this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at ten. brenton tarrant, the main suspect in the new zealand mosque shootings in which 49 people were killed, appears in court on a single murder charge. new zealand police say they believe a lone gunman was involved in the attacks. prime ministerjacinda ardern vows, "our gun laws will change". new zealand is united with its grief and we are united in our grief. here's the scene live in christchurch, where flowers have been laid in commemoration of those who died. more than a0 people are injured and in hospital. in other news — a leaked eu document appears to confirm that the uk will have to hold elections for the european parliament in may, if brexit is extended

beyond the beginning ofjuly. comic relief raises more than £63 million after last night's star studded show. wales, england or ireland? three of the four teams in this afternoon's six nations matches, could win the tournament. lewis hamilton pips mercedes team—mate valteri bottas to pole position at the season—opening australian gp. and coming up in half an hour, the travel show takes a look back at its favourite stories of the year so far. police in new zealand believe there was only one gunman involved in the shootings at two mosques in christchurch in which 49 people were killed and scores of others injured. 28—year—old australian brenton

tarra nt has appeared in court in christchurch, charged with murder. tarrant did not make a plea and the brief hearing was closed to the public because of safety concerns. the shootings were live—streamed and shared widely on social media. shara njit leyl reports from christchurch. a memorial for the victims of the shooting. christchurch residents have been bringing flowers and leaving notes here all day. the messages are clear. new zealand may be struggling to comprehend the tragic events in christchurch but people were determined to come together to pay their respect. memorials like this one have been springing up all over the city. people have been coming here to the botanical gardens all day, leaving their messages and flowers. there is a real sense of shock and horror at how something so awful could strike the heart of this community. my friend was shot in the leg. i tried to ring him yesterday.

these lives have been lost. it is all in vain. the new zealand prime minister has praised the efforts of police but has called for a review of the country's gun laws after it was revealed that the suspect legally obtained his weapon. while work is being done as to the chain of events that lead to both the holding of this gun licence and position of these weapons... i can tell you one thing right now. our gun laws will change. an australian man has appeared in court. 28—year—old brenton tarrant was not on any security watch list and he did not enter a plea and is due to appear in court next on april 5. it is understood that nationals of bangladesh, india and indonesia are among the dead. a rallying cry in many messages of support is a maori phrase that means stay strong. the mayor of christchurch, lianne dalziel, told the bbc how the city has responded

to the attack. yesterday was just a tragedy of unspeakable proportions and our hearts just go out to all of those who have been affected. but today has been such a coming together of support, of the love and compassion and the kindness from all around the world. i had messages of support from the mayor of london through to all of the 100 resilient cities network through to everyone who i have met in my many years as a parliamentarian and as the mayor of christchurch. anyone who has had a connection with christchurch and i know there are many kiwis and many christchurch people living in england and will be watching this and you know, the outpouring of love has been so welcome and thank you to all who have done so.

the actor sam neill — who is a new zealander — has described the anguish he feels over the attacks. sort of helpless anger that i feel today and heartbreak, this seems com pletely today and heartbreak, this seems completely impossible in our little country. i'm joined byjacob davey — a research manager at the think—tank the institute of strategic dialogue, who specialises in the far—right and hate crime. thank you for being with us. this is a shocking attack not least by its scale but far from unique. absolutely, this is part of the global trend we're seeing, the rise of the extreme right and we have seen attacks in places like canada and norway and italy and indeed these were referenced today the attacker. in terms of the opportunities he had to spread his message and potentially make contact

with other like—minded people, how is the internet developing that kind of opportunity for people on the extreme right? social media is central to the strategy of the attacker and that is evident through his choice of facebook live stream as the disseminating messaging platform. if you look at the way in which he forewarned of his attack in his manifesto he made numerous references to an extreme right internet culture which has been allowed to flourish on social media. he is not known to the police we understand, no previous criminal record and he was not on any watchlist what does that tell you about the kind of monitoring and attention that is paid to social media, given the extent to which groups like this flourish online?” think there is a huge scale of extreme right material on social media and it can be difficult to keep track of people particularly if

