on a concert hall near moscow — which killed at least 133 people — will be punished. in moscow, people have been leaving flowers in memory of those who died and we've seen candles being lit. others have queued to donate blood for the victims of the massacre. memorials also appeared outside russian embassies in several countries, including the uk. a national day of mourning has been declared for sunday. armed police have been patrolling the area around the crocus city hall. in a televised address, president putin called the attack a �*barbaric terrorist act,�* and said all four gunmen had been detained. the islamic state group says it carried out the attack and released a photograph of four masked men. our first report is from our russia editor, steve rosenberg who has been to the scene, and a warning, you may find some of the details in his report, upsetting.

it was hard to believe that only yesterday, this was a concert hall. in what was left of crocus city, the full horror of what had happened became clear. the attackers had torched the building. a rock concert became an inferno. gunfire screaming but first the gunmen had opened fire... screaming and gunfire to kill as many of the audience as possible. in one constant stream of bullets. russia says the four gunmen who did this have been arrested. and claims they'd planned to cross into ukraine. kyiv denies any connection to the attack. it's islamic state that's claimed responsibility. president putin promised vengeance. translation: all the perpetrators and organisers of this crime - and those who ordered it will be

justly and inevitably punished, whoever they are, whoever is guiding them. those terrorists, murderers, monsters face the same and enviable fate, retribution and oblivion. in moscow, there were long queues to donate blood for the many who'd been wounded in the attack and rushed to hospital. outside crocus city hall, a hint of the devastation inside. the first thing you notice here isn't the site of the building, it's the smell. —— the first thing you notice here isn't the sight of the building, it's the smell. the air is thick with smoke because the concert hall was burning all night. the next thing you notice is what is happening over there, people are bringing flowers, creating a makeshift shrine to the dead. margarita knows she is lucky. she was in the building when the shooting began and got out alive. translation: when i got home, i hugged my children. _ fell to my knees and said, "i can't begin to describe

what happened there, they were shooting at us". i was hysterical, my husband could barely watch. the children were terrified, theyjust hugged me. but so many died here. there were so many victims of the deadliest attack in russia in 20 years. president putin has declared a national day of mourning. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. some breaking news on this story out of the us. the white house has reacted. a statement says, the united states strongly condemns the heinous terrorist attack in moscow. we extend our deepest condolences to those who lost loved ones and those who were injured or affected by this unconscionable attack against innocent civilians. it goes on to

say, isis is a common terrorist enemy that must be defeated everywhere. that is a statement we have just had from the white house on that attack in moscow. let's go live to patrick bury. thanks for joining us. islamic state group says it carried out the attack and also the white house pointing the finger at isis. do you think that is credible?— at isis. do you think that is credible? ,., ., , at isis. do you think that is credible? h, ., , ., credible? good evening. yes, i mean, it's an interesting _ credible? good evening. yes, i mean, it's an interesting development - it's an interesting development today. i was looking at the video last night. it looks like an islamic attack. you could tell by the way they were going about the attack essentially and the weapons they were carrying. it was more likely to be that than anything else, more likely to be a ukrainian operation. just seeing the aftermath. that has now been confirmed by the us and

islamic state actually saying they've carried this out. it is similar to other attacks we have seen both in russia in terms of targeting concerts back in the 20005, and also brings up memories of the attack in 2015 in paris. pretty similar in terms of the modus operandi. the pretty similar in terms of the modus o erandi. , ., . pretty similar in terms of the modus oerandi. , ., . ,, ., ., , operandi. the islamic state group, we know, operandi. the islamic state group, we know. in _ operandi. the islamic state group, we know, in syria, _ operandi. the islamic state group, we know, in syria, iraq, _ we know, in syria, iraq, afghanistan, how prevalent have they beenin afghanistan, how prevalent have they been in russia over the years? yes. been in russia over the years? yes, that's not so — been in russia over the years? yes, that's not so prevalent, _ been in russia over the years? 1&1: that's not so prevalent, obviously. their bases have been in syria and iraq. the interesting element here is you do have this fourjihadist rebels against chechnya in elements. you have forces fighting for russia. you have forces fighting for russia. you have forces fighting for russia. you have rebel islamist fighting for ukraine. some of those guys have had

