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Syria 'chemical' attack: Experts finally visit Douma site 21 April 2018 Related TopicsSyria air strikes Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionA short guide to the Syrian civil warInternational chemical weapons experts have finally inspected the site of a suspected attack near Damascus which caused an international crisis. The team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OP…

21 April 2018 Carwyn Jones has announced that he will stand down as Wales' first minister in the autumn. The AM for Bridgend made the announcement at Welsh Labour party conference in Llandudno which he said would be his last as leader. Referring to the death of Carl Sargeant, Mr Jones said he had been through the "darkest of times". Mr Sargeant was found dead in November, days after Mr Jones sacked him from his cabinet job. Mr Jones said his exit would give his family, his party and the country a "fresh st…

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21 April 2018 Carwyn Jones says he will stand down as Wales first minister in the autumn This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. View the full article

Cystic fibrosis: Company urged to lower cost of life-changing drug 21 April 2018 Image caption More than 10,000 people in the UK suffer from cystic fibrosis, which causes fatal lung damage Health ministers have urged a pharmaceutical company to drop the price of a life-changing cystic fibrosis (CF) drug for NHS patients. Vertex Pharmaceuticals' Orka…

Cystic fibrosis: Company urged to lower cost of life-changing drug 21 April 2018 Image caption More than 10,000 people in the UK suffer from cystic fibrosis, which causes fatal lung damage Health ministers have urged a pharmaceutical company to drop the price of a life-changing cystic fibrosis (CF) drug for NHS patients. Vertex Pharmaceuticals' Orka…

Theresa May: Compensation for Windrush generation 21 April 2018 Related TopicsCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Image copyright PA Image caption The Windrush generation began arriving in the UK in 1948 Theresa May has said that members of the Windrush generation who have been treated unfairly by t…

20 April 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption DJ Avicii - real name Tim Bergling - died on Friday, his representative announced Swedish DJ Avicii, who has collaborated with the likes of Madonna and Coldplay, has died in Oman at the age of 28. Avicii's hit singles include Wake Me Up, Hey Brother, and recently, Lonely Together with Rita Ora. His representative said in a statement: "It i…

Prince Charles to be next Commonwealth head 20 April 2018 Related TopicsCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Queen had given her backing to Prince Charles replacing her as Commonwealth head The Prince of Wales will succeed the Queen as head of the Commonwealt…

Commonwealth meeting: Queen hopes Prince Charles will succeed her 19 April 2018 Related TopicsCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Image copyright PA The Queen has appealed to Commonwealth leaders to appoint her son, Prince Charles, to succeed her as their head. She said it was her "sincere wish" that Prince Charles takes over "one day", as she opened the Commonwealth…

Trump-Russia 'collusion': Democrats file lawsuit 20 April 2018 Image copyright AFP Image caption Wikileaks published documents that US intelligence agencies said were stolen by Russian hackers The Democratic Party in the US is suing Russia, the Trump campaign and Wikileaks for conspiring to disrupt the 20…

Comey memos detailing conversations of Trump meetings published 20 April 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption'No adequate people around Trump to contain him,' Comey saysDetailed notes by former FBI director James Comey documenting his conversations with US President Donald Trump have been published. The memos cover Mr Trump's concerns about a lurid intelligence dossier and also go into the p…

5 March 2018 A man who is critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance in Wiltshire is a Russian national convicted of spying for Britain, the BBC understands. Sergei Skripal, who is 66, was granted refuge in the UK following a "spy swap" between the US and Russia in 2010. Police declared a major incident on Sunday after a man and a woman were reported ill in a shopping centre in Salisbury. The substance is still unknown. A number of locations in the city centre were cordoned off and the A&amp…

South Africa: Ramaphosa leaves Commonwealth summit to deal with protests 20 April 2018 Related TopicsCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Image copyright Reuters Image caption Cyril Ramaphosa has been attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London South African President Cyril Ramap…