have been detained. at least 133 people were killed in the assault, when masked men burst into the venue friday, firing indiscriminately, and detonating explosives. in the russian capital, people have been leaving flowers and lighting candles. memorials also appeared outside russian embassies in several countries — and armed police have been patrolling the area around the crocus city hall. in a televised address, mr putin called it a "barbaric terrorist act" and connected ukraine to the attack. that's despite the islamic state group claiming it carried out the mass shooting. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky reacted angrily to accusations his country was involved. translation: one more thing, what happened in moscow yesterday, it's obvious that putin and other scumbags are just trying to find someone else to blame. their methods are always the same — we have seen it all before, destroyed buildings and shootings and explosions and they're always looking for someone to blame.

our russia editor steve rosenberg has been to the scene of the attack. 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. shooting. but first, the gunmen had opened fire. 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 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 unenviable 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 sight of the building — it's the smell. the air is thick with smoke because the concert hall was burning all night. and the next thing you notice is what's happening over there — people are bringing flowers, creating a makeshift shrine to the dead. margarita knows she's 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. there has been reaction to that attack in russia, here in the us. the united nations security council has called it �*heinous and cowardly�* while the biden administration has said their thoughts were with the victims of the shootings. our north america correspondent, will vernon, gave us this update a little earlier.

we have just received a statement from the white house press secretary expressing condolences and condemnation of this attack and that statement specifically mentions isis and the us says intelligence confirms that isis claim that it was responsible. officials here have been very clear — the us had information that an attack like this was coming and that information was shared with the russians both publicly and privately and president putin dismissed that warning a few days ago as an attempt to destabilise russia. but we heard there, didn't we, that president putin seemed to suggest that ukraine was somehow involved. i think there will be efforts now by the white house in the days ahead to push back against that, to re—enforce the message that america believes this was isis and not ukraine. i think that the concern here in washington now will be that president putin could somehow use this horrific tragedy to ratchet—up the conflict in ukraine even further.

a short while ago i spoke to colin clarke, director of research at the soufan group and author of the book �*after the caliphate: the islamic state and the future of the terrorist diaspora.�* i began by asking him what he made of isis claiming responsibility for the attack. i think there�*s no doubt the islamic state rarely, if ever, issues false claims of responsibility. all the pieces fit here. in fact, i wrote an article for foreign policy last may, may 2023, which was called the islamic state�*s new target — russia. isis makes no bones about wanting to target the russians for what they see as vladimir putin�*s role in spilling muslim blood in various conflicts from chechnya to syria.

is has several of these different global branches, doesn�*t it? what do we know about which branch might have done this? some us sources pointing to isis k? yeah, the islamic state koreson province in afghanistan, but also with probably some logistical support from local militants. there�*s a number ofjihads from the caucuses who used to be an isis caucus branch which was quite robust. there are a large number of radicalised central asian extremists in russia living there. there�*s some information that some of these individuals may have been in turkey and so, look, this is a global network. the group has suffered significant losses over the past several years. very much still a threat. yeah, i wanted to ask you about that because a lot of the world�*s attention obviously has been on the situation in gaza, the conflict in ukraine, is it possible potentially that the world has — has its eye elsewhere and that a group like islamic state might try to take advantage of that? without question.

this is a group that�*s incredibly patient. they�*re opportunistic and i think, you know, if you look at the russian security services their band width is stretched, overstretched with the war in ukraine. you know, my concern is that western intelligence services that are focused — not only on ukraine but also on gaza have taken their eye off the islamic state. it�*s something i have been writing about and speaking about for the past couple of months saying, you know, we�*re kind of reaching a crisis point here where in the united states in particular we have pivoted away from counter terrorism towards this concept of great power competition with china and russia and when you talk to folks in the intelligence community, the cupboard is bare. all the analysts that covered is have been shifted elsewhere and that�*s a major concern.

