subsequently, anotherfemale passed away in hospital. i saw a woman lying on the floor in miss chanel. it wasjust like the worst thing ever. and our other main story: iran says it's seized an israeli—linked vessel in the strait of hormuz and is transferring it to its territorial waters. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. we start with that deadly attack at a shopping mall in australia. police in sydney say they don't think it was terror—related. at least six people were killed and eight were taken to hospital with stab injuries — including a nine—month—old baby — whose mother was among the dead. panicked shoppers inside

the westfield centre, just minutes from the famous bondi beach, fled the attacker�*s path, before he was shot dead by police. officers said he was known to the authorities. katy watson reports now from the scene. shouting fear and panic in bondi. chaos in one of sydney's busiest shopping centres. police were called after reports of multiple stabbings, and this is the scene they were met with. the attacker entered the shopping centre just after three in the afternoon, maiming people in his path. i think they are telling everybody to go to the nearest exit. amid the panic, there was indeed huge bravery. see how this this man in a white t—shirt wards off the attacker with a bollard. outside, shoppers ran for their lives out of the mall. there was relief — and terror. everyone move back! i was hiding in the back room, just hearing gunshots.

it wasjust like the worst thing ever. we saw these people running towards us, and then we heard a shot. my husband dragged us into a shop and the lady locked the doors. but many feel it could have been much worse. a lone police officer headed towards the danger. eyewitnesses described how, after he turned around and wielded his knife, she shot him dead. just as we were coming around the corner, there he was, - he just came in and started floating towards us. - all i heard was, "put it down," and then she shot him. - if she didn't shoot him, i he would have kept going. he was on the rampage. her colleagues also praised her courage. the police officer that attended is enormously courageous. she is doing well under the circumstances. as i said, she's shown enormous courage and bravery. this attack took place at the busiest time of the week, saturday afternoon, at the start

of the school holidays. the shopping centre was packed. and this is an affluent area, a short distance from bondi beach. this is an incident that has shocked a nation little used to violent attacks like this. today, bondi junction was the scene of shocking violence, but it was also witness to the humanity and the heroism of our fellow australians — our brave police, ourfirst responders, and of course, everyday people, who could never have imagined that they would face such a moment. australians are waking up this morning searching for answers on how a sunny saturday afternoon in bondi turned into tragedy. katy watson, bbc news, in sydney. the acting premier of new south wales has briefed the media — and said that she convened a "crisis cabinet" with other ministers. penny sharpe added that the premier, chris minns, joined the call remotely.

he'd been on a visit to japan and had not left tokyo airport since hearing of the incident hours earlier. we can listen now to some of penny sharpe's update. there are really more difficult days ahead. tonight we hold in our hearts the families and the friends of those who have lost loved ones. we stand with those who are waiting to hear, for those that have been injured, and we really stand by all the medical staff who are fighting to save their lives. but we also thank the ordinary people who will deal with this. what we saw today and what we have seen on our television screens, particularly this afternoon, it is the number of innocent people going about their business who have witnessed shocking events. this is going to be difficult. it's going to be hard for days to come. there's been a lot of reaction from around the world — with royalty and others sharing their messages of support for the people of sydney. there was a statement

from king charles which said: there was also a message from the prince and princess of wales. and there was also support shown by new zealand's prime minister, christopher luxon, who said that... 0k, onto our other top story today. iran has seized an israeli—owned vessel with 25 crew members on board. state media in tehran reported special forces from the revolutionary guards had boarded the portuguese—flagged container ship using a helicopter and were taking it into iranian waters.

the incident comes as israel prepares for a possible attack in response to an air strike destroying iran's consulate in damascus on the 1st of april. the seizing happened in the strait of hormuz — just off the iranian coast and near the uae and oman. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has the latest. an iranian special forces helicopter has been seen in footage that has been verified by the bbc, hovering over the deck of the ship. you can see one person on the deck, two people climbing down the rope, and iranian state media have been very clear and vocal about attributing that to iranian revolutionary guard naval special forces. in response, israel's foreign minister has accused iran of an act of piracy,

