this is bbc news, the headlines at least six people are dead in sydney, after a man stabs multiple people in a busy shopping centre. four female women deceased in the shopping centre, and one male. subsequently, anotherfemale passed away in hospital. i saw a woman lying on the floor in miss chanel, so, it was just like the worst thing ever. president biden wants a run not to attack israel after the attack on the diplomatic compound in syria. five women and one man have been killed in a knife attack at a busy sydney shopping centre. it happened at westfield

bondijunction — located in the city's affulent eastern suburbs. the attack has left six people dead — with eight people in hospital, including a nine month old baby, who has undergone surgery. the attacker was shot dead by a senior police officer who had been in the area at the time. let's show you these pictures — taken as the incident was unfolding. as you can see — a member of the public, at the top of an escalator, and carrying a barrier, confront the attacker — who's seen on the left of screen. let's hear from some of the people who were there at the shopping centre. there was, i saw a woman lying on the floor in miss chanel. it is like the worst thing ever. like who does that to people? it is all a blur. we were coming in and we got told by a woman not to go in but we didn't believe her and we went in anyway. we were just looking, somebody was injured down there, everybody was looking to see what was going on. but then we saw all these people running towards us and we heard a shot.

my husband dragged us into adairs shop and the lady there tried to lock the doors and then she couldn't lock the front door so we went into the office which was all locked and we were in there until the police came. so there was a large groupj of you hiding in the office? ten of us. ten of you hiding in the office? ten of us, yes, with the two kids. our sydney correspondent katy watson, has more from the scene. i am outside the shopping centre, about ten minutes from the beach, one of sydney's main tourist attractions, very affluent area. it was a busy time, saturday afternoon, the start of the school holidays, the shopping centre is cordoned off and will remain closed on sunday as well. it is nowjust a crime scene, so there are plenty of paramedics and other vehicles, they have all now left because, as you said, there are now eight people in hospital overnight, there is a little baby undergoing

surgery, but the situation came under control very quickly. with me is our reporter, sam mcmanus. tell us more about the area? people going about the day on a busy shopping centre in the eastern suburbs of sydney, retail, major bass port, train station, really a hub and always busy, so on a sunny saturday morning people shopping and trying to enjoy themselves, ten minutes away from the beach. we have heard from witnesses there, my uncle worked at that shopping centre and he was locked down for two hours confused, waiting to find out what would happen, a real shock, not the sort of thing australia experiences very often and something the community will have to recover from. what we know about the attacker? all what we know about the attacker? fill we know so far, 40—year—old man, we know so far, ao—year—old man,

acting alone, police say, not sure what the motivation is, police have asked people not to speculate, the police officer, lone female police officer who took the attacker down, was acting alone and she has been lauded as a hero back, and at this stage people have asked people do not speculate any details about the identity because they do not know what has led to this attack. the? what has led to this attack. they have said they _ what has led to this attack. they have said they do _ what has led to this attack. they have said they do not _ what has led to this attack. they have said they do not believe it was terror —related, what has the reaction been from leaders in australia?— reaction been from leaders in australia? ~ ., , australia? the new south wales premier was _ australia? the new south wales premier was overseas _ australia? the new south wales premier was overseas in - australia? the new south wales premier was overseas in tokyo l australia? the new south wales | premier was overseas in tokyo on leave injapan, he has announced he will fly back and has called an emergency meeting for when he returns. penny sharpe said it was a tragedy. this will take a while to recover from for the whole of australia, she said. the prime minister has addressed the nation,

anthony albanese, saying it was a great tragedy they must recover from. here he is. tonight the first thoughts of all australians are with the victims of these terrible acts and their loved ones. the nation offers condolences and sympathies. for all those who are grieving for someone they have lost, and we sent our strength to those who have been injured. and all of us are thinking of the dedicated doctors, nurses and health care workers who will be working through the night to save lives and to care from their fellow australians. today bondi junction was the scene of shocking violence, but also of their heroism. people could never have imagined they would face such a moment. some of the footage is quite extraordinary. staff for whom this should have

been a normal shift, shoppers peacefully going about their lives, and yet for these australians, their first instinct in the face of danger is to help someone else. that is what we hold onto tonight as australians. that is confirmation of who we are. brave, strong, together. in terms of international reaction, the king and camilla over here have said, shocked and horrified to hear of the tragic stabbing incident in bondl of the tragic stabbing incident in bondi, our hearts go out to those skilled in a senseless attack. the prince and princess of wales have also released a statement saying they are shocked and saddened by the events. then in a statement the prime minister of new zealand said i

