of aleppo which killed at least 42 people. delays and long queues reported as the easter getaway begins. one of the big blockbuster movies of last summer, oppenheimer, is released for the first time injapan. beyonce is back, with herfirst ever country album. relatives of evan kercher birch are marking the first anniversary of his detainment in russia. he is the first american to be charged by russia for spying since the end of the second world war.

i'm joined now by a member of the independent nonprofit organisation that promotes press freedom. what is the latest information that you have on how evan is doing?— the latest information that you have on how evan is doing? thank you for havin: on how evan is doing? thank you for having me- — on how evan is doing? thank you for having me- today — on how evan is doing? thank you for having me. today is _ on how evan is doing? thank you for having me. today is the _ on how evan is doing? thank you for having me. today is the first - having me. today is the first anniversary since evan cursed to fetch�*s detention in moscow on bogus charges and just a few days ago on the 26th of march the russian authorities extended his detention by another three months which means he will stay in pre—trial detention until the end ofjune and then we are hoping that the trial will start but evan gershkovich is accused of espionage and this is a very heavy charge and espionage charges

normally end with convictions in russia, so he is very likely to be convicted. he is looking to up to 20 years in russianjail.— years in russian “ail. what do you read into the — years in russian jail. what do you read into the extension _ years in russian jail. what do you read into the extension of - years in russian jail. what do you read into the extension of the - read into the extension of the pre—trial detention, rather than moving closer to the actual trial? could it indicate that the conversations to try to free evan gershkovich are making some progress, orat gershkovich are making some progress, or at least the remaining active? i progress, or at least the remaining active? ., , , ., ., active? i hope they are remaining very active _ active? i hope they are remaining very active and — active? i hope they are remaining very active and i _ active? i hope they are remaining very active and i hope _ active? i hope they are remaining very active and i hope that - active? i hope they are remaining very active and i hope that we - active? i hope they are remainingj very active and i hope that we are close to the moment when he will be released and returned to the united states, to his family, his parents and siblings, but everything we know from previous trials ofjournalists accused of espionage is that usually pre—trial detentions are very long, followed by trials held behind closed doors, so i think the most

likely scenario is that he is tried and convicted first before the us and convicted first before the us and russian authorities agree on the prisoner exchange. haifa and russian authorities agree on the prisoner exchange.— prisoner exchange. how difficult is it forjournalists _ prisoner exchange. how difficult is it forjournalists in _ prisoner exchange. how difficult is it forjournalists in russia - prisoner exchange. how difficult is it forjournalists in russia at - prisoner exchange. how difficult is it forjournalists in russia at the i it forjournalists in russia at the moment to go about their business, given the current climate? it moment to go about their business, given the current climate?— given the current climate? it has never been _ given the current climate? it has never been easy _ given the current climate? it has never been easy to _ given the current climate? it has never been easy to be _ given the current climate? it has never been easy to be an - given the current climate? it us never been easy to be an independent reporter in putin's russia. he has beenin reporter in putin's russia. he has been in powerfor reporter in putin's russia. he has been in power for close reporter in putin's russia. he has been in powerfor close to reporter in putin's russia. he has been in power for close to a reporter in putin's russia. he has been in powerfor close to a quarter of a century and from the beginning he made it his goal to control the flow of information, but until evan's detention a year ago, foreign correspondence reworked russia, although they knew they were at risk, they probably didn't expect something as harsh as espionage charges. we know of other cases of

journalists who did not feel very welcome, especially after russia started its full—scale invasion of ukraine, but in evan's case, the authorities are saying nothing is beyond their whims, beyond their control and everything is possible. evan's case is the first case of an american journalist charged with espionage in russia since the end of the cold war. now everyjournalist, foreign or local, is at risk of immediate imprisonment in russia. thank you very much. chinese e—retailer temu has significantly changed the terms of a cash giveaway after customers expressed concerns. participants in the promotion receive up to £50, but had to agree to permanently hand over considerable amounts of personal data.

