09/03/2018 Breakfast

Hello - this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt

and Naga Munchetty.

An historic breakthrough

as President Trump accepts an offer

from North Korea to hold

talks with Kim Jong-un

The two leaders will meet by May -

the North Koreans also agree not

to carry out any more nuclear

or missile tests.

Good morning - it's Friday 9 March.

Also this morning:

Pressure grows on counter-terrorism

police to identify where the nerve

agent, used to attack a former

Russian spy and his daughter,

came from.

The US imposes tariffs on steel

and aluminium imports.

Other countries have

threatened to retaliate,

sparking fears of

a global trade war.

In sport, it's the biggest

ever Winter Paralympics,

and it begins this morning.

Snowboarder Owen Pick will be

Great Britain's flagbearer

at the opening ceremony

in PyeongChang.

Sarah has the weather. Good morning.

It is another wintry start to the

David weather is set to turn milder

over the next few days. With milder

we are, some rain around as well.

First, our main story.

President Trump has accepted

an offer from North Korea to meet

Kim Jong-un for talks.

The meeting will happen by May.

No serving US president has ever met

a North Korean leader.

The shock announcement was made

by senior South Korean

officials in Washington,

who passed on a letter

from the North Korean leader.

In it, he pledged to commit

to denuclearisation.

(ANI) He also ruled out any more

nuclear and missile tests .

(ANI) The United States welcomed

the move but said sanctions

would stay in place

until a deal is reached.

(PRES) Our Washington Correspondent

Chris Buckler has this report.

With missiles and displays

of military might,

North Korea has at times seemed

nothing short of defiant

in the face of sanctions

and international condemnation

of its nuclear programme but,

despite appearances,

it seems Kim Jong-un wants to talk.

South Korean officials,

who met the North Korean leader,

say he has committed himself

to denuclearisation

and they have now delivered

a message from Kim Jong-un that

caught many in the White House

completely off guard.

Kim pledged that North Korea

will refrain from any further

nuclear or missile tests.

He understands that the routine

joint military exercises

between the Republic of Korea

and the United States must continue.

And he expressed his eagerness

to meet President Trump

as soon as possible.

The idea of a face-to-face meeting

between President Trump

and Kim Jong-un, by May,

seems remarkable,

given the months of insults

and threats hurled between them.

They will be met with fire and fury.

Rocket Man is on a suicide

mission for himself.

But the tone has now changed.

On Twitter, Donald Trump said that

great progress was being made

but that sanctions will remain

until an agreement is reached.

However, that meeting

is being planned.

Yet, less than 24 hours earlier,

the President's own

Some in the White House

will urge cautious

and there will be no suspension

of the joint military exercises

involving the United States

and South Korea.

This may be a move away

from fire and fury,

perhaps even towards friendship but,

in the long-term, that will depend

on whether that message

coming from Pyongyang

proves to be one of

propaganda or progress.

Chris Buckler, BBc News, Washington.

Chris joins us now from Washington -

this is an historic announcement

and came as a bit of

a surprise, didn't it?

This is genuinely unprecedented?

And

something of a surprise. The first

sense that we got of anything being

this major was when President Trump

himself put his room around the

briefing room door and said that

there would be a big announcement

coming from South Korea. It was only

then that we got a sense of really

what was coming. To put this into

context, it was only 24 hours ago

that the US Secretary of State was

ruling out any suggestion that there

could be direct talks on negotiation

between North Korea and America. He

said that just wasn't realistic. But

now we don't just have the two

countries talking, we potentially

have the two leaders meeting in a

couple of months. It's important to

say that sanctions remain in place.

South Korea wants to see concrete

action as well as words but it is,

as you say, a historic moment.

When

you look at the words, only

reference the words Trump is used,

rocket man on a suicide mission. You

think about the words and then a

meeting between the two. Tell us

about the logistics and how this

might happen.

That is the big

question. Some people have talked

about China, nobody really knows.

The idea of him going to North Korea

is something that seems too far,

even for this White House, but just

think about the timing of this. To

suggest this meeting could happen

within a couple of months is

something that is really quite

surprising. If this was any other

White House, you could imagine the

days and weeks of discussions

because this is a potential began

the coup for Pyongyang, to have the

North Korean leader on the same

stage as the US president but Donald

Trump says today that at that

meeting is already being planned but

what is important not just the

meeting itself but what follows it.

This WoW ties -- White House says he

is a man with a reputation for

getting a deal. The deal is

important but we have been here

before.

We'll be speaking to the former

British Ambassador to North Korea

at 7:30 this morning.

Pressure is growing

on counter-terror officers

to identify the source of a nerve

agent used in the attempted murder

of a former Russian spy

and his daughter in Salisbury.

Sergei and Yulia Skripal remain

in a critical condition.

A policeman who came

to their aid is in a serious

but stable condition.

State media in Russia has reacted

angrily to any suggestion

that the Kremlin

could be responsible.

Andy Moore reports.

In a sign of how extensive

this inquiry has become,

police cordoned off and set a guard

over the grave of Sergei Skripal's

wife, in Salisbury.

And nearby, in the same cemetery,

a similar police presence

at the spot where his son's

ashes are interned.

Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey

was one of the first to help

the Skripals, as they

fought for their lives.

He is said to be in a serious

condition but recovering.

He is a great character,

he is a huge presence in Wiltshire

police, well liked, well loved,

massively dedicated officer.

He is clearly receiving high

specialist treatment

so he is well set up.

He's not the Nick that I know but,

of course,he's been receiving a high

level of treatment.

Boris Johnson...

In Russia, state dominated media

made fun of Boris Johnson and joked

about what happened

to former Kremlin spies.

"If you are a professional traitor,"

he says, "my advice -

don't move to England.

Something is not right there,

the climate perhaps,

but too many bad

things go on there."

Sergei Skripal and his daughter,

Yulia, are still critically ill.

The BBC has been told the nerve

agent used against them was not

sarin or VX but

something much rarer.

The British government says it knows

what that substance was but is not

naming it at the moment.

Andy Moore, BBC News.

Three people questioned by police

after a black student

at Nottingham Trent University

complained about being racially

abused, have been released

but remain under investigation.