show you a new zealand —— australia zealand are like family and their thoughts go out to them. iranian forces have seized a portuguese ship with links to israel. the msc aries was detained in the strait of hormuz in the persian gulf. the incident comes as israel prepares for a possible iranian attack in response to an airstrike destroying iran s consulate in damascus. the ship was was seized today morning in the strait of hormuz. it was going from united arab emirates to india, as far as we know. and iranian official news agency has now published videos that we could we could see as well earlier in the program

of helicopters, irgc helicopters landing on the ship and taking the ship to iranian waters. it had 25 crew. and all they say is that this ship is linked to israel. and what do we know about what possibly could happen next? some of the iranian officials are in a in a precarious situation at the moment, because, as we've had reports that they're preparing for a major attack against israel following the air strike that killed seven top iranian irgc commanders in syria earlier this month. but so far, although the iranian supreme leader has threatened that there would be a punishment for israel for this attack, we know that the reports say

that they have also communicated like private messages to the american side, that their reaction and their retaliation could be quite limited. but the reports say they have mobilised ballistic missiles and also drones. and both american and israeli officials say the attack is imminent. yeah, israel is in a state of preparedness, isn't it? fearing a direct possible attack by iran, and the us has issued some very stark warnings to iran over this, haven't they? yes, they have. and the situation is the iranian officials have so far used their proxies to gain leverage over israel and also over the us. but this time, as i said, the supreme leader has threatened a punishment which many say would come directly from the iranian territories.

and the thing is, many political analysts in iran are now asking officials to exercise restraint because they know and they know that this could this could lead to an—all out war between iran and israel. and the iranian economy is already showing signs of weakness. today, iran's currency will hit its lowest record against the dollar, which tells you how people feel inside iran as well. they're quite anxious of a military conflict, a direct military conflict between iran and israel. let's stay in the middle east. and this week, the uk's foreign secretary, lord cameron, said the uk will not block arms sales to israel, after reviewing the latest legal advice on the issue. but pressure on the british government continues to mount, with critics saying weapons exports to israel could make britain complicit in alleged

breaches of international humanitarian law. our analysis editor ros atkins explains. this week, the uk foreign secretary lord cameron gave an update on arms sales to israel. our position is in line with our international partners. so far, no like—minded countries have taken the decision to spend have taken the decision to suspend existing arms export licences to israel. the government's position is based on legal advice, which, as is standard, hasn't been published. but the shadow foreign secretary david lammy says that in this case it should be, that that government is avoiding scrutiny. arms sales are a focus because of israel's actions in gaza. it denies targeting civilians but it has killed thousands of them. and it has done so, in part, with weapons from the west. the us accounts for 65% of arms sales to israel in the past decade. germany, over 29%. italy, over 4%. in 2022, the uk provided 0.02% of israel's military imports. but although the uk isn't a major

arms supplier to israel, it is a longtime ally and if arms sales stopped that would be a significant diplomatic blow to israel. that though hasn't happened, for now at least. and whether that may change depends on the uk's own rules. they say the government should not grant a licence if it determines there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law. to judge this, the government receives legal advice. this is a formal process. this isn'tjust sort of political decision, ministers sitting around saying, "what should we do?" there is a formal, technical, almost quasi judicial process. that process led to this decision. the latest assessment leaves our position on export licences unchanged. this is consistent with the advice that i and other ministers have received and as ever we will keep the position under review. days before, though, a different legal analysis was shared. 750 lawyers and academics, including fourformer

supreme courtjustices, signed an open letter to rishi sunak. it stated that the sale of weapons and weapons systems to israel falls significantly short of your government's obligations under international law. one of the signatories is former supreme courtjustice lord sumption. the whole framework of national law i governing war dictate that the factl the whole framework _ of international law governing war dictate that the fact that you have been provoked - and attacked, however outrageously, does not mean to say that you can just do whatever you like. - it doesn't mean to say that you can | indiscriminately slaughter innocent civilians and children. it does it mean to say thati you can attack aid convoys. labour, too, has raised concerns, saying, if there is a clear risk that uk arms might be used in a serious breach of humanitarian law, the government must suspend the sale of those arms. as we have heard, the government defends its position but the pressure is growing and that pressure increased with israel's recent killing of seven aid workers in gaza, including three britons.