the united nations chief, antonio guterres, visited the rafah crossing on saturday making a renewed call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. his call came as the hamas run health ministry in gaza said 19 people waiting for aid were killed by israeli forces. israel has denied firing on the crowd. mr guterres said it is time to silence the guns and stop the nightmare — describing the ongoing loss of life in gaza as a moral outrage. the un estimates 1.1 million people in gaza are struggling with catastrophic hunger and starvation. mr guterres called on israel to give "total, unfettered" access to humanitarian goods throughout the territory. it�*s time to truly flood gaza with life—saving aid. the choice is clear — either surge or starvation. let�*s choose the side of help, the side of hope, and the right side of history. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega is also in egypt near the rafah crossing. he sent us this update on efforts to get aid into gaza. this is the egyptian side of the rafah crossing with gaza and one of the main entry points for humanitarian assistance into the territory.

here, hundreds of trucks are waiting to be allowed to enter gaza. now, western officials, aid groups, have been criticising israeli authorities for this inspection process. they say that it�*s been extremely slow and they say that some of these trucks have been turned away because they have been carrying some items that have been banned by the israeli authorities, such as medical scissors and also sleeping bags. now, some of these trucks have been here for weeks waiting for these inspections and the un says more than 1,500 trucks are waiting here in egypt and obviously the humanitarian situation in gaza is worsening. today, antonio guterres is back here. the un chief is again calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza and for israeli authorities to do more

to allow more humanitarian aid into gaza. this visit happens just days after an un—backed report said half of gaza�*s population of 2.2 million people faced catastrophic levels of hunger and that famine in northern gaza was imminent if there was no pause in fighting and a surge in aid. well, a little earlier i spoke to james elder, a unicef spokesperson who is in rafah on the gaza side. you and the secretary general were at the border crossing today and he called the conditions there a moral outrage. you are in rafah on the gaza side, do you agree with the secretary general? without a doubt. it is idly horrendous in rafah where i am now a population of 300,000 is now a population of 300,000 is now close at 1.5 million. people on the streets, sanitation is broken down and

there is not enough access. i don�*t know if you can hear but i can hear bombs now. it may be rafah or it may be next door in car newness. the neighbouring city is devastated and i have never seen that level of annihilation on a city in my 20 years with the united nations. hospitals are non—functional. two—thirds of them at least, people in the north, you drive past and doing the universal sign of hunger, much less than the children who are dying of famine like conditions. so it is a moral outrage and families are living through this day in and day out. somehow, incredulously it is getting worse. ., ., ., ., worse. you filmed a video, a lona worse. you filmed a video, a long line _ worse. you filmed a video, a long line of _ worse. you filmed a video, a long line of a _ worse. you filmed a video, a long line of a trucks - worse. you filmed a video, a long line of a trucks waiting | long line of a trucks waiting to enter gaza and you said, this is a quote, famine is so terrifyingly close to gaza and infuriatingly, life—saving supplies a reason closer. other any signs now that that light

of the line of trucks is making its way. are they getting into gaza, getting to the people who need this suppliant aid?- need this suppliant aid? same sto as need this suppliant aid? same story as it _ need this suppliant aid? same story as it has _ need this suppliant aid? same story as it has been _ need this suppliant aid? same story as it has been four - story as it has been four months, unfortunately. some aid is getting in. the united nations is getting what we are allowed to get in, food, water, medicine. everyone will tell you it is simply not enough. we know it is not enough. arbitrary denials, more and more denials today. one border crossing that one border crossing that one border crossing today and that is a long way to the north with opening more crossings will be the most objective straightforward way for the occupying power and remember israel is the occupying power has a legal responsibility to ensure people get aid so not to the level people need, we are nowhere near the amount of aid coming in. i

