this is bbc news. i'm karin gianonne live in paris, where the city is in shock after last night's suspected terror attack, which left a policeman dead and two others seriously injured. the headlines at 11: the attack in the heart of the capital saw people fleeing the main boulevard — police shot the gunman dead. the prime minister has urged citizens not to give in to intimidation ahead of sunday's election. translation: the government is fully mobilised that nothing will stop this fundamental democratic moment for our country from going ahead. as prosecutors are searching the paris suburbs, the government is reinforcing security ahead of the election and campaigning has been paused — although some of the main players have been speaking this morning. i'm annita mcveigh — also this hour: german prosecutors arrest a 28—year—old man suspected of bombing the borussia dortmund team bus last week. he was hoping to make money out of

the attack. votes will be counted today in the election for the new boss of britain's biggest trade union, unite. and the former aston villa and england defender ugo ehiogu has died at the age of 1m. he suffered a cardiac arrest. welcome to paris, i'm karin gianonne. it looks ostensibly normal here on the outside, a beautiful morning in the city and you can see normal life is continuing, the

traffic and that notorious roundabout around the arc de triomphe is there again but it looked very different last night. the scene of the attack, just on the other side of the arc de triomphe, at the top of the champs elysees, put everything on lockdown, with thousands of security officers on the streets and the champs elysees and that whole area was shot down and that whole area was shot down and cleared of people. people ran from the scene in fear of their lives. let's take you through the sequence lives. let's take you through the sequence of events. we know that it was just after sequence of events. we know that it wasjust after 9pm sequence of events. we know that it was just after 9pm local time that the gunman drove up to a police bus. he got out, carrying an automatic weapon, he took it out from underneath his jaksic, it is thought to be an assault rifle —— his jacket. he started firing, killing one police officer and seriously injuring two others, who we now believe are out of danger. officers then shot him dead and it happened on one of the city's best known streets, the avenue champs elysees, which runs between the place charles

de gaulle and place de la concorde, towards the western end, around 300 metres, barely 1,000 feet from the arc de triomphe itself. what we have been hearing from many of the main players in this already very unpredictable presidential election, we have heard from the far right candidate marine le pen. she says that stricter border controls should be in place and tougher controls on people already on the terror watch list, like we believe the attacker was. we have heard from the conservative presidential candidate, francois fillon, saying the fight against islamist totalitarianism should be the priority of france's next president. so you can see, although it is in a very different tone, campaigning still goes on. the french prime minister bernard cazeneuve came out of security cabinet meeting chaired by the president francois hollande and he insisted the attack wouldn't stop the first round of france's presidential election on sunday from going ahead. this report on the

night's events from richard lister. across the street, bystander film last night's attack. the grey car has drawn alongside a police van and 110w has drawn alongside a police van and now there is a gun battle on the street. when it is over, a policeman is dead and so is his attacker. defence and interior ministers were called to an emergency meeting this morning. the security forces have 110w morning. the security forces have now been fully mobilised as france prepares to vote. translation: i call on everyone to show the spirit of responsibility and dignity. it is our duty to not give in to fear, intimidation and manipulation. otherwise, this would only serve to gain the enemies of the republic. the attack happened as the 11 candidates standing in sunday's presidential election were making their final televised appeals for support. several decided to stop campaigning immediately as a mark of respect. francois fillon from the

centre—right said today that this was a fight against islamist totalitarianism and should be fought with intellectual war. it was time to stress —— show strength, he said. jean—luc melenchon, standing for the far left, wrote... those sentiments were echoed by other candidates. translation: the challenge will be to continue fighting terrorism. we won't erase it overnight but we must emphasise democracy and not give in to fear. this morning, marine le pen from the far right front national spoke of herfears from the far right front national spoke of her fears of another attack before sunday's mode. she said her battle plan to protect france was controlling the borders which she said terrorists have been crossing with impunity. it's not clear exactly how this attack will affect

the election, but it won't have come asa the election, but it won't have come as a surprise to a nation already living under a state of emergency. injanuary living under a state of emergency. in january 2015, gunmen living under a state of emergency. injanuary 2015, gunmen in paris attacked the offices of the charlie hebdo magazine and a jewish supermarket, killing 12 people. in november the same year, the bataclan concert hall, stadium, restaurants and bars in paris were attacked, leaving 130 people dead. injuly 2016, a lorry drove through a crowd celebrating bastille day in nice, killing at least 84 people. this year, a man armed with machetes attacked soldiers at the louvre museum in paris and just last month, a man was killed at paris's orly airport after attacking a soldier. for several hours last night, paris was again full of armed police, tense bystanders and questions about whether there was more violence to come. the man who shot and killed the police officer is dead but parisi is no they are still not safe. —— parisi and snow.

there has been a reaction throughout the past few hours, let's just show you the scene from one podium, we are expecting bernard cazeneuve to be standing there any time now and giving a statement. emmanuel macron in the lead in the polls at the moment, although they keep changing all the time, he will be speaking at this location. we have already heard from marine le pen of the far right front national and we have heard from francois fillon and the leading candidates have been tweeting and making other statements, but i think this is the first time we will hear live and direct from the centrist candidate and current favourite emmanuel macron. that is the french reaction, that is coming in hour by hour. what about reaction from elsewhere in the world? the us vice president mike pence is injakarta and this is what he had to say. this is just the latest reminder that terrorism can strike anywhere at any time —

something that the people of indonesia and the united states know all too well. as president trump said yesterday, in the face of this great evil, and i quote, "we have to be strong and we have to be vigilant." today, the people of paris have our condolences and our prayers. the people of france are on our hearts today. and the people of indonesia can be confident in the wake of this latest attack, we will not relent in our effort to end terrorism and the threat it presents to both of our peoples and i pledge to you our continued cooperation against terrorism in the uncertain days in which we live. that is the american reaction in the last few hours. i was mentioning that we have hearing —— been hearing strange campaigning today, it has been turned on its head and one of the headlines on the local tv

literally means "the end of this campaign has been turned on its head." we are getting the statements and news conferences from the leading candidates saying what they would do to protect france from future attacks. francois fillon, the centre—right, he is viewed as being strong on security and he gave a statement earlier, let's listen to what he said. translation: radical is ram device and challenges our values and our spirit. —— radical islam. we should face it with an intellectual and moralfight. our face it with an intellectual and moral fight. our foreign policy, which will be based on the destruction of the islamic state, because it is threatening our country, this will only be possible when all the super powers act together. united states, europe, russia, turkey, the gulf states are divided. the victory for total is

bmb divided. the victory for total is lamb will be delayed. once elected, i will take diplomatic initiative to create an international coalition against islamic terrorism. and i also intend to get from the state of the gulf to refrain from funding directly or indirectly fundamentalism. i will renegotiate the schengen treaty and frontiers, so the schengen treaty and frontiers, so that our international frontiers will be maintained from beyond 2026. that was francois ffion, the conservative —— francois fillon on, the conservative candidate. one of his supporters is the centre right senator, natalie goulet and i spoke to her earlier. the problem is we

increase security tremendously at the charlie hebdo and the bataclan. the government spent1 billion to enforce the police and security and intelligence, but we cannot put a man and police man behind every person. the problem is... that is why he is saying these things, the people are released sometimes behind the end of their imprisonment. but also there is unpredictable action and what happened yesterday was entirely unpredictable. and what more could you see france doing, what more would you live to see the next president doing? well, we have to continue but we have to continue in the republican way. we don't want any attacks, we are under a state of emergency. as you saw yesterday, the policeman came very, very soon after

the fact, so we progress a lot, but one thing i have to say, which is really, really important, is that we have to stick to the republican value and we are not going to fall into islamophobia and this kind of proceedings that marine le pen wants to implement. we don't want that in france, but at the same time, we have to react very, very seriously against terrorism. it is exactly what the government has been doing and what marine le pen was not doing, because when i told you previously that she had to vote and she didn't, even in the open parliament with the problem with the pnr, the record that we have been asking forfour years, pnr, the record that we have been asking for four years, she always was against it, so it is easy, from one hand, she is playing for more security and on the other, she doesn't bode, but i think this u nfortu nate doesn't bode, but i think this unfortunate drama from yesterday will serve her purposes. senator

natalie goulet giving her reaction. let's cross to my colleague hugh schofield, who is also in paris. i wonder if you can update is first of all on the latest from the investigation? what i have heard most recently is there are three members of this entourage, people who knew him, who are being questioned. that is totally routine, they will have picked up anyone with whom he has been in contact recently to see if he had made them aware of his plans. they want to know whether this is something he cooked up entirely by himself or whether there was encouragement, incitement, involvement from other people. there is this property in the chelles, in the eastern paris suburbs, which has been sealed off, where they are looking through his records, computers, phones and so on and then there are these reports in the french media which will have come from reliable police sources about his background, about the fact that he was in prison for many years in

