the rise of violent crime — two shootings in london leave a teenage girl dead and a boy fighting for his life. the 17—year—old girl was killed in a drive by shooting in north london last night — her friends say she died for no reason. police say she was the 47th person to be killed in a wave of violent crime this year. we're doing everything we can, lawfully, to deal with the rise, using every tactical option available to us, enhancing the police presence in key locations, but most of all, working with communities. we'll be looking at what's behind this rise in violent crime and how police are tackling it. also on the programme. the duke of edinburgh is in hospital tonight — he's having a planned hip operation tomorrow. jeremy corbyn has defended his visit to a left—wing jewish group which has criticised allegations of anti—semitism in the labour party. rail services in france are severely disrupted as three months of weekly strikes begin in protest at government plans for reform. and how new technology is being harnessed to monitor some of the world's

most endangered species. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, athletes from 71 nations are giving up for the start of the commonwealth games which will be hosted on queensland's gold coast. the opening ceremony takes place tomorrow. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a 17—year—old girl is dead and a 16—year—old boy is critically ill after two unrelated shootings last night in london in the space ofjust an hour. eye witnesses say the girl who died was with friends in tottenham in north london — when someone opened fire from a passing car. her friends say she was killed for no reason. these latest attacks come amid concern about rising violent crime. 47 people have been killed in london in the first three months of this year alone.

31 of the victims were fatally stabbed. that compares to 116 murders in london for the whole of last year. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. a community in mourning. today, family and friends remember 17—year—old tanesha melbourne who died ina 17—year—old tanesha melbourne who died in a drive by shooting last night. the teenager had been with friends, shortly before she was shot from a car near northumberland park in tottenham. this man and his son were in the area when it happened. heard the shot. i thought it was the easter holiday and it was just firecrackers, i said, holiday and it was just firecrackers, isaid, no, iwould say about ten minutes, a drive by from my house, i see all the commotion, i see the police. how do

you feel about what has happened. commotion, i see the police. how do you feel about what has happenedlj feel you feel about what has happened.” feel sad because it was a girl as well. yeah. are you worried about your future and growing well. yeah. are you worried about yourfuture and growing up here well. yeah. are you worried about your future and growing up here yes, because i'm a boy, i'm more at risk and black as well. forensic teams have spent the day gathering evidence in this cordoned off road. watched on by members of the local community. i have never heard of a young girl being shot. neverment never. never in my life. what would she do so bad that somebody would end her life like that? she's not even started her life. she's a baby. tanesha is the ninth teenager to be violently killed in london this year. but there have been 47 kill information the capital since the start of 2018. mainly caused by shootings, orstabbings. we are doing everything we can lawfully to deal with the rise, use

every option available to us, enhancing the police presence in key locations, but most of all working with communities. many people here in tottenham say they are shocked but not surprised by what has happened. that is because over the years some say problems have been building up and getting worse. right here on this road for example, near to this parade of shops, some people have tote told me they are too scared to leave their homes when it is dark. underline lining a real sense of fear in this community. this wasn't the only violent crime round the same time in north london last night. two miles away, in walthamstow a 16—year—old boy was found with gunshot wounds and is now in a critical condition. while another boy aged 15 was taken to hospital with stab wounds. he has been left with stab wounds. he has been left with life—changing injuries. it is not surprising... this latest rise in gun and knife crime has caused widespread anger, particularly from local campaigner.

the government come out and they are very proud about their new websites, anti—knife and anti—violence and the website is not a reputation of where young people are at moment. my thing is that the government are wasting money and not focussing on what is needed. that is high this keeps happening. so far there have been no arrested but tributes continue to grow for tanesha. another life lost on the streets of london. another life lost on the streets of london. our home editor mark easton is here. 47 killings this year alone in this wave of violent crime. what is going on? well, it is, you know, this loss of life is deeply troubling, particularly young people in their teen, after years of the murder rate falling in london, it is understandable that people are wondering whether now it has started to go back up again. in all honesty i think it is probably too early to say that anything significant has

