this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm: us vice president mike pence warns that his country's "era of strategic patience" with north korea is over. prince harry reveals he's had counselling, to help him come to terms with the death of his mother. i can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12 and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but also my work as well. turkey's president erdogan promises to press ahead with new sweeping powers, after narrowly winning the constitutional referendum. at least 12 people suffer burns after a suspected acid attack at a london nightclub. also in the next hour: should older people be made to retake their driving test? a call for a change in the law that would require all 70—year—old drivers to pass a new test. and brighton and hove albion could confirm their return to top

flight football today, after a 34—year absence. also coming up at 3:30: the travel show heads to thailand to see the world's first elephant hospital. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. us vice president mike pence, who's on a visit to south korea, has warned that his country's "era of strategic patience" with north korea is over. it comes as south korea and the united states agreed to speed up a defence system designed to intercept north korean missiles, something china views as a threat to its own military. our seoul correspondent stephen evans reports. the american vice president went to the front line,

the demilitarised zone between north and south korea, what he called the frontier of freedom. for him, the visit was personal because his father fought in the korean war. from the other side today, north korean guards looked back and took pictures. vice president pence‘s mission today, to affirm support for the alliance between the us and south korea. we will defeat any attack and we will meet any use of conventional or nuclear weapons with an overwhelming and effective response. over the past 18 months, north korea has conducted two unlawful nuclear tests and an unprecedented number of ballistic missile tests, even conducting a failed missile launch as i travelled here for this visit. the era of strategic patience is over. on saturday, north korea displayed row upon row of missiles. on sunday, a day later, they fired a dud, anotherfailure, and some experts wonder how

many of the missiles on display would actually work. in the far north of the country, the ground is ready for another nuclear test. debris can be spotted from the air after tunnelling. the us has started installing an anti—missile system in south korea. mr pence said all options were now on the table, implying that attacking north korea remains possible, despite warnings that that could spark war. what remains unclear is how the trump administration is going to persuade or force kim jong—un to renounce his nuclear ambitions. everything is on the table, we are told, but they are starting to talk now about the military option not being quite to the fore. north korea fires off missiles frequently.

sometimes they succeed and sometimes they fail. would the us attack north korea if it thought a long—range missile launch was about to happen? nobody knows. mr trump says his policy is tougher than those of his predecessors, but that assertion is yet to be proven. stephen evans, bbc news, south korea. duyeon kim is a nuclear security expert in seoul. good afternoon to you. hallow. the era of strategic patience is over, says mike pence. what do you read into that? he isjust reiterating the trump administration's hardline stance, that it is tightening the screw, ramping up the pressure,

warning north korea not to test washington's resolve, pointing to the way that washington dealt with syria and afghanistan, and basically saying, do not use your nuclear or conventional weapons to threaten south korea or the us because it will be met, and this administration is not afraid to meet it with what he called overwhelming response. it remains to be seen whether his administration will follow through with this hardline rhetoric and this tough talk, but it certainly is a lot of tough talk we are hearing, and certainly different from what we heard from the obama administration. that said, i think we will begin to see in reality not too much difference between what we've seen in the previous administration and this one, and that's only natural because, short of war, we don't really have many options that will give us some new magical silver bullet that will magically and

quickly solve the north korean nuclear problem. what do you think north korea's response will be? that is anybody‘s gets, and that is the risk and concern any observers and experts have, will this tough talk incentivise the north to race even faster to the finish line, to be more belligerent and provocative? we don't know. it could and it may not. in the end, the only real thing, the only solution really is, amid these tensions at tough talk, frankly, its negotiations. that is the only way you will strike a deal that can try to manage the situation, relieve tensions, reduce tensions and hopefully try to freeze their programmes and roll back their weapons programmes. and that is potentially china comes in. that is what china is trying to do. china also has a role. as much as that,

