two young men die in separate attacks in east london, as concern rises about the number of homicides in the capital. an 18—year—old died after being stabbed in a street in hackney. another man died after a fight. we'll have the latest on this spate of attacks. also this lunchtime... a former hospital doctor is jailed for 12 years for amassing weapons at his home and plotting to shoot former colleagues. mark zuckerberg insists he is still the right person to lead facebook, after the company says the data of 87 million people may have been used. demand for new diesel cars falls dramatically in the uk, with sales of new cars across the board down. and max whitlock wins england's first gold medal of the commonwealth games in australia — and there are more — for england's sophie thornhill and scotland's neil fachie. and coming up on bbc news, the commonwealth games poster girl sally pearson is forced to withdraw from the event in her own backyard.

the hurdler has an achilles injury. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. two men have been killed in separate attacks within hours of each other in north—east london. one man died after a fight, the second was stabbed in hackney yesterday evening. the deaths follow two fatal shootings on monday, in the north of the capital. the number of homicides across london this year now stands at more than 50. our correspondent, john mcmanus, is in hackney for us. you can probably see the police

forensic tenants in the street behind me in link lane. officers trying to put together the sequence of events leading to an 18—year—old being stabbed last night and dying in the street. the death was one of only four that have occurred just this week in london in north and east london. police coming under increasing pressure to stop the violence. it was near the spot just before stop the violence. it was near the spotjust before 8pm last night that police officers were flagged down by a motorist, here in link street, they found an 18—year—old suffering from stab wounds. despite administering first aid and calling in the london air ambulance, they we re in the london air ambulance, they were unable to save him. he has been named locally as israel although his details have not been officially confirmed. police say they have arrested 217—year—olds on suspicion of murder. on the same day, a

53—year—old man died outside this book makers after what police suspect was a fight. it is being torn apart in this epidemic of violence. monday, 16—year—old amaan shakoor were shot in the face in waltha mstow. shakoor were shot in the face in walthamstow. he died the next day. and 17—year—old tanesha melbourne was also gone down this week in what appears to be a drive—by shooting. the latest figures on homicides make stop reading. 52 people have died in violent circumstances since the start of the —— make stark reading. seven people died from gunshot wounds and among the victims, ii teenagers, though many in their 40s have also died. police have stepped up have also died. police have stepped up controls and some locals in hackney are nervous. i do not really see much police presence. i think they are just dealing directly with

incidents they get. actually seen police officers walking down the street, i can probably count on my hand in the last four years the number of times i have seen that. cuts in policing may have contributed to the problem, the local mp says. we have lost one in four police officers since 2010. it is impossible to deal with gang crime, knife crime, gun crime, u nless crime, knife crime, gun crime, unless you have the right level of neighbourhood policing. law enforcement cannot solve things on their own, you need to work with schools, social workers, mental health services. the met police say they understand how alarmed at the local community are but they insist the only way to fully tackle violent crime is for the community to work with them. he saw diane abbott tsar, the local mp and the shadow home secretary, criticising police cuts —— you saw diane abbott, the local

mp. experts would say this type of violence has much deeper roots. the met police, for their part, say they need the community to help them to tackle this violence and they are appealing for witnesses to all of the incidents to come forward and help them find the perpetrators. john mcmanus in east london, thank you. our home editor, mark easton, is here. to what extent is this state we are focusing on about gangs and therefore how much can be done, what can be done about that element of this? it is certainly a factor. tragically killing can be contagious. there is good evidence that an approach to countering gang violence is to treat it as a public health emergency, like a deadly virus. if you think about a young man living in an area of london where there is no gang activity and they have known someone who has died, they already scared, and you get headlines talking of a new spate

of killings, it makes it more likely they will want to protect themselves, theirfriends, they will want to protect themselves, their friends, and they will want to protect themselves, theirfriends, and more likely they will carry a knife and more likely it will be used. the police forces in this country and around the world are looking at, how can you break the spiral of violence, the causes of gang complex? so other solutions. tough criminal justice complex? so other solutions. tough criminaljustice response may foil some violence but it may also create distrust which is the breeding ground of gangsters. we need a sophisticated approach, as we were hearing in the report, that involves police officers, yes, but also health workers, youth workers, social workers. thank you. a former hospital consultant has been jailed for 12 years after he amassed an armoury of guns, including machine guns, pistols and hundreds of bullets. martin watt was found guilty of intent to endanger life.

