our deputy political editor john pienaar reflects now on what's not been a good week for the prime minister. this was supposed to be the week that the prime minister, the uk, was to be seen walking tall. instead the country's reputation is seen as having been tarnished. theresa may is having to get out one way or another, out of a deep political hole. it was bad enough having to apologise to members of the windrush generation for their mistreatment, people who are absolutely within their rights to be within this country. it was worse that it was done at the home office, where teresa may was home secretary to six yea rs. teresa may was home secretary to six years. where a strict policy of a tough approach to immigration was described as appalling. the spectacle this week of the prime minister saying sorry to caribbean leaders, but the country want as friends, and needs onside when it comes to future trade, that was just the start. there will be compensation we now know, notjust the costs and expenses, but the other issues, like lostjobs, lost income. downing street clearly wants to clearly b

not so many new people coming in yet —— john bolton. perhaps more important in the timing of this and what some may see as the delay was the need to get together and co—ordinate with the allies, the united kingdom and france, and select the targets and what we are hearing just now coming in from damascus, as you noted, explosions are being heard, smokers rising from the eastern side of the city, and one reporter in damascus is saying that it looks like world war iii, is the way they are describing what they are hearing and seeing. from what you understand and president trump did indeed addresses when he was talking about and iran. he was talking about russia, would you want to be on the state —— side ofa you want to be on the state —— side of a dictator, on the zuttah people who commit commit these crimes, was that an important factor in coming to this decision in that the united states could come into conflict with russia? —— the side of people. states could come into conflict with russia? -- the side of people. just how

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. president trump has warned iran of big problems if it restarts the nuclear programme that it agreed to limit in a deal struck in 2015. mr trump described that deal as insane and has been threatening to reject an extension which has to be in place within weeks. on a state visit to the white house, france's president macron urged him to consider a new agreement. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. the first state visit of the trump era and the french were given quite the welcome. these things are about pomp. they're about ceremony. and this one had one added ingredient — bromance. the two men held hands, they kissed, they hugged. and the biggest beast of the politicaljungle even engaged in a bit of interpersonal grooming with his younger colleague. in fact, i will get that little piece of dandruff off. little piece. we have to make him perfect. he is perfect. this most unlikely pairing have forged a close personal relationship. though on many policies, they are miles apart. ju

still behind bars, john worboys, the man known as the black cab rapist. his victims had to go to court to appeal against the parole board decision to let him out ofjail. they didn‘t even know why the 60 year old prisoner had been approved for release until the legal action began. the case exposed flaws in the parole system and ministers are now trying to address them. they‘re planning a series of reforms to the parole board to make it more transparent. a summary of the reasons for parole decisions will be sent to victims and in some cases to other people who request it. a scheme to keep victims informed about their cases and offenders‘ licence conditions will be extended. and a parole board judge will review decisions that are contested and could even hold hearings in public. nick hardwick lost his job at the parole board because of thejohn worboys case. he told the bbc extra resources would be needed for the government‘s reforms to work. but ministers want to go further. they are reviewing the composition of parole panels and the evidence that‘

john said this was part of a sustained effort against the use of chemical weapons by damascus. —— president trump said. what that meant was not obvious. until the defence secretary said, andi obvious. until the defence secretary said, and i quote, the bombing was a one—time shots. president trump was also talking about diplomatic and economic measures as well, which he believes will put further pressure on damascus. in a briefing, the pentagon said the explosions hit the capital as well as two locations near the city of hommes. however, details from russia was my depends ministry suggested that other airfields were also targeted. in addition to two chemical weapons sites, theresa may said the attacks we re sites, theresa may said the attacks were designed to deter the use of chemical weapons either regime of bashar al—assad, adding that there was no practicable alternative to the use of force. my colleague has this report. with afterburners glowing, with afterburners glowing, and loaded with storm shadow cruise with storm shadow cruise missiles, four raf tornadoes take to the skies as b

