this is bbc news. the headlines at 10: 300 extra police will be on patrol in areas of london — after six people were killed in shootings or stabbings in the last seven days. not withstanding the cuts made by government i'm investing in what i can in london. you will see 300 official officers in london. russia warns president trump there will be a "tough response" to new us sanctions on businessmen and officials close to president putin. a 25% increase in holiday makers losing their money to fraudsters — for airline tickets or accommodation that didn't exist. also in the next hour. medals are pouring in for team england at the commonwealth games. there's gold for nile wilson in gymnastics and there has been double gold in the men's and women's para—triathlon. can pep guardiola's manchester city win the premier league today — his team just have to beat

manchester united. that is awesome. seeing them in real life is so cool. and the travel show samples the spectacular sights in egypt. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. 300 extra police officers are being deployed in areas of london worst affected by a recent increase in violent crime among young people. six people have been killed in the last week alone and more than 50 have died since the start of the year. the move comes as the chair of the national police chiefs‘ council says officers are reluctant to use their powers to stop and search suspects. andy moore reports. with more than 50 murders in lopped

so with more than 50 murders in lopped so far this year —— london so far this year, questions are being asked about why violence has increased. 0ne claim that is officers are relu cta nt to 0ne claim that is officers are reluctant to use their powers of stop and search. the number has fallen by about three quarter in six yea rs. fallen by about three quarter in six years. sarah thornton, chair of the national police chiefs council said such searches were not a silver bullet, but they were an important tool in helping protect the public. she said: london's police chief claims she was a supporter of stop and search, but said it needed to be done in a way that was targeted and intelligence—led. that was targeted and intelligence-led. you will see that we are seizing more weapons through stop and search and doing more stop searches for weapons. so although

the overall number has come down, the overall number has come down, the weapons searches are going up and are continuing to go up and the public should expect us to do that. the london mayor said he was doing in his power. this weekend you will see 300 additional officers out in parts of london where we know there are knife crime issues and on tuesday i will host a knife crime summit. the home office said stop and search is a vital policing tool and search is a vital policing tool and reforms are working, with the highest ever stop to arrest rate on record. i'm joined now by dal babu, a former chief superintendent with the metropolitan police — he retired from the force in 2013. you would know, as well as i do, that violent crime in london is not unknown in any year. how worried should we be about this apparent

spike in knife attacks. we are a big city, eight and a half million, same size as new york. these crimes happen. each crime is a huge tragedy for the individuals. also the perpetrators, because they will be caught. we have a huge success rate of individuals when it comes to murder investigations. so i think in a large city you will have these happening. but we have had a large increase in the last few months. you can understand why people, the cry goes up something must be done and the next question is what? and we have arguments over things like stop and search and police cuts. what is your perspective on this, you left the force five years ago, but you had a long service and stay in touch with your former colleagues. stop and search is a valuable tool. but the first thing i would say is resources f you go from 32,500 to just under 30 thousand and reduce

the number of staff it has an impact. it is not rocket science. we need to resource oui’ impact. it is not rocket science. we need to resource our police service appropriately. that is the first thing. the second thing is if we need to be looking at resources for community groups, there is a lot of valuable community groups who do amazing work dealing with young people who have, who are drawn to gangs. so we had quentin blake who was involved when i was working in london, he spoke to individuals, the children's illustrator and london, he spoke to individuals, the child ren‘s illustrator and had london, he spoke to individuals, the children's illustrator and had a massive impact. some of these people have had brutal lives and they need that intervention and support. the third thing which disappoints me is 0fsted, you look at the number of young people involved and last night we had stabbings in newham, school—children are involved and we don't have any significant impact from 0fsted. they have a duty to

keep young people safe. i have been looking through their reports for schools linked to children who have been murdered. and there is no mention of knife crime. i think that isa mention of knife crime. i think that is a real gap. so we need to be looking at other agencies and seeing what they're doing. but in terms of policing, let's take the stop and search issue, that because that is in the news, sarah thornton saying we need to use this power and more effectively. i heard an academic saying if you look at the kind of fall of stop and search, in the yea rs fall of stop and search, in the years from 2011 onwards at that time knife crime fell. so there is no correlation, the idea because there was fewer stop and searches there was fewer stop and searches there was less knife crime doesn't stack up. you won't have one tactic that stops knife crime. when i was

commander in london i hit all my targets and it is not necessary ily a direct correlation. because of spike in attacks and social media, gang videos encouraging young people to carry knives, we need to look at thins differently. stop and search done properly, done with respect to the individuals concerned, done in an intergent way and based on information. —— intelligent way and there is a section 60. this is a power whereby you can stop without actually having a suspicion about an individual. it is a slightly more, a more flexible approach? yes it is a geographical power. section one and i think people need to understand, section one of the police and criminal evidence act says you need to identify what you're looking for, what your reasonable grounds are,