he had drawn up a hit list of former colleagues, after he was sacked from monklands hospital in airdrie. catriona renton reports. how did this doctor turn into a potential mass murderer? it was only when detectives received a tip—off about a parcel addressed to martin watt‘s home near glasgow that they discovered the cache of arms he had amassed. he had three scorpion submachineguns, two pistols and over 1,500 live rounds of ammunition. a white envelope revealed his plans. "bad guys", written on the front. inside, a list of people who he believed were involved when he lost his job from monklands hospital. dr watt was a consultant in the accident and emergency department there. back in 2005, he appeared in a bbc panorama programme about the horrors of violent crime. he worked in the nhs for 32 years. martin watt had been involved in a campaign to fight hospital

cuts in his department, something he said did not help his career. he then became ill and was off work for over a year. during a phased return, there were complaints about him and he was eventually dismissed. dr watt devised his plans to assassinate his colleagues based on the film killer elite. he made his own gunpowder, bought deactivated weapons and used diy guides to reactivate them, and he would practice near his home. in the months before his arrest, martin watt told the court he would come to a wooded piece of land, that he would take one of the machine guns out of his rucksack, and practise shooting targets. four bullets a day, five days a week, monday to friday. a senior lawyer said there needs to be more control of deactivated weapons. it is very easy to get hold of deactivated guns because there's no control over them at all, as i understand it. and the process of reactivation,

i think, is fairly readily available on the internet. as i understand it, in the case i conducted relatively recently, it is a pretty simple process. martin watt, a man whose job was devoted to saving lives, now faces many years in jail for intending to endanger the lives of others. katrina renton, bbc news, at the high court in glasgow. in the last hour, russian state tv has broadcast what it says is a recording of a phone conversation with the daughter of the former russian spy poisoned in salisbury last month. in the call, yulia skripal is said to tell her cousin in russia that she and her father are recovering from the attack and that she expects to leave hospital soon. the russian tv station also said it could not confirm the authenticity of the call.

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is with me. explain a little more about this, very strange, on the face of it. we have only heard about this in the last hour and it is very important to emphasise, as russian tv seem to be themselves, we cannot verify that the call is genuine. having read the transcript, it is not a long call, i think there are plenty of reasons to be quite sceptical, the voice purporting to be yulia says everything is ok, that her father is resting, that there is no reversible damage, and that they will be getting out of hospital soon. —— no irreversible damage. unless we are being convincingly like to in the uk about the state sergei and yulia skripal are about the state sergei and yulia skripalare in, it about the state sergei and yulia skripal are in, it does not appear to bea skripal are in, it does not appear to be a likely description of their condition. even russian tv seems to

be saying it cannot guarantee the authenticity of it. we do not have a recording to compare it to, i think it is... it would be surprising if a conversation like this in which they discussed whether or not victoria, one of the closest living relatives of the family, could or could not get a visa to come here. at one point, the voice purporting to be yulia says that you will probably not get a visa. how would she know, lots of reasons to be sceptical. later on the un security council will be discussing this entire incident. a lot of activity today, a press c0 nfe re nce incident. a lot of activity today, a press conference going on right now at the russian embassy in london, it will be interesting to see what the ambassador has to say. taking it to the un security council later today, the un security council later today, the latest effort by the russians to internationalise this, to get support where they have not yet been able to get support. yesterday at

the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, they received a pretty significant rebuff, they were voted against, the notion of carrying out a joint inquiry, as the russians demanded. as the russians have met obstacles, they appear to be looking to the next forum where they can airtheir be looking to the next forum where they can air their views and perhaps try to achieve some support. i think with uk, us, france, poland, sweden, the netherlands, it all in the un security council, i do not think we will see a significant diplomatic victory, no vote scheduled, but it could be a forum where russia could at least gone some supplements of international support which they have said is out there —— could at least get some semblance of international support. they say it isa international support. they say it is a small minority of the world's population who have expelled russian diplomats so far. i do not quite see

