this is bbc news, the headlines: police in new zealand are saying they are responding to an active welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers shooting situation in christchurch. in north america local media say shots have been and around the globe. fired near a mosque and multiple my name is mike embley. our top stories: people have been injured. much of the city is said to be on lockdown with at least one active shooter on the loose. british mps have voted the ayes to the right, 412. for the uk's departure the noes to the left, 202. from the european union to be the british parliament votes delayed as the deadlock over to request a delay on brexit, a deal drags on. as the deadlock brexit is set to take place in just two weeks. but the prospect of britain leaving on the deal drags on. the european union looks very likely to be delayed. president trump threatens a veto as both houses of congress reject his border emergency, with the help of rebels rebel members of president trump's from his own party. republican party have helped pass a a former british soldier is charged vote in the us senate to reject his declaration of an emergency on the with murder almost 50 years after the bloody sunday southern border with mexico. it means both houses of congress have killings in northern ireland. rejected the move, but president and a masterstroke by police. trump says he will veto the they used a fake painting to foil resolution. it will be his first thieves in italy. veto as president. now on bbc news,

let's bring you some breaking news first. we are getting reports of gunshots heard near a mosque in christchurch, in new zealand. police are warning of a "critical incident." canterbury police have issued a statement that armed officers have been deployed in central christchurch on friday after reports that several shots had been fired. they've asked people in the centre of the city to stay indoors, and all schools in the city have been placed into lockdown. it's just after 3pm local time. local media said shots had been fired near a mosque. we will get more on that has soon as we can and bring it straight to you.

the british parliament has voted overwhelmingly to ask the european union to delay brexit. the request still needs the unanimous approval of all 27 other eu countries. it could mean the uk may not leave the bloc until the end ofjune, if mps approve the prime minister's withdrawal agreement next week. they have already rejected it twice. if they reject it again, it could mean a longer delay. most of theresa may's own party voted against her motion for a delay. she had to rely on opposition parties to get it through. this from our political editor laura kuennsburg. speeding back to number ten with brexit going slow. the prime minister's voice that we can leave this month isolated for weeks, now drowned out. the ayes to the right, 413, the noes to the left, 202. mps voting clearly to say that brexit should be delayed. the ayes to the right, 413, the noes to the left, 202. so the ayes have it, the ayes have it.

theresa may was not there to hear it read out loud, to face reality, perhaps, the government accepting we might not leave the eu before the end ofjune. after the last few days of government chaos and some defeats, all of us now have the opportunity and the responsibility to work together to find a solution to the crisis facing this country. labour has its own noisy struggles. the party says it wants another referendum, but wouldn't vote for one today. the whole purpose ought to be, ought to be, to protect communities that are stressed and worried. those people are worried about their future, their jobs and their industries. ourjob is to try to meet the concerns of the people who sent us here in the first place. nor is the government ready to give

up on the hope brexit might happen before june. redouble our resolve to get this through and to deliver in what i very strongly believe is the national interest. and people do have strong views, of course they do, and in fact you want your politicians to have strong views. i've got a very strong view, and my very strong view is that the prime minister's deal is the best way to deliver on the referendum result. an extension is the step in the right direction because the government haven't brought this together after all this time. we still need to find a way through this. there was a rare, if perhaps short—lived, sigh of relief for downing street. the ayes to the right, 312, the noes to the left, 314. seeing off by only two votes an attempt by mps to take charge of brexit altogether. i'm disappointed my amendment lost by two votes, but we've gained something this evening. the prime minister's deal has been defeated again by a large margin. no—deal, under any circumstances,

has been defeated by parliament, and the prime minister is going to have to apply for an extension. and without labour support, the independent group's push for another referendum was smashed. while brexit is now unlikely to happen on time... we demand a people's vote! ..and although the prime minister's deal has been chucked out twice, that doesn't mean she's given up on getting it through parliament. and might that be the sound of one of her allies who says no right now, tiptoeing to yes? when you come to the end of a negotiation, that is when you really start to see the whites of people's eyes, if you like, and you get down to the point where you make a deal. and we want to see a deal, we want a deal that is good for the whole of the united kingdom and that is what we're focusing on. just in case the prime minister didn't have enough worries at home, that supposed "special friend" couldn't help but pitch in too. i'm surprised at how badly it's all gone, from the standpoint of a negotiation. but i gave the prime minister my ideas on how to negotiate it, and i think that would have been successful. she didn't listen to that, and that's fine, she's got to do

