this is bbc news. the headlines: two people are reported dead and at least 20 injured after a van runs into crowds of people in the german city of muenster. police say the driver of the vehicle killed himself at the scene. german police have raided a property in the city — believed to be that of the attacker — who may have had a history of mental health problems. translation: this horrible act here in the historic centre of muenster has deeply appalled and alarmed me. tributes are paid to m people from a junior ice hockey team killed when a bus they were travelling in collides with a lorry in western canada. 300 hundred extra police officers are on patrol across london. it comes after six people are killed in shootings and stabbings in the last week. and we'll be taking a look at tomorrow front pages at 10.30 in the papers — tonight's reviewers are kate andrews

and yasmin alibhai—brown. good evening and welcome to bbc news. two people have been killed after a van was deliberately driven into a group of people at an open air restaurant in western germany. the attack happened in a square in the city of muenster. dozens of people have also been injured, some are in a critical condition. the driver of the vehicle, a german citizen, died after shooting himself. police have been searching an address in the city, believed to be the home of the attacker. there are reports that the man had mental health problems. no terrorist links have been confirmed. our berlin correspondent, jenny hill reports. in the historic heart of one of germany's biggest university towns, a scene of horror.

the old square was crowded, people enjoying the spring sunshine when a van plowed through what should be a pedestrianised zone. for those in its path, little chance to escape. this pavement cafe was full of people eating, drinking, relaxing. it was a small restaurant and the people are sitting outside and then the van crashed into the restaurant. a major investigation is now under way. the driver, police say, killed himself after the crash. the scene, still cordoned off after officers found what they described as a suspicious object in van. translation: the suspect shot himself in the vehicle. his identity is still unclear. there is some eyewitness accounts of other culprits, possibly having fled the vehicle, but we are still investigating this and do not yet have an in—depth understanding of what happened. the authorities have urged the public to avoid speculation. too soon, they say

to establish a motive. there are suggestions the driver may have been a man with mental health problems. but what happened here bears a strong resemblance to the berlin christmas market attack of 2016. jenny hill, bbc news. the state interior minister herbert reul gave this update and said there is no evidence of any islamist connection. translation: according to the current state of the investigation — and it is still very early — the perpetrator who at around 3pm ploughed into a group of people was a german citizen and not, as it was reported, a refugee or something similar. the details are being thoroughly examined and because of that we can't go into further details. there is nothing to say at the moment that there was any islamist background but we must wait and see. it will be investigated from all sides. this horrible act here in the historic centre of muenster

has deeply appalled, shocked and alarmed me. through this act we have two dead to mourn past the perpetrator who killed himself, and there are some, around two dozen, seriously injured. it is difficult to determine the numbers because not all were treated in one place and someone to hospital by themselves. there are many more injured. —— some went to hospital by themselves. well, earlier i spoke to thomas walde who's in berlin. he's a reporter for the german television broadcaster zdf and told me how he heard about the incident. it was this afternoon when these wires, when news hit the wires that there was an incident in the region of muenster and everybody scrambled to the office and that is when we got in touch with our sources here on a federal and regional level.

it was quickly confirmed there was an incident and that several people were killed. here in germany everyone is pretty sensitive about this because we had terror attacks in the past. at first there was a great deal of nervousness within the federal government that this might be a terror related incident. at first people were pretty calm. people did not assume anything and they did not jump to conclusions. a short while later we felt relieved, that this was clearly not terror related. the latest thinking is that the driver may have had psychological issues. yes, authorities have now identified the person, someone who was born in 1969 according to the authorities in germany. that is important.

clearly he is not an immigrant. which was also, very soon after the news hit, a big deal because many people were afraid that this might be a person with an immigrant background which would raise issues that we have had in the past. they know it was a german native born in 1969. they have the name of this person and they searched the apartment and they have said it is someone who tried to commit suicide in the past. it is a person with a troubled past and clearly they are working on the assumption that this was not a political motive. viewers can now see pictures of the police outside the apartment of the man, the driver, the suspect, in this case. tell us more about the impact this will have had in muenster. of course, in muenster,

everybody was shocked, up to the federal level everyone expressed shock and expressed their condolences with the families of the victims. muenster, no one would have thought there would be a terror related incident here. it was a very nice day today, great weather, people were sitting outside enjoying the sunshine. out of the blue something like this striking, it's something that has shocked everybody from the local authority to the federal government. the minister of the interior of the federal republic expressed his concern and from the beginning he said the federal and local authorities were working together to try to make sense of what happened. what was striking was, nobody used the term of an attack.