john maguire, bbc news, plymouth. and you can find out more about the local elections in england on the bbc news website. it's been more than ten months since the london bridge attack, which left eight people dead and dozens more injured. one of those was charlie, a metropolitan police officer, who happened to be on the scene at the time. since then he's had five operations, but on sunday will run the london marathon. caroline davies has been speaking to him. firstly i thought it was just a pub fire. um, it was just one of them just instant reactions to go over there, try and help your colleagues out. police officer charlie guenigault was off duty watching football in london bridge on the night of the third ofjune. he was one of many members of the emergency services that ran towards the attackers. initially, i was confronted by all three and two of them started to attack me. i then tried to, you know, do my best to defend myself and unfortunately, one of them got me in the back first and then twice in the head, and a

as john mentioned there, downing street said ministers were agreed that it was highly likely the syrian government was responsible for last weekend's chemical attack. and that phone call has now taken place. two bits of information to bring you. the first is president trump and theresa may agreed to keep working closely on the international response to the use of chemical weapons in syria, so it looks like conversations are continuing, rather than necessarily decisions yet being reached. and they did, however, agree it was vital to deter further used of chemical weapons by the syrian government. they clearly both believe it is syria who was responsible for what happened in douma, and that a chemical weapon was exploded there. so the key question really is how do you deter it? do you deter it life—threatening action or by specific action? judging by the statement that phone call between president and prime minister, further action is on the cards. but maybe further consultations before that action is taken. here is our middle east editorjeremy bowen. in the streets of douma, supporters

john major, the former british prime minister, and that last list you mentioned there. the tributes, i'm sure reflected also her own political agenda. she wasn't somebody who was just in the background, she was just a first lady, she pursued her own campaigns on things like literacy, on social justice, and racial inclusion and so on, and was that a significant part of the life that was remembered there tonight? absolutely. in fact, we just saw a pic sure of the socks that her husband george hw bush, war, and the sort represented a stack of books and that is because he wanted to honour his wife's commitment and really lifelong dedication to making sure all americans could read. and people recognised that it was not about the reading itself, necessarily, but mrs bush was really concerned with a lot of social issues, including homelessness, the gap between those who have and have not, and this was her solution, literacy, to teach people to read. she said, many times, that she believed that literacy can solve many of the world of mac problems. so, sadly, that was celebrated

john pr, our deputy political editor. thank you for breaking the news for us and reporting with us in westminster this evening. it comes after a day of strong words from president trump. on twitter, the us president warned russia to "get ready" for missile strikes against syria. senior russian figures have threatened to meet any us action with a response. our middle east editor jeremy bowen has more. syrians who have survived the last days at the syrians who have survived the last days at the eastern ghouta enclave are being burst out of the ruins and into the new lives, which will not be easy. these people's top priorities were food and shelter for theirfamilies, and only then, their recollections of what they saw. translation: we lived through very difficult times in eastern ghouta, especially the final three days in douma, when the regime carried when the regime carried out its attacks on civilian neighbourhoods and used chlorine gas, which caused suffocation amongst civilians. but in washington, president trump's morn

her older brother, john, one silver. scotland are fourth in the medal table. sarah va izey are fourth in the medal table. sarah vaizey beat the favourite in the pool in the 50 metre breaststroke final. she pushed the jamaican into silver. early this morning, there was a first gold at the games for wales. gareth evans winning. the former pension decorator was very quick to thank his coach there. wales are ninth in the table. the second round of the masters is just getting under at augusta. the 20 15th winnerjordan spieth leads the way after the first round. he's on six under after a row of five birdies ina six under after a row of five birdies in a row on the back nine at augusta. it is golf‘s first master of the year. tiger woods is won over in his first major in over two yea rs. in his first major in over two years. scotland's hopes of qualifying for next year's women's world cup have been hit after losing one nil to switzerland. england and wales play each other tonight at southampton‘s st mary's stadium. england recently finished second at the petition

