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a danish inventor is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a journalist on his submarine. kim wall was last seen in copenhagen aboard peter madsen‘s self—made submarine — her dismembered body was found at sea 11 days later. we'll have the latest from the court. also this lunchtime... jeremy corbyn calls for the home secretary to resign, as the prime minister defends the government's immigration policy. two men from rome arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, after a vicious attack on a liverpool supporter at anfield last night. two days after life support was withdrawn from the seriously ill toddler alfie evans, his parents are deciding whether to go back to court over his treatment. and prince harry and meghan markle honour new zealand and australia's war dead during an anzac day dawn service in london. and coming up on bbc news, jurgen klopp hails mo salah as he inspires liverpool on a memorable champions league night at anfield. good afternoon.
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welcome to the bbc news at one. a danish inventor has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of the swedish journalist kim wall. she was invited to interview peter madsen aboard his homemade submarine. but 11 days later, her dismembered remains were found at sea. maddy savage has been following the case and is in copenhagen. well, in sentencing pedro madsen to live, thejudge well, in sentencing pedro madsen to live, the judge described the killing as cynically planned and of a brutal nature. he also suggested peter madsen had shown little concern roar morse fric kim wall,
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even text in his wife minutes after he had killed her. —— little concern or remorse for kim wall. he had invited other women on board his submarine that summer but he said no. kim wall. a promising freelance journalist from sweden, who loved to travel. last august she was about to move to china with her danish boyfriend. but first, she had one last story to finish. in the same neighbourhood here in copenhagen where the young couple had been living, she boarded a submarine built by peter madsen, a danish inventor she'd been wanting to interview. but a day later the submarine sank and he was rescued, without kim. peter madsen changed his story about what happened three times. he initially said he had dropped him off safely. then said she died when a door hatch fell on her head. in court, he admitted cutting up her body, but argued she'd died from toxic fumes on the submarine first. but during the trial the prosecutor painted a picture of a man with narcissistic and psychopathic
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tendencies, who relished watching violent videos and set out to kill the journalist. he just didn't care about anything else. so he was not so caring about, you know, other people, if they couldn't help him out. he was loving with people who could help him out, but if he didn't see any purpose for you, you might as well just disappear. the case has grabbed headlines around the world. some have drawn parallels to horror movies and nordic noir crime thrillers. something many here in scandinavia have found upsetting. i think it's a safe area for the normal population. this is a very unusual case. you've been in touch with kim wall's family during the investigation. how are they doing? of course they have had a terrible time, missing their daughter and then all through the investigation and now during the trial when they get to see all the evidence.
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i can't imagine what they go through and i feel truly sorry for them. kim wall's friends and relatives have set up a foundation in her memory to help support other female journalists. they hope she won'tjust be remembered for the way she died but as a brave reporter who can continue to inspire others. peter madsen will now remain in prison while his team appeal the verdict. thejudge said it prison while his team appeal the verdict. the judge said it was important for peter madsen to remain locked up because of concerns about how his release in the meantime may affect witnesses, describing him as somebody with a very manipulative nature. thank you. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has called for the home secretary to resign, as the prime minister was forced to defend the government's immigration policy in the wake of the controversy around the so—called windrush generation. it follows a cabinet meeting yesterday in which the bbc understands that the foreign secretary called for an amnesty for some illegal migrants and a wider exemption for more commonwealth citizens.