a pretty strong links with earlier iterations of isil. there is some potential for cross over here. it may explain why somebody is trying to get over towards ukraine, thinking maybe they can find friendly forces. but i would very much doubt that ukrainians themselves knew anything about this or had anything to do with it even if there is some radical cell potentially. we will have to wait and see where these people got into the country from. i and see where these people got into the country from.— the country from. i was going to sa , the country from. i was going to say, president _ the country from. i was going to say, president zelensky - the country from. i was going to say, president zelensky in - the country from. i was going to say, president zelensky in the l the country from. i was going to i say, president zelensky in the last hour has said president putin wants to put the blame on ukraine for the moscow attack. mr putin suggested that the attackers were heading for ukraine. this all complicates things, doesn't it, with the war in ukraine? it things, doesn't it, with the war in ukraine? ., , ., ., , �* ukraine? it does and it doesn't. i think the us _ ukraine? it does and it doesn't. i think the us has _ ukraine? it does and it doesn't. i think the us has been _ ukraine? it does and it doesn't. i think the us has been very - ukraine? it does and it doesn't. i think the us has been very clear| think the us has been very clear about who did it and luckily we have an admission, as well, from isil, so it makes it less complicated than it was last night. i also think the us embassy issued a warning on the 7th

of march telling all of its citizens to be very aware of potential extremist attacks on public spaces in moscow. they said they tipped off the russians too. if you imagine what's going on, there is obviously a huge war going on. both security services in ukraine and russia will be absolutely stretched at the moment. and i wouldn't be surprised if it is that kind of overstretching and chaos going on as a result of the war which means the russians weren't able to follow up on this. they have come out all guns blazing, blaming the us, asking how they would would know. the us knows because it has the best intelligence operand is in the world, far better than the russians, so that is why the us knows. d0 than the russians, so that is why the us knows.— than the russians, so that is why the us knows. , ., ~ ., , , the us knows. do you think that puts more pressure _ the us knows. do you think that puts more pressure on _ the us knows. do you think that puts more pressure on president - the us knows. do you think that puts more pressure on president putin, i more pressure on president putin, the fact the russians missed it? i don't think the russian people will be told this. or the nuance of it. given the at one narrative they have been given, ukraine will be blamed

and they will probably be pushing on open doors, as well. we aren't going to change the russian population about who is potentially responsible for this but i think for the rest of the world, which has open access to information, they will probably realise that it is much more likely to be a terrorist attack than anything controlled by ukraine or kyiv. anything controlled by ukraine or k iv. ., ~ anything controlled by ukraine or k iv. . ~ , ., anything controlled by ukraine or k iv. ., ~' , ., , anything controlled by ukraine or kiv. .,�*, , . anything controlled by ukraine or kiv. .mg, , . ., kyiv. thank you very much for “oininu kyiv. thank you very much for joining us. — kyiv. thank you very much for joining us, patrick— kyiv. thank you very much for joining us, patrick bury. - there's been an outpouring of support for the princess of wales, after revealing she's receiving treatment for cancer. in a video statement, catherine said the diagnosis came as a "huge shock," and that she's in the early stages of chemotherapy. health leaders have praised kate for being "brave" in "speaking out" about her diagnosis. kensington palace, says it's confident the princess will make a full recovery. our correspondent charlotte gallagher is at windsor castle with the latest: speaking to people in windsor today, whether they are locals or tourists, people have been so shocked by this news and also quite upset talking

about katherine's three children and the fact she will have to tell her children about her cancer diagnosis. this is where they live, the home is about a mile from here, inside the homes of windsor. it is where people are left alone, it is their community, so people sending good wishes to catherine and hoping she will be able to have her treatment in peace and recover. our correspondence has been having a look at the events over the last couple of days. —— correspondent has been. this is the national with erica johnson. catherine, the princess of wales made a shocking announcement. the impact of the princess diagnosis has been felt far and wide. her video message was the most direct and personal we have ever seen the princess. there was also an attempt

to shut down the rumours that have created so much noise in recent weeks. i think what the princess of wales is hoping is that this message will be direct enough to appeal to people's better nature's and say, look, the invasion of privacy that has been going on on social media for the last couple of months has been too much, people need to stop and think and not engage in that kind of activity going forward. family has rallied around the princess, including those with whom relations are strained. the duke and duchess of sussex sent a public message of support. the bbc understand that harry and meghan have reached out privately. in windsor today, where the prince and princess live, public sympathy remains strong. we have been thinking of her all along and wish her the best. they are going through something so private and hard in the —— they are going through something so private and hard and the public eye on it, it is really tough, to be honest. she has got young kids .