the 2,000s after shooting at a police officer in an incident, a purely criminal affair, but once again, the picture of a man who is maybe tipped into radicalisation but whose background is much more in the classic fringes of criminal society in france. and francois hollande held a meeting of his security cabinet earlier, what emerged from that? well, not a great deal, in the sense that there was no new announcement about reinforcing security, mainly because france is at such a peak of awareness, alertness and security measures that there is not much more that can be done. there were every assurances that everything was in place and is in place to make sure the elections go smoothly. the 60,000 gendarmes

and police that will be patrolling, thatis and police that will be patrolling, that is a deployment that has long been announced —— the 7,000. there is not much more that can be done. there is more intense awareness that the elections are a target, it is not clear whether this man struck because of the election but, certainly, it's in the interest of those who inspired him to disrupt the elections. it is a symbolic moment, it is deeply humiliating under way at striking at the hated enemy, so under way at striking at the hated enemy, so there is every fear that this might be followed up with more attacks and the country will remain attacks and the country will remain ata attacks and the country will remain at a very, very nervous state for the days ahead. and as you mentioned, the background to all of this, just two days from the first round of the presidential election, what is the thinking about what potential impact this attack might have on that? well, the superficial reading of causes it is going to

help marine le pen and the far right, because it fits into her argument that is not enough has been done to stop terrorism and there is a kind of blindness on the part politicians. they talk about attacks when they happen and the rest of the time, they rather wish they would go away. she is the one who bangs the table about it. it is an arguable and defensible thesis that amongst those 25% of undecided voters, some will say i will now turn out and vote and i will vote for marine le pen because she is the only one who stands up for the defence of france against terrorism. i say superficial reading because there are deeper levels. there may be people who say marine le pen's ideas are terribly simplistic. she has boasted in the last week that with her in power, there would be no terrorism. no one seriously thinks that is a realistic way of looking at the world, but maybe people will then turn to francois fillon on, because he too

has been very strong on the islamist threat and has spoken in a very tough way about defeating that threat, but at an even deeper level, it might have no impact at all, terrorism is a part of life here. people know about it, people will not suddenly be rushed into new judgments and interpretations of life simply because of this one attack. it may be that the impact on the election is pretty limited. hugh schofield, thank you very much. let's just returned to the scene where we are expecting the centrist candidate emmanuel macron to give a news conference, make a statement, any time now. he will be there, all of the frontrunners have been keen to be heard today, it is a totally different campaign to what we might have expected, the last day of campaigning to look like, because all of the focus is on security.

they think people will be wanting to hear reassurances. official campaigning ends at midnight tonight, so this election campaign is almost over but the very last day of it has been entirely different to what we expected, in such an unpredictable race anyway. karin gianonne, thank you very much in paris for us, back in the newsroom. b bring you up—to—date with the headlines on bbc newsroom live. trans‘s with the headlines on bbc newsroom live. tra ns's prime with the headlines on bbc newsroom live. trans‘s prime minister has urged the country not to allow yesterday's attack in paris to derail sunday's presidential election. one gunman was —— police officer was shot dead. german prosecutors arrested 20 age old man suspected of bombing the borussia dortmund team bus last week. he was hoping to make money out of the attack —— 28—year—old man. and boats are being counted in the election for the boss of britain's

biggest trade union—year—old night. aston villa will hold a minute's applause ahead of their derby with birmingham city this weekend following the death of ugo ehiogu, who has passed away at the age of 44, having suffered a cardiac arrest. both sets of players will wear black armbands in his memory at villa park. manchester united are into the europa league semifinals after beating anderlecht. it took until the second half of extra time to win it, marcus rashford with the decisive goal. and ellie downie is the first british gymnast to reach every individual apparatus final at a major international competition. the 17—year—old qualified first all—around at the european championships in romania. i will be back with more on those stories just after 11:30 back with more on those stories just after11:30 a.m.. german prosecutors have confirmed they have arrested a 28—year—old man suspected of bombing the borussia dortmund team bus last week.

prosecutors say the man, who has german and russian nationality, was a market trader hoping to make money if the price of shares in the team felt. let's get more on this with damian mcguinness, who is in berlin. i rather bizarre turn of events in this investigation, given the speculation over a possible terrorist motive when this attack was first carried out. yes, that is right, there was a lot of speculation because it wasn't clear what the motivation behind the attack was. investigators found three separate letters claiming responsibility for the attack. one letter claimed responsibility of right—wing extremism, another claiming islamist terror, so it was a very confused picture. police and authorities in germany were cautious from the outset and said they couldn't rule out any line of investigation, pursuing all suspects, but there was a lot of speculation in the international media in particular, where we had some politicians and media in

britain and the you are saying directly it was islamist terror. it now turns out not to be the case. prosecutors believe this man bought options on the browser dortmund shares, away betting that the share price will go down and if it does go down, you win money, so he was hoping this attack would lead to a drastic drop in the share price. that did, in fact, happen but it is a very cynical way of trying to earn money because what the intention of the attack appears to have been, allegedly, was to seriously injure members of the team if not kill them, because these explosives were incredibly powerful and it was only a matter of luck that it wasn't a tragedy, because in the end one of the team players was injured, no one was killed but investigators say thatis was killed but investigators say that is simply because of the reinforced glass on the coach. so as this development emerges, damian, what is the reaction?

i think there is a certain amount of relief that the attacker has been, we think, allegedly, found. but, also, police are now trying to piece together how he carried out this attack because it seems he booked a room in the same hotel where the tea m room in the same hotel where the team was staying. he made sure that room had a view over the road which the team bus would take on the way to the stadium. the three explosives we re to the stadium. the three explosives were laid in a hedge the back of the lead the side that road and he appears to have detonated the explosives remotely, that is what prosecutors are saying. so far, that seems to be what they believe, that it was not islamist terror or right—wing extremist terror, they believe it was financially motivated. damian mcguinness, thank you very much, in berlin for us. party leaders are back on the campaign trail around the country today. labour is focusing on education, blaming the tories for "super—sized classes" and the lib dem leader tim farron is to target conservative mps who backed staying in the eu, challenging them to support his bid

to stay in the single market. buckingham palace has announced this morning that a casualty of the snap general election will be the state visit, also scheduled for early june, by the king and queen of spain, it has been cancelled. our political correspondent has been listening to a speech byjeremy corbyn in swindon this morning, so he had that big speech in westminster yesterday, swindon this morning, he is really hitting the ground running, what has he been saying? this is another sparky, fired up speech from jeremy corbyn, building on what he said yesterday, where he built himself as the antiestablishment candidate and said labour would be the party to take on injustice and inequality. he reeled offa injustice and inequality. he reeled off a series of policy announcements that had already been made, saying labour would end zero hours

contract, would increase the living wage to £10 an hour and keep the pensions triple lock, where pensions will increase by 2.5% earnings or inflation, whichever is higher. and he turned his fire on the tories when he came to schools, saying labour would promise free school meals for all primary school children and he accused the tories are presiding over too many children crammed into classrooms. the news that is coming out today is that the class sizes are rising all over the country. 500,000 children in england, 500,000 children, half a million children are now being taught in super—size classes of over 36. it is pretty obvious to me that if you are in a class of 36, you are not going to get a great deal of attention from the teacher compared to if you are in the smaller class of 30 or under. another 300,000 are

in classes between 31 and 36. and it is getting worse and will continue to get worse. it has got to stop. so this election campaign is about our priorities, it is about how we organise and support education and we don't think it's a good idea to destroy and break up local education authorities and put everything directly between the department of education and the schools. i want the community of education, where the community of education, where the whole community is involved in education and schools work with each other rather than compete against each other. surely that is a better way of doing it? we didn't hear any specifics from jeremy corbyn on what labour would do when it came to schools apart from fund them properly, we didn't hear new promises of money or a thick yet, but the conservatives are pointing to the labour led government in wales, where they say class sizes have risen and record levels of funding are going into schools. theresa may is out