changed with crimes that are relatively rare there are natural falls over time. violence and deliberate killing in london have been declined in the last 20 years and london remains one of the safest cities in the world. it does have a problem with gangs, and some will say that perhaps police resources have not been there to put into gathering the intelligence to disrupt those gang, maybe that is pa rt disrupt those gang, maybe that is part of it. but it is not true to say that if you have more police you will have fewer murders, there are more police in london than five yea rs more police in london than five years ago and yet the murder rate has slightly increased. police will be looking at what they can do to save live, to disrupt gangs, to perhaps stop and search more often to lock for knivestor, deal with the problems of guns in the capital. but the reasons for the murder rate rising orfalling are much more complicated than just the number of bobbies on the beat. complicated than just the number of bobbies on the beat. the duke of edinburgh has been admitted to hospital today for a planned operation on his hip. the 96—year—old, seen here last august at a military parade to mark his retirement from public

engagements, is expected to undergo surgery tomorrow. 0ur royal correspondent, daniella relph is outside the king edward the seventh hospital in central london. buckingham palace has stressed this is a routine operation. yes, that is right. they are very keen to stress it's a planned admission and planned operation tomorrow and in using those carefully chosen words, that they wa nt to carefully chosen words, that they want to avoid is any sense of panic round the duke being in hospital here. but we do understand he has had this problem with his hip for the past month or so, and it has now got to the point where it was felt surgery was necessary, over recent months the duke has stepped back from public life, with that retirement from royal engagements last summer but we did see him on christmas day, on the queen's estate in norfolk alongside other members of the royal family walking briskly to church there, looking very well

physically. for a man who is 96 he is very fit and active, but his absence from church services over easter with the queen was a sign that perhaps his problem with his hip had become rather more serious. buckingham palace won't say exactly what the surgery is he is going to have tomorrow but his care will be overseen by the medical team attached to the royal house hole and the queen remains at windsor castle where she is being kept informed her husband's condition. a family from bristol has died after a collision between two vehicles in florida. all four passengers were killed in the crash, in the city of titusville. investigators believe they had just left kennedy space centre before turning into the path of oncoming traffic. police have arrested two men on suspicion of planning acts of terror. loud bangs were heard as counter terror officers forced their way into two addresses in dewsbury in west yorkshire. police said that the two men — aged 52 and 21 — were arrested and detained at a police station in west yorkshire for questioning. two homes were searched

in connection with the ongoing investigation. jeremy corbyn says he has no regrets about attending a passover event last night organised by a left—wing jewish group, called jewdas. it has argued that there's no problem with anti—semitism in labour. mr corbyn said he'd spent a long time talking to young jewish people about their experiences of racial abuse, and was determined to eradicate what he called the "cancer in our society" of anti—semitism. but critics say it's further proof he's failing to address the issue properly. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright reports. do you regret going to the event last night? not in the slightest. in politics, every choice matters, decisions send a signal, and jeremy corbyn's choice to join a passover event last night organised by a left—wing jewish group has angered others in the broaderjewish community. but out campaigning in swindon today, the labour leader defended his attendance at the dinner. i spent the evening listening to them, talking to them about their experiences in modern

britain. the issues of anti—semitism, which is a cancer and awful in our society and has to be eradicated where ever it raises its head. ifound it an interesting evening, hearing different points of view, because if you want the lead you also have to listen. the dinner was a public event organised by jewdas, a left—wing, largely young, radicaljewish group critical of mainstream jewish organisations and the actions of israel. last week, when the labour leadership was engulfed in a row about anti—semitism in the party, jewdas said the furore was anything but an attempt to address anti—semitism. "it is a work of cynical manipulations by people whose express loyalty is to the conservative party and the right wing of the labour party. it is a malicious ploy to remove the leader of the opposition", the group said. jeremy corbyn has yet to meet the major jewish groups who protested about anti—semitism within labour last week, although he has written to them, asking for urgent discussions.