they used the word an incident because they wanted to refrain from jumping to conclusions and also in order to not concern the general public too much because here in germany we have had terrible terrorist attacks in the past. whenever something happens like this, people would be nervous that this might be another terrorist attack but it turned out that clearly this was not. tim stuchtey is the executive director of the brandenburg institute for society and security. he says the police can only do so much in protecting the public from such attacks. we don't know yet the exact circumstances. it is tragic by itself and we just have to wait and see what the real background is going to be, but right now it doesn't look like it was an islamist background. all of our societies in

the west, we have been under attack from several sides in the past yea rs. from several sides in the past years. people are worried. yet at the same time we don't want to give up the same time we don't want to give up the way we live and there will a lwa ys up the way we live and there will always be crowds on a sunny day, sitting outside a pub, drinking a beer, having a coffee and cake, and we automatically expose ourselves to people who want to do us harm, no matter what the intentions are. there is only so much the police and others can do to protect us from this. in a moment we'll be joined by bbc one viewers for a full round up of all the day's news with clive myrie. stay with us. two people are dead and 20 others injured after a van is deliberately driven into a crowd of people

in western germany. it happened in the city of muenster, with the driver later killing himself. police say there's no indication it was an islamist attack. translation: this horrible act here in muenster‘s historic centre has deeply appalled, shocked and alarmed me. the driver is understood to have had a history of mental health problems. we'll have the latest. also on the programme. london's mayor says police should feel confident in using their stop and search powers to combat the steep rise in violent crime. 1a people have died after a bus carrying an ice hockey team crashes in western canada. and it's becoming a habit. england's adam peaty wins gold again at the commonwealth games in australia. good evening.

two people have been killed and about 20 others injured, after a van was deliberately driven into a crowd of people, in western germany. it happened in the city of muenster, outside a restaurant. police say the driver, who was a german national and had a history of mental health problems, later shot himself, and had no links to islamist terrorists. 0ur berlin correspondent, jenny hill, reports. in the historic heart of an old university city, a scene of horror. the square was busy. people enjoying the spring sunshine when a van ploughed through what is usually a pedestrian zone. for those in its path, little chance to escape. the pavement cafe was full of people — eating, drinking, relaxing. it was a small restaurant

and the people are sitting outside and then the van crashed into the restaurant. and still we don't know why. the driver, police say, killed himself in the van after the crash. translation: the suspect shot himself in the vehicle. his identity is still unclear. but they have yet to formally establish a motive. earlier, they raided an apartment believed to be the man's home. he said to be a german citizen who is known to the police. a man in his late 40s with health problems. translation: the perpetrator who, at around 3pm, ploughed into people was a german citizen. and not, as it was reported, a refugee or something similar. the details are being thoroughly examined. because of that, we can't go into further details. there is nothing to say at the moment that there was any islamist background. but we must wait and see.

tonight, those investigations continue. in a city now morning its dead and praying for those left fighting for life. jenny hill, bbc news. 0ur correspondent caroline davies is here. the motive is still unclear? exactly and the investigation is still ongoing. we have heard from the authorities that they do not believe there is any islamist motive at the moment and they have not rolled out terrorism at this stage and they have not told us what they believe the motive is at this stage. there are reports in german media of those mental health problems of the suspect and it is clear why people initially thought this was a terror attack and we have seen many occasions when a vehicle has been driven into a crowd of people to cause

terror. it is something the authorities are alert to notjust in germany but across europe. in this particular case with this particular man, why did he do what he did? at the moment that is still unknown. the war of words between the uk and russia over the nerve agent attack in salisbury has seen both sides today accuse each other of not communicating enough over the investigation. the foreign office says a request by the russian embassy in london for talks with the foreign secretary, boris johnson, is a diversionary tactic. 0ur political correspondent, alex forsyth, is outside the foreign office tonight. any suggestion that the foreign 0ffice any suggestion that the foreign office will turn down this request? the details of this invitation appeared on the russian embassy website today and they said it was high time there was a meeting. they said the russian ambassador had written a personal note to the foreign secretary with this invitation and they helped the uk would engage constructively. this seems to be part of efforts by russia to portray the british government as the ones being obstructive and uncooperative.

russian officials have questioned the decision to deny a visa to the cousin of yulia skripal, victoria, and to prevent consular access to this group i'lls in hospital. the foreign office said it would respond to this request in due course but has dismissed this as diversionary tactics, an attempt to deflect russia's roll in this attack and they say russia's response has been u nsatisfa ctory they say russia's response has been unsatisfactory and russia has failed to engage unsatisfactorily. while sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia skripal, have improved, the relations with russia most definitely have not. thank you very much. alex forsyth at the foreign 0ffice. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says the police should feel confident to stop and search people to combat the recent spike in violent crime. he said such powers could help make london safer, if used in a targeted way. 300 extra officers have now been deployed after six people were killed in shootings and stabbings in the last seven days. here's simonjones.