campaigning today in the south—east, so we can expect to hear more from that —— hear more from her as well as tim farrell, who is in manchester. and today, we are expecting to hear the result of the vote to hear who will be the next leader of the trade union unite. depending on how that goes, what impact could that have on labour in the election campaign? this election for the general secretary of unite has seen as a proxy direction for the direction of the labour party because the current secretary len mccluskey is one ofjeremy corbyn's biggest backers. remember, unite is labour's biggest donor, so very important player labour dynamics. len mccluskey challenged by gerard coyne, who has accused the unite leadership of meddling too much in politics, so this is a proxy election really poor where labour is going to go. we know that the votes are being counted today in this election. yesterday, we heard that gerard coyne had been suspended from his position as regional secretary

of unite in the west midlands. that doesn't have a bearing on this contest as such but perhaps there may be consequences down the line if gerard coyne does end up winning this election, so we are watching this election, so we are watching this closely and i am sure the labour party will be too. we are expecting to hear something about the result later today, although we knew the result will not be made public, we are expecting that next friday, but we are hoping to hear something about the result by the end of today. leila nathoo, thank you very much, at westminster. government plans are a big rise in probate fees, described by critics asa probate fees, described by critics as a stealth deck stacked —— death tax, have been scrapped. the proposals for increasing the fees would be up to £20,000 for some states. the minister of justice would be up to £20,000 for some states. the minister ofjustice said there was no not enough time for the legislation to go through parliament. three purpose—built blocks to open in high securityjail is to hold the most dangerous

extremist prisoners away from other inmates. the units will have their own facilities and be able to hold up own facilities and be able to hold up to 28 people. ministers have said they wanted to isolate extremist inmates who seek to poison the minds of others. the average cyber criminal investigated by the national crime agency is just 17 years old and is motivated not by money, but by a desire to show off in front of friends. that is the conclusion of a new report by the crime agency, which has been looking at ways to stop youngsters getting drawn into the world of online crime. angus crawford has more. the internet is breeding a new kind of criminal who'd never normally break the law. they're young and tech savvy and sometimes don't even realise what they're doing is wrong. investigators questioned teenagers convicted of cyber crime and other young hackers. the report found financial gain wasn't a priority. but they did want to impress other hackers. and thought the risk of getting caught was low. the early motivations

can be the challenge, can be proving to their peers online that they can complete the challenge or they can break into certain things, or find vulnerabilities. but we do see, if they are good at that and if they can build their reputations in forums and prove to their peers, we do see them then getting into this more for monetary reasons as well. this self—confessed hacker, now 16, claims he taught himself. ijust read about it on the news. i got interested, wanted to know how it worked and how this actually happens, how a website gets taken down. i researched it from there, really. i was 12, 13. i found it easy. you learn about the computer misuse act, which is something you are likely to fall foul of if you go off and do cyber security without any guidance. the nca research also shows early intervention can stop criminal behaviour. here, teenagers take part in a tech competition, learning how to hack and stay on the right side of the law.

let's find out how the weather is going to be looking. good morning, the weak are not looking too bad at all, a lot of dry weather that after the weekend, things will get very chilly indeed, like we are flipping the calendar backwards. but things too bad out there, this was the scene too bad out there, this was the scene earlier this morning in south gloucestershire, a little bit of sunshine, it wasn't like that further north in scotland, that was the scene in nairn, a lot of clout and some outbreaks of rain, we have and some outbreaks of rain, we have a weather from and some outbreaks of rain, we have a weatherfrom sinking and some outbreaks of rain, we have a weather from sinking its way southwards across scotland, it is a cold front things very chilly later on across northern scotland, a lot of clever northern ireland south—west england. as temperatures could go up to 17 or 18 degrees. this evening and tonight, the

weather front breaking apart as it sinks its way southwards and some splashes of rain across england and wales and northern ireland, scotland turning pretty chilly and wintry showers across the far north—east and some of these will continue into tomorrow across eastern england. best of the sunshine to the south—west, wales, north—west england, south—west wales and scotland. pretty clever northern ireland. some spells of sunshine on sunday, temperatures double digits we re sunday, temperatures double digits were now but it is going to turn a lot colder as we head into next week. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: french prosecutors search the paris suburbs after last night's terror attack in the capital. the prime minister urges citizens not to give into intimidation ahead of sunday's election. the government is fully mobilised that nothing will stop this fundamental democratic moment

for our country from going ahead. normal campaigning for sunday's presidential in france is suspended following last night's attack. the polls predict a tight race between the leading four candidates. votes are being counted today in the election for the new boss of britain's biggest trade union — unite. gerard coyne, who was suspended from his role in the union yesterday, is the main challenger to the incumbent, len mccluskey. labour is focusing on education, blaming the tories for what it calls super—sized classes as campaigning resumes. german prosecutors arrest a 28—year—old man suspected of bombing the borussia dortmund team bus last week — he was hoping to make money out of the attack. time for the sport. such sad news

about ugo ehiogu. aston villa will hold a minute applause ahead of their derby with birmingham city this weekend, following the death of their former defender ugo ehiogu. ehiogu was a coach with the under 23s at spurs and collapsed after a training session yesterday, having suffered a cardiac arrest. he won three league cups in a club career spent largely with aston villa and middlesbrough. andy townsend won the 1996 league cup with ehiogu at villa, and the pair stayed in touch after their playing careers came to an end. he was a fantastic lad. a fantastic team—mate. i have seen him a lot recently. he has been coaching the younger boys at tottenham. a picture of health, so i am so shocked. he

was an incredibly fit man as a player, and looked absolutely on top form. this has come as such a shock. incredibly bad news. there have been a huge number of tributes paid on social media already. the former england and manchester united captain rio ferdinand says... da rter have darter have cancelled their under 23 game and all of their academy matches for this weekend. —— totte n ha m. manchester united are into the europa league semi—finals but they needed an extra—time winner to beat anderlecht. henrik mikhitaryan put united ahead early on but the belgian side equalised — and there was real concern for united when zlatan ibrahimovic fell awkwardly and hurt his knee. eventually, teenager marcus rashford scored the winner that took them through 2—1 on the night, 3—2 overall. the women's super league side notts county ladies has gone into liquidation after new owner alan hardy was unable to clear their debts. notts county reached the fa cup final in 2015 and they were due to start their season against arsenal on sunday, but they've now withdrawn from the league.

heather watson will play the world number five simona halep tomorrow, in the opening match of great britain's fed cup world group play—off in romania. victory would lift britain into the world group for the first time since 1993. johanna konta will then face irina—camelia begu in the second singles. there'll be commentary of watson's match on radio five live sports extra and both games will be shown on the bbc sport website. duncan scott has become the first briton to swim under 48 seconds in the 100m freestyle. scott won two olympic relay silver medals in rio last year. last night he broke his own national record, clocking 47.9 to win gold at the british swimming championships in sheffield. that also gave him a place at this summer's world championships. i'm absolutely delighted with that, it is a bonus on top of winning. it is a good field, it is a field that

has lacked in previous years but is coming through to show force, and to share the field of two scott as well, delighted with that, most of the browser there should be proud of their efforts —— the boys there. ellie downie is on course to become the first british gymnast to win the all—around title at the european championships. she topped qualifying for tonight's final in romania. downie, who's 17, also reached the final of every individual aparatus — a first for any british gymnast at a major international competition. we will be back with more sport in the next hour. we can go to paris now because the leading candidate in the polls is speaking. translation: iwould

leading candidate in the polls is speaking. translation: i would like to pay a marriage to the security forces and armed forces —— pay homage. these men and women risk their lives ona these men and women risk their lives on a daily basis for the sake of their country. we will always be on their country. we will always be on their side. the will of the terrorists is to destabilise the country. to hurt it. it is fundamental at a time when the french are deciding their future. at the end of the day, democracy is targeted. they want to break our values and cohesion. they want to

strike a decisive hit. the first role of the president of the republic, as a chief of staff of the army and guarantor of our institution is to protect the french people. i am institution is to protect the french people. lam ready. this does institution is to protect the french people. i am ready. this does not mean here and there to give in. to be present to assume the responsibilities of the state to combating terrorism is to have a clear vision, and present priorities for action and clear objectives. the battle should be taken outside of frontiers to destroy our enemies in iraq and syria. the instigators and the commanders of those queueing here in europe and in france. —— killing. i will protect the

diplomatic and military action and i intend to conduct. we have as a priority your security in mind. with regard to domestic issue, 10,000 extra police will be created during the next term. i would like a more efficient intelligence service and i will appoint a task force at the presidency so that it can react 24 hours aj against is. part of the battle is about the persons in our district and cities and prisons who are being radicalised. the wakening of the territorial intelligence

