tonight at ten... the upsurge of violence on the streets of london. two teenagers are the latest victims. they include this 17 year—old killed in north london last night, one of 48 murder inquiries launched by the metropolitan police so far this year. as tributes were paid to the teenager, the city's police and local authorities pledged to work hard to deal with what they called a ‘violent scourge‘. we are doing everything we can lawfully to deal with the rise, use every tactical option available, enhancing the police presence in key locations but most of all working with communities. we'll have the latest as police confirm the death of a 16 year—old boy who was shot in east london last night. also tonight... do you regret going to that event? not in the slightest. jeremy corbyn has defended his visit to a left—wing jewish group, saying he'd learned a lot from speaking to young people there. the duke of edinburgh, who's 96, is admitted to hospital for a planned hip operation.

50 years after the murder of martin luther king, we'll be asking how much progress america has made in tackling racial inequality. here in memphis, tennessee word dr king died, final preparations are under way for the anniversary. a time of reflection on the current state of fresh relations. and, we look at the home nations‘ hopes in the gold coast commonwealth games, which start tomorrow. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... cristiano ronaldo keeps up his stunning goal—scoring run in real madrid's champions league quarterfinal first leg againstjuventus in turin. good evening. the upsurge of violent crime on the streets of london has prompted the mayor

sadiq khan to promise a robust response. he spoke following the death of a 17 year—old girl, who was shot dead last night, and a short while ago came news of the death of a 16 year—old boy, who'd also been shot last night, in an unconnected attack. the metropolitan police has now launched 48 murder inquiries so far this year, 22 of them in the month of march, a record number. most of the victims had been fatally stabbed. our correspondent adina campbell has more details. coming to terms with the pain of their loss. friends and family of tanesha melbourne. she died in a drive—by shooting last night. i could not believe it. iwas shocked. she is bubbly, a bubbly girl, a very beautiful girl. everyone knows her, she is lively.

she treated everyone good. you worried about your future growing up here? i am a boy, i am more at risk andl here? i am a boy, i am more at risk and i am black as well. the teenager had been with friends shortly before she was shot from a passing car here in tottenham. i never heard of a young girl being shot, never. never. never in my life. what would she do that was so bad that somebody would end her life like that? she has not even started her life, she is a baby. forensics teams have spent the day gathering evidence in this road. tanesha melbourne is the ninth teenager to be violently killed in london this year. there have been 47 killings in the capital since the start of 2018, mainly caused by shootings or stabbings. we are doing everything we can lawfully to deal with the rise, using every tactical

option available, enhancing the police presence in key locations. this was not the only violent crime, in north london last night, in waltha mstow, in north london last night, in walthamstow, a 16—year—old boy was found with gunshot wounds. tonight police have confirmed he has now died from his injuries. another boy aged 15 was taken to hospital with sta b aged 15 was taken to hospital with stab wounds. many people here in totte n ha m stab wounds. many people here in tottenham say they are shocked but not surprised by what has happened. that is because over the years some say that problems have been building and getting worse. here on this road, near to the shops, some people have said they are too scared to leave their homes once it gets dark, underlining a real sense of fear in this community. this latest rise in gun and knife crime has caused widespread anger, particularly from local campaigners. a young girl has just been shot on the corner there, would you leave your house? of course you would be afraid. the

government are wasting money and they are not focusing on what is needed out there and that is why this keeps happening. so far there have been no arrests, but tributes pour tanesha continue to grow. another life lost on the streets of london. adina campbell, bbc news, in totte n ha m. our home editor mark easton is here. another teenage death being confirmed tonight. can you put all of this and all the events of the past three months in some kind of context? the first thing to say is that the loss of life, particularly we are talking about young people, still in their teens, it is deeply affecting. another 16—year—old, another murder enquiry launched a night and after years of the murder rate falling in london, it is understandable that people are asking, is it starting to rise again. i think it is too early to say whether the trend has

changed. london has a problem with gangs and there will be those who say that the squeeze on police budgets has meant there are not the resources to infiltrate the gangs and get intelligence. scotland yard will be looking to improve that. how they can infiltrate the gangs and get the intelligence and keep guns out of the capital. senior officers accept that the murder rate is only very loosely connected to the number of bobbies on the beat and the size of bobbies on the beat and the size of the policing budget, if it was as simple as more cops, fewer murders, we would not be laying flowers for another dead teenager on the streets of the capital tonight. thank you. mark easton, are home editor. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has beeen accused of provoking members of the jewish community, by attending an event run last night byjewdas, a left—wing jewish group. mainstream jewish organisations said mr corbyn‘s presence at a dinner in london called into question his promise to tackle anti—semitism in the labour party. but mr corbyn said he‘d ‘learnt a lot‘ at the event, by talking to young people about their experiences