they can put under pressure, they can incentivise the north with economic levers and sanctions, however, don't believe that china will ever sold the problem for the us. china has its own strategic interests. it doesn't want to risk a colla pse interests. it doesn't want to risk a collapse in north korea that have spill—over effects across its borders. so, as much as china wants a peaceful solution, and washington has also made clear, vice president pence said that washington desires a peaceful solution, but it is making it clear that it will stand by and watch the north developed and reached the point of a fully functional deterrent. thank you very much. prince harry has revealed that he has had counselling to help him come to terms with the death of his mother, princess diana. the prince told the daily telegraph that he spent 20 years not thinking about the death of his mother when he was 12 but eventually sought help after two years of "chaos". mental health charities have

welcomed the prince's decision to speak so candidly. our royal correspondent peter hunt has the story. this is a senior royal as we've never seen or heard them before. personally about his mental anguish. in doing so, he's hoping to break the taboo that still surrounds mental health. as a child, harry, with his brother william, had a close, fun relationship with diana, princess of wales. she was, according to the prince, quite simply the best mum in the world. in 1997, with quite literally the world watching, harry walked behind his mother's coffin after she'd been killed in a car crash in paris. as an adult, 20 years on, he is now talking about the impact of his bereavement. i can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12 and therefore shutting down all of my emotions

for the last 20 years has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but also my work as well. my way of dealing with it was refusing to ever think about my mum, because why would that help? it's only going to make you sad. it's not going to bring her back. growing up, not confronting his mother's death, prince harry suffered anxiety and came close to a breakdown. eventually, after being encouraged by william, he saw a counsellor. all of a sudden, all of this grief i'd never processed started to come to the forefront. i was like, there's actually a lot of stuff i need to deal with. it was 20 years of not thinking about it and then two years of total chaos. as i'm sure you know, some of the easiest people to speak to are shrinks — i know the americans call them shrinks — someone you've never met before. you sit down and say, listen, i don't actually need your advice. can you just listen? just listen to me. and you just let it all rip. you've done that, have you? i've done that a couple of times, more than a couple.

it's great. to have someone of his profile talking so openly about stuff in his head is so important. i can't even begin to tell you how important. if, when i was 12 and i first got ill, if members of the royals were standing up and talking about their mental health, i think how different the subsequent decades could have been. kate, william and harry are behind a heads together campaign that is being supported by the london marathon. the racing royals with influence hope it will be a mental health marathon. peter hunt, bbc news. president erdogan of turkey has pledged to press ahead with sweeping changes to the country's political system, after narrowly securing support for plans to increase presidential powers in a referendum. the main opposition party in turkey says it will challenge the result. our correspondent mark lowen reports from ankara. victory, but not as sweet as they'd hoped. government supporters partied into the night, confident they'd

won this referendum. it was though with a narrow margin. the opposition cried foul but, for those celebrating, a chance to assert their win and warn it's irreversible. translation: we are the winners, the people have won, and that's the best. god willing, we'll have better days to come. president erdogan believes he has a mandate for the biggest political change in modern turkish history. he told supporters everybody must accept the result, which would concentrate huge power in his hands. he even proposed another referendum on restoring the death penalty. that would end turkey's last remaining hopes ofjoining the eu. opposition parties won't fall silent, claiming massive irregularities. they say 1.5 million invalid ballots without an official stamp were counted, and have vowed to contest the result. translation: a wrong decision, an illegal decision made this referendum controversial.

we don't find this appropriate and we will pursue this until the end. what was president erdogan's pet project has made this country more polarised than ever. pro—government headlines today hailing a revolution of the people. the other side talking of an overshadowed ballot. this vital western ally in a volatile region, still desperately seeking stability. translation: i don't think this is enough, because the result of the referendum is 50—50. it's obvious that a large part of society does not accept this referendum. translation: i don't know what the new system will bring but i am happy, because a person i support has become an executive president. turkey has lost its way. a contested referendum, deep splits, terror attacks, freedom of speech eroded. just a few years ago, this country was held up as a model of a muslim democracy. how far and fast it has fallen.

