this is bbc news. i'm maxine mawhinney. the headlines at 11:00: swedish police are questioning a man they believe is the driver of a lorry which killed four people when it was driven at pedestrians in stockholm. police said they were unable to confirm local television reports of explosives being found inside the truck. the united states warns syria that further military action can't be ruled out over its use of chemical weapons. more disruption for passengers as rail workers across england stage another strike. there's a warning of travel delays expected around the grand national. also in the next hour, honouring seven young people who've made extraordinary contributions to their communities. we'll speak to 18—year—old tech entrepreneur harry mccann, who's helped hundreds of children learn to code. he's got faster by two tenths of a second. he has set the bar and raised it even higher. lewis hamilton storms to pole position for tomorrow's chinese grand prix

ahead of ferrari rival sebastian vettel. and coming up in half an hour — dateline london. good morning and welcome to bbc news. swedish police say a man they believe was the driver of a lorry which drove into pedestrians killing four people has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism. this morning, swedish media are reporting that explosives have been found in the lorry used in an attack. police say they can't confirm that. this morning, downing street has released a statement which says: our correspondent dan johnson reports.

panic and confusion on the streets of another european capital. the people are scared. something is happening. people running in terror as a truck races towards shoppers in the centre of stockholm. and this is where it ended up, in flames after crashing into a department store. translation: i saw exactly where the lorry went in, just there. there wasn't much of a reaction, then the police arrived. the police just said, "you have to run." the truck belongs to a brewery company who said a man hijacked it earlier as it was dropping off beer. the bluntest of weapons, used to deliver a sudden and deadly blow that has hit sweden hard. police quickly released images of a man they wanted to question, and within hours they have made an arrest. translation: earlier, we released a picture of a person

of particular interest to the investigation, and a short while ago we apprehended a person which matches that description. and sweden's prime minister said his country wouldn't give in to terror. we are determined never to let the values that we treasure, democracy, human rights and freedom, to be undermined by hatred. after hours under lockdown, at least some normality is returning to the city. the metro has reopened, and people are returning. already, some are saying this is a wake—up call for the security services. sweden has a proud history as an open society that embraces all, but it is now the latest corner of europe forced to confront death, so sudden, so shocking. danjohnson, bbc news, stockholm. earlier, i spoke to our reporter maddy savage, who brought us up to date with the latest developments. the latest information that's been

coming out is speculation regarding a bag of explosives believed to have been found in the truck which ploughed into the busy pedestrian street and department store about 500 metres away from me, and that information has come from police sources speaking to sweden's public service broadcaster svt, so reliable news organisation, but at the same time the police's official spokesperson has refused to confirm that information to the network or to any other media, so we are still trying to get to the of that. to the bottom of that. in the meantime, we do know that one man has been arrested accused of terror crimes. police have confirmed that. his identity hasn't been made public, but it's been widely circulated in the swedish media that a man originally from uzbekistan, 39 years old, a father of four and had been living in stockholm. there were earlier reports of another arrest in a different suburb of stockholm believed to be linked to the violence on friday, but police haven't really been making that connection in recent

hours, and so it is still a little bit unclear how much we can read into that. in the meantime, security is still very tight across sweden. it's been tightened up on the borders, but as you can see, things are starting to return to normal for a saturday. the public transport is back up and running, people are out and about in the shops here, and really coming together to talk about what has happened yesterday, including a number of ministers who have been to put flowers that the site of the attack in the past hour or so. the united states says it's prepared to launch more military i have some breaking news coming in from northern ireland. we are hearing that a 14—year—old boy has appeared in court in county antrim charged with attempting to possess a submachine gun and 100 rounds of ammunition —— ammunition with it and —— intent to endanger life. he was arrested on thursday and the court was told he was attempting to buy a