and she is a human being. i i thought it was all quite upsettingl and hopefully now they can get a bit of privacy as she heals. protecting her three children has been a priority for the princess of wales. she said she has taken time to explain what is happening to george, charlotte and louis. and reassured them that she's going to be ok. —— i think it is important when parents are approaching talking to their children about their cancer diagnosis that they plan it, think about it carefully and also they get the right support to help them deal with the emotions it creates in them and that helps them to do it as well as possible. christmas at sandringham, the last time we saw the princess with the rest of the royal family. the next major gathering of royals will be on easter sunday. the king is hopeful of attending church in windsor that day. but the princess and her family will not be there, as she now recovers privately. daniela relph, bbc news. what the royal family will really be hoping for as well is that some of

these online conspiracy theories that spread like wildfire over the last few weeks dye down now. it's obviously been a terribly tough time for the princess. she's had to face up for the princess. she's had to face up to being diagnosed with cancer. she's had to tell her family, her three young children. and there has also been these conspiracy theories which have been promoted on social media with people —— by people with large followings, it's gone out to many people. i'm sure the princess and the entire royal family will be hoping that the news of her diagnosis will put a stop to that and now the focus will be on her recovery and getting that treatment. there have been well wishes from around the world, haven't there? yes, even here today you meet people in windsor from right across the world that have come to see the castle. people from japan, america, brazil, expressing their good wishes for the princess and then you have the world leaders. us presidentjoe biden and his wife, they expressed their wishes to kate and said how much they loved her. the french

president, emmanuel macron, expressed his good wishes. the prime minister of australia. most countries, their leaders have had something to say about the princess and what she's going through. rishi sunak and the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, passed on their good wishes, as well. it's really been the conversation of the day. when you speak to people in windsor people are in such shock about the news. nobody would have expected that when the princess went in for surgery onjanuary expected that when the princess went in for surgery on january that this would be the result and i think that video of her speaking to the world and telling them about her diagnosis has touched so many people. she was emotional and seemed very vulnerable and lots of people said how much it upset them seeing that video and then thinking about her three children, as well. indie then thinking about her three children, as well.— then thinking about her three children, as well. we saw prince william out _ children, as well. we saw prince william out during _ children, as well. we saw prince william out during the _ children, as well. we saw prince william out during the week- children, as well. we saw prince william out during the week but| children, as well. we saw prince i william out during the week but he will now withdraw from public events over easter to be with kate and the three children.— three children. yes, and you would imaaine three children. yes, and you would imagine they _ three children. yes, and you would imagine they will _ three children. yes, and you would imagine they will be _ three children. yes, and you would imagine they will be spending - three children. yes, and you would imagine they will be spending a - three children. yes, and you would imagine they will be spending a lotj imagine they will be spending a lot of time at their home here in

windsor, adelaide cottage, not far from here. lovely grounds here, as you would expect. lots of woodland. you would think they would be doing things as a5, the two parents and the three children at home or out in the three children at home or out in the countryside here and trying to slow down. —— as a group of five. prince william meets people frequently during the week but this is a time for the family to come together and heal. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. it's been a busy day of international football, arguably the most high profile match is still being played. they are into the second half at wembley bewteen england and brazil. there was a moment of applause before kick—off for terry venables. this was the first england international since the death of their former manager at the age of 80 last november. vinciusjunior had the best early chance, beating the offside trap, but his weak shot was cleared off the line by kyle walker and they

came even closer before half time — lucas paqueta hitting the post. it is goalless in the early stages of the second half. plenty of other notable friendlies being played on saturday, including a win for brazil's rivals argentina as they beat el savador 3—0. elsewhere, two favourites for this years euros are meeting in lyon as france take on germany. florian wirtz has given grmany the lead inside the first eight seconds belgium were held to a gaolless draw in dublin by republic of irealnd. —— florian wirtz has given grmany the lead inside the first eight seconds. belgium were held to a goalless draw in dublin by republic of irealnd. the republic missed a penalty as well. the danes are playing the swiss and as you can see no goals in that. there have been more delays at the miami open because of persistent rain. the first handful of matches are now under way though — which includes britain's jack draper in second round action. he's up against