israel called this a grave mistake, but israel's actions that day played into broader concerns. i think the israelis have got to learn some very hard lessons because it is clear that from the very outset of this conflict they have not been giving priority to the protection of civilians, the special protection of humanitarian workers, medical workers that international humanitarian law requires. israel denies this. and while the uk government's advice is that the arms sales are legal, this isn't only about the law. israel's actions in gaza are led by a military the uk is helping to arm. whether legal or not, that is a political choice as well. turkey now and nearly 30 people are still trapped in cable cars above rocky mountainside in southern city of antalya, after a supporting

pylon collapsed on friday. police said one person was killed and ten injured. our reporter rachel mcadam has more from the newsroom. the accident happened friday evening when police say a cable car poured broke near antalya, turkey. you can see the aftermath of the incident, killing one person, injuring ten, you can see the sort of conditions medics worked into tenth of the injured and get them airlifted from the side of the mountain to the hospital. the cable car runs from antalya in the south of turkey, taking passengers from the beach to mountains, 618 metres peak with a viewing platform and a restaurant. according to the website it takes usually nine minutes to complete the journey. the incident five nearly 200 passengers trapped in 2a cabin

suspended high in the air and last night a major rescue effort took place involving helicopters and more than 500 emergency workers throughout the night. by saturday morning, dozens of people remained stranded in midairand morning, dozens of people remained stranded in midair and the director of turkey's search and rescue operation said conditions for rescue were difficult overnight but hoped to complete the operation before dark on saturday. here — labour's deputy leader angela rayner has promised to step down if she is found to have committed a crime. she's being investigated by greater manchester police about claims she may have broken electoral law, following a complaint by the conservatives' deputy chair; angela rayner has been accused of failing to disclose her main residence in official documents. she said again that she was completely confident she had followed the rules at all times. here's our political correspondent leila nathoo. she's number two in the labour party, one of its most high profile figures, but now angela rayner says she would give up her role as deputy leader if she was found to have

committed an offence after police said they were investigating whether she could have broken electoral law. claims first made by a former tory peer and taken on by the current deputy conservative chairman centre around where she lived more than a decade ago before she became an mp. she bought a house on vicarage road in stockport in 2007. three years later she married mark rayner, who owned another property nearby. she appears to have registered a child at his address, but was registered to vote at her own. the tories are questioning whether she really lived at vicarage road. some neighbours have reportedly said it wasn't her main residence. legally, married couples should only choose one property as their primary one at any given time. the tories have already questioned whether she should have paid capital gains tax on the profit she made when she sold her house in 2015. ms rayner says she has since received legal advice that said she didn't owe any tax, although she's refused to publish it. she says she's completely

confident she's followed the rules at all times and her boss is backing her. we welcome this investigation because it will allow a line to be drawn in relation to this matter. i am fully confident that angela rayner has not broken the rules. she will co—operate with the investigation, as you would expect, and it's really a matter for the police. angela rayner accused the conservatives of trying to smear her by reporting her to the police to distract from their own record. but the tories are convinced they are onto something. i think the double standards have been extraordinary. angela rayner herself has spent her political career calling people out for exactly the thing that she seems to be doing now. it's not acceptable to ignore it. the conservatives hope they have angela rayner on the ropes. labour hopes she'll soon be vindicated, putting an end to an issue which has dogged the party for weeks. leila nathoo, bbc news.

to the us — where the vice president has blamed donald trump for the loss of abortion rights in arizona. kamala harris' comments followed the arizona supreme court's decision to impose a total ban on the procedure, upholding a law enacted a hundred and 60 years ago. ms harris says the former president wants to take america back to the 19th century. what has happened here in arizona is a new inflection point. it has demonstrated once and for all that overturning roe was just the opening act, just the opening act of a larger strategy to take women's rights and freedoms. part of a full on attack, state by state, on reproductive freedom. and we all must understand to blame. and we all must understand who is to blame. former president

donald trump did this. two former executives have told the post office inquiry that they did not realise the organisation had been bringing prosecutions against sub—postmasters. alan cook, who was managing director from 2006 to 2010, admitted he should have known. adam crozier, who was chief executive of royal mail until 2010, also apologised. 0ur reporter marc ashdown has the story. david smith, alan cook, adam crozier. finally, this inquiry is hearing from some of those at the very top of the post office in the years when hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted. time and again they apologised. i'd just like to place on record an apology... i'd like to put on record most strongly my personal apology... i think it is a matter of real regret... -

for seven years from 2003 adam crozier was chief executive of the royal mail parent company. he said he was unaware of what was going on. as far as i recall, i don't- remember anyone in the post office governance system, whether that's the board, i the risk committee, the exec team, the general counsel, _ the legal teams, most importantly, the operations and it— teams who owned horizon. idon't remember any of those people flagging up any- concerns in that system. not good enough for lee castleton, who was left bankrupt and suicidal by his treatment at the hands of the post office. it's his own prosecutorial department. the people in royal mail who in their in their prosecutions department in the law helped post office and actually helped their own lawyers in house and took part in some of the prosecutions.

