hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown. today at 2:00pm... ahmed hassan is found guilty of attempted murder after a rush hour bomb attack on the london underground. 30 people were injured at parsons green tube station. it's emerged hassan had been enrolled on an anti—radicalisation programme. hassan was engaged on the programme, but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive in relation to what he was doing, what he was planning, and nobody around him actually knew what his plot was. the foreign secretary says vladimir putin is "overwhelmingly likely" to have ordered the nerve agent attack in salisbury. topman apologises and withdraws from sale a t—shirt that some say appears to refer to the hillsborough disaster. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. all eyes on that champions league draw that was made earlier today. an all—english quarterfinal,

with liverpool taking on manchester city in the last eight. and arsenal face cska moscow in the europa league. sarah has the weather, another cold snap coming. it's a return of the beast from the east, its a mini beast from the east, its a mini beast this time. some wintry weather on the cards, not as long—lived as two weeks ago but there is further snow all around and warnings from the met office. i will have all the details in about half an hour. that mini beast from the north. footage is released of the first polar bear cub to be born in captivity in britain for a quarter of a century. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live — i'm ben brown. an 18—year—old man has been found guilty of attempted murder, following the bomb attack

on the london underground last september which injured 30 people. ahmed hassan admitted building the device that partially detonated at parsons green tube station, during the morning rush hour. the court heard it was down to luck that the device didn't fully go off, and kill many people. it's emerged that hassan was under a deradicalisation programmes. the government says there are lessons to be learned from the case. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly reports. ahmed hassan arrived in this country ona ahmed hassan arrived in this country on a lorry as an asylum seeker. having been given refuge committee began plotting on how he could bring terror once again to the uk. cctv cameras captured his journey as he left home early on an autumn morning with a bomb in his bag and a murderous plan in his head. he was on his way to kill and injure people on his way to kill and injure people on the london underground system. he made for a train and.

he made for a train and, a few stops down the district line, he got off, leaving his bag containing his bomb on a timer behind. just after the train pulled into parsons green station, the bomb detonated, creating a massive fireball which rolled down the carriage, leaving passengers burning and screaming in pain. hassan had strapped shrapnel to the device — including nuts, bolts, screws and knives — to cause maximum carnage. he'd also used the explosive tatp, known as mother of satan. the bomb had only partially exploded. that bags on fire. at parsons green, a major emergency operation got under way. terrified passengers were taken off the train. some were carried out of the station on stretchers. meanwhile, the teenage bomber left london and went on the run. the year before, he'd told a teacher it was his duty to hate britain because his father had been killed by coalition forces. and at the time of the attack he was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme, prevent.

he was very cunning and devious and, on the face of it, hassan was engaged on the programme, but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive in relation to what he was doing, what he was planning and nobody around him actually knew what his plot was. 2a hours on from his attack, firearms officers were surrounding his house in sunbury in surrey. inside were his petrified elderly foster pa rents, penny and ron jones. this was a couple who had received mbes from the queen for fostering hundreds of children. ahmed hassan repaid them for giving him a home by secretly building a bomb in their kitchen. and it's also emerged that the teenager staying in their spare bedroom had said to immigration officials that in iraq, he'd been kidnapped and trained to kill by the islamic state group. it seems the joneses were told little about his background. someone like pennyjones is so experienced, and she's

an absolute champion for education, for the children's mental health and well—being. she would have put in as much as she possibly could in place for this young man. and this would have... this would have absolutely destroyed them, in part, because they had... i don't think they had any idea. after the bombing, hassan, who had come into the uk two years earlier on a lorry, headed for dover. he was arrested as he tried to flee the country which had given him a home and an education, but for which he felt only hatred. june kelly, bbc news. we can speak to richard lister outside the old bailey. the government say there are lessons to be learned. security minister ben wallace has released a statement saying it is clear that are lessons to be learned in this particular case. the police and local council have conducted an internal review as

to how it was handled with the prevent strategy and we are working with partners to review the findings and identify where further improvements can be made. i think there are very valid questions about how it was that the prevent strategy that was set up specifically for this kind of case, where you had a vulnerable young man who had come from iraq, who had actually told immigration officers that he had been abducted by isis and trained to kill by isis, would go on to harbour secret plans to attack this country and carry out those plans. why it is we did not know exactly what had happened through prevent, why nobody picked up on what he was planning to do, those are questions i think the government will want answers to. what do we know about this teenager, ahmed hassan? how did he appear in court? it's a mixed picture. he came across as an extremely quiet, unassuming individual. quite