gun and ammunition via the dark web. the police say the boy was arrested when he met a so called peter —— operative at the retail park. if we get any more details we will bring it to you. the united states says it's prepared to launch more military action against syria over its use of chemical weapons. it follows a missile strike on an air base where the syrian government is said to have launched a deadly gas attack last week. the us says its also preparing new economic sanctions the us says it's also preparing new economic sanctions against the country. here's our washington correspondent, david willis. this was america's first direct involvement in the syrian crisis. its cruise missile attack a contradiction of the trump doctrine of avoiding conflicts in far away lands and putting america first. and as syria's army chief inspected the impact of the attack on the air base from which us officials insist on tuesday's chemical weapons attack was launched, the trump administration insisted it was a one—off and not the opening of a new front in the war

against bashar al—assad. yet, although the administration's strategy in syria remains focused on defeating the so—called islamic state, there's no doubt it has hardened its stance on president assad quite considerably in the last few days. the united states took a very measured step last night. we are prepared to do more. but we hope that will not be necessary. all this has put donald trump on a collision course with his opposite number in the kremlin, vladimir putin. russia is syria's chief benefactor and following friday's missile strike, the russians have suspended military coordination in the skies over syria. meanwhile, the pentagon is looking into suggestions that russia may have been complicit in the chemical weapons attack, possibly by seeking to cover up evidence — something which could harden the battle lines over one of the world's most intractable conflicts. let's speak to benjames in beirut.

what are you hearing there? one of the latest people to speak out about what happened in this strike on friday morning is the president of the rann, who has been speaking earlier this morning, hassan rouhani, echoing what the russian allies of syria and the syrian government have been saying, talking about the terrorists he says are now applauding donald trump as a result of what has happened and asking why did the americans attack the syrian army when they are fighting terrorists? the iranians are calling foran terrorists? the iranians are calling for an independent commission by in partial countries into the claims of the chemical attack. i suppose the question is exactly which countries

all sides might consider to be impartial when trying to get through this highly politicised and divisive issue which has divided many in the international community. the iranian foreign minister has in the last 2a hours compared the claims of the chemical attack to those of weapons of mass destruction that led to the us—led invasion of iraq in 2003. of mass destruction that led to the us-led invasion of iraq in 2003. the fa ct us-led invasion of iraq in 2003. the fact that president trump has taken this action now, what is the fear that the action —— what is the fear, that the action —— what is the fear, that the action will continue, or politically what are people hoping from it? politically what people are hoping for in the end is some kind of resolution that means the conflict is de—escalated and the people in great need, the many millions displaced inside syria, those people dying and who are refugees outside the country, can go home. in the meantime, the media...

interference we have lost benjames there in beirut. president trump has said he believes "tremendous progress" has been made during meetings in florida with the chinese leader, xi jinping. they've agreed a 100—day plan for talks designed to reduce the us trade deficit with china. they also talked about north korea's nuclear weapons programme. workers at three rail companies have walked out in a dispute which will disrupt the travel plans of people going to aintree for the grand national. members of the rmt union at merseyrail, northern and southern are striking for 2h hours in a row about staffing and driver—only trains. jon ironmonger reports. judith moritz is that liverpool's lime street station. it is one of the busiest days here, grand national day, more than 40,000 rail

passenger journeys made national day, more than 40,000 rail passengerjourneys made on this day. today the passengers are walking past a picket line manned by the rmt union and the northwest regional organiser is with me. darren, what prompted the strike action? it is not the first time you have been out on strike and you have chosen grand national day. any strike is high profile and there are three companies taking industrial action today, and this day has been chosen because it has come from our membership. they want to strike on the 8th of april, on a weekend, under anti—trade union laws we need to give 14 days it noticed there by the time the committee considered the time the committee considered the decisions, after the last action was taken there were increased notice periods. this dispute has

wise and on that —— widened on merseyside and the north of england but today has been set by the membership. you will i presume but today has been set by the membership. you willl presume hope to make an impact. this is one of the busiest day of the year stop blue it is a very busy day in liverpool and on merseyside and industrial action unfortunately does cause disruption. the disruption for racegoers and other passengers is slowly down to the intransigent attitude of the employers in these disputes. these companies say they are trying to minimise disruption for racegoers in terms of the frequent services to the racecourse, that management will help run those services and they are managing to keep seven and a half minute intervals between trains. they are hoping for little effect. the only people they are catering for today is people going to the races. they

