good afternoon. a man arrested in stockholm after yesterday's fatal lorry attack is believed to be the driver, according to swedish police. he isa he is a 39—year—old man from uzbekistan. four people were killed and 15 injured when the lorry crashed into the front of a department store. police have also confirmed that a suspicious device was found inside the truck. dan johnson suspicious device was found inside the truck. danjohnson reports. after yesterday's horror there is calm, stillness and sadness in stockholm. people have come to together to reflect, a moment to remember. we will walking in the shop yesterday when it happened. patrick and francesca are tourists who were in the basement of the department store when the truck hit. we went up the escalator and saw panic and police with guns and stuff like that. how do people react?

everybody was screaming and running to the other side of the building, and we took the side entrance and went out, and we just kept running to the other side of the city. this is the moment terror spread suddenly through the streets of sweden's capital. a hijacked lorry driven deliberately at chocolate late—night shoppers. late last night the wreckage was towed away as police questioned the man they think was that the wheel. we have confirmed that the wheel. we have confirmed that he... the subject is a man from uzbekistan, 39 years old, that is what we know. in addition to that we would not like to say anything further about his whereabouts and his background. there is a quiet contemplative mood here today. people are considering what happened yesterday. they know it will take time for it to sink in, but there is also concern about the deeper impact

this may have. it is important now that we just show we are not afraid, that we just show we are not afraid, that sweden will not change and that we will keep strong and work together for a better sweden. we will keep strong and work together for a better swedenm we will keep strong and work together for a better sweden. it is going to be a different stockholm from now on, you saw the same thing in brussels and paris, and i hope not, but i think people will be more cautious. this morning, politicians and the crown princess paid their respects. everyone here wants to understand more about who attacked the heart of this nation and why. danjohnson, the heart of this nation and why. dan johnson, bbc news, the heart of this nation and why. danjohnson, bbc news, stockholm. the united states has expressed disappointment but not surprise at russian criticism of its attack on a syrian government airbase. the us says it targeted the facility because it was used to carry out chemical weapons attacks, in which 89 people are reported to have died. daniel boettcher reports. within the last half—hour foreign secretary boris johnson within the last half—hour foreign secretary borisjohnson has said he has cancelled a planned visit to moscow. the cruise missile strikes on the

syrian air base were sharp departure for a president whose policy on the campaign trailto for a president whose policy on the campaign trail to the white house was one of avoiding overseas conflicts. administration officials say the strikes were intended as a one—off, not a change in direction, and that an emergency meeting at the un security council, the us insisted its actions were fully justified. un security council, the us insisted its actions were fullyjustified.m was time to say, enough, but not only say it, it was time to act. bashar al—assad must never use chemical weapons again, ever. bashar al—assad must never use chemicalweapons again, ever. syria denies using nerve gas in the attack on the rebel held town, but the us says it has crossed line. it fired almost 60 cruise missiles at the airbase outside homes which it said the syrian air force used to launch the syrian air force used to launch the chemical weapons attack. but russia, syria's ally, accuses the us ofan

russia, syria's ally, accuses the us of an unprovoked show falls. russian prime minister dmitry medvedev said the strikes have brought moscow and washington to the verge of a military clash. the british un ambassador criticised russia's continuing support for bashar al—assad. continuing support for bashar al-assad. russia needs to listen to this council, listen to the arab world, listen to the rest of the international community. above all, listen to the syrian people. but moscow has said it will strengthen syria's anti—aircraft defences. it has also suspended a deal designed to prevent incidents between us and russian warplanes over the country, while washington says it is preparing further economic sanctions against syria. daniel boettcher, bbc news. workers at three rail companies have begun a 24—hour strike on the day of the grand national race at aintree, near liverpool. the action, involving southern, merseyrail and arriva rail north, is part of an ongoing dispute over staffing and the role of conductors. merseyrail said choosing to strike on the day of the race meeting would damage liverpool's reputation.

