see a to call in the police. you can see a significant number of police vehicles there. we are talking to our local affiliates and partners in the us, reuters news agency reporting that some... just on the timing of this. they say the violence escalated just before 11pm. they say the violence escalated just before "pm. as a crowd of demonstrators surrounded the pro—palestinian camp on the campus, basically the big line of tents, the group of tents that we were seeing a moment ago, there you can see, just as the camera zooms in. that huge area of tents we presume is the area that the reuters tv news agency is referring to. encampment of pro—palestinian camp and there has been a clash between them and pro—israeli camp. it escalated around 11pm. we area we are a few hours on at 1:30am.

multiple occasions where fireworks were thrown inside the camp. we don't have any handle yet on the number of injuries or the number of arrests or the seriousness or nature of any damage but you can see clearly at large groups of people involved in those protests. we will be keeping across those images, as well as what has been happening in columbia university through the night, which is in new york. lots and lots of arrests as the police went into one of the university buildings after the university called the police in because they said it was an escalation to far to be occupying a building. arrests have been made. the demands of the pro—palestinian groups of students in universities right across the us is, of course, their primary focus is, of course, their primary focus is what is happening in gaza but also demanding their own universities take actions on things

like untangling any financial or academic links they have with israel. also want an amnesty in many cases for anyone involved in the protests itself. —— wanting amnesty. we will be back in la, we had just lost those live feed pictures but i am sure they will be back in a minute as we head back towards la as soon as we get those live feeds. the 1st of may marks a significant moment for the uk government's legacy act — with an end to historical inquests and the transferring of troubles—era cases to a new body. the northern ireland troubles (legacy and reconciliation) act was passed by parliament in september — despite opposition from labour, all northern ireland parties and the irish government, as well as several victims�* families. the act creates a new legacy body to take over all troubles—era cases from wednesday. that shuts down all historical inquests from the same day, and it has already prevented new civil cases from being lodged in court. for more on that, we are joined now by our correspondent in belfast,

jennifer o'leary. jennifer, just talk us through the implications. jennifer, just talk us through the implications-_ jennifer, just talk us through the imlications. ~ ., , , _ implications. well, today is seen by man as implications. well, today is seen by many as day — implications. well, today is seen by many as day zero — implications. well, today is seen by many as day zero in _ implications. well, today is seen by many as day zero in an _ implications. well, today is seen by many as day zero in an attempt - implications. well, today is seen by many as day zero in an attempt to l many as day zero in an attempt to deal with northern ireland was not troubled past. my new legacy body comes into force today. —— northern ireland's troubles. it takes over all troubles cases including those on the desk of the police service of northern ireland. that means that, from today, the police will stop investigations of murders, all crimes relating to trouble era offences before 1988. the new law also shuts down new civil cases in relation to troubles era cases and it brings an end to inquests. inquests, of course, are how many families find out the details of their loved ones�* deaths. new

inquests will be halted. and inquests will be halted. and inquests which are no longer reached theirfindings stage inquests which are no longer reached their findings stage will be shut down. the most controversial element of this new law that gives immunity, conditional amenity, to suspects has been dis— applied. it won�*t be used just yet. the government is appealing a legal ruling that disapplied that controversial new element. what i should say is that northern ireland, as many viewers will appreciate, northern ireland, as many viewers willappreciate, is northern ireland, as many viewers will appreciate, is a place that is defined by division. this new law has united all of the parties at stormont. and several victims�* groups as well as the irish government, who are opposed to this new law, which comes into force today. now, the labour party has previously signalled and, certainly, has done so again today, that,

should it be, the new government, following an election later this year, that it will reform the legacy act. but widespread opposition from many victims�* groups to this new law and the legacy body. of course, there are those who say that the new legacy body will give information to families who have been seeking answers for many decades. a lot of controversy still, as a result of the new law, which comes into force today. we are expecting victims�* groups to protest outside the n10 office later today.— office later today. thank you so much for that. _ india�*s general election is in full swing. one of the challenges facing the contenders is attracting the female vote —

in a country where many women don�*t feel safe. latest data shows 51 crimes against women reported every hour. and women are also under—represented in parliament — with just 15% of members female. our correspondent, samira hussain, is in kerala in southern india. hi, there. we have been crisscrossing the country, trying to bring you stories from very important voter groups in the country but ones that we don�*t often hear from. country but ones that we don�*t often hearfrom. clearly, iam country but ones that we don�*t often hearfrom. clearly, i am at a fishing village in the southern state of carolina and that a story will come a little bit later on today for some —— southern state of kerala. i want to talk about women and as you rightly point out, they only represent 15% of mps in parliament so i went running with a few women to find out what they want from their political leaders. i am speaking to voters and we�*re going to be speaking to different voting blocs throughout the day today. clearly, i�*m at a fishing village in the southern state of kerala, but i want to talk about women and the fact that they�*re not very much represented in parliament.

