34. | |
of the other famous battles, like the Somme. | :08:35. | :08:36. | |
So it was one of the most intense and brutal campaigns | :08:37. | :08:39. | |
These are scenes from the battlefield. | :08:40. | :08:45. | |
Much of the heavy load to dislodge the Germans from the ridge | :08:46. | :08:48. | |
was shouldered by comedian and Scottish troops. | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
The Canadians won three Victoria Crosses on the first day alone. | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
The Scots suffered so many casualties, communities back | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
Today's event, here being rehearsed, will be witnessed by Prince Charles, | :09:00. | :09:07. | |
Prince William and Prince Harry, as well as 25,000 guests. | :09:08. | :09:16. | |
All those attending will be sat here in front of the striking | :09:17. | :09:25. | |
monument, soaring out of the top of the ridge itself and dedicated | :09:26. | :09:28. | |
Its humbling scale a symbol of losses on both sides. | :09:29. | :09:35. | |
Every kind of weapon was used here and, although World War I would come | :09:36. | :09:38. | |
to a close the following year, this battle showed its horrors | :09:39. | :09:41. | |
Brian Matthew, who died yesterday aged 88. | :09:42. | :09:57. | |
His broadcasting career spanned almost 70 years. | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
He's most well known for the Sound of the 60s, | :10:01. | :10:03. | |
a programme he presented for 27 years. | :10:04. | :10:05. | |
But it was his first appearance on the Saturday Skiffle Club | :10:06. | :10:08. | |
which caught the ear of producers, as Brian Matthew explained in 2013 | :10:09. | :10:11. | |
It was a wonderful opportunity with that one, because it covered | :10:12. | :10:21. | |
a wide range of the arts and every month or thereabouts we did a live | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
show from a theatre and it amazed me that a vast audience | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
always turned up and filled that theatre, wherever we were. | :10:34. | :10:35. | |
I mean, it was an opportunity to see a number of eminent stars, | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
But it was a great programme to be associated with. | :10:40. | :10:43. | |
Such an instantly recognisable voice. | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
Those paying tribute to the Radio Two broadcaster include | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
musician and lyricist Sir Tim Rice, saying: | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
He called him "a truly magnificent broadcaster". | :10:58. | :11:02. | |
Brian Matthew's, former colleague at Radio Two | :11:03. | :11:04. | |
Jeremy Vine, said he'd done everything in broadcasting and met | :11:05. | :11:06. | |
A great picture with the Beatles as well. | :11:07. | :11:17. | |
One of my favourite subjects, this one! | :11:18. | :11:20. | |
People caught fly-tipping will have to help councils clean up litter, | :11:21. | :11:23. | |
under new proposals by the government. | :11:24. | :11:24. | |
It says fly tippers cost ?50 million a year in England | :11:25. | :11:27. | |
and the number of instances of rubbish being illegally dumped | :11:28. | :11:30. | |
by roads or in parks is on the increase. | :11:31. | :11:34. | |
We've all seen that, but that really is terrible. Monaco Grand Prix | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
events could be hosted on roads in England under new laws that come | :11:41. | :11:43. | |
into force tomorrow. This would allow motorsports | :11:44. | :11:50. | |
promoter is to apply for authority to close roads. The government says | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
this could increase tourism. The final decision on whether a race is | :11:55. | :11:59. | |
to proceed will be made by councils. On e-mail this morning, Allen says | :12:00. | :12:04. | |
it could only happen on the roads of Britain if the potholes were filled | :12:05. | :12:06. | |
first! Very true. Perennial problem. Good | :12:07. | :12:10. | |
morning, this is BBC Breakfast. It's been a violent week | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
in the six-year long Syrian war, with civilians being targeted | :12:17. | :12:19. | |
with chemical weapons, and an airbase hit by cruise | :12:20. | :12:21. | |
missiles from the United States. Abdel Hameed Alyousef lost 20 | :12:22. | :12:25. | |
members of his family in the chemical attack, | :12:26. | :12:28. | |
including his nine-month old twins. It was photos of the twins that | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