pierre—antoine denis has more from the newsroom. it has been nicknamed as amazon on steroids. i'm talking about temu, the online marketplace from china on the online marketplace from china on the rise, emerging as the second biggest retail giant in the world behind amazon, which is short of 500 million users. mainly because it beats the competition price—wise. it slogan is very catchy, shot like a billionaire. that giveaway campaign is doing just that, giving customers free money. as many analysts say, if a product is free it nobly means you or your data is the product. when we look at the very first terms and conditions of that giveaway, it states that participation in the

programme means the usual�*s photo, name, likeness, voice opinions, statements, biographical information and home town or states for advertising or promotional purposes. this is in perpetuity without notification, review payment or consideration. this was the cause of the backlash on social media with social media saying that it was not worth it. temu came out in the last few hours saying that the terms and conditions were overly broad and inadvertently included promotional juices that temu does not engage in. not to say it will only be the name and profile picture will be used for rewards in the future. as temu is becoming a leader in the online marketplace, many more questions

will be asked towards the chinese company as to how they store the data of their customers. in india, deepening religious polarisation and increasing islamophobia have marked narendra modi's second term in power. ahead of the general election, which is due to begin next month, people from the muslim community, which constitutes india's largest minority, have told the bbc they feel they are being marginalised and suppressed. the government denies the allegations. in india, deepening religious polarisation and increasing 0ur south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports from northern india — a warning that her report contains images that some viewers may find distressing. the sense... out on the streets of the capital, delhi, a policeman assaulted

muslims offering prayers. just outside goa, a muslim man was beaten by a mob, forced to chant the name of a hindu deity. and injaipur in the north—west, a family devastated by perhaps out on the streets of the capital, delhi, a policeman assaulted muslims offering prayers. umesa begum's husband, the father of their five children, muhammad asgar ali, was among three muslim passengers shot dead by a railway policeman on a train. "if his killer was a muslim, he would have been hanged by now, "but that won't happen, because he's a hindu," asgar�*s daughter, amina, said. "no—one can return my father to us." the constable filmed here standing with a foot on asgar�*s bloodied body.

a man who's meant to protect people issues a threat, seemingly to india's muslims. "we know your masters are in pakistan, "but if you want to live here, vote for prime minister modi." the policeman is being tried for murder, but it's rattled the community. human—rights groups have recently raised concerns about what they say are illegal demolitions, targeted specifically at muslim homes, businesses and places of worship in different parts of india. behind me here is the debris of a mosque in south delhi. next to it, there was a muslim religious school. now, historians have said that this mosque was at least 600 years old. the government, however, says these were illegal structures and destroyed it all. the school was home to dozens of children, most of them orphans,

seen in these videos filmed by their teachers before the demolition. they're now scattered. we met 12—year—old mohammad zeeshan, temporarily housed at another islamic school. "i feel fear whenever i think of that moment," he said of bulldozers and policemen. "they forced us out and didn't allow us to take even our shoes. "it was a cold winter morning." the indian government didn't respond to the bbc�*s questions. but we met zafar islam, a muslim spokesman from the prime minister's party. it is the opposition parties who are using muslim community as a shield. they're feeling the heat. muslim community is absolutely comfortable, they're happy. but some people have told us this, we have recorded this — ordinary people, not political parties. if one or two people say such a thing, it cannot be true for the entire community.

the ruling party doesn't have a single mp from the country's largest minority. just one more factor that contributes to the unease we found on the ground. there is a very major sense of insecurity here, right? for example, if you take your mic and you walk around here, there won't be many people who would be looking to talk to you. translation: the most beautiful thing about india is its diversity, i but that is now being crushed - and the main victims are muslims. critics see the upcoming election as an inflection point for india's long—cherished secular ideals. yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. parents at a primary school in aberdeenshire have complained after they were offered a choice of class photographs with or without children with complex needs in them. aberdeenshire council has apologised to families at aboyne primary, saying the decision was not taken by the school.

