at youtube headquarters in san bruno, south of san francisco, is dead. they believe she shot herself. the attacker used a handgun. three people are being treated in hospital, one, thought to be a former partner of the attacker, is in critical condition. american trade officials have published a list of chinese imports worth about $50 billion that could be targeted by additional tariffs, the latest move in president donald trump's trade confrontation with beijing. the list covers more than 1,300 items. it's emerged that british scientists have not been able to confirm the source of the nerve agent used on the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter. they have identified it as novichok, and say it's so sophisticated it was most likely state—produced. russia is the only nation known to have made novichok. now on bbc news, a special programme, miscarriage to murder. our reporter ben zand investigates the controversial case of evelyn hernandez, a salvadorean teenagerjailed for 30 years for having a miscarriage due to the country's

harsh abortion laws. you may find some scenes in this programme disturbing. our constitution in article 1 states that we recognise the human being from the moment of conception. so i don't see the difference between killing a kid and killing a baby inside the womb of its mother. i was in el salvador, a country that has major problems with gangs and homicides. it's one of the most dangerous places in the world for women. there's been a femicide involving a pregnant women. the funeral is taking place as we speak. and there's a lady we're just about to meet, who's a localjournalist, here — she covers this stuff week in, week out.

and she's taking me along with her to see exactly what's happened. i think it might be here. menle‘s worked covering cases like this for years. and it's a busyjob. again and again, she witnesses the terrible treatment of women in el salvador. it'sjust so depressing. this woman was supposedly killed by her boyfriend. she was eight months pregnant, she was strangled, she was left in the street. and about two hours ago, there was another femicide, a woman who was shot by her husband. the cousin of the woman who was killed pulled me aside to talk. yesterday was his birthday.

her birthday was yesterday? why do you think she was killed? troubles. just like an argument? yeah, couple troubles. that's all it was, just a bit of an argument? was she excited to have the baby? yeah, yeah, yeah. she was happy? yes, baby shower, in this saturday. for menley, there's another area where el salvador‘s treatment of women is particularly harsh. men? yeah. we need the support of mens. abortion in all forms is banned in el salvador, including cases of incest, rape, and where a woman's life is at risk. since 1988, it's estimated over 600 women have been imprisoned under

these laws, some serving sentences of up to a0 years for aggravated murder. even more shockingly, i'd heard many of the murder convictions relate to women who have had miscarriages. there is one case in particular involving a case called evelyn. evelyn is from a poor rural family. and injuly, 2017, at the age of 19, she was sentenced to 30 years injail. the prosecution accused her of homicide. but evelyn and her defence say she had a miscarriage. i arranged to meet her mum to find out more. and what happened?

how did she end up in the hands of the police? evelyn's story was hard to believe. how could a woman who apparently had a miscarriage be sentenced to 30 years in prison? i wanted to know more about the case, so i went to meet evelyn's lawyer, denis munoz. denis is one of the few lawyers in the country prepared to work on cases like evelyn's. they're controversial, and he has been derogatively labelled as the pro—abortion lawyer. how is it possible that a teenager who has a miscarriage can be sent to jail for 30 years? so evelyn is an example of that? it sounds you're saying that any woman who has a miscarriage is at risk of being sentenced to 30 years injail?

no matter your views on abortion, whether you're for it or against it, the surprising thing about the cases denis represents is that the majority of them have nothing to do with abortion — they are, in fact, stillbirths or miscarriages. and you'd be hard—pressed to find somebody who truly believes that a woman should spend 30 years injailfor having a miscarriage. ricardo parker is a right—wing parliamentarian for the arena political party here. we'd agreed to meet. 0h, hello. hello, how are you doing? very nice to meet you, man. he's one of the most hard—line anti—abortionists in the country. and not only does he think evelyn is guilty, but he thinks people like her should be sent to jailfor even longer. 0ur constitution in article 1 states

that we recognise the human being from the moment of conception. so i don't see the difference between killing a kid and killing a baby inside the womb of his mother. so someone like evelyn — so she was sentenced because — was it homicide that she was... yeah, homicide. but was the argument not that she didn't know that she was pregnant, then she gave birth, had a stillbirth... and she killed the baby. how did she kill the baby? one of the cases was mechanical strangling. the other was with a brick, with a stone, hitting, breaking the — the — the baby's skull. ijust need to clarify something: i've found no evidence that this is true. there doesn't seem to be anything in evelyn's case that states physical injuries. she didn't know she was pregnant, she had a stillbirth in the house... she did not know that she was pregnant? for — for real? that is the argument? have you ever been pregnant? no, i am a man. but there have been cases where women have been pregnant and not known. yeah, there are cases. how do you know she was not one of those cases? go — read — the — file.

the psychiatrist who had the file told me "they're lying." and they are lying, trying to use and to change a reality. how long should they go to jail? well, the major felony here for killing — homicide — aggravated homicide, it's 50 years. if your daughter, when she's older, she's going to have a baby, there are complications in which her health could be negatively affected, do you think she should be allowed to have an abortion? no. so if—she — she could potentially die? yeah, she could potentially die. the baby might not even survive. yeah. both of them could — both of them could die. are you still saying that she can't have an abortion, so both of them could die? so both lives are going to die, so it's a double homicide? it's not a double homicide. there has to be a culprit. exactly. is society not the culprit if they are not allowing that woman to have abortion? we should be punished as a society, maybe, but on the side of abortion, i think it should be changed to be harder. even harsher. yeah, that's my point of view. ricardo parker is at the extreme end

of the abortion debate in this country. there are other political parties trying to loosen the abortion laws. as of yet, though, there have been no changes. evelyn's case partly hinged on the prosecution's argument that she'd avoided antenatal care. they said this was tantamount to killing the child. but evelyn says she didn't even know she was pregnant. i wanted to talk to a doctor about this, to see what their opinion was on evelyn's situation. but it wasn't easy. finally, i found one who'd talk. but this was no ordinary doctor. he was one of the very few willing to carry out abortions in el salvador, risking 12 years in jail. just moments before our arrival, the doctor had performed on abortion, and the foetus was lying on the table in front of me. i don't really know how to describe it. it kind of makes you — oh, man, that is... oh, that's its legs. i actually don't know what to say.