helped persuade President Trump The father of the twins thanked | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
President Trump for taking TRANSLATION: I would like to thank | :12:36. | :12:50. | |
President Trump and the US administration on the initial steps | :12:51. | :12:53. | |
they took against the airport that killed my children and all the | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
martyrs. But I didn't expect the strikes to stop. I was surprised. | :12:59. | :13:03. | |
Why did President Trump stop the strikes? Why one airport? Why one | :13:04. | :13:05. | |
base? Author and journalist Diana Darke | :13:06. | :13:06. | |
has lived and worked the Middle East for 30 years, | :13:07. | :13:11. | |
she joins us now from our Thanks very much for your time this | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
morning. B ask you this first of all. You think those of strikes by | :13:19. | :13:22. | |
the Americans on that airfield in Syria, against the regime, will make | :13:23. | :13:27. | |
any difference to Assad and his holding onto the position they're? | :13:28. | :13:35. | |
It won't make any difference at all. Unless he thinks anything will | :13:36. | :13:39. | |
follow through with a further military strike, in other words | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
taking out all of his airbases. The mentality in Damascus is they feel | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
very secure because of the support from the Russians and irradiance. | :13:49. | :13:55. | |
Bashar al-Assad has been in charge of this war since the beginning. He | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
has felt invincible since the Russians have come behind him, so it | :14:00. | :14:03. | |
will take a lot of diplomatic pressure and I'm not sure it will | :14:04. | :14:09. | |
happen. Hard to tell how effective that particular strike was. In the | :14:10. | :14:16. | |
airfield is still operational. We don't what President Trump will do. | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
Everyone is in the dark about that. Have you any idea of? I think what | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
they are trying to do now is maintain momentum and they want to | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
push forward with a diplomatic solution as much as they can. Exert | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
maximum pressure on political lines with Russia, to try to bring this to | :14:37. | :14:41. | |
an end. If that fails, then I don't doubt actually that Trump is not a | :14:42. | :14:46. | |
man for empty threats, he will follow through. What I think he has | :14:47. | :14:51. | |
got to be seen to put as much pressure as he possibly can now. | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
Writing in the Sunday Times today, Michael Fallon said that in order to | :14:57. | :15:03. | |
move this on, to try to bring an end to this awful conflict, three things | :15:04. | :15:07. | |
need to happen. The first of those is the departure of Assad. We are | :15:08. | :15:12. | |
revisiting old arguments that have been going on for six years and | :15:13. | :15:15. | |
there's been nothing to indicate that Bashar al-Assad is in any | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
position or has shown any inclination to move to step down in | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
any way. Do you get a sense of that? Having lived in Damascus, what might | :15:25. | :15:26. | |
persuade him to relate to? Only if he really, really believes | :15:27. | :15:38. | |
that America will do a major strike. If you look back, whenever he has | :15:39. | :15:42. | |
really felt that the Americans are going to follow through and he is in | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
a really tough position, he backs down very quickly. He did it with | :15:49. | :15:52. | |
the chemical weapon deal. He was so believed. He honestly thought the | :15:53. | :15:58. | |
red line was going to be crossed by American. But after they did not, he | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
was given carte blanche to do whatever he wanted. And then after | :16:04. | :16:08. | |
that assassination and there was a huge international outcry when Syria | :16:09. | :16:12. | |
was implicated in that, within months, all of the Syrian troops | :16:13. | :16:17. | |
that had been stationed in Lebanon were pulled out quickly. It can | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
happen very fast. But he has to believe that the pressure is real. | :16:22. | :16:25. | |
