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this is bbc news. i'm sophie long. the headlines at lipm. 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. 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,
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beating ferrari's sebastian vettel, who finished second. and in half an hour, the extraordinary achievements of seven young people are celebrated in this year's rotary rotary young citizen awards. a british man among the four victims of the stockholm truck attack has been named as chris bevington. the family of the 41—year—old said they were devastated by his untimely tragic death. two swedes and a belgian also died, when a truck rammed into a crowd and then crashed into a department store on friday. swedish police say the suspect had
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been facing deportation and had extremist sympathies. simonjones reports. 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 extremist sympathies. at a news conference, officers also gave further
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details of the victims. all four deceased are now identified, and their families notified. there are two swedish citizens among the deceased, and there are two foreign citizens. ten of the 15 people injured in the attack are still being treated in hospital. four remain in a serious condition. many in stockholm said they felt compelled to attend today's commemorations.” they felt compelled to attend today's commemorations. i just felt i had to go here and it is very emotional now i am here, very strong emotions when you see all the flowers a nd emotions when you see all the flowers and all the people from sweden and all over the country, because we are a multicultural city, and it has expressed itself right here now. i feel very and it has expressed itself right here now. i feelvery proud, sort of. yeah. and i'm glad that people are more strong than scared. the uk foreign office said it was supporting the family
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of chris bevington. he was a director of the music streaming service, spotify, and was based in stockholm. the uk government said it would stand shoulder to shoulder with sweden as they deal with the tragedy. simon jones, bbc news. many thousands have been there today. huge crowds of people here in the swedish capital today, coming to lay flowers like candles and put cards to commemorate those who died in the attack. as you saw, this huge rally taking place featuring a number of big swedish music stars and nonpolitical voices, talking a lot about standing together in solidarity, not being too scared by what has happened here in stockholm, and pulling together to show that this country deserves its reputation
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as an open and very diverse nation. that has been confirmed to me in the last hour or so that the man who has died from the uk originally, chris bevington, the 41—year—old we have been hearing about, was head of global partnerships at spotify. a number of employees who either worked there now or used to work there have confirmed that. we also understand that his wife was swedish. earlier, the family released a statement that came from his father, john bevington. he said the family were devastated by the untimely and tragic death of someone they describe as a wonderful husband, son and father. anything even colours on the latest investigation? it still continues, still very tight security across sweden right now. what we know is that police are still continuing to hold their main suspect, the person they believe was driving the truck
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when it ploughed into pedestrians just a couple of hundred meters away from where we are now. this man aged 39 originally from uzbekistan. we understand he had applied for residency in sweden. it had been denied. he was said to be deported but that had not taken place. as we have been reporting over the weekend, a number of other raids in sweden, people have been taken into custody and it has also been made clear in the last few hours that another person has been formally arrested. it is unclear, much more information about that person but we know they have been arrested on suspicion of terror crimes. we can assume some kind of key role in what has been going on. that is what police are suspecting at this time. many other police officers have been drafted in from different parts of the country to help in stockholm as they continue their enquiries. the defence secretary sir michael fallon says russia is to blame for ‘every civilian death‘ in last
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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
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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
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said borisjohnson‘s cancelled visit showed that the uk had no real influence over 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
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as they gathered to celebrate palm sunday. 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 what should 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, a a suicide bomber tried to break into saint mark's cathedral but was stopped by security. the bomb was detonated outside, still causing many casualties. the head of the coptic church had been inside and is reported to have left before the blast. 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
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warned recently it was going to intensify its targeting of christians in egypt, leaving this ancient community more fearful than ever for its future. sebastian usher, bbc news. earlier i spoke to general bishop angelus. it is an horrific thing to happen especially on a joyous day, people celebrating palm sunday. i receive the word just before only tojune this morning. i have spoken to our bishop in ten one as well as our representatives in cairo and we have confirmed that some people have died. a lot of them would have been family celebrating in churches, and oui’ family celebrating in churches, and our hearts also go to the security services in alexandria, who tried to
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stop the suicide bomber. most of them lost their lives as well. this particularly in tanta was really timed for maximum impact, wasn't it? well, they both were. they were both trying to target really full churches on a day that is very well attended. but we saw that a couple of months ago at the bombing of the saint peter's church in cairo, and again it was during the liturgy. so of course it is ready difficult to understand the psyche of someone who tries to cause such indiscriminate carnage, especially at a time of vulnerability when people are standing and 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 risen to a whole new level. we have had quite a series of things in the past month,