that's the horriblest thing i've seen. in a case like evelyn, where her defenders say she had a stillbirth or a miscarriage, in those types of cases, what do you think has happened? how many women are you seeing each week? what are your views? is this life to you? a lot of people would feel like

you are a monster for doing this. what would you say to them? do you know the reason she was getting an abortion? i mean, it's really difficult to describe. and when you see the arms and legs and crushed head sprawled out on the table, it looks like a human being. you can understand why people feel that this is life. but you can also understand the need to help women who are at risk. for the past few years, el salvador has rated amongst the world's deadliest countries for women, and ranks first in latin america. a huge issue with rape is part of this. taking place both in people's homes by relatives

and as a form of control by gangs. it was thought evelyn herself was in forceful relationship with a gang member, which made things a lot more complicated. el salvador‘s problem with gangs is out of control, with thousands of young men joining their ranks and living el salvador‘s problem with gangs is out of control, with thousands of young men joining their ranks and living by their violent code. they have become infamous for their terrible treatment of women. if evelyn was raped by a gang member it may explain why no one knew of her pregnancy, and why she may have had difficulty recognising any signs of it. late at night, ifound a gang member who was willing to talk to me. if you were in a relationship with a girl and she decided

she wanted to leave you, how would you react? have you ever killed a woman? what happens if the girl gets pregnant, if you're going out with a girl? you don't want the baby, or you do want the baby, what do you do? it sounds like you might actually be a psychopath. at this point, i just wanted

to speak to evelyn myself, to see what life had been like over the last 18 months and to hear her account of what happened. finally, i got my chance. the prison said she would let me in. i was meeting her lawyer again, denis munoz, to head there. tell me a bit about the prison she is in now. what i don't understand is — in whose interest is it to send

a teenage to jail for 30 years is she has a miscarriage? very nice to meet you. how has your time been in prison? there were some reports that a member of a gang might have had

something to do with the pregnancy. is that — is that true or is that not true? the case was concluded that you had killed your child. what actually happened in your eyes? what — what you think of the abortion laws in this country that lead to you being sentenced to jailfor so long? how many other people here are in situations like yours?

this is a depressing story whatever way you look at it. 0n the defensive side, a teenager who had a miscarriage after being raped in a violent relationship. 0n the prosecution aside, evelyn murdered her own child. her lawyer's confident she'll get out, and said there'll be a supreme court appeal in early 2018. but in the meantime, evelyn will stay where she is, with 28 years left of her sentence. well, wednesday is going to be one of those days where you might look at the sky and just think the weather cannot make its mind up. it's really going to be that changeable from hour to hour. we'll have strong sunshine and downpours as well. some of them will bring thunder, possibly hail and some gusty winds as well.

it's all thanks to this area of low pressure. you can see the clouds spinning around here, that's been sitting to the south—west of the british isles over the last couple of days, and finally, that low will be barrelling across the uk. so into the early hours of wednesday morning, already some showers around across a number of western and south—western areas and still, we have the cold air across scotland. in the last few days, throughout easter, we have snow across the northern parts of the uk. we still have the remnants of that cold weather in scotland and it's still with us on wednesday. but to the south, here's that showery low that will be moving across the uk. so the thinking is that first thing in the morning, some of us will have showers, others will have clear blue skies. it'll already be very mixed first thing in the morning. but let's zoom into scotland first of all because here, we still have the snow. it will be falling mostly across the hills and mountains but in the lowlands, i suppose, there is a chance of some

sleet falling here. but to the south, across england and wales, not necessarily northern ireland, but england and wales, lots of showers around. but you can see, it's sort of like peppering england and wales. so very hit and miss. there is a chance that some of us will miss the showers altogether, whereas others might get lots of them. and then you've got the hail and thunder which i mentioned earlier on. now, eventually into thursday, that showery low moves out into scandinavia. you can see here it is, just approaching denmark. we're in between weather systems, and actually a chilly start to thursday. chilly, i think a frost in one of two areas. that's why the temperatures will be a little bit lower on thursday, 10—12 degrees, but then we've got a change on the way for thursday into friday. this low pressure comes in. so this is another area of weather, cloud and rain out west here. but the winds are blowing out of the south. given some sunshine, we're thinking maybe eastern areas, it is going to warm up again.

so possibly getting up to around about 15 or 16 degrees on friday. whereas in the west, where you have the cloud and rain, of course, it's going to be quite a bit cooler. maybe 10 degrees in belfast. towards the end of the week, friday, saturday quite possibly as well, we're still hanging onto some of the milder weather across south—eastern areas. so very changeable weather, i think, over the next few days, but it will improve eventually. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: another deadly shooting in the united states, this one taking place at the headquarters of youtube in northern california. three people were injured by gunfire, one is in a critical condition. the shooter used a handgun and then killed herself. us officials release the list of $50 billion worth of chinese imports that'll be subjected to additional tariffs. and 50 years after the murder of martin luther king, how much progress has america made

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