The difference now is he has Russia behind his shoulders. They are a | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
strong. When he lent on the chemical weapons a few years ago, the | :16:31. | :16:33. | |
difference was that Russia and America were co-ordinating the | :16:34. | :16:39. | |
pressure on Bashar al-Assad. And now, the Russians are firmly behind | :16:40. | :16:44. | |
him. They say they want to see the evidence that the regime was behind | :16:45. | :16:48. | |
this chemical attack in Syria. So, is there any way forward to try to | :16:49. | :16:53. | |
bring America and Russia together on this? Well, I think they have to be | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
seen to be trying. My own view is that it will be very, very unlikely | :16:58. | :17:02. | |
that it will result in something. But who knows? At every step, people | :17:03. | :17:09. | |
have got the Syrian War wrong. It has not played out how everyone | :17:10. | :17:15. | |
expected. I mean, we could wake up tomorrow and find out that Bashar | :17:16. | :17:20. | |
al-Assad was deposed in some sort of coup. It is an opaque animal. You | :17:21. | :17:26. | |
hear it rumours. You hear that Russia cannot bring him in any more. | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
You hear that he cannot rein in his militia any more. Iraqi militias, | :17:32. | :17:38. | |
Lebanese militia, many of them are operating on the ground in their own | :17:39. | :17:42. | |
fiefdoms and no one can be reined in any more. And the complexity of the | :17:43. | :17:46. | |
situation is that the more pressure put on him, potentially, the more | :17:47. | :17:52. | |
strength is given to, umm, the jihadists groups operating in that | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
area who we refer to as terrorist. We know that the rebel group is very | :17:57. | :18:02. | |
multilayered. But certainly there are organisations in there that | :18:03. | :18:05. | |
western governments would not like these the anywhere near any kind of | :18:06. | :18:13. | |
power base. -- Western. Yeah, but the reason these jihadi groups have | :18:14. | :18:17. | |
even gained in power is nobody came into how the moderate rebels at the | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
beginning. Of course, moderate rebels in desperation were forced | :18:23. | :18:25. | |
into the arms of the extremists. Syrians are not extremists by | :18:26. | :18:29. | |
nature. The type of Islam practised in Syria is nothing to do with | :18:30. | :18:35. | |
radicalism. They are open and tolerant on the whole. It is a tiny | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
minority of people and they are being slowly diss placed. The only | :18:42. | :18:45. | |
reason they became strong in the first place is because of the vacuum | :18:46. | :18:48. | |
left by the vacuum. Thank you. A beautiful day yesterday. The same | :18:49. | :19:00. | |
for most of the country today. A quick look at the view outside our | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
window. We may have a guest. There was apparently a spider their | :19:05. | :19:09. | |
moments ago and he has just dropped off. -- there. . It looks like get | :19:10. | :19:22. | |
nice day. And now for the forecast. Lots of people waking up to a | :19:23. | :19:26. | |
similar site this morning. Good morning. The Weather Watchers have | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
been waking up in getting their cameras out and taking some lovely | :19:32. | :19:34. | |
pictures for us already. Do keep them coming. This one is from | :19:35. | :19:39. | |
Somerset to be a lovely start of the mist and he around. That will lift. | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
Southern and eastern and central part of the UK, another sunny day. | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
If anything, warmer than yesterday. But they split in the fortunes of | :19:51. | :19:54. | |
the north and west, things will cloud over. Rain for Northern | :19:55. | :19:57. | |
Ireland and Scotland courtesy of this weather front. However, | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
pressure is still in charge in the east. The closer you are to be | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
higher, the better chance there is it is sunny. The bulk of England and | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
Wales, another beautiful and sunny day. But you can see more cloud | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
creeping in from the west. Rain in the afternoon for Northern Ireland | :20:19. | :20:21. | |