our reporter rachel bell has more. this is where i get really emotional. natalie's daughter, erin, attends aboyne primary. like many parents across the country, she looked forward to seeing her class photo. what she saw came as a shock. there was two options for the photograph, so i opened the first one. erin's in it, she looks amazing. opened the second one and she was missing. two different classes were pictured with and without pupils with additional support needs — including one pupil in a wheelchair. it'sjust, it's beyond belief that they could do that, and obviously massively devastating to us as a family, to the other parents that are affected by it. to effectively see your child erased orto, um... ooh! hear my voice choke. she breathes shakily. yeah, to give parents a choice or to think that those children don't have any...

any less or any more of a right to actually be in these pictures, to be part of their community, to be part of their class...just is really disappointing. aberdeenshire council has apologised, and says it appreciates the distress and hurt this has caused. in a letter sent to parents, the headteacher said that this was not a decision made by anyone here at the school. she said it should never have happened and was totally u na cce pta ble. the photography company has been asked to remove those alternative photographs, and the school says it will be terminating its working relationship with them. tempest photography says it's investigating the matter, that it had spoken to the photographer involved and the school, and that at this stage there was no further comment. my only goal, you know, in raising awareness about this is just to make sure that no other family or child experiences that, because the pain... ..is deep. for these children specifically, they're left out of a lot of things.

they don't necessarily have voices. they are unseen, unheard in so many ways in life. if a photographer thinks that that's ok, i just feel like there's education that needs to go on everywhere about inclusion, and it doesn't give me hope for erin, you know, navigating life well, if this is, you know, the way that people accept that... sorry! ..they can be treated. rachel bell, bbc news. here in the uk, there are reports of long queues of motorists waiting to board ferries at dover as the easter getaway begins. the ferry service dfds says there are delays because of high winds in the channel. rail travellers are also being urged to check their plans in advance. it's notjust ports, roads and trains which are busy this easter. airports and airlines are expecting passenger numbers to return to pre—pandemic levels, with some expecting record numbers over the bank holiday.

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

it was one of last summer's big blockbuster movies and it swept the board during the awards season, but up until now, people injapan haven't been able to see the film oppenheimer, but that has changed as it opened in cinemas today. the film tells the story of the scientist] robert oppenheimer. he created the first atomic bomb, which was later used against japan during world war ii, killing more than 200,000 people. it was seen as too controversial and sensitive a topic for the people of japan. our tokyo correspondent, shaimaa khalil, reports from hiroshima.

no location, no place is eerily really more relevant to the oppenheimer story than here in hiroshima. the first atomic bomb fell nearly directly above the building behind me, known as the hiroshima peace memorial or the a—bomb dome, and for years it has been meticulously preserved to be in the state it was in during that bombing, and over here is the motoyasu river, this is where thousands of people whose skin was burning at the time, jumped in for refuge. 80 years on, the legacy ofj robert oppenheimer is felt very deeply here in hiroshima and for months people injapan could not see the film not because it was just sensitive, it was very controversial, and it may be one of this year's most celebrated motion pictures but for the people here in hiroshima, it's felt much, much more deeply. the screening of oppenheimer has been quite controversial and notjust because of the sensitive subject matter but also because the initial releasing of it worldwide

coincided with the film barbie and there was this cross promotion called barbenheimer, if you remember, where people would dress for barbie and dress for oppenheimer and see the films back to back and for people here injapan, they thought this was insensitive because of the horrors that they suffered but also i spoke to a survivor, toshiyuki mimaki, who watched the film in a private preview and he said one of the things that stopped him when he was watching the film was that the horrors that was suffered here injapan were not really depicted in the film. translation: i thought that the devastation of hiroshima would appear somewhere in the storyline of the film but it did not. there were only scenes in the united states. i wanted them to show and tell what happened in hiroshima. i wish they had shown the burnt ruins of hiroshima. the museum here has displays of how the children's heads were burnt, how their clothes were burnt.