john pienaar, bbc news, at the home office. with me is george eaton, political editor for the new statesman. we were hearing a huge pile of very difficult issues already in sajid javid's in trade, is he the man for thejob? —— javid's in trade, is he the man for the job? —— tray. javid's in trade, is he the man for the job? -- tray. the appointment has been well received most commentators think it is a smart move and theresa may had a difficult start to the day, to lose one cabinet minister is unfortunate but to lose four in six months looks even more than carelessness but this appointment was made swiftly and by the standards of theresa may's government quite competently. her last reshuffle was chaotic, and the challenge for sajid javid now is that the home office is a department that the home office is a department thatis that the home office is a department that is still defined by theresa may. theresa may was the author and the owner of the now criticised policies such as the hostile environment and who was committed

john sopel, bbc news, washington. and iran was not the only subject the two presidents discussed. donald trump also turned his attention to the proposed summit between him and the north korean leader, kim jong—un. he now describes the man he used to call "rocket man" as "very open" and "very honourable". president trump claims a meeting will happen soon and that it will benefit the whole world. and this evening in washington, emmanuel and brigitte macron are at the white house for a banquet. more than 150 guests have dined on a menu selected by first lady melania trump, it includes rack of lamb with jambalaya and a nectarine tart with creme fraiche ice cream. early arrivals include former secretary of state henry kissinger, imf head christine lagarde, and president trump's daughter ivanka with her husband, jared kushner. plenty more on our website about the trump—macron bromance, the iran nuclear deal, and a look at what new us sanctions on tehran would mean. that is at bbc.com/news. or you can download the bbc news app. in toronto, the man accused of deliberately driving a va

john, thank you very much. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at a:35pm. bye for now. hello, you're watching the bbc news channel. a police investigation has been launched after a three—year—old boy died in a swimming pool at a leisure centre in leeds. officers were called to a david lloyd club in leeds at about 9:45am this morning following a report that a child had entered the pool and drowned. the boy was taken to leeds general infirmary, but later died. police are treating the incident as an accident, but are appealing for anyone who was in the pool at the time to contact them. let's return to our main story this afternoon. north korea's leader says he is suspending nuclear missile tests, and shutting down a key test site. kim jong—un made the announcement ahead of a summit due to take place over the coming months with the united states and south korea. the un secretary general, antonio gutteres, said it's possible that north korea could one day be fully de—nuclearised. i think there is hope, i believe tha

labour is also saying thatjeremy corbyn‘s staff and john mcdonnell‘s staff did not see or engage with any of this material, pushing back against the sunday time's claim in that respect. but it is damaging and it shows again that in pockets of the labour party, particularly in these groups online, there are people who are using unsavoury, to put it mildly, language and tactics to further their cause. and then it comes about their cause. and then it comes about the action taken over those specific groups, irrespective of the connections or lack of two labour party? many people are waiting for that and jeremy corbyn has said many times that he does not condone or support anti—semitism and in fact he has been a staunch critic of it. he has been a staunch critic of it. he hasissued has been a staunch critic of it. he has issued a statement after statement this week, he has apologised and promised to tackle the problem, but for many people in the problem, but for many people in the party that has not been enough. pope francis has used his easter message to call for dialogue on the korean

byjustice secretary david gauke after the high court's decision to block the release of the rapist john worboys. i asked him earlier about his reaction to the proposals. i think there's a big gap between the political reality and what is actually being proposed. what's being proposed is quite sensible, something i was advocating long before thejohn something i was advocating long before the john worboys something i was advocating long before thejohn worboys case. it is what is left out that is really disappointing. and some of the changes that are not going to happen. what are the key things that are in? the parole board, the rule that stops them explaining its decision will be abolished and the pa role decision will be abolished and the parole board will be able to publish a limited explanation of why it has decided what it has decided. and the justice secretary is minded to create a review system for parole decisions but there will be further consultation before a final decision is made. that will involve who exactly as part of the review?m is made. that will involve who exactly as pa

