a british man, chris bevington, was among four people killed in stockholm in friday's lorry attack. the british government toughens its rhetoric over russia's involvement in the syrian civil war. this is the largest we are seeing. our current apart have come together in america. the foreign secretary faces criticism for his decision to pull out of a trip to moscow — the snp calls him a us puppet — labour says diplomacy must continue. more than a0 people are killed in separate bomb blasts at church services in two egyptian cities. a rare honour — the body of pc keith palmer — who was stabbed to death last month — has arrived at the palace of westminster ahead of his funeral tomorrow. also in the next hour — commemorating the fallen of the first world war. around 20,000 people, many canadian, are in northern france

to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the battle of vimy ridge. mercedes‘ lewis hamiltion has won the chinese grand prix in shanghai, beating ferrari's sebastian vettel, who finished second. and coming up in half an hour — click looks at whether voice—controlled personal assistants live up to the hype. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a british man among the four victims of friday's terror attack in stockholm has been named as 41—year—old chris bevington. family of the 41—year—old said they we re family of the 41—year—old said they were devastated by his untimely and

tragic death. police have said that more officers will be deployed in stockholm to protect citizens. thousands gather in the centre of stockholm for a vigil against terrorism. as more details emerge of those who lost their lives when a hijacked lorry was driven into a department store. a british man chris bevington died, he was 41. in a statement, his family said... the family request absolute privacy at this incredibly difficult time to mourn his passing in peace. police say the suspect, a 39—year—old man from uzbekistan, had been facing deportation and is known to have extremists intervenes. at a news

conference, officers also give further details of the victims. there are two swedish citizens among the deceased, and there are two foreign citizens. and the countries‘s embassies are being contacted, as we speak. the countries's embassies are being contacted, as we speak. the uk foreign office said it was supporting the family of chris bevington in sweden and in the uk. it said it would stand shoulder to shoulder with sweden as they deal with the tragedy. simonjones, bbc news. at correspondences at a vigil remembering the victims. there was a minute's silence to commemorate the victims. here, tens of thousands of people from stockholm have gathered to show their solidarity and their love for

their solidarity and their love for their country in the wake of this attack. a concert from a range of swedish artists as well as the finnish british singer miriam bryant who took to the stage just a few mitigate. flowers, cards and candles from others that have come to pay their respects. stock 0lmert clearly coming together. they do not want to be defeated by terrorism. right now the guy taking to the stage is one of the eurovision hopefuls for sweden. didn't make it through to the final, but he is hugely popular here in sweden, getting the crowd going. a very diverse turnout here in stockholm. the defence secretary sir michael fallon says russia is to blame for ‘every civilian death‘ in last week's chemical weapons attack in syria. his words follow a decision by foreign secretary borisjohnson to cancel a visit to moscow, due tomorrow. that move's been criticised by labour, and the snp, as our political correspondent

susana mendonsa reports. america's military response to the gas attack that left 89 people dead in syria was clear. but now attention is turning to the role of russia and its support for the syrian government. the british defence secretary michael fallon accused the kremlin of being complicit in the chemical attack, describing it as a war crime that happened on russia's watch. writing in the sunday times, he said... speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr show, the international development secretary said it was time for concerted pressure to be applied on russia. this isn'tjust about one voice, this is about the international community coming together, and our foreign secretary is working with his american counterpart, as that is the right

thing to do. following the us air strike on the al—shayrat air base in homs, britain's foreign secretary boris johnson announced he was cancelling a planned trip to russia but his american counterpart rex tillerson will go ahead with a trip there later this week. prompting ridicule from mrjohnson‘s critics. the idea that the foreign secretary can't be trusted because he might pursue his own line or have an independent thought or cross over what the americans are going to sayjust makes him look like some sort of mini—me to the united states of america. pictures last night on russian tv showed what they said were aircraft flying once again from the airbase damaged by us missiles. and british hopes of influencing the kremlin‘s position on syria seem slim, after the russian foreign ministry said boris johnson's cancelled visit showed that the uk had no real influence world affairs. susana mendonca, bbc news. the us military has ordered a navy strike group to move

towards the korean peninsula, amid growing concerns about north korea's missile and nuclear weapons programme. us pacific command described the deployment as a "prudent measure to maintain readiness in the region". president trump has said the united states is prepared to act alone if necessary to deal with the nuclear threat from north korea. more than a0 people have been killed in two explosions close to churches in northern egypt. the first blast happened near the st george coptic church in tanta, north of cairo, as worshippers marked palm sunday. the second explosion took place in front of st mark's church in alexandria. 0ur middle east analyst sebastian usher reports. the blasts were timed for maximum impact, hitting coptic christians as they gathered to celebrate palm sunday cost of the first target was