you have to record it, identify yourself, say which police station you're from. and you have a camera. the police officers have cameras there. so i think we need to understand that. section 60 is much wider and it is in a geographical area, there are concerns about individuals and you're searching in the general area. we need to be explicit about this, it is important we are not kind of talking code about this, the difficulty a lot of people, young people in particular will say, look, when the police say they have lawful reasons for suspicion, a lot of kids who have been stabbed or hurt are black kids and they're been stabbed or hurt are black kids and they‘ re reasonable been stabbed or hurt are black kids and they're reasonable grounds for suspicion it is other black kids doing it and then it looks like a racial stop. how do you get out of that spiral? you base it on intelligence and face the facts

disproportionately young black men are sadly, we had a young woman shot in tottenham this week, but disproportionate young black men are victims. we need to be looking at the profile of the individuals and the profile of the individuals and the profile of the individuals and the profile of the perpetrators and baseit the profile of the perpetrators and base it on intelligence. i think the community will understand that. when i have spoken to victim's parents, a 14—year—old boy who was stabbed, he was on the internet, making some comments, two of the boys travelled... it is easy to have bravado. two boys turned up from across london stabbed him to death. the father is devastated. we need to baseit the father is devastated. we need to base it on facts. the community are very sensible and see the reality of the situation and as long as it is done based on intelligence, i think we will have the support of the community. i work in tottenham and certainly that is my understanding

of how the community feel. thank you very much. russia's foreign ministry has warned there will be a "tough response" to new us sanctions on businessmen, companies and government officials close to president putin. the white house has imposed sanctions on seven russian oligarchs and 17 senior government officials, accusing them of "malign activity around the globe". 0ur correspondent chris buckler reports. the wealth of russian oligarchs does lie in business. 0leg deripaska became a billionaire from his dealings in aluminium, but like many of russia's super rich, he's benefited from a relationship with the kremlin. he's just one of a long list of individuals close to vladimir putin targeted by these us sanctions, actions intended to financially punish them and intended to send a message to moscow. in a statement, mr deripaska said: but the white house insists russia

has been abusing its power internationally, as well as meddling inside america. as the president has said, he wants to have a good relationship with russia, but that's going to depend on some of the actions by the russians. however, at the same time, the president is going to continue to be tough until we see that change take place. the sanctions are in response to claims that russia interfered in america's presidential election, and in retaliation for the way the country has used its influence in syria and ukraine. but despite the tough actions, some observers believe donald trump has been relatively quiet, perhaps protecting his own relationship with the russian president. the rhetoric from the president is different. we have never heard him criticise russia or vladimir putin 01’

criticise russia or vladimir putin or take them to task for their aggressive behaviour. vladimir putin was chairing a meeting of russian security forces. the list included people in the room. i only now learn from you reporters i have been included in the united states list. well, i am in other lists as well. that means i exist. and we are active. we are internationally activity. these sanctions were used by america to deliberately target vladimir putin's inner circle. after days of tit—for—tat expulsions and diplomatic disputes, the kremlin will once again be considering its response. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. police in canada have confirmed that 1a people were killed when a lorry and a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided on friday evening. the humboldt broncos were travelling on a highway in the province of saskatchewan.

police said 28 people were on the bus, 1a of whom were killed, including the driver. the other 1a aboard the bus have been taken to hospital. three are in critical condition. the team tweeted this image of the players and staff after a recent victory. 0n the line is rob vanstone, he's a sports writer with a local paper from the area, the regina leader—post what do we know about the circumstances that led to the crash? 0ften circumstances that led to the crash? often in this area of the country it seems road conditions are a factor. it doesn't seem like that was an issue this time. whether it was a semi trailer truck colliding directly with a bus. just a massive collision and obviously catastrophic outcome. the team were very well

known in the area? yeah, it is soft of, there is two tiers of, well several tiers ofjunior of, there is two tiers of, well several tiers of junior hockey, of, there is two tiers of, well several tiers ofjunior hockey, they we re several tiers ofjunior hockey, they were the second tier. it is a provincialjunior league were the second tier. it is a provincial junior league and they we re provincial junior league and they were off to play a play—off game. the team is synonymous with the community, when you think of the area, community, when you think of the area , you community, when you think of the area, you think of the broncos. about 6,000 people live in the community of humboldt, i doubt there is one who doesn't know somebody on the team. the community embraced the teams so... you know passionately. i can't imagine the pain that is going on there. what age would the boys have been? i would, without taking a close look at the roster, generally that league the core players would