and the military spokesman here in israel has said iran will bear the consequences for this escalation. what i think is really interesting about this is that this is a relatively unusual event to happen. if you think about it, most of the stories we've done recently about ship seizures have been on the other side of the iranian peninsula, in the red sea, those have been largely carried out by iranian allies, the houthis in yemen. so this is quite unusual for iranian forces to do this themselves. that is why some analysts believe this could be the start of an incremental response to the attack on iran's consulate in damascus at the beginning of the month, which killed a number of iranian generals. stay with me, james, because there is another development within the region. israel's defence minister is warning

against revenge attacks after a missing israeli teenager was found dead in the occupied west bank. that in turn has sparked attacks in the immediate region, and a palestinian man has been killed and 25 reportedly hurt after dozens ofjewish settlers stormed a village during the manhunt for a 14—year—old boy who had taken his flock of sheep out to graze from a nearby settler outpost. benjamin netanyahu has commented and has said the boy's killing was a heinous murder. so, james, i understand that violence has spread to other villages now in the west bank. just how tense are things? i think this is just a reminder of the fact that for many months now, our attention has been focused very much on gaza and the situation there, and occasionally when the exchanges

of fire between israel and hezbollah flares up, but quite often we forget that in the west bank itself, there has been a huge amount of violence since the hamas attack on israel in october last year. hundreds of palestinians have died at the hands of israeli security forces and settlers and that violence continues. this latest outbreak is an example of that. a young boy, a 14—year—old shepherd, goes missing, israeli settlers go on the rampage, burning homes and cars while they are searching for him. the body of that young boy is now found, that provokes yet more violence. violence is begetting violence and that is continuing to develop in the west bank, and it is something which i think is worrying a lot of people. earlier, i spoke to mehran kamrava, from doha in qatar.

he's head of the iranian studies unit at the arab center for research and policy studies — and he gave his insight into the messaging of this seizure by iran. there are several intended audiences. first and foremost, domestic audiences. iran doesn't want to seem as if it is not doing anything about the attack on its diplomatic building in damascus. it is sending a signal to both israel and the united states, and it is also sending a signal to regional actors, saudi arabia, united arab emirates, bahrain, qatar, that iran is serious about some sort of retaliatory action and will not necessarily sit quiet. so, there has been a lot of discussion that israel would be unlikely to retaliate because essentially they would be dealing with state actors,

not pirates, and it will probably be western allies who retaliate. but if they don't take action, does it then send a message that they can carry on with such things? well, as you can imagine, the situation is quite fluid and it's really difficult to guess what's going to happen next. but one scenario is that this is the end of the tit—for—tat. israel attacked an iranian diplomatic building, iran captured an israeli ship and we are done until the next time. or, as your reportjust suggested, could be the beginning of some sort of incremental action that iran is going to take. let's hope this is the end of it. you know, incidentally,

this is classic iranian action. in the past when there have been conflicts between iran and britain, iranians took a british ship, they have taken an american ship, they have damaged deserted ships in the past. so i think this is kind of straight out of iran's playbook. and just to bring you some of the supporting commentary particularly from the us, the defence secretary has been speaking with his counterpart in israel, discussing those threats, reiterating unwavering us support for israel's defence, and also making clear that us support to defend israel against any attacks by iran and its regional proxies, they have their full support and that ship must be returned. do you really think that that is it, then, from iran?

does that show them to be strong enough to their supporters and iranians as well? that's a really good question, and one that's very difficult to answer. i think we will have to wait and see what happens over the next couple of days. i think it's also important to keep in mind that iran prefers to engage israel on its own terms, not on israel's terms, or on the us terms. so, we could be seeing the end of this and then, in a month from now, we might see some sort of, maybe an israeli general getting killed in gaza or in tel aviv or somewhere, so that's quite also consistent with iranian behaviour in the past. i think it's very difficult to see. i think it's also important to keep in mind that the statements coming out of washington are really meant to deter iran from action.