mark lowen, bbc news, ankara. our correspondent selin girit is in istanbul for us. how do you see this panning out over the coming days? it is very difficult to tell at this stage. the opposition challenging the vote, the governing party and president erdogan saying, let's move on. and the people, on the one hand, jubilant, chanting president erdogan's name and celebrating their victory, as they call it and, in the other, shouting and banging pots and pans in protest at what they call the rigging of the vote. it's very difficult to tell what might happen next. there have been criticisms from the international observers as well. they have said the referendum process took place on an uneven, not

a level playing field. there were criticisms against the media. the media was labelled as biased towards the government. there were criticisms towards state we source is being used by the government and the president unevenly. —— state we sources. campaign restrictions were criticised, and the high electoral board's decision to accept unstamped ballot papers as valid was regarded asa ballot papers as valid was regarded as a late procedural change that was seen as a late procedural change that was seen as an as a late procedural change that was seen as an obstruction and unlawful as well. so these are damning verdicts coming from international observers, which fall in line with what the opposition have been saying. they were saying that the no campaign wasn't treated as freely and fairly in the campaign going

towards the referendum, and they weren't given enough voice on the airways. —— airwaves. they now want the annulment of the referendum. the deputy leader of the main opposition party wa nted deputy leader of the main opposition party wanted annulment, but the government says, let's move on. thank you very much. five people have been killed after a light aircraft crashed in portugal, according to local reports. eyewitnesses say the plane crashed into a supermarket warehouse in a residential area on the outskirts of the capital, lisbon. it's thought the swiss—registered plane came down shortly after taking off. the pilot and three passengers are all believed to have died. the headlines on bbc news: us vice president mike pence has warned north korea not to test the strength of the united states. prince harry has revealed he sought counselling, after spending nearly 20 years "not thinking" about the death of his mother. turkey's president erdogan has said he'll press ahead

with sweeping new powers, after narrowly winning the constitutional referendum. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. world snooker chairman barry hearn says ronnie o'sullivan's accusations of intimidation and bullying directed at him are unfounded. the five—time world champion made the comments after his first round win at the world snooker championship yesterday. this is is what hearn has had to say: so strong words from the chair of world snooker, and they come after o'sullivan said this yesterday. 25 years of service to this game.

i think i have given enough to this game. i think think i have helped and done my bit. i don't need that. i don't need you and you probably don't need me. i just want to enjoy my life and i am not putting up with someone who feels they can bully me. ain't happening. to today's action then on this, the third day of the championship. the afternoon session is under way and shaun murphy, who won this title 12 years ago now, is leading in his first round match against yan bingtao of china. these are live pictures. it's first to ten frames, so murphy needs another four for victory. —— another three. the world number five has looked in good form in the early stages of this match — he's made a couple of century breaks already. you can follow this match live on bbc two and via the bbc sport website. earlier the 2015 champion stuart bingham secured his place in the second round, beating another former winner, peter ebdon. he was leading 5—4 coming

into this morning's session, but won all but one frame today for a comfortable win in the end — by 10 frames to 5. he'll face kyran wilson next. premier league survival and champions league qualification are at stake when middlesbrough take on arsenal at the riverside tonight. the hosts are six points from safety, while arsene wenger‘s side go into the game in seventh — ten points adrift of fourth placed manchester city. we might get there, we might not get there, but the only thing is to believe we can do it, you know. and that's what we have to focus on. it's not the fear to fail, it's the desire to make it. that's the only chance we have to do it. one game currently under way in league one, where the newly crowned champions sheffield united are hosting promotion hopefuls bradford. —— they have beaten bradford 3—0. leon clarke scored theirfirst early one. and five minutes later it was two.

