two policewomen and a passer—by are killed in belgium in a suspected terror attack. the gunman attacked the officers with a knife before taking their weapons and shooting them. he then entered a school, taking a hostage before being killed by police. translation: i was walking along the street and i heard gunshots. i saw people walking, others running and shouting, " leave, run, leave!" translation: i went to find cover in a small shop. when i walked out of the store, i heard gunshots. we'll have the latest from the scene of the attack. also tonight: scientists make a potential breakthrough in fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer. i'm living proof that you canjust survive it, and survive it for more than six months. police ask youtube to delete dozens of music videos they say incite violence. a father tells the grenfell inquiry his five—year—old would likely still be alive if he hadn't followed the advice of firefighters.

and it's been called the best view in europe. the loft at westminster abbey opens to the public for the first time in 700 years. and coming up on bbc news, british number one kyle edmund eases through to the second round at the french open, beating australian teenager alex de minaur in straight sets at roland—garros. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a gunman has shot dead three people, including two female olice officers, a gunman has shot dead three people, including two

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the caretaker survived, too. this attack happened in the centre of liege, a city of almost 200,001 hour east of brussels. police are treating it as a terrorist incident. -- 2000, treating it as a terrorist incident. —— 2000, and our east. translation: he attacked the police officers from behind, delivering multiple blows from his knife. he grabbed their guns which he immediately turned on the officers, who died on the spot. then he continued on foot, tried to steal a parked car and shot a young man who was in it. one thing investigators are looking into is why this attack are assaulted the policewomen with such ferocity. he had no known links to radicalism or terrorism. what they are considering is whether he was radicalised in prison. that in itself would fit a pattern with previous attacks. damian grammaticasjoins me live. this is just the latest in a series of recent attacks in belgium. yes, that's right and this attack does fit a bit of a pattern. we have

had a number of incidents like this, particularly ones targeting police officers and also members of the military. remember, they have been on the streets of belgium since the terror incidents, those major attacks back in march 2016, the suicide attacks on the airport and underground system in brussels which killed 32. since then, we have had a number of attacks where police officers themselves have been targeted, both in brussels and other cities around belgium. what happened here seems to fit those events. now the school is just up the road, there are, where all of those events unfolded, where the attacker was finally shot dead but that is the question i think that investigators are focusing on now because this man, the man in his mid—30s, the former prisoner, was not known to them for any radical links but he does appear to have carried out an attack that fits the pattern, so the question they are asking themselves 110w question they are asking themselves now was, was he exposed to radical ideas in prison? damian grammaticas,

thank you, from liege. scientists have made a potential breakthrough in fighting the aggressive form of brain cancer which killed the former labour minister tessa jowell, by using an immunotherapy vaccine. results from a major international trial show that the life expectancy of patients with glioblastoma increased by at least six months, and for some patients it doubled survival to more than three years. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has the details. this is a glioblastoma. it was found three years ago in nigel‘s brain. now, all traces appear to have gone. we can see no evidence of any residual or recurrent tumour. nigel‘s a patient at london's king's college hospital and one of more than 300 volunteers on a trial of a personalised vaccine. i feel quite lucky to be on the trial, to be fair, yes. there are horror stories on the web and the survival rates are very low, aren't they, and short—lived, so anything to help is great. you want to grab onto

it and run with it. the trial extended average survival from 17 to 23 months. one in three patients survived for a0 months and a few are still alive seven years on. so how does the treatment work? first, surgeons remove the patient‘s tumour and then mix it with cells from their immune system to prime them to recognise and destroy the cancer. from this, they create a truly personalised vaccine, individual to each patient who receives it. we remove the tumour as much as possible, so we have the entirety, all different proteins and antigens, which can then be used to educate the immune system against the tumour. so that might help explain why we are seeing such good results? yes, because it is personalised to the patient and to that tumour at that point in time. it will be a few years yet before we get definitive findings from this trial, but the interim results are really promising, hinting at a significant breakthrough in the treatment

of glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive of all cancers. kat charles was not part of the trial, so she paid to have the vaccine privately three years ago. every six months, she has a top—up injection and, so far, there is no trace of her tumour. it means i can be a mum to jacob. it means i can be a wife to jay. i am living proof that you can just survive it and survive it for more than six months. 3000 people a year in the uk are diagnosed with glioblastoma, so an effective immunotherapy vaccine would be a significant advance in the treatment of cancer. fergus walsh, bbc news. financial markets around the world have fallen in response to the growing political crisis in italy. carlo cottarelli, who may become

