this was the scene as an emergency clinic in douma. medics hosing down children after an alleged chemical attack. these pictures were filmed by activists on the ground. some children were barely conscious. -— §;e.tfif.,— cal, su - - lies. page,” 1, ”"f5: cal, su lies. we 5? man 5 7f5': medical supplies. we received many patients who have suffered from symptoms compatible with exposure to chlorine gas, high concentration of chlorine gas, high concentration of chlorine gas. and their conditions are deteriorating, in a fashion that is not compatible with pure chlorine gas exposure. that's where physicists are concerned about exposure to nerve gas in low concentration. syrian government

troops on the outside of douma. they are closing in. both damascus and its russian ally described claims of a chemical attack as a fabrication. they are carrying out air strikes. this footage was filmed by syria's civil defence, known as the white helmets. here they run into the aftermath of an air strike. they have found an injured man. he is carried to safety. this is daily life in douma. the us state department has called for an immediate investigation. it says that if this is confirmed as a chemical attack, the syrian regime,

and its backers, including russia, must be held accountable. that's a position that has been echoed by the foreign office. the question then is, what would any international response speed. a year ago we saw, under similar circumstances, we saw us president donald trump carry out air strikes us president donald trump carry out airstrikes in us president donald trump carry out air strikes in the country, but in recent days, he has been saying he wa nts to recent days, he has been saying he wants to pull troops out of syria. there has been reaction from the turkish foreign ministry as well to those reports. they say, we strongly condemn the attack and we have the strong suspicion it was carried out by the regime, and they mean the syrian regime, whose record on the use of chemical weapons is known by the international community. that's the international community. that's the response from the turkish foreign ministry, strongly condemning what it says was a chemical weapons attack in the syrian city of douma. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has stepped up his criticism ofjeremy corbyn,

over the poisoning of a former russian spy in salisbury. mrjohnson‘s described the labour leader as "the kremlin‘s useful idiot" for refusing to say unequivocally that russia was responsible. labour said mrjohnson had "made a fool of himself" by misrepresenting what he was told by chemical weapons experts. ministers have rejected claims that the rise in violence in london can be linked to police cuts. labour have accused them of having their heads in the sand. it comes as the government prepares to outline a new strategy to tackle serious violence. susana mendonca reports. a high visibility police presence on london's streets after a week that has seen a spate of violent deaths. but the home secretary has rejected claims that falling police numbers are to blame. and she is being backed up by cabinet colleagues. go back a decade. serious violent crime was a lot higher than it is today,

but so were police numbers, so for anyone to suggest that this is caused by police numbers, it is not backed up by facts. tomorrow the government will launch a serious violence strategy to focus on early intervention. it will also unveil a new offensive weapons bill which will further restrict the sale of knives online, make so—called zombie knives and knuckle—dusters illegal to possess and introduce a new offence of possessing corrosive substances like acid in a public place. the move has been welcomed by police chiefs. this is a really essential piece of legislation for policing and for the public and communities. it will allow us to control the purchase by people under the age of 18, and it will allow us to have much more control as to who carries it in a public place, and whether they have good reason to or not. labour says police officer numbers have been cut by 21,000 since 2010 and it would be naive of the government to argue that this has not had an impact, and with many young people involved in recent stabbings and shootings,

labour says wider cuts to public funding may also be playing a part. it is notjust about police numbers, it is about community services as well, youth service, children's centres, social workers and local councils seeing significant cuts to their budgets as well. with more than 50 lives lost in london alone this year to violent crime, the mayor of london is calling a summit this week. it is not yet clear whether the home secretary will attend. susana mendonca, bbc news. for more on this i'm joined by our political correspondent susana mendonca. a pretty big row going on about whether there is or isn't a correlation between the number of police and this spike in knife crime. the government's point of view, you saw it there. previous home secretary theresa may brought in those cuts to police numbers all those years ago. and amber rudd has now taken on the mantle and is sticking to that line that actually