lives lost, families grieving, some living in fear. and the growing question, what can be done to tackle violent crime? with calls for the police to make more use of controversial powers to stop and search suspects for weapons. the number of searches has fallen dramatically in recent years amid fears that poorer areas and ethnic minority groups were being disproportionately targeted. when stop and search is used properly, it's an invaluable tool to the police. we want more targeted, intelligence—led stop and search. the game changer as far as london should be concerned is we have had the biggest roll—out in the world of body—worn cameras. the advantage for members of the public is they should have the confidence that the police officer is recording the interaction between the police officer and the member of the public. hundreds of extra officers are on the streets of london this weekend. but some academics question whether using stop and search significantly reduces violent crime. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, said she backed searches done in a way that is targeted and intelligence—led.

in east london, there's some support. this is the right time to do it. we've seen too many killed. people could feel targeted as well, why am i being stopped rather than me or this guy or this woman, or so on and so forth. let them stop me and search me. let them stop even the girls, because the girls are also in the gangs. here in hackney, flowers mark the spot where 18—year—old israel 0gunsola lost his life this week. he was stabbed to death. many here say they've had enough. they want an end to the violence. but there is recognition there may be no simple quick fix. 0ne former chief superintendent with the met says much more needs to be done to prevent young people carrying weapons in the first place. i think we need to be doing much more in schools. and certainly when i've spoken to parents of children who have been murdered, one thing they say, all of them, without exception, is they want to see much more intervention at an earlier stage in schools. as the grieving continues, the mayor of london has invited

the home secretary and all london's mps to a knife crime summit next week to discuss what else can be done in the fight against violence that is ruining so many lives. simon jones, bbc news. facebook has suspended a canadian data company over its alleged links with the political consultants cambridge analytica and its parent company. facebook says it's taking action as part of an investigation into the improper use of the personal data of millions of people. the canadian firm aggregateiq did extensive work for the vote leave campaign during the eu referendum. it says it's never knowingly been involved in any illegal activity. there are reports from syria that the last rebel—held enclave on the outskirts of the capital, damascus, has come under a chemical weapons attack. the news follows 2a hours of intense bombardment of the city, by forces loyal to president assad. the government denies it's

used chemical weapons. tributes have been paid to 1a people killed after a bus carrying a canadianjunior ice hockey team crashed in canada. 1a other passengers were injured when the vehicle collided with a lorry in the rural province of saskatchewan. 0ur north america correspondent, chris buckler, reports. in hospital, team—mates are turning to each other for support. all too aware that many of those they played alongside have been killed. 18 seconds to go on this humboldt power play... in canada, ice hockey is a sport that unites. and in humboldt, a community ofjust 6000 people, their team, the broncos, aren'tjust seen as stars, but as sons and neighbours. the worst nightmare has happened. as a league, we will support the humboldt broncos every way possible. the players, many of them teenagers,

were on their way to a play—off match in a nearby town when the bus they were on collided with a lorry. instead of going to watch thatjunior league game, their families spent the night together in a church hall, hoping for information, and fearing what it might be. take that time to recognise all of our young men, and our coaching staff, and everybody who's been involved in this tragedy. on twitter, the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, said... "i cannot imagine what these parents are going through, and my heart goes out to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy". the humboldt broncos were due to play another game this weekend. instead, the stadium will play host to a vigil, for a team torn apart as they travelled together. chris buckler, bbc news. supporters of the former president of brazil, lula da silva,

have prevented him from surrendering to the police. he's been sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption, but says the charges were politically motivated. he's now told crowds outside the building where he's been holed up avoiding detention that he wants to comply with an arrest warrant. with all the sport, here's 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. it's been dramatic day in the premier league, all the goals are coming up on match of the day after the news. but if you want the results, especially the one at manchester city, then here they come. city could have won the premier league today but they threw away a 2—0 lead at home to manchester united. they lost 3—2. paul pogba got two goals and chris smalling was the unlikely match—winner. city's lead over united is down to 13 points with six games left to play. there were seven other matches today. draws at bournmeouth and brighton. so, too, at goodison park. goaless in the merseyside derby between everton and liverpool. newcastle won 2—1 at leicester.