chile's nicolas jarri. he lost the first set on a tie break. max verstappen's perfect start to the new formula one season continues, he's already won the first two races from pole and the world champion has qualified quickest for sunday's australian grand prix in melbourne. the red bull driver was pushed close by ferarri's carlos sainz — the spaniard made an impressive return to action after missing the last race two weeks to have his appendix out. i cannot ask for more because it is impossible to be 100% and do a perfectjob today but i feel like if tomorrow i feel good i will give it my best shot. you need to be 100% to beat max tomorrow. it was a tale of two englishman in the indian premier league — as the punjab kings got off to a winning start. chasing 175 to win, sam curran top scored with 63 off 47

balls to put his side in control before liam livingstone came to the crease and hit an unbeaten 38 — which included a six to secure victory against the delhi capitals elsewhere, the kolkata knight riders beat the sunrisers hydrabad by four runs. it's the opening weekend in the women's six nations championship. last year's runners—up france ran in five tries against. ireland for a bonus point win in le mans. the french have been second to england for the last four years and will face the red roses in the final round of fixtures in the championship. they are off to a strong start winning 38—17. despite defeat, ireland will take some positives given that they lost by 50 points to the french in the last six nations. scotland's women celebrated a rare win in wales, their first in 20 years.

they won 20—18 at the cardiff arms park. wales scored a late try but missed the conversion in the final minute which would have earned a draw. finally, just back to football and there was a heart—warming moment for the former england maanger sven goren eriksson. he was maanging a liverpool legends team, he saw his side come from 2—0 down to beat an �*ajax greats' team 11—2 at anfield. after recently announcing he'd been diagnosed with terminal cancer, erikssen had said he'd always dreamed of managing liverpool during his career and sais was brought to tears as the fans sang �*you'll never walk alone' before kick—off. —— during his career and says he was brought to tears as the fans sang �*you'll never walk alone' before kick—off. and that's all the sport for now. i will be back with another update later. thank you. these are pictures of protesters who have been on the streets of tel aviv. there has been a very heavy security presence.

police on horseback. many of those protesters are calling for fresh elections and a deal to free israeli hostages still being held by hamas in gaza. many of the demonstrators saying the government there isn't doing enough to secure their release. they temporarily blocked a main road in the city. also getting reports that are similar protests taking place injerusalem. there are the security forces on horseback in the security forces on horseback in the streets of tel aviv. we will keep an eye on those pictures. it comes as the united nations chief, antonio guterres, has visited the rafah crossing and has made a renewed call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. his call came on the day the hamas run health ministry in gaza said 19 people waiting for aid have been killed by israeli forces — the israeli army has denied firing on the crowd. mr guterres said it was time to silence the guns and stop the nightmare ? describing the ongoing loss of life there as a moral outrage.

hundreds of trucks waiting are waiting at the border crossing to bring much needed aid into gaza. mr guterres' visit comes as israel faces mounting international pressure to allow more goods into the territory — as fears mount of imminent famine. nothing justifies the horrific attacks by hamas on october 7th. and nothing justifies the collective punishment of the palestinian people. now, more than ever, it is time for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. it is time to silence the guns. palestinians in gaza — children, women, men — remain stuck in a nonstop nightmare. communities obliterated, homes demolished, entire families and generations wiped out, with hunger and starvation stalking the population.

i've been speaking to dr karydi, an anaesthetist who was in the european gaza hospital, about her time there and what she witnessed. the european khalsa hospital in khan younis, one of two government function hospital at the moment. before the war it had a bed capacity of 220 beds and when we were there it had around 1000 patients. so about four times the number of beds that they had. and part of the 1000 patients, the hospital is a centre for 22,000 internally displaced people who live in the hospital because it's considered a safe place to live.