it's not about the numbers. there are different ways of policing and different strategies to look at. that's the criticism that has been put towards sadiq khan from the conservative members of the assembly this week who have been talking about the issue of a spike in knife and gun crime in london. the labour point of view is that there has to bea point of view is that there has to be a correlation, as far as they are concerned, and not just be a correlation, as far as they are concerned, and notjust police cuts, they talked more broadly about cuts to public services, youth centres and that type of thing. that's been their argument is not just and that type of thing. that's been their argument is notjust in the past week, but over the last year or two, talking about this issue, the knock—on effect of making cuts to services and whether or not it has an impact on what young people are doing, and whether they are out there committing crimes. and stop and search is another political issue. theresa may was critical of it when she was home secretary. we we re it when she was home secretary. we were at a period when you go back around a decade or so, there was a feeling within communities affected by stop and search, that it was

being used in a way that was discriminating against young black men. so there was a move away from it. what we have seen, certainly in the last year or so, certainly in the last year or so, certainly in the last year or so, certainly in the last week, politicians are saying, you know what, we need a system of stop and search where we are focusing on it in a targeted way, where they base it on intelligence rather than indiscriminately stopping people. the met police have talked about wanting to use stop and search powers. the mayor of london, before he was mayor, or wanted to move away from stop and search, but now he talks about wanting to move towards a targeted stop and search. the foreign secretary engaging again in a row with labour and the leader in particular, jeremy corbyn, being critical of him and jeremy corbyn's approach to the attack on the skripals. to put it in context, borisjohnson was being criticised last week by the russians because he

had said there was no doubt the chemical substance that was used in the attack was created in russia. it then emerged that the scientists who have looked at that, couldn't confirm whether it came from russia or not, so the russians have been criticising borisjohnson or not, so the russians have been criticising boris johnson for that. now borisjohnson criticising boris johnson for that. now boris johnson is criticising boris johnson for that. now borisjohnson is coming out not just attacking jeremy corbyn, but also the russians today in his article. it regardsjeremy corbyn, trying to focus on jeremy article. it regardsjeremy corbyn, trying to focus onjeremy corbyn's failings, as he sees it, calling him the kremlin's useful idiot, and by failing to unequivocally say the russians were behind the attack, that he is kind of condoning their actions. jeremy corbyn's office have come out as well and said very clearly thatjeremy corbyn does believe russia was probably responsible for the attack, and have made the point that they think it's actually boris johnson made the point that they think it's actually borisjohnson who made a fool of himself for making the comments he made last week. we have also heard from angela rayner earlier, who was speaking to the andrew marr show, and he said boris

johnson is actually the government's useful idiot. both sides exchanging insults. susana mendonca, thank you. more reaction to the suspected chemical weapons attack in syria. there has been widespread condemnation and we now have a response from president trump. a couple of tweets from the president saying... big price to pay, is how he sums up. a strongly worded donald trump tweet, talking about the suspected

chemical weapons attack in syria, and laying the blame on president assad and russia. he talks about a big price to pay and goes on to say... a strongly worded reaction from president donald trump to the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria. german authorities say a man who drove a van into people outside a restaurant in the city of muenster, was a german citizen with no apparent links to terrorism. two people were killed and the driver shot himself dead at the scene. our europe correspondent bethany bell reports from muenster. the van drove into a crowd in a popular area of the old town of muenster. it was a sunny afternoon and people were out sitting at cafes and restaurants. the driver of the vehicle, a german citizen, died after shooting himself in his car at the scene. he hasn't yet been officially identified.

the authorities say there's no indication that this was an islamist attack. translation: the perpetrator who recklessly sped into a crowd of people is, according to our investigations, a german citizen, not a refugee, as has previously been reported. german media reports say the driver had a history of mental health problems. police have searched his apartment. well, this part of town would normally be full of people out enjoying themselves on a saturday night but now, police have cordoned off the entire area. people who live here have been evacuated and a number of them are spending the night in a theatre just down the road. the incident comes at a time of heightened concern afterjihadist attacks in britain, france and spain. the local police urged people not to speculate and wait for official information.

