this is bbc news. donald trump criticises the level of knife crime in london — comparing one of the capital's hospitals to a war zone jamie acourt, one of the original suspects in the murder of stephen lawrence, is arrested in spain on drugs charges. an erupting volcano in hawaii triggers earthquakes —— including the most powerful tremor to hit the state since 1975. mission to mars nasa launches its latest mission — to investigate the planet's interior — and listen for tremors — or marsquakes. coming up — the travel show is in windsor for a royal wedding special. that's in half an hour — here on bbc news. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. donald trump has said the uk's strict gun laws have led to a rise in knife crime, adding that a hospital in london was like "a war zone" because of the number of stabbing victims. the president was defending americans‘ right to own guns, which he said were "under siege", in a speech to the powerful national rifle association. gary o'donoghue reports. reporter: there he is. there's donald] trump. travelling to the nra's convention is becoming an annual pilgrimage for president trump, though today, the president remained staunch in his defence of them and their right constitutionally to own a gun. your second amendment rights are under siege. but they will never, ever be under siege as long as i'm your president. cheering but after the shooting of 17 students and teachers at the school in parkland, 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 that shooting, the president seemed prepared to stand up to the organisation, though little action followed. there was no such tough talk for the nra today. the president also suggesting that just having tight gun laws, like those in london, didn't stop people being killed in other ways. i recently read a story that in london, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital right in the middle is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds. yes, that's right. they don't have guns, they have knives. this was an uncompromising speech by the president. and in a year where there are congressional elections, there's unlikely to be any more compromise from republicans.

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, dallas. one of the original suspects in the murder of stephen lawrence has been arrested in spain. jamie acourt, who has always denied his involvement in the death of the teenager, was one of the uk's most wanted fugitives. he's expected to be questioned about his alleged role in the large scale supply of drugs. andy moore reports. pictured shortly after his arrest, not looking too happy, jamie acourt was on the list of britain's most wanted suspects living in spain. he was captured by armed officers from the spanish national police as he was leaving a gym near the sagrada familia cathedral in barcelona. his arrest comes soon after the 25th anniversary of the murder of the teenager stephen lawrence. he was attacked by five men at a bus stop in south—east london in a racially motivated killing. this was acourt in 1998, spitting at protestors as he left the stephen lawrence inquiry. he always denied any involvement in the stabbing, he was never charged.

his arrest in spain was in connection with the alleged large—scale supply of drugs. he had last been seen in eltham in london two years ago. ian cruxton from the national crime agency said: acourt is due to appear before a court in madrid next week for an extradition hearing. several strong earthquakes have shaken parts of hawaii after the eruption of one of the world's most active volcanoes. people fled from buildings as a 6.9 magnitude quake generated small tsunami waves and briefly cut power supplies — it's the most powerful quake there since 1975.

bill hayton reports. a roadblock, hawaii style. this neighbourhood is 2a miles from the crater of mt kilauea, but the ground cracked open on thursday and molten lava poured out. ismelled it and i ran to the corner, and that's when i ran into a military officer, who told me that it's smoking, and sure as heck enough i take the turn and one of my favourite streets at least was on fire. dozens of small earthquakes left cracks in the roads. some residents described a feeling as if a giant snake was moving under the houses. you can feel the heat coming from the ground... yeah, there's heat coming out of there. there's lava under there. and that wasn't the only danger. the air was filled with potentially toxic fumes. as a result, the state governor ordered an evacuation. there was little time to gather possessions. some escaped with what they could. residents are now waiting to see when they'll be allowed home. kilauea is spewing smoke from one of its side vents, but at the moment, scientists don't

believe there's a major risk of an explosive eruption. lava's been flowing from the volcano crater and cracks on its slopes ever since it became active in 1983. but with earthquakes getting stronger, no—one‘s relaxing just yet. bill hayton, bbc news. according to the us geological survey, there have been more than 150 tremors in hawaii in the last 2a hours. this resident of hilo filmed during one of them... rumbling. and son. 0h, and son. oh, my god, guys. —— come here, son. 0h, and son. oh, my god, guys. —— come here, son. oh, my god. oh, my god! look outside. the power just