there are just over four hours to go before the start of the grand national horse race. 600 million people from around the world are expected to watch. its exactly a0 years ago that red rum won his third grand national, and two of this year's favourites are linked to the colour red. here with the latest from aintree is our sports correspondent, andy swiss. yes, welcome to aintree, glorious conditions for the 70,000 fans here, and even by grand national standards, this year's race is wide open. you would be brave to rule out any of the a0 runners. as you say, there is a red theme to this year's two favourites, definitely read a nts

ants veux lion rouge. among the spectators today, five—year—old bradley lowry, whose fight against cancer won him so many admirers, so the stage is set for the grand national, getting under way at 5:15pm. thank you very much. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:35pm. you're watching the bbc news channel. more now on the stockholm attack. swedish police say they are increasingly certain the man they have arrested as the one who carried

out yesterday's attack, but they are investigating the possibility that other people could be involved. the authorities also said they foundered suspect advice in the lorry but could not confirm it being a bomb as investigations are still under way. the police effort remains comprehensive and strong today, and will be tomorrow and the days after that as well. a preliminary investigation regarding a suspected terrorist crime has been initiated. a man with links to the incident was arrested this morning at 1:15am. the man arrested a suspected of being the one who drove the car. we recommend that the public remain cautious and vigilant even though life and our daily routines need to go on in the central parts of stockholm. parts of central. i remain closed off during the morning, and it is important that these cordons be respected. the swedish police have intensified

surveillance where many people gathered to create safety and prevent further criminal activity. police have confirmed four individuals have been killed and 15 have been injured. these numbers may be subject to changes. sweden has a strong capacity to resist terror. all police officers are armed and equipped with body armour is, they work in pairs and are trained to act in and have trained in various scenarios. police are operating on a broad front in close cooperation with the security services and the police authorities in other countries. a press conference by the swedish police. i'm joined via webcam by dan smith in stockholm, who's the director of the stockholm international peace research institute, which is a think tank specialising in security. good afternoon, thank you for joining us. i suppose what this does highlight is the difficulty of protecting people from this type of attack. yes, and i think the development of the truck attacks

which we have seen in nice, berlin, london and now here, emphasises that point. the issue at stake here is the safety of mass public events but when we think about public events now, we are notjust thinking about the fa cup final or the eurovision song contest or the london olympics, we are thinking about any time when a large number of people gathered in a large number of people gathered in a single place, the rush—hour, busy times at airports, shopping street ona times at airports, shopping street on a friday afternoon. what can be done to stop it? well, i noticed in the police statement that was made in stockholm, i am not sure if it was covered just now, but the man who has been arrested, whom the police regard as the culprit, is from uzbekistan, and he was on the security services list, so they knew about him, they had intelligence, but not enough information was serious enough intelligence to move

against him, and that was the same case with the driver of the vehicle on westminster bridge in london, khalid massoud. he had been looked at by counterintelligence a couple of years ago. there is plenty of information about the different people and the problem is that in a law—abiding and free society you can't just law—abiding and free society you can'tjust pick law—abiding and free society you can't just pick up law—abiding and free society you can'tjust pick up people and put them behind bars, so... untilthey have done something, i mean. it is to do with how you secure safety in these public spaces, and i think there will be conversations going on now about what can be done. 0ne thing, the location of the attack yesterday is a pedestrian shopping street, so you could have those retra cta ble street, so you could have those retractable bollards which come up and down from the pavement, they go down to allow lorries in for delivery and come up when it should only be pedestrians there, but that only be pedestrians there, but that only covers those kinds of streets.

what do you do about the regular main thoroughfare alongside moving traffic? perhaps again in some cases there are obstacles that can be put in place. i think at the extreme, you begin to wonder whether we would wa nt to you begin to wonder whether we would want to accept the kind of security controls that for example we never used to have but do now, when we go to airports or official buildings like the house of commons or a government department. i would have thought that is a big step too far, but this trade—off between freedom and security is going to be a very live issue again. and briefly, what about the political consequences of this? i know there is a big debate about immigration there. yes. a year and a half ago, in 2015, there were 160,000 asylum seekers who came to sweden, and so much so that the

swedish immigration and asylum services were overwhelmed and had to essentially start closing the doors, a very reluctantly ta ken essentially start closing the doors, a very reluctantly taken decision. so there is quite a discussion here and of course it will be heated as it always is after events like this, but i have noticed that there has been a very clear polish by political leaders, i think most the parties, and the authorities here, to say, let's normalise again and reassert swedish normality as fast as we can. this was notjust a predictable but a predicted attack, that one like this would occur. it isa that one like this would occur. it is a shock but not a surprise. let's look at it, take such tightening measures as we can do but get on with living our lives, because that is the most important thing. dan smith, thank you very much. 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 2a hours in a row about staffing and driver—only trains. judith moritz is at liverpool's lime st station for us. crowds of racegoers have been pouring through this station to get to aintree. 0ne pouring through this station to get to aintree. one in three of the people who go to watch the grand national over the three—day festival go national over the three—day festival 9° by national over the three—day festival go by train, and so by going on strike today the rmt union hope to have a huge impact. the deputy managing director of merseyrail, the train operator, is andy heath. tell me, first of all, the rmt chose today to go on strike, it is your peak day, there must be, one imagines, huge destruct delete mac disruption. the grand national is our busiest day and also a showcase for the city region. in terms of the train services operating today we