nowhere near the amount of aid coming im— coming in. i know you are hearing — coming in. i know you are hearing explosions - coming in. i know you are hearing explosions and i coming in. i know you are hearing explosions and if| coming in. i know you are l hearing explosions and if it coming in. i know you are - hearing explosions and if it is unsafe let us know but want to ask about the level of there. does it feel secure for aid organisations, for the un organisations, for the un organisations to be operating on the ground right now? i mean, the united nations we are in a difficult place. somalia, afghanistan, this is what the united nations does. we stay in the liver. but this is a very unsafe place to be. the idea of safe zones is simply not valid. they are not safe because they do not have sanitation or water or protection for people. they are not safe because of bombardment we have seen more aid workers killed in this war than any other war before. same forjournalists, i think, than any other war before. same forjournalists, ithink, so, no, this is absolutely not a safe place to operate and it will not be a safe place with this level of bombardment and the ferocity, the indiscriminate nature of it which is why the secretary

general has, for months and months, been calling for this ceasefire. months, been calling for this ceasefire-— ceasefire. prime minister benjamin _ ceasefire. prime minister benjamin netanyahu - ceasefire. prime minister. benjamin netanyahu again insisted this week that israel intends to push ahead with its plans for a military incursion into rafah where you are. from what you have seen, what effect would that have on the citizens living there?— living there? the depth of horror living there? the depth of honor in _ living there? the depth of horror in gaza _ living there? the depth of horror in gaza is - living there? the depth of. horror in gaza is surpassing our ability to describe it. the word catastrophic has been used many times. rafah is gaza �*s last hope. rafah is twice a population density now of new york city but no high—rises. people are literally on the streets, on tents on the streets, on tents on the streets, on tents on the streets, on beaches. rafah is now city of children. the people who were told to leave from the north, though here go there shelter shelter, they come to rafah. a military incursion here would be utterly devastating for people who are already just devastating for people who are

alreadyjust holding on. we devastating for people who are alreadyjust holding on. already 'ust holding on. we are almost alreadyjust holding on. we are almost out _ alreadyjust holding on. we are almost out of _ alreadyjust holding on. we are almost out of time _ alreadyjust holding on. we are almost out of time but - alreadyjust holding on. we are almost out of time but i - alreadyjust holding on. we are almost out of time but i want l almost out of time but i want to ask you because you mention the children living there. what sort of lasting effects will a conflict like this leave on a generation of young people in gaza? ., ., , generation of young people in gaza? ., ., ., , generation of young people in gaza? ., ., , ., , ., gaza? you are spot on. it is a generation — gaza? you are spot on. it is a generation and _ gaza? you are spot on. it is a generation and we _ gaza? you are spot on. it is a generation and we are - gaza? you are spot on. it is a generation and we are in - generation and we are in uncharted territory. every child here will need some sort of psychological help. drones are surveys but children also noted that drones are bombs. they are 24/7 have been four months and months. children with parents killed, ones, moving house all the time, no education. there is a level of mental scarring here that i do not think we have seen before and a population with the right skills and opportunity, it is a demographic boom right now, they are getting the worst of every aspect of humanity. james elder, a spokesperson _ every aspect of humanity. james elder, a spokesperson for- elder, a spokesperson for unicef there in rafah. thank you very much.

there�*s been an outpouring of support for catherine, 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 praised her for being "brave" in "speaking out" about her diagnosis. kensington palace, says it�*s confident the princess will make a full recovery and on saturday evening it issued a statement, on behalf of the prince and princess of wales, saying quote: "the prince and princess are both enormously touched by the kind messages from people here in the uk, across the commonwealth and around the world in response to her royal highness�* message." "they are extremely moved by the public�*s warmth and support and are grateful for the understanding of their request for privacy at this time." our royal correspondent daniela relph gave us this analysis following the statement, from outside buckingham palace. this new message from the prince and princess of wales is double—edged. it is a thank you and a polite warning. they now

want to be left alone. they want to be left alone. they want this public element of the princess �*s diagnosis to go quiet for a while now and for them to be left on their own. they have three weeks off now for their children �*s school holidays and they will spend that privately and focusing on the princess �*s treatment and her recovery. they want this stage of the story to die down. they want speculation to stop in the hope that they have done that with this video message another statement. the focus instead will fall on other members of the royal family. next weekend, easter weekend is one of the biggest gatherings of oils that we see over the course of the year. family will be attending church in windsor next sunday and we may see the king back in the royal spotlight that day. they are hopeful he will be able to attend. daniela relph reporting. in revealing her diagnosis, her royal highness made sure to speak more widely — to all people suffering