the church of saint george in the city of tanta. the blast went off inside the church which was thronged with families, transforming watchers have been a joyous occasion into a scene of horror. egyptians were still expressing profound shock and calling for unity as news came through of another blast, this time in the country's second city, alexandria. there are a suicide bomber tried to break into saint mark's cathedral but were stopped by security. the bomb was detonated outside, still causing many casualties. these were coordinated attacks, raising to a new level concern for egypt's security and that of its coptic community, which makes up about a tenth of the population. the islamic state group warned recently it was going to intensify —— leaving this ancient community more

fea rful leaving this ancient community more fearful than ever for its future. sebastian jung ashya, fearful than ever for its future. sebastianjung ashya, bbc news. very shortly we will be speaking to the general bishop of the coptic 0rthodox the general bishop of the coptic orthodox church here in the uk. the body of pc keith palmer, who was killed in the westminster attack last month, has arrived at the houses of parliament to lie in rest. the queen gave her consent for his coffin to be in the chapel of st mary undercroft before his funeral tomorrow afternoon, which is expected to be attended by hundreds of police officers from across the uk. 0ur correspondent daniel boettcher is in westminsterfor us. as the hearse bearing the coughlin pc keith palmer arrived here at the palace of westminster, police officers bowed their heads. there was an honour guard made up of murders of his team of the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command waiting for his coughlin. it was then taken into the

palace of westminster and to the chapel of saint merhi undercroft, where there was a private service for close members of pc palmer's family. as his body lies in rest at the chapel for 2h hours. tomorrow, his coughlin will be taken from westminster to southwark cathedral, where there will be a full police funeral. thank you very much indeed. you are watching bbc news. the main headlines for you just after ten past three. a british man, chris bevington, was among four people killed in stock 0lmert in friday's lorry attack was that the british government toughens its rhetoric over russia's involvement in the syrian civil war. more than a0

people are killed in separate bomb blasts at church services in two egyptian cities. more than 20,000 people, including princes charles, william and harry, are gathering in northern france today to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. thousands of canadian troops died in four days of fighting in the battle of vimy ridge. duncan kennedy reports. it took more than 3500 canadian lives to secure this hill, a scale mirrored by the day's symbolism. here, prince charles with princes william and harry, are marking the hundredth anniversary of a battle that changed canadian identity forever. it really gives me a sense of pride, a sense of identity, and a sense of sadness for what happened during the war. the battle for vimy

ridge only lasted four days, and was canada's national coming—of—age moment, when its forces combined to defeat the germans holding the upper ground. in nearby rascal scottish losses in the wider fight were also remembered today —— in nearby arras. so ferocious was the fighting in this region, the average daily death toll exceeded that of the somme or passchendaele. among those to die was 26—year—old sergeant david wood from edinburgh. we wouldn't be here without them, would we? we wouldn't be free to do what we want when they want, so they fought for us and died for us. we have to remember them and thank them. the queen sent a message, saying it was our duty to remember and honour those who have served so valiantly at vimy ridge

and throughout the first world war. duncan kennedy, bbc news at one vimy ridge. more now on the two explosions that have taken place in coptic cities gunn with me is bishop angaelos — the general bishop of the coptic orthodox church here in the uk. you will have seen the pictures coming out of both alexandria and ta nta coming out of both alexandria and tanta today. coming out of both alexandria and ta nta today. what coming out of both alexandria and tanta today. what is your reaction to what has taken place today which are not it is a horrific thing to happen, especially on a joyous day like those gyms around the world celebrating palm sunday. i've received the word this morning. i have spoken to our bishop in tanta and our representatives in cairo, and our representatives in cairo, and we have confirmed that 70 people have died. a lot of them would have been family celebrating in churches.

and our hearts also go to the security services in alexandria who tried to stop the suicide bomber, and most of them lost their lives as well. this particularly in tanta was really time for maximum impact, wasn't it? they both were, because they were both trying to target very full churches on a day that is very well attended. but we saw that a couple of months ago at the bombing of the st paul's‘s st peter's church in cairo, and again that was during a liturgy. so of course it is truly difficult to understand the psyche of someone who tries to cause such indiscriminate carnage, especially ata time indiscriminate carnage, especially at a time of vulnerability when people are standing in praying. this, sadly, is of course not the first time that coptic christians have been targeted in egypt. it does seem to be getting worse, the threat is ata seem to be getting worse, the threat is at a whole new level. we have had

quite a series of things in the past months, it is almost on a daily basis. at worst of course as i said the bombing of the church by the cathedral, and now these bombings, but also individual attacks on christians and couples, people in their homes, people in shops. and there is a greater intolerance there. that is of course fuelled by there. that is of course fuelled by the caliphate and other people who really are an exception of the christian presence in the middle east and the christians in egypt are the biggest christian representatives in the middle east, representing about 80% of all the christians in the middle east. what can be done, what needs to happen in egypt and further afield ?|j can be done, what needs to happen in egypt and further afield? i think in egypt and further afield? i think in egypt there needs to be more of what is happening at the moment, which is just a greater accountability, a robust system of law and order to