are looking to operate a strong robust service between liverpool central and aintree, the same number of trains to and from the races as we did last year so in terms of capacity we will be able to convey people comfortably and safety. you say the same as last year, at peak times last year you could operate trains every seven and a half minutes, so you can do that again this year? yes, we are operating at seven and a half minutes as we did la st seven and a half minutes as we did last year 's. to do that presumably managers have to get involved, because i understand the aslef union drivers are refusing to cross the rmt picket line. today arfon 13th of march our drivers have decided not to cross picket lines. the service todayis to cross picket lines. the service today is operated with drivers, managers and guards managers. you are operating with the grand national is a priority but the rest of your network is suffering as a result. unfortunately yes. we had to focus on aintree in terms of the volume of people. we would transport

apart —— approximately 20,000 people to the races today and 25,000 back so to the races today and 25,000 back so the priority has been on the race meeting. unfortunately that has meant a reduced or indeed in some cases no service on some routes meant a reduced or indeed in some cases no service on some routes and we can only apologise to our customers for that. lastly, do you think this is something which will have any effect, will be rmt choosing today to encourage merseyrail to get back round the table, will it result in any change to your policy? we have a strong relationship with the rmt and have engaged in previous discussions and would welcome further discussions. we made it clear that should a dispute take place on grand national day, that would not change our stance, but we are willing to negotiate because we want to resolve this for the benefit of customers. new trains are a fantastic opportunity for the region and we should make it happen. andy heath, thank you very much. you can see that the racegoers and passengers are continuing to make their way to

aintree behind me. merseyrail, as you heard, putting on services every seven and a half minutes that peak time. riva rail north have advised passengers to look at other operations as well, so make sure if you are planning a journey you consider all options. judith moritz speaking to us earlier. a teenage boy has appeared in court in northern ireland charged with attempting to obtain a machine gun and a hundred rounds of ammunition. the 1a—year—old was arrested at a shopping centre in coleraine in country londonderry on thursday. 0ur correspondentjohn campbell sent us this. the boy was arrested at riverside retail park in coleraine on thursday. but a police officer gave some details about what led up to that arrest. she said there had been a proactive police investigation for a number of weeks involving the dark web, and she alleged the boy had reached out across the dark web and attempted to buy a russian—made submachine gun and 100 rounds of ammunition. she said as part of that he came

to the retail park, and when he attempted to buy the ammunition, he was arrested by what she referred to as an operative. he has been released on bail, there are strict bail conditions which include the fact that he's not allowed to possess a computer or a mobile phone, and he will appear in court again later this month. 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 a0 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 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 a 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. lyse, remind the viewers how we got to this point. viewers might be thinking of remembering what happened when the ira, when they put weapons beyond use. the governments were involved, the british government was involved. this is a very different process which emerged out of basque civil society, because the french and the spanish governments refused to negotiate with what is a listed terrorist organisation. they are still making demands.

so it emerged through civil society. they brought in international mediators. some of them have been working with eta for 1a years, and so the process began. it ended in a unilateral ceasefire in 2011, and since then, the mediators and civil society representatives have been cajoling and putting pressure on eta members. some of them were reluctant to give up the guns for nothing. it took six years to convince enough members to trace the location of the weapons. again, there is a northern ireland echo here. it's a highly structured organisation. each cell with about three people. they don't know the existence of the other, so it was hard to track down all the weapons. until they arrived here today at the ceremony. it lasted less than half an hour. all the guns have been handed over. they still have to disband as an organisation, and across the border in spain today, the spanish governing party is organising a counter—event

to call on eta notjust to dissolve itself, but to pay compensation and to apologise to its many victims. 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 foreign secretary borisjohnson has called off his planned trip to moscow next week over disagreements

with russia in the wake of the chemical attack in syria. in a statement mrjohnson said the situation had changed 'fundamentally‘, adding that he "deplores russia's continued defence of the assad regime." with me is charlie wolf, an american political and supporter of the republican party. first of all, your reaction to boris johnson saying he will not go to moscow. i am not surprised. this is the kind of political dons played, the kind of political dons played, the kabuki dance as we say in america. it will be interesting to see how the russians react, but i am hoping what will happen is behind—the—scenes, there will be recalculation is going on. if you wa nt to recalculation is going on. if you want to call this a pinch point choke point, it is where especially