service that has been going on for the past ten years has been wrong. action will be taken against radical islamism including the internet. i will be solid... one of the candidates speaking in paris, saint of the security forces, i will a lwa ys of the security forces, i will always be on your side. he said the attack last night was trying to destabilise the country at a time when it tries to decide its future. he said he is ready to protect the french people. he said the battle should be taken outside france's frontiers. spoke about some specific actions, more efficient intelligence service, more police. a task force to react 24 hours per day against so—called islamic state. reminding

you of what happened that night. he isa he is a look of what happened. the gunman drove up and started firing an automatic weapon, thought to be an automatic weapon, thought to be an assault rifle. it happens on one of the best—known streets. towards the western end, it is not about bailey 1000 feet from the arctic triomphe ——. the french prime minister, bernard cazeneuve, says

the country's security forces have been fully mobilised — and insisted that the attack would not stop the first round of the presidential election going ahead. let's take a look at what more we know about the attack. one policeman has been killed — and two others injured. the gunman was shot dead by police — and overnight — his property has been searched by investigators. the extremist group, the so—called islamic state, is saying it was behind the shooting. the attack comes just days before the french vote in the first round of the presidential election — several candidates have cancelled or scaled back campaign events today. our security correspondent, frank gardner, is here. listening to that speech from macron, one of the leading candidates, he was running through specific actions he will take if elected. i noticed him talking about a more efficient intelligence service. there have been questions about the french intelligence services and whether they are sufficiently joined services and whether they are sufficientlyjoined up services and whether they are sufficiently joined up not services and whether they are sufficientlyjoined up not in the wa ke sufficientlyjoined up not in the wake of previous. have they

improved? they are improving but they have a way to go. no country has a perfect intelligence service. in britain, they learned the lessons of the mistakes of seven slash seven —— tevye. there used to be a rivalry between the police and m15. now, they work side—by—side. they have counterterrorism units scattered all over the country including northern ireland. they work together in joint planning meetings. they havejoint prioritisation. that close working cooperation does not exist to the same cooperation does not exist to the sa m e exte nt cooperation does not exist to the same extent on the continent. particularly in belgium where, famously, after the brussels attacks, it emerged that for belgian police to find out what belgian intelligence think about a terrorist

threat, they have two content british police who learn it from m15 who learn it from belgium was that it goes all the way around and has to improve. france has a very profound problem. some countries do. the well there of potential recruits in the suburbs who have gone to syria and iraq in the past but now arejust being syria and iraq in the past but now are just being recruited there. france, paris, such a target for jihad. macron talking about taking it beyond france's frontiers. reprisal attacks? france is perhaps

the top target of opportunity for middle easternjihadists. hashtag going around, in their backyard, paris will burn, things like that. they reversed al-qaeda's takeover of mali. that country was about to fall to thejihadists. it mali. that country was about to fall to the jihadists. it was stopped and turned back. they have been active in afghanistan, syria, iraq. they have controversial policies like the broker ban. —— burqa. and some politicians close to being islamophobics. it makes it easy for

recruiters to go to vulnerable people and say, this is not your state, they do not care about you, do something for us. coming back to the specifics of this attack, the french say they will not release the gunman's name until they determine whether or not she was working alone. what do you know about this individual‘s actions? alone. what do you know about this individual's actions? he is a 39—year—old father who the french authorities say was french born. but isis have given them a nickname, that means father of yousef, the belgian one. he has possibly come with an accomplice. it does not mean he isa with an accomplice. it does not mean he is a belgian national. he was convicted in 2001 of trying to a tack a policeman. —— attack. given a 20 year prison sentence of which the

last five years he was let off. he was released early in 2016. he was under suspicion for trying to plot similar attacks. how is it that somebody who is, if not on the terror watch list, is on the criminal watch this, how are they at—large? it comes down to balances of priorities and resources. they cannot watch everyone. there are 10,000 people on suspect lists. links to sympathisers orjihadists. britain has similar problems but smaller. the idea you can close the borders and problem—solving, the problem is inside the borders. a lot of it is economic. give people hope and jobs of it is economic. give people hope andjobs in of it is economic. give people hope and jobs in the suburbs, create opportunities, and a lot of that risk will start to subside. it won't disappear but it will go down. the focus this week has been on the

snap general election. but first... local elections across britain. on four may 2017, six regions of england will hold elections for newly created combined authority mayors. these new mayors‘ remits will cover multiple local authorities, in mostly urban areas. their main responsibility will be to decide their region's economic strategy, and many will have powers covering other areas such as transport and housing. in a moment we'll talk to west of england political editor paul barltrop in bristol. first to patrick burns, our political editor in the midlands. he's in birmingham. bring us right up to date as we get closer to the vote. how the contest is shaping up. according to the opinion polls and as we all know, spectacularly they can be wrong, but

if they are anything like bright in this case, it is a knife edge contest between labour and the conservatives. labour candidate sean simon. a member of the european parliament. former government minister in gordon brown's government. and andy street, the former boss ofjohn lewis department chain, in orderto former boss ofjohn lewis department chain, in order to contest this easy steps down. second preferences in the vote system would come into play if none of the first preference votes are if none of the first preference votes a re in if none of the first preference votes are in for an overall majority. the likelihood is second preferences will come in. that will be key, one suspects, as to who emerges or the loser in this contest. the issue what they have to get across, the leadership year across the combined authority area in bracing coventry, birmingham and the black country, despite referendums in individual cities where they said no, it is the

strategic lead they will be trying to get across. the other question, you mentioned the other rival political attractions —— attractions, whether they will be voter fatigue attractions, whether they will be voterfatigue on this. attractions, whether they will be voter fatigue on this. they said, no, we come first. —— we are in the north of the city at a children's centre. jeremy corbyn is set to arrive. the west of england mayor contest. as well as labour, the conservatives, liberal democrats, greens, uk. —— ukip. if you look at the demographics, you see how close it could be. in the la st see how close it could be. in the last general election, the conservatives got the most votes in

the 19 stitches. in 2010, be the dems actually got the most votes. —— nine constituencies. there is also an independent who is standing. he used to be a labour candidate. a significant businessman. that may throw in a competition. the issues around here, transport is probably the biggest one by far. bristol has congestion which is worse only in london. housing is a big difficulty, pressure on rents and house prices. whoever is elected on may the 4th will have to get along quickly with the three local authorities who have chosen to have these mayor system. one candidate opted out of it. there was a slight wrinkle when this ——

one of the authorities opted out. thank you, everyone. but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live: in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first , the headlines on bbc newsroom live: france's prime minister has urged the country not to allow yesterday's attack in paris to derail sunday's presidential election. one police officer was shot dead before the gunman was killed. german prosecutors arrest a 28—year—old man suspected of bombing the borussia dortmund team bus last week — he was hoping to make money out of the attack. votes are being counted today in the election for the new boss of britain's biggest trade union — unite. in the business news: how much do you spend online? the average uk household spent £4611 in 2015 — that's more per household than consumers in any other country. a report by the uk cards association says the average us household spent

£3,500 using payment cards online and in australia it was £3100 — easy delivery is one of the factors driving up orders. tesla has issued a voluntary global recall for some of its model and model x cars to fix a problem with the parking brake. only about 2% of the 53,000 vehicles recalled are thought to be affected and the company say they've had no reports of accidents or injuries relating to the brake issue. in us trading, tesla shares closed down 1%. could sports direct break the states? the company has bought us sports clothing and outdoor equipment chains bob's stores and eastern mountain sports in a £79 million deal. it gives sports direct about 50 stores selling sports and casual wear and camping equipment — with an aim to grow their us online sales. while we may hold the title for the

biggest spenders online, today it looks like economic news is beginning to bite as uk retail sales posted their biggest quarterly fall in seven years. sales were down 1.4% year—on—year on a quarterly basis — and down 1.8% compared with february 2017, according to the office for national statistics. it said demand had fallen for all types of goods except for textiles, clothing and footwear. the biggest falls were seen in sales of household goods and petrol. joining us now live from the city is victoria clarke, economist, investec. victoria — biggest quarterly fall in uk retail sales in seven years — did we see this coming? we were expecting a fall, but it is certainly a biggerfall we were expecting a fall, but it is certainly a bigger fall than we were looking for. it emphasises that consumers are feeling the bite of rising prices. it is a marked fall. it shows that, as inflation is

rising, wages are keeping pace, consumers are under pressure and not spending as much on the high street. items — textiles, clothing and footwear — still selling — but big falls in sales of household goods — so are we still buying the essentials like shoes but holding off on luxuries like a sofa upgrade? that is right. when has a are being squeezed, people focus on the essentials, food in particular. —— household budgets are being squeezed. food spending is weakening as well but holding up better than the rest of the retail picture. households are only buying things and they absolutely need. is this volume is our values of sales following? these are volumes numbers. we have had figures recently from the reddish retail consortium, values numbers, both