prime minister, held talks today with italy's president about forming a new government. but populist parties, which want to leave the eurozone, are demanding new elections. share prices in london, paris and new york have all fallen. the former english defence league leader tommy robinson has been jailed for potentially prejudicing a court case. robinson, who appeared in the dock under his real name stephen yaxley—lennon, was arrested in leeds last friday, after broadcasting on social media outside the city's crown court where a trial was ongoing. a ban on reporting his 13—month sentence was lifted after being challenged by the media. the father of a five—year—old who died in the grenfell tower fire said his son would likely be alive had he not followed the advice of firefighters who advised him to stay put. speaking at the public inquiry, paulos tekle said he had to live with the guilt after his family was repeatedly told to stay in their 13th—floor flat.

72 people died as a result of the blaze at the block of flats in west london lastjune. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. five—year—old isaac paulos was an arsenalfan, just like his dad. he was good at maths and reading. his name meant "joy and laughter". today, there were only tears. i'm broken, and now the only thing that can make me whole again is to fight for the truth and justice, in isaac's name. as the building burned, they'd been told to wait in "why did we trust the authorities?" his father wept. i want to know why i was physically stopped from leaving the flat, at about 2am. why were we kept inside for so long? if i had not listened to the fire brigade, my son would have been likely alive today. 12—year—old biruk haftom died

with his mum, berkti. he wanted to be a pilot or a scientist or a footballer. she was ten weeks pregnant. she'd fled the war in eritrea, and had to leave behind her eldest son. he told the inquiry they were planning to be reunited after 15 years. i didn't even have a chance to say goodbye. what makes me feel hopeless is i will never, ever see my mum again. nor my brother. mariem elgwahry died with her mother, eslah. the 27—year—old was, her brother said, a graduate, ambitious and in love. they stayed on the phone to him as he stood helpless outside the tower, his mother's last words, "i can't breathe". my mum and sister were poisoned by the smoke. they were burned. they were cremated. i had to

listen to them suffer and i had to listen to them suffer and i had to listen to them died. i had to watch g re nfell tower listen to them died. i had to watch grenfell tower burn for a couple of days but particularly the top floors. also remembered today, italian gloria trevisan, praised as a skilled architect. sakineh afrasehabi, who could persian food she shared with neighbours. hamid kani enjoyed acting and was a skilled chef. fatima ahmed was a teacher who died with two of her grown—up children. mohammed fled the war in syria. he was studying to be an engineer. he wanted to reunite his family, marry and have children. right now, when i think about my future, i don't really see anything. lucy manning, bbc news. youtube says it's deleted more than half of the music videos which police claim are responsible for fuelling a surge in violent crime across london. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, says the clips that feature so—called "drill" music, include

lyrics that encourage knife attacks. youtube says it is working with authorities to take action on content related to knife crime. leila nathoo reports. it is this strand of rap music known as braille that has emerged in the uk in the last few years that has been blamed for fuelling violent crime. —— known as drill. the group ‘s nikki kidd video store about weapons and inside rival gangs. police say some are so inflammatory, they should not be aligned. this young rapper, known as d1, had one of his videos taken off the site.|j was very angry that they took it down on what is the point of taking it down? this is not enough. i don't understand this. but is music like this just artistic expression, a reflection of lives or is it shaping

what is happening to? last summer, 15—year—old jermaine was stabbed to death in south london. this video was one of many used as evidence at the trial of those eventually convicted of his killing. if there wasn't that video or those videos posted on youtube or snapchat videos going around, i highly doubt that jermaine would be buried right now. he would be here right now. the metropolitan police have asked youtube to take down up to 60 videos, more than half of those have been removed. drill videos are still easily found among them and youtube and other platforms. the met says it only asks for body is believed to raise the risk of violence to be removed. in a statement, youtube said. some, though, see the videos as the

symptom of a problem, not the cause. if you don't have proactive agencies to work with these young people, see them at the centre, don't try and scare them but care for them and work with them, then once you get more proactivity, you can get into the intervention and prevention programmes and not just firefighting. that is what we are finding at the moment, a lot of these agencies are firefighting and not dealing with it holistically. music through the ages has often been held up as a bad influence. drill is popular and despite this action by police and youtube, it is likely the videos will keep on coming. leila nathoo, bbc news. the time is a quarter past six. our top story this evening: two policewomen and a passer—by are shot dead in belgium in a suspected terror attack.