call people to account and has convictions, because when that doesn't happen we see in the unit, and we see an escalation of violence and we see an escalation of violence and the terror as we are seeing now. with the world community, as i have been saying recently, wejust with the world community, as i have been saying recently, we just have a very short attention span, and with things happening in semi—places around the world it is very easy for us around the world it is very easy for us to take our eye off certain places. now of course we suffered greatly here in london a few weeks ago, in stockholm just this week, across the middle east on a daily basis, but we have got to pay attention that some communities remain vulnerable. they are still resilient, they are still strong, they are still in place, but they are still vulnerable and they need oui’ are still vulnerable and they need our constant attention. you talk about vulnerability, and the immediate impact of a blast like this is of course obvious: death and destruction. but just this is of course obvious: death and destruction. butjust tell us a bit about how the coptic christian community is being affected, longer term, in egypt. i am extremely proud

to be part of this community that has been on the receiving end of these attacks for years now, and yet has never retaliated violently. and i think that is one thing we need to be conscious of, that they are very resilient, but they also are indigenous people who see themselves as that. there is no desire for all christians to leave egypt. as i said, there are millions, but the effect is they still go on with their lives, but they go on knowing they are vulnerable. i have heard of families who have gathered together in theirfront rooms families who have gathered together in their front rooms and prayed before they went to church because they didn't quite know whether they would all be returning. thank you very much for coming in to speak to us very much for coming in to speak to us this afternoon. len mccluskey, the leader of the uk's biggest trade union, unite, today demanded the labour party investigates

what he claims are attempts by certain labour mps to undermine his campaign for a third term. mr mccluskey‘s bid to continue as unite's general secretary is being challenged by gerard coyne. the result of this bitter contest could impact the future of the labour party, as our industry correspondent john moylan reports. he's the former liverpool dock worker who rose to the most powerful trade union leader in britain. but he's up against this man, gerald coyne, lytic league 2 len mccluskey‘s bright, who believes the uk's biggest union needs to change. make sure that you do vote because it is reinforcing. campaigning in nottingham, gerald coyne says the union needs to focus on the challenge of brexit, insecure work and the increase of automation, and he is scathing about what he calls len mccluskey‘s meddling in the labour party. i am standing because i believe the union has spent too much time messing in westminster politics, and actually what we need to do is make sure we are focused on

making our members‘s priority is absolutely top of the agenda. this contest matters because whoever ends up contest matters because whoever ends up occupying the general secretary's office on the seventh floor of the unite headquarters here in london will have an influence which churches from workplaces right through the westminster. unite is the uk's biggest trade union and of course it is the biggest donor to the labour party. what's more, len mccluskey has been one of the most powerful supporters ofjeremy corbyn, and put £225,000 into mr corbyn‘s leadership campaigns. he says he is standing by his record, and he rejects accusations of political meddling. of course we are involved. we are always driven by unite's policy, determined by our members. would is myjob to make certain their views, members. would is myjob to make certain theirviews, their members. would is myjob to make certain their views, their policies are heard in the policies of powers. ifi are heard in the policies of powers. if i have to kick doors down, i will do that, but the idea that i spend

too much time meddling in westminster politics is ridiculous. there is a third challenger, seen as politically to the left of len mccluskey. ian allinson says he is the grassroots candidate. mccluskey. ian allinson says he is the grassroots candidatelj mccluskey. ian allinson says he is the grassroots candidate. i think i am the one candidate in this election that has not worked at the top of the union for decades and i know the expressions of frustration of members at the first handanovic needs shaking up and putting right. the political stakes are high. seasoned westminster watchers believe it could defiantly leadership of the labour party. believe it could defiantly leadership of the labour partym feels like a proxy battle. there is no question that called on will be watching this vote and will hope it goes the way of len mccluskey, because of gerald coyne wins he knows he will have another enemy. whoever wins will lead to unite through to the next election. voting in this increasingly bitter battle closes in just over a week. let's

ta ke closes in just over a week. let's take you live the northern france now, these are the live pictures of vimy ridge in france where a service is being held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the battle of vimy ridge. in attendance, canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau. the french president francois hollande is also there. prince charles, prince william and prince harry are all there to commemorate that battle. an important anniversary for the canadians. some 10,000 are there to mark the occasion. more than 3500 canadian soldiers were killed there. the battle took place between the ninth and 12th of april in 1917. it was part of the opening phase of the british led that love —— battle of

arras. so the military music there as the commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the battle for vimy ridge, in which 3500 canadian soldiers were killed. princes charles, william and harry all there in attendance as well as french president francois hollande and the canadian prime minister too. there they are, standing at the memorial. a beautiful day in northern france. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy is there, so we will have more from vimy ridge late in the afternoon.