are only operating services from liverpool nonstop to aintree and back again. the rest of the network is not operating so there are significant disruptions for the travelling public down to the result of the decision to cut safety and standards on the railway. we see this morning plenty of racegoers going past the picket line. have you had support from the? we have had overwhelming support from racegoers and the travelling public. surveys indicate massive support from the public to retain guards on services. we have had no issues with racegoers today. they support the trade union's stance. passengers are paying for this level of safety in their ticket prices so why is a passenger would you want to pay more on your ticket price for less safety —— safety solely to benefit the train operators? we think that is u na cce pta ble train operators? we think that is unacceptable and passengers deserve a safe railway and a conductor on every service. that was judith moritz reporting. the chief executive of ford has said he cannot guarantee the company

will keep manufacturing in the uk after brexit. mark fields told bbc news it was "really important" for the uk to secure a free trade deal with the european union. he said ford was "going to be in the uk for quite some time," but that "nothing could be guaranteed over many years." he's been speaking to our correspondent robin brant. we need to make sure that all of our facilities around the world are globally competitive. listen, we are very proud to be in the uk and we're going to be in the uk for quite some time but it's going to be really important, particularly as article 50 is now triggered, that, from our standpoint, there needs to be free trade between the uk and the continent and that's really important to us. i think it is important to our business, important to our customers. are ford going to stay irrespective or is there always a chance that, you know, you are a big global company, that maybe one day ford is not there? in the uk? in the uk, after brexit. well, i think overall, it depends... that's a very sweeping statement. i can't guarantee anything. nobody can guarantee anything over many, many years

but i think our intent is making sure that our uk business remains very strong and that's why we're engaging with the governments to be able to say, "here's what we think we need to make sure that that remains a possibility and we stay across the continent and in the uk and we have a healthy business in europe." the headlines on bbc news: swedish police are questioning a man they believe is the driver of a lorry which killed four people when it was driven at pedestrians in stockholm. the united states has warned it could take further military action and sanctions against the syrian government hours after it fired a barrage of cruise missiles at an airbase. a strike by rail workers at the rmt union is expected to disrupt services to the grand national as members of three companies walk out in a dispute over staffing. the basque separatist group, eta, has handed over a file containing details of its remaining

arms and explosives. its violent campaign for basque independence lasted 40 years. earlier, i spoke to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who explained what happened this morning. decades of a very dark and bloody campaign for independence came down to a very simple ceremony in a city hall here in the french city of bayern. city of bayonne. five men around a plain square table and it was opened by the mayor of this region who said, "this is a moment we have all been waiting for." and then a prominent french environmentalist brought this bulky folder and handed it over to an italian archbishop and the reverend harold goode who played key role in the northern ireland peace process and from there it was handed over to the verification commission and from there to the french judicial authorities. and so as we speak, they are now going in search of the last of the weapons and explosives and we are told a very significant

quantity of explosives and a very small number of guns. today, some extraordinary acts by young people are being celebrated at the rotary young citizen awards in manchester. there are seven winners, chosen from hundreds of people nominated across great britain and the republic of ireland. the awards are now in their tenth year, and winners from the past decade have also travelled to manchester for this year's celebrations. 0ur correspondent noel phillips is live in manchester for us now. good morning. you can see the emotions and excitement on their faces. short time ago the awards we re faces. short time ago the awards were handed out and for many of the young people here at was quite surreal simply because of the incredible journeys they have all been on. it is worth bearing in mind these are young people who have had to ove rco m e these are young people who have had to overcome a great deal of challenges and in doing so along the way they have raised thousands for

charity, helps people with mental health problems, homeless people, and it is fair to say they have been recognised today and rightly so. i have two of the winners, harry mccann and molly, who has been helping homeless people in ireland. harry, look at that! it is nice. not often you get a trophy, so it is nice, it is good to get recognition for your work, although i don't do it for the recognition, it is always right and special to get and awards. you are quite young, you are 18, and you are teaching young children how to use technology. i understand you have taught up to 800 young people? yes, there have been a lot of kids over the last few years. it is crazy when you walk into a room, nearly once a week now i have been teaching kids, you walk in and some are as young as six or kids, you walk in and some are as young as six or seven. kids, you walk in and some are as young as six or seven. i am almost