germany's chancellor angela merkel says she was deeply shaken by the incident. she said everything was being done to help the victims and their relatives. bethany bell, bbc news, muenster. the headlines on bbc news: the pope condemns the use of what he called ‘instruments of extermination' following reports of at least 70 people being killed in syria in an alleged chemical attack. ministers deny any link between the rise in violence in london and police cuts. labour have accuse them of having their head in the sand. the foreign secretary borisjohnson describes jeremy corbyn as ‘the kremlin's useful idiot‘. the labour leader hits back saying mrjohnson has ‘made a fool of himself‘ over russia. millions of hungarians are voting in a general election, following a campaign dominated by immigration. the current prime

minister, viktor orban, is favourite to win a third consecutive term — what would be his fourth overall. his nationalist fidess party has a substantial lead in the opinion polls, but it's thought a high turn—out and tactical voting could limit his majority. speaking after voting today, orban said he just wanted the best for hungary. we area we are a member of the un, a loyal member of the international organisation, understanding on the best interests of our country because we love our country and we are fighting for the future of our country. our correspondent nick thorpe's in the hungarian capital budapest and sent us this update. a note on the turnout, 42% by one o'clock here, well up on previous yea rs. we o'clock here, well up on previous years. we might end up with something like 70%. the reason that is important is, on the whole, victor aubin and his party have been appearing in the past weeks to their

co re appearing in the past weeks to their core supporters, pushing the issues that he thinks are very popular, things like keeping migrants out of hungary, and maintaining their national sovereignty, fighting for a kind of european union in which national sovereignty and the national sovereignty and the national partners maintain or win back a lot of their power. the opposition fighting on a very different platform, arguing about emigration, young hungarians leaving to work in countries like britain and other countries in the eu. also widespread allegations of corruption against this government. we will wait to see when we get the final result how much that has hurt the prime minister and his party in this election. canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau says "an entire country is in shock and mourning" after 15 people have been killed in a road accident involving a canadianjunior ice hockey team. two other people are said to be in a critical condition. the humboldt broncos had been on their way to a play—off match

in the province of saskatchewan. tributes have been paid across the country. we'll take that time to recognise our... all of our young men and our coaching staff and everybody who has been involved in this tragedy. one man has died and four firefighters have been injured in a fire at trump tower in new york. the victim was a male resident of the building who was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital, fire officials said. us president donald trump has a home and an office in the building, but is currently in washington. the cambridge analytica whistleblower, christopher wylie, has told the bbc that the question of britain leaving the european union should be revisited. he claims that the uk may not have voted for brexit had it not been for what he called "cheating" by the leave campaign. mr wylie says that a canadian data company — which has been linked

to cambridge analytica — received funding from vote leave and played a very significant role in the referendum result. what i'm saying, and i say this as someone who supported leave, i'm saying this as a eurosceptic myself, but this is a fundamental change to the constitutional settlement of britain, the foundational law of britain. and what i'm saying is that if we can't go back from brexit, if this is a one—time decision, we need absolute clarity that the decision made by the british people was made fairly and complied with the law. and so if that means we have to go back to the british people and ask for clarification, i think the british people should have a say and make sure that what we are doing is with the consent of people — that's what i'm saying. 0k... i want a democratic mandate for brexit, that's what i'm saying. some more reaction to the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria, this from boris johnson,