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eleanor garnier reports. who should we let in? how many should be welcomed? just how strict should be welcomed? just how strict should our rules around immigration be? the debate has now firmly reopened after the windrush scandal revealed, despite being here legally, many have struggled to prove their right to remain after immigration rules were tightened. it has led to questions about the government approach to migrants. are you at odds with the prime minister? now the foreign secretary has a p pa re ntly now the foreign secretary has apparently called for an amnesty for illegal migrants with an impeccable record who have been here for more than ten years. it has left the prime minister defending her immigration targets. the windrush generation are not illegal. they are not illegal. they are here legally. that is why we are providing the
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support to enable them to get the documents for their status. what we are talking about, what the right honourable gentleman, the leader of the opposition, is talking about is whether or not we should deal with illegal immigration. up and don't this country the british public will tell him we should deal with illegal immigration. but the labour leader says enough is enough. the current home secretary inherited a failing policy and made it worse. isn't it time she took responsibility and resigned? isn't it time she took responsibility and resigned ?m isn't it time she took responsibility and resigned? it is a difficult dilemma for the government. the prime minister believes voelcker is one strong immigration controls and she has a lwa ys immigration controls and she has always supported an aggressive approach to try and drive down the numbers of people coming here. but after so many stories of harsh treatment, it seems getting the balance right between individual human lives and tough policy isn't
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easy. but as brexit nears, the uk immigration policies are worrying negotiators in brussels. but the brexit secretary says there is no need to worry. european citizens in the uk, it was a moral imperative and that is how we have treated it. that is what we intend to do. as we have seen with with the windrush generation, what the government intends to do and what actually happens doesn't always match up. it isa happens doesn't always match up. it is a tough debate for politicians as it is for people in the country. eleanor garnier, bbc news. norman smith is in westminster. the ramifications of the windrush controversy continue and now the foreign secretary has stepped in?“ anyone thought these political shock waves from the windrush saiga were beginning to subside, then i suspect they will have been disabused in pa rt they will have been disabused in part because of the details are emerging about the extraordinary
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exchange between the foreign secretary and the prime minister in cabinet, when mrjohnson appeared to put himself directly at odds with mrs may's whole approach to immigration, calling for a mrs may's whole approach to immigration, calling fora much mrs may's whole approach to immigration, calling for a much more generous. . . immigration, calling for a much more generous... notjust there should be more exemptions for commonwealth citizens, but a broader amnesty for illegal immigrants. those who have been here for ten years and have an unblemished record should be allowed to remain. that is a policy that would potentially apply to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. when mrjohnson knows that mrs may has made central to her politics remaining committed to driving net migration down to the tens of thousands. at one level i think that would be seen as a direct challenge to mrs may's whole approach to immigration. at another it would suggest mrjohnston does not believe the government have done enough to draw a line under the windrush sega
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—— saiga. and others still will see it as evidence of mrjohnston‘s willingness, readiness, to challenge mrs may over difficult decisions at a time when she is locked in very fraught negotiations within her cabinet over brexit. norman smith, thank you. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has called for a change in culture within government and institutions. it says there must be "open and frank" discussions about child sexual abuse in order to tackle the problem. the interim report said "all too often" organisations put the reputation of their leaders and staff before the welfare of children. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, is here. this interim report published this morning, give us an idea of the main thrust? the main thrust of this report is that change is needed across society if we are going to tackle child sexual abuse in a better way. and keita that is having
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open and frank discussions, particularly with young people, about sexual abuse. many of the young people spoken to by the enquiry said people didn't speak to them about this and they weren't given advice or tips on how to stay safe. that is absolutely the key. it says leaders have to take responsibility for what has gone on rather than put their own reputations first, before the welfare of children. there are three recommendations i would pull out from the 18 in this document. one is to do with the police. it said that people in the police going for the highest ranks needed operational experience in dealing with child sexual abuse. that is a requirement they say should come in. in terms of compensation, it suggests when people put in claims they have convictions linked to the abuse they suffered, they should be automatically rejected. also, it is calling for a registration scheme
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for carers, people looking after young people in shildon‘s care homes. they should be a registration scheme independently verified. danny, thank you. a website which has been blamed for launching more than four million cyber attacks around the world, including attempts to crash banks in the uk, has been taken down in a major international investigation. the website, webstresser.org, had been selling cyber attacks forjust over £10, and had caused hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage. dominic casciani reports. an international cyber crime operation. an investigation in the real world. this surge in bradford yesterday for computers linked to attacks on british banks. —— search. two more arrested in scotland and others across europe as agencies identify the managers and customers of one of the world's biggest cybercrime tools. this is the allegedly criminal website at the heart of the operation. name—macro