as our political correspondent ben wright reports. 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 wherever it raises its head. ifound it an interesting evening, hearing different points of view. because if you want to 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 the 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 majorjewish groups, who protested about anti—semitism within labour last week. this evening, he wrote to them, repeating his offer of an unconditional meeting, as soon as possible. after the board of deputies and the jewish leadership council had sent the labour leader an agenda for talks. and today, those groups were angry aboutjeremy corbyn‘s jewdas dinner. it looks to us, again, yet again, that his actions are not the same as his words. so, we are wondering, just how much reliance we can place on his word, when he says to us, he is 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. and again, at a time when labour is desperate to show that it is 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. we haven't dealt with this issue as fast or as transparently as possible and cases have taken a great deal of time to be dealt with. investigations take time, i think we have not 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. the duke of edinburgh, who‘s 96, has been admitted

to hospital in central london for a hip operation. in a statement, buckingham palace said the procedure had been planned and would take place tomorrow at the king edward vii hospital. the duke has missed several recent royal events, as our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. police officers at the entrance a sign that there is a royal patient behind the doors of the private king edward vii hospital in central london. the duke of edinburgh was driven here this afternoon ahead of hip surgery tomorrow. there have been few public appearances from the duke in recent months. last summer, he retired from public life. his final official engagement inspecting the royal marine on inspecting the royal marines on parade at buckingham palace. since then, when he has been seen in public, he generally looked fit and well. here, a brisk walk to

church on christmas day. even though his hip problems have been bothering him for around a month, he was seen in early march carriage driving, still a favourite past at 96 years old. but any surgery at this age comes with risk. there are certain technical risks, but the good news is the risks are rare and in fact, the outcomes are very good, a very reliable way of improving people‘s function. i think a gentleman of mid—90s, clearly there are some and concerns i have no doubt that the duke of edinburgh will be well cared for in that regard. the duke would usually join the queen and other members of the royal family for the traditional service at windsor on easter sunday. his absence at the weekend a clear sign that the hip problem had become more difficult. the queen will remain at windsor but is being kept informed of her husband‘s condition. despite the risk, buckingham palace

said it is a planned operation and there is no cause for alarm. the duke of edinburgh will hope to be back to full fitness in time for prince harry‘s wedding next month. thank you. government scientists say they can‘t confirm the precise source of the nerve agent used against sergei skripal in salisbury. they have identified the substance used against the former russian agent and his daughter and ministers say the only plausible explanation is that russia was to blame. mr skripal remains in a critical condition in hospital four weeks after he was poisoned. our security correspondent frank gardner is with me. they cannot conform —— confirmed the source. how much of the setback is that? it depends on how you perceive it. factually, this makes no difference. porton down, the laboratory where the substance was tested had the remit to find out what it was and they have identified

it very quickly as a military grade nerve agent called novichok which means newcomer in russia. and the circumstantial evidence has been compiled with that by other agents of government, in other words, the intelligence agencies. they have come together with the conclusion that russia had an active programme to develop this stuff, it had an active assassination programme, a content —— considers traders as legitimate targets and they put that together with the fact that novichok is so toxic, so dangerous, so difficult to get hold of, but it could only have been russia. russia has seized on this straightaway and said, this shows that these are crazy allegations, the russian media is all over it today. even drawing comparisons with wmd saying that britain will have to apologise to them for this huge mistake they have

made. potentially it could be embarrassing for the british government and the foreign office says it makes no difference, we stick by our story, russia did it. thank you very much. frank gardner, our security correspondent. rail workers in france have started three months of industrial action severely affecting services across the country. the national rail company, sncf, said that travellers faced severe disruption, with some services running 20% of scheduled trains. airline staff, refuse collectors and some energy workers have also staged walkouts in protest at president macron‘s plans to reform public services, including fewer employment benefits for new recruits as our correspondent lucy williamson reports. to protect their future, france‘s rail workers are turning to tactics from the past. their right to pay rises, early retirement and jobs for life as much a part of national culture as street protests. they took their message to the commuters themselves. mr macron, they say, is trying to break the power of the unions and his government‘s

reforms a first step to privatisation. 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‘s worked before. the test is whether the country will back them. with almost half the rail companies core staff on strike, just 12% of high—speed trains were running today, one in five regional trains. platforms were so crowded that one woman fell on to the tracks at gare de lyon. fellow passengers jumped down to haul her up. translation: i'm really sick and tired of it. they have the right to strike, but not to jeopardise ourjobs. a stand—off with the rail unions may not do president macron any harm when he‘s facing competition for right—wing votes. but success may depend