it looks to us again, yet again, that his actions are not the same as his words. so we're wondering just how much reliance we can place on his word, when he says to us he's going to be an ally in the fight against anti—semitism. whateverjeremy corbyn's motivation for attending the dinner, it has done much to inflame tensions between the labour leadership and much of thejewish community, again, at a time when labour's desperate to show it's taking anti—semitism seriously, and now the grass roots group momentum that has done so much to build upjeremy corbyn's support says that anti—semitism and what it calls conspiratorial thinking has to be tackled within labour. well, i think we have to accept it as a collective failure, you know. we haven't dealt with this issue as fast or as transparently as possible, and you know, cases have taken a great deal of time to be dealt with, investigations take time.

i think we haven't had proper training programmes. mr corbyn's promise to stamp out anti—semitism in the labour party will be judged by his actions on this hugely charged and sensitive issue. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. train services across france have been severely disrupted at the start of three months of strikes in protest at the government's labour reforms. walk—outs will take place on two days in every five. they're protesting against plans to reform employment contracts and to open the state—owned railway company to private competition. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson reports. president macron's vision of france's future is bringing back scenes from the past. with almost half their staff on strike today, the national rail service was running just 12% of high speed tgv lines, one in five regional trains. platforms were so crowded that one woman fell on to the tracks at gare de lyon.

her rescue at least made easier without any trains. translation: i'm really sick and tired of it. they have the right to strike, but not the jeopardise ourjobs. but not to jeopardise ourjobs. french railway workers, including 92% of sncf staff enjoy a special employment status, including a guaranteed job for life. an automatic pay rise every three years, and early retirement. drivers and conductors currently retire at 52. president macron wants new recruits to be hired on different conditions. the unions say mr macron wants to be remembered at the man who broke them. a kind of french margaret thatcher, with railway workers instead of coal miners. the reform, they say, are a first step to privatising french railways. the government says they are not. president macron has promised to transform france, and there are many voters who believe reforms are necessary. but these strikers are not appealing to the country's economic head, but to its social heart.

france's social model, they say, is what makes us french. it's an argument that has worked before. in 1995, a rail worker's strike brought an end to government reforms. a different ending now might benefit president macron, banishing his liberal credentials when he is facing competition for right—wing votes. but he will need the support of other public sector workers, and the nation. he was elected to change france, but this fight is a gamble on whether france itself has changed. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. our top story this evening: two shootings in london leave a teenage girl dead and a boy fighting for his life amid concerns about the rise in violent crime. and still to come: on the eve of the commonwealth games opening ceremony, we find out how the home nations are gearing up for two

weeks of sporting action. and coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel, england's winless run in test cricket this winter continues as they lose their series to new zealand, their last before flying home. it's called high energy proton beam therapy — it's an advanced way of treating cancers. but it's also very expensive — around five times the cost of conventional radiotherapy. until now patients needing it have had to travel abroad for treatment. but next week, the uk's first private centre offering the therapy will open in south wales. and with the new technology has come a debate over whether this form of treatment should be used more widely. 0ur wales correspondent sian lloyd has been given exclusive access to the new centre in newport. freya bevan is a happy, lively five—year—old, but two years ago things were very different. freya was desperately ill

with a brain tumour. after surgery and chemotherapy in south wales, she spent three months in the united states undergoing proton beam therapy, after her family fund—raised to pay for the expensive treatment. we had our little girl back, you know. there were times, there were dark days, and we didn't know what the future held. we sometimes forget, and you can pretend it never happened and just lead a normal life. it's all we ever wanted. it does make you not take things for granted any more. for the first time, high energy proton beam therapy will be available in the uk. until now, the nhs has funded a small number of patients to be treated overseas. it's taken months of construction work to get the centre in newport to treat its first patients. so how does proton beam therapy work? the process begins inside a huge machine called a cyclotron. hydrogen gas is fed into the machine. inside, protons are pulled from the hydrogen atoms. the protons are sent spinning around

the machine and fired into a beam that travels at half the speed of light. the beam can be precisely targeted at a patient‘s tumour. it's claimed the great selling point of proton beam therapy is that, unlike conventional radiotherapy the dose is delivered directly to the tumour, minimising the risk of damage to surrounding tissue and organs. treatment at this private facility in newport will cost up to £60,000 per patient. the man behind the company is mike moran, a businessman who started researching proton beam therapy when his brother was diagnosed with cancer. what we need to do is have this grown up conversation nationally, to say, actually proton beam therapy is here, the genie's out of the bottle, we need to use it effectively, use it properly, and give patients that access to that valuable treatment. the centre in newport