so i went for a run, as i usually do, in the northern state of bihar, and i caught up with some women to ask them what they want from their political leaders. i�*ve come for a run at a parkjust across the street from my hotel.

so, obviously, iwent for a run to try and get that story. you can see that i�*m by a fishing village right now. i�*m not going to be going fishing to go and get a story from here. but i will be speaking with fishermen because remember that, you know, the low—wage economy is part of the backbone of the indian economy. but what is really interesting, speaking to those women in bihar earlier this week was just how sophisticated what they were saying but what is really interesting, speaking to those women in bihar earlier this week was just how

sophisticated what they were saying and how important it was for them for some kind of representation. and the fact that they want to see more safety and more chances, or more upward mobility, for women in their community. the childhood friend of a cornish aid worker killed in an israeli drone strike in gaza hopes to honour him by raising money for the boxing club he loved. james henderson was among the seven aid workers who died when their convoy was hit last month. his close friend, harryjames—mills, now wants to renovate their old boxing club and name it afterjimmy. he�*s been talking to our reporter, melanie chiswell. my memories ofjimmy from that age were being in penryn park, making rope swings, tree houses. it�*s kind of the typical cliche, you know, what it�*s like to live a lovely life as young boys, you know? jim henderson died while he was helping others. he was delivering food to people in gaza when his convoy was struck by three missiles.

losingjimmy in ourfriendship group has actually binded our group together so much more strongly. we will forever be as strong as we are now because ofjimmy leaving us. and i do think about that a lot. ithanked him, you know, for the fact that him going has actually made us so much stronger. jimmy died alongside his colleagues, john chapman and james kirby. their deaths provoked world leaders to demand an investigation. the truth is that when he died, it was... we couldn�*t even see a way forwards. there was a lot of anger, a huge amount of sadness and loss. and we sort of went through the process of wanting answers. and that took us down a very dark path. and we felt like we�*re not going to be able to change what happened tojimmy. and so what we can actually do is

look to our local community and look to what we can change positively. go on, jimmy. seen here in black, jim was a talented boxer. his club was a huge part of his life, but it needs a new building and new equipment forfuture generations. the nature of how he passed away was obviously very traumatic for all of us, and this is something that we can actually apply our energy to that makes us feel good, gives us like a sense of purpose. that�*s the reason why we�*re doing it. we want to do something that we feel is going to have a positive change as opposed to just continue to feel angry and upset. across the atlantic in washington, a memorial at the national cathedral is honouring all seven world central kitchen aid workers. the seven souls we mourn today were there so that hungry people could eat. what did he mean to everyone that he was close to?

i guess he wasjust... justjimmy. he was really, really soft, he was really, really loving. and at the same time, he was an amazing athlete and he was super masculine. and he had that beautiful balance where, yeah, he was just a great, great man. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

this is bbc news. i want to take you back to los angeles and take a look at the latest pictures we have of the incident that is still ongoing. these are pro—palestinian demonstrators clashing with pro—israeli demonstrators on university campus in ucla in los

angeles. these pictures are from the last hour or so. we don�*t have our live feed up right now but these are some of the pictures that we have been witnessing over the last couple of hours. basically, the demonstrations have been ongoing for quite a while. a couple of weeks. you can see all the tent free of pro—palestinian demonstrators, students. they are angry about what is happening in gaza —— all of the tents. they are making their voices heard. it spilled over into violence and it intensified at about 11pm. local time. and it intensified at about 11pm. localtime. live and it intensified at about 11pm. local time. live pictures a couple of hours after that. the police were called in. there is a significant police presence. these are some of the most recent pictures we have. we are waiting for the live picture feeds to be re—established. there are growing fears about the impact of artificial intelligence on the music industry.