slightly built, he never really looked up throughout the whole of the proceedings, even when in the witness box being examined and cross—examined. he never really looked up at all. quite an odd sort of loa n looked up at all. quite an odd sort of loan ofan looked up at all. quite an odd sort of loan of an individual is how he came across in court. of loan of an individual is how he came across in court. but to speak to those who knew him, they say he was extremely intelligent, worked very ha rd was extremely intelligent, worked very hard when he enrolled for his media studies course at college. he got distinction marks for every piece of work he submitted and was a student of the year 2016—17 and was given a £20 amazon voucher as a result of that. what did he spend the voucher on? chemicals to make this bomb. katherine brown is a lecturer in islamic studies at the university of birmingham, specialising in youth, gender, counter—terrorism issues. the government believe there are

lessons to be learned. what do you think they may be? one key thing to remember in this is that the process of radicalisation and de—radicalisation is very individualistic, in that every single person, theirjourney towards radical beliefs and theirjourney leaving it, seems to be highly variable. i think what is highly important is to have an in—depth review to understand what it was about this particular individual that meant he was able to evade people's concerns. and the second point is, when concerns were raised and when there were warning signs, why these were not necessarily picked up. in relation to that, we need to bear in mind the considerable pressures the local authorities, police and others are under in order to ensure they've treat people fairly, but also the limited resources they have. we know there was a big gap between him coming into the country and saying openly that he had links to islamic state, and the time he was put on the prevent programme. it was months

later. clearly if you can't quite alarming gap in time. later. clearly if you can't quite alarming gap in timelj later. clearly if you can't quite alarming gap in time. i think we have to give due diligence and ensure that when this individual, when he was reporting his claims, when he was reporting his claims, when he was reporting his claims, when he entered into the uk and was seeking asylum, we need to bear in mind whether those were tested, how long it took for them to be checked out, whether they were true or not, credible, and for him to then be put on the programme. we don't want an over reaction where lots of young people are suddenly put on the programme unnecessarily because people panicked and the relevant authorities feel under pressure to put lots of people through these programmes, which further stresses the resources available to them and make them less effective. does this case show they are not very effective? he was on the prevent programme and the police describe him as devious and clever. was it because he was devious that he was on the programme while all the time

planning an atrocity like the one he was planning at parsons green? is it the fault of the programme or what? we have to put it in context. looking at the reoffending rates of young people, who have been convicted of a crime and go on to reoffend, that's around a0%, quite a high rate. when we looked at the same sets of services trying to look after these young people as well, actually the rate of recidivism, reoffending, orfailure, is actually quite low. we can rely on that in terms of the number of attacks we have been very low, and the number of young people going to seek attacks is very low as well. we have to be careful about not overreacting in these cases. the second thing to bearin in these cases. the second thing to bear in mind is that what the case shows is that young people are intelligent, and they work really ha rd intelligent, and they work really hard in their studies, intelligent, and they work really hard in theirstudies, but intelligent, and they work really hard in their studies, but also that we mustn't do apologise teenage lives in this regard. they are very good at living multiple lives, it's what teenagers do. there are

questions to be asked, but we also have to be careful about not overreacting and pushing more people into programmes where they may not be needed. thank you for being with us. now for the latest on the aftermath of the nerve agent attack in salisbury. 0n sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. we are hearing the russian investigative commission has opened a criminal case and investigation into the attempted murder of yulia skripal, who is a russian citizen. sergei skripal had become a british citizen. a statement also says a murder case has been opened following the death of glushkov in the united kingdom. the investigation will be carried out in terms of russian law and the norms of international law. the foreign secretary has said

he believes it's "overwhelmingly likely" that president putin was personally responsible for directing the use of a nerve agent on a former spy in salisbury. the kremlin says borisjohnson‘s comments are shocking and unforgivable. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, confirmed british diplomats will be expelled from moscow, in response to 23 russians being told to leave britain earlier this week. naomi grimley reports. it is 12 days since sergei skripal and his daughter were attacked with nerve agents in salisbury. the resulting diplomatic spat with russia has escalated rapidly, even raising the prospect of a return to the cold war. british diplomats in moscow are braced for tit—for—tat reprisals after britain announced the expulsion of 23 russian officials. there is no word yet on that but russia says it has stopped listening to the long list of allegations from the west. translation: there is investigations, hearings,