Two men aged 18 were

arrested on suspicion

of racially aggravated

public order offences .

An 18-year-old woman

was also interviewed.

Police have confirmed

they are treating the incident

as a hate crime.

NHS employers and health unions

are understood to be close

to agreeing a three year pay deal

for hundreds of thousands of staff

in England.

The government has already said it

will abolish the one

per cent pay cap on public sector

pay and the Chancellor has indicated

he will provide extra funding

to meet the higher costs.

The United States will

impose tariffs on imports

of aluminium and steel.

President Trump signed

an order bringing them

in yesterday afternoon.

That's sparked fears

of a global trade war.

Ben is here to explain

what's going on.

Basically, Trump wants to make it

more difficult for people in the US

to buy foreign steel.

And this is to

fulfil a promise he made pretty

vocally on the campaign trail and he

says, what we want to do is protect

American interest and jobs and this

is a way of doing that. Tariffs are

a tax. They are imposed on things

imported from abroad. Domestic

producers might think, I will buy

the US made steel instead. He will

impose a tariff on 25% on steel

imports and 10% on aluminium. The US

is the larger import -- the largest

importer of steel products. What

we've seen straightaway and response

is other countries around the world

that sell to the United States. They

are not about -- they are not happy

about this. They have said they will

impose tariffs on things. Some of

them are particularly interesting as

far as the EU is concerned. They

have said, if we impose the steel

tariffs, we will impose tariffs on

Harley-Davidson motorbikes from

Wisconsin, the home state of Paul

Ryan and a bourbon whiskey from

Kentucky, the home state of Mitch

McConnell, impose it on orange

juice, on the key swing State of

Florida and Levi's jeans. It doesn't

get more American than Levi's jeans.

Other countries around the world

have said yes, we are not happy

about this. The US is saying perhaps

there could be a bit of wiggle room

on these tariffs. But allows

resident Trump to say he has

fulfilled his promise and putting

America first.

It will be

interesting to see how China reacts.

A lot of speculation this morning

this is just the first opening

gambit in a huge trade war with

China so one to watch.

Now if you struggle to take

the perfect selfie, perhaps

you could learn a thing

from these two.

The two Emperor penguins stumbled

across a camera on the ice

in the Antarctic that had been left

there by Australian explorer

Eddie Gault and were

clearly very curious.

And they've proven to be rather

talented after finding

the video-record switch -

and Eddie ended up with

some lovely video.

They are not even still photos. This

is what he ended up with, a lovely

video of a couple of curious emperor

penguins. Very sweet.

They are

magnificent, aren't they?

A bit of

dancing at the end. We are talking

about cold things in wintry

conditions. It the start of the

winter Paralympics. Some real

highlights to look forward to. Great

Britain trying to beat record tally

of six in Russia and they have every

chance of doing that but in the

wider games, the sledge hockey,

always a highlight. Smashing into

each other on the hockey sticks. The

curling is back, the wheelchair

curling. Just under five hours away

now from the largest winter

Paralympics which will begin with

the winter Opening Ceremony. 567

athletes.

We're under 5 hours away

from the largest Winter Paralympics,

that will begin with the opening

ceremony in South Korea.

Snowboarder Owen Pick,

will be Great Britain's

flagbearer in PyeongChang.

Arsenal put their recent

problems to one side,

with a 2-nil victory over AC Milan

in the last 16 of the Europa League.

Goals from Henrik Mkhitaryan,

and Aaron Ramsey, put

Arsene Wenger's side

in control of the tie,

with the home leg to come.

It's a critical weekend

in the Six Nations, with Ireland

unbeaten and top of the table -

they take on Scotland in Dublin -

and victory could give

them the title.

And England coach Eddie Jones

is seeking a reaction

from their defeat to

Scotland last time out -

they face France, and they need

to match Ireland's result,

to take the championship

to the final weekend.

In the papers, I will look at some

of the Paralympics.

The winter theme

is good. We have had the beast from

the east, the pest from the West.

Bring a temper tantrum and that is

it. That is exactly what happened.

That's

That's right, she is not coming back

until the sun comes out. We did have

a little bit more snow yesterday

across parts of northern England,

Scotland as well. This is how things

are looking in west Yorkshire, lying

snow around at the moment for many

places but over the next few days we

will wave could either that wintry

weather. Things will eventually be

turning milder, but we have the

arrival of some rain around as well.

So today it will most be dry and

bright across northern parts of the

country. Further south we will see

the cloud moving in, and things

turning wet later on in the day.

Mostly dry start to the day for many

of us. Still some showers for

central and northern parts of

Scotland and towards the south we

have cloud creeping in. Rain

spreading in later this morning, and

the early parts of the afternoon

across Wales and parts of the North

of England as well. Some sunny

spells for many of us, across

Northern Ireland, southern Scotland

into northern England as well, right

through the afternoon. Temperatures

just about creeping into double

figures. Still about eight to 10

degrees out there today. That cloud

with the outbreaks of rain in the

South drifts further northwards this

evening and overnight, patchy

outbreaks of rain for much of

England and Wales in the parts of

Northern Ireland and southern

Scotland as we move into the early

hours of Saturday morning. Central

and northern Scotland are keeping

the clearer conditions, so still

subzero, a chilly start to the

weekend here. Further south things

are looking cloudy and milder.

Through the weekend they will be a

little bit of rain at times but

temperatures will certainly be on

the rise and there will be some

sunshine, so not a complete washout

this weekend. Keeping the cold start

the weekend at least across many

central and northern parts of

Scotland, but the yellow colours,

the milder air, creeping further

northwards through the weekend, so

by the end of the weekend we will be

seeing those temperatures a little

bit closer to where they should be

for the time of year. On Saturday

some rain for Northern Ireland and

northern England. Is that rain bumps

into the cold air across Scotland we

could see some snowfall, especially

for the southern up lines but at low

levels of will be falling as rain.

Further south, sunny spells breaking

through across England and Wales,

still a few showers, but look at

those temperatures. We could well

see 15 degrees or so, that is

something we have not seen for quite

awhile. Just keeping that cold air

for northern Scotland on Saturday.

