this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 11. new zealand's prime minister vows to reform the country's gun laws after 49 people are killed in a mass shooting at at two mosques in christchurch. there have been attempts to change oui’ there have been attempts to change our laws in 2005, 2012 and after an enquiry in 2017. now is the time for change. bangladesh, india and indonesia all say some of their citizens were killed in the shooting and others are unaccounted for. and then everybody just and then everybodyjust ran to the back doors to save themselves.”

heard that your husband has been shot outside the mosque. please go to the hospital and wait for him. man has appeared in court charged with one count of murder. the suspect‘s been identified as brenton tarrant, a 28—year—old australian. he has been remanded in custody. and at 11.30 we'll be taking another look at how that story is covered in the papers with our reviewers kate proctor, political correspondent at the evening standard and henry zeffman, political correspondent at the times. stay with us for that. good evening. 49 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a gunman opened fire during friday prayers at two mosques in christchurch in new zealand. a man drove up to the al noor mosque and began

shooting as he entered the building at around 1.40 in the afternoon local time. shortly afterwards there was then a second shooting outside the linwood mosque, three miles away. the gunman identified himself as a 28—year—old australian and filmed the shootings — broadcasting it all live on social media. the prime minister, jacinda ardern, described it as a well—planned terrorist attack and one of new zealand's "darkest days". 0ur correspondent hywel griffith is in christchurch where the man accused of the shootings made a brief court appearance and was remanded in custody. he is accused of killing people in cold blood. he is accused of ending dozens cold blood. he is accused of ending d oze ns of cold blood. he is accused of ending dozens of lives in moments of chaos on the streets of christchurch. we heard from the new zealand prime minister that he is alleged to have used five weapons including two semiautomatic weapons. she has

already said that the country must change its gun laws. but the concern for many people here is that some of their loved ones may have died. i have been speaking to some families who do not yet know what has happened to their relatives. viewers may be distressed by some scenes in this report. is warm and husband left their home to worship at friday prayers. he has not been seen since. she has tried to call, searched at the hospital, and she fears he must be among the bodies lying inside the al noor mosque. what happened? why? now i want my daughters to come home and see what happened to my husband. you want to find him, maybe to bury him? as soon as possible. when the shooting began, people fled, looking for safety as armed police searched the city streets. worshippers say

the city streets. worshippers say the gunmen shot indiscriminately, walking from room to room, sparing no—onein walking from room to room, sparing no—one in his path. walking from room to room, sparing no-one in his path. i was hearing shooting after shooting after shooting. it went on six minutes or more and i could hear screaming and crying and i saw some people drop dead. my father was shot trying to save somebody. he left over the person he was trying to save. here 71 years old. a man identifying himself as australian born brenton tarrant live himself as australian born brenton tarra nt live streamed the himself as australian born brenton tarrant live streamed the attack on facebook. he also published images of weapons with handscrawled slogans on them. the attack targeted to

mosques in christchurch. at around 140 local time police responded to reports of shots being fired at the al noor mosque in the city centre. at least 41 people were killed here. the second shooting was a short drive away at the linwood mosque where at least seven people were killed with another dying in hospital. please also diffused several explosive devices attached toa several explosive devices attached to a vehicle. i heard and saw what i thought were firecrackers and i saw people running down the street and then all of a sudden it got quite violent and i thought that is not firecrackers. and they started falling. won fell to the left of my to the the other guy wring his wife. and the other guy was w bad 1is wife. and the other guy w bad 1is wife. ar i the other guy him because the

trying to i was compressing it was trying to phone his wife and i managed to get it and phone his wife and i managed to get itandi phone his wife and i managed to get it and i answered the phone and i told her that your husband has been shot outside the mosque. don't come here, please go to the hospital and wait for him and i kept talking to him and telling him that she was at the hospital waiting and he was not to give up. and we kept pressure on until we got him some help. the manhunt through christchurch eventually ended with a car being rammed by police and a suspect being wrestled to the ground. four people had been arrested, one has now been released. we never assume that there other people involved and that is why we have an immense presence out there across canterbury and right across new zealand. so we do not have named or identified people we are looking for. it would be wrong