what they think in practical terms a meeting of the un security council can really achieve. pauladams, thank you very much for the latest. after weeks of turmoil surrounding his company over the improper use of personal data, mark zuckerberg has insisted he is the right person to continue leading facebook. the company now says the british firm, cambridge analytica, may have used information from 87 million people and more than 1 million of those affected were in the uk. rory cellan—jones reports. he's been under siege, as the scandal grows overjust how much data facebook gathers from more than 2 billion users, and where it ends up. last night, in a conference call with journalists, mark zuckerberg admitted how much his company had got wrong. we didn't do enough. we didn't focus enough on preventing abuse and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well, and that goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, hate speech, in addition to developers and data privacy. we didn't take a broad enough view of what our responsibilities

are and that was a huge mistake. it was my mistake. the current scandal began with a personality quiz app, which delivered facebook data to the political consultancy cambridge analytica. facebook now says up to 87 million people were affected, mostly in the united states. in the uk, there were just 1000 downloads of the personality app, but because it scooped up all of their friends' data as well, 1 million people here could be affected. over half the adult population in the uk use facebook, so has anyone been put off by the latest revelations? it definitely has made me think about quitting facebook. it's definitely a worry in terms of what my data is being used for. i don't think quitting facebook will be an option for now. i'm somewhat addicted to facebook, in all honesty, and it's so influential across all generations. jenny tennison believes sharing data can prove beneficial, but says facebook users

need more control. what's problematic i think still is that it seems to be facebook making all the decisions about what should be made available, about which organisations can have access to it, and about checking up on whether those organisations are doing the right things with that data as well. mark zuckerberg insisted last night that he was still the best person to lead facebook and would learn from his mistakes, but with australia's privacy commissioner the latest regulator to investigate the company, his job is only going to get harder. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. a pensioner arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of an intruder during a suspected burglary has been released on bail. detectives say richard osborn—brooks, who's 78, discovered two men in his house in south—east london in the early hours of yesterday. our legal correspondent, clive coleman, is with me. what is the law on self defence? we

all want to know, don't we? if you are faced with a burglar then you are faced with a burglar then you are allowed to use reasonable force by way of self defence. the question is, what is reasonable. the law changed in 2013, so if you are in your home and confronted by a burglar and you fear for your own safety or the safety of your family, thenif safety or the safety of your family, then if you do something that is reasonable in those highly traumatic circumstances and use what you consider reasonable force in that high—pressure situation, then that is going to be lawful. that may involve picking up a weapon and using that weapon on the burglar. what the law doesn't allow its use of what's called grossly disproportionate force, so for insta nce disproportionate force, so for instance if someone lies in wait for a burglarand instance if someone lies in wait for a burglar and then uses extreme force, if someone is small and unarmed and a gun is used, or the householder carries out some sort of act of revenge, that is not permitted by the law. that is why the police have to investigate each

of these cases. they are all facts specific and complex and have to determine the precise level of force used and whether it was or wasn't proportion. clive coleman, thank you. our top story this lunchtime. two young men die in separate attacks in east london, as concern rises about the number of homicides in the capital. and still to come. the past comes back to haunt one of india's biggest film stars — salman khan is jailed for poaching rare antelope. coming up on bbc news, the attack on manchester city's team bus from the inside. one of the club's staff posts pictures of how liverpool fans greeted them before the champions league quarterfinal first leg. demand for diesel cars in the uk has fallen dramatically. sales last month were down 37% on the same period last year, according to the latest figures. and the overall new car market

shrank by more than 15% compared with 2017 — though the demand for alternative fuel models, like electric, has risen. our transport correspondent victoria fritz has the details. rolling off dealerships and onto britain's driveways, just under 750,000 brand—new cars have already been bought this year. it may sound like a lot but that is significantly fewer than last year. last march 2017 was the best month we've ever had in the uk, so the fall is not unexpected and also the fact that last year people were pulling ahead sales because of forthcoming tax changes, as a result this year was a lwa ys changes, as a result this year was always going to be down. those tax changes to new cars made many more expensive to run, so drivers were quick to get in before the switch. there's no getting around the fact