We still have that front through

Saturday night, bringing a mix of

rain and hill snow across parts of

Scotland. To the south of that, with

a southerly breeze, we are all in

that milder as we had through the

early hours of Sunday morning. But

there will be some mist and fog

patches. Quite a grey start to your

Sunday for many parts of the country

although it should be largely frost

free. Certainly starts on that

fairly cloudy and murky note with

some mist and fog. Still quite easy

in the west, with a few showers but

many of us dry. A bit of sunshine

breaking through once that fog

clears, so not a

breaking through once that fog

clears, so not a bad day.

Temperatures closer to where they

should be for the time of year and

Sunday probably the better day at

the weekend. Back to you both.

Thank

you very much, we will see you

later. We will have a look through

the papers. One story still very

much dominating the front pages. As

you look through the Daily Express,

the hero cop, Detective Sergeant

Nick Bailey who was one of the first

on the scene after the Russian spy

poisoning, many tributes to him

today. We are told he is in a

serious condition still in hospital

but sitting up and speaking.

Our

lads beating Vlad is the Sun's front

page, and the PM, it says, has vowed

revenge on the attack.

revenge on the attack. Saying that

Theresa May has vowed to retaliate

against V Putin although Russian

state television has made very clear

that there has been no contact

investigation which proves Russia is

involved.

Russian state TV mentioned

on the front of the times. You may

have seen some of this in earlier

reports. Russian state television

warning traders not to settle in

Britain, because the risk of being

killed is there. That is being

broadcast on Russian state TV. There

was another angle to this as well.

Sergeant Nick Bailey pictured on the

front of the Daily Telegraph. 21

people, apparently, were treated for

possible poisoning in the attempted

assassination. The NHS and medical

staff say that they have had people

who have come in, but nobody is

being treated currently for

poisoning.

More on the trade war we

have been talking about, the

imposition of tariffs by the US, in

the Financial Times this morning.

They are talking about, as Naga

touched on, it could be the opening

shot for a larger trade war with

China. And the figure at which you

may not be able to make out, it is

small in print, but it is a very big

figure as high as the trade deficit

is concerned. It imports billions

more than it sells to China, and

that is the real concern here. Trump

says that needs to change in America

is getting a raw deal. Elsewhere in

the papers it is about wrongdoing.

This is the annual list of companies

named and shamed for not paying the

National minimum wage. Among the

names on the list are Wagamama, TGI

Friday's and others. They have all

defended those claims, saying it is

to do with the way they do their

accounting. The co-op also in the

firing line, for misreading it

suppliers. They have been fined by

the grocery regulator because it

says it has reasonable suspicion

that rules have been broken. This is

all to do it how you deal with

suppliers. They say they have put

too many fees on them, not given

them enough notice to cancel their

contracts. So the co-op, which sells

itself as an ethical retailer

behaving very well, fined for

mistreating suppliers.

The Winter

Paralympics all over the back pages

and inside the back pages as well.

The Paralympic skier is, I think we

have had many nights on the sofa,

with this guide. Three skiers

pushing to the podium, with a Nordic

skier as well.

skier as well. Some debutants in the

snowboarding are the main chances of

a medal.

We said during the

Olympics, and the nerve of those

people...

Exactly, these guys, we

put special blindfolds on to find

out what it was like, and I didn't

go up to 80 mph, but it was scary

enough when you can't see where you

are going. They call the Winter

Olympians the Fearless, I don't know

what that makes the Winter

Paralympian is, because it takes it

to another scale. And I was

surprised that England's women's

footballers don't fly economy, and

the manager was saying in future

they have to fly business so they

can be planning on these long

flights. He might get his wish

there.

This was one of the things

that turned around the Ryder Cup for

Europe. Tony Jacklin completely

raised again when he was captain,

and transformed how they travelled,

BA sponsor the team, they got new

uniforms and took an upper level, to

make them feel... Make them feel

like competitors.

I guess if you do

you have a chance to get everybody

together and have a chinwag on the

plane over a bit of a drink and a

snack, rather than economy with

everyone else. He has a point, he

wants better for his players.

How do we rid our oceans of plastic?

It is a problem that has had

a huge amount of attention

in recent months.

From levies to coastal

clean-ups, there are number

of initiatives taking place.

Dan Johnson is in Brighton

for us this morning,

looking at the latest approach.

Good morning.

Yes, good morning. A

nice morning here on the south

coast, and you don't have to walk

long across the beach like this

until you find some of the sort of

plastic and rubbish we are talking

about. What these guys have

discovered just in the last few

minutes, that is the main article

they have recovered from the beach

this morning. Also lots of bits of

plastic here, but is of rope, bits

of old rapper, even an old glove.

Plenty to clean up, and the new

mission to try and clean up our

beaches is using one of these, I

drove -- wrappers. The idea is the

drone will take pictures of our

beaches, and people sitting at home

can click on to identify bits of

rubbish and get a better idea about

exactly how much plastic and waste

that is on a beach. Ellie is from

the charity behind this, and you are

the drone pilot. How will this work?

It is a simple system, with flight

over the beach, it takes lots of

photos, and people back home in

their pyjamas with a cup of tea can

sit and tag, like a game online,

they can draw boxes around the

plastic and teach the algorithm in

the drone itself to recognise

plastic automatically, a bit like

teaching a baby to recognise a dog

showing at lots of photos. So we're

aiming, for British Science Week

this week, and we are hoping to get

250,000 tags online, so hoping that

all the public can get involved.

Some of this plastic is really tiny.

Will it be possible to see what is

what?

Yes, so the more people that

can get involved in tagging, the

better the algorithm becomes, as the

computer will learn. It can detect a

stick which is very, very small. But

we need hundreds of thousands of

people to tag as many pieces of

plastic as possible, to teach it to

recognise those tiny fragments.

Some

of the plastic isn't even visible to

the eye, though, some of the stuff

we are talking about.

So one of the

biggest problems is micro- plastic,

almost invisible particles suspended

in the ocean. That is a bigger

problem, and that is tackled by

banning it. There is a lot we can do

is simply in terms of mapping where

plastics. At the moment, we simply

don't know whether plastics are on

the beaches. A lot of it is missing,

so this is helping us to build a map

and use that information to come up

with strategies.

Let's bring in law

from the Marine conservation

Society. Tell us how effective you

think this will be -- Laura.