what she's got to do. to do what she has to do. if only it were so simple. number ten must try to govern this mess and survive. the us senate has voted to overturn president trump's national emergency order, his latest attempt to get taxpayer's money to build a wall on the southern border. it was an election promise, although throughout the campaign he promised mexico would pay. 12 republican senators went against their party. the motion had already passed the house of representatives, which is controlled by the democrats, but it looks certain mr trump will now veto it. gary o'donoghue reports from washington. building a border wall between the us and mexico is president trump's top priority, promising during the election campaign that mexico would pay for it, too. but mexico is not paying for the wall, and congress has been reluctant to grant the president the billions of dollars he wants to complete the project.

it was this impasse over money that led to the longest—ever shutdown in us government history, as 800,000 federal government workers went without pay for five weeks. eventually the president backed down, and said he would use national emergency powers to take money from other areas. speaking before today's vote, he remained defiant. we have very, very bad laws that are archaic, that were put in by democrats, and the republicans didn't fight hard enough at the time — that was a long time before me — but we have catch and release and we have chain migration and we have all sorts of things that are horrible. the world is laughing at the laws that were passed with respect to us. we are going to have a very strong border very soon. we are building a lot of wall, there's a lot of wall going up. but democrats and a number of republicans have argued the national emergency powers were not designed to get around

congress‘ constitutional rights to raise and spend money. after the democratic—controlled house voted to overturn the emergency order, the senate has now followed suit, with 12 republicans going against the president. today's votes cap a week of something the american people have not seen enough of in the past two years: both parties in the united states congress standing up to donald trump. in two days, congress has delivered three major rebukes to the president and stood up for transparency, accountability, and the constitutional powers of our branch of government. the vote brought a blunt tweet from the president, just one word: "veto." as things stand, there are not enough votes in congress to prevent that veto. nevertheless, this is a significant blow to the president's authority, though he will see advantages

in picking a fight over his signature policy. 0ur correspondent chris buckler is in washington. where do you think this goes next?” think it goes to those legal letters which donald trump typed on twitter, v-e-t-o, which donald trump typed on twitter, v—e—t—0, veto. he will get his own way as far as he is concerned, as far as this national emergency is concerned. in some ways he does not ca re concerned. in some ways he does not care what the senate or the house of representatives have tuesday, he is determined to push ahead with this policy of building a border wall. it is something he promised back in 2016 and as he looks towards a presidential election in 2020 is again trying to prove that he is doing what he promised he would do. it is interesting to see there were republicans who were not prepared to go along with donald trump. there

are different reasons for that. it is not because of the border or because they think he is wrong in pushing this issue of the border. it is about the realms and the extent of presidential authority. just what the president should be able to do. undoubtedly president trump will regard this as congress picking a fight, they will say that if you look at the constitution, it is supposed to be congress that decides how money is spent. the president is trying to take over that and make that decision as far as a wall is concerned. and there are republicans, who are also concerned about what it could mean in the future. could for example a democratic resident come in and start to make decisions about climate change and gun control, saying that was a national emergency as well? —— democratic president. it is why you have some republican loyalist to donald trump voting against him, for example, rand paul, who has been very vocal in his support of donald trump, but ultimately they can rebukes, they can try to stop donald trump from

doing this, it is far as they are concerned they know it is going to go ahead as there is there isn't that two thirds majority in the house to stop this from actually happening. ultimately, he will get his national emergency and, he hopes, he will get his border wall. we will keep track of that, chris. thank you. let's quickly round up some more of the menus for you. —— be named news for sub the menus for you. —— be named news forsub —— the the menus for you. —— be named news for sub —— the main news. the israeli army says it has started airstrikes on sites in gaza, in retaliation for two rockets fired from gaza towards tel aviv, which caused no casualties or damage. hamas, which controls gaza, says its members didn't fire the rockets, and says it will take action against those responsible. nigerian emergency services have called off their search for survivors in the rubble of a 4—storey building in lagos. it collapsed on wednesday, killing, it's estimated, 11 people. 50 were rescued. the building housed a primary school, and had been scheduled for demolition two years ago. the highest court in connecticut has allowed families