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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. there isa their homes, people in shops. there is a greater intolerance there that is a greater intolerance there that is of course fuelled by the caliphate and other people who really are and accepting of the christian presence in the middle east, and the christians in egypt are the biggest christian population in the middle east, probably about 80% of all the christians in the middle east at the moment. what can be done, in egypt and further afield? i think in egypt then it's to be more of what happens at the moment, just a greater accountability, a robust system of law and order that cause people to account and has convictions, because when that doesn't happen we see and impunity, and in escalation of the
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violence and terror as we are seeing 110w. violence and terror as we are seeing now. with the world community, as i have been saying recently, wejust have been saying recently, wejust have a very short attention span, and with things happening in semi places 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 if you weeks ago, in stockholm just this week. across the middle east on a daily basis, but we have to pay attention that some communities remain honourable. they are still resilient, they still remain strong, they are still in place but they are still the honourable and they need oui’ still the honourable and they need our constant attention. you talk about upon the ability, the immediate impact of a blast like this is obvious, death and destruction, but just this is 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
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these attacks for years now. and yet it has never retaliated violently. and i think that is one thing that 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 that they are vulnerable. i have heard of families who have gathered together in their front rooms and prayed before going to church because they didn't quite know whether they would all be returning. 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
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is in westminsterfor us. as the hearse bearing the coffin of pc keith palmer arrived here at the palace of westminster, police officers bowed their heads. there was an honour guard made up of members of his team of the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command waiting for his coffin. it was then taken into the palace of westminster and to the chapel of st mary 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 coffin will be taken from westminster to southwark cathedral, where there will be a full police service funeral. it is expected that officers from around the country will travel to
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london to line the route and attend that funeral. just after a quarter past four comey you are watching bbc news, the main stories. a british man, chris bevington, was among four people killed in in friday's lorry attack in stockholm. 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. time to bring you up—to—date with some sports news 110w. time to bring you up—to—date with some sports news now. here's lizzie. good afternoon. manchester united come to blue beat sunderland to move back up to fifth in the premier league. the result leaves sunderland firmly rooted to the bottom of the table, ten points from safety with seven games left. much of britain was bathed in sunshine, but the gloom refuses to lift on wearside. sunderland have not scored a goal in almost ten
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hours of football, not since jermain defoe's 14th of hours of football, not since jermain defoe's14th of the season at crystal palace in early february. united were unbeaten in 20 league games, ten of those truong. where would they be without zlatan ibrahimovic? this, his 28th of the season. keeper david de gea missed united's came with what his manager described as a little problem. in came sergio romero, and off when sebastian larsson, came sergio romero, and off when sebastian la rsson, sent came sergio romero, and off when sebastian larsson, sent packing for raising his dad ‘s to ander herrera. sunderland down to ten men. they had half—time to pull themselves together. that, they didn't. if you seconds after the break, henrik mkhitaryan made light of the defence. a third was inevitable and much needed for marcus rashford. united up to fifth, sunderland looking a spent force. confirmation of that 3—0 score, and the latest in the late kick—off, where there is a brilliant game going on at goodison park, seemingly being played at 100 mph. we have had three goals in the first ten
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minutes, first tom davis chord within 15 seconds for everton. slimani equalised, and then marc albrighton put them 2—1 up with a free kick, with matching that one —— watching that one on match of the day 2. meanwhile the scottish ownership, three late goals from rangers ended aberdeen‘s winning run at home. all three goals were scored in the space of five second—half minutes. the trim striker kenny miller with the first two. aberdeen remain second in the table to the already crowned champions, celtic. rangers are nine points behind aberdeen in their place with six games left to play. —— in third place will stop lewis hamilton has bounced back from defeat in the opening race of the formula 1 season to win today's chinese grand prix. the race started early this morning in damp conditions, as had been forecast, catching out several drivers, including sauber‘s antonio german atsu, whose crash meant the safety car had to be sent out. sebastien bassong mac —— ferrari's
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sebastien bassong mac —— ferrari's sebastien vettel was as low as six after mistiming a pit stop before recovering to finish second. hamilton claimed his 54th career victory. red bull's max verstappen completed the podium. hamilton and vettel a re level completed the podium. hamilton and vettel are level on 42 points. the final round of golf‘s masters is underway but the leaders justin final round of golf‘s masters is underway but the leadersjustin rose and sergio garcia don't tee off for more than three hours. english and rose who is the olympic champion in the us open winner hit the round of the us open winner hit the round of the day yesterday with a score of 67, including five birdies in his last seven holes. he is tied with his ryder cup team—mate, garcia, on six under par at the up the leaderboard. darcy is looking for his first major title at his 74th attempt. he shot a two under par 70. but there is plenty of room for manoeuvre with the likes of the fowler and jordan spieth breathing down their necks. a shot and two shots behind. lee westwood, paul casey and rory best mcilroy still in
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with an outside chance will stop —— rory mcilroy. some rugby union view now, league leaders wasps are playing northampton in the premiership and it is wasps who are leading at the moment. the last time quesne wasps we re moment. the last time quesne wasps were beaten at home is when saracens beat them 16 games ago in 2015. that is all the sport from me for now but as always you can keep up—to—date with all of those stories and many more on the bbc sport website. i will have more for you in around an hour's time, join me then. lizzie, thank you very much indeed. we will take you live now to vimy in northern france, where thousands of people including princes charles, william and harry have gathered to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. prince charles is speaking out.
