this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 3:00pm. 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 militarily war—zone hospital. knives, knives, knives. an erupting volcano in hawaii triggers earthquakes, including the most powerful tremor to hit the state since 1975. and... we have lift off. nasa's latest mission to mars has blasted off from california, it plans 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 the arrest of jamie acourt, one of britain's most wanted fugitives. he'd managed to evade detection for years, before being arrested in barcelona on suspicion of drugs offences. jamie acourt was one of five people suspected of being involved in the murder of stephen lawrence in 1993, something he's always denied. spanish police sources say he used false identities. at the time of his arrest, he claimed to be an italian tourist. james waterhouse reports. jamie acourt, not looking too happy after his arrest, was on the list of the most wanted suspects living in spain. spanish police told the bbc he had protection and help, and even claimed he was an italian

tourist during his arrest. he was captured by armed officers from the spanish national police as he left this gym near the sagrada familia cathedral in barcelona. so what i saw was the convergence of the different police officers — i guess a pincer operation, to use the terminology — and the next minute they were escorting him out with his hands behind his back in handcuffs. his arrest comes soon after the 25th anniversary of the murdered 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 protesters as he left the stephen lawrence inquiry. he always denied any involvement in the stabbing, and was never charged. acourt was held as part of a joint effort by authorities in the uk and spain.

this was part of a long—running campaign called operation captura, which has now been going on for 12 years. in that time, we have named 96 fugitives that we have been looking for in spain, and we have captured 81 of them, and that's a joint campaign, along with crimestoppers and the spanish authorities. acourt is due to appear in court next week for an extradition hearing. james waterhouse, bbc news. our correspondent tom burridge is in barcelona and earlier he explained what the spanish authorities have been telling him. we've got hold of some pretty interesting details about the arrest yesterday, and the whole police operation to track jamie acourt down to this gym. i'm told by a senior spanish police source that jamie acourt was using false names. he had protection and he was moving around spain spending time in parts of the country full of tourists. one witness, a man who witnessed the arrest, said he was told there were undercover police officers inside the gym working out, watching mr acourt, before other officers moved in. i'm told by spanish police that when the officers went to arrest him

he initially tried to claim they had got the wrong man. he said, apparently, that he was an italian tourist. he'll face a bail hearing today. in the coming days he is expected to appear before spain's high court in madrid which will decide whether or not to extradite him back to britain. spanish and british police have been working for years to trackjamie acourt down. he could be extradited really quickly. but if he opposes extradition, it could be a matter of weeks. 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 j 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 o'donoghue, bbc news, dallas. a 17—year—old boy is being questioned by police after a woman was attacked with an electric drill in straban in northern ireland. the 38—year—old victim suffered a "very serious" head injury and is in a critical but stable condition in hospital. police are appealing for witnesses to the incident which happened in the early hours of this morning. police are investigating after a one—year—old boy was found dead in a flat in fife. emergency services were called

to a block of flats in dunfermline on wednesday, where the young child's body was discovered. police are treating the incident as "unexplained". there've been a series of earthquakes in hawaii, including the most powerful tremor to hit the state in over a0 years. the epicentre was beneath the erupting volcano, mount kilauea. the 6.9 magnitude quake sent people fleeing from buildings and briefly cut power supplies. residents are taking shelter from ash, toxic gas and lava flows. charlotte gallagher reports. a ribbon of thick lava snakes through the suburban streets and forests, the molten liquid destroying anything in its path. lava has been surging across the island since thursday, sometimes shooting up to 100 feet in the air. it was really smoking bad, you could smell it in the air. we're going to get cut off is what i think‘s going to happen. residents rushed to flee their

homes, grabbing what they could. it broke out right down the hill from our house, i smelt it and i ran to the corner and that's when i ran into a military officer that 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. 1,700 people have been ordered to evacuate. those who refuse have been warned no one will rescue them because of the toxic smoke suffocating the area. these deep cracks have appeared on roads and streets. residents say it felt like a giant snake was moving under their houses. you can feel the heat coming from the ground. yeah, there's heat coming up out of there. there's lava under there. this is where the lava is coming from. the kilauea volcano. normally tourists can go right up to the rim. today it's only safe

viewed from the air. much of the landscape is now scorched earth with homes, businesses and forests destroyed. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. well, earlier i spoke to dr dougaljerram, an earth scientist from the university of oslo and the one show‘s "dr volcano." he told me how worried residents on hawaii should be. this is a fascinating eruption. it's occurred in the middle of a housing estate, effectively, erupting through the roads. magma shooting 30 metres into the sky. the eruption itself was preceded by a number of earthquakes. about 600 in total that were a record of the magma moving up through the crust, which eventually erupted at the surface. is kilauea the type of volcano that will blow? i'm thinking about the pyroclastic eruption we normally associate with volcanoes.