of children killed in the sandy hook school shooting to sue the maker of the gun used in the massacre. twenty children and six staff were killed in 2012 by a gunman using a remington ar—15 bushmaster. the lawsuit is based on the assertion that companies knowingly marketed a military grade weapon, unsuitable for civilian use. it's widely expected to go to the supreme court. there've been protests in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro after delays in the investigation into the death of a local politician and lg bt activist. a former police officer and another man were arrested earlier this week in connection with the killing a year ago of marielle franco as well as her driver, but it's still not known who ordered the murder. a former british soldier has been charged with murder almost half a century after bloody sunday, when 13 civilians were shot dead by british paratroopers on the streets of northern ireland. the man, identified only as soldier f, faces two counts of murder and four of attempted murder. the decision to prosecute one

soldier has been met with mixed feelings from the victims families as emma vardy reports. etched into the fabric of this city, the events that unfolded on bloody sunday have cast a long shadow. # we shall overcome today...#. today, retreading the route, families of victims marched again. # we'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand—in—hand. .. in 1972, this demonstration began peacefully. but rioting broke out in the area of derry known as the bogside. the british parachute regiment had come to make arrests, but when it was over, 13 people lay dead. this morning, the first indication of the long awaited news. a decision has been taken to prosecute one former soldier, soldier f, for the murder ofjames wray, and for the murder of william mckinney.

a decision has been taken to prosecute one former soldier, soldier f, for the murder ofjames wray, and for the murder of william mckinney. these were the men soldier f is alleged to have killed. he was a lance corporal who has always been given anonymity. in the 2010 inquiry into bloody sunday, soldier f said he fired on nail bombers. his evidence was disputed. the enquiry concluded he didn't care whether or not those he fired that posed a threat. we have walked a long journey since our fathers and brothers were brutally slaughtered... families of other victims were told there was not enough evidence to charge the remaining paratroopers involved. there cannot be one law for the military and political elite and one law for the others. thank you. for the brother of william mckinney, this is a day he thought may never

come, but no celebration. there is no joy in a situation like this anyway, this is too serious. it's a feeling of the person who murdered my brother, the person responsible for that will be brought to book. is one prosecution enough? absolutely not. relatives of some victims hoped for more. i just was absolutely gutted. i came down here today saying that's me, that's the end of the road for me now, no matter what happens. i don't feel like that now, i'm fighting on. it's taken prosecutors two years considering thousands of pieces of information to reach this moment, and it is a decision steeped in controversy. today the defence secretary, gavin williamson, said the government would offer soldier f full legal support and would make urgent reforms, saying former military personnel cannot live in fear of prosecution. i'm not sure this is justice and i'm

not sure it is justice for the families either. i'm not sure how this guy is going to get a fair trial, i don't know how the evidence is going to stand up from 47 years ago when there is no new physical ballistic evidence or something like that. there is still a long legal road ahead before a court attempts to get to the truth, but today marks a new milestone in resolving this city's troubled past. emma vardy, bbc news, derry. let us just take you back to that breaking news from christchurch, new zealand. we have these pictures coming in from the local hospital. a

casualty being stretchered out of an ambulance into the hospital. we cannot confirm at the moment, we know simply there have been reports of gunshots near a mosque in christchurch. police warning of a critical incident. they have issued a warning saying armed officers have been deployed in central christchurch on the evidence that several shots have been fired. they have asked people in the centre of the city to stay indoors. all schools have been placed on lockdown. it is just after 3:15 p.m.. local media reports shots near a mosque in the last couple of hours. there are reports from local media that several people were injured within the building. police warning people to avoid the area. armed police, we understand, clearing up buildings in the vicinity. i think thousands of children, too, were at the time holding a rally for action on climate change in cathedral square. that has now been cleared, we understand. there are reports again, we cannot confirm, of a second mosque being evacuated. this quote from the police commissioner, mike bushell, "a serious and evolving situation is occurring in christchurch with an active shooter. the police have full capability to