sets of figures and looking weaker. there may be distortions but there is not an easy way to put an easy spin on this number. as prices are going up, sales are falling in volumes terms. certainly over the first quarter of this year. in values terms, they are also looking weaker. is this all about increased prices and is that about weak sterling? predominantly, yes, the sharp fall in sterling has pushed up sharply on import prices. there are not quite 20% year—on—year over the last couple of months. that is pushing up the prices that consumers are facing at the shops. that is squeezing households at a time when wages are much more static. we expect that to continue, we expect inflation to go to 3% whereas wages hold steady. it

deals only going to get worse in the months to come. the markets are pretty calm — the last day of trading before the first round of france's presidential election, not a lot of movement. it remains relatively quiet. a beautiful sunrise here. and here, too. but not for ever one, there is cloud moving across scotland. some advocates of rain here. northern scotla nd advocates of rain here. northern scotland turning chilly. a strong winds in shetland. 17 degrees in the

south east where we will see some spells of sunshine. this evening and overnight, band of rain weakening. cold and frosty nights across a good pa rt cold and frosty nights across a good part of scotland, but when she showers in the north—east. wintry showers in the north—east. wintry showers in the north—east. wintry showers in northern scotland. showers in eastern england. a cloudy day for northern ireland tomorrow. in between, sunshine. 15 or 16 degrees the best. sunday, cloud but sunny spells. next week, a dramatic change. things turning much colder with wintry showers at times. this is bbc news at midday. in paris, the city is once again dealing with the aftermath of a suspected terror attack that left a policeman dead. translation: the government is fully mobilised that nothing will stop this fundamental democratic moment for our country from going ahead. security is being reinforced ahead

of the relaxant —— election. campaigning has been port although some of the main players have been giving their reaction to this latest attack. also this hour... german prosecutors arrest a 28—year—old man suspected of bombing the borussia dortmund team bus last week. he was hoping to make money out of the attack. party leaders are back on the campaign trail today, with labour focusing on education and the lib dems opposing a hard brexit. votes will be counted today in the election for the new boss of britain's biggest trade union, unite. and the former aston villa and england defender ugo ehiogu has died at the age of 44. he suffered a cardiac arrest. a very good afternoon to you and

welcome to bbc newsroom live, where welcome to bbc newsroom live, where we continue to bring you our main story today about the attack in paris last night. people in france are waking up with an ever more familiarfeeling, after what appears to be another terror attack in their country. it is just two days until the country's presidential election and, this morning, conservative presidential candidate francois fillon said the fight against "islamist totalitarianism" should be the priority of france's next president. far right candidate marine le pen has called for strict border controls. there were scenes of panic and terror on the streets of the champs elysees last night after a gunman opened fire on police. let's go to karin gianonne. welcome

to paris and an apparently normal scene on to paris and an apparently normal scene on sunday pride —— sunny friday afternoon. the city looks more from the outside, you consider traffic as it usually is, the notorious traffic on the roundabout at the arc de triomphe. the attack took place just at the arc de triomphe. the attack took placejust on at the arc de triomphe. the attack took place just on the opposite side of the arc de triomphe, a few hundred meters away from where we are now and last night, things looked very different indeed. let's just remind ourselves of the sequence just remind ourselves of the sequence of events last night. it happened at around 9pm, the gunmen drove up to a police bus, got out and began firing an automatic weapon, thought to be an assault rifle. officers then shot him dead. he had killed one policeman and injured two others. it happened on one of the city's best known streets — the avenue des champs elysees, which runs between the place charles de gaulle, and the place de la concorde. it could not have been a more famous

place in paris and in france for this to happen. we have been hearing from all sorts of political leaders today, the four main election candidates because the background is we arejust candidates because the background is we are just two days away from france's presidential election. campaigning officially closes at midnight tonight and we had been expecting a normal day of last—minute campaigning, but this happened right in the middle of the televised final debate for all of the candidates, high profile time at peak national viewing on france's national channel. let's just bring you the french prime minister bernard cazeneuve, he says the country's security forces have been fully mobilised and insisted the attack would not stop the first round of the presidential election from going ahead. let's get this report on the events of last night

from richard lister. across the street, a bystander films last night's attack. a grey car has drawn alongside a police van and now there is a gun battle on the street. when it is over, a policeman is dead and so is his attacker. this morning, the windows and surrounding buildings bore the evidence of the gunfire, while on the pavement, some people paused to remember the officer who was killed. defence and interior ministers were called to an emergency meeting this morning. the security forces have now been fully mobilised as france prepares to vote. translation: i call on everyone to show the spirit of responsibility and dignity. it is our duty to not give in to fear, intimidation and manipulation. otherwise, this would only serve to gain the enemies of the republic. the attack happened as the 11 candidates standing in sunday's presidential election were making their final televised appeals for support. several decided to stop campaigning immediately as a mark of respect. francois fillon from

the centre—right said today this was a fight against islamist totalitarianism and should be fought with intellectual war. it was time to show strength, he said. jean—luc melenchon, standing for the far left, wrote... those sentiments were echoed by other candidates. translation: the challenge will be to continue fighting terrorism. we won't erase it overnight but we must emphasise democracy and not give in to fear. this morning, marine le pen from the far right front national spoke of her fears of another attack before sunday's mode. before sunday's vote. she said her battle plan to protect france was controlling the borders which she said terrorists have been crossing with impunity. it's not clear exactly how this

attack will affect the election, but it won't have come as a surprise to a nation already living under a state of emergency. injanuary 2015, gunmen in paris attacked the offices of the charlie hebdo magazine and a jewish supermarket, killing 12 people. in november the same year, the bataclan concert hall, stadium, restaurants and bars in paris were attacked, leaving 130 people dead. injuly 2016, a lorry drove through a crowd celebrating bastille day in nice, killing at least 84 people. this year, a man armed with machetes attacked soldiers at the louvre museum in paris and just last month, a man was killed at paris's orly airport after attacking a soldier. for several hours last night, paris was again full of armed police, tense bystanders and questions about whether there was more violence to come. the man who shot and killed the police officer is dead but parisians know they are still not safe.

as you heard there, some candidates have chosen not to campaign today as a result of what happened last night. others have been using the opportunity to set out their stall and say how strong they would be on security. marine le pen has been one of them, she was very quick to respond with a news conference this morning. let'sjust here respond with a news conference this morning. let's just here also from outside france's border, from across the atlantic. donald trump has been tweeting and he said on this very subject... there is some thinking that france's voting intentions might move to the right as a result of what happened but that is by no means the consensus among people we have been speaking to today. one of the frontrunners, the man in the lead by a hair's brett, is emmanuel macron

of the centrist movement, he has been speaking in the last few minutes, let's hear what he had to say. the way of the terrorist is to destabilise the country, two hurt it, which is fundamental at a time when the french are about to decide their future. at the end of the day, it is democracy which is targeted. it is our cohesion they want a break, our values that they want to strike a decisive hit. during these circumstances, the first role of the president of the republic, as the chief of staff of the army and the guarantor of our institution, is to protect the french people. i am ready. centrist candidate their emmanuel macron, speaking. francois fillon of the centre—right party is known for speaking tough on law and

order. he is the former prime minister under nicolas sarkozy. he also gave a statement. translation: radical islam defies and challenges our values and our spirit. we should fight it with an intellectual and moral war. we should face it with an intellectual and moral war. our foreign policy will be based on the destruction of the islamic state, because it is threatening our country. this will only be possible when all the super powers act together. united states, europe, russia, turkey, the gulf states are divided. the victory for totalitarian islam will be delayed. once elected, i will take diplomatic initiative to create an international coalition against islamic terrorism. and i also intend to get the states of the gulf to refrain from funding, directly or indirectly,

fundamentalism. i will renegotiate the schengen treaty and frontiers, so that our international frontiers will be maintained from beyond november 2017. let's just remind you how he is doing, he was trailing in the polls of the financial scandal but in the last week or so, he has had somewhat ofa last week or so, he has had somewhat of a resurgence and is back in the top four. we also heard from the far right, marine le pen taking the opportunity to set out how she would do things differently if she were president. translation: the war against us is an asymmetric war. its is murderous, because the whole population and

territory is targeted and exposed and the future president should act and the future president should act and protect the country. all the governments for the past ten years have not done enough. i would like to restore the borders at schengen and to start checking the identity for all people, so we can find the enemy. soon, we should put in place the expulsion of the foreigners who have no identity, especially who failed the national nationality test and to send them to their countries of origin. that was marine le pen and those other candidates vying to be president, but what of the current prime minister? he has been speaking in the last few minutes and he has had some criticism of marine le pen in particularfor seeking had some criticism of marine le pen in particular for seeking to exploit this event.