now the time is 23 minutes past three. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news this afternoon. police in manchester say they received 31 calls yesterday relating to the use of the banned synthetic drug, spice. 1a of the calls were about people who'd collapsed. tributes are being paid to the former radio two presenter, brian matthew, who's died aged 88. his broadcasting career spanned almost 70 years. he's most well known for the "sounds of the 60s", a programme he presented for 27 years. fellow radio 2 presenter, jeremy vine, said matthew had done everything in broadcasting, and met everyone in music. people caught fly—tipping will have to help councils clean up litter, under new proposals by the government. it says fly—tippers cost £50 million a year in england — and the number of instances of rubbish being illegally dumped by roads or in parks is on the increase. next week is holy week, leading up to easter sunday — the day christians mark their belief

thatjesus rose from the dead. but research commissioned by the bbc suggests belief in a life after death is by no means limited to people of faith. the study found that a fifth of people who say they don't believe in a god also believe in an afterlife. 0ur religious affairs correspondent martin bashir reports. you're here to worship today! come on! worship at hillsong church in surrey isn't just an expression of gratitude for what the christians say god is doing in their lives now, but also what they say he has in store for them when they die. the bible says that we will have eternal life, we will enter heaven. it doesn't go into major details, it just says that there will be no more weeping, no more tears. it will be a place of greatjoy. the confidence of christians in the existence of heaven is based on what they believe happened at easter, whenjesus died, was buried and then rose again.

after our life here we go to heaven and it's paradise, it's perfect, there's no pain. it's good. the resurrection is a really powerful event for me, because it's jesus conquering death, essentially. that gives us life. but what of those who don't claim to have any religious faith? a bbc poll of 2,000 people conducted by comres shows thatjust over 30% of those who say they are not religious still believe they will live again after death. mediums and tarot card readers here in covent garden charge £a5 for 30 minutes, and say they can put you in touch with friends and relatives who have passed away. it's hoped that what has left is literally the flesh, the physical body, but they believe

that they can still sense and be in contact with their loved ones. it's the hope that they have. a desperate hope? exactly. the sense that we might be able to live beyond the grave has now made the journey from the spiritual to the scientific community. companies like this one are now offering to freeze the deceased body, just in case it proves possible to raise the dead in the future. until that happens, the world's great religions continue to fill the void. so, whether you're planning to attend church during holy week, orvisita medium, our shared beliefs may be closer than we realised. closer than we realise, that humanity has a sense that this isn't all there is, even though it's tough to prove. martin bashir, bbc news.

three sisters have been marking a special milestone — a 100th birthday. what makes this even more remarkable is that joan massey‘s sisters were there too — 98—year—old mercia, and ailsa, who's 102. 0ur reporter david allard was invited along to the party. do we get on? we do have our arguments. why not? nobody is the same. you can't say yes all the time, can you? three sisters, 300 years of history. there's a lot to reminisce about at joan's100th birthday party. i don't feel my age. i have to... remember. do the counting. joan was born on the day after america entered the first world war, and she had a vital role in the second. drawing maps for the boys up there, and stationed at newmarket,

with bomber command harris. i enjoyed it. atjust 98, mercia is the youngest sister. do you still see yourself as the baby sister really? certainly not! do they treat you as the baby sister? no. we have all had a very good relationship. one needs the other. we help each other out. 0ldest sister ailsa has travelled from scotland for the party. she finally gave up a favourite activity last week, at the age of 102. i gave up driving. i am very sad about it. i feel as if i have lost my legs. ailsa has always had a zest for adventure. in her 90s, she backpacked through chile. on my last trip, i went back to berlin, where i had been in 1938 to see hitler. when you saw hitler,

did you have any inkling of what was to come? yes. it was very, very strict. i think they are role models. they are something to look up to. they are so inspirational to me. who is the bossy one? laughter. david allard, bbc news. the crew on board a turkish airlines flight ended up having to look after one more passenger than they bargained for, after a woman gave birth on board. cabin crew helped to deliver the baby girl, after the mother went into labour shortly after take off. the journey from guinea to burkina faso was onlyjust over two hours long, so things happened rather quickly! time to look of the weather now. it is lovely and their in most places. here's thomas and

another stunning day across most of them in wales and the bridges have hit the mid—20s in london and the south—east but over the next 2a hours it will turn a lot cooler. already much cooler in scotland and northern ireland, through this evening that fresh air setting in, look at these temperatures, this is at eight