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was a cyber gun for hire, selling attacks for anyone who would pay. —— webstresser.org. depending on how much damage you wanted to cause. name—macro offered an easy way for users to carry out what —— an attack. —— data attacks make them sees up and crash. there is a huge financial impact, with businesses spending thousands of pounds repairing the damage. it has taken a yearfor repairing the damage. it has taken a year for the national crime agency and its european partners to identify the gang members behind the website, one of many threats they are watching each day. we have identified, after 4 million attacks over a period of time, being used by the website to attack various businesses, cause massive damage in some instances, certainly within the uk. it was used to attack the banking sector. the biggest non—attack was against seven british banks last september, secret until now. the victims spent hundreds of
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thousands of pounds repelling the criminals. these attacks are hugely disruptive to banks because of the amount of disruptive to banks because of the amount of resource disruptive to banks because of the amount of resource firms have to invest to protect against them. they are solely done with the aim of disrupting activity and trying to find a way into bank systems. banks put ina find a way into bank systems. banks put in a huge amount of work to ensure that perimeter is safe.“ you go to the website today, it is gone. it has been replaced by a warning from law enforcement agencies. there are many more gangs out there offering similar services, offering to target your bank, your local school, businesses. taking down this one site is one battle in a growing cybercrime war. dominic aslanni, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime. a danish inventor is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a journalist on his home made submarine. and still to come... we meet the seven—year—old girl who lost her leg after being diagnosed with bone cancer and has had it reattached — backwards. holders hull fc are drawn away at championship side featherstone
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rovers in the sixth round of rugby league's challenge cup. full details of the draw to come. two days after life support was withdrawn from the seriously ill toddler alfie evans, a senior family courtjudge is preparing to hear the case over his treatment. alfie, who's almost two, has a degenerative brain condition. his parents want to take him to italy for care. they're considering challenging a high court ruling preventing him from being taken there for treatment. doctors at alder hay hospital in liverpool say it's in the child's best interests to withdraw life support. jon donnison reports. alfie eva ns‘ parents say their little boy has been off life—support now for more than 36 hours. they say the toddler has defied doctors by managing to breathe unaided. like alfie, his father says he is still fighting. we want to go to italy.
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everyone's ready, alfie's ready, so now we see what the three judges and the court of appeal can do for us. and even if we don't achieve to get italy, then the judge is still offering us a chance to get home. overnight, alfie's supporters continued their vigil. his parents, advised by the christian legal centre, will take their case to the court of appeal this afternoon, but every court so far has sided with the doctors' advice. nothing more can be done. legally the question is fairly straightforward. the decision is going to be one about how best to serve alfie's best interests and that will draw very heavily on the medical opinion, so if the medical opinion is that withdrawing treatment is in alfie's best interests, then that is what the judges will lean towards. the case has ignited strong passions. on monday, alfie's supporters tried to storm alder hey. today the alfie's army facebook
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campaign group called for people to bring ventilation equipment to the hospital. what seems to have happened with the use of social media and social media being involved is that these complex, very grey areas of medical ethics have been distilled into a simple you're right, you're wrong, black—and—white choice and itjust isn't as simple as that and, i think as a consequence of that, we have seen what is going on outside alder hey because there are people who firmly believe that the doctors in there are making the wrong decision. the court today may have to decide if that is true. but for alfie and his family, the legal options are running out. judith moritz is outside alder hey hospital in liverpool for us. is it clear what happens now?m is it clear what happens now? it is not entirely clear and that is because this is a fast changing
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situation. this morning we have not heard directly from alfie's father tom heard directly from alfie's father to m eva ns heard directly from alfie's father tom evans and throughout all this he has been the main source of information. he's inside the hospital with his son and the paediatric intensive care unit. there is an expectation that he will be due to come out and speak to the media and to to his supporters were still outside. that is clear that within the next are the court of appeal has listed a hearing the threejudges for the case appeal has listed a hearing the three judges for the case to be heard should the family choose to 90, heard should the family choose to go, to send an orator leased to that hearing in london to present their arguments. if they do sell a mansion they would follow the same arguments that they have presented all the way along, that always said they wanted alfie to be taken to the hospital in rome for his care to be continued there. that is what they want to argue again this afternoon we understand. but at the moment we do not know precisely what the current condition of our features. we had
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appeals on social media this morning for ventilation equipment to be brought to the hospital here and as you heard a report much of this is being played out on social media as well as in the courts. the two going in parallel and at the moment we are waiting for direct information from the family about how alfie is right now and what they plan to do next. thanks. the american cable tv giant comcast has made a formal £22 billion bid for sky. the move threatens rupert murdoch's attempts to take full control of the pay—tv group. our media editor amol rajan is here. this just thisjust got this just got rather complicated. it has been complicated for some time. rupert murdoch bid for full control for sky a few years ago. 18 months ago there was a fresh bid and that has now been stuck with regulators for 18 months. rupert murdoch in the meantime has said he will sell most of his company 20th century fox to