translation: marine le pen is deliberately seeking to profit from what has been done. before, she has opposed everything and never proposed any serious, credible option. marine le pen asks for more measures in terms of immigration, asylu m measures in terms of immigration, asylum and nationality. her proposal reveals her remain —— main objective. she wants to take advantage and make us divide. she wa nts to advantage and make us divide. she wants to exploit fear and emotion for political ends. no investigation, but allow us to link

asylu m investigation, but allow us to link asylum to what happened in paris yesterday. for the whole country, this attack was a tragedy and marine le pen is using this for election purposes. that is the french prime minister bernard cazeneuve. issues of identity, race, religion, extremism, have featured prominently in this campaign, particularly following the last couple of years in france, scarred by a series of terror attacks. let's talk to a film—maker and writer. karim, you have written about rising fundamentalism, before the events in january 2015 at charlie hebdo and the jewish supermarket attack. how much more strain does this put on french society when this happens? well, it is always a little bit worse, i would say. it is, of

course, very difficult to foresee what will happen, what will be the outcome but the society is under stress and each attack is making things more difficult for the people who want just to things more difficult for the people who wantjust to go on with their ordinary lies and live together. do you see that being a potential outcome of this election, that people just get outcome of this election, that peoplejust get on outcome of this election, that people just get on with it and these tensions are somehow suppressed? people just get on with it and these tensions are somehow suppressed7m course, it depends on who is going to win. but nevertheless, all the things that are being said during the campaign are, of course, making things more difficult. for example, about colonisation, which has some point been in the debate, because here, we don't play openly the identity card but it is always there. so if some candidate is talking about colonisation, it is a way of either wanting to get the votes from the dissidents or the

former colonised people, like the algerians or black africans, or if somebody wants to play of "colonisation was lies", it means they want to get the votes of the descendants of those who had french citizenship in north africa, for instance. how much have race and identity and questions like that played into this whole campaign?” think it is always there. in any interview, there is going to be a question about this, be it, as i said, about colonisation or about when you talk about the youngsters from the suburbs, when you talk about that, it is blacks and arabs, it is like a code. it is for bidden to count people by ethnicity or religion, eccentric, but not for bidden to talk about exactly. people

tend to do it in a more discreet way. —— forbidden. tend to do it in a more discreet way. -- forbidden. what direction do you see france going in, or do you see it pulled in all different sorts of directions depending on who you support? i see france going in all sorts of directions whatever the outcome. you don't think there will be unity behind whoever becomes president? it is difficult because we have seen this, for instance, with what happened last summer, with secularism, so it is... in my opinion, you have one part of the society in which people want to live together and are getting along quite 0k and several other parts in which it is totally the opposite. karim, thank you very much for coming along, writer and film—maker. so, as

we have been hearing throughout the last few hours, what happened last night has made an already unpredictable election even stranger. we really do not know what is going to happen over the next couple of days. karin gianonne in paris. the time is now 12:17pm. today is the queen's birthday, she is 91 today and in the last few minutes in hyde park, members of the king's troop royal horse artillery have been taking pa rt horse artillery have been taking part ina horse artillery have been taking part in a 41 gun salute to mark her birthday. let's just take a look at some images from hyde park. i think we can show you those. the queen's official birthday, of

course, is injune, marked with trooping the colour, but today, her actual birthday, her 91st birthday, and we are told she has no formal engagements today but is spending her birthday privately. so marking her birthday privately. so marking her 91st birthday by the king's troop royal horse artillery. the headlines now... france's prime minister has urged the country not to allow yesterday's attack in paris to derail sunday's presidential election. one police officer was shot dead before the gunman was killed. german prosecutors arrest a 28—year—old man suspected of bombing the borussia dortmund team bus last week — he was hoping to make money out of the attack. votes are being counted today in the election for the new boss of britain's biggest trade union — unite. it is time for sport, let's return

to hugh and more on the sad news of ugo ehiogu's death. yes, aston villa will hold a minute's applause ahead of their derby match with birmingham city this weekend following the death of theirformer this weekend following the death of their former defender ugo ehiogu. this weekend following the death of theirformer defender ugo ehiogu. he was a coach with the under 23 side at tottenham hotspur and collapsed during a training session yesterday, having suffered a cardiac arrest. ugo ehiogu won two league cups in a career spent largely with aston villa and middlesbrough. andy townsend won the 1996 league cup alongside him at aston villa and the players stayed in touch after their playing careers came to an end. he was a fantastic lad, a fantastic team—mate. i had seen him quite a lot recently in his new situation at totte n ha m , lot recently in his new situation at tottenham, where he has been coaching the younger boys and the absolute picture of health, that is what i am so shocked. he was an

incredibly fit man as a player and certainly looked absolutely on top form, so this has come as such a shock and it's incredibly sad news. there have been a huge number of tributes paid on social media today. amongst them, former england and manchester united captain rio ferdinand... peter schmeichel also played at aston villa and said... ryan mason came through the under 23s during ugo ehiogu's time as their coach. of them in the team now... spurs have cancelled their under 23

match and all of their academy matches for this weekend in his memory. manchester united will face celtic league in the semifinals of the europa league. marcus rashford's goal kof from the victory late. they will be away in the first leg. here is the draw for the semifinals of the champions league... that is all the sport for now, i will be back with more at around 1:30pm. votes are being counted in the election of the new general

secretary of unite. the opponent to len mccluskey gerard coyne was suspended as an official with the union recently. joining me is leila nathoo. this unite election is a particularly political one, given the context we are looking at of the general election. just tell us more. that is right, it is also an important election because it is seen as a important election because it is seen as a kind of proxy contest for the direction of the labia party. why, because len mccluskey, the current general secretary is one of jeremy corbyn biggest backers —— of the labour party. it is a very influential party, very influential organisation within the labour party. his main challenger, gerard coyne,is party. his main challenger, gerard coyne, is someone who is seen as saying unite is meddling too much in

westminster politics, but he is the one suspended yesterday from his post as regional secretary of the west midlands. we don't know why exactly he has been suspended. it doesn't actually have any bearing on this context, where votes are being counted as we speak, but it could have a bearing a gerard coyne wins on what happens next and, of course, if labour lose the general election and there is a labour leadership contest, then who is in charge of unite will matter very much indeed. lots of politicians on the campaign trail today, including jeremy corbyn, who has been steering the conversation away from brexit on to other subjects, hasn't he? absolutely, jerry mccolgan relishing being on the campaign trail, perhaps bringing back memories of his leadership campaign. he was animated and energetic again this morning in swindon, building on what he said yesterday about being the antiestablishment candidate, that

bringing an end to injustice and inequality as he sees it and he reeled off how labour would do that, ending zero hours contracts, £10 minimum wage, keeping the so—called triple lock on pensions. he then turned his fire on schools, the conservatives' schools record, saying the tories have presided over bulging classroom sizes and railed against selection, theresa may's policy on grammar schools and free schools and saying labour would fund the schools properly. the tory sale record levels of funding are being put into schools and you only have two look at wales, they say, where labour led government has presided over increasing class sizes, so schools will be a battle ground that jeremy corbyn wants to focus this election on. theresa may very much steering it in the way of brexit. we will hear from theresa may, who steering it in the way of brexit. we will hearfrom theresa may, who is out in the south—east of england, later this afternoon and tim farren, the lib dem leader, is also on the came handrailup in

the lib dem leader, is also on the came handrail up in manchester. ——, campaign trail. german prosecutors have confirmed they have arrested a 20 majorov man suspected of bombing the borussia dortmund team bus last week —— 28—year—old man. they the man was a financial markets trader hoping to make money if the price of shares in the team fell. damian mcguinness centres this update in the last hour. police and the authorities in germany were cautious from the outset, saying they couldn't rule outset, saying they couldn't rule out any line of investigation, pursuing all suspects. but there was a lot of speculation in the international media where we had some politicians and media in britain and the us, saying directly that it was islamist terror. it now turns out not to be the case. prosecutors believe this man bought options on the dortmund shares, basically a way of betting that the share price will go down

and if it does go down, you win money, so he was hoping this attack would lead to a drastic drop in the share price. that did, in fact, happen but it is a very cynical way of trying to earn money because what the intention of the attack appears to have been, allegedly, was to seriously injure members of the team if not kill them, because these explosives were incredibly powerful and it was only a matter of luck that it wasn't a tragedy, because in the end one of the team players was injured, no one was killed but investigators say that is simply because of the reinforced glass on the coach. so as this development emerges, damian, what is the reaction? i think there is a certain amount of relief that the attacker has been, we think, allegedly, found. but, also, police are now trying to piece together how he carried out this attack because it seems he booked a room in the same hotel where the team was staying.