still to come... the ancient treasures going on display at westminster abbey's new gallery — hidden high up in the rafters. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, saracens director of rugby mark mccall commit his future to the premiership champions, with his assistant alex sanderson agreeing a new deal as a hands—off signal to england. last year a record number of people in the uk chose to donate their organs after they died. donations have increased dramatically over the past decade but there's still a shortage of donors from black and asian communities. that's despite patients from these backgrounds being more likely to need a transplant because they're more susceptible to illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension, which can result in organ failure. adina campbell, our community affairs correspondent, has this special report. i've had kidney failure for quite a while...

ashley's kidneys are now only working at 5%. she runs a support group for people with similar experiences, and is hoping to find a donor. like ashley, nearly a third of those on the active transplant list are either black or asian. and people from these communities wait an extra year, compared with white patients. ashley's had to scale back her work as a make—up artist, because her health is deteriorating. ethnicity matters because donors from similar backgrounds are more likely to be a closer match. i find other races, they understand it a lot more and it is a given to be on a transplant. . . being a donor. it is a given. but then within my communities, it is not a given. unlike many people from minority groups, this woman was an organ donor. she collapsed at home and died

in hospital three months ago. i did not even know she was an organ donor. ifound out when i offered her organs in the hospital. relatives have the final say about organ donation, but only half as many families of potential black and asian donors give their permission compared with white families. which means only ll% of deceased donors overall are from minority groups. as a hindu, we cremate the body. so that was my logic at the time. we are going to burn what we don't need. she was a giver all her life. why deny her the last opportunity? discussions about organ donation are already happening at this sikh gurdwara in luton. the professor carries out research into improving donations among ethnic minorities. there are perceived cultural and religious barriers, but the biggest issue is a lack of trust

in the health care system where don't trust establishments. another option is more transplants from living donors. this woman donated one of her kidneys in march this year at the royal free hospital in london. my motivation is my niece, who has been waiting for a kidney for two years. i wasn't a direct match for her, so we're doing this through the kidney sharing scheme. so my kidney is going to go to somebody who has been waiting for a while, as well, and my niece is getting a kidney, as well. in the last few minutes she has been put to sleep. all the final preparations are being made and the surgery itself should take just over two hours. people from minority groups are more likely to need an organ transplant because they are at greater risk of developing medical conditions. and this is profula's kidney, now on its way to help someone else. three weeks later, back at home,

both profula and her niece shakti are recovering well. i have not felt this clear—headed for use. clear—headed for years. we have always been very close and i think this has even brought us closer together. i don't have any children of my own. profula shah ending that report by adina campbell. the fa has given its support to the england footballer raheem sterling, who has been pictured with a new tattoo of an assault rifle. anti—gun campaigners have said the manchester city striker should have the tattoo removed before this summer's world cup. sterling said it was a tribute to his father, who died in a gun attack. hospital staff who saved the lives of poisoned russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia say they didn't expect them to survive. the pair had been found slumped on a bench after the nerve agent attack in march, but doctors and nurses treating them in salisbury district hospital initially couldn't work out why.

they have been speaking to newsnight‘s diplomatic editor, mark urban. it's just before 5pm on the llth of march. we were just told that there was two patients dying in the emergency department, who were critically unwell and they would be coming up to the unit. it was very quickly established that the victims were yulia skripal and herfather, one—time russian spy, sergei, and that the police regarded it as suspicious. at first, an opioid overdose was suspected, but as the skripals fought for their lives, the diagnosis changed to nerve agent poisoning. when we first were aware that this was a nerve agent, we were expecting them not to survive. we would try all our therapies, we would ensure the best clinical care, but all the evidence was there that they would not survive. when a policeman also fell ill, staff started to wonder whether they, too, might fall victim. i suppose a key marker for me was when the pc

was admitted with symptoms, there was the real concern as to how big could this get. initially, it was simply a matter of keeping the skripals alive, heavily sedated. both of them were given big doses of drugs to protect them from the effects of the poison, and to help restart their bodies' production of a key enzyme. in the meantime, they were secured by police in rooms off intensive care suite. porton down, internationally known for its chemical weapons expertise, processed tests and offered advice on the best therapies. yulia was discharged in april, and last week made a statement thanking the hospital. but it took several more weeks before sergei skripal could follow her out. for those people who say,

