this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at three: a state of emergency has been declared in colombia after more than 250 people are killed in mudslides — many more are missing. police in croydon are treating a brutal attack on a 17—year—old kurdish—iranian boy as a hate crime. six people have been arrested. the young person was asked where they were from and when they said they were an asylum seeker, that is when the frenzied attack took place. theresa may reassures gibraltar of britain's "steadfast" commitment and says she will work to secure the "best possible outcome" from brexit talks. also in the next hour: today's boat race will go ahead. a suspected world war two bomb has now been removed from the banks of the thames, meaning the university boat race gets the green light. celtic have won the scottish premier league with eight games to spare, after beating hearts 5—0 at tynecastle. and at 12.30, the click team explores the technology

of sound with brian eno. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. rescue teams in colombia are searching through mud and debris for survivors of huge mudslides which have killed more than 250 people. hundreds more are injured or missing. the mud engulfed the town of mocoa, where rescue efforts are being hampered by bad weather. keith doyle has the latest. a wall of water, mud and debris swathe large parts of the town of mocoa. thousands have lost their homes, hundreds have lost their lives. this mountainous region has had unusually heavy rain in recent months.

further downpours caused the mocoa river to unleash a devastating mudslide. witnesses say people were running for their lives as the mud pushed cars into buildings and ripped trees from the ground. streets were left littered with huge boulders and people have been picking through crumbled buildings, trying to find the missing and salvage any possessions. hundreds of people are still missing, many of them children. lists of their names and ages are scoured by anxious relatives. translation: we have lost a baby who has gone missing. the rest is as you can see. a little baby, we can't find him anywhere. translation: we do not know how many deaths there are going to be. we're still searching, but the first thing i want to say is that my heart, our hearts, the hearts of all colombians, are with the victims of this tragedy. many roads have been washed away or are blocked, making it difficult to get aid

into the area, which is without power and running water. troops and volunteers are searching for survivors. heat—seeking cameras and drones are being flown over the debris. the red cross says it's crucial to find survivors within the first 72 hours. three days on, the death toll is expected to rise. keith doyle, bbc news. earlier i spoke to arturo wallace from the bbc‘s spanish speaking service bbc mundo, about the latest developments. the rescue operations continued all through the night, the rescue services were using drones with thermal imagery to try to locate survivors. of course now with daylight they are redoubling their efforts, they have 72 hours to have good chances of finding people alive. it is still going on, it is still very difficult to bring all systems

there because it is a very remote area, but there is still hope although everybody knows the clock is ticking. the state of emergency was declared which meant rescue operations would kick in. are they properly equipped to deal with this? colombia sadly has a lot of experience in these sorts of tragedies and they prepared themselves well for these sorts of things. the military is assisting in the operation and they are also receiving support from abroad. a lot of countries in the region send their support and help with experts. the most important thing is time. of course very soon it will be about dealing with the aftermath of what happened, there will be a lot of people probably trapped underneath the mud. there is a risk for health, the local hospital completely collapsed, there is very little food

and water, no electricity. things could become quite bad quite quickly but in a way, colombia, it might be one of the best prepared to deal with this sort of stuff. it had been raining for some time, when were people warned? it came a little as a surprise. the vulnerability of cities such as mocoa is well known. a lot of houses have been built next to the river and deforestation poses a big risk. on friday the rain that fell was quite surprising, the colombian president said that in one single day, mocoa got the equivalent to 30% of the monthly rain, so it was a surprise in a way. six people are being questioned

about an attack on an asylum seeker standing at a bus stop in south london. the 17—year—old boy, who's kurdish iranian, was left with a fractured skull after being subjected to what police say was a savage attack. andy moore reports. the young man, believed to be kurdish iranian, was waiting at a bus stop late on friday night with two friends when he was approached by a group of about eight people. he was attacked after telling them where he came from. we believe it is a hate crime. prior to the attack taking place the young person was asked where they were from and when they said that they were an asylum seeker that is when that frenzied attack took place. police say the gang chased the young man around the corner into the street where they kicked him in the head and left him on the floor unconscious. after that a number of members of the public came to help him. the attack only stopped when the sound of sirens was heard.

the gang made off in the direction of this nearby pub. the young man was left with a fractured skull and a blood clot on his brain. he is said to be in a serious but stable condition in hospital. his two friends escaped the attackers and received only minor injuries. the local mp said croydon had generally very good relations between people of different backgrounds. he called the incident an appalling crime against somebody who had come to this country to seek sanctuary. earlier i spoke to our news correspondent simonjones who was in croydon. the police are continuing to question four men and also two women. they are being questioned at a south london police station after being arrested late last night. to give you a sense of the geography, this is the bus stop where the 17—year—old was with friends on friday evening when he was approached by that group of eight people.

