this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines. jamie acourt, one of the original suspects in the murder of stephen lawrence, is arrested in spain on drugs charges — he'll appear before a judge today. donald trump criticises the level of knife crime in london — comparing one of the capital's hospitals to a war zone they say it is as bad as a military war zone hospital. knives, they say it is as bad as a military warzone hospital. knives, knives, knifes. knives, knives, knifes. an erupting volcano in hawaii triggers earthquakes — including the most powerful tremor to hit the state since 1975. and mission to mars. nasa launches its latest probe to map the red planet's interior and listen for tremors — or marsquakes. and click looks at a high tech solution to combat falling footfall on the high street. that's in half an hour — here on bbc news. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. more details have emerged about how jamie acourt, one of britain's most wanted fugitives, managed to evade detection for two years. mr acourt, who is wanted for suspected dugs offences, was one of the original suspects in the murder of stephen lawrence, he's always denied any involvement. spanish police sources have told the bbc that the forty—one year old used severalfalse identities — and claimed to be an italian tourist when he was arrested. he'll and will appear before a spanish judge today. 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. nasa's latest mission

to mars is about to blast off any second now — aiming to mapping the red planet's interior for the first time. lets cross over to the live pictures from the vandenberg air force base in california. we are about one minute and three quarters from the actual launch. we will take countdown in just a few moments time. this is an important mission because it is an attempt to find out what is actually at the corner of the planet, to map that for the very first time and perhaps to get some clues about why mars, which was once like earth, scientists believe, is no longer. and what that might mean for our planet potentially as well. scientists from the british space agency are also involved in this

operation. and are providing some of the details as well as some of the support for it. the mission is called insight and that stands for interior exploration using seismic investigations and huge transport. it is due to launch in one minute's time from a united launch alliance. the uk space agency invested £4 million in one of the key instrument on board. that is a short period size matter. i think i know a size on the terrace and i assume it measures very short period of time. a good period, really. this will be on the surface of mars to measure earthquakes. they spitted to take between 1000 and hundred of these measurements over a two—year period. less listening to the countdown. eight, seven. six. five. four.

three. two. zero. liftoff. launch of the first interplanetary mission on the first interplanetary mission on the west coast and nasa's inside. to study the interior of mars. there the pope goes heading on what will be a six—month journey according to british space agency who we spoke to a couple of hours ago. she was waiting with excitement. a certain degree of nervousness because it is always

possible for these probes to fail on launch or indeed the rocket failed 0rmonde and the probe which would leave the rocket to fail as well. assuming yourfingers leave the rocket to fail as well. assuming your fingers to planet will bea assuming your fingers to planet will be a six—month journey also to mars and the real work. they are expecting detailed data that they can actually use probably about two yea rs can actually use probably about two years from now and 2020. so that is the insight mission. the interior exploration mission to mars to find out exactly what is inside the red planet. we will leave mars for now. we will leave mars for now. let's return to our main story this afternoon. more details have emerged about how jamie acourt, one of britain's most wanted fugitives, managed to evade detection for two years. steve reynolds, from the national crime agency, says mr acourt was detained as part of a long—running campaign with spanish police. he has been a fugitive from british

justice for some time and we have been trying to find him for a considerable amount of time together with our partners in spain. the spanish national police and the metropolitan police. the metropolitan police. the metropolitan police. the metropolitan police have an outstanding case against him for a drug trafficking offence, a drug supply of ends. and he was on the list of top fugitives that we're working with crimestoppers and the spanish national police to try and track people like him down. we were conducting an operation with the spanish national police for some considerable time. that came to fruition yesterday with his arrest in barcelona. it would've been a surveillance operation over a long period before you felt you were ina long period before you felt you were in a position to actually affect an arrest. yes. we would have obviously affected an arrest soon as he was