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they succeeded in seizing the vital high ground of vimy, a task in which many others before them had failed. however, victory came at an unbearably heavy cost. this was, and remains, the single bloodiest day in canadian military history. yet canadians displayed a strength of character and commitment to one another that is still evident today. they did not waver. this was canada at its best. the canadians at vimy embodied the true nor, strong and free —— the troon. —— the true
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north. speaks french. prince charles speaking there, as the centenary of the battle of vimy ridge during the first world war is remembered. a little earlier both prince charles, the duke of cambridge and prince harry were taken on a tour of the memorial there. vimy ridge, the battle was a decisive victory for the allies and also important in the development of canada's national identity, as four divisions from the nation attack together for the first time as the canadian corps, and you see the crowds gathered there. thousands of young canadians have travelled to northern france, many of them
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relations of the 3500 canadian soldiers who died there. applause so, prince charles ending his speech there, never forget, so, prince charles ending his speech there, neverforget, in french. so the commemorations there in northern france of the battle of vimy ridge, which happened exactly 100 years ago. you are watching bbc news, it is now 2a minutes past four. the payday loan firm wonga says up to 270,000 of its customers may have been affected by a data breach. the commission staff includes names, addresses, phone numbers and bank account details. i am joined numbers and bank account details. i amjoined in the numbers and bank account details. i am joined in the studio by our business correspondence, joe lynam, this breaking of the last few minutes. the company has confirmed
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that 270,000 people have been affected in poland, but mostly in the uk. 245,000 wonga customers have had their data accessed. it is a data breach, not something that is called a denial of service where a company is trying to knock over the website in question, this is looking like somebody who deliberate try to access information. you have named some of the key bits they have acquired access to, including e—mail addresses, home addresses. the last fourdigit of addresses, home addresses. the last four digit of the bank accounts the company is stressing, not the entire bank account number, and the sort code. they are still very much in the investigation side of things and it could take a few days before they exactly know what has happened. they are also in the process of contacting all affected customers in the uk and in poland. wonga, as you know, they are the famous payday lender, they used to charge very high rates, as in hundreds of percent off interest rates for their
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services. those interest rates have 110w services. those interest rates have now been capped by the financial regulator, so it is not anything like as high as they used to be but they still have quite a few members. 225,000 active customers in the uk. they also have businesses in poland, south africa, and in spain but it is 110w south africa, and in spain but it is now in the early investigation stage of finding out what kind of access these people have acquired and what they potentially can do about it. thank you very much. 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! it is time to check on the weather now, with thomas. another stunning day across most of
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england and wales and as predicted temperatures have reached the mid—20s in the south—east london but for most of us a bit fresher than that, and fresher still across scotla nd that, and fresher still across scotland and northern ireland, where the clouds are moving in. this is a cold front that is going to be introducing much cooler conditions to all parts of the country over the next 24 hours. but if you have got the sunshine across england and wales, enjoy it while it lasts. tomorrow, sunny spells and a lot cooler. this is what we have got this evening. a lot of fine weather across southern and eastern areas, in scotland the cold front moving through, but these temperatures, very fresh indeed, only 8 degrees in glasgow. the cold front moving through the lake district at this stage, thicker cloud as has been the case so far today across western wales, the far south—west of england, and then we have got that bubble of warmth still sitting
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across east anglia and the south—east at seven o'clock this evening. coastal areas much cooler, only around 12 to 14 degrees. so tonight, this evening and the night, that cold front moves across the country, much fresher atlantic conditions to the north of that but lots of clear spells around as well. first thing in a warning in the city centres it will be around five or 6 degrees, across scotland and northern ireland, northern england, newcastle at six, in the south around eight or nine. a fresh start today but a bright one, if not a sunny one once more, but it will feel just that bit fresher. temperatures will get up to around 15 degrees in london, so we are talking about a 10 degrees drop compared to what we have had today. for most of us come around 11 to 13 celsius. there will be some showers around across scotland, northern ireland and northern ireland. tuesday, a decent day across the southern half of the uk, in the sunshine with light winds, even when it is 16 degrees it feels very pleasant, but for most of us will be
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11,12. pleasant, but for most of us will be 11, 12. for wednesday, another cool front crossing the country, these isobars mean that the colder air is coming in from the north, so another relatively fresh day. through tuesday, wednesday and thursday, we are talking of temperatures of 12 to 14, on and off showers and plenty of sunny spells. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news with sophie long. the headlines at 3.30pm. a british man, chris bevington, was among four people killed in the lorry attack in stockholm on friday. his family described him as talented, compassionate and caring.
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the british government toughens its rhetoric over russia's involvement in the syrian civil war, as borisjohnson is criticised for cancelling a planned trip to moscow. there have been two separate bomb blasts at church services in egypt. over 40 people died in explosions in the cities of tanta and alexandria. now on bbc news, the extraordinary achievements, compassion and bravery of seven young people from great britain and ireland, in the tenth anniversary rotary young citizen awards. good morning. i'm ellie crisell and i'm delighted to be here in manchester
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