he told them he was an asylum seeker and at that point, he was chased up this way in this direction, just around the corner there and that is where he underwent that attack, getting several kicks to the head. he remains in hospital but is not thought to be in life—threatening condition. afterwards, the attackers ran off in that direction near the pub. the police believe as the attack was taking place, several others were in the area and were trying to stop it. they were trying basically to save this young asylum seeker, but it is only when the police sirens were heard, because people had dialled 999, that the attackers decided finally to run off. a university student has paid tribute to her mother and younger brother who were stabbed to death in their home in stourbridge earlier this week. lydia wilkinson laid

flowers outside the house, accompanied by her boyfriend. she said her mother tracey had always put others before herself. 23—year—old aaron barley — of no fixed address — has been charged with their murders and with the attempted murder of lydia's father peter. he is known to the family and will appear in court again in the morning. the government is facing pressure to guarantee migrant workers will still be able to work in the nhs after the uk leaves the european union. a cross—party group of mps is warning that brexit will cause a critical shortage of doctors and nurses. it comes as the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, declined to rule out the possibility that freedom of movement could continue until the next general election and beyond. ellie price reports. the brexit negotiations got under way this week to great fanfare and letters. theresa may wrote to the eu to trigger article 50, the eu in return published draft guidelines on its negotiation strategy, but as expected

there was no more detail on the content of the deal, and this morning sir michael fallon would not be drawn on whether the uk would have full control over its immigration system by 2020. well, you're speculating about the course of the negotiations, which haven't even started yet. rule it out. we've made clear that we are not expecting to take advantage of the four great freedoms, including the freedom of movement of people, because we're not going to be members of the european union. i'm talking about transitionally, now you can't give me any timetable. we can't give a timetable on negotiations that haven't even started. the uk is set to leave the eu by the end of march 2019, just over a year later the country will have a general election. the government will want to avoid setting time limits on such a thorny issue as immigration. but today, a group of cross—party mps wrote an open letter calling on the rights of eu staff in the nhs to be protected. because we have 140,000 eu nationals working in our nhs and social care sector,

caring for our sick and elderly, we think they should be given an nhs guarantee that they will be able to carry on working in the nhs. they need that certainty and they need those rights. theresa may has made it clear she wants the rights of eu nationals in the uk and uk nationals living in the eu to be a priority in these negotiations. immigration was a key issue in the referendum campaign, it will be again. ellie price, bbc news. theresa may has told gibraltar‘s chief minister fabian picardo that the uk is "absolutely dedicated to working with gibraltar for the best possible outcome on brexit". with me is our political correspondent ellie price. the issue of gibraltar is not likely to go away soon. no, it has been one of the biggest issues since article 50 was triggered. theresa may wrote a letter triggering article 50 in which she did not mention gibraltar.

that might not have been an issue had the eu not replied with its guidelines in which it said the spanish, twitter have the veto over any trade agreement relating to gibraltar. this has set in motion a lot of headlines. today downing street tried to dampen this down. theresa may has spoken to the chief minister of gibraltar to reiterate her long—standing position that the uk remains committed to gibraltar, its people and economy. this morning we heard from the defence secretary who is reiterating that gibraltar is a key priority for britain in these negotiations. the letter was about notification that we are leaving and about the process of negotiation, how we want the talks to be handled, but the letter referred to the brexit white paper and gibraltar is

firmly in that white paper. you will find eight separate references to gibraltar in it and all the different issues we have got to deal with are set out in that white paper whether it is the position of london, fisheries policy, gibraltar and everything else. the key issue being gibraltar not used as a bargaining chip. then this morning we had the former conservative leader michael howard seeming to mmp leader michael howard seeming to ramp up the rhetoric again. there is 110 ramp up the rhetoric again. there is no question whatever that our government will stand by gibraltar. 35 years ago this week, another woman prime minister sent a task force halfway across the world dude defend the freedom of another small group of british people against another spanish—speaking country. i am absolutely certain that our current prime minister will show the same resolve in standing by the

people of gibraltar. is mr howard talking about going to war for gibraltar? that is how some critics have interpreted it. the leader of the live dems suggesting it is unbelievable that there are conservatives discussing potential wa i’s conservatives discussing potential wars with our european neighbours. i suspect not but strong rhetoric from the former conservative leader and these are comments that will not be welcomed by downing street today. the headlines on bbc news: a state of emergency has been declared in colombia after more than 250 people are killed in mudslides — many more are missing. police in croydon are treating a brutal attack on a 17—year—old kurdish—iranian boy as a hate crime — six people have been arrested. theresa may reassures gibraltar of britain's "steadfast" commitment and says she will work to secure the "best possible outcome" from brexit talks. celtics ‘s march to the scottish