i wanted people in the us in particular to be able to see this. do you think it is important for people injapan to watch this movie? translation: i hope that the people of japan, including other survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki, will see this film and have a conversation about it. i hope that this film will be seen and discussed at length. i have a small and narrow viewpoint but i think it would be great if people all overjapan could see it and talk about what happened. my biggest worry right now is that the us, russia or china might test a nuclear device without us knowing. i think there are smaller and better performing nuclear weapons and there could be the next oppenheimer in the shadows now. i felt that way when i first saw the film. hiroshima survivor toshiyuki mimaki ending that report from shaimaa khalil. let me take you back to the story

about the parents of children at a primary school in aberdeenshire who were offered photos with or without children with special educational needs in them. the photography company involved has apologised after parents were offered that choice of class photos. this is tempest photography. parents at the primary school had complained about this. in a statement, the company says it deeply regrets any upset it had caused and wants to sincerely apologise to the parents and children are affected, adding it was not standard procedure and it was taking the matter very seriously. so that statement just in from the photography company, parents were offered a choice of class photos which included or didn't include children with complex needs.

beyonce has released her newest album today and her first ever country album titled, act ii: cowboy carter. across her previous albums she has already sold over 200 million records, whilst racking up 22 top 10 singles on the billboard charts. that includes nine number one hit singles. she has also accumulated great critical acclaim, having last year achieved the record for individual grammy awards at 32. music. let's speak to helen brown, chief albums critic for the independent newspaper in the uk. thanks very much forjoining me

today. what you make of it, first of all? i today. what you make of it, first of all? ., ~ , ., ., ., all? i loved it. as a long-term fan of country — all? i loved it. as a long-term fan of country music _ all? i loved it. as a long-term fan of country music and _ all? i loved it. as a long-term fan of country music and of _ all? i loved it. as a long-term fan of country music and of beyonce, | all? i loved it. as a long-term fan| of country music and of beyonce, i was absolutely mind tingling at moments. we are going through an era where obr are getting lots of long spalling sprawling albums. this is a 27 track album! might so dig site abates. but this record saw beyonce staking a claim into every aspect of traditional country and modern country, at genre that has traditionally been a white male preserve. i have been looking into the history of country music back when cats —— patsy cline broke through in the 1950s. only 13% of country music airplay was devoted to women. today it is still only 13%.

there is also a problem with diversity in country music, there are i think about 5% of country music airtime is devoted to black people and that trend has worsened since 2,000 and 10 cents pro country came in and we started to see these white country rappers increasingly celebrating caucasian troops like blonde hair, freckles and blue eyes and beyonce, who grew up in country music, is a texan girl, shejust rides a horse right through this and says this is music for everyone. you says this is music for everyone. you sa that says this is music for everyone. you say that you — says this is music for everyone. you say that you were — says this is music for everyone. you say that you were already a country music fan, but what separates people who haven't been, will her version of country music when you fancy this particular genre? you have alluded country music being in her background as a child, so it is

something we will see her doing more of? �* , , , of? absolutely. it will definitely brina in of? absolutely. it will definitely bring in new _ of? absolutely. it will definitely bring in new people. _ of? absolutely. it will definitely bring in new people. country i of? absolutely. it will definitely . bring in new people. country music is folk music, inherited from all ethnicities and beyonce is terrific at directness, charisma. she is powerful, political, passionate. she also wants to have a brilliant time and this album has songs to dance to, cry two, it has political statements, silly statements it sees her writing all across the genre with sheer joy her writing all across the genre with sheerjoy and power. she reinvents the dolly parton classic jolene. whereas dolly parton begs julie not to take a man, beyonce once her arrival, you'd better stay