not normally. kilauea, like iceland, is associated more with runny lava floes. the pu'u ‘0'o eruption has been going for some 35 years. i'm sure many viewers have seen oceans of lava dripping into the sea. it's a case of the dangers are really to do with the danger to homes, the lava floe engulfing the homes, but also toxic gases. there had been concern that some of the lava was flowing back underground. a volcano guide said "what goes down is going to have to come up", and there is concern the vents could collapse. what does that then mean? yes, the 1700 people evacuated have been evacuated for good reason. the magma is clearly close to the surface and the cracks are accommodating some stresses

close to the surface where it's pushing up. clearly it has erupted, and sometimes it subsides and things can collapse. the danger not only of the lava itself, but also the land collapsing is a real and present threat. what are the usgs watching for now? one of the indications you can get from these eruptions is their movements underground. looking at the seismic tremors, your reports indicated the 6.9 magnitude earthquake and it tells you something big is happening underground at this location. obviously, the activity we are seeing with kilauea is bad for humans, but ultimately that is why hawaii is where it is. exactly, hawaii is a volcano above a hotspot or plume. if you imagine a big bunsen burner underneath the pacific plate, you get these islands popping up. the big island is where that hotspot is heating the ground and causing

volcanoes at the surface. the very islands themselves owe their existence to the volcanoes. you mentioned some of those dangers. you've got the lava floe, the sulphur, it's unpleasant. but i suppose the risk is sulphur dioxide and the dust. what other dangers are there? exactly. people have reported gases coming out of the cracks in the road. sulphur dioxide is toxic and can come from such eruptions. i hear some roads have been cut off not because of the danger of the eruptions themselves but because of the gas. but also, it's a wooded area, so you get burning trees. basically, the air quality can be a problem around such eruptions. how long is this going to last? in 1955, a similar eruption lasted for three months, so it could be quite some time. police in paris are deploying in large numbers for mass protests called ahead of the anniversary of president emmanuel macron‘s inauguration. authorities are hoping to avoid

a repeat of the violence and damage that scarred may day protests in paris earlier this week. let's talk to our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield. why has he upset the protesters? because they believe that he is enacting reforms which favour exclusively the better off end of society. that is the long and short of it. as we know he is between policies which are looked on broadly favourably by the worst of the world. they see france changing —— by the rest of the world. they see him loosening up the labour code, changing the railway systems so that the railway workers don't have jobs for life, changing the university system. there is an element of selection. all things which might be uncontroversial in other countries

around the world but here they do trigger a backlash among people who are wedded, who value the ideas of the left. they believe emmanuel macron is the left. they believe emmanuel macron is someone the left. they believe emmanuel macron is someone who is in awe of money and finance, and the kind of globalised liberalism which they are poon globalised liberalism which they are poor. that is why they are on the streets today. they represent a sizeable part of opinion in france. whether they are big enough to really make a difference and put him off these changes is more doubt. quite thank you. thank you. the russian opposition politician alexei navalny has been detained after leading what he says are nationwide protests against vladimir putin's re—election as president. mr navalny, who was banned from running against mr putin after being convicted of corruption, has accused the president of behaving like a craven old man, who thinks he's a tsar,

or emperor. russian police are reported to have made several arrests and are now clearing anti putin protestors from moscow's pushkinskaya square. the headlines on bbc news: 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. and in sport, stoke's10—year and in sport, stoke's 10—year spell in the premier league has come to an end. they have been relegated after a 2—1 defeat at home to crystal