premiership title is over. they have w011 premiership title is over. they have won the league with eight games to spare. they are still unbeaten this season. spare. they are still unbeaten this season. in the first premier league match today swansea are drawing 0—0 against middlesbrough. arsenal face manchester city later and saracens have reached the european champions cup semifinals. they thrashed glasgow 38—13. a full update in the next hour. police have given the all—clear for this afternoon's 0xford and cambridge boat races to go ahead. they say they've removed an unexploded world war ii bomb from the thames after it was spotted near putney bridge, close to where the race begins. our sports reporter kate grey is in putney for us. how was this bomb dealt with? do we

know the details? it was about 24 hours ago that this bomb was first discovered. it had been washed up alongside the terms. it was reported to the police and for about 24 hours, they were not sure how to deal with it but they were aware that it was just the other side of putney bridge which is very close to the start of the boat race this year which is taking place this site. the race organisers had a sleepless night wondering whether it was safe enough to continue, but we have been given the all clear. we have been given the all clear. we have been given shots of that ordinance that was found. it was very rusty, corroded and it was difficult to tell how dangerous it was, but they are now happy that racing can commence in the afternoon will begin with racing at around four o'clock this afternoon. the sun is shining

and the crowds are starting to appear. the conditions look perfect, the water is very still there behind you. lots of excitement building up then? yes. they are expecting around 250,000 spectators to line the sides of the thames. it follows a 4.2 mile journey and it has a real feel of family environment, people want to be here and i caught up with dame katherine grainger, five—time 0lympic medallist who gave me a feel of why people love this boat race. every year you get hundreds of thousands of people lining the banks of the thames. there is that atmosphere of it is a sunday, a beautiful day, everybody comes out to watch it. it is a real family day out, everything is free along the banks. you need to know nothing about rowing if you have not watched it before. two teams will race against each other, it will be easy

to follow and exciting to watch. we have all been to live sport, there isa have all been to live sport, there is a thrill and drama. even if you do not have a loyalty, it is exciting to watch and it is very traditional. he well the favourites this year to win? it is either 0xford or cambridge, a very simple concept. the men's race, the big race concept. the men's race, the big ra ce eve ryo ne concept. the men's race, the big race everyone ca res concept. the men's race, the big race everyone cares about. cambridge lead 82 wins to 0xford's 79 but the bookies say it looks like 0xford are the hot favourites. 0xford are the favourites in the men's race. the women's race is likely closer by cambridge could put to bed the disappointment to last year and they looked to be favourite for the women's race. it will be live on the

bbc from 4pm. the women's race will start at 435 and the men's race at 5:35pm. beautiful weather here, perfect growing conditions and we are set for perfect growing conditions and we are setforan perfect growing conditions and we are set for an exciting afternoon of racing. at least 18 people have been injured, including three children, after the lighting of a carnival bonfire went wrong at an event in a north—east suburb of paris. dramatic video posted on social media showed a pyre exploding seconds after the fuse was ignited, sending debris into the crowd. police said a wooden effigy had been doused with petrol before it was lit. officials in pakistan say at least 20 people have been killed by the caretaker of a sufi shrine. they believe abdul waheed drugged people before killing them at the shrine in the city of sargodha in the punjab province. waheed and five of his aides have been arrested. 0ur pakistani correspondent is in

islamabad and has this update. it is not uncommon in pakistani for people to be killed in shrines whilst undergoing exorcisms, being treated for bad spirits. people have on occasions been beaten to death but this kind of mass killing is extremely unusual and it has shocked people here. what we know is that this incident took place in a shrine in a small village outside the city of sargodha. the man police believe to be responsible for the killing, 50—year—old abdul waheed, was a caretaker at this shrine and spiritual leader. local residents have reported as saying some of his followers were regularly beaten and on this occasion police say they believe that abdul waheed called his disciples into a room, he then drugged them and then attacked them with knives, machetes, and clubs. around 20 people are believed to have been killed. abdul waheed and two alleged accomplices have been arrested. the chief minister of punjab

has called for a full enquiry into the incident. the chancellor is to urge indian businesses to use the expertise of the city of london in the latest attempt by ministers to build trade links outside the european union. philip hammond's trade mission to delhi and mumbai is part of an effort to build a partnership with india as it tries to forge a future as a global manufacturing powerhouse. our business correspondent joe lynam has more. depending on how britain quits the eu, the city of london is set to lose thousands ofjobs in the coming years, as some banks and insurers leave to remain in the single market. now, the chancellor, philip hammond, is hoping to court new customers for britain's financial services expertise. he leads a delegation of business leaders, as well as the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, to india this week, hoping that indian companies will use the city of london to fund the estimated £1.2 trillion of spending needed