spurs and burnley. spurs are level with liverpool in third after winning away at stoke by the same scoreline. it was also 2—1 to burnley at watford. and after eight league defeats in a row, bottom club west brom drew with swansea. rangers are up to second in the scottish premiership after beating dundee 4—0 at ibrox. they are above aberdeen on goal differnece after the dons lost at hearts. kilmarnock won at partick1—0 and there were draws at ross county and stjohnstone. leaders celtic play tomorrow. it's been another busy day at the commonwealth games with more medals for england, scotland and wales on the third day of competition in australia. the hosts lead the way in the medal table but one gold was always heading england's way. from the gold coast, here's our correspondent, hywel griffiths. commentator: here he is, the defending champion, the olympic champion. undefeated for four years, and the holder of every title going. adam peaty came to these games for a different challenge, to bring his own 100 metre breaststroke world record under 57 seconds. this time it wasn't to be, but there was yet another gold medal for his collection.

it's nowhere near my best, but sometimes it's about the race. and again, four years undefeated, can't complain. this is exactly the kind of moment the games' organisers want everyone to see. world champions pushing for records. but behind the scenes, they have had some problems. 400 out of 4000 security guards have quit their posts. but so far, the sport has carried on unhindered. and that includes new events like the para triathlon, which brought two more golds for england. joe townsend in the men's, and then jadejones in the women's race, and for the first time parasports are an integrated part of the games. it is just amazing that it's completely combined. everything is run side by side, and you are recognised at the same level as the non—disabled athletes. i really like that. commentator: elinor barker goes past archibald here. these are the friendly games, but they can turn team—mates into rivals. 0lympic champions together in rio, elinor barker from wales pushed past scotland's katie archibald

in the points race final, winning wales a precious second gold medal. hywel griffith, bbc news, on the gold coast. it's hotting up at the masters, golf‘s first major of the year. the leaders are out on course for the third round and rory mcilroy has been on the charge. here's our sports correspondent, joe wilson. on saturday at augusta you have to start making things happen your way. and so it fell on the third. you hit it, you buried it. here's how the ball ran on the fourth green. how about that! rory mcilroy inspired. next hole in trouble. mishit. but you really sense it could be your day when your bad shots come good. how about this? no! did he ever? did he ever! what a shot! take your luck and smile. made par. 0n the 16, mcilroy made a perfect connection. now where's the hole? there.

what a shot! that was his third birdie. better than that is an eagle, so watch what happened on the seventh. from five shots behind, when he began his round, mcilroy had become co—leader. hello, rory! only one issue. just leave some magic for sunday. joe wilson, bbc news. you can follow the masters on the bbc sport website, the leaderboard changing all the time and the american patrick reid leads rory mcilroy by two shots and take your pick from the commonwealth games sports when all the action resumes just after midnight. that's it. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. but from me and the rest of the team, have a very good night. 19 degrees in kent helped by hazy

sunshine but for much of the uk it was cloudy, with outbreaks of rain, but if that was yours today, tomorrow will be brighter and that should be the case in cumbria. breaks of rain overnight into scotland beginning to edge away north, showers and northern ireland will clear but some reach into south—east england and east anglia late in the night, but elsewhere a mixture of cloud and clear spells and temperatures on the mild side in the south—east. maybe a bit lower with clear spells developing in north east scotland. the picture for sunday, quiet, but the weather front close to south—east england edging further north in the day, and that will bring outbreaks of rain, but elsewhere sunny spells, a lot of dry weather, but the chance of a shower, and that covers much of scotland, northern ireland, west wales and western parts of england. sunny spells developing, the chance

of a shower in the afternoon. it of a shower in the afternoon. could be heavy and p thundery. for much of east anglia and the south—east it will stay cloudy, and start to see outbreaks of rain on and off especially from hampshire and sussex to london into the east midlands towards lincolnshire and maybe norfolk. a cooler day compared with saturday but elsewhere if you get sunshine, it will feel warmer. this is the picture on sunday evening, notice the strip of cloud and the outbreaks of rain continuing. some clear spells around. fair amount of cloud as we go into monday but some sunny spells initially in northern england, into scotland and northern ireland, but elsewhere, the rest of england and wales with a good deal of cloud and outbreaks of rain edging west. temperatures similar, reaching highs of about 1k. the picture for tuesday, the frontal system affecting england and wales. this area of high pressure

for scandinavia becomes dominant as we go through the week, not bitterly cold, but on the cold side towards the north sea coast with plenty of cloud and it looks likely in the week ahead north—east scotland will have the best of the dry and at times sunny weather.