a uk parliamentary committee is calling on the government to stop ai firms damaging the business, citing examples of musicians not being credited for their work and the deepfaking of artists, such as dua lipa and taylor swift. let�*s speak to vincent moss, communications director at uk music, an organisation that seeks to represent the uk�*s commercial music industry. thanks very much for coming on the programme. hello.— programme. hello. what are the issues comedy _ programme. hello. what are the issues comedy concerns? - programme. hello. what are the - issues comedy concerns? essentially, music is all about _ issues comedy concerns? essentially, music is all about human _ issues comedy concerns? essentially, music is all about human collection i music is all about human collection and ai is great in the medical field. , , , and ai is great in the medical field. ,, , _, . , and ai is great in the medical field. ,, , . - field. -- issues, the concerns. the real problem _ field. -- issues, the concerns. the real problem is _ field. -- issues, the concerns. the real problem is al _ field. -- issues, the concerns. the real problem is al is _ field. -- issues, the concerns. the real problem is al is ripping - field. -- issues, the concerns. the real problem is al is ripping off - real problem is al is ripping off the work of the artist often without credit and without consent and presenting it as new. you get a lot of ai machines that basically suck in existing works, if you like, often without people�*s consent and creating new works and often don�*t tell music lovers it is generated by ai. �* ., . ., .,

ai. and what if the content and the auali is ai. and what if the content and the quality is indistinguishable - ai. and what if the content and the quality is indistinguishable or- quality is indistinguishable or great? you could argue well, what is the problem with al?— the problem with al? that's a good oint. the problem with al? that's a good point- often _ the problem with al? that's a good point. often the _ the problem with al? that's a good point. often the music _ the problem with al? that's a good point. often the music and - the problem with al? that's a good point. often the music and qualityl point. often the music and quality at the moment isn�*t great at the moment. the problem is that it is a connection with the artist, whoever you love, whether you are a taylor swift, due leeper or ed sheeran fan. it is about a connection with the artist —— dua lipa. if it is created by a robot, it is very different. you want to know what you are buying, consuming, seeing. music needs to be clearly labelled where ai is involved so music lovers know that. and what we need is legislation and rules so people effectively don�*t eat people�*s lunch by claiming something as their own or something is a new dua lipa song or something is a new dua lipa song or sounds like dua lipa but it is not, that is not fair on the creators, the artists and the consumer. in creators, the artists and the consumer-— creators, the artists and the consumer. , , ., ., consumer. in practicalterms, how do ou no consumer. in practicalterms, how do you go about — consumer. in practicalterms, how do you go about trying — consumer. in practicalterms, how do you go about trying to _ consumer. in practicalterms, how do you go about trying to solve - consumer. in practicalterms, how do you go about trying to solve this? - you go about trying to solve this? it is a global problem, legislators

and that it might need to come together notjust in the field of music. you can see bbc presenters are often used falsely and without their consent to endorse products, insect repellent, things like that. we need legislators to grasp the good things about al but introduce some guardrails so that people who work hard and need to make a living out of music and other fields are properly protected. that out of music and other fields are properly protected.— properly protected. that is a . uestion properly protected. that is a question that _ properly protected. that is a question that the _ properly protected. that is a question that the legislators j properly protected. that is a - question that the legislators are looking at, perhaps coming out with a uk ai act, we can lead the world in this, the prime minister and others is keen to be at the forefront of ai, which is great that we need guardrails to ensure that people are not ripped off, consumers, visit lovers and everyone else gets a fair deal. you consumers, visit lovers and everyone else gets a fair deal.— else gets a fair deal. you mention some of the _ else gets a fair deal. you mention some of the potential _ else gets a fair deal. you mention some of the potential benefits - else gets a fair deal. you mention some of the potential benefits ofl some of the potential benefits of ai. , . ., , what some of the potential benefits of ai._ what could l some of the potential benefits of - ai._ what could they ai. -- music lovers. what could they be? there — ai. -- music lovers. what could they be? there are _ ai. -- music lovers. what could they be? there are benefits _ ai. -- music lovers. what could they be? there are benefits like - ai. -- music lovers. what could they be? there are benefits like ai - ai. -- music lovers. what could they be? there are benefits like ai couldl be? there are benefits like ai could be? there are benefits like ai could be used to tackle _ be? there are benefits like ai could be used to tackle piracy, _ be? there are benefits like ai could be used to tackle piracy, clean - be? there are benefits like ai could be used to tackle piracy, clean up i be used to tackle piracy, clean up songs. we saw paul mccartney recently use the benefits of ai songs. we saw paul mccartney recently use the benefits of al to bring somejohn lennon recordings

into a new and final beatles song. when it is done with consent and artists want to use it and give their consent for the work to be used,it their consent for the work to be used, it is fine and huge advantages, going back to the electric guitar synthesiser, music is a whiz embraced new technology end at once to work with and embrace ai. -- end at once to work with and embrace ai. —— music has always embraced. they need to earn a decent living, it is not a well waged industry, creative industry, but to do that they need their works protected and images protected. you see there are deep fakes of lots of famous people, including artists and music creators and we need some potential protection on personality rights and thatis protection on personality rights and that is something to be looked at in america. something we should look at here. and so the images cannot be used falsely without their consent and hoodwink people who want to buy genuine products. kat}. and hoodwink people who want to buy genuine products.— genuine products. kay, fascinating, vincent moss. _ genuine products. kay, fascinating, vincent moss, thank _ genuine products. kay, fascinating, vincent moss, thank you _ genuine products. kay, fascinating, vincent moss, thank you very - genuine products. kay, fascinating, vincent moss, thank you very much for coming on the programme. —— ok, fascinating. let�*s ta ke let�*s take it back to los angeles and the student demonstrations which

