this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines: labour and the conservatives claim success in the local elections in england. jeremy corbyn says his party achieved solid results despite not making big gains. obviously i'm disappointed to did we lost a bit of ground to be that if you look at the overall picture we gained seats across the country and votes in places where we never had votes in places where we never had votes before. the conservatives gained control of barnet, but lost trafford council, on a mixed night for the government. we will not take anything for granted. we will continue to work ha rd granted. we will continue to work hard for local people and we will build on the success for the future. the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, but support for ukip across the country collapsed. president trump tells members of

america's powerful gun lobby that he will not bow to calls for stricter controls. a state of emergency is enforced in part of hawaii following an eruption of one of the world ‘s most active volcanoes. and newsnight, at packed studio of politicians and pundits to make sense of where the election results ta ke sense of where the election results take us now. good evening. the local elections in england have largely seen voters stick with the status quo with neither of the two main parties able to celebrate significant gains. labour has fallen short of the expectations of many in the party and failed to make the inroads supporters had hoped for. the conservatives lost councillors but outperformed predictions.

the conservatives took control of barnet, which many attribute directly to the labour row over anti—semitism. they also won basildon, peterborough and redditch. but they lost control of six councils. two went to labour — kirklees in yorkshire and plymouth. but labour lost the leadership of derby and nuneaton which went to ‘no overall control‘. the liberal democrat leader vince cable said his party winning control of four councils from the tories, richmond—upon—thames, three rivers in hertfordshire, south cambridgeshire and kingston—upon—thames, marked the start of the party's fightback. but it was a near wipeout for ukip. they won on average just over 6% of the vote for the council seats that they fought — losing 123 councillors. on councillors, the tally a short time ago,

looks like this — labour gained 59, conservatives lost 31, lib dems gained 75, and the greens up 8. the bbc analysis of the votes suggests that in a general election the two main parties would be neck and neck on a projected vote share of 35% each — with the liberal democrats on 16%. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. there had been a lot of tory nerves, but they held them, for the most part. congratulations, councillor. here, in a famous tory council, wandsworth, they clung on. but only just. they thought they could take control. this was one of their top targets, and they threw everything at it, but they failed. cheering. the prime minister and her party are relieved to have held on in areas like this,

rather than being overjoyed to be making any progress. what do you think it says about the tories right now, that labour ran it so close, in such a traditional tory area? not surprising, there are big national issues out there, which they attempted to capitalise on. it is a cliche, bins not brexit, but that's the thing that made the difference. this shows they are all mouth and not a lot of trousers, if that's the expression! it was not a victory lap, but a tour of the ground they had held, the tories lost seats, but only two councils. by traditional standards, for a party that has been in power for eight years, you can see from their faces that is better than they had hoped. is he walking towards power, though? labourdid edge up, taking two councils, plymouth and kirklees, but losing three others. dramatic strides to number 10?

not quite. we are absolutely ready for it, we have members, we have organisation, look at these people here, they have come out this morning having been up all night, at the count, in plymouth, celebrating. we have not seen peak corbyn? there is much more to come, and it's going to get even better. legions of supporters agree. i'm excited for what plymouth can come up with, and what labour can do for us. thrilled about the plymouth results, absolutely thrilled, it's about time! they certainly had reasons to be cheerful round the country, pushing the tories out of power in trafford, the only patch of blue in a north—west sea of red, piling on council seats in the cities, but not enough to grab their high profile targets in london. the mayor there left before the disappointment

of one of the big results. labour's hopes of capturing barnet, where there is a big jewish population, crashed, partly due to anti—semitism. you put that down to the anti—semitism row? well... looking at how the votes went in different wards, that was certainly the biggest factor. outside the cities, labour could not stop many towns from turning tory. swindon stayed blue, they took basildon, peterborough, the conservatives scooping up the most from voters deserting ukip in their droves. but the lib dems burst out of their lethargy, taking from the tories. the only party promising a public vote on the brexit deal turned pockets, like tory richmond, yellow. whether it is against labour or conservatives,

in brexit or remain country, we are reasserting ourselves as a major national force, down to a lot of hard work and effort, and i want to thank all of you for what you have achieved. some of that success was down to happy greens working alongside. they gained a sprinkling of seats, themselves. i feel incredibly positive, it has exceeded expectations, we have broken through onto five new councils, we have defended seats that were being attacked by the bigger parties. this place had almost got used to turmoil, every time voters went to the polls, but this time around, the public has chosen something like the status quo, labour edging up a little, the tories slipping slightly. that does not mean that nothing has changed. perhaps the lack of movement tells us both main parties are even more firmly stuck in their comfort zone. for labour, some disappointment, but no disaster. don't worry, we'll be here a lot more.