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disney, who are also interested in sky. then we have comcast, a huge giant in the media and they have offered a much bigger price for sky. 16% higher per share. sky shareholders have said this is an attractive offer and less of a regulatory headache so they're interested. so we now we have rupert murdoch in a bidding war, invited in the bidding warfor the company he set up. sky is a company with three big giants trying to bid for it and there is huge disruption across the media sector. as a spy customer you probably will get more fantastic contact probably will get more fantastic co nta ct to probably will get more fantastic contact to come pretty soon so the company is sitting pretty today. the bbc‘s director of news and current affairs fran unsworth has told a high courtjudge that journalists had a public interest responsibility to cover a police search of sir cliff richard's home. sir cliff, who was never arrested or charged, is suing the corporation claiming an invasion of privacy. our correspondent helena lee is at the high court. sir cliff richard arriving
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on day ten of his privacy case against the bbc. the singer has been hearing evidence from the director of news at the corporation, fran unsworth. she was the one who gave the go—ahead to name the singer in their news coverage. it was, she said, in the public interest. south yorkshire police have confirmed that they are searching a property in berkshire owned by sir cliff richard... in court, fran unsworth said she didn't think these pictures filmed from a helicopter of the singer's home being searched by police were intrusive. the singer wasn't on the property, she said. but sir cliff richard's barrister, justin washbrook qc, questioned her. now, four years later, does it strike you that other people would take a different view? she replied, yes, with the benefit of four years, and listening to sir cliff in this court, it has made me think other people may take a different view that this is intrusive.
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france unsworth also told court that she had given direction to colleagues in the newsroom not to show live footage from the helicopter. she was asked, why then were live picture shown at 3:a6pm that afternoon? i can only conclude it was a mistake, she said. she is continuing her evidence that afternoon. helena lee, bbc news, the high court. a 53—year—old man is in a critical condition after he was attacked outside anfield last night before liverpool's champions league semi—final against roma.. the victim has been named as sean cox from dunboyne in county meath in ireland. he is being treated in hospitalfor a head injury. two men from rome have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. our sports correspondent david ornstein is at the anfield stadium in liverpool. roma fans have a history of clashing
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with supporters from english football clu bs. with supporters from english football clubs. i was here working with the bbc team last nightjust behind that fence that you can see when a large group of roma fans came from behind where the camera is now dressed in black balaclavas and hoods. a very quiet and calm scene. this was significantly more intimidating than you tent to see normally filled up they walked down this road and as they approach the junction they rushed forward and started to attack liverpool fans. when i got down there, i managed to ca ptu re when i got down there, i managed to capture some iphone, there was one man lying flat on his back outside the albert pub. amongst those who like to attend to him was a female steward h ill was to like to attend to him was a female steward hill was to own safety whilst the skirmishes were still going on with the roma fans using belts as weapons. i saw a man with a hammer in his hand, he was not part of the roma group, bottles were thrown and the liverpool fans then rushed the roma fans away from the
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stadium put up at this point i still saw no police and then eventually they arrived and was like and pushed they arrived and was like and pushed the incident away from the stadium. this is just the first leg of this type, liverpool were the winners on the pitch to put themselves in a commanding position to which the champions league final. the second leg is in rome next wednesday so perhaps we have not heard the last of the story yet. the authorities, the european football governing body have called the scenes vile and they will now be looking to avoid a repeat of them in the italian capital a week from today. david, thank you. a long awaited report into corruption in tennis says there is evidence that it has ‘taken root‘ at lower levels of the professional game. the independent review is urging that tennis dramatically reduces its relationship with gambling as the sport has great potential to be manipulated, especially by players who can't make a living from tennis. our sports correspondentjoe wilson sent us this update. well, this is the report in brief, in total, it's taken two years to be compiled, 2.7 million pages of data have been analysed and it does not
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give any specific details of the players or matches which have been fixed. the review said that was not part of its remit. but it does say very clearly that corruption has "taken root" in professional tennis, particularly at the lower levels of the game. it says there are too many meaningless matches, thousands of tennis professionals trying and failing to make a living out of the game with prize—money and those are the players which may be tempted into corruption. for the last six years, betting has been possible on tens of thousands of tennis matches every year because international tennis did a deal to sell the data. now, the report says if current levels of betting opportunities are maintained, it would be disastrous for the game. also, occasions when players tank, when they lose matches deliberately, whether related to betting or not, that they have been too commonplace. the review recommends that the tennis integrity unit, which polices the sport, should be strengthened. there should be more staff.