old enough to be their parents, and to be teaching them as a crazy experience. it is incredibly rewarding and the kids are getting so rewarding and the kids are getting so much enjoyment out of it, which makes me very proud so i am delighted. you study part-time as well as running your own business. how do you do that? very little sleep. it is late nights and early mornings, just a matter of doing e—mails before going to school than coming home and e—mails before you go coming home and e—mails before you go to bed, calls, then going to classes and coming back. you can spend three or four hours going somewhere to spend an hour doing something than three or four hours back. you just have to commit to it but there is nothing better than doing my work. incredible hearing you talk, you are only 18 and being so you talk, you are only 18 and being so proactive. molly, congratulations. thank you. you are quite selfless, and you have been walking on the streets of ireland and helping homeless people. tell us what inspired you to do that.|j and helping homeless people. tell us what inspired you to do that. i was

walking around on the 24th of december 2015 and saw so many homeless people in dublin and didn't like what i saw so i decided to make a change, so i thought dignity packs would be the change. telling -- tell me more about the dignity packs, what are they? they are rucksacks full of hygiene products, everything we take for granted, toilet roll, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, everything i feel i would need to keep myself hygienic, really. you quys keep myself hygienic, really. you guys both share something, apart from coming from ireland, you have both been advisers to the irish government. tell me about you advising the irish government about technology. i have had the pleasure of advising a few members of the government, the irish prime minister, on things like data protection and technology, and the education minister, finance at one stage, and every minister you can think of in every department. it is great to be able to make that change

and give that voice especially for young people. and molly, you met the irish health minister. it was incredible. he was in awe of what was happening so it was nice to see. thank you and congratulations to you both. this is what it is all about, recognising young talented people like harry and molly. i will be back later on. and there's another chance to see the award ceremony at 8:30 this evening, and again at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon here on bbc news. isn't this gorgeous? more than 80 hot air balloons have travelled from england to france to try to set a new world record for the largest group crossing the channel. they took off in beautiful spring sunshine from dover landing in northern france after a three hour, 26 mile crossing. if confirmed —— confirmed by officials it will top the current record of 49 which was set in 2011. gorgeous pictures

there. time for the sport with mike. the defending champion will still be at the masters this weekend but only asa at the masters this weekend but only as a spectator because danny willett missed the cut and is out of contention this time. it is a year after his famous victory in augusta. he will be handing the famous green jacket to the champion, whoever that may be. the leading british player is justin rose, may be. the leading british player isjustin rose, tied for sixth. could have been better as he u nfortu nately could have been better as he unfortunately bogeyed the 18th but sergio garcia is in fine form. could this be his year? the spaniard has never won a major but is tied in the lead at 4—under par. never won a major but is tied in the lead at 4-under par. i do want to get my first major but i have to say that i try not to make it a problem or that i try not to make it a problem oran that i try not to make it a problem or an issue, so i am out there giving it everything i have and giving it everything i have and giving it everything i have and giving it my best, and that's really all i can ask myself for. i would've

loved to have been three or four under, sure, but it is a great position, even three back is a great position, even three back is a great position to be in, you have a chance. it means tomorrow there are a lot of guys are four under whom made good moves today, a lot of guys waiting at even par and i—over, so a lot of guys in with a chance this weekend and whoever wins will have to play great golf, so for me it is focusing on playing great golf, i'm hitting a lot of good shots and trying to limit mistakes, and i'll see what happens. you can catch up on all the best bits from day two on bbc two at 1pm this lunchtime. today's live—action of day three begins tonight from 7:30pm. you can watch it all on the bbc this weekend. the conclusion is also on live tomorrow. if you are looking for a horse to pick for the grand national, the bbc sport website has all the information you need. one jockey change, liam tredwell will

