to be real, it could really have profound consequences for physics in general. the team have been creating a particle called a beauty quark. it exists for only a fragment of a second and then decays into two other particles, which it should do in equal numbers, but it doesn t. possibly because a mystery force is interrupting the process. physicists can explain the world around us through the reaction of four fundamental forces electricity, gravity and two nuclear forces but in recent times, these forces have not been able to explain a few things such as the movement of galaxies or indeed why the universe exists at all. but this new finding is creating a lot of excitement, because it contains hints that there might be a fifth force of nature that is completely new to science. if there is a fifth force, it could answer a lot of questions currently baffling astronomers. there are these big questions
i m laura trevelyan in new york and this is bbc world news america. the polls have closed in israel as the country votes for the fourth time in two years. early forecasts suggest another close race. a massive fire at the rohingya refugee camp in bangladesh has displaced 16,000 people. at least 15 are dead. after america s second mass shooting in a week, president biden calls for gun control as colorado mourns the loss of ten lives. we don t need to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take common sense steps that will save lives and the future, and i urge my colleagues in the house and senate to act. plus, the beauty ofjapan s cherry blossom season but covid has muted
them? there are actually loads of images. we have amazing images on our website of bluebells so if you re really desperate to look at them, have a look on the website. but alsojust look them, have a look on the website. but also just look at the other wild flowers coming out at the moment. actually, bluebells are quite sensitive so maybe this will give them a little bit of a rest. they are very slow growing, they get trampled on a lot because people are so excited when they see them, so maybe this isjust so excited when they see them, so maybe this is just a so excited when they see them, so maybe this isjust a chance for them to have a little rest for once. talking about bluebells, you mentioned blossom, andy, and we have been getting quite a lot of our viewers are sending in pictures of their blossoms in various trees this morning. why is that so important this time of year? it is hugely important for all the early insects coming out and of course the blossom later in the year turns
your kind words and thank you for yourtime, and your kind words and thank you for your time, and musician joining your kind words and thank you for your time, and musicianjoining us live from los angeles. thank you for joining us here an outside source. stay safe. try and settle for the many over the next couple of days besides there could be rain in the forecast as we had to the weekend. tuesday many of us have blue sky and sunshine and could enjoy the beautiful spring blossom from our windows. a different story however for the north and west in thicker cloud across much of the northwest of scotla nd across much of the northwest of scotland and enough of the odd spot of two or truthful. these were the watchers and the satellite pictures, you can see what i m talking about. the reason why i m showing you tuesday whether it s because wednesday will almost be a repeat performance. still under the influence of high pressure we will have light wins for many just a westerly breeze dragging
who s to blame for that and what are you doing to put it right? i am speaking to the every single day, and what i m improving over the weekend is that all banks and staff we re weekend is that all banks and staff were in overthe weekend is that all banks and staff were in over the weekend to help with the backlog. the backlog is being worked through. i think you will see the numbers take up into the thousands this week. that is something we are looking at very closely. what i would also say is that the acceptance rates on applications are actually reasonably high, and banks are extending overdrafts. but you re right, getting credit to businesses is something we are watchful of everyday, and working to the banks to make it happens. now, the weather with louise. hello there, after tuesday, the temperatures are recovering nicely. easter‘s weekend which brought the bitingly cold wind has moved east, so bitingly cold wind has moved east, so the wind direction has changed so