i think president has had is making big recalculation is in saying, is it worth doing this again in future, knowing i could end up dead from this little adventure? the russians are probably recalculating, saying, to what extent is this worth the hassle it could bring us in the future? yes they want to protect their interests, but if those interests can be served without al saad, maybe that is easier, a little less hassle —— without bashar al—assad. less hassle —— without bashar al-assad. let's look at president trump. he has done a u—turn, hasn't he? i guess you could say that. 0bviously he campaigned on being non—interventionist, not being the world's policeman, but what has changed is that he is now sitting in a different seat. it is easy for me to sit here and complain or comment on what you do for a living until i

sit in that seat and realise the themes people don't know. he is now sitting in the seat where he has had the briefings from the cia and the nsa and so forth and is sitting behind the oval office desk knowing he is responsible for 350 million lives. he is responsible for the national security of the us and its allies, so that is what has probably changed, and i am sure he still wa nts to changed, and i am sure he still wants to be non—interventionist, but he also knows he has to do the right thing. and now he has done this, if it happens again, he has to do it again, doesn't he? probably, yes, that's what it's about, that's what leadership is all about. how was it playing in america? funnily enough from what i have heard, among his supporters it is not playing well because they said, wait a minute, you said you would not be the international policeman, it will not be george w bush and tony blair etc, but to be fair, even george w bush,

if you remember, didn't want the international is and interventionism of the clinton years, then 9/11 happened. you're thinking has to change with that, otherwise you are not a leader. these were the problems i had with president 0bama, events happened and he was more interested in his political agenda, ending the war on a certain date because the election was coming up ona because the election was coming up on a future date. i think donald trump is saying, whether it affects my polling numbers or not, i don't care, my polling numbers or not, i don't ca re, firstly my polling numbers or not, i don't care, firstly i am distressed to say the least over the deaths of children which as you know he has a soft spot for, he has grandchildren, and it is the leadership thing of saying, we can't let this happen, because the usa is already being seen enough as being complacent, tired, non—responsive. nowi seen enough as being complacent, tired, non—responsive. now i think people are saying, wait a minute, as

the expression goes, there is a new sheriff in town so if you with or bashar al—assad you will say, hold on, this is notjust some clown of the television, this guy means business. charlie wolf, thank you. 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 the uk 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 has been speaking to some of the winners. the real stars here are the ordinary children and teenagers using —— whose incredible talents are being recognised. many have been recognised. many have been recognised for volunteering, campaigning to change the law, even overcoming adversity and making a real success of their lives, and one person who has done just that is

abbey blogger who —— booker who is 15 and has done a lot of work the children in care. tell us your story and why you have been recognised. i have been recognised for working with children like myself or a bit younger who are in care and have struggled voicing their own opinions and talking about the problems as i have in the past, so my role is to be their choice, they come to me with suggestions, with their opinions, any problems and complaints, andl opinions, any problems and complaints, and i take it forward to the highest authorities and we look at how we can change that, and meet with the children and change that. that's everything that we do, really. at 15, that sounds impressive. how have they managed to get to where you are today? impressive. how have they managed to get to where you are today7|j impressive. how have they managed to get to where you are today? i think it is really with the help of the people who have supported me and stuck by me and given me the courage to break out from being shy and not

saying anything to being confident now and having the courage and confidence to tell people when i feel there is something wrong and where there can be a change for children in care. would you say you wa nt to children in care. would you say you want to make sure children in care have a voice. why is that important? it is important because it is their lives. people don't understand how complicated it is for a child in care, there are so many different things and processes and people are child works with, so having all these people telling you different things, and you are the main person, so your voice matters more than anyone's. i think having a voice, and it is their future and it changed their lives, sol and it is their future and it changed their lives, so i want to make sure their life is the best it can be. you are an inspiration, and you picked up an award in 201a. how has your life changed ? you picked up an award in 201a. how has your life changed? ever since i won the award i had so many requests

to sing for charity events all over the country. since then i have loved it so much i carried on doing it for the years since. you have raised an awful lot of money simply through singing. well, it started when i was about 12 years old, my first charity was the royal british legion because my grandad was in the navy, and i have a new grandad now who i met in the royal british legion, and it is building from there, i have done cancer charities and hospices, even from just raise money for church groups i am singing for the rotary clu b groups i am singing for the rotary club now, they are linked to each other and it expanded, club now, they are linked to each otherand it expanded, so club now, they are linked to each other and it expanded, so it is exciting. you have pretty much song everywhere. would you like to give usa everywhere. would you like to give us a little biased. —— blast. she sings.

that was