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it doesn't feel there has been a cover—up but it does say there have been opportunities where potential corruption, unusual betting patterns could and should have been investigated more thoroughly. a seven—year—old girl who lost her leg after being diagnosed with bone cancer, has had it reattached — backwards. amelia eldred had a rare procedure called rotationplasty which involves the leg being amputated high up her thigh, then the lower leg reattached the wrong way. it means her heel will eventually work as a knee joint and she hopes it will allow her to achieve her dream of dancing on stage again. phil mackie has the story. it's hard going that way, because it's more turning that way... amelia eldred is an amazing little girl. with a very special leg. she's having chemotherapy to stop the cancer coming back. and training her brain to send her leg the right signals. is it strange looking at your foot and it's the wrong way round? yes, it was at the
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start, but not now. but when i look in the mirror, it looks strange. and then when i look at it face—to—face it looks normal. last summer she was running around like any typical seven—year—old. but then the problems started. the tumour shows up in white on this scan. and eventually what happens is the ankle joint becomes a new kneejoint... it left surgeons no option but to amputate the top of her leg. then in a procedure called rotationplasty, reattach the lower half the wrong way round. if she hadn't had this procedure she would have had an amputation below the hip joint. and that would have been very difficult for her to wear a prosthesis and it would have been very difficult to have a good level of mobility. but now she has a good knee joint and a good hipjoint, she will be able to hopefully dance and take part in the sport she wants to do.
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straightaway it was the best option for us because this way, she will be able to then get a prosthetic leg, be able to do all the things she used to love to do and all your sports and your dancing. otherwise, with a full leg amputation, it's unlikely she would be able to get a prosthetic or have a good range of movements. the chemo will last for a few moments and then amelia will be fitted with her first prosthetic. now she just needs to train her foot to become her knee. right, up, down. right. it's confusing, isn't it? now we are best buddies! phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. the director of a yachting management company has been acquitted of the manslaughter of four sailors who died when the cheeki rafiki yacht sank in the mid—atla ntic. a jury found douglas innes from southampton not guilty following a retrial at winchester crown court after a previous jury failed to reach verdicts on the charges. thejury had heard how the cheeki rafiki capsized after losing her keel on the return delivery from antigua in may 2014. prince charles,
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the duke of cambridge and prince harry have taken part in a number of services to pay tribute to australia and new zealand's war dead. prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle began the day with a dawn service to mark anzac day — which commemorates the thousands of military personnel from both countries who lost their lives in world war one. nicholas witchell reports. first light at the australia and new zealand war memorials in london on anzac day. a commemoration attended this year by prince harry and meghan markle. in particular, remembrance of the thousands of troops from australia and new zealand who lost their lives in the gallipoli campaign in the first world war, 103 years ago. # abide with me... the losses at gallipoli were severe for two countries on the far side of the world which had
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sent their young men to fight for britain. they forged australia and new zealand's national identity. hence the importance of this annual commemoration. in london, prince harry laid a wreath in tribute. in france at the australian national memorial near amiens, the prince of wales led the tributes to australian forces who fought with the british in april 1918 to free a french town from the germans. the prince recalled that all the australian troops were volunteers. one in five of them would never return home. today as we mark a century since they gave their lives, let us resolve to continue to fulfil their trust so that every passing year will only add to the measure of their honour. back in london, prince william
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left his now two day old and still unnamed son, tojoin harry and meghan markle at westminster abbey for a service of thanksgiving for soldiers from distant countries who came to britain's aid a century ago and who lost their lives in the service of their king. nicholas witchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. good afternoon. it is with this as usual with sunny spells to start with but then showers developing. plenty of april showers right across the country for the rest of the afternoon. all links to this area of low pressure and circulating around that we have quite a brisk wind driving in the showers primarily to start with a two

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