billy sharp with his 27th league goal of the season. after withstanding some bradford pressure, the blades made it three before the break. clarke on the scoresheet again. promotion to the championship already secured for them, while fourth—place bradford could still finish in the second automatic promotion spot behind them. kyle edmund has beaten his davis cup teammate dan evans in straight sets in the first round of the monte carlo masters. andy murray, who plays his first round match on wednesday, was courtside to watch the british number two and three in action. it's the first time the pair have met on the atp tour. edmund recovered from a slow start to take the first set 7—5. he's ranked one place below evans at 45 in the world, but eased through the second set 6—1, to set up a second round match against nine—time monte carlo champion rafa nadal. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. at least 12 people have suffered

burns after a suspected acid attack at a nightclub in london. around 600 people were at the venue in hackney, which had to be evacuated. our reporter sarah corker is outside the club. it was just after iam this morning when police said acid was sprayed inside this club in east london. we do know that emergency services sent down a hazard response unit, the fire brigade were also there. as you say, 12 people were injured and later treated in hospital. two men, both in their 20s, are any serious but stable condition and others have been treated for minor burns. the metropolitan have said they believe there was some kind of dispute between two groups of people. that resulted in one man throwing acid directly at another. 600 people were in the club at the time. it was

evacuated. roads in the area were closed off. witnesses have described some scary scenes, in their words. they said they saw people pouring water over one person. police have said they haven't yet identified what this substance was, but they did doa what this substance was, but they did do a php protest which showed it was strongly acidic. —— a ph paper test. there was one officer here earlier in a protective suit, taking pictures and collecting evidence. police have said there have been no arrests but there was nothing to suggest this was gang—related. they have asked anyone for any information about what happened here to co nta ct information about what happened here to contact hackney cid on the 101 number. a specialist squad of police and prison service staff has been formed to tackle the use of drones to smuggle contraband, like drugs and phones, into prisons. the officers, in england and wales, will study how to catch those operating the drones to deliver contra band direct to prisoners' cells.

daniel sandford reports. wandsworth prison last year, and a delivery direct to a cell window of a package containing drugs and mobile phones. the parcel was being carried by a cheap quad—copter drone. the invention of these easy—to—fly, remote—control aircraft has caused a huge security headache. suddenly, prison walls are not much of a barrier for those wanting to smuggle contraband into jails. the prison service's response has been to set up a national squad of police and prison officers across england and wales who will now pool intelligence. they will forensically examine captured drones, like this found near pentonville prison in london, to try and find out who was flying them and share information about the types of quad—copters and methods used, in an attempt to curb the problem, though the prison service could give few details about how many officers would be involved in the drone squad or how big their budget was. even before the squad was set up,

there were some recent successes, with three men receiving jail sentences of over four years for their roles in flying drugs and phones over prison walls. daniel sandford, bbc news. police in the us state of ohio are hunting a man suspected of posting a video on social media of him fatally shooting a stranger. officers in the city of cleveland say the suspect steve stephens claimed to have killed 12 other people in a later video on facebook, but the city's police chief said they did not know of any other victims. james waterhouse has this report. speaking on his phone in his car, this is the moment 37—year—old steve stevens makes an extraordinary confession. ijust snapped. i just snapped, dog. ijust killed 13 people, man. that's what i did. i killed 13 people. just moments earlier, he'd approached an elderly man,

picked completely at random, and shot him dead. he later posted footage of the violent killing on facebook. his victim, 74—year—old robert goodwin. reports say he'd just finished an easter meal with his family and he was walking home when he was killed. visibly distraught, this is his son and daughter's reaction. this man right here was a good man. ijust hate... i hate he's gone. stevens appears in the video to confess to multiple killings. cleveland police, though, say so far they're only aware of one death. currently, no other victims that we know of. no criminal record, a lot of traffic violations, but no criminal record. this isn't the first time a fatal shooting has been posted or streamed on facebook. lastjune a man was shot dead while live streaming a video of himself in chicago. a spokesman for facebook,

which has removed the post, said it was a horrific crime and the policy was to contact the police when there were direct threats to physical safety. police are warning that steve stevens is armed and dangerous and the fbi have nowjoined the hunt for him. united airlines is changing its policy of allowing staff to take up last—minute seats on flights. the decision comes after a passenger lost two front teeth and suffered a broken nose when he was was violently dragged from his seat after refusing to make way for an airline employee. united says staff will now be allocated seats at least an hour before take—off. should older drivers be made to reta ke should older drivers be made to retake their test? more than a quarter of a million people have backed a petition asking for a change in the law. it was started by ben brooks—dutton, whose wife was killed after an elderly motorist hit his accelerator pedal instead of the brakes. it's expected that the number of drivers over 85 will double to one million by 2025.