when not a single piece of evidence has been presented to the public. the lact of facts is being compensated for by more waves of sanctions. at raf northolt, borisjohnson was standing shoulder to shoulder with his polish counterpart, making it clear president putin is the man he wants to see punished, not russians in general. 0ur quarrel is with putin's kremlin. and with his decision — and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision — to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the uk, on the streets of europe, for the first time since the second world war. the russians gave an immediate response to that remark, saying it was shocking and unforgivable. meanwhile at westminster, this episode has started to reveal some of the existing cracks in the labour party. jeremy corbyn has once again suggested that britain can't be sure the russian state is responsible. in a guardian article he said...

but that has drawn an angry response from some labour backbenchers. what we need is a very clear line from our leadership, stating very clearly that we stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies and with the government, in the action it has taken. in salisbury last night, specialist police teams were still at the graveside of sergei skripal‘s wife and son. 131 people in this quintessentially english city are believed to have had possible contact with the deadly nerve agent. they may not be in hospital, but the anxiety caused to them is trouble enough. naomi grimley, bbc news. 0ur correspondent richard galpin is in moscow. another twist to this affair with

russia opening up their own investigation into what they call the attempted premeditated murder of yulia skripal, a russian citizen. you know, ben, this seems to me to follow a rule book, a playbook. it's very, very similar to what russia announced following the death of alexander litvinenko. they said they should have their own investigation into his death, and it shouldn't be the british detectives who were working on it. and now we have that again here in the case of yulia skripal as far as the russians are concerned, saying it was attempted murder and they should be investigating that, and this other man, nikolai glushkov, who has been living in london in new molden, for about 14 years. he came over here, fled here, got asylum here. he had been close associate of boris berezovs ky been close associate of boris berezovsky and had been high up in

the russian airline aeroflot. boris berezovs ky was the russian airline aeroflot. boris berezovsky was enemy number one as far as berezovsky was enemy number one as faras vladimir putin berezovsky was enemy number one as far as vladimir putin was concerned, and he himself died in london a few yea rs and he himself died in london a few years ago, but that is thought to have been as a result of suicide, but it is not totally sure. so this is an intriguing moment. nikolai glushkov himself was found dead on monday of this week. counterterrorism police are involved in it, but it seems that is more precautionary, given the circumstances given what has happened to the skripals. some suggestions about whether he might have been strangled, but nothing confirmed so far and the investigation continues into his death. richard, thank you. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster. this war of words between london and moscow is really ratcheting up again today. that's right, foreign secretary boris johnson

today. that's right, foreign secretary borisjohnson using pretty strong language today. clearly pointing the finger at president putin. absolutely no doubt about where he believes the guilt lies. i think the same perspective is shared in number ten. thinking back to the statement theresa may made on wednesday in the house of commons when she set out sanctions she was imposing on, for example, russian diplomats based in the uk who are now being expelled from the country. remember that she said there can be no alternative conclusion other than the russian state was culpable. she went on to say, we wanted a better relationship and its tragic president putin has chosen to act in this way. yes, some strong line which from the foreign secretary, but i think it's consistent with what the government's view has been all week. what's interesting is the swift reaction we had from moscow to what boris johnson swift reaction we had from moscow to what borisjohnson said. swift reaction we had from moscow to what boris johnson said. after those expulsions of russian diplomats from

london, presumably the government he is expecting almost any minute a similar number of diplomats, british diplomats, to be thrown out of moscow. certainly, ever since theresa may set out the sanctions, i think number ten was prepared for retaliation. we now know there will probably be the expulsion of uk diplomats from russia. the foreign secretary said this morning that he was overwhelmed by the support that the uk had got from around the world. we had that rarejoint statement from the us, france and germany, joining the uk saying russia was to blame. he also said the uk was waiting for a sensible response to that worldwide criticism. we wait for those sanctions the government believes will be coming from moscow. meanwhile, a row in the labour party over its leaders's position on this. jeremy corbyn today once again