positively identified took place yesterday outside the gym that we have heard about in barcelona. the density was a key issue. you've got to get the right person. what kind of direct involvement you officers have. they go out and work with their spanish colleagues or was it something you have to effectively direct their activities? we work extremely closely with the spanish authorities but mca officers have no operational powers and foreign country so we do it through sharing intelligence, and liaising with them very, very closely. it is a slightly more backroom role. it is the spanish national police that affected the arrest and that is how we operate. and what happens now? is this the end of your involvement or are you actually involved in the process of trying to get and brought back to this country. this is under a european arrest warrant which is designed to be a speedy process and we hope that it will be. we will

help to facilitate that along with the metropolitan police. it is their case. we will now hand him over into their custody court case that she is spacing will take place. presumably, there are issues that sometimes arise in different jurisdictions where, you know, it particular crime is not recognised in one country and therefore judges say, well, we're not sure we can extradite for this. presumably here we are talking about allegations that would be recognised by spanish course just as they would be by courts here. absolutely. this is a drug trafficking offence. it will be recognised by the spanish courts and under the europe european arrest warrant it should be fairly speedy process. in terms of other cases you are pursuing what kind of numbers of people are you looking for in spain? how big an operation is this? i appreciate that he's just one case, one particular case. suitably you're talking about people who are accused of all kinds of other activities. exactly. who are accused of all kinds of otheractivities. exactly. 0ur campaign is working together with crimestoppers and spanish authorities. it has been going on for 12 years. named 96 fugitives of which we have khat 81. a number of

fugitives are still outstanding but it is the place that people think they can hide among, for example, they can hide among, for example, the british expat community. we are after them. it might be difficult one for you to a nswer it might be difficult one for you to answer but do you think there are people who think actually now, particularly with brexit happening, that maybe things will be different and will be easier for us to hide that maybe things will be different and will be easierfor us to hide in european countries and it is now? to think that would a mistake. we have extremely strong partnerships throughout europe and whatever brexit brings, and it will affect some of the mechanisms that we can currently use under the eu, and that we subject to negotiations. and other mechanisms we have be using those to the full extent of the law and using extremely strong partnerships across europe to ensure there are no safe havens and fugitives would be safe from justice either in europe and the uk. 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. reporter: there he is. there's donaldj 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 onstitutionally 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 0'donoghue, bbc news, dallas. president trump was quoting remarks

made a couple of weeks ago. the man who made those remarks that the president was referring to has given his reaction on twitter. martin griffiths said he is... the big island of hawaii has been shaken by the most powerful earthquake to hit the state in decades, after the eruption small tsunami waves and briefly cut power supplies. those living nearby have taken shelter. they‘ re escaping ash, toxic gas and lava flows. rhodri davies reports. people endured 170 tremors in a day.

about one every ten minutes. the tremors arrived a day after the volcano erupted. it forced hundreds of people to evacuate from residential areas. but some people are concerned about neighbours who refused to leave. i told them it is now come on the bottom side of the hill. before we had a hill keeping the love our way from us now it is at the bottom of the hill. and it was really smoking bad. you could smell it in the air. we're going to get cut off, i think, is what is going to happen. there we re is what is going to happen. there were for several fresh eruptions from the volcano sending up eruptions of another 30 metres into the air, destroying several homes and leaving features on the streets. we knew something was happening because of the cracks that were

developing. there are getting wider, bigger, longer, more cracks, doubling the amount of cracks, so we knew something was happening. it is one of the world's most active volcanoes. it has been in constant eruption for 35 years. and scientists and local officials warned the latest volcanic and seismic activity may continue. added to that, there is the threat of sulphur dioxide fumes. sulphur dioxide gas is toxic and it can be fatal to some people so that is a huge concern right now. the island remains on high alert. let's move on to the news headlines. jamie acourt, one of the original suspects in the murder of stephen lawrence, is arrested in spain on drugs charges — he'll appear before a judge today. donald trump criticises the level

of knife crime in london — comparing one of the capital's hospitals to a war zone. an erupting volcano in hawaii triggers earthquakes — including the most powerful tremor to hit the state since 1975. north korea has changed its time zone to match the south, following last week's landmark inter—korean summit. the official news agency said the country was moving its clocks forward by 30 minutes — bringing it into line with its southern neighbour. relationship will be discussed in