I think

this is very important. People can

have looked even if they don't live

near the beach, and the key thing is

we want to reduce the amount of

plastic that we get on beaches.

So

it is a key issue to tackle the

sources of plastic as well.

Yes,

this is the access beaches we can't

actually get to, and we really need

to be tackling that.

Thank you very

much for now. A big problem, and

this is just one further step in

tackling this issue.

You won't have

the advantage we have, but it looks

absolutely stunning behind you, I

don't know whether it is the light,

I don't know if it actually looks

that blue where you are, but the

aqua is just absolutely stunning, it

is gorgeous.

It is certainly a nice

place to be this morning, a little

bit fresh, though.

It looks

absolutely stunning, one of those

days.

How do you preserve 1,000

cannonballs that sank

on a ship in 1545?

We will be live at the salvaged

wreck of Henry VIII's Mary Rose

all morning, as scientists battle

to stop them rotting away.

the day on Saturday, and that on

Sunday a rather grey with some mist

and fog. -- rather grey start.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Now, though it is back

to Charlie and Naga.

Bye for now.

Hello this is Breakfast

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

We'll bring you all the headlines

in a moment, but also

on Breakfast this morning.

President Trump has stuck

to his word and will impose heavy

tariffs on steel and aluminium

from outside the USA -

Ben will be looking at what it means

for UK steel producers.

Can you remember what

happened yesterday?

We'll look at new research that

suggests we remember more when we've

had a good night of sleep.

And it's the last day

of Zoe Ball's Sport

Relief bike ride.

She's been out riding

since sunrise - we'll be speaking

to her during a quick break

about how those legs are feeling!

All that still to come.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

President Trump has accepted

an offer to meet North Korean leader

Kim Jong-un for talks.

The first ever meeting

between a serving American president

and a North Korean leader

will happen by May.

The surprise announcement was made

by senior South Korean officials

in Washington after months

of heightened diplomatic tensions

between the two countries.

Earlier, our Seoul Correspondent

Laura Bicker outlined the potential

risks and rewards associated

with the potential meeting.

North Korean leaders

Kim Jong-un said he is

committed to denuclearisation.

Kim pledged that North Korea

will refrain from any further

nuclear or missile tests.

He understands that the routine

joint military exercises

between the Republic of Korea

and the United States must continue.

And he expressed his eagerness

to meet President Trump

as soon as possible.

Pressure is growing

on counter-terror officers

to identify the source of a nerve

agent used in the attempted murder

of a former Russian

spy and his daughter.

Sergei and Yulia Skripal remain

in a critical condition.

A policeman who rushed

to their aid is in a serious

condition, but conscious.

NHS employers and health unions

are understood to be close

to agreeing a three year pay deal

for hundreds of thousands of staff

in England.

The government has already said it

will abolish the one

per cent pay cap on public sector

pay and the Chancellor has indicated

he will provide extra funding

to meet the higher costs.

A proposal to impose a so-called

latte levy on throwaway coffee

cups has been rejected

by the government.

MPs on the Environmental Audit

Committee had suggested

a charge of 25 pence

for disposable coffee cups

to try to reduce their use.

Ministers say it would be better

for shops to offer voluntary

discounts to customers

who take in their own cups.

The weather coming up via but now,

sport.

The Paralympics, Britain have

a team of 17 but real hopes of maybe

beating the record tally of six

medals in Sochi, especially the

downhill skiing on the visually

impaired skiing. There is a problem

in the build-up. Too much snow. It

sounds daft, doesn't it? But of

course, the winter Paralympics have

been disrupted by the snow. People

try to get there. The Opening

Ceremony is at 11 o'clock our time.

Unlike at the Winter Olympics, North

Korean athletes will march certainly

to those from South Korea. Kate

Grays their this morning. So much to

look forward to over the coming

days. How bad is that snow?

days. How bad is that snow?

It's not

that bad today. Over the last few

days, there has been a lot of snow.

For the Opening Ceremony organisers,

that has been an issue. There has

been a full rehearsal of the Opening

Ceremony. It will all go off without

a hitch. We did get the news

yesterday that both countries will

not march but they understood the

decision made by the delegations. We

understand that soldier turned

snowboarder Owen Pick will lead the

British team. The rest of them will

be preparing for the races. Owen

Pick is one of the first

snowboarders to represent the sport

in the winter Paralympics and we've

already mentioned the alpine skiers.

Kelly galliga, you may remember from

Sochi in 2014, the first time

Britain has ever won gold in the

event. She will be going up with

Gary Smith in the visually impaired

category and for the first time in

20 years, Great Britain will be

competing in the Nordic skiing. Lots

of exciting athletes taking place.

Just a few hours into the Opening

Ceremony kicks off.

We will speak

again later. We saw some amazing

pictures.

With Arsenal's recent form,

who'd have thought Arsenal

would stand a chance against AC

Milan in the Europa League?

Well, they went to Italy

and they came back with a 2-nil

victory - Henrik Mkhitaryan

scored his first goal for the club

and Aaron Ramsey added

another at the San Siro.

The second leg is at

the Emirates next Thursday.

Look, we have one again, we are not

qualified but what the result could

mean, it could lift the game a

little bit. We have to be in the

team again because if you leave used

three games in six days, always very

difficult but we want to keep our

focus and finish the job next week,

that is what is the target.

It's a huge weekend

in the Six Nations, with plenty

of permutions but Ireland

could be crowned champions.

They go into their match

with Scotland in Dublin,

top of the table and with

three wins from three -

victory would keep them on course

for a first Grand Slam in 9 years

but remember, Scotland showed

against England last time out that

they're no pushovers.

England need to match Ireland's

result to if they're to keep

alive their hopes of

a third straight title.

Head coach Eddie Jones has named his

team for the game with France.

Captain Dylan Hartley misses out

through injury with Owen Farrell

skippering the side in his place

for the first time

Britain's Chris Froome

and Geraint Thomas remain in the top

ten after stage two

of the Tireno Adriatico

race in Italy.

They were fortunate to avoid this

crash four and a half miles

from the finish in

Follonica in Tuscany.

They and their Team Sky colleagues

occupy 5th to 10th place

in the standings, all of them just

nine seconds off the top rider.