pretty much saying, let's not make any rush to judgment, hold fire, pretty much saying, let's not make any rush tojudgment, hold fire, on what happened in salisbury. that has upset some of his own backbenchers who think there should be a clearer condemnation of russia from the labour leader. i think it has touched a little bit of a raw nerve, the tone and languagejeremy corbyn has used, with some of his critics in his party worrying once more about some of his long held views on foreign policy. jeremy corbyn‘s allies and team say he is absolutely not on the side of russia, but it's just logical to call for a pause before making any decision as to what happened in salisbury. eleanor garnier, political correspondent with the latest from westminster. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. an 18 year old man has been found guilty of the parsons green tube bombing. last september ahmed hassan‘s partially exploded bomb injured 28 people.

the foreign secretary borisjohnson says it's "overwhelmingly likely" that president putin directly ordered the nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter in salisbury. topman has apologised and removed from sale a t—shirt with the number 96 on the back —— which has offended some of the relatives of the people killed in the hillsborough disaster. in sport, it's an all english champions league quarterfinal as liverpool are drawn against premier league rivals manchester city. arsenal have been drawn against cska moscow in the quarterfinals of the europa league with arsene wenger‘s side facing a long trip to russia in the second leg. its gold cup day as the second leg. its gold cup day as the cheltenham festival comes to a close. can irish trainer willie mullins win it for the first time with djakadam, or will nicky henderson complete a treble at the festival this year with might bite. the former south african president

jacob zuma is to face prosecution on 18 charges of corruption. mr zuma was forced to resign as president last month by his party, the ruling african national congress. 0ur correspondent milton nkosi is in johannesburg. these corruption charges have been hanging over him for many years. it's clear when he was pushed out of office there was no deal to give him any kind of immunity from prosecution. yes, that's correct. the former president jacob prosecution. yes, that's correct. the former presidentjacob zuma is now in deep trouble. he is facing 16 charges of corruption, including fraud, racketeering and money—laundering. that's what the head of the prosecuting authority just announced a short while ago. president zuma, considering he is now out of office, he doesn't have the state machinery to support him.

although, because some of these crimes happened while he was president of the republic, there is some understanding that the government may continue to pay for his legal fees, which are just becoming, ballooning into huge amounts of money. that they will pay for those fees until the end of the trial. and if he is found guilty, then he will be liable personally to pay for all those fees. but if he is acquitted, then it goes without saying that the state will then absorb the costs. and when we talk about corruption, or the corruption charges, give us a brief idea of what is meant, what is alleged that he did while he was president and before. it's a very important

question. this case dates back to the early 90s when a new democratically elected government led by nelson mandela decided that the apartheid defence equipment was obsolete and they went for an overhaul, and the procurement process of that, buying fighter jets, patrol boats, and other arms, it's alleged in that procurement process , it's alleged in that procurement process, president zuma solicited bribes from an french arms company through his financial adviser. the financial adviser forjacob through his financial adviser. the financial adviser for jacob zuma at the time was tried and successfully prosecuted. that was in 2005. we are now here in 2018 when the other half of this case will be heard in court

whenjacob of this case will be heard in court when jacob zuma will of this case will be heard in court whenjacob zuma will be answering for his role in those allegations. at least 12 people have been injured in an accident at a ski resort in georgia when a ski lift broke down. dozens of skiers were sent flying when a power cut caused an emergency stop and then sent the lift into reverse. 0thers jumped clear and stop and then sent the lift into reverse. 0thersjumped clear and at least two injured people were taken to hospital in the georgian capital of tblisi. reports say some of those hurt have suffered multiple fractures. clearly an horrific ordeal. 12 people injured in that accident at a ski resort in georgia asa accident at a ski resort in georgia as a ski lift broke down and sent dozens as a ski lift broke down and sent d oze ns of as a ski lift broke down and sent dozens of skiers flying from it. that was after a power cut caused an emergency stop. the clothing chain topman has

apologised unreservedly for any offence that was caused by a t—shirt it's been selling, after criticism that it could be seen to refer to the hillsborough disaster. the red top, with a large "96" on the back, is being seen by some liverpool fans as a reference to the club's kit — and the number of people who died in the 1989 disaster. topman says the design was inspired by a bob marley song, but is has now been withdrawn from sale. sarah corker reports. this is the £20 topman t—shirt that some liverpool fans that some liverpool fans have described as sick and offensive. 0n the back the words "what goes around comes back around", and written on the sleeve is the word "karma". it was spotted online on thursday, and on merseyside there has been a big backlash. the 96, the colour red and the rose are seen by some here as references to the hillsborough disaster, when 96 people died. campaigners want to know how this happened. who made this decision to do this shirt?