on whether public sector workersjoin the strike. having been elected to change france, mr macron is gambling that france itself has changed. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. new medical centres to speed up the diagnosis of cancer are being introduced across england to try to spot the disease at an earlier stage. the stragegy is to avoid the situation where patients are referred for separate tests, for different forms of the illness, when they have non—specific symptoms. the former health secretary, lord lansley, who‘s being treated for bowel cancer, is calling for improvements to the screening programme. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. it helped me focus more on what actually my symptoms were. patients with unexplained symptoms can get sent around different places for tests if their doctors think they might have cancer. but now a one—stop—shop trial aims to bring everything

together on single sites, the aim being to get diagnosis or the all clear within 28 days. the advantages are that the patients can have all the tests they need doing in one place rather than having to go back—and—forth to different departments. and the quicker we can get the diagnosis of cancer for a patient, then the quicker they can start the treatment, which means better outcomes for the patients. but survival rates in britain for all cancers are lagging behind some other leading economies. sweden, germany and france are among those with the highest rates, ahead of england, wales and scotland. bowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer. lord lansley, the former conservative health secretary, who has bowel cancer, says a screening scheme should have been offered across england by 2016, but it‘s still only available in half the country. he blamed lack of investment in staff for the programme, called scope screening, which uses a camera to examine the patient‘s lower bowel. the aim is early detection

of any abnormalities. this hospital, st mark‘s, in north—west london, was one of the first in the country to start offering the bowel screening programme to 55—year—olds, and it‘s now available to every eligible patient in the local community. but in other parts of england the service is a lot more patchy. staff shortages affecting nhs cancer care have been highlighted in the bbc‘s hospital series, with one surgeon in nottingham revealing his frustration. the job that i want to do, i can‘t do in the nhs because of the pressure we‘re under all the time. there‘s just nowhere to take a breath. cancer survival rates are improving, but with people living longer, the caseload is increasing. the challenge for the nhs is to keep up with that. hugh pym, bbc news. in the past half hour, police in northern california have said they‘re responding to what they‘ve described as an ‘active shooter‘ at the headquarters of youtube. staff on social media said

people were seen fleeing the building in panic from the offices in san bruno, in california. ambulances are at the scene and police have warned the public to stay out of the area. our north america correspondent, dave lee, is there for us now. what is the latest? as you say, details are coming out. i can tell you that the youtube hq details are coming out. i can tell you that the youtube h0 is up the road behind me. the last half—hour or so there was this incident which google describes as a "gunfire incident" in and around the youtube hq area. we know that a local hospital has taken in what they say is between four to five patients that they are treating in relation to this incident. as we understand it right now, the situation is still ongoing, huw. huw. dave, thanks very much for the latest there for us. dave lee with the latest there on that situation in san bruno in

california. half a century after the assassination of martin luther king, the prime figure in america‘s civil rights movement, racial inequality remains a persistent feature of life in the usa. dr king‘s campaigns for better workers‘ rights and his warnings on segregation and poverty involved a mass protest movement, which still resonates very powerfully to this day. on the eve of the anniversary of dr king‘s assassination in memphis, tennessee, we canjoin my colleague clive myrie. huw, i‘m outside the lorraine motel it‘s a civil rights museum. it‘s where, 50 years ago, dr martin luther king came out on the second floor balcony outside his room and was assassinated a shot that was heard around the world. black advancement in the intervening years has been patchy. main people point to continued racism and discrimination, as i‘ve been finding out in the city of milwaukee, which is said to be the most segregated

city in america. martin luther king said there were two americas. one was white, over flowing with the milk of prosperity. the other black, a lonely island of poverty and brutality. 50 years after his death, are those two americas any closer to being reconciled ? i pledge allegiance... to the flag... ..to the flag. ..of the united states of america. on the face of it, little‘s changed at the martin luther king elementary school, in the mid—western city of milwaukee. 98% of the pupils are black, reflecting the demographic of the local area. so while segregation is now illegal in education, it happens anyway. with liberty and justice for all. fine words, but milwaukee is the most segregated city in america, where there isn‘t liberty and justice for all. the north and west are mainly black. the south and east, mainly white.