to assume that there is no—one else. the city's emergency services remain on high alert. the hospital in christchurch has been treating dozens christchurch has been treating d oze ns of christchurch has been treating dozens of people with gunshot wounds and is close to all other admissions. a new day has started here with more armed officers arriving on the streets of christchurch to try and give the community some sense of security. across the country mosques have been told to close their doors and for the first time ever the country ‘s terror threat has been raised too high. new zealand's prime minister swiftly condemned the shootings as an act of terror. and reassure the country's small muslim population that they should not have to live in fear. many of those who will have been directly affected by this shooting may be migrants to new zealand. they may even be refugees here. they have chosen to make new zealand their home and it is their

home. they are asked. the person who has perpetuated this violence against us is not. —— they are a us. the deep sense of shock felt in new zealand has echoed around the world. m essa g es zealand has echoed around the world. messages have been sent from the queen, the pope and donald trump. new zealanders are astonished that this could have happened. you don't think something like this could have openedin think something like this could have opened in new zealand, in christchurch of all places. we are a small community, kind and loving so i don't know why someone would hurt us i don't know why someone would hurt us like this in such a way. just like an animal. why would you treat us like an animal. why would you treat us like that? in times of such sorrow there is little that can convert people today as they confront the question of how such violent extremism could have been allowed to fester here. we have been learning more about some of the victims from this massacre. and they came from across the world to make

christchurch their home. from malaysia, from jordan, some syrian refugees. their names should not be released at the moment out of respect for their families. were waiting to hear if the judge will allow the name of the suspect to be released to the media. so the gunman said he was a 28—year—old australian called brenton tarrant. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has been trying to find out more about the man and his motives. brenton tarrant, seen here in his car in an image he streamed live on the internet. moments later the 28—year—old would enter a mosque to kill. what do we know about him? born in australia he travelled widely, seen here it is thought in pakistan, and he also visited the united arab emirates. before the attack he published a 70 page document online. filled with right—wing ideas

circulating on the internet. he describes himself as an ordinary working class white man who had an ordinary family, but also as a racist, fascist and nationalist. he said he wanted to target what he called invaders to incite violence. 0n the video he showed an arsenal of weapons in the boot of his car and two days before the attack he appears to have posted images of some of the weapons on social media and had written names on them, including other people who had attacked muslims and historic battles. he said he was not a member of any organisation or acting under orders, but says he had contact with a number of groups. should the authorities have known about him it is a very good question. what i want to tell you right now is that we had no agency which had any information about these people. i can also tell you that i have been in contact with my australian

colleagues and they have no information on them at all either. eight years ago norway was hit by one of the worst extreme right—wing terror attacks. dozens of teenagers shot dead by anders breivik. tarrant said this was an inspiration even claims to have had contact with the breivik. he also says he supported the attack at finsbury park mosque in london in 2017 when darren 0sborne rammed a car into worshippers. and on one of the weapons are the words ‘for rotheram' a reference to the grooming scandal in the north of england. the security service is looking into whether there could be any connections to the united kingdom. there has been growing concern in

the last few years about the rise in extreme right wing activity in the uk with about one in four plots stopped linked to it. that is why in the last six months, for the first time, the security service m15 has become involved in investigating it. tarrant says he only recently decided on christchurch as his target. the authorities in new zealand and others around the world will now be focusing on this threat with a new urgency. the queen, new zealand's head of state, has led tributes from around the world saying she'd been deeply saddened by events in christchurch, and that "at this tragic time her thoughts and prayers were with all new zealanders". the prime minister, theresa may, offered her "deepest condolences" saying "to target muslims as they were attending their place of worship is despicable. as new zealand has stood by us so we stand shoulder to shoulder with them." the labour leaderjeremy corbyn

laid a wreath outside new zealand house in london. on it the message: "in their memory we must build a world which respects our diversity". and president trump said "my warmest sympathy and best wishes goes out to the people of new zealand after the horrible massacre in the mosques. god bless all!" 0ur correspondent caroline hawley has been finding out more about the victims and the community affected by yesterday's horrific attack. the names, the faces of the dead and injured a starting to emerge. men, women and children gunned down as they prayed. among the missing is reported to be this three—year—old boy. a jordanian father and reported to be this three—year—old boy. ajordanian father and one of his daughters were both badly injured. they are reported to have been hit by seven bullets between them. the list of the missing from christchurch includes people from india, pakistan and bangladesh, and