looks transformed. a welsh government fund invested £10 million to help develop this reject, but the centre hasn't yet been commissioned to treat nhs patients. in england, two nhs centres are being built, in manchester and london. when they're up and running the overseas funded programme will be wound down. for families like the bevans, change can't come quickly enough. it angers me, really, to think we're so far behind. they've had these in america for, like, 20 years. i mean, it's been run for years and years. it's not something new. freya had been turned down forfunding by the nhs. the extent to which proton beam therapy is more effective than traditional radiotherapy is the subject of debate, but with the technology on the threshold of being available closer to home, her parents hope more families will eventually benefit.

sian lloyd, bbc news. nhs england is trialling a series of "one—stop shops" for spotting cancer. ten assessment centres are being established to offer patients a range of tests under one roof and to speed up the process of diagnosis. they aim to diagnose any form of the disease, or give patients the all clear, within 28 days. conservationists are borrowing techniques from astronomers to keep track of endangered species. the aim is to develop a system that automatically identifies animal species from their heat signature. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh reports from knowsley safari park. the heat signature of a group of chimps wandering through their habitat. this is a new way of keeping track of endangered species. a little further along, rhinos snuffling the ground for food. and these baboons can be seen even through the tree tops. currently conservationists such as serge wich count the animals from the ground.

it's a painstaking process and not always accurate. we have too many areas where we don't know how many animals there are. we don't know where they are. and we don't know if those populations are increasing or decreasing, and that's a real problem for conservation management. here at knowsley safari park in merseyside, serge is testing out a system which films the animals heat signature from the air. the drone can spot far more animals from the air, but the problem was that the researchers could not tell what they were, especially if they were far away. what they needed was a system that could identify them from the heat they gave off. what serge needed was the help of an astronomer. claire burke uses software which automatically identifies the size and age of stars from the pattern of heat they give off. she adapted it to analyse pictures from serge's drone, and she found that different animals have their own distinct heat pattern. each different species of animal has

a unique thermal fingerprint. so they all look different depending on what species they are. and because of this we can construct a machine learning —based algorithm which will tell the difference automatically between rhinos and elephants and giraffes and this is what we hope to do with it at the end of the day. the researchers have found that there drone system can successfully identify species at knowsley safari park. so they will be trying it out in the wild next month. if it performs just as well, it will give conservationists the detailed information they need to protect the planets endangered animals. pallab ghosh, bbc news, liverpool. it promises to be quite a match. tomorrow night liverpool take on manchester city, in the first leg of the all—english champions league quarterfinal. the hugely—anticipated match sees the two best attacking sides in the premier league face each other at anfield. our sports correspondent david 0rnstein looks ahead to the tie. they are the best team in england

under possibly the best manager in the world. but for manchester city and pep guardiola now comes the test of their supremacy. jurgen klopp's fear some liverpool with the roar of ankle behind them, a place in the last four of europe at stake. they are so last four of europe at stake. they are so direct. that's good, it's a good challenge for us. 180 minutes, we are going to try to make a good performance here to try to score goals and get a good result to manchester. among the highlights of the spectacular season for manchester city has been in the form of kevin de bruyne, the brilliant belgian has the ability to decide this time but he knows tomorrow's opposition carry a devastating attacking threat over own. liverpool area attacking threat over own. liverpool are a class team. sometimes unpredictable. but offensively they area unpredictable. but offensively they are a juggernaut. but in the end if you want to win titles you need to

beat every team. this is part one of a massive week for manchester city. by a massive week for manchester city. by the end of it they could have put in the champions league semifinals and beat premier league champions with victory over their archrivals manchester united. another step on the path they hope will lead to global domination. leading the charge to stop them or be mohamed salah, the revelation of the liverpool campaign with 37 goals in 42 games. the egyptian played a key role as the inflected manchester city's on the premier league defeat to date back injanuary and they hope to cause a repeat. it's a big game against one of the best teams in europe, if not the best team in europe at the moment. we need to be proud of our history but we need to create our own. the atmosphere will be red—hot hot as two of the game ‘s most exciting teams and coaches go toe to toe. this has the makings of