be 19 and 20. there would be some that have just turned 21. some of the younger players would be 16 or 17. so late teens. they were not far off going to college and expanding their horizons, but proportionately a lot of families will be very directly affected by this terrible accident? not just directly affected by this terrible accident? notjust the families of the players, but in a community such as this, a lot of players are from out of town and live with families in the community, they're known as billets and they become surrogate pa rents billets and they become surrogate parents often of the players and thatis parents often of the players and that is also an example of the pain being felt in humboldt and the community. the players are taken in and adopted and become like one of family's children. it is so

unspea kably tragic. family's children. it is so unspeakably tragic. how important is hockey as a sport of choice for youngsters. it wouldn't be unlike soccer in the uk. i think that is the klose parallel that i —— closest parallel i can draw or even rugby. the teams that are, when you look at sports in canada, hockey is big and football, north american—style would be the other one. but in small towns in the middle of the winter, it is seems so much revolves around the local ice hockey team. when you think of humboldt it is one of those institutional teams you automatically associate with it. thank you. the accident which has claimed the lives of 1a, including

the driver of a teenage team, ice hockey team, the humboldt broncos and the 1a others on the bus have all been involved. we will bring you more as we get it on their condition and the circumstances that led to that fatal crash. the mother of the murdered black teenager, stephen lawrence, has suggested the police inquiry into his death should be closed. in an interview with the daily mail, lady lawrence, said she wanted to "draw a line" after a memorial service and concert to mark the 25th anniversary of the killing, on april the 22nd. two men were jailed for murder in 2012. the number of exclusions from schools for assaults using weapons in scotland is the highest it has been for five years. latest figures show there were more than 300 instances of a pupil being excluded for using a weapon to assault another pupil or member of staff. the scottish government says it is working with schools to address the issue. the headlines on bbc news: 300 extra police will be on patrol in areas of london —

after six people were killed in shootings or stabbings in the last seven days. russia warns president trump there will be a "tough response" to new us sanctions on businessmen and officials close to president putin. there's been a 25% increase in holiday makers losing their money to fraudsters — for airline tickets or accommodation that don't exist. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's adam wild. much of it is concentrated on the common common. good morning to you. let's start in australia, where the medals keep coming for our home teams. there was an english one, two in the men's gymnastics and a golden day for the para triathlon. the gold

rush on the gold coast continues. nile wilson's fans were out and the man delivered. six apparatus to contend with. he worked his way to the top of the leaderboard on the final one. nile wilson, you may as well smile. the emotion of where he was in the competition at the start, the middle, versus where he finished was awesome. it was incredible. hang on you're gate crashing our interview. my family are the reason i'm here today and i want to thank everyone back home. if you stayed up to watch, thank you and have a drink for me. he will be celebrating with james hall, just pipped by wilson into second to make it an england

one, two. the medals didn't stop. joe townsend lost both his legs in afghanistan ten years ago. today he won the para triathlon. jayde jones wins the womens. and a double for england. could the mixed relay team com plete england. could the mixed relay team complete the set? all four have to com plete complete the set? all four have to complete their own mini—triathlons. vicky holland led england off. the lead switched between england and holland. by the time alistair brownlee was in action, the gap was too big to close. australia too strong this time. but not in the weightlifting. jack 0liver finished just outside the medals four years ago. he would go better, flex bg his way to a silver. just like zoe smith, having lost herfunding way to a silver. just like zoe smith, having lost her funding after injury, smith has been working full—time in a coffee shop to fund

herath lettic ambitions. —— her athletic ambitions. in the last few minutes england have added to that medal tally. sophie thornville in the 1,000 metres. and now manchester city know a win will secure the title. but they will have to beat their city rivals united to do it. for so many years, manchester's footballing landscape was ruled by the red of united. but the rise of their neighbours has been unrelenting and now blue is the colour — city the dominant force. their local and national superiority poised to be confirmed with the premier league title. i'm so happy with what we have done. at home the people can come all the season, full

stadium and support the guys, because they deserve all of it. they deserve all the credit. because we defend that badge, the club. here at etihad city will hope to celebrate. never before had the premier league been won as early as seventh april nor have the champions been crowned with as many as six games to spare. the side is something i have never seen before. the football is amazing. every player has the confidence and the ability to play the way that pep guardiola wants them to. with their dazzling, pep guardiola's men have been been compared with some of the greatest in history. beaten only once in the league. to understand with the

number of points we have, we would normally be in the fight for the title. and we are not, because city has... a very good number of points that makes it very difficult to... to the second to be... to be fighting for the title, which we are not in this moment. defeat by liverpool in midweek dented city's european hopes but they will have a second chance on tuesday and will approach that game in high spirits if they can clinch the title with victory over their arch rivals. you can listen to all the action on bbc five live at 5.30. before that the merseyside derby from goodison park. the wales manager, jay ludlow says their goalless draw with england in