miss the race after a fall yesterday. he will be replaced by aidan coleman. i don't feel any more pressure. the pressure is always there anyway. it is great. all we want to do is get him in and in the race itself have a bit of luck, miss any fall us and come back safe, that's the main thing. lewis hamilton has finished on pole position in qualifying for the chinese grand prix. he was almost two tenths of a second faster than sebastian vettel who won the opening race of the season two weeks ago. hamilton is popular with the fa ns ago. hamilton is popular with the fans in shanghai and this is his sixth consecutive pole position. harry kane could be back to start for spurs when they take on spurs in the lunchtime kick—off. he already has 19 goals for spurs this season and missed the last three matches

with an ankle injury. we know he is ready and he feels good, fully recovered, and i think it is very good news first of all for him and then for us. he is an important player for us, then for us. he is an important playerfor us, and then for us. he is an important player for us, and he then for us. he is an important playerfor us, and he will be available again to head the team, it is fantastic. third-place liverpool are at stoke this afternoon with man city hosting hull west ham will hope their recent slide will come to an end when they take on third from bottom swansea. leaders chelsea are at bournemouth in the tea—time kick—off. great britain face an uphill struggle to stay in the davis cup. without world number one andy murray betrayal france 2—0 after a disappointing first day at the quarterfinal. dan evans was beaten 3-0 quarterfinal. dan evans was beaten 3—0 byjeremy chardy. so ifjamie murray loses his doubles rubber today, the tie will be over. you can see that crucial doubles

match to save britain's davis cup campaign from match to save britain's davis cup campaignfrom 1:10pm match to save britain's davis cup campaign from 1:10pm on bbc one this afternoon. that's all your sport for now. time to get the weather. good morning. the weather is playing ball this weekend, if it is dry weather and sunshine you are looking for, and warm weather to be had as well. this was the scene early on from a weather watcher. a bit misty in bristol, but missed starting to lift and a beautiful day across the city. through the weekend plenty of strong sunshine, fairly high uv levels, actually, and with that very warm indeed. the satellite picture from earlier shows patches of mist and southern areas, fog first thing, with extra cloud across northern ireland and scotland, now burning back to the north—west, and for the vast majority are beautiful afternoon to come with lots of blue skies and sunshine. there is one

exception, the far north of scotland, the northern ireland through caithness and sutherland into the western isles, thicker cloud, maybe drizzle, mostly dry but from aberdeen down to glasgow, belfast, you are into sunshine, 16, 17 degrees, for england and wales highs of 21 or 22, though if you are tempted to head to the coast bearing mind it will develop a sea breeze and be cooler in coastal spots, 17 in plymouth for example. for the grand national, blue sky and sunshine, a lovely day, 18 degrees, maybe higher, i suspect, and fine into the evening, nice evening for a barbecue. 0vernight their mind with those clear skies, temperatures will drop away, so it will not stay warm. it will get chilly, towns and cities six or seven but out in the countryside two or three degrees, maybe even a touch of frost tomorrow morning and maybe fog as well. tomorrow, our fortunes become divided. in england and wales a

lovely start of the day apart from the fog patch and most areas will keep the sunshine, more cloud out west. thick cloud in northern ireland and scotland, increasingly with rain moving in as well, and on the cold side, but further south and east, look at that, 24, maybe 25 degrees across the south—east. with that we have high pollen levels especially across england and wales, high uv especially across england and wales, high uv levels as well, but whatever you think of the warm weather it will not last long. sunday night, this weather front come south, a cold front, not much rain but we get into a north—westerly wind which will drop temperatures, sunday, 24 in london, by monday, more like 12, so in london, by monday, more like 12, so changes ahead, make the most of the warmth while it lasts. more details on the temperatures where you are on our website. hello and welcome to dateline. this week we look at the consequences of america's air strikes on president assad's air base. and we discuss the relations between beijing & washington. my guests this week are the china expert isabel hilton,

the north american writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman, and rachel shabi, a writer on middle eastern affairs. welcome to you all. the horrific pictures of the gas attack in syria have brought a swift american missile attack. rachel, how is this seen in the middle east. where do we go from here? it seems to have support for trump's reports. there was praise for the courageous move as did other gcc countries. bahrain, jordan, turkey. israel, so the allies in the region

we re israel, so the allies in the region were supportive. the reaction from syrians has been positive but measured. 0f syrians has been positive but measured. of course, people welcome some