that new car sales have fallen every single month since those new tax changes came into effect. arctic weather will have slowed deliveries to dealerships and put some customers off coming into showrooms, but after the bumper few years we've seen, is that she'll is spreading throughout the uk car industry, or oui’ throughout the uk car industry, or our customers throughout the uk car industry, or oui’ customers and throughout the uk car industry, or our customers and businesses simply hedging their bets? —— is a chill spreading. the new car market is almost 16% smaller than it was a year ago. leading that decline has been diesel sales, they are down 37% on last year. although electric and hybrid vehicles are gaining in popularity, there's nowhere near enough to offset diesel‘s decline. you'll then it started with the emission scandal, since then we've had the government saying they want to phase out nonelectronic cars by 2040, to phase out nonelectronic cars by 20110, then we have had a committee talking about the fact it will be 2030, so it all reduces confidence

in diesel. meanwhile the used car market is getting younger. in the fast five yea rs getting younger. in the fast five years the number of used cars under four years old listed for sale has increased by a third. drivers have more choice of better second—hand models to choose from. the second—hand market has been really buoyant. the last three years the job has definitely gone on an upward spiral. everything has gone a lot better. people are looking for clean cars, better. people are looking for clean ca rs, low better. people are looking for clean cars, low mileage cars, full service history cars, good cars to buy. cars, low mileage cars, full service history cars, good cars to buym cleaner but more expensive cars enter both markets, auto finance deals will play an even bigger role in keeping the wheels of britain's car industry turning. victoria borwick fritz, bbc news. buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh is in good spirits after a successful hip replacement operation. prince phillip, who's 96, had the procedure yesterday after suffering with a hip problem for about a month. he is likely to remain in hospital for a number of days. the number of sure start children's centres that have closed in england since 2010 could be double the official estimate. the education charity,

the sutton trust, said 1000 centres have shut. the department for education says it is investing more in childcare support than any previous government. the green party has launched its local election campaign, urging an end to what it calls "one—party—state councils". co—leader, jonathan bartley, predicted the greens would be celebrating some big wins when the results are revealed. the party is looking to recover from last year's disappointing general election showing. thousands of americans have been marking the 50th anniversary of the murder of the civil rights leader, martin luther king. a rally in memphis, where dr king was shot by a white supremacist, was the key event. bells were rung 39 times — once for each year of his life. jesse jackson, who was in memphis on the day martin luther king died, said the pain is still raw. nada tawfik reports. crowd sings: we shall overcome. what better way to honour

the apostle of nonviolence than with a massive march for equality? joined in purpose and united in action, they were led forward by the son who bears dr king's name. and the celebration of his life continued right onto the site where he spent his final moments. the large crowd rejoiced, as artists performed with soul. but they also reflected on the civil rights hero's unrealised dream. faith leaders and activists spoke passionately about the injustices that prevail. we must show the world that while an assassin‘s bullet killed the dreamer on this sacred ground on this day 50 years ago, he did not kill the dream. thank god for dr king's dream. he said we can do it better together. he lives, he lives, he lives. reverend jesse jackson returned to the spot where

he witnessed the assassination. and every time the scab comes off, the sore's still raw. the blood still oozes. this is the site of the crucifixion. but not far from here is the resurrection — the new hope and the new possibilities. bell tolls. at 6:01, king was silenced by a sniper. bells rang 39 times, to honour the number of years he lived. because of him, because of his glorious words and deeds, because of his hopeful vision and his moral imagination, we found the courage to come as far as we have. picking up dr king's unfinished business was the theme of this commemoration, with the central question — where we go from here? many believe dr king provided that answer so many years ago. nada tawfik, bbc news, memphis.

one of india's biggest film stars, salman khan, has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing two blackbucks — a rare antelope species which is protected under indian law. the case dates back to 1998, when salman khan was making a film. rajini vaidya nathan reports from delhi. he's one of the world's highest—paid actors, loved by millions. salman khan's career spanned decades. seen here playing a corrupt cop turned good, he's known as the bad boy of hollywood, both on and off screen. —— bollywood. today, the megastar was in court, after a judge found him guilty of violating india's wildlife act by killing two blackbucks, an endangered antelope. the case dates back to 1998, when he was shooting for this film,

hum saath—saath hain, near the indian city ofjodhpur. four of his co—stars who were in his jeep at the time were cleared of lesser charges. few celebrities are as worshipped or idolised as salman khan is here in india. his cult status is so huge that it's unlikely that this conviction will dent his popularity or damage his career. this isn't his first brush with the law. in 2002, he was accused of killing a homeless man near his house in mumbai, in a hit and run. it was a case which gripped india. the court found him guilty, but after a protracted legal case he was acquitted. salman khan's lawyers say he'll appeal his five—year sentence and apply for bail. he's currently in police custody and could spend the night injail. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. it's been a great day for both england and scotland