from syria, refugees who thought they'd finally found safety thousands of miles from home. the muslim community in christchurch is tiny and tightknit. in all of new zealand there are less than 50,000 muslims, less than 1% of the population. in wellington, the cap thaw, tributes were paid to the victims of the dursley is that the slammer phobic attack in modern times. we believed we are living in one of the most peaceful and beautiful countries in the world. we never expected this to happen. were all ina never expected this to happen. were all in a state of shock. sunny bin —— sonny bill williams said his heart hurt from what had happened. to everyone that has been killed today in christchurch... your families, you can take... just, yeah, iam families, you can take... just, yeah, i am sending out press to your wall.

insyalla h insyallah you are all in heaven. countries and communities have been expressing their horror and disgust. the un security council has just held a one—minute silence. the un secretary general says there is an urgent need to counter is one of phobia. the hatred that has taken so many lives in christchurch has sent ripples of fear amongst muslims across the globe. and it is notjust in new zealand where muslims are rethinking their security. the attack was livestreamed on social media and police have called on the public not to share the extremely distressing footage online. social media platforms have said they're working hard to remove clips or copies of the video, but the home secretary sajid javid

has called on them to do more to stop the promotion of violent extremism. our technology correspondent rory cellanjones reports. it was an attack streamed live on the internet by someone apparently determined to use social media to spread a message of hate. a gunman, identified as brendan tarrant, used facebook to show his every move during a 17 minute attack. and it became a social media event watched by the world. i went and looked today, and i've got to tell you, while he was committing this atrocity, he was being cheered on by hundreds of people on these channels, including new zealanders. that's disgusting. so let's not think that we're immune to this. in an age of globalised telecommunications, we're no longer in a benign security environment. facebook says that it acted swiftly.

other social media firms say they are trying to remove the video. here is youtube saying that they are going to work vigilantly to remove any violent footage. a while back, we had a look on youtube, with a simple search we found that someone else had uploaded the full 17 and a half minute video from that gunman. we reported it, and it is now being removed. but more seem to pop up. when someone posts at the video on youtube or facebook and it needs to be taken down, those are human moderators behind the scene who have to make that call, who actually have to do the work to take it down. it's not automatic, it's not artificial intelligence that's doing it, it's human beings. there is not simply enough human moderators to keep it with a number people putting those videos online and causing it to go viral.

facebook and other social media firms are investing in people and technology to remove extremist content. but there's mounting pressure from politicians. so more needs to be done to identify this type of content, to take it down quickly, and once it's been identified, crucially for the tech companies to prevent it from being reuploaded. but extremist material like that posted by the gunman spread so rapidly because so many people choose to share it. changing our online behaviour remains the biggest challenge. rory cellanjones, bbc news. the latest headlines on bbc news: new zealand's prime minister vows to reform the country's gun laws after 49 people are killed in a mass shooting at two mosques in christchurch. bangladesh, india and indonesia all say some of their citizens were killed in the shooting and others are unaccounted for. a man has appeared in court, charged with one count of murder. 28—year—old australian brenton tarrant was remanded into custody.

the westminster leader of the democratic unionists — nigel dodds — says he's had "good" discussions with cabinet ministers ahead of a third vote on the brexit deal. the dup's support is seen as key to persuading more conservative mps to back the agreement when it goes before the commons next week. we wa nt we want to get a deal, we have a lwa ys we want to get a deal, we have always been in that frame of mind, we do not want to leave without a deal but a lot will depend in terms of what the government is able to do in terms of providing those guarantees that are necessary to assuage our concerns. a little earlier, our political correspondent chris mason explained the importance of the dup's support for the prime minister's deal. they are absolutely essential, they p0p up they are absolutely essential, they pop up the conservatives and government. so what is happening now is monthly of the persuasion game ahead of that expected third vote thatis ahead of that expected third vote that is likely to take place next