Germany's Marcel Kittel won

the stage, while New Zealand's

Patrick Bevin has the overall lead.

This time next week, I will be

wearing tweed and smelling of horse

down at Cheltenham races. I'll be at

Cheltenham, rather than at home.

There will be no sizing up John's

chances. He is out with an injured

pelvis. What is happening? Am I that

painful?

What are you going to be

doing at Cheltenham?

It's a moving

story. I am focusing on the young

jockeys who ride alongside the

course but it is part of the Riding

for the disabled. It helps them with

learning difficulties. In the power

of the horse is amazing. It's really

recognised as a form of therapy. But

you are talking about John? Sizing

John. Injured pelvis.

John. Injured pelvis. It was a

winning return as he prepares for

his first ride at Cheltenham.

Rory McIlroy had a really

scrappy opening round at

the Valspar Championship in Florida.

He started with 10 straight pars

but things then fell apart

and he dropped 3 shots,

to finish with a 74.

He's 7 shots behind

the leader Corey Conners.

Now - staying with golf -

we've all overslept

- haven't we?

Sometimes when we need

to be somewhere important

like a golf tournament.

Spare a thought

for Pablo Larrazabal.

He woke up 38 minutes

before his scheduled tee-time

and nevertheless,

yesterday despite a madcap rush

to the course the Spaniard made

a five under par 67 which left him

two shots off the lead.

Here's some of the reaction

from social media:

He said he had a shower for ten

seconds. The mind boggles. And he

says he had a wild trip to the

course.

Korea remember that happen

to Rory McIllroy in the Ryder Cup?

He was under police export --

Escort.

It was an announcement that took

the world by surprise last night.

After months of threats and insults

between North Korea and the USA -

the leaders of both

nations are going to meet.

President Trump will sit

down with Kim Jong-un

for face-to-face talks before May,

but tough economic sanctions

remain in place.

North Korea author Paul French joins

us from our London newsroom now.

Thank you for your time this

morning. First of all, this happened

around midnight our time. Give your

initial reaction.

It's huge, it's

enormous, quite unprecedented. I

don't think anybody was seriously

expecting it to happen this quickly.

It's kind of taken everyone by

surprise.

Talk is through it. The

detail, we don't know. The

invitation has been offered and

accepted on the date put before May

which is very, very soon in

diplomatic terms. How do you

envisage this might happen?

The

White House and the State Department

have a lot of what they call

diplomatic heavy lifting to do.

There is a lot of background to get

through. There has to be a meeting

about what America wishes to get out

of this. Presumably the north knows

what it wants. Going head-to-head

like this, word is that leave

everybody else? South Korea, Japan,

China.

China.

Is it not the style of Donald

Trump that you carry on regardless?

He may well say, that's how we used

to do it. We would spend months or

years talking about what to talk

about. The setting a timeline which

is before May would suggest he is

just going to jump in feet first as

he has done with other issues.

Which

is rather worrying. We know that

things about is the great dealmaker

and so on but this is a meeting

between two men who run powerful

countries in the road and right.

Neither of them have great

experience in international

diplomacy. We know that. Donald

Trump doesn't come from a background

of diplomacy. Maybe that deal has to

work for the United States. And the

South Koreans. That is where

diplomacy needs to work.

Donald

Trump may well claim that this is

his HARDtalk that has resulted in

North

North Korea talking. North Korea

will claim it is a coup for them,

being able to sit down with a

world's most powerful man, the

president of the USA. Both sides

will claim this as a propaganda

coup.

coup. You make the question of

whether Donald Trump's policy on

Korea has caused this to happen will

be debated for years. Offering the

threat of a bloody nose. The

sanctions that he has been pushing

heavily at the United Nations and

it's certainly true that times are

not great in North Korea. Sanctions

have affected their more than people

realise.

What is without doubt is

that this is a major coup for Kim

Jong-un as was the Winter Olympics.

Now this is an amazing follow-up to

him. It's unprecedented, of course.

Thank you very much to your time.

It's a glorious morning to some

parts of the UK this morning. This

is Rossington Beach near Brighton.

Dan Johnson is down there talking

about plastic at how we've been

encouraged to spot plastic in the

water and inform beaches of that but

this looks stunning. It is chilly

down there, we have been told.

It's

hard to tell the horizon because the

colours are blurring. A different

kind of Skyline. Good morning,

Sarah.

kind of Skyline. Good morning,

Sarah.

What a difference to just a

week ago. It is quite a Sareen start

of the day. This time last week, we

were talking about all that

disrupted snow. This is how things

are looking in West Yorkshire. We

had a bit of snow around yesterday.

Yesterday was a dry day across parts

of the country. Towards the south,

things will cloud over and turned

pretty wet as we head through the

latter part of the day but for the

here and now, many places starting

today on a dry note. Some icy

conditions here as well. Further

south, cloud pushing its way in

surrender part of Cornwall, Devon,

south Wales as well. Sunny spells at

East Anglia, northern England,

southern Scotland and Northern

Ireland. Temperatures between eight

and 10 degrees. Still in the cool

side to this time of year. That

patchy rain will push across much of

England and Wales and Northern

Ireland. Scotland stays with the

drier clearer conditions. Still

widespread frost with below freezing

but further south, frost free. We

have double figures from the word

go. Through the weekend, some

outbreaks of rain but temperatures

on the rise and there will be a bit

of sunshine on offer as well so you

can see the cold is still in place

across parts of Scotland through the

weekend but the yellow colours, much

milder air, working northwards

across the country as we move

through to the end of the week. For

Saturday, we have outbreaks of rain,

heavy at times the Northern Ireland

and as that brain bumps into the

colder across Scotland, it could

well be a bit more snow, mostly of a

higher ground to the Southern Upton

's Grampians and further south, a

few showers but equally some sunny

spells.

Moving through into Sunday, on that

front lingering for a time across

Scotland, some more rain and hill

snow clearing to the north so much

drier conditions to start your

Sunday morning. With fairly light

winds there will be mist and fog

patches, so quite a murky, mild,

misty start the Sunday morning. The

sunshine for many of us should tend

to break up any mist and fog full

stops a lot of fairly dry and bright

weather on the cards for Sunday.