manage this situation, but the risk environment remains extremely high." all people are asked to stay indoors. the schools are lockdown until further notice. we can speak to our correspondence. what more do you have on this? as you said, it is a very fluid situation at the moment. bits of information coming in from everywhere. the statement from the police commissioner describing it as an active situation. schools and hospitals and council buildings are lockdown. we are expecting to hear from jacinda ardern, the new zealand prime minister, within the next hour. we understand she has cancelled all her engagements and has gone into an emergency meeting with cabinet meetings, clearing does make clearly trying to assess the scale of the emergency and the scale of the casualties. we understood there were some 300 people within that mosque when a gunman, some are saying a

gunman, came in an open fire. there are no real solid numbers at the moment in terms of injuries or potential fatalities. tragically we know from past incidents that is a real possibility. a huge emergency operation with police and paramedics at the scene. there were members of the bangladeshi cricket team, we understand, at the mosque for friday prayers. there are pictures of them walking away casually from the scene. but we simply do not know at the moment the scale of the shooting inside or how many people may be entered. what alerted quite a few people was a tweet from a reporter following the bangladeshi team, currently in new zealand, saying that the team had escaped from a mosque near hagley park where there we re mosque near hagley park where there were active shooters, in the plural, any indication of whether there are people still on the loose? the police, as you said, this is an active scene, that suggests that at

the time the statement was issued the time the statement was issued the shooter or shooters had not been apprehended. there are unverified reports of a second mosque being involved. this could be an orchestrated effort by more than one person. we simply do not have the clear information to put those pieces together. that is what the police will be doing now, trying to piece together what they know about who was where, at checking against records for individuals they may have thought could potentially be a risk of some terror threat. this seems to have been an attacker, an orchestrated attack against muslims within new zealand. they will be looking for any records of someone who is known to hold extreme views against the muslim population within christchurch or further afield. but obviously their priority will be tracking down and locking down anyone who is deemed to be a threat. do you have any sense how well set up, how well—prepa red do you have any sense how well set up, how well—prepared new zealand is foran up, how well—prepared new zealand is for an incident such as this? like

many developed nations new zealand has an emergency plan. it goes straightaway to gold command and people within the police and emergency services will know the routine. happily, isuppose, it is not a routine they have had to put into practice many times. this is a country that has not seen the same level of terrorist incidents as many other countries, even in australia, they will have their orders to follow, that will include feeding m essa g es follow, that will include feeding messages back to wellington, to the prime minister and the cabinet to make more overarching decisions. at the moment it seems to be a very active and dynamic scene on the ground in christchurch. thank you very much for that. we will come back to that as soon as we have more reliable information. thank you. we move on for the moment to something

very different. we will go back to that breaking news when we have more. we have a new generation of female jockeys. 23—year—old bryony frost has certainly made her mark in the sport. she's become the first woman to win a grade onejumps race at the cheltenham festival — and described her win as a dream come true. andy swiss was there to watch history being made. well, what a memorable day we have had here at cheltenham and a little bit of history from one of the big races of the day, which was won by bryony frost on her horse, frodon. frost, in the process, became the first female jockey to grade one race over thejumps in the history of the festival. it was some ride by her and she got a wonderful reception when she came back here afterwards. honestly, it was just bonkers. i said, "oh, my god, yeah", and then they said, "well, that's the first time it's ever been done." they say fairytales only come true in very, very rare occasions. well, i guess i have flipped the coin and landed on a rare occasion today.

another victory for paisley park. his owner andrew gemmell has been blind since birth. he follows the racing via the on course commentary, via the radio, and was able to share all of the celebrations. he later said it was a day come true. still to come on the final day of the gestival, of course, it is the cheltenham gold cup, with native river looking to defend the title that he won here 12 months ago. andy swiss, bbc news, cheltenham. we ta ke we take you back to that breaking news and those pictures coming in from christchurch, new zealand. the scene from christchurch, new zealand. the scene outside the hospital. plainly a casualty being stretchered into the hospital from an ambulance. a casualty being stretchered into the hospitalfrom an ambulance. that news as we have at so far. there are reports of gunshots on or near a mosque in christchurch, new zealand,