tuesday. —— prop. tonight in brussels, eu ambassadors have been meeting, discussing the whole process of granting the uk an extension to the brexit process. meanwhile, here in westminster, the dup handing in to the handful of cabinet ministers, including the chancellor. they say, the dup, it was not about money, it was about this issue of the backstop. to keep the border on the island of ireland open under any circumstances. but remember, the dup are necessary but they are not sufficient for the government to get this deal through, they have got to persuade dozens and dozens and dozens of conservative mps. now, coupled today, including one former cabinet minister, esther mcveigh, did say they would probably vote for the deal, despite calling it rubbish and obnoxious, so some good news for the government but

nowhere near good enough yet. the jury at the trial of the match commander at the hillsborough disaster, david duckenfield, has been told that the decision to prosecute him is "breathtakingly unfair". his defence barrister made the comments in his closing statement. mr duckenfield, who's 74, denies the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 supporters, who died in a crush at the football ground in 1989. judith moritz reports. the hillsborough disaster claimed 96 lives and affected many more. today, it was said that it must be one of the most heartbreaking cases ever to come before an english court. david duckenfield is accused of causing the deaths, but his defence say he's been singled out unfairly and held responsible for other people's incompetence. they say the hillsborough stadium was potentially lethal, badly designed and riddled with faults. defending david duckenfield, ben myers qc said, "it's like giving a captain a ship that's already sinking and thenjudging him by how well he's sailing it." the jury were shown

this photograph of crushing, eight years before the disaster. they heard there was a history of near misses at hillsborough, but nobody had told mr duckenfield about past problems. in 1989, the crush was fatal when the terraces became dangerously full. this safety barrier collapsed under the pressure. 96 men, women and children lost their lives, the youngest a boy of ten, the oldest a pensioner. ben myers said that no matter how great the jury's sympathy may be for those who've suffered, convicting david duckenfield as a way of expressing it would be very wrong indeed. he said he was being judged by different standards to others. earlier today, the prosecution said the trial was 30 years late, but it was about david duckenfield's failures, and not those of other people. judith moritz, bbc news, preston. interserve, one of the biggest providers of public services in prisons, schools and hospitals,

has been sold after being placed in administration. the company employs 45,000 people in the uk. its contracts are likely to continue and no job losses are expected. it comes after shareholders failed to approve a restructuring plan. two young brothers have died in a hit—and—run car crash in wolverhampton. sanjay singh, aged 10, and pawanveer singh, who was almost two, were in a car being driven by their mother when it crashed with an audi. police have urged the driver of the audi, who left the scene, to come forward. thousands of children in the uk have again left their classrooms to join a global day of protests against climate change. they took place in several major towns and cities, this was in brighton, and there were similar ones around the world. for years, the irish trainer willie mullins has been trying to win the cheltenham gold cup. he's been runner—up six times.

today though his luck finally changed, as his horse al boum photo, ridden by the jockey paul townend, stormed clear of the field. 0ur correspondent andy swiss was there watching. a champion's welcome for al boum photo, but victory above all for the mastermind behind it. trainer willie mullins had been the gold cup's nearly man, and it seemed his wait would continue as might bite and last year's winner native river set the early pace. but come the last, al boum photo was clear, and there was simply no catching him. commentator: and willie mullins's first gold cup. delight for jockey paul townend, the biggest win of his career, and at last, mullins had done it. some people never win the big race in their sport, or they don't get a gold medal for whatever reason, so i had actually resigned myself to never winning it. and, so a nice surprise today to get it. but there were mixed emotions. it later emerged another of mullins's runners, invitation only, seen here before the race,

suffered a fatal injury after a fall. a somewhat bittersweet victory, then for willie mullins, but that elusive gold cup is finally his. andy swiss, bbc news, cheltenham. let's return to our main story now — the attack on the mosques in new zealand in which 49 people were killed. it was the worst mass shooting in the country's history. today security has been stepped up at mosques around the uk. 0ur correspondent shabnam mahmood reports from bradford. friday prayers as usual at bradford central mosque. but the attack in new zealand is on the minds of many worshippers here today. some told us they were nervous about what happened.