Breezy in the west, still one or two

showers likely here but many of us

dry, with ties of eight to 13

degrees. Just a hint that spring

could be on the way for some of us

through the weekend.

Thank you very

much. We will see you soon. And we

are

much. We will see you soon. And we

are

talking about the announcements by

Donald Trump and the fear of a trade

war which is more and more becoming

a reality.

Thank you very much, good

morning to you. This is a promise by

a president Trump to protect

American jobs and encourage American

firms to use American steel. The US

says it will impose a 25% tariff on

US imports of steel and 10% on

aluminium imports. As you would

expect it has not gone down well

with other countries. Some,

including the EU, have promised to

retaliate, saying they could put

tariffs on goods made in the US. How

serious is all of this? I am joined

by a steel industry expert. Good

morning to you. Thank you for coming

in. Let's explain what tariffs are

and white president Trump thinks

these are a good way of protecting

American jobs.

They are probably not

a good way of protecting American

jobs, but what they do is impose a

tax in effect on the price of all

steel coming into the United States,

making American steel, American-made

steel made in the homeland, that

much more competitive.

It is

designed to make American

manufacturers think instead of

buying it from abroad, from China or

Europe, I will buy it from America,

and that will be cheaper. So it

keeps their costs down.

Oh no, it

would put their costs up, because

presumably American steelmakers will

make hay while the sun shines and

put their prices up in line with the

tariffs. And many of these products

are not available within the United

States, so many manufacturers will

continue to import them from abroad,

but face this tariff penalty.

And

you have hit the nail on the head,

because tariffs can be really

self-defeating. We have heard the

response around the world, China

saying it is very unhappy with this,

the EU saying it could retaliate,

and that retaliation could be very

damaging.

It could be very damaging

if for example there is a

tit-for-tat trade war, so we put

tariffs on high-profile American

goods like Harley-Davidson

motorcycles, and they retaliate by

putting taxes on European made cars,

well a car is just steel on wheels,

so that would really hit the

industry.

And we know that the UK

sells a lot to the United States,

could we be hit these tariffs?

The

answer is by a small amount we only

export a small amount of steel to

the United States, perhaps a quarter

of a million tons a year, although

that is worth a bit of money, a

third of £1 billion, there are some

plants affected in particular, which

specialise in selling particular

types of bespoke steel to American

customers.

When we talk about

individual business in the UK, when

we are selling to the US, what will

they be thinking now? Are there ways

to get around these potential

tariffs?

It is very complicated, I

was on a steel plant in the

north-east, a lovely plant over the

edge of the North York Moors

National Park, beautifully located

by the sea, and they employ about

300 people and export almost 100% of

their output either directly or

indirectly, including perhaps 30% of

the United States. So they will

obviously be panicking and saying we

are going to become uncompetitive

with the United States. The paradox

is that Americans can't get those

particular bespoke products from

anywhere else, so they will have to

stick with their British suppliers

and take the pain.

So there are ways

potentially around it, if they need

to. It is good to talk to you. We

will talk more about those tariffs

after 7am, and what impact it could

have on business around the world if

that trade war is indeed created by

all of this.

When Henry VIII's doomed warship

the Mary Rose was successfully

lifted from the seabed in the 1980s,

it was seen as one of the most

important achievements

in preservation.

But now, some of the artefacts found

on board, including more than 1,000

cannonballs, need urgent attention

to stop them rotting away.

Breakfast's Tim Muffett

is in Portsmouth this morning

to find out how they

are going to do it.

Good morning.

I remember that day in

1982, gathering around the school

television and watching the raising

of the Mary Rose, and here she is in

majestic form. The Mary Rose Museum

in Portsmouth, she is on display

here, this museum was reopened in

2016. But maritime archaeology poses

unique challenges because seawater

has such a corrosive effect. They

found so many artefacts on board.

Human skeletons, weapons, clothing,

all sorts of things. But some items

in particular have posed a

particular challenge for

archaeologists, and they are

learning some particularly

interesting things.

Right, so these are the samples we

will look at today. In one of the

world's most advanced scientific

facilities, Eleonora and Hayley are

holding pieces of history. These

cannonballs are found on of the Mary

Rose. She sank in the Solent in 1545

was attacking an invading French

fleet. In 1982, millions watched on

television as she was brought back

to the surface. Amongst the

artefacts found, 1200 cannonballs.

But, since being discovered, some

have corroded. Some haven't. So the

team took the difficult decision to

cut out samples to find out why.

It

is not typical to destructively

sample like this in conservation,

but for us, we realised that to not

do it and watch these things that

might disintegrate would be

negligent.

But to analyse the

corrosion on such an old object you

need a very special machine.

So this

is the UK's National synchrotron

facility, and a synchrotron is a

particle accelerator that takes

electrons and accelerates them to

99% of the speed of light. Because

the cannibals have been exposed to

nature for 500 years they are very,

very complicated. And you need is

very precise, very accurate

measurements that you can only

really do with light that is of this

quality.

Well, some of the

cannonballs you can see an H, which

stands for King Henry. But as a

collection, these cannonballs are

unique. They are all the same age,

they have all spent the same amount

of time underwater, and they were

all made in the same way. We know

that because on the 16th century

there was only one iron blast

furnace in Britain. But they have

been treated in different ways. Many

were washed. Some had anticorrosive

applied, others were submerged in a

chemical which is a bit like baking

soda.

I think anybody that was about

to excavate something now, it would

be to think twice about doing this

active washings, you may be

inadvertently promotion the

formation of something that could

damage the material.

Weapons of war

hundreds of years old, shaping the

science of today.

It is an amazing facility, because

the light produced by that machine,

it produces light 10 billion times

righter than the Sun, 10 billion

times brighter than the sun. And it

enables archaeologists and

scientists to do that incredible

work. Eleanor is with us this

morning. So many ramifications from

what you have found. Where to now?

Well, we have found so much and

shown how important it was to do

this sampling and found out so much

we didn't know about this process.

Next we will be looking at trying to

look at those processes in

real-time, we will take bits of Mary

Rose iron and subject them to

different solutions and we can take

a recording each week and watch in

real-time what is happening.