palace. dundee have all but secured their place in the scottish premiership after 1—0 victory against hamilton at park. and it is getting tight in the world snooker championship semifinal between john higgins and kyren wilson. i will be back with an update on that and the rest of the day's sports stories at 5:30 p:m.. see you then. 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. 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 either 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. 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonell in seoul. he explained the significance behind this development. it sounds like it is nothing, the north koreans have changed their clocks, moved them forward by half an hourto bring that country in line with their southern neighbours, but it is quite significant because, you can imagine the administration of kim jong—un will have to explain to all north koreans why they are doing this. if this is a goodwill gesture towards the south, that is expressing to everyone in north korea this goodwill. it is interesting, because the times in north and south korea were previously aligned, and north korea 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 when they occupied the korean peninsula, at the beginning of the 20th century. symbolically, pyongyang decided to change the time.

now it has had to symbolically change it back again, so while it sounds like nothing, it actually is quite something. 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. jeremy corbyn says the local election results leave labour well placed to win the next general election. the party won control of several councils and had their best result in the capital since 1971. the party did, however, fail to capture several key targets from the conservatives. the party's former spin—doctor, alastair campbell has criticised the leadership and said labour should be destroying the tory party. we are kidding ourselves if we think these election results are good.

what i have been arguing for today is not living in denial of real questions, that the public want liberty address, but to face up to them. it is not to underminejeremy corbyn, to say that i did in the real world , corbyn, to say that i did in the real world, people are asking the question, can he be prime minister, is the shadow cabinet team, are we doing the right thing on brexit, do we have the right position on foreign policy, are we taking anti—semitism seriously? these are real questions. if you look at the way that the tories are handling brexit, would it is always full thinking, there is an element of parts of the labour party thinking, we all stop talking and debating, we will all waltz into power. it does not work like that. with me is michael segalov, a journalist and labour party member. alastair campbell, you heard what he said, he is not happy. i was looking at your twitter feed and you find the whole discussion boarding.|j

think it is quite tedious that we're going round in circles talking about the leadership when there has been a clear steer from the labour party never ship thatjeremy corbyn is the leader. the direction of the parties said. this was a good result for the labour party, maybe not the gains that some people were predicting, but last year we were told in the 2017 general election that labour had had a successful foot, that we would never see that sort of result again, but this year we have increased our fortune and that is impressive and should be celebrated. there are some impressive gains in the local results, in places like plymouth. in london, we did not take some places, kensington and chelsea, wandsworth, westminster, actually the results were pretty good for the labour party in these tory strongholds. in wandsworth, and hundred votes would have swung the council from one to the other. these are important game for the labour

party. is it doing enough? there has been an increase in the voices saying, we should be way ahead. more should have been done. you happy with the direction of the labour party? what we saw in the last general election, the lasky marco, was exciting policies and terms of national ideas, nationalisation, tuition fees, the nhs, things that got people engaged in politics. in local elections, all parties failed to do that. it feels old. as a younger person, i do not really have roots anywhere. issues that are seen as bread—and—butter in local elections are not there. the labour party needs to find ways to radically shake up the way we do local politics, that is the key to making sure those people who came out last year will come out in the future. isjeremy corbyn the man to do that? there has been another leadership elections to show that is the will of the labour party. it is tiring that we are continually discussing him asa

him as a leader. the labour party is not about individuals or leadership. we have people knocking on doors all over the country, people who had not campaign before, to get people talking about the issues that matter. momentum managed to galvanise people in seats up and down the country, people who had not gone underground before, to try and get people talking. finally, lots of the young vote went to the tories. 0bviously the young vote went to the tories. obviously it was the ukip broad. there has been comment made that labour are not going for their target fan base if you want to call it back. how will they do that? it is hard, brexit negotiations are ongoing and for labour to galvanise ukip voters will be tricky. labour campaigned hard despite the fact that the tories took a wider proportion of ukip forgers, but in places like plymouth, the votes went to labour. it is about finding ways of reinvigorating local politics and that has not happened, sadly. thank you very much indeed. a record crowd of over 40,000

is expected at wembley over the next few hours ahead of the women's fa cup final. its a london derby between arsenal and chelsea, asjo currie reports. the decision to move the women's fa cup final to the home of football four years ago is certainly paying off. in 2013 less than 5,000 fans turned up to watch at doncaster‘s keepmoat stadium but since relocating here crowds have not dipped below 30,000 people. and this year's showpiece is expected to be the biggest yet, with over 40,000 tickets already sold. playing in the big arenas, on the big occasions, it takes some time to get used to it, getting control of your emotions to be able to do what you do on the training pitch, to be able to do the same no matter where you are and how many people are watching. and it's not just the crowd that can make history today. arsenal are looking to claim a record 15th title. commentator: what a fantastic goal from dan carter. against the team they beat in 2016, chelsea.