have spilled over into violence at ucla. these pictures are from the last hour or so and you can see the violence, people with sticks and we saw objects being thrown and wooden pallets being thrown. there has been a camp of pro—palestinian demonstrators. making their voices heard, angry about what is happening group of protesters too. there has been ongoing demonstrations on site but it escalated into violence at about 11pm local time. we heard from the mayor that the police were then called in. let�*s speak to dylan winward, features and student life editor at the daily bruin, ucla�*s student newspaper. thank you for coming on the programme. what do you make of the pictures we have just been seeing? we have reporters on the site at the moment from 10:50pm local time this evening on the counter protesters

have showed up, as they have been doing for the last couple of days, to disrupt the encampment. we know that they fired off fireworks towards the encampment and there has been tear gas used on site. one of our reporters at the student newspaper got tear gassed this evening as well, that is what is going on. we know that campus has requested a police presence from across the city to come in from the latest i have just heard, they have arrived several hours later. interesting. let�*s go back to the beginning. we have seen the big patch of land with lots of tents. are we right in understanding that is the pro—palestinian group of students? how long have they been there and what have they been doing up there and what have they been doing up until before this evening? the encampment _ up until before this evening? tue: encampment is up until before this evening? tta: encampment is organised up until before this evening? t"t2 encampment is organised by students for palestine in ucla and they have been therefore thursday morning. the

chief demand is having university to divest from companies associated with the israeli military. largely they have been protesting peacefully and they have health programming, speeches, and chances but pretty much from the first evening they were there and overnight they have been harassed by increasingly large groups of counter protests and it was over 100 this evening. —— chants but pretty. they have been kept awake. it has been increasingly violent. ., awake. it has been increasingly violent. . , , , , ., violent. that brings us up to about 10 - , 11 -m violent. that brings us up to about 10a. 11pm this _ violent. that brings us up to about 10p, 11pm this evening. _ violent. that brings us up to about 10p, 11pm this evening. -- - violent. that brings us up to about 10p, 11pm this evening. -- 10pm. l violent. that brings us up to about| 10p, 11pm this evening. --10pm. it 10p, 11pm this evening. —— 10pm. it is clearly very recent. what do we understand about what has happened, what changed in the mood and the atmosphere?— what changed in the mood and the atmosphere? earlier on today, this afternoon. — atmosphere? earlier on today, this afternoon, actually, _ atmosphere? earlier on today, this afternoon, actually, a _ atmosphere? earlier on today, this afternoon, actually, a us— afternoon, actually, a us congressional committee summoned ucla university leaders to talk about anti—semitism in a hearing next month. in response, ucl leaders

declare the encampment was unlawful and the students could face academic sanctions at the university will stop they stopped short of saying they would arrest a student on campus. but they asked students to leave the encampment. this evening at about 11pm, we saw a large number of counter protesters turn up, as they have done in recent evenings. yesterday evening, there was also an altercation nothing like we have seen on the scale tonight. they tried to breach the incumbent perimeter, as they have been doing for the last couple of evenings. thus far they had been repelled. they were throwing objects, fireworks, they threw a scooter, water bottles and tear gas towards the encampment. that water bottles and tear gas towards the encampment.— water bottles and tear gas towards the encampment. that brings us up to what we have — the encampment. that brings us up to what we have been _ the encampment. that brings us up to what we have been seeing, _ the encampment. that brings us up to what we have been seeing, these - what we have been seeing, these night—time pictures from about 1am for about half an hour. there were periods where there was a direct

confrontation and then there would be a pause as people would step back. talk us through the geography, this line of tents. is this effectively the edge of the pro—palestinian camp where they have been for a while and that is the focus point of the counter demonstrators, is that right? yeah, what ou demonstrators, is that right? yeah, what you are _ demonstrators, is that right? yeah, what you are probably _ demonstrators, is that right? yeah, what you are probably looking - demonstrators, is that right? yeah, what you are probably looking at. demonstrators, is that right? yeah, what you are probably looking at is| what you are probably looking at is the central quad of the ucla campus. one half of it, really, if the pro—palestine encampment. there was a barrier set up in between, with a buffer zone. there were 30 hired professional security guards hired by the university to separate protesters from counter protesters. this evening is the first time they actually withdrew away from the encampment site. we believe that is because they didn�*t feel they could safely hold it, allowing the two sides to clash directly. previously, there had been a buffer zone. those barriers have since been knocked over by the counter protesters this evening. over by the counter protesters this evenina. _ . over by the counter protesters this evenin.. , . ., , over by the counter protesters this evenin.. _ . ., ,~ ,, u, evening. dylan, we really appreciate