away from my man! [30 once her arrival, you'd better stay away from my man!— once her arrival, you'd better stay away from my man! do you think this will do amazing _ away from my man! do you think this will do amazing things _ away from my man! do you think this will do amazing things for _ away from my man! do you think this will do amazing things for country - will do amazing things for country music, bringing it to new fans? i hope so. country music is often provided solace for people in times of hardship. his most successful era was coming out depression the depression era in america. it does provide solace to people. i think there is a lot to hang onto. historically, country music has looked notjust at historically, country music has looked not just at the joy of first love, but that marriage, children, divorce, dealing with the struggles at the pta and getting paid. it takes in all of life in that way and i think beyonce is absolutely the woman to do it.— i think beyonce is absolutely the woman to do it. what would you say to an one woman to do it. what would you say to anyone who _ woman to do it. what would you say to anyone who isn't _ woman to do it. what would you say to anyone who isn't convinced - woman to do it. what would you say to anyone who isn't convinced aboutj to anyone who isn't convinced about the idea of country music, what would you say to them? that

the idea of country music, what would you say to them?- the idea of country music, what would you say to them? at the moment the fans are loving _ would you say to them? at the moment the fans are loving it, _ would you say to them? at the moment the fans are loving it, so _ would you say to them? at the moment the fans are loving it, so i _ would you say to them? at the moment the fans are loving it, so i doubt - the fans are loving it, so i doubt there are many who aren't convinced, but it is —— if it is not your thing it is not your thing! but it is -- if it is not your thing it is not your thing!— but it is -- if it is not your thing it is not your thing! helen, thank ou so it is not your thing! helen, thank you so much- — look at these amazing pictures of a volcano erupting in iceland with the northern lights in the background. the almost 4,000 who live in the nearby town were evacuated before the first eruption. defensive walls have been built around the town and a power plant

in the hope of directing the lava away from the community. now, a breaking story for you. we arejust hearing in now, a breaking story for you. we are just hearing in the last few minutes that the chairman of the democratic unionist party in northern ireland has received a letter from the party leader, northern ireland has received a letterfrom the party leader, sir jeffrey donaldson, confirming that he has been charged with allegations of an historical nature and indicating that he is stepping down

as leader of the party. that is with immediate effect. in accordance with the party rules. the party officers have suspended mr donaldson from membership of the party pending the allocate of a judicial process. that letter on your screen for you just now. the party officers have this morning unanimously appointed gavin robinson as the interim party leader. ijust want robinson as the interim party leader. i just want to repeat that piece a breaking news. the chairman of the democratic unionist party in northern ireland, that is the largest unionist party in northern ireland, has received a letterfrom sirjeffrey donaldson mp confirming that he has been charged with allegations of an historical nature and indicating that he is stepping down as leader of the dup and that

is with immediate effect. in accordance with the party rules, the dup's officers have suspended jeffrey donaldson from members of the party pending the outcome of a judicial process. the party officers have today unanimously appointed gavin robinson mp as the interim party leader. jeffrey donaldson has been the leader of the dup since 2021 and the mp for lagan valley since 1997. in his earlier career was a member of the northern ireland assembly and at the end of january he agreed to lead the dup back into a power—sharing assembly at stormont after a two—year suspension of that

assembly to first minister now michelle o'neill of sinn fein, emma little pengelly, unionist member of the assembly. he said that that there was conditional on the uk reassuring unionists on northern ireland's links to britain. of course, that suspension had been related to the post—brexit checks on goods from britain entering northern ireland. let's get you right up to date with this breaking piece of news with jennifer date with this breaking piece of news withjennifer o'leary, who joins me from belfast. what more can you tell us at this stage? you're right, it certainly is a major breaking news from northern ireland of seismic political consequences, some might say, but just to reiterate what has happened, sirjeffrey donaldson, the leader of the democratic unionist party, that is the biggest unionist party in northern ireland, has been charged

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