this is bbc news. the headlines at 10pm. in syria — dozens of people have been killed and many more injured by a suicide car bomb as they waited to be evacuated to safe areas. the blast near aleppo struck a convoy of buses as thousands of people were being moved from two besieged towns. north korea parades what are thought to be the country's first intercontinental ballistic missiles amid fears it is moving closer to a long range atomic arsenal. everton football club bans sun journalists from its grounds following a controversial column by kelvin mackenzie about one of its players. it is disgraceful the way he spoke about ross barkley and describe the people of liverpool. what he said was shocking, it is only right. people of liverpool. what he said was shocking, it is only rightm is what they have done for years, it is what they have done for years, it is disgusting. and coming up — the papers

with political commentator jo phillips and nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror. the lead in the observer says that free schools will benefit wealthier regions. that is coming up in 30 minutes. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a massive suicide bomb in syria has hit a convoy of buses on the outskirts of aleppo, where thousands of people from two besieged government—held villages were waiting to be taken to safety. more than a0 people are reported to have been killed in the attack. dozens more have been injured. richard galpin reports. in the immediate aftermath, a man runs towards the site

of the huge explosion, filming the horrifying scenes around him. it is believed a suicide bomber carried out this attack, reportedly driving a van carrying aid supplies. translation: i can't describe it, i am speechless. there are dead people everywhere. you can see dozens of burnt—out cars, bodies everywhere. emergency staff and opposition factions are evacuating the wounded and the dead. the target was this convoy of buses carrying hundreds of men, women and children finally able to leave their villages which had been under siege for years in syria's continuing civil war. since last night, the convoy had been held up on the road near aleppo because of a hitch in the deal agreed between government forces and the rebels for the evacuation. that left everyone here very exposed to an attack. with so many killed

and injured in this bombing, there are fears of revenge attacks and an end to further agreements to get people out of other besieged villages. for those who survive this attack, the aim now is to get them to safe areas as quickly as possible. some are already reported to be getting back on buses, leaving the horror of this day behind them. richard galpin, bbc news. with me in the studio is adel darwish, who's the political editor at world media and is a former middle east editor of the independent and daily telegraph. this was a significant attack? pretty big? it was pretty big and it was planned, designed to sabotage, the deal was sponsored by iran on

one side, which is sponsoring the regime and qatar, which supplies arms to the rebels. there are groups there and these evacuees were in two villages besieged by islamist rebels and other rebels and they were loyal to the government and, again, it is a very conjugated situation, almost i7 a very conjugated situation, almost 17 different groups are fighting and they do not like to see people leave because they would like to have civilians as human shields and a bargaining chip, as we have seen in the evacuation of western aleppo. we cannot pinpoint who was responsible? we cannot. we should not second—guess but if i was betting, i would say audibly islamist fighters, these people are stayed loyal to the regime. in countries like iran and

qatar, sponsoring this, this means they have leverage over the groups, they have leverage over the groups, they supply them with arms and money so they supply them with arms and money so at least they can make sure that none of the arms go to these mad suicide bombers, they can do more. how can you control them? there are so how can you control them? there are so many. this is the point, it is totally u nco ntrolla ble so many. this is the point, it is totally uncontrollable and that is why when congress was saying, let us apply the rebels with anti—aircraft rockets, as happened in afghanistan, we cannot... even when during the debate in the commons three years ago which cameron lost, that fear was raised, even if someone appearing to be a good guy, we supply them, how can you control them? are we expecting and should we

expect some sort of retaliatory action from serbia or russia? against the? if it was an individual, but nobody has claimed responsibility, nobody is going to have any immediate benefit, to say i am cutting the supply from east and west, this is very complicated. and very sad. finally, this movement of these evacuees to idlib, is that a good move? some of them don't want to go there? where people are desperate, what can they do? and going back to when the talks failed, because they are not finding common ground. if they agree on safe passage for people, rescuing human

life, giving aid, everybody should agree on that and then there can be common ground. thank you very much for your time. north korea has warned the united states that it's ready to respond to any provocation with nuclear attacks. the country has staged a huge military parade, displaying what appeared to be new intercontinental ballistic missiles. donald trump has sent a naval strike force to the region because of concerns that north korea is preparing to carry out another atomic test. our correspondentjohn sudworth was among a group of foreign journalists invited to the capital pyongyang. his movements were being monitored and tightly controlled. as the parade began, the ground shook, and a city at the centre of a mounting crisis echoed to the sound of marching feet. presiding over it all was kim jong—un, apparently untroubled by the international