i can't even put into words what it felt like to win. i don't know if it was because it was chelsea, winning at wembley or a combination of everything. arsenal—chelsea is always a big game, always expect drama. today's showpiece event comes at the end of another encouraging 12 months in the women's game. england reached the last four of euro 2017, appointed phil neville as their new manager and two english teams made it to the semifinals of the champions league. there is now even a women's only subbuteo set. it is something i played with when i was younger, but it was the male set so to have the female set now launching just before the women's fa cup final it shows the growth of the women's game in this country at this moment in time. whether it is a flick, fluke or a fine finish, whoever wins the trophy later will do so in front of the biggest crowd the women's final has ever seen. yes! a little earlierjo currie told me what we could expect from the match. these finals, historically, on occasion, have been one—sided.

last year, manchester city thumping birmingham 4—1, but you are allowed to get excited about today's final because these are two world—class teams at the top of their game. arsenal going for that record 15th women's fa cup title. they have already won the league cup this year so that could be an historic double for arsenal. last week chelsea were playing in the semifinals of the women's champions league. they have an excellent opportunity to win the women's super league title, the divisional title, this season. they are currently second in the table on goal difference behind man city. the fa cup could prove a double for both teams. there are plenty of players who have played for both sides in these teams, there will be rivalry, and keep an eye out for the chelsea ladies manager, emma hayes. a few months ago she mentioned she was pregnant with twins.

my understanding is she is due next month, so today, possibly sensibly, she has decided to take a step backwards, take away some of the stress. she will not be leading out her team, she has left that to her number two, paul green. emma hayes says she wants to sit back and enjoy the final, but she is very loud, and she will be in the dugout and you will be able to hear her on the touchline. it is very sunny and hot at wembley so it may not be a bad idea, her sitting down for some of the game at least. remind us where you can watch this match and what time is the kick—off? if you're not one of the lucky 40,000 expected to come down to wembley, do not worry. we have the match in full on bbc one. if you want to listen, it is on bbc 5 live. kick—off is at 5:30pm. nasa has launched its latest mission to mars. a rocket carrying the insight probe

blasted off from an air force base in california a short while ago. it's due to touch down on the red planet in november and is designed to detect tremors or mars—quakes. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. three, two... zero. right on time, shrouded in fog, at 4:05am local time the atlas 5 rocket, carrying nasa's mars insight lander, launched from vandenberg air base on the californian coast. current velocity, 4,542 mph. this, the us space agency says, is notjust another mission to the red planet, but a journey back in time. probing beneath the surface of mars, nasa's insight will aim to take the pulse of this planet, to work out how it formed more than 4.5 billion years ago. continues to look excellent at this point. 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 is 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. time for the weather with philip avery. thanks forjoining me. time to update you on what the rest of the

bank holiday weekend looks like. for many, it will be as glorious as the picture ban me. not like it everywhere because we have a weather close by to the north and west of scotland, so renzi and cloud for northern ireland. some cloudiness around the irish sea coast, and here we are on sunday, a similar sort of day, perhaps more cloud for a time across the north and west of scotland, but that times it will break up, also in northern ireland. some murkiness about the irish sea coast, warmer in the midlands and the eastern side of the british isles than on saturday. into monday, and it is not a great deal of difference. some spots around the irish sea coast, and not a right of by any means at all, but there that threat —— there is that threat of murkiness coming onshore. rain over the north and west of scotland but we could see 27 degrees on the day. 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 an erupting volcano in hawaii triggers earthquakes, including the most powerful tremor to hit the state since 1975. nasa's latest mission to mars blasts off from california, it plans to map the red planet's interior, and listen for tremors, or marsquakes. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week, the data that might keep the streets safe and keep the high street in business. plus, some beautiful music that won't scare the sheep.