our time evening. dylan, we really appreciate yourtime and _ evening. dylan, we really appreciate your time and for _ evening. dylan, we really appreciate your time and for so _ evening. dylan, we really appreciate your time and for so clearly - evening. dylan, we really appreciate your time and for so clearly talking l your time and for so clearly talking us through what we understand to have been happening over the last couple of hours and, indeed, over the last couple of days and weeks. thank you very much for coming on the programme, thank you.- thank you very much for coming on the programme, thank you. thank you for havin: the programme, thank you. thank you for having me- — the programme, thank you. thank you for having me. as _ the programme, thank you. thank you for having me. as we _ the programme, thank you. thank you for having me. as we continue - the programme, thank you. thank you for having me. as we continue to - for having me. as we continue to look at those _ for having me. as we continue to look at those pictures _ for having me. as we continue to look at those pictures from - for having me. as we continue to look at those pictures from the i for having me. as we continue to i look at those pictures from the last hour or so, look at those pictures from the last hour orso, bring look at those pictures from the last hour or so, bring you up—to—date with the background and context as to why this is been happening. this is notjust here in la, these pictures, but across the us. columbia university in new york a particular focus. columbia university in new york a particularfocus. there columbia university in new york a particular focus. there was a large number of arrests as the police was involved in columbia too. plenty more coverage coming up. this is bbc news. hello, again. for many of us, it�*s going to be a day of bright spells, sunshine and some showers. the early morning mist, low cloud and fog pushing back to the east coast where some of it will linger.

but we�*ve got some heavier downpours coming in from the south a bit later on in the day. now, pollen levels today are moderate or high for many of us. we�*re talking tree pollen, but also now some grass pollen as we head on through the course of the afternoon, we still have a little bit of low cloud at times along the east coast, some showers getting into southeast scotland, possibly northeast england and northeast scotland. but we�*ve got that mixture of dry conditions. but the cloud building in the south, introducing some rain by the end of the afternoon. temperatures 17 in stornoway, 18 in liverpool, possibly 20 in london. so it�*s through the evening and overnight we pick up some heavy, thundery downpours there, moving northwards and westwards, getting into wales and southwest england. and at the same time we�*ve got this low cloud, mist, and murk returning in from the east, pushing that bit further west. there will be clear skies, but it�*s not going to be a cold night. no issues with frost. our overnight lows between six and 11 degrees. so this is the weather front that�*s bringing the thundery downpours.

it will still be with us tomorrow. and in fact, we�*re still pulling in that easterly wind. so the temperatures in this chart show you that it still is going to be pretty warm for the time of year. some of us getting up to about 21 degrees or at least into the high teens. but we�*re also going to see the days start with low the days start with low cloud, mist, and murk, some of that, as it pushes back, will linger across northeast england. in south east scotland, the thundery downpours clearing away from the west, but we�*ll be left with some residual cloud here. and we�*re also looking at some sharp showers. temperatures could reach 21. the west highlands, northwest england, and the far southeast. friday sees more widespread showers developing across england, some of them getting into southeast scotland, a lot of cloud for wales, but brighter skies in the north with our temperature range 12 to 15 degrees. so the temperatures slipping down a little bit, but the west highlands could still reach 19. and then as we head into the bank holiday weekend, well, this could change, but it�*s looking

like we�*ll have rain at times. there�*ll be showers at times, but in between, there�*ll be some sunshine and temperatures returning to the seasonal norm.

live from london — this is bbc news. university protests turn violent in los angeles. pro—israel and pro—palestinian demonstrators clash on campus. hours earlier, dozens are arrested when police storm a columbia university building,

occupied by students protesting against the war in gaza. police reveal the �*horifically serious�* injuries they suffered while trying to stop a london sword attack. a 14—year—old boy was killed. thank you, blinken. thank you, biden. the united states top official meets the families of hostages in tel aviv. he says the only obstacle to a ceasefire now is hamas. we will not rest until everyone — man, woman, soldier, civilian, young, old — is back home. and the greatest thing since white bread — scientists develop a new white loaf that�*s just as healthy as wholegrain. hello, i�*m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. we are

going to start in the us.