pressure over the now realistic prospect of this most totalitarian of states becoming a fully fledged nuclear power. and while president donald trump may be promising to stop it, north korea has other ideas. it's an extraordinary sight. this is state power expressed as mass unity, and it's meant to send two key messages — to the north korean people that their young leader's grip on power is unassailable, and to the outside world that he commands massive military might. "we will respond to nuclear war with nuclear war," a senior official told the crowds — a statement given extra force by the rolling out of these weapons, which analysts say may be north korea's first intercontinental ballistic missiles. but while it may be isolated, it's

resilient and often rational too — it wants nuclear weapons not to use them but as a security guarantee. what message does this send to the outside world? "it shows the great strength of korea," this woman tells me. "we are the most proud people in the world." the periodic crises have so far always blown over, but each time north korea emerges one step closer to its nuclear goal. after decades of trying, no—one has yet worked out how to stop its advance. john sudworth, bbc news, pyongyang. earlier i spoke to professor hazel smith from the school of oriental

and asian studies in london, and i asked her if the tensions between the us and north korea are worse than they have been in recent years. in many ways it is still the same because we still have these annual parades, you still have propaganda coming out of north korea but what is different is that in north korea and the united states, in north korea we have a very untested leader who does not seem to be in control of the entire state, there are different security apparatus and evidence indicates he has not controlled everything that has gone on. that is very worrying, because you have this developing nuclear programme and it is bad enough having an authoritarian leader but one who cannot control a nuclear programme, there are all sorts of risks, not least the possibility of this material not being looked after properly. never mind the issue of weapons. and in the united states you have a president who seems to be

talking about using military instruments, having a pre—emptive strike, as he calls it, to try to resolve the situation, and this would be very risky indeed because there is an indication that north korea would sit back and accept having a strike without retaliating. seoul in south korea is only miles from the north korean border, with a population of millions, even if north korea lost, which they probably would, within a matter of weeks there would still be damage done if the conflict, which is ongoing, escalates, that is why it is difficult.

there has been a lot of activity around a known nuclear test site. what do we expect about the expected sixth nuclear test. do we still expect that? yes, they are specifically developing a nuclear programme and when all countries develop nuclear weapons, they are about finessing the nuclear weapons programme so they have to do tests, for technical reasons. at some point there will be a test and the issue will be, whenever it takes place, tomorrow or next week or in six months, what will be the reaction from the united states? will it push things into diplomacy, as happened before during the bush administration? or will it react by saying, we don't think we're getting very far, we're strongly going to consider a pre—emptive strike. that would cause problems notjust for its adversaries or the states

it does not get on with very well in the area like china and russia, butjapan and south korea, you have a developed nation, a very vulnerable nation, with large numbers of people, without having to be clairvoyant, they would die, even if there was a relatively short war. there are all sorts of problems there. if president trump was to decide that his reaction was going to be some form of military strike, even if that strike was going to be at a remote area in north korea. nobody knows but it is unlikely that there would not be some form of retaliation. professor smith, china has been saying that things need to calm down. can north korea risk upsetting china ? it is their only ally. or should china be doing more? it is notjust china saying things should calm down, if you talk to officials within the united states

and south korea and everywhere else, there is quite a feeling that things should calm down, there should be some de—escalation of the rhetoric and some calmness brought to this debate. in terms of what china can do, it sounds strange because it is a very important, major, rich country these days compared to north korea but it does not have political influence over north korea. china fought for north korea in the korean war and although we do not the numbers, estimates are up to i million people were lost and that did not bring influence over north korean politics. north koreans resent china trying to tell them what to do. it is true that 90% of north korean trade goes through china and china implements the un sanctions but it does not stop all trade. one reason is most of the trade

in comparison to world trade is very petty, overall. things like fuel and food. and the population of north korea is 25 million, there was a major famine in the 1990s when nearly i million people died. to cut back any further on trade links might force a further famine, which would have problems for china because that would spill over perhaps into china. and they see the government not reacting and falling within the 1990s, when there was a famine, that would also react. if something similar happened again and there was a bigger economic squeeze so there should be diplomacy to come to something more political. it is very conjugated indeed.

and we'll find out how that and many other stories are covered on sunday's front pages at 10.30pm and 11.30pm this evening. joining me to review the papers are nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people and the political commentator, jo phillips. please tune in for that. the headlines on bbc news: dozens of people have been killed in syria after a suicide car bomb explodes on the outskirts of aleppo. north korea warns the us not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is "ready to hit back with nuclear attacks". everton bans sun journalists from its stadium and training ground following a column by kelvin mackenzie about midfielder ross barkley. let's get this sport and a full

round—up from the bbc sport centre. james pearce is here. good evening. spurs are doing their best to keep the pressure on chelsea at the top of the premier league. they narrowed the gap to four points with a commanding 4—0 win over bournemouth. early goals from moussa dembele and son heung—min put the game beyond bournemouth inside the first 20 minutes. harry kane scored in the second half — this was added to in injury time by vincent janssen. chelsea play manchester united tomorrow. i am so happy and proud of our players. and how they showed their belief in the manner they played. it is fantastic. we have to wait until the job is done. manchester city moved into third place, after their 3—0 win at southampton this evening. pep guardiola's men are looking to qualify for the champions league for a seventh successive season.