in the affluent suburbs, postal workers are the most frequent black visitors. academic mark lavigne has written extensively about the racial divide here. milwaukee, in terms of the level of segregation in the town, is precisely the same as it was 50 years ago. a black household, making $100,000 a year, has about a 20 times greater possibility of living in a concentrated poverty neighbourhood than a white family. and it‘s notjust in housing that america remains a land divided, half a century after dr king had a dream. 50 years ago, the unemployment rate was 6.7%. in 2017, 7.5%, still roughly twice the rate of whites. and 50 years ago, just over 40% of black people owned homes, about the same rate as today, yet 70% of whites are homeowners. they have taken everything that we have a now we‘re showing them we ain‘t afraid of them no more. housing has always been a racial faultline in america. black people have so often been denied the right to live where they want or refused

loans for homes. in 1967, thousands marched for fairness in milwaukee. # ain‘t going to let mayor maier turn us around #. and these people were some of the protesters, demonstrating on this bridge, the divide between black and white in the city. # walking up the freedom land #. the white people with their children and everybody else had bricks and bottles, name calling. all kinds of things would happen by the time you got to the end of that bridge. old news reels helpjog memories of their sacrifice. that‘s our mother. that's your mother there. yes. yeah, that‘s my dear mother. but how much do they think things have changed in america? milwaukee has become more tolerant in where they place the blacks, but they‘re still doing the same thing. they‘re segregating us, putting us into different areas though. i don't care how much money you got, what you got, they're looking at this.

right. but some are fighting back. a non—profit organisation, the milwaukee fair housing council, has undercover researchers who investigate landlords over racism. i met two of the researchers — one black, one white — who went to the same landlord looking for a flat. they were very, very accommodating to me. they were keen? oh, yeah. yeah, yeah. i was told there was nothing available and come back later. i subsequently went back, about a week later, and was told nothing was available. that was it. it‘s really disheartening to me because it‘s a symptom, for me, of something that‘s really sick in this society. no matter what i've accomplished, no matter what my station in life, i'm reminded that i'm a black person living in america. dr king wanted these children to achieve their american dream and he wanted this country to find its soul. while the evil of inequality pervades. inequality

pervades, he remains a voice of anguish for millions. clive myrie, bbc news, in milwaukee. members of the king family will be here for the commemorations tomorrow at 6.01pm bells will ring out from churches and across cool campuses across the country to commemorate the death of martin luther king. back to you. clive myrie there for us back to you. clive myrie there for us in memphis, tennessee. the three main foreign powers in syria‘s civil war — russia, turkey and iran — are due to met tomorrow in ankara to try to bring an end to the deadly seven—year conflict. it comes as the key rebel—held area of eastern ghouta, on the outskirts of the capital damascus, looks likely to be completely retaken by government forces. a very big win for president assad. but there are concerns that the tens of thousands of men, women and children now being evacuated are simply being moved into areas where airstrikes are escalating. our middle east correspondent, martin patience, has more details. this is the story of two young

sisters, nur and allah, forced to leave like so many others. they have been posting videos on social media about life in eastern ghouta over the past few months. they don‘t have much because they‘ve been forced to move so many times before. they arrive in idlib, the biggest

opposite stronghold in syria. this is where the government is sending all of those from rebel—held areas. but nurand all of those from rebel—held areas. but nur and allah‘s new home could be the scene of syria‘s next big battle. back in eastern ghouta president assad has victory within his grasp. martin patience, bbc news, beirut. over to football now, where in tonight‘s champions league cristiano ronaldo scored twice, including this stunning bicycle

kick, as real madrid beatjuventus with a convincing 3—0 win. the portuguese striker made history with his opener, becoming the first player to score in 10 consecutive champions league games. the opening ceremony of the 2018 commonwealth games will take place tomorrow in australia in the gold coast, in the state of queensland. a total of 71 nations and territories are competing, with 275 gold medals being contested. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, 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 greeted 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. commentator: and a triple twist. 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 commonwealths occupy a special place in his heart. the games mean a lot, they‘re 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 it taght me so much. that competition really made me sort of believe that i could go somewhere in the sport, i could do something. well, there are more than 4,400 athletes coming to the games, many of whom will be staying here in the athletes‘ village. now, these are the first gender neutral commonwealth 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 seven 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's what it should be. it should be appreciated for that.

so i like the way that commonwealth games actually does that and it is completely integrated. and, i dunno, for me, it'sjust kind of the way it should be. games records are already being broken before a starting pistol is fired. this will be northern ireland‘s david calvert‘s 11th commonwealths. 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 our strongest commonwealth games team that we've had. so, yes, we're expecting big things and, hopefully, we can bring a few medals back. big things played out against a breathtaking backdrop. it's it‘s 7.30am and the opening ceremony is injust 12 it‘s 7.30am and the opening ceremony is in just 12 hours‘ it‘s 7.30am and the opening ceremony is injust 12 hours‘ time.