their goalless draw with england in the world cup qualifier was probably the world cup qualifier was probably the best result in nair history. their history. it could have been better had harding's effort not been cleared off the line. wales top the game, but england can overtake them if they beat bosnia on tuesday. these guys are second in the world for a reason, they're fantastic individuals. they are great players. we have got good players too. but it is, ok, we have less of them, but when they're all feet, they come feet —— they compete. we have to make sure we enjoy it. but we have a lot of work to do. in the championship, wolves moved a stepped nearer to a return to the premier league. wolves taking a second half lead at cardiff. cardiff had two penalties to salvage a draw. ruddy

saved the first and then the second came back off the bar. wolves need five points to secure a return to the top flight after a six—year absence. we are at the half way stage in the masters golf. tiger woods made the cut, but defending champion sergio garcia missed it and rory mcilroy is still in contention as he chases the only major he is yet to win. he is five shots behind patrick reid. mcilroy picked upjust one shot. but he was happy to have gone around under par. i'm right there. i've given myself a chance. it isa there. i've given myself a chance. it is a nowa 36 there. i've given myself a chance. it is a now a 36 hole tournament. i don't know where i will be at the end of day. i might be a couple back, but i'm in a great position.

that is all the sport for now. i'm back with more in the next hour. holidaymakers are being warned about fraudsters who place false adverts on accommodation websites, conning them out of 1,500 pounds each on average. last year, there was a 25 percent increase in the scams, which included fake airline tickets. our business correspondent nina warhurst reports. when georgia was looking to take her boyfriend to amsterdam, she thought she'd seemed the perfect apartment online. after transferring more than £900, she realised there was no record of payment and no apartment. your heartjust drops and it's like this panicjust comes over you, it completely takes over your body. it's, like, "what have i done?" iran out from my desk and i called my mum and i was, like, "what do i do, what do i do? i've made this payment, it's all my fault." she's not the only one. last year, georgia was one of 11,700 holiday—makers who reported fraud, losing an average of £1,500. fake flights are the most common trick with fraudsters targeting peak

periods when travellers are trying to see friends and family. a lot of the statistics from the report shows a big spike around december, and what does that say to you? it's people going home for christmas. that's certainly our experience from people phoning us saying just that. something they've been looking forward to for quite some time just isn't going to happen. it can be extremely, extremely disappointing. losing a holiday hurts. more than a tenth of those who made complaints said the impact was so severe they'd had to receive medical treatment or were at risk of bankruptcy. the advice for holiday—makers is to thoroughly research websites before booking and check they're part of a recognised trading body. nina warhurst, bbc news. thousands of prisoners are being rated according to their chances of being involved in violence — in an attempt to tackle safety in jails. staff can then use the data to inform decisions — such as which wing an individual is placed in. the system is being piloted at 16 prisons in england and wales. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. he new system has beenjokingly

nicknamed "i predict a riot" by data experts. each time an incident like this happens, it's logged by prison staff. the number—crunching software produces a score of each inmate's likelihood of becoming violent. as well as informing prison governors under pressure to maintain order, it can also be linked to the system of privileges which reward prisoners for good behaviour. the data can map gang affiliations and it can also spot those at risk of self—harm. violence in prison is growing. there were 28,000 assaults in the year to last september, that's up 12%. self—harm is up also 12% to nearly 43,000 incidents. the ministry ofjustice said it will do whatever it can to help hard—pressed governors. it's not collecting more data than before, just using it in clever ways, and the government says monitoring prisoners is vital to protecting them.

the plan is to roll out the system across england and wales after talks with prison unions. tom symonds, bbc news. syrian activists say that heavy airstrikes on the last rebel—held town in eastern ghouta have killed at least 32 civilians — including five children. douma is surrounded by government forces — and the syrian army says the rebels still holding out there should leave, orface destruction in a full—scale military offensive. the texas national guard has begun deploying a team of 250 troops to the us border with mexico. the state of arizona is planning to deploy a further 150. president trump wants up to 4,000 military personnel stationed on the border until his proposed wall is built. if you're building wings for planes in wales, the fuselage in france, and the engines in germany, how do you get all the pieces together in the right place? the answer is an even bigger plane. they're known as super—transporters, and growing demand for brand new airliners mean they're getting busier, and bigger, than ever.

our business reporter theo leggett has more. this is the airbus beluga. as the name suggests, it looks a bit like a whale, but it has an important job. it carries wings from airbus's factory in broughton in north wales and takes them to assembly lines in the south of france. it also carries other aircraft parts across europe. but airbus is increasing production and it says these days the beluga just isn't big enough, so now it's building a bigger one. and here it is, the beluga xl — it is longer, wider and taller than the current model. it will be able to carry two wings for the airbus a350 at a time — the current model can take only one. so how do you go about building something like this?