it frightens me, absolutely frightens me, and i really — i'm lost for words, waking up to something like this, and coming to a mosque and having a peace prayer and it actually brought tears to my eyes when the imam was talking about this. people were very nervous, very emotional, even within our women's prayer area. some of the men were just passing through and coming into the main hall and there was that extra vigilance and just anxiety was quite high today. in london too, there was an outpouring of support from the muslim community. we just wanted to express our solidarity and companionship with all the people who are suffering, the families that are suffering, the victims who have been suffering from this heinous act of violence. that message of tolerance and peace was echoed here in bradford today, alongside the call to end these acts of hate against all communities. as people across the uk reflect

on events on the other side of the world, prayers continue to be said and vigils held for those who lost their lives. shabnam mahmood, bbc news, bradford. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers kate proctor, political correspondent at the evening standard and henry zeffman, political correspondent at the times. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. it certainly has been a windy, stormy week and although we have some quieter weather on the horizon into next week, we're not there just yet. pretty unsettled weekend ahead, there is a deepening area of low pressure which is going to be moving eastwards across northern parts of the uk on saturday. that is going to bring us quite disruptive we have a mix of

gale force gusts of winds, some heavy rain and snow over higher ground too. some possible travel disruption, possible power cuts and perhaps some trees and branches down. the strongest wind will be across wales, where we also have some heavy rain moving into the day. further north of scotland, some snow over higher ground, we could see ten to 15 centimetres over the highest ground of scotland, for instance. gusts of wind likely to reach 40 to 50 miles an hour widely across england and wales, 60 miles an hour gusts are some places. double figures in the south, although feeling cold in the south. mid to low single figures further north. heading to saturday night and onto sunday, low pressure drifts off into the north sea, being rained towards the north sea, being rained towards the east. a dry day on sunday, the strongest winds on sunday will be across northern and eastern scotland andi across northern and eastern scotland and i coming into a northerly direction, so a real windchill with further showers over higher ground in the north. temperatures only about 10 degrees, feeling cool with

the strength of the breeze but at least they will be some sunshine to compensate on sunday. then things start to quiet down and head into the new week. our start to quiet down and head into the new week. 0urfocus becomes on this area of high pressure, meaning early next week we see a return to mist and fog during the early mornings. frost is possible as well. there are some weather funds trying to move into the north—west. i think on saturday, there will be some more cloud across northern ireland, perhaps a few spots of rain push into northern ireland and the west of wales. further east, you should stay mostly dry during the day with some sunny stay mostly dry during the day with some sunny spells and you will notice the temperatures are starting to nudge up by a few degrees and it will have lost that biting wind as well. that theme continues monday night and on into tuesday. we still have this area of high pressure because the azores trying to push into southern parts of the uk, weather front is trying to push on tuesday. we still have this area of high pressure across the azores trying to push into southern parts of the uk, weatherfront trying to push into southern parts of the uk, weather front is trying to push in from the north—west. a few showers in the north—west, but for the rest of the uk, largely dry, clear conditions, much less windy

thanit clear conditions, much less windy than it has been over the past week or $0 than it has been over the past week orso and it than it has been over the past week or so and it will feel bit warmer too, so a bit more springlike by the time we get tuesday. a similar picture on wednesday, after chilly start with the mist, fog and frost in the south, that should clear away. sunny spells for the bulk of england and wales, just a few showers to the far south—west of england, where it will be quite windy but temperate is more typical of the time of the year. looking at highs of 13 to 15 degrees for most of us on wednesday. looking to the latter pa rt of us on wednesday. looking to the latter part of the working week and the jetstream will be sitting to the north of the uk, bringing us somebody mild weather. then as we look towards next weekend, friday on into saturday and sunday, it does look like low pressure will start to move in towards the north, bringing some more unsettled conditions particularly the further north you are. generally in the outlook, it does look like high pressure is going to build, so a quieter spell of weather, dry and warm potentially things turning a bit unsettled, especially in the north by next weekend, but it is certainly not as wet or windy as we have