to modernise india's infrastructure. the government also hopes to use the trip to open new markets in india for companies like transferwise, part of britain's rapidly growing financial technology or fin—tech sector. all of this forms the backdrop for a comprehensive free trade agreement which britain hopes to sign with india once it formally leaves the eu. but that won't be easy — india has yet to sign any free trade deal with anyone and one stumbling block could be a demand by india to allow its citizens free movement to and from britain. a huge inquiry into child sexual abuse by members of the catholic church is drawing to a close in australia. the four—year long inquiry, which has uncovered more than 8,000 abuse survivors and heard allegations against more than 500 priests, is being closely watched by the vatican. from sydney, hywel griffith reports. shining a light on australia's most

trusted institutions. for some, the level of abuse exposed by the royal commission has been difficult to comprehend, but for peter gogarty it's been all too familiar. as a boy, peter was sexually abused by his parish priest. it lasted for six years, but it took another three decades for his abuser to be jailed. he believes the catholic church is still failing to protect children by refusing to make it mandatory for abuse mentioned in confession to be reported to the police. what they are doing is saying "we are more prepared to protect an offender than we are to take care of this child and future generations of children". the church hasn't responded with one voice. australia's archbishops have spoken of shame and negligence, over £160 million has been paid in compensation, but there has been no change on issues like confession.

i think it would be a tragedy if the privacy of the confessional, if you like the privileged communication in the confessional is abolished. even if that means abuse goes unreported ? i think what is needed is a protocol, if you will. the catholic church isn't the only body that has come under close scrutiny during australia's four—year inquiry. it's heard allegations of abuse at 4,000 different institutions from orphanages and care homes to schools and sports clubs. the common thread — a failure to listen to the victims. now voices are being heard, the issues raised here will resonate across the world. but for australia's abuse survivors, the impact remains the same. hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney. the parents of a baby with a rare genetic condition have reached

a £1.2 million crowdfunding target for him to have pioneering treatment in the us. connie yates's and chris gard's son charlie — who is nearly eight months old — is receiving 24—hour treatment at london's great 0rmond street hospitalfor a rare genetic condition. doctors say he should move to a palliative care regime, but his parents are challenging doctors in court to keep him on life support. a portrait of chairman mao by andy warhol has sold at auction in hong kong for $11 million. warhol began a series of famous silk screen paintings of mao in 1972, using a photograph of the then communist leaderfrom his little red book — carried by millions of ordinary chinese. but for years, the paintings were considered subversive and have not been exhibited in mainland china. the bfg, matilda and esio trott — just some of the famous children characters that illustrator

sir quentin blake brought to life. in doing so, he inspired generations of children. now 100 of his works are going on show in a major exhibition. cathy killick reports. they conjure up the innocence and exuberance of childhood, full of life and character, but the seemingly simple drawings of sir quentin blake probe some pretty poignant territory. the artist is 84 now, and increasingly interested in using art to improve health. here they hold workshops for mental health patients. i put on a show for something called the nightingale project in london, which worked in hospitals, and that started me off. i did some drawings for an elderly people's ward. and a mental health patients' ward.

you have got it, i have done it. in this overwhelmingly digital age, his methods are decidedly low—tech, pen and ink mostly, but in his hands, the lines that he draws speak volumes. ijust feel i am doing it, it comes like that, and you are very conscious... i like scratcy nibs, things where you can feel the marks on the paper, so you are getting that as well. it's notjust the process of drawing that can be therapeutic, the results can be as well. these colourful paintings of children and aliens are created for a children's hospital designed to comfort children uprooted in strange surroundings. these paintings are made for a unit treating eating disorders. you go into the situation and you think, what is their problem, the people here, what would be suitable, what would help them? having pictures on the wall of a hospital at all helps people,

it humanises it, it means it is not a health factory. the paintings are on show for three months, true inspiration for illustrators everywhere. let's find out how the weather is looking. a decent part to the second day of the weekend. thicker cloud across eastern areas, the odd spot of rain but for many a lovely day. clear skies, and it will turn quite chilly. in the north—west there is a bit more cloud moving in here. temperatures of eight or 9 degrees. but across the heart of the uk, down to five or 6 degrees. chilly first thing but a bright start for much of

england and wales. patchy rain for northern ireland, western scotland. it moves down to west and wales by the afternoon but for the bulk of england and wales, a decent day. not quite so warm on tuesday. early rain but that does not stop too long. most but that does not stop too long. m ost pla ces but that does not stop too long. most places will be dry and bright. hello. this is bbc news — the headlines: more than 250 people have been killed, many more are missing, after mudslides in colombia. the president has declared a state of emergency in the region. six people have been arrested after what's been called a brutal attack on a 17 year—old kurdish iranian boy in south london. police are treating the incident as a hate crime. theresa may reassures gibraltar of britain's "steadfast" commitment