chemical weapons attack in syria, this from borisjohnson, the foreign secretary, who has said, responding to reports of a larger scale chemical weapons attack in douma, he said causing high numbers of casualties, he said it is deeply disturbing, and truly horrific to think many of the victims were reportedly families seeking refuge from in underground shelters. he goes onto say that despite russia's promise in 2013 to ensure syria would abandon all of its chemical weapons, international investigators mandated by the un security council have found the assad regime responsible for using poison gas in at least four separate attacks since 2014. he goes say the latest report must be urgently investigated and the international community must respond. he says the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons are looking into reports of chemical weapons use in syria and have our full support. he also talks about russia and russian involvement saying, russia must not yet again

tried to obstruct these investigations. he says it's an appalling example of the assad regime's brutality and blatant disregard for the syrian people and its legal obligations not to use chemical weapons. there's also been reaction from president trump, which we brought to you earlier in some tweets. very strongly worded, talking about many dead, including women and children, and president trump calls it a mindless chemical attack in syria. he said the area of the atrocity is in lockdown and makes a point it's impossible to access it and the outside world cannot do that. he calls president assad and animal and says he will have a big price to pay. president trump is calling for the area to be opened immediately for medical help and verification and calls the alleged attack sick. he says that if president obama had crossed his

stated red line in the sand, the syrian disaster would have ended long ago. also attacking president obama. extremely strongly worded statement from president trump. all eyes will be on the president is now to see if there is any further response from him to what is allegedly going on there. at the commonwealth games in australia there have been more medals for the home nations including northern ireland's first gold for rhys mcclenaghan in the pommel horse. joe lynskey reports. no way! i can't believe it. it takes a special touch to raise a teenage champion. this is northern ireland's first gold of these games. rhys mcclenaghan called it his proudest day, and at 18 he'll hope it's just the start. his poise on the pommel was enough to beat his idol, max whitlock settling for silver. i honestly have no words.

i know that is very cliched to say that i have got no words, but now, the sensational of feeling i have at the minute is unbelievable. though whitlock missed out, his england team—mates made up for it. there was gold on the rings for courtney tulloch, while georgia—mae fenton won the uneven bars. they will hope it lifts them to olympic glory. while in the pool, the scots are up and running. the scot could win this! this is going to be very close indeed! duncan scott on the last stroke, i think he's got it. yes, he has got it! duncan scott sealed their first swimming gold this week. he had to beat chad le clos to do it. the south african's father feels the painjust as hard, while england's siobhan—marie o'connor dominated the medley. a new champion on the 200 metres individual medley, it's siobhan—marie o'connor of england. a very good swim indeed. on the first day of athletics, wales won their third gold in the long jump, olivia breen leaping to glory. while in the hammer, england's nick miller heaved his way to gold.

a new british record took every emotion. it is more sedate on the bowling green, but it means just as much to scotland. a win over australia gave the triples team gold. no basketball medals are decided yet, but england have been giving out gold. at full—time, jamell anderson proposed on court. the way to make a winning match even sweeter. joe lynskey, bbc news. the former brazilian president, luiz inacio lula da silva, is spending his first night in prison after surrendering himself to police to begin a twelve—year sentence for corruption. lula arrived by helicopter after turning himself in to brazil police and ending a day—long standoff. katy watson reports from sao paulo. never would lula have imagined spending his retirement in prison. a

culmination of nearly three days of gripping political drama. it wasn't straightforward. for hours on saturday, his supporters had blocked the exit to the union building's car park, refusing to let him leave. despite the fact he said he was willing to surrender. his first attempt at handing himself over failed after fans stopped the car from leaving, and forced him back in the building. this was the moment of surrender. walking out into the crowds to be taken away by federal police and begin his 12 year sentence for corruption. earlier in the day, lula had spoken to the crowd, who had been waiting for him patiently ever since his arrest warrant was issued on thursday. in an emotional speech, he told them that although he was prepared to give himself in, he would not give up. translation: i am doing a very