and western Scotland. This is three o'clock for much of the Scottish | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
Highlands and Northern Ireland. Some of the rain is heavy to be eight, | :20:26. | :20:31. | |
nine, 10 degrees. Inverness and we will see cloud. Cloud rolling in | :20:32. | :20:36. | |
through north-western England. Manchester may be in the sunshine. | :20:37. | :20:39. | |
Coastal path in the south-west turning chilly. Clouds rolling in | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
from the sea. Further east, in the sunshine, you could get 25 or 26 | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
degrees. The Premier League this afternoon. Sunny at Sunderland. Some | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
of the in Merseyside and Everton. When that happens, temperatures will | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
give away. Temperatures will dip in the west. Behind the cold front, the | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
one bringing the rain through Northern Ireland through the night, | :21:06. | :21:09. | |
that will go south. While most of the rain will fizzle away, the call | :21:10. | :21:13. | |
able spread across the country is. Why the timely wake up tomorrow | :21:14. | :21:20. | |
morning, 49 degrees. -- cool air. Pushing through northern Scotland. | :21:21. | :21:23. | |
Through the day tomorrow, dry weather and sunshine, but showers as | :21:24. | :21:28. | |
well The showers to it or not across northern Scotland could be wintry. | :21:29. | :21:35. | |
-- believe it or not. At best tomorrow we are looking at heights | :21:36. | :21:39. | |
of 15 or 16. A big change on the way. People are taking advantage of | :21:40. | :21:46. | |
this. This person says it is sunny in Leicester. Make the most of it. | :21:47. | :21:56. | |
What is on the Andrew Marr Show? A sense of international crisis with | :21:57. | :22:04. | |
the attack on Syria. I am joined by the Shadow Foreign Secretary, Emily | :22:05. | :22:08. | |
Thornberry. And the International Development Secretary talking about | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
Boris Johnson cancelling the trip to Moscow. And Alex Hammond and an | :22:14. | :22:16. | |
actor. And the band as usual. We will say goodbye shortly. At | :22:17. | :22:32. | |
first, three incredible sisters. We'll hear from Joan as she turns | :22:33. | :22:43. | |
100, and from her sisters, And there won't be any separate male | :22:44. | :22:46. | |
or female categories Do we get along? We do have some | :22:47. | :23:02. | |
arguments. Why not? Nobody is the same. You cannot say yes all the | :23:03. | :23:11. | |
time, can you? Three sisters, 300 years of history. Ilott to reminisce | :23:12. | :23:20. | |
about at her 100 year birthday. --A lot. I do not feel my age. I have to | :23:21. | :23:28. | |
do the counting. Joan was born the day after America entered the First | :23:29. | :23:33. | |
World War and was vital in the second. I was stationed at Newmarket | :23:34. | :23:45. | |
with Commander Harris. I enjoyed it. At just 98, this is the youngest | :23:46. | :23:51. | |
sister. Do you still see yourself as the baby sister? Certainly not. Do | :23:52. | :24:09. | |
they treat you as the baby sister? No. We've all had a very good | :24:10. | :24:12. | |
relationship. One needs the other. We help each other. The oldest | :24:13. | :24:15. | |
sister has travelled from Scotland for the party. She finally gave up | :24:16. | :24:18. | |
her favourite activity at 102. I gave up driving. I am really sad | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
about it. I feel as if I have lost my legs. She always had a zest for | :24:24. | :24:30. | |
adventure. In her 90s she backpacked through Chile. We went there in 1938 | :24:31. | :24:37. | |
to see Hitler. When you saw Hitler, did you have any inkling of what was | :24:38. | :24:43. | |
to come? Yes. Yes, it was very, very strange. I think they are role | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
models. They are something to look up to. I mean, they are so | :24:49. | :24:52. | |
inspirational to me. Who is the bossy one? David, BBC News. Who was | :24:53. | :25:11. | |
the youngest? 98. Incredible. I hope they enjoy the celebrations. Good | :25:12. | :25:14. | |
morning if you have just joined us. The newspapers. | :25:15. | :25:22. | |
Anne Longfield, Children's Commissioner | :25:23. | :25:23. | |
for England, is here to tell us what's caught her eye. | :25:24. | :25:27. | |
Many harrowing pictures of the recent campaign civil war in Syria, | :25:28. | :25:35. | |