with cancer. her message: don�*t give up hope. but how to do that when facing such a daunting diagnosis? for more, i spoke to dr william dahut, chief scientific officer of the american cancer society. thank you forjoining us. catherine is certainly not alone when it comes to a cancer diagnosis. so many people have been affected, so many people know a friend or loved one who may have cancer. what are some ways that we can support them? it is very difficult for the individual who has a cancer diagnosis even beyond the cancer treatment. diagnosis even beyond the cancertreatment. i diagnosis even beyond the cancer treatment. i think the discussion with loved ones and family members or friends discussion with loved ones and family members orfriends is also really difficult so i think one needs to be thoughtful about that because you have a cancer diagnosis and are petrified about what could be a life—threatening event and then you need to share this with people who you love and

who you will immediately upset. in some ways you have changed your role and in some ways you have become the physician who is telling somebody about cancer only it is your cancer. so you can see how hard it can be for people. so that is why it is really important to be particularly supportive of the cancer patient is a explain information about their cancer and not ask too many questions. allow for privacy. people always say what can i do? and patients almost always say i�*m fine. and so one piece of advice that we have and this is on our website is to not simply say what can i do but to say what you are going to do. what kind of pizza do you like? and then bring home a pepperoni pizza on tuesday night. and the caregiver who was helping the cancer patient who is

incredibly affected, working through that person oftentimes you can find where you are needed. picking up a child from soccer of something. i think giving concrete things for the caregiver, being thoughtful about communication of the diagnosis, ensuring you allow for privacy are thoughtful ways to be helpful and probably the most effective. {line to be helpful and probably the most effective.— most effective. one of the thins most effective. one of the things from _ most effective. one of the things from the _ most effective. one of the things from the video - most effective. one of the - things from the video message from catherine that resonated with a lot of people is she said she needed to take the time to explain the situation to her young children and to reassure them that she was going to be ok. how can families talk about cancer with young children? that seems to be a difficult conversation to have.~ be a difficult conversation to have. ~ , ., ~' be a difficult conversation to have. ~ ~ ., have. when you think about siml have. when you think about simply as — have. when you think about simply as a _ have. when you think about simply as a spoke _ have. when you think about simply as a spoke about - simply as a spoke about earlier, trying to tell somebody, your sister or your mother, telling your young child is particularly difficult. upsetting for

parents to upset their child who they are trying to protect. so a couple of things. number one, children are actually much more perceptive than when they imagine and they often know that something is going on. so i think it is important to be as honest as possible. you need to let folks know and your kids know it is a serious illness and let them know that there is and let them know that there is a for what is going on so you understand things. kids often blame themselves so you need to reassure them that it is not their fault because they didn�*t do homework or because they didn�*t help the younger brother or sister. that is not the reason why. and then you need to titrate the explanation based on the individual child. some kids can actually understand and want to know more about the details and others really do not want to know anything at all. that is a jewel gender—based but often

times just to individualise intervention it you give. the kids have time to process it. be honest and let them know it is serious. do not overwhelm them and make sure they know it is not their fault. them and make sure they know it is not theirfault. find them and make sure they know it is not their fault.— is not their fault. and i 'ust want to come i is not their fault. and i 'ust want to come back i is not their fault. and i 'ust want to come back to h is not their fault. and i just want to come back to one i is not their fault. and i just - want to come back to one other thing that catherine said in this video message. she said to others with cancer do not lose faith or hope, you are not alone. what effect do you think the princess speaking out so publicly about cancer might do overall for awareness about cancer around the world? i think it is incredibly powerful and incredibly meaningful. i think it was great that someone could see a young vibrant woman with a cancer diagnosis who looks healthy, which is great. some cancer patients are going to look in a situation where you can see the impact of the cancer and others look like someone walking down the street. so the fact that people