adam wild watched this one. not too many smiles from pep guardiola. still, the manchester city manager can perhaps be forgiven for having more pressing matters on his mind. victory at southampton will take them into third. saints still have most of the top teams to play, and they might still have their say on where they will finish. tadic perhaps here should have made his mark, but he was not the only one struggling. david silva with the best chance of the first half, man city frustrated. jesus navas did get his shot on target after the break. it was not enough to beat fraser forster. but from the corner, city found a way through. after a frustrating season, the relief for vincent kompany was pretty clear for all to see. having failed the net once, city were in no mood to stop. leroy sane added a second to put the result beyond doubt. sergio aguero added a third, pep guardiola's side into third.

finally, a little smile. in terms of the relegation battle, not much change today. sunderland came from behind to earn a point at home to west ham. fabio borini scored in the 90th minute to make the final score 2—2. sunderland are still bottom and nine points from safety. swansea's slump in form continues. it's five defeats in their last six, now after they were beaten 1—0 at watford. etienne capoue scored the only goal. swansea remain two points from safety. hull city are one place above them still in 17th, beaten 3—1 at stoke. shaqiri's goal definitely worth watching on match of the day later. crystal palace moved a little bit closer to safety. they came from 2—0 down against leicester to draw 2—2. palace have only lost once in their last seven league games and are now seven points clear of the bottom three. and plenty of emotion

at goodison park today. merseyside remembered the 28th anniversary of the hillsborough disaster before everton's match against burnley. it was a game everton won 3—1. romelu lukaku scoring his 2a league goal to stay the league's top goal—scorer. everton move ahead of both manchester united and arsenal into fifth place in the league and manager ronald koeman praised ross barkley‘s response to a testing week. i am really pleased. there were difficulties in the beginning of the game, but he was showing those qualities, he created difficulty in the second half and scoring 2—1 was very important. the boy was focused on the football. and not about all of the stuff that came out after last sunday, and that is a big compliment for the young boy. in the scottish premiership the title was of course wrapped up by celtic a couple of weeks ago. still plenty of interest though

for the teams below them. dundee are falling deeper in trouble after a 2—0 defeat at home to hamilton. they are now two points from safety. motherwell leapfrogged them by beating inverness 4—2, rangers were 2—0 winners over partick and second placed aberdeen were 2—1 winners at saintjohnstone. while hibernian have taken the championship title with victory over queen of the south. defending champion mark selby made light work of progressing to the second round of the world snooker championship. on the opening day of this year's event, selby beat fergal o'brien 10—2. ronnie o'sullivan had a much more testing afternoon against qualifier gary wilson. the five—time world champion scored the first century break of this year's world championship and was leading 5—1 at one point. but wilson battled back, winning three frames in a row and now trails by only one — 5—4 the score to o'sullivan at the moment. that match concludes

tomorrow afternoon — it's first to ten. a mercedes driver is on pole position for tomorrow's bahrain grand prix, but it isn't lewis hamilton. his new team mate this season, valtteri bottas, snatched the front spot byjust two hundredths of a second in qualifying. it's the first pole of the finn's career. hamilton will start from second on the grid, with ferrari's sebastian vettel third. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. james, thank you. everton football club has banned sun newspaper journalists from its ground following an article written by the paper's columnist and former editor kelvin mackenzie. in it he compared the intelligence of everton footballer ross barkley to that of a gorilla. the mayor of liverpool has called for the newspaper to sack mr mckenzie for making what he called "racial slurs". from goodison park, frankie mccamley reports. the footballer in the centre of it

all, everton midfielder ross barkley, whose grandfather was nigerian, compared here to a gorilla. and the man who wrote it, kelvin mackenzie, now suspended. he also claims the only other people in liverpool earning as much money were drug dealers. i've reported it to merseyside police and they're investigating the complaint. i have also written to the press complaints commission. the comments i believe were overtly racist. the club reacted quickly, banning the sun, stating the newspaper has to know any attack on this city is not acceptable. it follows a long—running hatred towards the newspaper who blamed fans for the hillsborough disaster that left 96 dead. with applause at today's match to mark the 28th anniversary. the sun's publisher news uk has apologised for the offence caused,