the powerjust went out. more on that story in the course of this hour. the final results have been declared in the local elections in england. labour have gained control of the borough of tower hamlets in east london from no overall control, giving the party their best performance in the capital for more than a0 years. elsewhere, ukip lost almost all of the seats they were defending, whilst the liberal democrats gained more than 70 councillors. analysis suggests labour and the conservatives are now neck—and—neck in the national vote share. with me is political correspondent tom barton... you can say that word more successfully. you were working all day yesterday, first in milton keynes and then south cambridgeshire. picking up on the

liberal democrats, september show one of the surprises of the day? fascinating in south cambridgeshire and in kingston and in richmond in london. the liberal democrats managed to overturn sizeable conservative majorities to take overall control of the councils themselves. that is a pretty remarkable result for a party which many people had written off. gained 75 seats across the country but in terms of council ‘s game, they were the big winners. interesting for them where that takes them. —— councils gained. not every seat was up, not always changing control, councils. difficult to focus on individual places and see what is happening broadly. how does it affect the two biggest parties, the

once contending for government in the next election? to some extent, the next election? to some extent, the takeaway is not very much happened. both the two main parties gain some seats and some cancels here and there, lost hereunder. labour didn't make the big gains they were hoping tonight. counsels like wandsworth, but they took tower hamlets, the last two declared, labour majority from no overall control. the conservatives moved forward outside of london particularly in the towns and places like nuneaton and derby where labour would traditionally have expected to do quite well. the midlands, labour heartland towns. . particularly after yea rs of heartland towns. . particularly after years of conservative government, expecting a reaction?

exactly. all the movement was incremental. but that is much more disappointing for labour than the conservatives because eight years into conservative government, labour did well in last year's general election and moved forward, and would have hoped to build on that, keep momentum going. take that forward to these elections so that as we look ahead to the next general election they are making progress. they did not do that and the conservatives will feel relieved but not particularly great news for the conservatives. neither party managed to reach beyond their core basis. conservatives doing well in rural areas and towns, labour party doing goodin areas and towns, labour party doing good in big metropolitan areas. but neither taking votes from other party, which is what you need to do ina party, which is what you need to do in a general election. more than 2500 patients with brain conditions

are being recalled to special clinics in northern ireland today, over fears they were misdiagnosed by a senior neurologist. patients seen by consultant dr michael watt were contacted by the belfast trust after doctors raised concerns about the care he was giving. keith doyle reports. the first of thousands of patients diagnosed with neurological conditions will start to get new assessments from today. amid fears they may have been misdiagnosed. 200 additional clinics have been set up in northern ireland to review patients who were treated by a consultant neurologist, dr michael watt. it follows a year long independent investigation by the royal college of physicians. gillian mannus was diagnosed with nerve damage and other conditions 12 years ago. she is one of the patients who has received a letter offering her a new appointment with a different consultant. i don't know what to expect, i don't know what they will tell me. it is very worrying. you put your life

into somebody‘s hands, basically. the trust says it doesn't patients have been contacted already with more being sent letters every day. with patients' records spread across the health service and private practice, this is a complex and time—consuming process. all of which, the trust admits is extremely stressful for patients and their families. as we've been hearing, a series of earthquakes has hit hawaii, with the epicentre under the erupting volcano, mount kilauea. let's talk to drjanine kavanagh a volcanologist at the university of liverpool — she's in salford. what factors have caused this now? there are five volcanoes there and

kilauea has been active since 1983. we are seeing some new activity where we are seeing magma coming up from depth, molten rock, moving sideways along a rift son to form new fissure eruptions in residential areas. causing the evacuations. new fissure eruptions in residential areas. causing the evacuationsm terms of the prospects of how long these could continue for, can volcanology gel us anything about predictability? kilauea is one of the best monitor volcanoes in the world. we have a huge amount of data to understand what is happening now, what could happen next. the kind of evidence we have is the earthquakes produced but also the way the earth is deforming. we can use satellites to understand how the earth ‘s surface is changing and where the magma is going to go next. in terms