could see that there is someone out there who may look like them who could have a cancer diagnosis and who is doing what she is doing that is best for herfamily she is doing that is best for her family and that�*s what doctors are saying in order to have a great outcome to fight this, i think that is really powerful and hopefully that will take away some of the fear about screening and early detection and something that we know and actually lead to a better outcome. there is also a tremendous fear of having the diagnosis. seeing someone like her get up and so we can do this together i think they can have a powerful impact. thank ou ve have a powerful impact. thank you very much _ have a powerful impact. thank you very much for _ have a powerful impact. thank you very much for your- have a powerful impact. thank you very much for your time. | you very much for your time. and for shedding light on a subject that is not always easy to discuss. let�*s turn to some important news around the world. at least seven people have been killed in heavy rainstorms near rio dejaneiro in brazil. the rain triggered a landslide that destroyed homes. rescuers have been searching through the rubble. hundreds of anti—abortion groups have marched

in buenos aires to demand that javier milei�*s government reverses argentina�*s 2020 abortion rights law. president milei, who is known to be anti—abortion, said earlier this month that those who supported the legalisation of abortion in argentina were "murderers". argentina legalized abortion in december 2020 until the 14th week of pregnancy, despite strong pushback from religious groups. some of the world�*s most famous landmarks have gone dark. they�*re taking part in �*earth hour�*, to raise awareness of environmental issues and the impact of climate change. in athens the unmistakable acropolis joined other recognisable buildings around the world, in dimmings its lights. here in the us, the empire state building in new york turned its lights offjust over an hour ago. and this is the scene in las vegas where several casinos will be turning off their lights for earth hour. the

seattle space needle is also expected to participate. hundreds of —— many countries and territories are expected to dim the lights for earth hour. that is it from me in washington we will have more for you in half—an—hour. hello there. well, it�*s certainly been a lively start to the weekend weatherwise. loads of showers around on saturday, some of them with hail and thunder, some of them with mammatus clouds — always a sign of a good storm. now, the showers that went through south parts of greater london, around kent, they really dumped the temperatures. look at that — ten degrees at midday, just two degrees celsius a couple of hours later in the afternoon. that would have felt really cold, especially with those gusty winds. now, over the next few hours, many of the showers will tend to become confined to more northeastern areas of the uk should become drier over the next few hours in the west. temperatures as we head into the first part of sunday morning, quite chilly around 3 to six degrees celsius. now, sunday will continue to be dominated weatherwise by this area of low pressure — it�*s the same one that we had

on saturday, but it�*s starting to pull away into the near continent, but still influencing our weather. certainly there�*ll be lots of showers across northern areas of scotland and a few affecting the east coast of scotland running down east and coastal counties of england as well. some of the showers for these areas will continue to be quite heavy with some hail, whereas across western areas of the uk many areas should have a dry day with some bright or sunny spells. temperatures for most about 10 to 12 degrees — that�*s average for the time of year. northern scotland, about six to eigh,.tthat�*s a little on the cool side. then into monday, we get another area of low pressure forming and moving in off the atlantic. this is going to be bringing further outbreaks of rain on monday to northern ireland, wales and western areas of england. probably a dry and bright day for eastern areas of england. the rain starts pushing northwards across scotland and starts to move into the chilly air that we have here. temperaturesjust six in aberdeen. so through monday night we might actually start to see some of that rain turn to snow. it is going to be quite high up

in the high hills of scotland, probably above 300 metres elevation or so, but that could continue to be a risk into tuesday. so you might see a little bit of snow on some of the very high—ish scottish routes in the north. otherwise at lower elevations it�*s just outbreaks of rain, sleet and a bit of hail that you�*ll see mixed in. a cold day on tuesday — temperatures around nine or ten for england and wales, just five there in aberdeen. so overall, we�*re looking at a very unsettled week ahead, a cold start to the week, yes, but it does tend to turn milder as the week goes by. bye for now.

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