conscious, very conscious, thing. i'm going to go. i'm not going to run. and so they know, i'm going to prove my innocence. they need to know this. this doesn't feel like a solemn occasion. it feels like another rally for his fans, who have supported him throughout the trial. but skripals is a man who deeply divides brazil stop for people here, he isa divides brazil stop for people here, he is a saviour. for millions of others, he is a corrupt politician who needs to be locked up. his fans said they would carry on supporting him. translation: there is no brazil without lula. lula is in our hearts. we are with lula in every place. lula is an ideology and we will defend this ideology and we will turn this around. translation: history will not forgive this. lula will return with triumph to the government and make the changes that need to be done in our country. but while his supporters maintain lula's innocence, millions of others were unable to hide herjoy at his

arrest. when lula arrived in this southern city, where he will begin his sentence, the scene was tense. tear gas and rubber bullets were fired to disperse the crowd. this marks the end of a dramatic chapter in brazil's political soap opera but is unlikely to be the last we'll hear from the country's famous politician. katie watson, bbc in sao paulo. ospreys — the birds of prey — were almost extinct in england and wales — but are now making a comeback in some parts of the country. last week, a pair of the nesting birds arrived back in cumbria — after spending the winter in a warmer climate. judy hobson has the details. this is foulshaw moss, one of the few places in england and wales where you might catch a glimpse of a very rare pair of breeding birds. well, the ospreys are nesting safely in the distance, in the first set of trees. you can't actually see them from here unless you have a telescope, but we can show you some webcam footage.

this is of the male arriving a couple of days ago because these birds have spent the winter in west africa. there are just 30 pairs of mating ospreys in england and wales. six are in cumbria. they mate for life and this pair have been coming back here for five years and have raised eleven chicks. people love to follow them. they build these huge nests right in the top of trees. they are quite bold, if you like. and they have got this fantastic highwayman's mask, fantastic black and white markings. over the next few weeks, around 7,000 visitors are expected to come here to foulshawjust to see if they can get a glimpse of the ospreys. i thought i'd nip across the border from north yorkshire and have a look at them. it was cool. it was really... it looked really nice. this is a conservation success story. they're thriving now in scotland and are slowly starting to spread south of the border. judy hobson, bbc news. now it's time for an update on the

weather. we can speak to ben rich across the newsroom. good afternoon, a beautiful spring day behind me, but a real mix of whether today. it hasn't been like that everywhere. weather watchers have captured slightly less blue skies scenes, this was belfast earlier. and it's been a thoroughly miserable day so far across a good pa rt miserable day so far across a good part of the south—east with steve na g e part of the south—east with stevenage seem to cloud and outbreaks of rain. on the satellite picture you can see this stripe of cloud working its way through. kent, essex, perhaps east london starting to stick out into some sunshine in the next couple of hours. further west, brighter skies generally and some spells of sunshine. a scattering of hefty showers across parts of northern ireland. there could be the flash of lightning and rumble of thunder here. tubic as of

12, 13 and rumble of thunder here. tubic as of 12,13 and 14 degrees, rumble of thunder here. tubic as of 12, 13 and 14 degrees, not too bad for this time of year. —— temperatures of 12... for this time of year. —— temperatures of 12. .. further wes thomas and clear spells, fog likely to develop across coastal parts of northern ireland. south—west scotland, north—west england and maybe into the west midlands, and some of the fog could be quite dense. it could lift as we go through into tomorrow morning. once again in western and northern areas, again in western and northern areas, a fighting chance of seeing some sunshine. again, some hefty showers across parts of northern ireland. all the while staying grey and stamp across the south—east. again, for the vast majority, double digit temperatures. this area of low pressure down to the south will be driving the weather as we move into the week, a frontal system spinning around the low, bringing rain from the east from time to time. rain also coming from the east. during the winter, the easterly wind was a

cold feature, but actually, the easterly wind we have this week will not come from a particularly cold place, so generally quite mild. the exception is the north sea coast where the wind will come straight from the seat and it will feel chilly. some rain at times this week and spells of sunshine as well. tuesday, it looks like we