Make Funding Pledges to tackle Cash Shortages in schools in england. The boss of barclays will be facing pressure today over his pay and also his handling of a controversy surrounding recruitment in the bank. Ill have the details shortly. In sport, the french opens a fortnight away and andy murray says he still needs to get better but hes through to the third round in madrid. Our build up to this years Eurovision Song Contest starts here the bbcs Steve Rosenberg is in kiev with all the tunes and all the facts you need to enjoy the worlds biggest singing competition. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Thank you. Iam in kew gardens next to the Japanese Gateway. I will tell you more about it through the morning but if you adjust stepping out it is a chilly start although most of us will have a day of plenty of sunshine, except in the north of scotland where we have some patchy rain. Good morning. First our main story. President trump has fired the head of the fbi james comey in a mo
bbc.co.uk/actionline. a 50 year old man arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a woman in lancashire has been further arrested on suspicion of her murder. katie kenyon was last seen in burnley on friday. police are continuing to search for katie but detectives are now working on the basis that she is no longer alive. it s understood that the suspect is known to her. polish officials say russia has threatened to cut off gas supplies after they missed a deadline to pay in russian roubles. it comes as the foreign secretary liz truss, urges the uk along with other western powers to give warplanes to ukraine. 0ur reporter andrew plant has more. ukrainian armoured vehicles heading towards the front line. donbas in eastern ukraine, where russian bombing is increasing by the day. russia, fighting notjust ukrainian resistance but pushing back now against countries helping ukraine, from today cutting up its gas
i d love to see you. whatever you d want, baby. i guess because at the time i was quite young, it does make me feel angry, to be honest. in a statement, a spokesperson for the 64 year old said, he is a well respected and highly successful dj and that he strenuously denied in their entirety the serious allegations being made against him. chi chi izundu, bbc news. if you ve been affected by any of the issues discussed, please visit bbc action line for support by searching bbc.co.uk/actionline. polish officials say russia has cut off their gas supply after poland and bulgaria missed a deadline to pay for their energy in roubles. bulgaria say gas is still flowing to the country. it comes as the foreign secretary liz truss, urges the uk along with other western powers to give warplanes to ukraine. 0ur reporter andrew plant has more. ukrainian armoured vehicles heading towards the front line. donbas in eastern ukraine,
for murdering the consevative mp sir david amess. describing it as a murder that struck at the heart of democracy judge nigel sweeney said the 26 year old islamic state group sympathiser had shown no remorse. outside the court, a police officer read a statement on behalf of lady amess and sir david s family. 0ur reporter andrew plant is outside the old bailey. this happened here at the old bailey just after midday today. ali harbi ali given that whole life sentence and that means exactly as it sounds, of course, he will never be eligible for parole and he will spend the rest of his life in prison. during sentencing, thejudge commended the family of david amis for their bravery throughout this process and he said that ali had shown a cowardly refusal to face up to his guilt and shown absolutely no remorse for his actions whatsoever. now, during his trial here at the old bailey we learnt quite a lot more details about what happened that day, october the 15th last year. we now know that
a judge at the old bailey has sentenced ali harbi ali to a whole life prison term for murdering the conservative mp sir david amess. describing it as a murder that struck at the heart of democracy , judge nigel sweeney said the 26 year old islamic state group sympathiser had shown no remorse. outside the court, a police officer read a statement on behalf of lady amess and sir david s family. 0ur reporter andrew plant has been outside the old bailey. this came after midday here at the old bailey ali harbi ali handed the whole life sentence and that means what you think it means. he would ever be a little for parole and will now spend the rest of his life in prison. during citizen, theyjust commanded david amess s family for their bravery and has shown that ali