washington. relationship will be discussed in washington. 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. president trump has said that a time and place for the summit have been set, but details have not yet been released. our correspondent stephen mcdonell in seoul — explained the significance behind this development. it sounds like it is kind of nothing, the north koreans have changed their clocks, warned them forward by having to bring the country in line their southern neighbours. but it is quite significant because you can imagine

the administration of kim jong un. he has to expend north koreans why they are doing this. if it is a goodwill gesture towards the saboteurs expressing to everybody in north korea this goodwill. it is interesting because the times in north and south korea where previously aligned and north korea changed it because it was seen then asa changed it because it was seen then as a symbolic shift because the time that we have here now was put in place by the japanese occupied the korean peninsula. the beginning of the 20th century. and symbolically, the 20th century. and symbolically, the capital decided to change the time. and so now it is symbolically changing it back again. well it sounds like nothing, it actually is quite something. and it is interestingly one way that we know that everybody in north korea knows something is going on right now in

terms of relations between north and south korea. two countries which are technically still at war. two countries which are technically still at war. the final results have been declared in the local elections in england. labour have gained control of the borough of tower hamlets 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. 0ur political correspondent, tom barton, is in central london for us at the progress annual conference — progress are an organisation of labour party members aiming to promote progressive politics. not n ot exa ctly not exactly associated with the colburn wing of the party orjeremy corbyn sense of direction for the labour party. how these results going down because presumably a lot of the members will be saying, well, we're of the members will be saying, well, we' re really of the members will be saying, well, we're really pleased that we have

done as well as we have but is there a sense of might we have better if the party had had a stronger national performance? well, yes. ithink national performance? well, yes. i think it is fair to say this was an election to some extent when nothing very much happened. labour windfall was a bit in some places, backwards and others. the same for the conservatives. that, though, is much worse news for labour than the conservatives because at this point in the electoral cycle after eight years of conservative run governments, labour would usually be expecting to have gone forward and perhaps quite significantly, and of course they did very well last year's general election and they would have been hoping to build on that performance and they did make gains. they took tower hamlets and that was the last resort to be declared. they won plymouth council as well. so there was progress but not much. the

conservatives, by contrast, well, they didn't move much either. the two couple of extra councils. places like basildon and peterborough booth in the east of england. but for conservatives that's really a sigh of relief because he didn't go backwards. the lack of change is not very positive for labour. jeremy corbyn ‘s supporters happen putting a brave face on it and jeremy corbyn saint bees were solid results that provided a good platform for the general election but the people here, they would describe themselves as being on the moderate wing of the labour party. i thinkjeremy corbyn's supporters, momentum, were described as being on the right of the labour party. they are absolutely saying labour should have done better and really putting that claim for that at the feet ofjeremy corbyn and labour's move to the left. what the key speaker alistair campbell said.

we're kidding ourselves if we think these election results are good. not living in denial of real question that the public are asking, real problem is that it was face up to them. so it is not to undermine jeremy corbyn say that out there in the real world people are asking the question whether he can be prime minister. they are asking whether the shadow cabinet as a team, whether we are doing the right thing brexit, the right positions on foreign policy, whether we are taking anti—semitism seriously. these are real questions. and so i think, you know, if you look at the way the tories are handling brexit, where it is all wishful thinking. there is an element of parts of the labour partyjust thinking, if we alljust sort of stopped talking and debating were all going towards into power. it doesn't work like that. at this week's collections labour did not do particularly well but the build on last year's result which was surprisingly good for labour.

the suggestionjeremy corbyn is failing as a leader is off beam with most of your party's members, isn't it? there is no doubt he's popular with a lot of labour party members. and he has to be given credit the fact that he's brought so many people who we re that he's brought so many people who were unenthused about politics and he has enthused them. but you have to look at who comes out to vote in these elections are not saying that a local election is anything more than, you know, for a lot of people it about local issues. if you look at the numbers who are, to vote in the number they are voting in a moment, this is not a winning position. and i think rather than everybody coming out, the tories are coming out and saying it is fine. labour are coming out and saying it is fine. labourare coming coming out and saying it is fine. labour are coming out and say it we nt well labour are coming out and say it went well for the lib dems say it all went well above the publicjust then, what, can't all be right. and i'm simply saying that from a position where, yes, labour did better than people expected in the la st better than people expected in the last election but to get to a position to win, to get back into downing street, labour have to win