so, no, i'm sorry. i don't believe that. former managing director alan cook also made the extraordinary admission that during his tenure he had no idea the post office had the power to prosecute its own people. he apologized face to face to janet skinner, who was wrongly jailed. i can only apologise on behalf of the whole organisation for the way that you were treated. it was disgraceful. i can only apologise personally that whilst i had not heard of your case, i'm nevertheless, i have an accountability that i should have been on top of it. and i wasn't. next week, the inquiry will hear from some of those who were central to the prosecution, conviction and evenjailing of hundreds of innocent people. mark ashdown, bbc news. inspired by the songs of abba, mamma mia the musical is now celebrating it's 25th year in london's west end. since it's first opening night, 10 million people have seen

the production in london with many super "trouper" fans returning again and again. 0ur reporter frankie mccamley went backstage to meet the cast. the iconic smash it, paired with a feel good factor, just some of the reasons why this show has become a west end favourite. now in its 25th year. it is a phenomenon. it is quite something for any show to have that kind of life in it, really. and i think we're kind of that solid production. since 1999, 10 million people have seen mamma mia in london, 70 million as it has toured worldwide. the story tells the sunny, funny tale of a mother and daughter and three possible dads on a greek island, all unfolding to abba's timeless pop masterpieces.

this is a quick—change area. obviously all the shoes and everything. but these are probably the most exciting costumes that we have. these are the super troopers. you wear one of these? yes, i do, for one of the covers. a lot of material used, 400 metres is used. 30,000 rhinestones. during the show, it can be a little bit carnage, especially the bigger numbers. the end of the show, with the finale and what i love most is that what you're missing out on stage with everyone having laugh, it is the same back stage as well. and it is clearly working with some coming back to see this hundreds of times. i've seen it 231 times. i'm now at 170. - wow, what has made you keep coming back? the friendships that have been made, such great music, the story— told so cleverly the way it'sl being written and produced. how many more times? goodness, we're seeing it tonight.

who knows? at a guess, many, many more. before we go... i want to take you to a snowy volcano in the us state of oregon where a robot dog is preparing to walk on the moon. the four—legged mechanical creature — named spirit — is being trained by nasa in hopes it can sniff out the data that scientists can't reach. the 2 million dollar project aims to send these robots to outer space — with hopes they can gather crucial information about the moon's surface. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, a wind of change on the way. yesterday it was the warmest day of the year, temperatures exceeded 20 celsius. in a number of areas the outlook

is looking very different, it is turning colder with cutting winds on the way. looking at the satellite picture, you can see this area of wind. it is coming from the north atlantic and you can argue it will be coming in from the arctic regions. that blue colour, the colder air mass invades the uk, squeezing warm air towards the south. this process has already begun because trough this afternoon, because through this afternoon, temperatures in some spots in the north will struggle to reach double figures, we still have the warmth across the bulk of england, just about in excess of 20 celsius across east anglia and the south—east. showers are in the forecast across scotland, some in northern ireland, but this evening, for most of us it will be clear and will turn chilly on sunday morning, cold enough for a touch of frost in the highlands, two or three degrees in rural spots further south too.

not desperately cold, for example in birmingham it will be around four or five celsius. here is the outlook for sunday. it starts with sparkling blue sunshine but through the morning into the afternoon, clouds bubble up and showers are possible, frequent in northern ireland and scotland, persistent here. the further east and south you are, the drier it will be. 15 degrees in london, 10 in glasgow, which is actually the average for the time of year. on monday, this low pressure sweeps in, a day of april showers on monday. some will bring hail, thunder, rainbows as well, big towering cumulous clouds, and even the chance of winteriness across northern hills. it will feel cold. temperatures may not reach double figures across scotland and northern ireland, and in the south below par as well.

10-12c. it looks like it will stay chilly through most of the week, with those april showers, but hints of things turning a little milder towards the end of the week. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. at least six people are dead in sydney after a man stabs multiple people in a busy shopping centre. four female women deceased in

the shopping centre, and one male. subsequently, anotherfemale passed away in hospital. i saw a woman lying on the floor in miss chanel, so, it wasjust like the worst thing ever. iran says it's seized an israeli—linked vessel in the straight of hormuz and is transferring it to its territorial waters. efforts continue in turkey to rescue dozens of people who've been trapped in cable cars since an accident last night. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we start with that deadly attcak in a sydney mall, where at least six people have been killed in a after a ao—year—old man armed with a knife went on the rampage. several people, including a nine month—old baby, are critically injured and in hospital.