lea. john, that sense that there may be many games afoot and beneath them all is brexit. i am not sure how true that is. i am still reeling in shock. the more i think about it though, this is to do with amber rudd's inexperience. she has only been an mp for six years. she has been an mp for six years. she has been promoted to one of the highest offices in the land. has not had much expressive running a department. therefore, when she made a mistake in front of the committee on wednesday, she wasn't adept enough at dealing with it, reversing out of it, and she just managed to make it worse with every subsequent statement that she made. and they think that is really what is happening here. ithink think that is really what is happening here. i think theresa may can deal with the brexit balance in the cabinet. that is just a matter of counting. the one thing that amber rudd was very good at, she was not good at running a department, it now turns out, but she was a very good campaigner and a punchy communicate. i suppose she can still be used in that role. she can. at the dang

john sopel, bbc news, washington. in a moment we will get the view from the united nations. but first to steve rosenberg, in moscow, and what the kremlin is saying. well, if donald trump's aim via twitter is to sow chaos and confusion about his intentions, that's working in moscow, because the russians are completely confused. i was watching a live political talk show earlier on russian state television when the news came in that president trump had tweeted that an attack on syria could happen very soon, or not soon at all, and a bemused presenter looked into the camera and said one word in russian, which means incredible. also today, the kremlin said that a special crisis communication link which had been set up before by the us and russian militaries to prevent an accidental clash between russia and america in syria, that that line was still functioning and still being used. and that suggests that conversations are taking place behind the scenes to prevent a us military strike from sparking an accidental conflict between russia and the united states. it's the words of the

i was having a look at some of the reports coming in and i think john mccain was tweeting and released a statement in support of president trump's actions. is that the kind of thing that has been happening in washington? i think at the moment many feel that what has been done has been measured. that is the important thing from their point of view. saying that, there are democrats who feel that if there was to be wider military action or a greater focus on what happens in syria, there needs to be a greater strategy. from the administration's point of view they have the idea, they like this whole idea of working alongside the uk and france and coming up with a joint strategy to address some of these issues. the problems had not gone away. if you listen carefully to what the administration have been saying, they have been talking about the fact that they have degraded the chemical weapons programme in syria. they have not got rid of the threat of chemical weapons. that is something they accept. they are still looking for evidence outside of syria. to say they have evidence of some of that

john sopel, bbc news, washington. and iran was not the only subject the two presidents discussed. donald trump also turned his attention to the proposed summit between him and the north korean leader, kim jong—un. he now describes the man he used to call "rocket man" as "very open" and "very honourable". president trump claims a meeting will happen soon and that it will benefit the whole world. and this evening in washington, french president emmanuel macron is at the white house for a sumptuous banquet. over 150 guests have dined on a menu selected by first lady melania, including rack of lamb with jambalaya, and a nectarine tart served with creme fraiche ice cream. early arrivals include the former us secretary of state henry kissinger, the head of the imf christine lagarde, and president trump's daughter ivanka with her husband, jared kushner. in toronto, the man accused of deliberately driving a van into pedestrians has been charged on 10 counts of murder. canadian police are investigating suggestions in social media posts that alek minassian may have been motivated by a gru

john, thank you. many thanks. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has called for a change in culture within government and institutions it says there must be "open and frank" discussions about child sexual abuse in order to tackle the problem. the interim report said "all too often" organisations put the reputation of their leaders and staff before the welfare of children. i think those who are in charge of institutions where the leadership models actually need to set the tone for this by their own behaviours and actions and be willing to face up to the feelings that their own organisations have made. for example, we know that's organisations that have not apologised for what kind of abuse children suffered while they were in their care. and we need all institutions to take the leadership of this issue seriously. canadian police say a man accused of deliberately driving a rented van into pedestrians in toronto, had posted a cryptic message on social media before the attack. he suggested he may have had