let's speak to david gillanders, the former british and scottish rally driving champion, who joins us now from our aberdeen newsroom. he is against the idea of 70—year—old drivers having to take mandatory tests. good afternoon. good afternoon. i mentioned your position. why do you take that view? first of all, let me say that i sympathise with mr dutton, but the idea of throwing a net over everybody over 70 two reset their test, i think, everybody over 70 two reset their test, ithink, would be unfair. everybody over 70 two reset their test, i think, would be unfair. how should the system then accommodate the fact that inevitably for some people, as they get older, their reactions are not as sharp as they work was to mark 0k, reactions are not as sharp as they work was to mark ok, so let's say that we should do an eye test and a reaction test and a hearing test. i think those would be fair. when

would you bring that in, or would that be a regular event that should ta ke that be a regular event that should take place throughout one's driving career? i'm not against having it done from 65 onwards, actually, because we are all getting older and we are all getting a little bit less sharp. but the idea of taking a full driving test, i think, would be wrong. and you would have that kind of eye test and reactions test as a mandatory element of this system, would you? yeah, i'd have no problem with that. we are all driving cars, and yeah, i think that would be a fairthing to and yeah, i think that would be a fair thing to put into play. where that takes us, i suppose, is into the territory where people are sometimes reluctant to acknowledge that their own reactions are not quite what they once were. yeah, i agree. i myself, and next rally

driver, —— and ex—rally driver. i'm aware of my reactions slowing down but i feel that i am more than capable of driving a car. but your eyes and is should be tested, i think. the emergency step —— stop should be checked as well. the petition we've talked about, which is pushing for the bold test, you are is pushing for the bold test, you a re clearly not is pushing for the bold test, you are clearly not going that far that sort of meeting it halfway. —— pushing for the full test.|j sort of meeting it halfway. —— pushing for the full test. i think the full driving test is a step too far, but looking at reaction times and suddenly sight should be part of and suddenly sight should be part of a test going forward. what is striking about the wider story is that we are going to see the number of drivers over 85, as i mentioned earlier, doubling to 1 of drivers over 85, as i mentioned earlier, doubling to1 million in 2025, which is quite a striking

figure, isn't it? it certainly is. if you look at our general health, the way the nhs is doing, we are getting better and living longer, so therefore what was a good test maybe 20 years ago needs to be tightened up. david, thank you so much for that. david gillanders, with his thoughts on the petition with reference to retaking the driving test at the age of 70. i think we are going to check on the weather forecast, or are we going to the white house? this go to the white house. on the balcony, that is president trump and, on the right, a slightly unusual figure two c on the white house balcony, but this is the easter egg roll, the traditional event which takes place every year at this time, which the president hosts. as you can see, the first lady is speaking from the balcony. what you can't see but which i was

looking at a moment ago on other pictures is that there is quite a gathering of people in the white house garden and, indeed, beyond that, looking in to witness what is afundraising, fun that, looking in to witness what is a fundraising, fun event. you will have seen it with previous presidents and you now see it with donald trump we may go back to see what actually happens on the white house lawn. . i hope you are enjoying your easter monday. it has been a lovely day. but it will be a cold start in scotla nd day. but it will be a cold start in scotland tomorrow with temperature is perhaps falling as low as minus eight. it will be a cold start to the far north but i expect there will be a lot of sunshine around tomorrow morning to compensate for it. the sunshine will stay