a footballing classic. the opening ceremony of the gold coast 2018 commonwealth games will take place tomorrow in australia. 71 nations and territories are competing — with 275 gold medals up for grabs. our sports correspondent natalie pirks is there. she has been taking a look at where the home nations‘ hopes will lie. a welcome like no other. with the athletes' village in aboriginal territory, team england was treated by a traditional song and dance. the team has plenty to sing about, in glasgow last time around, they topped the medal table with 58 golds. what a performance! max whitlock helping with three of them. this will be the third games for the nation's most successful gymnast, and before flying to australia, he told me the commonwealth games occupy a special place in his heart. the games mean a lot, a huge competition on my radar, and the first commonwealth games i ever did was my senior debut,

so it was so important to me, and that competition really made me sort of believe that i could go somewhere, and i could do something. there are more than a400 athletes coming to the games, many of them who will be staying here in the athletes' village. these are the first gender neutral games: there are equal medals for men and women, and it also features the biggest disability sport programme in commonwealth games history. 38 medals across 7 sports. one of those hoping for gold coast glory is england's jade jones, as para—triathlon makes its games debut, mentored by dame tanni grey thompson, jones is also competing in the marathon alongside husband callum. it's just sport and that is what it should be. it should be appreciated for that. so, i like the way that become of games does that and it is completely integrated, and for me, it is kind of the way that it should be. games records are already being broken before a starter pistol is fired.

this will be northern ireland's david calvert's11th commonwealth, and atjust 11 years old, anna hersey is team wales ping—pong protege. hurdler eilidh doyle will be scotland's flag bearer at tomorrow's opening ceremony, the first woman ever to do so. this is probably the strongest commonwealth games team that we have had, so yes, expecting big things, and hopefully will bring a few medals back. big things played out against played out against a breathtaking backdrop. it's a bit warmer than it is here. here's ben rich. no more snow, please. some off some northern areas but things will change, across parts of scotla nd things will change, across parts of scotland was a bit of snow and temperatures did not climb above four or temperatures did not climb above fouror5 temperatures did not climb above four or 5 degrees but brother sowed some sunshine and showers, those temperatures up into the mid teens. those showers, some heavy and

thundery, it will dry out but then we see more shoppers pushing in from the south, all the while some winter and us fora the south, all the while some winter and us for a time across parts of northern ireland high ground, snow over high ground in scotland because it will be quite a cold night here but much more mild brother sowed. into tomorrow we do it all again, winter holds across the north, still some snow over high ground, brother southee mixture of sunshine and heavy showers and here it will be mild. a closer look at tomorrow afternoon, the snow still falling, mostly over high ground, three, four, wintry showers and to northern ireland, a scattering of heavy thundery showers with sunny spells in between, but here temperatures up to 12 or 13. thursday gives us a chance to draw breath, i fine day with sunshine but more cloud working into the west, strengthening wind as well. but that wind coming from the

south, mild, we will feel the effects of that as we get into friday, this area of low pressure trying to squash in from the west, it will strengthen the wind but look at where it's coming from, notice the orange colours showing their hand. it is that air coming in our direction so wherever you are by the time we get to the weekend we will be into double—digit, maybe as high as 18 in the south but still some rain at times. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the duke of edinburgh has been admitted to hospital for a planned hip operation. buckingham palace say he'll undergo the surgery tomorrow. there are fears over levels of violent crime in london — after a teenage girl — named locally as tanesha melbourne — was shot dead in tottenham. the french rail network is badly disrupted — as a wave of strikes against president macron's reforms begin. jeremy corbyn defends his

decision to attend an event organised by a left—wing jewish group — following criticism from mainstream jewish leaders. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... 0n beyond 100 days at seven o'clock, the team will be covering the strike which has disrupted train services across france. and we'll be talking to youth workers and the police