the national security council who are leaving becausejohn security council who are leaving because john bolton security council who are leaving becausejohn bolton wants his own team. and you have to see more clashes going forward between bolton and pompeo anti—trump because alton and pompeo anti—trump because alton and pompeo anti—trump because alton and pompeo are much more hawkish in their views in foreign policy and intervening and donald trump is much more resistant to nationbuilding and sending troops to fight battles overseas and so you know, i think they didn't have a time of input into this policy because we have been waiting for this to happen, where this asaad regime uses chemical weapons and you want to lay down a marker butjohn bolton, it may surprise people, that he will try to restrain himself from watching a million wars as many people were worried about. this has been a fairly significant week for president trump. because you have this air strikes and also kind of personal, potential personal legal issues as well dropping up, and i have seen conspiracy theories tal

certainly we have new people in terms of foreign policy in the white house, john bolton has taken over as national security adviser, and mike pompeo is said that as secretary of state. certainlyjohn bolton is rather hawkish in his views, and there are people who believe that inside the white house there has been an ongoing discussion with president trump really favouring a more aggressive response, a more aggressive series of strikes when it came to syria, and others like the defence secretary, generaljames and others like the defence secretary, general james mattis feeling it should be more limited. at the moment it seems limited but they will be watching syria closely, and that is clear from all these pietersen ice, but they were what aside's regime —— speeches on ice. that they will watch president aside's regime and there will be more action if there is another chemical attack. our middle east correspondent martin patiencejoins us from our middle east correspondent martin patience joins us from beirut. you have been monitoring events from where you are, what is happening in dam

the united states fired missiles from two warships and from the submarine uss john warner, plus in the air, two b—1 lancer bombers. the raf flew tornadoes from akrotiri in cyprus, staying out of syrian airspace to fire their storm shadow missiles. and france launched missiles from its frigate, languedoc, as well as rafale and mirage strike aircraft flying from france. so, the us was not acting alone, but with two close allies this time, and that is politically important. the targets of all this firepower? syria's chemical weapons production. the main target for 76 missiles was a research and development centre close to damascus. but also, a chemical weapons storage site near homs, 22 weapons were aimed there, including the raf‘s eight storm shadow missiles. and target three, a nearby chemical weapons bunker, the main french target for seven of their nine missiles. the military in the shape of the pentagon in washington say they are very pleased with the outcome, both political and military. in a powerful show of allied unity, we deployed 105 weapons against three targets. that will

missiles of their navel version of the scud missile and also in the mediterranean, the virginia class john warner fired six tomahawk missiles. in the air, two lancer bombers fired 19 joint air to surface stand—off missiles. in addition, our british allies flew a combination of tornados and typhoons and launched eight storm shadow missiles and french allies flew a combination of raffaella and mirages and scud missiles and taken together, these attacks on multiple axes were able to under —— overwhelm the defence system. we flew a variety of defensive counter air tankerand variety of defensive counter air tanker and electronic warfare aircraft in support and none of the aircraft in support and none of the aircraft or missiles involved were successfully engaged by syrian air defences. and we have no indication that russian air defence systems were deployed. we are confident that all of our missiles reached their target. at the end of the strike mission, all aircraft safely returned to their bases. we assessed that over 40 surface—to—air missiles were employed by the syrian regime, mo

john mcmanus is in salisbury for us now. yes, this is saint thomas's church, which is a very old church that has been here for about 800 years situated in the heart of salisbury and it is for that reason this church will host the service of cleansing and reconciliation in under one hour. rather than perhaps famous cathedral just under one hour. rather than perhaps famous cathedraljust on the road. it is because this church... the service will be conducted by the right reverend nicholas hoult, the bishop of salisbury, who joins right reverend nicholas hoult, the bishop of salisbury, whojoins me 110w. bishop of salisbury, whojoins me now. bishop nicholas, this is a service of reconciliation, but who are you reconciling with? well, it isa are you reconciling with? well, it is a service in which we want to thank community that have carried salisbury through this and to have an opportunity to gather together and to reclaim the city. and so this has got a nod and blush a number of functions but it is saint salisbury is open, in bu