for the tories, a sigh of relief, rather than celebration. are you tempted to call a snap general election, prime minister? laughter. no, i think we will just enjoy this... voters perhaps not yet ready for that kind of dramatic change. sinn fein has won the west tyrone by—election. the pa rty‘s successful candidate, orla begley, becomes the first woman to hold the seat. but as with all sinn fein mps, she won't take her place at westminster. one of britain's most wanted fugitives has been captured in spain on suspicion of drug offences. he was detained after he left the metropolitan in barcelona. the 41—year—old from south london is

wa nted 41—year—old from south london is wanted by police investigating a large scale supply of drugs. of former suspect in stephen lawrence's murder in 1993. he has always denied involvement in the killing. donald trump has said that americans' right to own guns are under siege in a speech to the powerful national rifle association. and he suggested that the uk's tough gun laws had led to a rise in knife crime. the president said a hospital in london was like "a war zone" because of the number of stabbing victims it was having to treat. from dallas, gary o'donoghue reports. various, there is donald trump. travelling to the nra's convention is becoming an annual pilgrimage for president trump. the recent mass shootings have put the organisation on the back foot. today, the president remained staunch in his defence of them and their constitutional right to own a gun. second amendment rights are under siege. but they will never, ever be

under siege as long as i am president. but after the shooting of 17 students and teachers at the school in florida on valentine's day, the mood has changed with young people around the country keeping gun control at the forefront of the debate. my daughter has no voice. she was murdered last week. shortly after the shooting, the president seemed prepared to stand up to the organisation, though little action followed. let's talk about guns, shall we? but there was no such tough talk to the nra today. the president also suggesting thatjust having tight gun laws, like those in london, did not stop people being killed in other ways. internode britain's murder rate is a fraction of that of the united states. britain's murder rate is a fraction of that of the united stateslj recently of that of the united states.” recently read a story that in

london, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds. yes, that's right. they don't have guns. they have knives. lindsay falcon was one of those close by, urging tighter controls. her nephew was one of four people killed in a waffle house shooting in tennessee last month. stop calling us stupid for wanting to protect oust children. this was an uncompromising speech by the president. and in a year of west congressional elections there is unlikely to be any more republican compromise. nearly 2000 people have been ordered to leave their home in hawaii after a volcanic explosion. a

local state of emergency has been declared. were also just hearing that there has been a 5.6 magnitude earthquake recorded this morning, just after 1130 in the morning, off the south plank of the volcano. no tsunami threat has been issued to hawaii. earlier i spoke ——. earlier i spoke tojohn tarson, who's from the volcano tour company epic lava, and started by asking him just how dangerous it is there at the moment. it has been volatile over the last few weeks. we noticed that the event on the south—east rift zone of the volcano has been swelling. last two times in the last five years that this happened we got new breakouts on the flanks of the event, within a

month for a month and a half. so this swelled bigger than any of the ones previously and we began to get earthquakes moving down the rift zone. if you think of the rift as a big crack that moves down an area on the big island, that is where the lava comes out and the lava started to intrude into that rift zone and we began to feel earthquakes. about a thousand in two or three days. yesterday, i was out there with some of the guys and we were doing some monitoring of the area and we noticed that there were around fractures forming. and by the mid— afternoon by two or three o'clock, the first fisscher broke open which means that the earth opened up. crack split and gases emitted and then immediately after that lava

started to pour. since then we have had a least three eruptions. there may be too active fish is happening right now. the entire subdivision was evacuated and the civil defence, national guard, police, fire department are doing everything they can to keep people safe and evacuate them. it is not the first time that this volcano has erupted in this way. how unusual is this particular eruption? you said there are many more earthquakes and that the sulphur... for example... are there more dangers to contend with and are they forecasting an explosive eruption rather than the flows that we see? for the last 35 years, when the event started we saw things like this. breakthroughs of lava, fountains coming through the ground. it is explosive. overtime we have

had fewer and fewer events and the events have become more stabilised of breakouts, lava flows heading to the water, that is what we have been used to. yesterday, the first fisscher for a long time used to. yesterday, the first fisscherfor a long time happened. in 2011 we had a quick event where the lava lakes dropped at the same time and we got what was known as a fisscher for a day or two. time and we got what was known as a fisscherfor a day or two. that time and we got what was known as a fisscher for a day or two. that was the last time we saw anything like this but this one seems like it is more serious. event itself has com pletely more serious. event itself has completely collapsed. it goes hundreds of the down into a giant chasm. it is a giant plumbing system now so chasm. it is a giant plumbing system now so all of these things affect what happens. if everything goes underground it has to re—emerge somewhere and so right