It is

such an amazing sight, isn't it, to

think this ship was submerged for

hundreds of years, and what is it

like working here and working so

closely with her?

It is just a

privilege to work here, really. For

a materials scientist into such a

challenge, as well, because while

the materials look so great, there

are always new problems to solve.

And these are the gun decks, aren't

they?

They are, and you can see the

gun ports where the cannons would

have gone through.

And the

challengers maritime archaeologist

based are so specific, aren't they?

It is all about this corrosive

effect of seawater?

Is exposed to an

environment it is not used to for

such a long time, and typically it

is the salt from seawater which gets

into these artefacts which is a

challenge to deal with when they are

in the air and on display like this.

So going forward, for other

archaeologists across the world,

what should they be doing, do you

think, given what you have found?

In

terms of the iron, it would be

looking at maybe not doing the wash

we have done before, that

potentially are unintentionally

producing these corrosion products.

Thank you very much indeed, it is

absolutely fascinating, and when you

look at the decks here and you think

of the history of this particular

ship, will one of the most famous

ships in our maritime history, and

the work that has been done to

preserve those cannonballs and find

out why exactly they are decaying,

it is fascinating stuff. We leave

you with this beautiful view.

Thank

you very much, Tim. I know he is

really enjoying himself this

morning.

morning.

Later in the programme, we

will find out more about Detective

Nick Bailey, who is seriously ill in

hospital. We will be speaking to the

Police Federation and finding out a

little bit more about his condition

and about the circumstances around

the attack.

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Bye for now.

Hello - this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

An historic breakthrough

as President Trump accepts an offer

from North Korea to hold

talks with Kim Jong-un

The two leaders will meet by May -

the North Koreans also agree not

to carry out any more nuclear

or missile tests.

Good morning - it's Friday 9 March.

Also this morning:

Pressure grows on counter-terrorism

police to identify where the nerve

agent, used to attack a former

Russian spy and his daughter,

came from.

The US imposes tariffs on steel

and aluminium imports.

Other countries have

threatened to retaliate,

sparking fears of

a global trade war.

In sport, it's the biggest

ever Winter Paralympics,

and it begins this morning ...

Snowboarder Owen Pick will be

Great Britain's flagbearer

at the opening ceremony

in Pyeongchang.

And we will find out how you can

play your part in how to clean up

the beaches. This is a live picture

from down in Brighton. It's looking

rather beautiful.

from down in Brighton. It's looking

rather beautiful. It's still quite a

chilly start frost this morning.

Some fine weather coming but I will

bring you more details on about 15

minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

President Trump has accepted

an offer from North Korea to meet

Kim Jong-un for talks.

The meeting will happen by May.

No serving US president has ever met

a North Korean leader.

The surprise announcement was made

by senior South Korean

officials in Washington,

who passed on a letter

from the North Korean leader.

In it, he pledged to commit

to denuclearisation.

He also ruled out any more

nuclear and missile tests.

The United States welcomed

the move but said sanctions

would stay in place

until a deal is reached.

Our Washington correspondent

Chris Buckler has this report.

With missiles and displays

of military might,

North Korea has at times seemed

nothing short of defiant

in the face of sanctions

and international condemnation

of its nuclear programme but,

despite appearances,

it seems Kim Jong-un wants to talk.

South Korean officials,

who met the North Korean leader,

say he has committed himself

to denuclearisation

and they have now delivered

a message from Kim Jong-un that

caught many in the White House

completely off guard.

Kim pledged that North Korea

will refrain from any further

nuclear or missile tests.

He understands that the routine

joint military exercises

between the Republic of Korea

and the United States must continue.

And he expressed his eagerness

to meet President Trump

as soon as possible.

The idea of a face-to-face meeting

between President Trump

and Kim Jong-un, by May,

seems remarkable,

given the months of insults

and threats hurled between them.

They will be met with fire and fury.

Rocket Man is on a suicide

mission for himself.

But the tone has now changed.

On Twitter, Donald Trump said that

great progress was being made

but that sanctions will remain

until an agreement is reached.

However, that meeting

is being planned.

Some in the White House

will urge cautious

and there will be no suspension

of the joint military exercises

involving the United States

and South Korea.

This may be a move away

from fire and fury,

perhaps even towards friendship but,

in the long-term, that will depend

on whether that message

coming from Pyongyang

proves to be one of

propaganda or progress.

Chris Buckler, BBC News, Washington.

More reaction from Washington in a

few minutes.

Pressure is growing

on counter-terror officers

to identify the source of a nerve

agent used in the attempted murder

of a former Russian spy

and his daughter in Salisbury.

Sergei and Yulia Skripal remain

in a critical condition.

A policeman who came

to their aid is in a serious

but stable condition.

State media in Russia has reacted

angrily to any suggestion

that the Kremlin

could be responsible.

Andy Moore reports.

In a sign of how extensive

this inquiry has become,

police cordoned off and set a guard

over the grave of Sergei Skripal's

wife, in Salisbury.

And nearby, in the same cemetery,

a similar police presence

at the spot where his son's

ashes are interned.

Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey

was one of the first to help

the Skripals, as they

fought for their lives.

He is said to be in a serious

condition but recovering.

He is a great character,

he is a huge presence in Wiltshire

police, well liked, well loved,

massively dedicated officer.

He is clearly receiving high

specialist treatment

so he is well set up.

He's not the Nick that I know but,

of course,he's been receiving a high

level of treatment.

Boris Johnson...

In Russia, state dominated media

made fun of Boris Johnson and joked

about what happened

to former Kremlin spies.

"If you are a professional traitor,"

he says, "my advice -

don't move to England.

Something is not right there,

the climate perhaps,

but too many bad

things go on there."

Sergei Skripal and his daughter,

Yulia, are still critically ill.

The BBC has been told the nerve

agent used against them was not

sarin or VX but

something much rarer.

The British government says it knows

what that substance was but is not

naming it at the moment.

Andy Moore, BBC News.

Three people questioned by police

after a black student

at Nottingham Trent University

complained about being racially

abused, have been released

but remain under investigation.

Two men aged 18 were

arrested on suspicion

of racially aggravated

public order offences .

An 18-year-old woman

was also interviewed.

Police have confirmed

they are treating the incident

as a hate crime.