mohammed emwazi, known as ‘jihadi john', now dead. aine davis, now injail. and the newly captured pair, alexanda kotey and elsheikh. they're accused of at least 27 beheadings, including alan henning, an aid driverfrom eccles, and david haines, a former raf engineer from perth. now, in comments which have outraged their victims' families, kotey and elsheikh have called the murders of their hostages " reg retta ble". they also say the uk has illegally withdrawn their citizenship. one of their victims was the american journalist james foley, here in the helmet. his mother says she's worried the men could escape if there's a delay in dealing with them. if somebody doesn't take the leadership and take them to trial, i fear they'll get away or something else. i am concerned that the international community and our government, the us government, and uk, need to work together to hold them accountable. but that raises the question of where the two men should be held accountable. the home secretary, amber rudd, hasn't confirmed that they've both been stripped of their

but the labour mp, john woodcock, believes action against the syrian government was necessary. i hope as many mps as possible will not primarily focus on what our diversionary questions on this. yes it is important that the prime minister explains why she chose to ta ke minister explains why she chose to take action without the formal vote in parliament, but i think the country could have ended up in a much weaker position for many years going forward. of course, parliament in normal circumstances should be endorsing action, but what i was about to say was that there does need to be in the system the ability for a prime minister to agree to action when it is simply not practical to get a parliamentary vote within the timescale needed for a decision. so the prime minister will have to explain why she thought that was the case to mps and i don't think we should all out a vote further down the track if this is an ongoing operation, but i do hope that the main focus tomorrow can be on what will now be the wider strategy to try to bring this horrible conflict into a better position

john mcmanus spoke to the bishop, ahead of the service. the service will be conducted by the right reverend nicholas hoult, the bishop of salisbury, who joins us 110w. bishop of salisbury, who joins us now. this is a service of reconciliation but who you reconcile in with? it is a service in which we wa nt in with? it is a service in which we want to thank the community that have really carried salisbury through this and to have an opportunity to gather together and to reclaim the city. and so it has a numberof to reclaim the city. and so it has a number of functions but it is about saying salisbury is open, and business, want a number of functions but it is about saying salisbury is open, and business, wanting new life in this easter season. we're wanting to reclaim the new life it has given us. to reclaim the new life it has given us. it was only about 200 metres from here that sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were found on a park bench right by the river, suffering from what appears to be bhullar facts of suffering from what appear

with seats on 150 councils up for grabs, john maguire is looking at the issues affecting voters. he's been to plymouth, a council which is hotly disputed between labour and the conservatives. that is one thing you can't change, the weather. only mad dogs and plymouthians would be out on a day like this, but this walking group, a ptly like this, but this walking group, aptly named storm, is made of tough stuff. not me. we taken shelter in a cafe to get down to chatting about the local elections. they don't even ask, sometimes, what we can spend. we pay our council rates, and everything else, but it would be nice to say, well, what would you like to have been spent on? i've lived here all my life. plymouth is a beautiful city and i think sometimes we don't appreciate where we live, having the sea on one side and the moor on the other. all that seems to be happening is new student accommodation. i know that is important, but there are other things as well but i would have thought were a higher priority. history and social change is in the dna of the seafaring city. there is also pol

thank you very much john anyway! it's now two weeks since these scenes played out on screens around the world. two weeks after the suspected chemical attack in syria, international experts have finally carried out an inspection in the former rebel—held town of douma. the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons said its inspectors had gathered samples, which would be examined in specially—designated laboratories. andrew plant reports. it's now two weeks since these scenes played out on screens around the world. released by the syrian opposition, a video appearing to show the aftermath of a chemical attack. the allegation that chlorine had been used met with international condemnation. a team of experts from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons arrived in damascus earlier this week, but their attempts to reach the site in douma were thwarted when the security team came under fire, leading to a three—day delay. experts say if chlorine was used, that timescale could make it hard to