he made sure that room had a view over the road which the team bus would take on the way to the stadium. the three explosives were laid in a hedge at the side of that road and he appears to have detonated the explosives remotely, that is what prosecutors are saying. so far, that seems to be what they believe, that it was not islamist terror or right—wing extremist terror, they believe it was financially motivated. a look now at some of today's other stories. government plans described by critics as a "stealth death tax"have been scrapped. tax" have been scrapped. the proposals involved increasing the legalfees paid by some people when a family member dies reaching £20,000. the ministry ofjustice said there was now not enough time for the legislation to go through parliament.

three purpose—built blocks are to open within high—security jails to hold the most dangerous extremist prisoners away from other inmates. the units will have their own facilities and be able to hold up to 28 people. ministers have said they wanted to isolate extremist inmates who "seek to poison the minds of others." prison authorities in the us state of arkansas have carried out their first execution for more than a decade. the lethal injection of ledell lee, who was convicted of murder more than 20 years ago, was given the go—ahead just 30 minutes before his death warrant expired. it's the first of several executions planned by the state, before supplies of one of the drugs it uses expires. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather forecast and it is darren this time. good afternoon, the weekend is just around the corner and it looks like it should be a pretty good one, some dry weather around and some sunshine

from time to time, similar to the weather we have today, you could say. look at the satellite and you can see there has been quite a lot of cloud across england and wales but it is shrinking dollar breaking up but it is shrinking dollar breaking up from the south on the north, so we should begin to see skies brightening a little more widely and a little sunshine coming through, boosting temperatures. the same time, weakening weather front moving down from scotland and through northern ireland bringing the fight and patchy rain. temperatures drop away despite the sunshine and further south, 17 or so in southern england. the weak weather front continue southwards, not much rain on it but colder air behind it so maybe a touch of frost in scotland, in countryside areas but a lot of the cloud will break up in the sunshine will come out on saturday, especially wales, west midlands, west cou ntry especially wales, west midlands, west country and the south—west. one or two shows in the cold air in north—east scotland but warm in the sunshine and as we head into sunday, apart from northern and western scotland, it should generally be dry and some sunshine at times.

french prosecutors search the paris suburbs after last night's terror attack in the capital. the gunman, who killed a policeman, was shot dead by the security forces and was known as a potential radical. the polls predict a tight race between the leading four candidates in the election. uk retail sales post their biggest quarterly fall in seven years in march, as the prices of everyday goods continue to climb. sales fell across all types of shop except those selling textiles, clothing and footwear. party leaders are back on the campaign trail today. labour is focusing on education, blaming the tories for "super—sized classes". the conservatives criticise labour's record on class sizes in wales. votes are being counted today in the election for the new boss of britain's biggest trade union — unite.

gerard coyne, who was suspended from his role in the union yesterday, is the main challenger to the incumbent, len mccluskey the french prime minister, bernard cazeneuve, has urged people in the country not to give into fear and intimidation after the gun attack in paris last night. it is just two days until france votes in the first round of the presidential election. he's been speaking in the last hour — and urged a united response to the attack that left one police man dead. he also criticised the far right leader, marine le pen, who's currently one of the poll front runners. translation: marin n, forgetting her party has voted against all of the anti—terrorist lows —— le pen. she

forgets to tell people that her party failed to vote against the a cts party failed to vote against the acts of terrorism. le pen is deliberately forgetting what has been done before. she has opposed everything and has never proposed any credible serious option. she asks for more measures in terms of immigration and asylum and nationality. so her proposal

reveals her main objective — she wa nts to ta ke reveals her main objective — she wants to take advantage and divide. to exploit fear and emotion. for political ends. now, information allows us to link immigration and asylu m allows us to link immigration and asylum with what has happened. in paris yesterday for the whole country. this attack was a tragedy, le pen is using this for election temperatures. —— temperatures. —— temperatures. —— temperatures. —— temperatures. —— temperatures. —— temperatures. —— temperatures. well france has been under a state of emergency for months now.

earlier i spoke to our security correspondent frank garner — and i asked him if the french authorities were ready for this type of attack. no country is perfect, but in britain we learned the lessons from the 2005 attack. the police and intelligence service m15 work side—by—side now. there are intelligence units all over the country including northern ireland. they have joint meetings and prioritisation. that close working cooperation does not exist to the same cooperation does not exist to the sa m e exte nt cooperation does not exist to the same extent on the continent, particularly in belgium, where famously, after the brussels attacks, it emerged that for belgian police to find out what belgian intelligence think about eight terror threat, they have two content rating, who then it's from m15, who

then it's from belgium and it goes all the way around. that has to improve. to some extent, it comes down to better intelligence. france has a big problem. with france, it is particularly pronounced in the suburbs, the well they are of potential recruits who in the past would have gone to syria and iraq but are nowjust recruited by saying, you have nothing to lose, joina saying, you have nothing to lose, join a bigger cause. france, paris, why is it such a target for jihadists? talking about taking the battle beyond france's frontiers. to some extent, perhaps that is the reason for as jihadists would see it, reprise of attacks? today, the top target of opportunity for europeanjihadists, may top target of opportunity for european jihadists, may delete

top target of opportunity for europeanjihadists, may delete —— middle easternjihadist, there are hashtag fu going around, paris will burn and all that. it started out with a proactive french foreign policy. they reversed al-qaeda's ta keover of policy. they reversed al-qaeda's takeover of mali. that country was about to fall to the jihadists. the french reacted quickly, stop it, turned it back. they have been active in afghanistan, syria, iraq. they have controversial policies like the burqa ban. there are right—wing conservative politicians —— conservative politicians. that makes it relatively easy for jihadists recruiters to say, this is not your state, do something for us,

this is a bigger cause. mr civics of this is a bigger cause. mr civics of this attack. they say they will not release the gunman's name. what can you tell us about this individual's actions? a 39-year-old father who the french authorities say was french born. isis have given him a nickname of father of use of, the belgian one. he is known to have come down from belgian, possibly with an accomplice but he is not necessarily a national of belgium. he was convicted in 2001 of attacking a policeman, giving a 20 year prison service of which the last five years he was let off. he was released early in 2016. he was

under suspicion for trying to plot similar attacks. how is it that somebody who is, if not on a terror watch list but on a criminal watch list, how are they at large to be able to do this? the answer comes down to the balance between resources and priorities. they cannot watch everyone. there are over 10,000 people and suspect lists with suspected links to terror. the idea you can close the border and problems of, no, the problem is inside the borders. a lot of it is economic. give people hope in the suburbs. give them jobs. economic. give people hope in the suburbs. give themjobs. create opportunities for them. a lot of the risk was that to subside, if not disappear. the police union has identified the

officer killed as 37—year—old xavier j. they are not giving his surname following french convention in such cases. the police union says it plans to hold a demonstration in support of police safety in france next wednesday at noon. the average cyber criminal investigated by the national crime agency is just 17—years—old and is motivated not by money but by a desire to show off in front of friends. that's the conclusion of a new report by the nca, which has been looking at ways to stop youngsters getting drawn into the world of online crime. our correspondent angus crawford has more: the internet is breeding a new kind of criminal who'd never normally break the law. they're young and tech savvy and sometimes don't even realise what they're doing is wrong.

investigators questioned teenagers convicted of cyber crime and other young hackers. the report found financial gain wasn't a priority. but they did want to impress other hackers. and thought the risk of getting caught was low. the early motivations can be the challenge, can be proving to their peers online that they can complete the challenge or they can break into certain things, or find vulnerabilities. but we do see, if they are good at that and if they can build their reputations in forums and prove to their peers, we do see them being getting into this more for monetary reasons as well. this self—confessed hacker, now 16, claims he taught himself. ijust read about it on the news. i got interested, wanted to know how it worked and how this actually happens, how a website gets taken down. i researched it from there, really. i was 12, 13. i found it easy. you learn about the computer misuse

act, which is something you will likely to fall foul of if you go off and do something without any guidance. the nca research also shows early intervention can stop criminal behaviour. here, teenagers take part in a tech competition, learning how to hack and stay on the right side of the law. a ban on sugary drinks in hospitals in england is being proposed, unless suppliers cut their sales over the next year. nhs england say it must set a healthy example to help combat obesity, diabetes and tooth decay, but the soft drinks industry says it shouldn't be singled out. simonjones reports. it is said that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down but the country's sweet tooth is having a devastating impact on public health, according to nhs england, which insists suppliers must cut the sales of sugary drinks in hospital shops, restaurants and vending machines over the next year to under 10% of total drink sales.