we have also heard that american intelligence has said that they do not anticipate getting involved in iranian action against israel, given their assessment of the comparatively limited scope of what iran might do. just very quickly, what do we know about iranian military capabilities? well, we know that they can hit with pinpoint accuracy as far as israel with their missiles, but at the same time, we have seen that iran has been quite reluctant and has actually been eager to de—escalate tensions. that was mehran kamrava. i'm just going to take you live to tel aviv in israel, and a familiar scene here from what's become known as hostage

square,, just some of the narrative there with protesters calling for hostages to be brought home, but also many of the protesters there are anti—government protesters, earlier joined are anti—government protesters, earlierjoined by hostage families of those still held by hamas. so those protests are ongoing in tel aviv. not the only protests, of course. the metropolitan police say nine people have been arrested for public order offences during pro—palestinian and counter protests in central london. tens of thousands marched to parliament square calling for a ceasefire and urging the government to stop all arms sales to israel. the counter—protesters exchanged chants with the larger pro—palestinian march as it passed, calling for a release of hostages held by hamas. to turkey now — all passengers who were stranded in a cable car in the southern resort city of antalya have been rescued.

the cable car was immobilised after a pod crashed into a broken pole, killing one person. a video released by turkey's interior ministry showed rescue personnel tied to safety ropes climbing into cabins. ten helicopters and hundreds of rescue workers were involved in the operation in antalya. our reporter rachel mcadam has more from the newsroom. the accident happened on friday evening, when police say a cable car pod collided with a broken pole high up a mountain near antalya in turkey. you can see the wreckage in this footage from the aftermath of the incident, which killed one person and injured ten. and you can see the sort of conditions that medics were having to work in to tend to the injured and get them airlifted from the side of the mountain to a hospital. now, the cable car runs from antalya in the south of turkey and it takes passengers from a beach

over here up into these mountains, and it takes them to a peak of 618 metres, where there's a viewing platform and a restaurant. and according to the website, it takes usually around nine minutes to complete the journey. the incident left nearly 200 passengers trapped in 2a cabins 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. translation: while we were | descending and really high up, it smelled like something was burning. after it shook, then we stopped, we were really scared. what should i feel? this is my calmest right now. we screamed and shouted, but it's over now. by saturday morning, dozens of passengers were still suspended in the cable cars, and turkey's director of search and rescue operations said that conditions had been difficult overnight, but by the afternoon, they had managed to rescue those passengers who had been trapped midairfor 23 hours.

rachel mcadam. police say human remains of a young baby have been found at a house in wigan. five people aged between 20 and 70 have been arrested on suspicion of concealing a death and unlawful burial. our reporter yunus mulla gave us this update. the remains of a baby were found here in the marsh green area of wigan after police were contacted by a partner agency understood to be social services. police have searched two different properties and as a result of their investigations, five people have been arrested on suspicion of concealing death and unlawful burial. the five are aged between 20 and 27. now, we understand that some of those people that were questioned and then released on bail had special needs. this kind of discovery clearly is going to have a huge impact on the community here, police say. and as a result of that, they say

that this is a truly heartbreaking discovery and they've devoted several teams here and also specialist resources to try and get some answers for people here. at this stage, though, they are keeping an open mind, but they do not believe that there is a wider threat to the public. and they say this is an isolated incident, but over the next week, there will be an increased police presence here to try and reassure the community. and they said if anyone has any concerns, to contact them. tens of thousands of people whojuggle caring for a loved one with paid employment may be forced to cut their working hours. that's a warning from the charity care uk, which says recent increases in pay and the national living wage could actually leave carers financially worse off. the government is facing growing pressure over demands made on some carers to repay thousands of pounds they received in

accidental overpayments. dan whitworth from bbc radio 4's money box explains. when it comes to caring for loved ones in the uk, there is no shortage of people willing to help — more than 5.5 million people regularly care for friends, family members and even neighbours. nearly a million get ca rer�*s allowance worth just over £80 per week. of those, around 175,000 work alongside caring for a loved one. they cannot take home more than £151 per week. if they do, even byjust a few pence, they lose their entire allowance. carers uk says recent pay rises and a near 10%jump in the national living wage mean some carers having to face cutting their hours, or risk losing their allowance. the dwp are not really in a real—life situation. i do not think they understand how