over people who voted tory, people voted green, nationalists, lib dems, people who didn't vote at all. none of the above. you got to get them over. and i'm simply saying that an appeal for unity, you have to be answered the question. unity around what? what are the realistic policies? i said in my speech, there are not great ideas coming forward. it's all very defensible. i think you have to speak your mind and i don't believe we're in a winning position. the only way to get to a winning position is to face up to the problems that we've got. strong views here at the progress conference. of course, you switch in alistair campbell's day at the top of the labour party would have been mainstream. ina of the labour party would have been mainstream. in a party now have a million members, many of whom are supporters of momentum and jeremy corbyn, those views are very much in the minority.

i was trying to steal your thunder that. tags very much. —— thanks very much. —— thanks very much. more than 2,500 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 urologist, dr michael watt. it follows a year long independent investigation by the royal college of physicians. gillian 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. time for the weather with sarah keith lucas. it is nice to be the bearer of some good bank holiday news. we have got high pressure in charge for much of the country. lots of dry, sunny weather on the clouds. this scene

was taken in devon by one of our weather watchers earlier on. beautiful blue sky there. not the same everywhere. we have got more clouded drizzly rain for the north—west of scotland and also some low cloud and fog around the irish sea coast. the fog of the countries is dry, warm, with temperatures up as high as 18—23. a fine evening to come on things remaining dry overnight though turning quite chilly, i think, first thing on sunday. this sunday. a little bit of rainfor sunday. this sunday. a little bit of rain for the sunday. this sunday. a little bit of rainforthe dry sunday. this sunday. a little bit of rain for the dry elsewhere. a bit of low cloud around. in the sunshine it is looking mighty beautiful day. temperatures as high as around 2a degrees. another fine day on temperatures as high as around 2a degrees. anotherfine day on bank holiday monday. less way of low cloud and fog around the irish sea. a bit ofa cloud and fog around the irish sea. a bit of a breeze but thousands of 2627 degrees. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. jamie acourt, one of the original suspects in the murder of stephen lawrence, is arrested in spain on drugs charges —

he'll appear before a judge today. donald trump criticises the level of knife crime in london — comparing one of the capital's hospitals to a war zone. they say it's as bad as a military warzone hospital. knives, knives, knives. an erupting volcano in hawaii triggers earthquakes, including the most powerful tremor to hit the state since 1975. in the last few minutes nasa has launched its latest probe to mars — it plans to map the red planet's interior, and listen for tremors — or marsquakes. a man who knows all about sports quakes. plenty of tremors this afternoon in terms of fans and their nerves, trying to stop biting their

nails. stoke city fans will enjoy 90 minutes that will see them relegated to the championship see their hopes of survival arrive for another week. the players arriving at the bet 365 stadium will need strong nerves, against crystal palace who are just about safe, only a win for stoke will mean they still have a chance of escaping the drop. a win for stoke, would also relegate west brom. the bottom side are still hanging on by a thread and even if stoke don't condemn then, they would then themselves have to beat spurs this afternoon to keep alive their slim hopes of staying up. nevertheless, the fact they are still in the fight, is testamount to caretaker manager darren moore. what we're doing is managing at west, shall be in football club. we know there has been some good form and we have shown lately and we are looking to try to continue that. anything else happening outside, we are focusing on at football club, on performances and trying to get good performances and trying to get good performances which will hopefully equally good result. these are today's fixtures. struggling swansea and west ham both face tricky away trips to bournemouth and leicester in the 3 o'clock kick off. watford face newcastle.

southampton are in the relegation zone. they're at everton in the evening kick off. 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. i'm expecting a really good game, it always is when it is arsenal against chelsea. a london derby, a one—off occasion. history doesn't necessarily matter, it is whoever turns up and once at the most. it's always a difficult game. it doesn't matter what players are on the pitch, who is playing or who is not. arsenal against chelsea is always a big