many retailers including wh smith and marks & spencer have signed up. nhs england say if all don't come on board then a ban will be introduced. as a nation we are consuming too much sugar which means more people are overweight, putting them at greater risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and common forms of cancer. so this is the nhs taking a lead on an important health issue. to fight obesity the who recommends a maximum of six teaspoons of sugar day. just one can of drink can take you over that limit. the idea of making hospitals healthier is aimed notjust at patients and their visitors, it is also sending a message out to staff. the nhs employs 1.3 million people but it is believed 700,000 of them are overweight or obese. in scotland, 70% of drinks must be sugarfree in hospital shops. wales and northern ireland have

introduced their own eating and drinking initiatives. but the british soft drinks association says while it makes sense to promote sales of healthy options, soft rinks should not be singled out for a potential ban especially when companies have made great efforts to reduce calories. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: france's prime minister has urged the country not to allow yesterday's attack in paris to derail sunday's presidential election. one police officer was shot dead before the gunman was killed. german prosecutors arrest a 28—year—old man suspected of bombing the borussia dortmund team bus last week — he was hoping to make money out of the attack. votes are being counted today in the election for the new boss of britain's biggest trade union — unite. not surprisingly the focus this week has been on the snap general

election taking place on june eighth. but coming much sooner than that — in less than two weeks — are a whole raft of local elections in england, scotland and wales. and in six english regions there'll be elections for newly created mayors. these new mayors‘ will cover multiple local authorities, mainly in urban areas. their responsibilities will include their region's economic strategy, and many will have powers over transport and housing. a short time ago i spoke to the west of england political editor paul barltrop in bristol — and patrick burns, our political editor in the midlands. i asked patrick first how the election was shaping up there. according to the opinion polls, and as we all know they can spectacularly be wrong, but if they are anything like right, it is a real knife edge contest between labour and the conservatives. the

labour and the conservatives. the labour candidates is a member of the european parliament, former gordon brown minister, and the former boss on the other hand of thejohn lewis chain, he stood down to contest this. using the supplementary vote system where second preferences will come into play if none of the first preference votes are enough to get an overall majority, as that is the likelihood, that will be key, one suspects, to who emerges as the winner or the loser in this contest. one of the issues all the candidates have to get across, as you say, there will be leadership here across there will be leadership here across the combined authority area embracing coventry, birmingham and the black country despise referendums in individual cities where they said no, it is the strategic lead they will be trying to get across. the other question, you mentioned those other rival

political factions. as to whether there would be a voter fatigue. they said, no, remember, we come first. in the west of england, over to my colleague in bristol. we are in the north of the city in a children's centre. jeremy corbyn is due to live within the next hour. alongside him, the party's within the next hour. alongside him, the pa rty's candidate within the next hour. alongside him, the party's candidate for the west of england mayor contest. there are six candidates competing for it. conservatives, labour, liberal democrat, greens, ukip and one independent. if you look at the mathematics, that's really shows how close it could be. in the last general election, the conservative scots most. nine constituencies, well ahead. 2010, the scots most. nine constituencies, wellahead. 2010, the lib scots most. nine constituencies, well ahead. 2010, the lib dems score the muscles. in the last three ——

got the most votes. those three parties think they are in with a very good chance. there is an independent standing who at used to bea independent standing who at used to be a labour candidate was that a significant businessman. that major a competition into the works. the issues around here, transport is probably the biggest one by far. bristol has congestion which is worse only in london, i think. housing is another big difficulty, pressure on rents, house prices. whoever is elected on may the 4th, they will have to get to grips quickly working with the local authorities who have chosen to have the coma system. north somerset, forth local authority in this area, they opted out. the three other local authorities pressing ahead. a new film featuring the duke

and duchess of cambridge and prince harry has been released today as part of the heads together campaign's #oktosay series. the conversation covers a range of topics including the emotional changes new parents go through, bereavement, the stresses of modern childhood, and dealing with trauma in the workplace. let's hear a little of it. both of us, we never talked about it, losing a mum at such a young age. you see little kids, i think, wow, i don't want them to go through the same thing. you have to do is help them as much as you can. and empower them to be brave enough to talk about it rather than blocking it upforfartoo talk about it rather than blocking it up for far too long. you both went through trauma. when i worked with early intervention, the early

yea rs, with early intervention, the early years, i think it is incredible how strong, how'd you have been able to cope. i put that down to your early yea rs, cope. i put that down to your early years, sheltered experience. but also the relationship you have, you are amazingly close. most of the time! sadly, most are not as lucky as you get up in. we have been brought close by the circumstances. uniquely bonded because of what we have been through. but we have not talked enough about our mother. has doing this campaign made you realise that? i think so. doing this campaign made you realise that? ithink so. ithought, doing this campaign made you realise that? i think so. i thought, what is the point of bringing up the past and making yourself sad and it cannot bring her back? but you have to sit down and think about those memories. i did not want to think about it. what happened with us,

what is happening with others, you have to prioritise. you say to yourself, at some point, it is easy to run away from it. but someone has it they believed and be brave enough to force that conversation. for the past six years, jacob collier has been posting videos of his music online, all of them created in his room at his mum's house in north london. his arrangements landed him two grammys at the music industry's biggest night in la. tim muffett went to meet him and hear his extraordinary story... one small room. one big talent. # feel the sky and feel of the moon

#. one that is now being recognised far beyond the four walls in which jacob collier produces his remarkable sound. tell us about this space. why is it so important? it is where i have spent most of my — i suppose most of my childhood and teenagehood, just exploring and jamming. # don't you worry about a thing... # jacob performs every instrument, and creates every sound himself. # don't you worry about a thing...#. i enjoy the process of imaginging the band, but i enjoy the feeling of being responsible for each thing. and the videos you make, you shoot them yourself, you edit them yourself, in this room? yes, i have this camera, and i use my sister's ipad. this cover of a stevie wonder song

went viral, and was spotted by quinchones, famous for producing and writing songs for michaeljackson. he has now becomejacob's mentor. and he pops up on some of the videos, as well? yes, i asked him to make a cameo appearance, just because he wrote the song. in february came international recognition, two grammys for best vocal and instrumental arrangements. it is funny situation at the grammys. as a very unashamed introvert, it is a weird place. so could you do a new bbc breakfast theme? a bit ofjazz, a bit of funk? i'll give it a go, let's get started. # bbc breakfast...

how many instruments do you play? it is a difficult one. piano, bass guitar, drums and voice. most instruments you can gauge an understanding from one of those five things. i try not to count them, really. # welcome, to bbc breakfast...#. got it. nicely done. stevie wonder — who needs a stevie wonder? you've got tim muffett. # welcome to bbc breakfast... jacob is now touring. a special synthesiser allows him to perform live. but in his room, in his mum's house, the ideas keep coming. tim muffett, # bbc breakfast... ina moment,

in a moment, the news at one, but she is the weather. this weekend looks pretty good. quite one in the sunshine. high pressure never too far away. sitting close to the uk. we have this weather front that but some heavier rain across northern scotland. it becomes light drizzle as it sinks southwards. bad around, the south west of england with the best of the sunshine. elsewhere, england and wales, the cloud should thin. some sunshine coming through. 17 or 18 freeze in parts of england. in the cloud, 13 or 14. to the north in the afternoon, some sunshine, some showers, colder air. in the afternoon, some sunshine, some showers, colderair. colder than yesterday. the rights rain and

drizzle edges its way southwards overnight. most places dry. behind it, clearer skies. a touch of frost in rural parts of scotland. colder in the north. during saturday, any rain peters out. one or two mac showers in the east of the uk. sunshine in wales, the west midlands, west country and the south—west. more cloud in the east. in the surging, a lovely day up to 16 degrees. for the marathon, ideal weather. chilly in the morning, some cloud. the spectators would like it's one, but the sun, when it comes out, should boost the temperatures. not as wet and windy as forecast earlier in scotland either. the wind

jenkins overnight, and behind this weather front we will see a significant change in the weather. the air behind that comes from the arctic. the coder will sweep down through the country on monday and tuesday. not much now settling because the ground is warmer, but you will notice the chill. eight or nine celsius.