important it is for us to get out and work for our own mental health and ability to earn as well. so the impact of having to cut hours will actually result in us claiming more benefits, so it is a bit of a vicious circle. carers uk wants the government to raise their earning limit to the equivalent of 21 hours of the national living wage per week and modernise the entire system. we should be doing more to help carers and give them peace of mind that they are able to do that without the worry of going over the earnings limit or making them take the really difficult decision between trying to still get their benefits or giving up work to care, which can be catastrophic in both the short and long term for theirfinances. there is also growing political pressure as a number of former dwp ministers are calling on the government to pause demands for repayment of sometimes thousands of pounds

some carers may unwittingly have received in payments. the dwp says it recognises the vital work carers do but it is right to recover taxpayers' money when claimants haven't told it about any change in circumstances, and that those on low income households may be eligible for extra support. the 7—1 joint favourite, i am maximus, ridden byjockey paul townend and trained by willie mullins, stormed home to win the grand national. delta work came in second, followed by minella indo in third and galvin in fourth place. after clearing the last fence, townend and i am maximus pulled ahead and widened the gap on the final stretch, securing the win by seven and a half lengths. 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. our reporter frankie mccamley went backstage to meet the cast. # mamma mia! # now i really know...# the iconic smash hit, paired with the feel—good factor, just some of the reasons why this show has become a west end favourite. now in its 25th year. it's a phenomenon. it's quite something for any show to have that kind of life in it, really. and i think we are kind of like that solid production. since 1999, ten million people have seen mamma mia! in london, 70 million as it's 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. # always sunny in

a rich man's world.# 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 troupers. 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 hen party. the end of the show, with the finale. - and what i love most is that what you're seeing out - on stage with everyone having laugh, it is the same back stage as well. 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, abba

have such great music, the story is told so clearly the way it is 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 the hope it can sniff out the data that scientists can't reach. the $2 million 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. well, it's been really quite warm in the last few days with temperatures exceeding 20 celsius. today, that warmth generally reserved for southern

and southeastern parts of england. and the outlook is pointing to very much the opposite — colder weather on the way. if we look at the satellite picture, you can see a gentle drift of the clouds from the southwest here. but the colder air is waiting in the north atlantic and that's where the shower clouds will come from as well. and in fact, over the next few days, the colder air will have its origin in the arctic. so a real chill on the way for some of us — i think we'll feel that chill particularly on monday. ok, back to the here and now, and evening temperatures will have still hovered around the high teens in east anglia and the south east, but already only single figures across most of scotland. and through this evening and overnight, we'll have clear skies across the bulk of the uk. but we will also have showers for a time crossing scotland, some of them wintry across the hills. the winds not particularly strong overnight. fairly chilly in the morning on sunday, perhaps a touch of frost in the sheltered glens of scotland. and further south, in our bigger towns and cities, temperatures in the range of, say, 6 to 8 celsius.

so sunday's weather forecast, lots of sparkling sunshine right from the word go. a beautiful start to the day, but then clouds will bubble up. first the small fairweather clouds and then the bigger shower clouds, and showers are certainly possible across more northern and northwestern parts of the country. and look at the temperatures, 15 in london, 10 degrees in glasgow. that is the average for the time of the year. it'll feel colder on monday with this low pressure barrelling across the uk. look at the isobars and the winds coming in from the north. a cold cutting wind, really very chilly wind for some of us, bringing showers, also hail and thunder possible, but also some sunny spells in between. and the temperatures, well, below par for the time of the year with this air originating from the northern climes. possibly around about 12 degrees in london and single figures across northern ireland, scotland and parts of northern england as well. is it going to stay chilly for most of the week? it is to an extent, with further showers on the way. but i think as we head

towards thursday and friday, there is an indication that there will be another change in the wind direction and we'll see those values rising once again just a bit. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: police in australia say they don't

believe a stabbing attack that left six people dead at a shopping mall in sydney is terror—related. they have yet to formally identify the suspect, but they say the ao—year—old was known to officials. eight people are being treated in hospital, including a nine—month—old baby. police say the lone attacker moved around the westfield mall indiscriminately stabbing people. and our other main story: iran says it's seized an israeli—linked vessel in the strait of hormuz and is transferring it to its territorial waters. four foui’ passengers four passengers stranded on a cable car in turkey have been rescued. the cable car was immobilised when it crashed into a pole, killing —— and many were involved in the rescue. now on bbc news, sportsday.