NHS employers and health unions

are understood to be close

to agreeing a three year pay deal

for hundreds of thousands of staff

in England.

The government has already said it

will abolish the one

per cent pay cap on public sector

pay and the Chancellor has indicated

he will provide extra funding

to meet the higher costs.

The United States will

impose tariffs on imports

of aluminium and steel.

President Trump signed

an order bringing them

in yesterday afternoon.

That's sparked fears

of a global trade war.

Ben is here to explain

what's going on.

Not some of the tariffs themselves

but what is going to happen around

the world. The taxes are imposed on

things like steel and aluminium. A

25% tariff on steel, 10% on

aluminium and that could make them

more expensive to import from

overseas to the idea as American

manufacture wool is will think,

instead of American -- foreign-made

stuff, I'll buy American stuff.

stuff, I'll buy American stuff. You

can see them signing that

declaration last night. There are

some declarations of exemptions. But

nonetheless, a lot of countries have

threatened to retaliate. The

European Union says it will pit its

own tariffs on things the EU imports

from the United States has been very

specific. It's choosing politically

sensitive and products including the

Harley-Davidson might -- the

Harley-Davidson motorbike made in

Wisconsin, home state of Paul Ryan,

bourbon whiskey in Kentucky. Orange

juice from Florida. That is a key

swing state.

swing state. BT the US is saying

will post this on metal, the EU says

it will do something to enforce it.

Were going to see fewer people in EU

ride around on motorbikes drinking a

cocktail of orange and bourbon and

jeans. OK.

A proposal to impose a so-called

latte levy on throwaway coffee

cups has been rejected

by the government.

MPs on the Environmental Audit

Committee had suggested

a charge of 25 pence

for disposable coffee cups

to try to reduce their use.

Ministers say it would be better

for shops to offer voluntary

discounts to customers

who take in their own cups.

Back to our top story this morning

and the shock announcement that US

President Donald Trump has agreed

to the first ever meeting

between a serving US leader

and his North Korean counterpart.

North Korea made the offer and also

agreed to halt missile

tests in the meantime.

Earlier, our Washington

Correspondent Chris Buckler outlined

just how big a surprise

today's announcement was.

The first sense that we

got of anything being

this major was when President Trump

himself put his head around

the briefing room door

in the White House and said

that there would be a big

announcement coming from South

Korea.

It was only then that we

got a sense of really

what was coming.

To put this into context,

it was only 24 hours ago

that the US Secretary of State

was ruling out any suggestion

that there could be direct

talks on negotiation

between North Korea and America.

He said that just wasn't realistic.

But now we don't just

have the two countries talking,

we potentially have the two

leaders meeting in a

It's important to say that

sanctions remain in place.

South Korea wants to see concrete

action as well as words but it is,

as you say, an historic moment.

When you look at the words,

you reference the words Trump

used, "Rocket Man

on a suicide mission."

You think about the words and then

a meeting between the two.

Tell us about the logistics,

where and how this

might happen.

That is the big question.

Some people have talked about China,

nobody really knows.

The idea of him going to North Korea

is something that seems too far,

even for this White House, but just

think about the timing of this.

To suggest this meeting could happen

within a couple of months

is something that is

really quite surprising.

If this was any other White House,

you could imagine the days and weeks

of discussions because this

is a potential propaganda

coup for Pyongyang,

to have the North Korean leader

on the same stage as the US

President, but Donald

Trump says today that that meeting

is already being planned

but what is important is not

just the meeting itself

but what follows it.

This White House says he is a man

who has a reputation

of getting a deal.

The deal is important

in this but we have been

here before.

It is cold out there for many of us

this morning. Central London is

looking OK. A little bit hazy. That

is the view over Central London and

the River Thames. Sarah is gay to

tell us how chilly it is.

It is a chilly start, some cost

around this morning but temperatures

will be on the rise, especially over

a couple of days. This one is from

North Yorkshire, Alistair in

Hinderwell so we have some clear

skies out there to start the day of

the minibus, we will keep the

sunshine, especially across the

northern half of the country. A

little bit west later on. For the

here and now, it starts off dry.

Want to Myst and fog patches around

as well. Some cloud moving in with

outbreaks of rain pushing into the

likes of Devon, Cornwall and South

Wales. Elsewhere, a largely dry

picture. Temperatures around eight,

10 degrees out there today. We'll

see that patchy rain working through

the evening hours. Overnight,

England, Wales, Northern Ireland

will see those outbreaks of rain.

We've got the air coming in,

certainly frost free. We are in that

colder across northern Scotland so

that an icy night to come across

central and northern parts of

Scotland. How's the weekend shaping

up? There will be outbreaks of rain

but things are turning much milder

than they have been. It won't be a

write off at all. We still got the

blue colours so that colder in

charge across Scotland at the

moment. These yellow colours

indicate the milder air sweeping

northwards across the country by the

end of the weekend. For Saturday,

outbreaks of rain across northern

England, Northern Ireland. There

could be some more snow across the

higher ground of Scotland. It will

be falling as rain at lower levels

and further south, some sunny

spells, still a few showers but take

a look at those temperatures. We

could see 15 by Saturday, something

we have not seen for quite awhile.

That Ravenhill snow lingers. But

then we have that southerly breeze.

Quite murky to Sunday. Some Myst and

fog around. After that Billy Gray,

murky start, Sunday shaping up to be

relatively decent. Some sunny spells

breaking through, the chance of a

few showers in the West where it is

quite breezy but temperatures up to

around 13 degrees also in a sunny

spells, should feel quite pleasant

and different to what it was a week

ago.

and different to what it was a week

ago. you very much, we will talk to

you a bit later on.

Police in Wiltshire have

praised the bravery of one

of their officers, who went

to the aid of the former Russian

spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter

Yulia, after they were poisoned

by a nerve agent in Salisbury.

Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey

is still in a serious

condition in hospital.

But he's said to be

conscious and talking.

Mr Skripal and his daughter remain

in a critical condition.

Counter-terrorism officers are now

working to find the origin

of the nerve agent chemical used

in the attempted murder.

The Home Secretary has described

the attack as brazen and reckless,

but refused to speculate

about who is responsible.

Russia has strongly

denied any involvement.