who made this decision? surely to goodness they must have known something about hillsborough, and if they don't, i urge them to look up on hillsborough, because i think they will learn. they have to learn an awful lot about it. and of course i can quite understand the fans, the families, being upset about this. and some took to twitter to vent their anger. "absolute disgrace, it is surely unintentional", one person wrote. "but how on earth no—one flagged how offensive it would be is beyond me." another wrote "it's a bob marley song, the lyrics are from the song, karma is the brand. they could have thought of the other connotations perhaps but probably the designers don't follow football. " 0thers described it as an unfortunate coincidence and surelyjust a genuine mistake. topman acted swiftly, removing the shirt this morning. i have constituents who have post—traumatic stress disorder from the events, that terrible day.

it is just, it is really unfortunate that topman have done this. i am glad they have taken it off sale. a company spokesperson said: questions are being asked of the topman design team, how this hillsborough connection, this mistake, was not spotted sooner. sarah corker, bbc news. time for a look at the weather... it's looking like a cold snap all over again. this picture was taken during the last cold snap, the beast from the east, when we had a lot of heavy snowfall over the week, it caused heavy disruption up and down the country. this picture from suffolk could have been almost anywhere.

another cold snap, not as severe all long—lived as the cold weather we have had recently. some snow, but not as heavy and disruptive as previous. it's a pretty quick snap. and a big contrast of temperatures between today and tomorrow. out there today it is feeling almost like spring with some sunshine. looking at the contrast in temperatures between today and tomorrow, today, many of us up in double figures. tomorrow will be a good 10 degrees colder across many parts of the country so you will certainly notice it. a day for getting a big coat out again. next week it gets back to normal, decent temperatures. that's right. it's a cold blip in the weather. today we have some springlike sunshine, a glorious picture from somerset taken bya glorious picture from somerset taken by a weather watcher. still showers around across parts of england and wales and snow showers across scotland. 0ver wales and snow showers across scotland. over the next few days we are likely to see snow and ice

become more widespread and cause significant disruption. back to the here and now, we have rain showers across parts of northern ireland, north—east england, some snow showers across scotland and we could see another 20 centimetres of snow across the higher ground of scotland. looking at the contrast in temperatures, we have temperatures reaching 13 or 1a in the south, but much colderfurther reaching 13 or 1a in the south, but much colder further north. this evening and overnight, the cold air will come in from the east. the rain showers will increasingly turn to snow, even at low levels across south—west england and wales, and snow across south—west scotland. temperatures are subzero particularly in the countryside first thing tomorrow morning. a cold and icy start. through the weekend we will see high—pressure sifting across scandinavia with the wind rotating around the high pressure. drawing in that bitterly cold easterly breeze. 0n drawing in that bitterly cold easterly breeze. on saturday we will start with snow showers may be across eastern england and a few

poor eastern scotland. perhaps some fla kes poor eastern scotland. perhaps some flakes of snow for southern england and wales. sunshine in between the snow showers but it will feel really cold. temperatures struggling to get above freezing. but adding on the effect of the bitterly easterly wind, it will feel as low as —7 or minus eight degrees. the met office issuing amber warnings for snow and ice. be prepared for some disruptive weather, particularly through parts of the east midlands and down to london and the south—east of england where we will tend to see some showers forming into bands. some areas are seeing some heavy snow and not far away you will see drier conditions. further snow through saturday night and into sunday. looks like most of the snow will be ina looks like most of the snow will be in a south—west of england, wales, and northern ireland. drier weather for scotland, not quite as cold here, but further south it's another bitterly cold day with temperatures struggling to get much above freezing once again. we are set to see the cold weather continuing

through the course of the weekend. quite a strong and bitter easterly wind and further snow. i will be back later and we will have fixed the problems with my