in the commonwealth games. max whitlock helped england win victory in team gymnastics. minutes later in the velodrome, england's sophie thornhill and pilot helen scott won sprint gold. scotland's first gold went to cyclist neil fachie. while england's aimee willmot beat scotland's hannah miley to gold in the pool. joe lynskey reports. they swim beneath the moonlight on the gold coast. this is where commonwealth stars will be made. scotland's hannah miley had the first shot artistry. she was going for a third straight title, but at these games challenges come from nearby. commentator: aimee willmott is going to win the 400 medley. gold to england. aimee willmott is going to win the 400 medley. gold to englandm aimee willmott is going to win the 400 medley. gold to england. ifi was ever going to have it in me it was ever going to have it in me it was now, after all the struggles i've been through in the last 12 months. ijust believed that maybe this could be my time. it was the

start of an opening night for the english to remember. ellie robinson is just english to remember. ellie robinson isjust 16 but a paralympic champion. now she has commonwealth gold to go with it. another teenager had eyes on even greater success, thomas hamer chased down the war world record. he had a keen observer. prince charles, how fantastic? that's pretty cool, i'm really happy with the swim. the crowd is incredible. after miley's disappointment scotland's first gold was neil fachie's visually impaired time trial. as a home success four yea rs time trial. as a home success four years ago, this was just as special. the crowd is amazing, not as good as glasgow but just about. the crowd is amazing, not as good as glasgow butjust about. in the pursuit, sophie thornhill also found a way to gold also submit the england up and running on the track. they looked to follow it up in the tea m they looked to follow it up in the team pursuit and an ashes clash against australia but the winners found was a home crowd can do. one sport with english star quality

already as gymnastics. nile wilson and max whitlock have seen it before at the olympics. they led the way to at the olympics. they led the way to a dominant team gold. at the men's triathlon few predicted yorkshire gloom. it is so often set up for the brownlie brothers. alistair had carried the flag only hours before but having led the way to the wheels they fell away on two feat. beating them to the medals was scotland's mark austin, outside the 24—macro yea rs mark austin, outside the 24—macro years ago. it's such an honour, the first time i've even got close to them today. i think they were both struggling with injuries coming in, so that played to my favourite little bit. but these games aren't a lwa ys little bit. but these games aren't always about the medals. for wales, anna hursey young mum baby, this was the proudest wing of them all. because when you are 11 years old beating the grown—ups is enough to shout about. joe lynskey, bbc news. mike bushell is at the games for us. what a great start. i love the story

about 11—year—old anna hursey. it's been a great start for england in the pool and as the dust settles and you can probably hear the band is striking up to entertain the crowds, way below me on the streets england have again underlined their dominance in the pool in the last half an hour, in one of the last races of the day. james wilby has picked scotland's ross murdoch to gold, this was in the men's 200 metres breaststroke. it means england do lead, albeit the early medals table with six goals, thanks also to their success in the velodrome and the gymnastics. but a good day for scotland with their gold in the velodrome. australia won't be happy that they trail england already in the medals table, they are desperate to reverse the result of four years ago in glasgow and the day didn't start very well for the australians when their poster girl sally pearson held a press co nfe re nce poster girl sally pearson held a press conference to announce that she was withdrawing from the games, because of her achilles injury, her ongoing injury. she had carried the

queen's pattern at the opening ceremony yesterday, raising hopes that she would compete but there was disbelief in the streets when on the big screens it came out today that she was pulling out of the athletics and the hurdles. if you like your u psets and the hurdles. if you like your upsets there's two great ones from today, wales beating india 3—2 in the hockey, and it's the first time in women's hockey that they've beaten india in a major tournament. but actually in terms of the biggest u psets but actually in terms of the biggest upsets so far at these games, size counted for little as jersey beat australia in the men's triple bowls. it means jersey australia in the men's triple bowls. it meansjersey now control the group with two wins out of two and probably they didn't expect that at the start of these games. excellent, thank you very much, mike bushell on the gold coast.