before we move on to events in ukraine, the importance of that meeting injeddah. it is the first time in more than a decade that the syrian president is in attendance. these are pictures coming to us for a few minutes ago. president bashar al assad, who was frozen out of the regional body 12 years ago in relation to that war, the civil war that engulfed the country. these pictures are of him meeting with the saudi crown prince, mohamed bin salman, who is hosting this event in jeddah. this in itself is a very important moment. he was suspended from the regional body 12 years ago after the devastation caused by the civil war in his country. we are expecting to hear from the syrian president a little later. we will also hear from the president a little later. we will also hearfrom the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, who has made that trip tojeddah. two very important speeches and very important moments that we will bring to you live here on bbc news. but we will return
stun brighton 5 1 to move out of the bottom three, but it was a grim day for leicester and southampton. with the first eurovision semifinal tonight, we look at how liverpool has embraced the joy. good morning. the next few days, we are looking at the forecast of sunshine and showers, some will be heavy and thundery and some will be slow moving. by friday, things will be more settled. it s tuesday the 9th of may. the metropolitan police has expressed regret for arresting six anti monarchy protestors before the king s coronation on saturday. the six, who included the head of the campaign group republic, were held on suspicion of planning to disrupt the event but released without charge when the arresting officers failed to provide sufficient evidence. the met police insists it did not intend to prevent protests, as aruna iyengar reports. not my king! the coronation pleased many but not everyone. graham smith, the leader of anti monarchy group republic, seen on the ground here
borisjohnson says that vladimir putin threatened him with a missile strike in a phone call in the run up to russia s invasion of ukraine. after decades of calls for greater scrutiny of the family courts, journalists will be able to report proceedings in a pilot scheme. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: rory mcilroy produces a brilliant final putt to secure victory over patrick reed at the dubai desert classic. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. ministers and nhs leaders have announced plans to provide hundreds more ambulances and thousands of hospital beds in england by next winter. £1 billion of existing funding is being allocated and there are also measures to try to reduce the number of patients who turn up at a&e and then stay overnight. but there are questions about how the extra resources will be staffed and some health experts warn they will be undermined by a burnt out workforce. 0ur health correspondent katherine da costa has the de