possibly two mosques. police are warning of at least one critical incident. they have armed officers deployed in central christchurch. just coming up to 3:30pm in the afternoon on friday. they have asked people in the centre of the city to stay indoors. all schools in christchurch have been placed into lockdown. local media reported shots fired near a mosque within the last couple of hours. we cannot time it more accurately than that at the moment. we understand that the first mosque that we have information about there were about 300 people. there are reports of a gunman wearing a helmet coming in there. there are other reports, a tweet from a reporter following the bangladeshi cricket team which is in new zealand at the moment, they were in the mosque, some reports, that we suggested active shooters in the plural. i cannot confirm that. we cannot confirm that. tv nz is

reporting from one eyewitness, multiple people shot. the associated press has a witness saying that many deadin press has a witness saying that many dead ina press has a witness saying that many dead in a mass shooting at a mosque in the new zealand city of christchurch. again, we cannot confirm that. i will presented to you for what it is worth. we know at the moment that armed officers have been deployed in central christchurch. we know there were reports of gunshots in or near at least one mosque. there is the possibility of another mosque under attack. what does seem clear is that there are still active shooters, there are still active shooters, there is still at least one active shooter, there may be more. there is a witness who has spoken to the broadcaster one use speaking of seeing three people lying on the grounds, bleeding outside the first mosque. again, we cannot confirm that. we civilly have tv nz, a witness talking to them talking of multiple people shot does make we simply have. and a about several people shot. we will bring you more as soon as soon as we can. i people shot. we will bring you more as soon as soon as we can. i should stress, the latest report suggests that the entire bangladesh team was safe after that shooting in christchurch. we will bring you more on that as soon as we have it. more

on that as soon as we have it. more on all the news for you at any time on all the news for you at any time on the bbc website. thank you for watching. hello again. a quick look at what's happening in east africa's mozambique first of all. because here cyclone idai is making landfall near mozambique's fourth biggest city. now, prior to landfall, the winds were gusting at 140 mph, so damaging gusts of wind working into this part of mozambique. we're highly likely to see some severe flooding. so the weather looks nasty over the next few days in mozambique. we may well hear stories about that over the coming days. here in the uk, our windy, blustery spell of weather is set to continue. but obviously nothing on that kind of scale. and if you're heading outside in the next few hours there is the chance of some rain around. low pressure is in charge of our weather. and still we've got those reasonably tightly packed isobars over the uk today. so it is gonna be another blustery kind of day. outbreaks of rain across england and wales tending to trickle southwards. never really getting away from south—east england, where it could be a damp day. a similar picture, too,

for southern parts of wales. further northwards, well, at least you get some sunshine, but here again there will be a number of blustery showers, northern ireland, northern england, and scotland. and it will feel quite cool in the wind, with those temperatures 5—7 degrees across northern areas. and the showers continue to feed in overnight. but at the same time, friday nights sees a pulse of heavier rain working back northwards into northern ireland, and across england and wales. now we could see a bit of snow for a time over the high ground. and there is potential for multiple hazards around, really, as we start off the weekend. thanks to this developing nasty area of low pressure. what make catch your eye is the snow. well, we're gonna see some of that over the higher ground of northern ireland, northern england, and scotland. could see around 10—20 centimetres above 350 metres elevation. but some snow could get down to lower levels for a time. it's gonna be very wet across the hills of northern england and wales. over the high ground of wales we could see 100 millimetres of rain, bringing a risk of some localised flooding. and then there's the winds. winds could gust up to 50 or 60 mph for southern wales, southern england, perhaps 70 mph in the most exposed locations. so all of these weather elements add up to the risk of some disruptive weather as we go through the first

part of the weekend. now that system actually strengthens as it leaves the uk, so across eastern scotland could have some very strong winds for a time. and on sunday, north—westerly winds flowing in across the uk, bringing plenty of showers across northern and western areas. a few of those blowing in across more inland parts, across central and eastern england, central and eastern parts of scotland as well. the showers quite intense. could still have a wintry flavour to them over the high ground. and it will feel cool in the wind, with temperatures reaching a high, at best, of around ten. that's your weather.