"oh, if this was a nerve agent then you'd be dead," what would your response to that be? well, they're not. you know, the proof of the pudding is in the outcome. so we are very clear about what we were treating. in salisbury district hospital the formal review of the skripal affair is onlyjust starting, but for those involved it was a remarkable episode, crowned with success. mark urban, bbc news, salisbury. for years it was used for storage and blocked off to the public, but the newly renovated queen's diamond jubilee galleries at westminster abbey will open next month. the renovated attic space will display treasures from the abbey's collection, and for the first time in 700 years visitors will be able to see the view once described as "the best in europe."

0ur arts editor will gompertz is there. and on welcome today's new galleries. every inch of which is packed with history. these means, for example, were put in by sir christopher wren. this stone sarcophagus date back to 300 aed, and these beautiful glass panels are 13th century, but i really want to show you the view from the window, to these —— through these storm grotesques unavailable for public view, until now. the imposing presence of westminster abbey, which dates back over 1000 years. the grand exterior has been untouched for more than 250 years but now boasts a brand—new tower housing a staircase for visitors to climb the 108 steps to take them up and into the queen's diamond jubilee galleries. the point from the ground, where you could no longer see it... they are new but the space isn't.

it's been here for centuries, largely unused and neglected. i think there was a plan in the 13th century, possibly, to create chapels up here. a lot of monks, masses needed to be said, chapels. but they didn't ever do it. so the fashion changed and it was just... of course, it was used for coronations. archive footage: this great building in all its magnificence. the bbc used the 16—metre high vantage point to report on queen elizabeth ii's coronation in 1953. now this space, which is named in her honour, is being used to tell the abbey's ancient story. there's the westminster retable, england's oldest surviving altarpiece. the funeral effigy of admiral nelson. fragments of stained glass that date back to the 1250s, when henry iii was building his then—new church. and some wonderful stone carvings. you know, these galleries are terrific.

they are light and bright, warm and welcoming and the objects on display are absolutely fascinating. but they are not the best thing. the best thing, the thing that you'll remember forever, is what you can see from here. the poetjohn betjeman called it "the best view in europe," and now you can enjoy it, too. but at a price. entrance to the abbey costs around £20, and then there's an additional £5 charge to visit the new galleries. some might consider that good value. others might feel, like the old spiral staircase, it's a bit steep. but most would probably agree, as loft conversions go, it's not at all bad. will gompertz, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. stav, has looking? thanks. it is looking pretty mixed, actually. good evening to you at home. across the uk here, another warm and sunny day,

and here is a picture from leek in staffordshire, showing those flowers and may skies above. more stormy here and parts of the south—east, kent and essex, crossed the london area, and more of that is coming in from the channel, the near continent, so not out of the woods yet. the rain will move westwards across other central southern areas and the south—west overnight, but it is the south—east and eastern parts of england that could have the brunt of england that could have the brunt of some heavier and thundery downpours. but further north and west, a dry story once again with clear skies and some low cloud and mist rolling back in. another muddy one for most. that will continue to move northwards and westwards during the course of wednesday, bringing quite a different day. some very needed rain to northern parts of the uk and some of that rain will be quite heavy, so our wet commute for parts of finland and wales tomorrow morning. some of that pushing into north—east england, eastern scotland and the northern isles, but i think

for much of scotland and northern ireland, another dry and sunny day, and quite warm. sunshine in the south—east, temperatures rising to the mid—20s, could set off another thundery shower or two as it will be very humid. in the thursday, we see some showers and parts of scotland and northern ireland, the sunshine trying to break through that cloud, so there will be some sunny spells, feeling warm and humid but that could set off further thundery downpours across inland and wales, and a similar picture into friday. it will remain pretty unsettled for the rest of this week. i think there will be someone spots of sunshine, staying humid, and watch out for the risk of some really heavy thundery downpours. thank you very much.