if anything can be safe at the moment in gaza. and there are people everywhere, there are people living in the external space of the hospital and in beds they make up from anything they can find. there are people that are living inside the hospital, in the corridors. as we were walking towards the operating theatres, families use bedsits to create some privacy to have their home. and we were just walking through people's homes and some people didn't even have this privacy, they were just sleeping on mattresses on the floor or even without the mattresses. these are the lucky ones, as i said, they are in a relatively safe place. so you can imagine that the hospital, that it's made for 220 patients does not

have the infrastructure for 23,000 people at the moment. it doesn't have enough toilets, enough sewers, whenever we had water, obviously. we didn't have water always. and this overcrowding in combination with the lack of hygiene, because of the lack of infrastructure is the perfect mix for infectious diseases. we all have lived through covid, we all know what overcrowding means with infectious diseases. it is just terrible, terrible. here in the uk, the father of damilola taylor, who was killed aged 10, has died. richard taylor — who was 75 and seen here with the dark red tie on — had spent years campaigning for disadvantaged children after his son was stabbed to death, with a broken bottle, in 2000 in peckham in south london. he set up the damilola taylor trust

to campaign against knife crime. some of the world's most famous landmarks have turned off their lights and been plunged into darkness, taking part in earth hour. the global event aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and the impact of climate change. here is the moment the sydney opera house in australia flicked the switch, in unison with the sydney harbour bridge. injapan, this is the tokyo tower having its lights switched off. a sight rarely seen, hong kong's victoria harbour and city skyline in darkness as part of the campaign. and here's bangkok 5 iconic temple of dawn, going dark. and this was the moment the lights on the eiffel tower in paris went off. here in the uk we are expecting

landmarks like big ben to go dark in an hour's time. this is the scene live in london where you can see in the centre of your picture the london eye. in the next five minutes or so that should go into darkness. stay with us here on bbc news. it was a day of dodging the downpours. some really heavy showers out there driven by some big storm clouds including this one captured by one of our weather watchers in surrey. the lumpy shape indicative of the martyrs clouds which form when the area is very turbulent and unstable. all driven by an area of low pressure allowing these big storm clouds to bubble up. a brisk north—westerly wind bringing those showers and storms through. the centre of this pressure moving out into the north sea overnight. still windy for eastern scotland and eastern england. showers in north—east scotland which will be

wintry over high ground. clear spells elsewhere. because of the strength of the wind it won't be a particularly cold night but still getting down to between three and six celsius. our area of low pressure sliding way eastwards. briefly a ridge of high pressure, you can barely see it on the chart, and another system approaching from the west. sunday is a window of fine weather. showers and brisk winds down the eastern coastal is showers at a time in scotland. thickening cloud over northern ireland, some rain into western counties by the end of the day possibly. could touch part of pembrokeshire and cornwall. not as chilly yesterday, eight to 12 celsius. the system for monday, instead of sweeping quickly through it meanders and takes its time. it dawdled, this weather front. it meanders and takes its time. it dawdled, this weatherfront. not moving through quickly. rain just lingering across western england, wales, northern ireland. if the rain gets into southern and central parts of scotland we could see snow

developing, quite significant snow over high ground. if we keep hold of sunshine in the south—east corner we could get to 12 celsius or seven across the north of scotland. on tuesday, relatively cold air, so any showers could be wintry over high ground in the north. this slow—moving band of rain could sit in place for south wales, south—west england, the channel isles, could be a really wet day here and those temperatures no great shakes between seven and 11 celsius. into the weekend, looks unsettled, showers and longer spells of rain. turning milder, particularly in the south, but cold ma link in the north of the uk. -- but but cold ma link in the north of the uk. —— but cold air could linger in the north of the uk.

this is bbc news, the headlines: four gunmen have been arrested after 133 people were killed in a moscow concert hall attack — president putin has vowed those responsible will be punished. the islamic state group says it was behind the attack — releasing a photo of four masked men it says were involved. an outpouring of support for the princess of wales — after she revealed she's in the early stages of cancer treatment. in a video statement, catherine said the diagnosis came as a "huge shock". health leaders have praised kate for being "brave" in "speaking out". the health ministry in gaza says the number of people killed by israeli forces while waiting for aid on the outskirts of gaza city has risen to at least 19.

they re said to have been hit by tank fire and shelling at a roadside distribution point. the israeli army has denied firing on the crowd. you can get more on the bbc news website or the app. about five minutes ago i said the lights in central london should go out as part of earth hour. the london eye is darker than it was five minutes ago. the barbican art centre, the old bailey, tower bridge and the oxo tower. it is all part of earth hour, which is to highlight environmental issues. it has been observed around the world. the next hour, the lights in london will be out. that is the live shot across

central london. i