checking the records, she found there were more statues of men called john than historical women. millicent fawcett started petitioning for women's right to vote in 1866, gathering signatures from women across the country and lobbying politicians. she led the suffragist movement which, unlike the suffragettes, stuck to peaceful protest. she dedicated her life to that cause, and aged 81, she watched from the public gallery in the house of commons as women were given the vote on the same terms as men, and her legacy lives on for another generation. i'm so inspired by millicent fawcett and what she's done for the feminist movement. she was really intelligent and she was very, very persistent and determined to give women rights, and i really love that. someone will say, well, what's the point of a statue? why does it make any difference? does it make any difference? it's what it signifies and shows everyone. there are so many male statues and we need equality, and we need to show women are just as good as men and we can do incredible things as well. millicent fawcett‘s statue now wa

husband was a former secretary of state, and thenjohn amici was a former secretary of state, and then john amici um, was a former secretary of state, and thenjohn amici um, a biographer who spent countless hours with the bush family and wrote about them. and in all of their stories, the same themes presented themselves, that this was a woman who was so well—known for her sharp tongue, for her wit, for her sense of humor, and also again for her dedication, not only to her family but to her country. and that was so well represented here during the service. hejust wrapped represented here during the service. he just wrapped up a short time ago, and you can see the guests all left ear. but less than one hour ago actually, the motorcade left ear and is currently on its way to college station, texas, which is about 100 miles from here, where she will ultimately be laid to rest. and that sirjohn major and the former british prime minister, among that extraordinary cast list you mentioned there. the tributes, i'm sure, reflecting also her own political agenda because she was not somebody who was

attended by 10,000 pilgrims in the basilica during the mass, the pope baptised eight people, including john 0gah, a nigerian migrant, who prevented a robbery last year while he was begging outside an italian supermarket. our correspondent david willey joins us now from rome. we are watching the scenes, david. give us a sense of the last 2a hours there? the easter vigil began with this mass inside the basilica, the church of christendom in the centre of rome, which began in total darkness. it was a very impressive ceremony, as the 10,000 people present one by one let their candles and flooded the basilica with light, symbolising the resurrection of christ. now, this morning, the pope is officiating at a second mass in saint peter ‘s square in the open airand then in saint peter ‘s square in the open air and then in a few minutes' time he will go up to the balcony on the facade of st peter's to deliver his easter message, urbi et 0rbi, the traditional messages that you give that christmas and easter time of peace, delivering that notjust in rome but to the whole world. peace, delivering t

john watson. the government is to increase the powers available to police and the security services to try and stop terror attacks at an early stage of planning. a document leaked to the sunday times suggests counter terrorism officers will target up to 20,000 lower priority suspects. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. the murderers behind last year's atrocities in britain. men who planned to kill innocent people. yet only three were on mis‘s radar in any way before striking, and only one of those was being actively investigated. better intelligence, at an earlier stage, might have stopped some of this happening. today's leaked report suggests counter—terrorism investigators could more widely share information on up to 20,000 lower priority suspects with various authorities, in the hope of receiving earlier intelligence of risky behaviour, such as planning an attack. the government has already promised more staff for security agencies like m15 — crucial if they are to targ

john gearson, professor of national security studies at kings college london. reporting today on the aftermath of the decision by the uk, france and the decision by the uk, france and the us to bombs targets in syria, arguing that chemical weapons should not be used after they were used in douma week ago. this is bbc news. now let's get a look at the weather prospects from things are looking brighter and warmer as the weekend begins. tomorrow there is some rain moving northwards again. make the most of what will be a merely try start to the weekend. warming up, some sunny spells. over is beacon, the wind picks up and wetter weather returns into tomorrow. it is dry for most of us into tomorrow. it is dry for most of us for the rest of today. it would be clear blue skies, lots of club around, but breaks allowing some sun to come through. that is an improvement in recent days. improving temperatures on the north sea improving temperatures on the north sea coast, these have been called for several days. but into double figures, the wind going offshore rather than c