of the fault lines, what are the risks for people returning to the area? at some point, people living around one to go back to the homes? that is always a concern about active volcanoes. quite used to volcanic activity. this is in a new area, volcanic activity. this is in a new area , new volcanic activity. this is in a new area, new people affected. the volcanic gases are quite dangerous. people need to evacuate as soon as possible. for scientists, how much valuable new data will the eruptions bring? a huge amount of fascinating data. 0ver bring? a huge amount of fascinating data. over the last week, lots of different kind of activity going on in kilauea, at the summit. there is a overflowing lover like, a couple of days ago. down the rift zone, and

other vent. we are seeing further eased these new fissures formed. fascinating to see how it has progressed. we hope everything will pass off as well as it can for those affected by the eruption of kilauea in hawaii. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump criticises knife crime in london. 0ne donald trump criticises knife crime in london. one of the stephen lawrence, people involved in his murder potentially, arrested in

spain. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. with the premier league title decided, today is all about the fight for survival and the early kick off sees two teams in danger of the drop meet at the bet 365 stadium. a stoke city victory against crystal palacewould not only boost their slim hopes of staying up, but would relegate west bromwich albion. palace should be safe but both managers are fully aware of what's at stake. tough game. roy has done well. safe a nyway tough game. roy has done well. safe anyway but whether that is good or bad remains to be seen on saturday. no matter what, we have to be ready and come out... i think this week and come out... i think this week and the week that follows, the two final games, the important thing to

put out around my end is the fact that we have probably done enough to stay in the league. but to make certain we treat these two games in the same way we would have treated them had we desperately needed the points. it is very tight for the third relegation spot. but brighton and hove albion can breathe a huge sigh of relief. pascal gross scored the only goal of the game against

manchester united, goal—line technology. manchester united have an advantage over the teams chasing second. butjose mourinho, questions about his fringe players. the media ask me why always romelo lukaku. why a lwa ys ask me why always romelo lukaku. why always romelo lu ka ku ? ask me why always romelo lukaku. why always romelo lukaku? why always this player? poor that guy doesn't have a chance to start, the other one is always on the bench. you know why now. a record crowd of around 40,000 fans are expected at wembley stadium this evening for the women's fa cup final. it's an all—london affair too and a repeat of the 2016 showpiece when arsenal beat chelsea thanks to this goal from danielle carter. chelsea are still fighting on two fronts — joint top of the women's super league. victory for arsenal would be their 15th in the competition. you can follow it all across the bbc later on. live coverage on bbc one and bbc radio five live with build

up and text commentary on the bbc sport website. chris froome isn't expexted to make up any time on the leader on the second stage of the giro d'italia today. after crashing in the reccie, he laboured his way to 21st in the opening time trial of the one grand tour to elude him. he's 37 seconds behind the leader and defending champion tom dumoulin. today's167km stage into tel aviv expected to be for the sprinters. the may day bank holiday means the final stages of the world snooker championship. the semis will play to a conclusion today. this is barry hawkins against two—time world champion mark williams. hawkins led 9—7 overnight. 10—7 shortly. first to 17 reaches the final. . .. commanding lead in this frame. looks

straightforward with a huge, huge lead, 110—0 at the moment. 10—7 any time soon. still a long time to go. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. see you in one hour. north korea has changed it's time zone to match the south as a result of tal last week's inter—korean summit. moving its clocks forward 30 minutes, bringing it into line with its southern neighbour. president trump and south korean president, moonjae—in are to hold talks at the white house later

on this month to prepare for a meeting between mr trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—un. the summit is expected to take place in late may orjune. let's start with the serious stuff, stephen. the summit meeting. some suggestion they might have a shortlist of where they will meet. much more importantly is what they will have to save. i think donald trump says there is a decision made. for some reason, not announcing that he had. who knows if there has been a final decision on the location. singapore would be a neutral place. the de—militarised zone because of the symbolism. in the meantime, president moonjae—in will be

meeting on the 22nd with donald trump to give a report back on his meeting with the north korean leader. a precursor to the donald trump and kimjong—un summit. extraordinary meeting when it takes place. this clock business resolving any risk of neither —— either man arriving 30 minutes late. really such a big deal in south korea? 30 minute difference purely for symbolic reasons? sounds like it is kind of loving. the north koreans have changed their clocks 30 minutes to bring in line with the southern neighbours but significant because you can imagine the administration of kimjong—un... if it is goodwill towards the south as a gesture, that is exposing to everyone in north korea this goodwill. it is