saying it was unaware of ross barkley‘s heritage and there was never any slur intended. mr mackenzie says it was beyond parody to describe the article as racist. outside the stadium, fans welcomed the news. what he said about ross barkley i think is shocking, so i think it's only right. i think it's disgraceful the way he spoke about ross barkley and the way he described the people of liverpool and they should be ashamed. his article should be proof—read anyway by the editors, so for them to let that go to press, i think it's quite poor. many will question why the paper, which he edited for many years, allowed the column to be published. the sun knew enough to make sure that mackenzie didn't refer to liverpool, especially on the anniversary of the hillsborough disaster. so it was a gross editorial oversight. arriving here this morning, fans said they were angry and disappointed at the article.

following the club's announcement to ban the sun, those feelings have somewhat subsided this evening, but many say that the decision is long overdue. it's understood rupert murdoch will be consulted before a decision is made about mr mackenzie's future which may depend on a police investigation. strike action over funding pressure in england's schools has been backed by the national union of teachers. the nut voted on the measure at its annual spring conference in cardiff. it comes as a survey ofjust over 3,000 staff carried out by the union found that almost half of young teachers expect to quit the profession within 5 years. increasing paperwork, longer hours and concerns over mental health were just some of the reasons cited. our education correspondent gillian hargreaves was at the conference. there is a strong undercurrent to this

four—day conference, and that is anger at what teachers perceive to be significant cuts to funding in england's schools. as you have just said, they have now balloted to increase the pressure on the government with further industrial action, and they have not ruled out the possibility of a one—day strike, a national protest against what they regard as significant funding cuts. they have had delegate after delegate after delegate talking this morning. one was a parent, a mother who described how, in her area, some schools have had to even limit the amount they are spending on central heating. over the winter, children were being taught with their hats and gloves onjust to keep warm in the classroom. the government, on the other hand, says that record numbers... a record amount of cash is going into england schools this year, £40 billion,

the biggest sum ever, money follows the pupil and there should be enough money to go around. there do have to be savings, something in the order of £3 billion over the next three years, but the government has said that money should be able to be saved in the way in which schools buy goods, things like computers and books and so on. if headteachers are savvy in the way that they buy those things they should be able to make savings. without it affecting the quality of teaching for children. but the unions say that is nonsense — class sizes are going up and teachers are not being replaced when they leave a school. the all—importa nt weather. the all—important weather. here is matt taylor. a few daytime showers did crop up but they are fading away and for many it has been dry and a lovely afternoon, these summer seems ca ptu red lovely afternoon, these summer seems captured in hertfordshire. the north—west tomorrow, this area of cloud will push southwards and eastwards, producing a different

day, away from north of scotland, with some shoppers on the coherent, temperatures dropping quickly across many eastern and southern parts. casting your eyes to the north—west of the country the satellite imagery, this area of cloud is set to push its way southwards, producing a completely different day. away that is from northern scotland, where tonight still a few showers on the go, temperatures dropping quite quickly, and temperatures dropping quite quickly across many eastern and southern parts of the uk, could even be a touch of frost here and there, but temperatures actually rise through the night after a initial dip. so if you are out in the afternoon, this is how easter day lunchtime looks around 1.00. it is going to be a fine day across northern scotland, other than one or two showers, winds lighter than today, so it should feel a touch warmer. brightening up after what could be a cloudy start in southern scotland. stay tuned to the forecast though, the details in the morning, if your plans are weather dependent. slowly drying and brightening up in northern ireland, but with cloud and occasional rain in parts of north east england, east midlands and east anglia.

after a chilly start, it is going to be a cold day all in all. milder further south, especially away from the rain, in parts of devon and cornwall, it should stay dry throughout, but that rain, it does push towards east anglia and the south—east during the day, slowly starting to ease as we go into the night. now as you go through the night and into easter monday, with low pressure to the east of us, high pressure to the west, we open the door to northerly winds once again. it's a recipe for chilly winds as well, so after maybe a less cold day across some western areas on sunday, monday looks quite chilly for many. especially where you have the cloud and a few showers around, pushing away southwards in that breeze. only form a small part of the day, most will stay dry for the bulk, if not all day long, and out of the breeze in the sunshine feeling nice enough. lose the sunshine, though, it turns quite chilly quite quickly, and a widespread frost in the countryside to take us through monday night and into tuesday. in fact, next week we will have to get used to some frosty nights, a cold air with us, but away from the north of scotland, many will have a dry week with sunny spells. bye for now. hello, this is bbc news with me, we

will be taking a look at the sunday papers, first the headlines at 10.30.