in particular, in relation to the apparent chemical attack on a town | :25:36. | :25:42. | |
which killed 80 plus civilians. You have picked it out today. It was the | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
photo that really caught my eye. I think it brings home the | :25:48. | :25:54. | |
devastation. A town that has had many bombardments overtime. But from | :25:55. | :25:59. | |
that, you have families saying how can I live here? You have families | :26:00. | :26:05. | |
with young children. Just imagine what it must be like to survive in | :26:06. | :26:09. | |
that not only devastating kind of area but also the unknown of what is | :26:10. | :26:15. | |
coming. Last year I went to Jordan and met many Syrian families that | :26:16. | :26:21. | |
went over the border. They had unimaginable stories. Family is | :26:22. | :26:24. | |
going to work and not coming back. Trying to get out of the country. | :26:25. | :26:29. | |
That brought it home for me. The awful thing about that is, and this | :26:30. | :26:36. | |
has happened, I suspect, as a result of the Americans bombing, the people | :26:37. | :26:39. | |
living in that town felt they would potentially be a target once again | :26:40. | :26:43. | |
from Syrian government forces. And that has happened. There has been | :26:44. | :26:47. | |
more bombing. Think of the lack of power and destiny does families | :26:48. | :26:53. | |
have. It is something which, you know, for us, is unimaginable, but | :26:54. | :26:58. | |
for them is very real. They don't know where to go. And we have this | :26:59. | :27:02. | |
story and see these awful pictures and we wonder if it is going to be | :27:03. | :27:08. | |
the turning point. The complexity of this is almost impossible to see a | :27:09. | :27:12. | |
way out the pillow you have just had your own kind of contribute talking | :27:13. | :27:18. | |
about where it is going to go. -- out. . -- correspondent. This shows | :27:19. | :27:27. | |
the anguish of this father. The Sunday Times. An interesting one. | :27:28. | :27:33. | |
Parents who struggle to get their children away from screens might be | :27:34. | :27:43. | |
interested to read that a top school, the King Solomon Academy in | :27:44. | :27:46. | |
West London is knocking on doors and taking away | :27:47. | :27:53. | |
Xboxes. It might strike fear into the hearts of children. It is a | :27:54. | :28:00. | |
serious piece behind that headline. A top school. Clearly a principal is | :28:01. | :28:09. | |
on a mission with this. And, umm, it is part of a bigger piece of work | :28:10. | :28:14. | |
where he is working with there and then families to try to look at | :28:15. | :28:17. | |
helping them manage their children's time, not only on line, but also in | :28:18. | :28:21. | |
broader behaviour. You know, he would say that staying up all night | :28:22. | :28:26. | |
playing games, I think the thing is that it is a different world because | :28:27. | :28:30. | |
children are on line but parents need to work out what is it they are | :28:31. | :28:36. | |
going to do about it. What is your position on this? I think the | :28:37. | :28:39. | |
Internet is a great force for good. My idea is that there are great | :28:40. | :28:43. | |
things that children can get out of this. And this is reality. People | :28:44. | :28:48. | |
spend a third of their time on line. But screen time is important to | :28:49. | :28:52. | |
manage for parents. If it means children are not getting sleep, they | :28:53. | :28:57. | |
need that sleep. It is good in schools when they take screens away | :28:58. | :29:01. | |
at the beginning of the day. It brings a different atmosphere. 30 | :29:02. | :29:09. | |
seconds. Tell us about Jean, amazing eye surgery. It is part of a trial. | :29:10. | :29:15. | |
Amazing eyesight. Macular degeneration. They put a lens in and | :29:16. | :29:26. | |
it rebalances your eyes. It is for people with failing eyesight. Two of | :29:27. | :29:29. | |
my grandparents lost their eyesight like this. It is good. We will hear | :29:30. | :29:34. | |
more from the later on. Right now we will be on the BBC News channel | :29:35. | :29:37. | |
until nine o'clock this morning. Coming up on the programme, a tense | :29:38. | :29:43. | |
overnight night for England's Justin Rose. He is leading the Masters as | :29:44. | :29:49. | |
joint leader. We will ask a professional coach for his chances. | :29:50. | :29:54. | |
All of that to come on the BBC News channel. I hope you can join us. | :29:55. | :29:58. | |
This is where we say goodbye on BBC One. | :29:59. | :30:00. | |
'This is the gateway to everything that ever was, | :30:01. | :30:04. |