interesting because the times in north korea and south korea previously allowed. north korea changed it because it was seen them asa changed it because it was seen them as a symbolic shift because the time we have here now was put in place by the japanese when they occupied the korean peninsula. the beginning of the 20th century. symbolically, pyongyang decided to change the tone and has had to symbolically changed it back now. it sounds nothing, but is quite something. interestingly one way that we know that everybody in north korea knows something is going on right now in terms of relations between north korea and south korea, two country is technically still at war. thanks very much. nasa's latest mission to mars blasts off today with the aim of mapping the red planet's interior for the first time. the rocket carries a robotic probe which will be dropped onto the surface to test for tremors

known as marsquakes'. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. a mission to the red planet and a journey back in time. probing beneath the surface of mars, nasa's insight mission will aim to take the pulse of this planet to work out how it formed more than 11.5 billion years ago. once it's unfolded its vital solar panels, the robotic lander will carefully put down its own scientific instruments which will map the deep structure of the planet. these will take the temperature of mars and analyse the structure of its core. 0ne instrument, a seismometer, will pick up signals from martian earthquakes, or marsquakes. unlike previous missions, the most recent missions have been looking for water and habitability. this particular one is looking at how the planet itself is made up, how it's built. earth and mars formed at the same time, probably by similar processes, so this mission could also shed light on why the two planets are so different. beyond a trip to mars,

scientists say this is a mission to our solar system's past. peering beneath mars' surface could also help us understand how earth, the moon and even distant exoplanets around other stars evolved. victoria gill, bbc news. joining us now from our 0xford studio is sue horne she's the head of space exploration programme at the uk space agency. where you up in the middle of the night watching this or waiting for when we finally get some kind of result out of it? i am waiting in 0xford. we have an event, we are going to watch the launch. hopefully at 12 o'clock. i am waiting with anticipation and they little bit of fear because i have seen rockets blow up at launch! wouldn't want the disappointment of that, never mind

i'm sure nasa wouldn't want the expense. in terms of adding additional knowledge to this, this is aboutair additional knowledge to this, this is about air space exploration, but how do you explain to people the value of an individual operation of this can? this is important because it isa this can? this is important because it is a first. the first time we will have looked at what the interior of mars is like. to understand the core. we believe the core is now solid because marist does not have a magnetosphere. in the past it has had a magnetosphere. the magnetic field would have been in the past protecting the planet. now, a harsh radiation environment, marsalis. knowing the history of the planet, we can work out when there may have been conditions that could have supported life. it also allows us have supported life. it also allows us to understand planets around other solar systems that we are

finding. and understand how many of those may be able to sustain life. finding. and understand how many of those may be able to sustain lifelj heard someone this morning saying in a sense marist had once been like oui’ a sense marist had once been like our own planet, i do not know if you would agree with that view, but if thatis would agree with that view, but if that is the case, i'll be moving towards an understanding of how planets form, of old and die? could that information actually have us understand the long—term prognosis for our own planet? yes. as i said, with this one, understanding of the interior is critical. that will allow us to work out how mars evolved. it was like earth in the past. there is evidence of large amounts of water. it is giving us and understanding how planets evolved, what the size means, what they are fond of and how that changes their evolution. how long

will this take? well, the mission will this take? well, the mission will arrive on the 26th of november this year. that will be another period of fear from the! carthago delenda hopefully get 10—20 marsquakes each year. the mission the last two yea rs. year. the mission the last two years. 2020 before we get a fuller understanding. we will get you back and then! this is bbc news — coming up in the next few minutes: the travel show has travelled not very far, to windsor, for a preview of the biggest wedding of the year. high pressure in charge from much of

the country. dry, sunny weather on the cards. crystal blue skies. cloud, drizzly rain for the north west of scotland, low cloud and fog on the irish sea coasts. temperatures 18-20. at a irish sea coasts. temperatures 18—20. at a high. chilly first on sunday. little bit of rain for the north west of scotland. dry elsewhere. low cloud and fog around some irish sea coast low. western wales for instance. temperatures as high as 2a degrees. find a bank holiday monday. less cloud and fog on the irish sea. highs in the south of 26-27.