you think about the alternative channels for use. we often think of social media as twitter, facebook, youtube but they are coordinating across a range of alternative social media programmes. and keeping an eye on these can be difficult. one of the police officers involved in counterterrorism work was telling the bbc this morning that until relatively recently these groups tended not to be treated in the same way as islamist extremists, not regarded as likely to follow through in other words with physical attacks. what has changed? one of the core components i think is the internationalisation, what we've seen is the extreme right increasingly coordinating and cooperating across borders to build an ideological consensus. this was referenced in his manifesto for example, the attacker referenced a

theory promoted by french extremists andi theory promoted by french extremists and i think through the connectivity which has been afforded by social media this has allowed groups to build an ideological consensus. to what extent is this amplified by a kind of reaction to islamist extremism? i think that the two are intrinsically linked and you have to see the extreme right and muslim extremism as two sides of the same coin. the often reference each other in their attacks and you have this amplification where one side plays off the other and uses the threat of the other to recruit new members and radicalise individuals further. what do you think the longer term risks are? i think we will continue to see the extreme right post and increasing security risk globally and we have to pay attention to this threat for the uk government has done this and made some good steps. but what we need to recognise is

that this is an international threat and these groups are communicating across borders. we need a global response. thank you very much. live to christchurch and our correspondent phil mercer. a second day of coming to terms with this for new zealanders. what impact isn't having? it is after 11 o'clock in the evening here and still people are coming together, mostly in quiet contemplation. you get the sense that there is a great deal of anger and frustration and of course the grim realisation that new zealand is not the country that it once was. once upona not the country that it once was. once upon a time new zealand was considered the homeland, a small country perched at the bottom of the world far away from the trouble spots of the world but of course the atrocity perpetrated here in christchurch on friday means that like so many countries around the

world new zealand hasjoined a like so many countries around the world new zealand has joined a very long list of countries scarred by extremism. we have seen the prime minister here today saying that she believes the new zealand gunwales are too lax and need to be strengthened. here you'll be al mosque in christchurch there has been a steady flow of visitors throughout the entire day delivering floral tributes remembering 41 people were killed just a couple of hundred metres up the road. you mentioned the gun laws, it is country of 5 million people, 1.5 million guns, obviously a lot of hunting, rural country and quite an influential gun lobby in the past. what is the focus here because this was a lawful gun owner? he was, he had no criminal record, he was not

on any watchlist as regards any of the security services either in new zealand or in australia. we know as you have been discussing and he published that rambling manifesto online full of racist and anti—immigration rhetoric. so there will be questions asking why this man was not being monitored. but of course there may well be many people like this individual and can they all be tracked? what we know is that the background of brenton tarrant, the background of brenton tarrant, the man accused of perpetrating this atrocity, his background will be a key feature in this investigation and of course the main questions are was he responsible and if so why and what was his motivation. and what about the victims, any updates? we heard from the hospital in the last couple of hours and once again we are getting an idea once more of the scale of the savagery of these

attacks on these masks in christchurch. we know 48 people were taken to hospital and more than 30 remain there. quite a few of those to remain in a critical condition and once again we understand that the gunman had no respect for age, victims are young and old, a boy of two years old, a girl aged four, both injured and we are getting used to likely a zealand but one of the victims was a 71—year—old man originate from afghanistan. so here we have victims both old and young. the upshot of all of this is that this has scarred the nation as never before. phil mercer, thank you. an australian senator who blamed immigration for the mosque shooting in christchurch has attacked a teenager who egged him while he was being interviewed. when people are getting attacked in their own... fraser anning hit the 17—year—old before a short scuffle takes place between the two.

the teenager was then restrained and arrested, but has since been released. a petition calling for senator anning to be removed from office following his comments has attracted nearly a quarter of a million signatures. a leaked eu document appears to confirm that the uk will have to take part in european parliament elections in may, if brexit is extended beyond the end ofjune. the memo has been circulated to eu ambassadors ahead of theresa may's visit to brussels on thursday, where she will ask eu leaders to delay brexit. the uk is presently due to leave the eu on march 29th. with me is our political correspondent, susana mendonca. i suppose that this is not a great surprise but presumably it is the last thing that anyone wants not just for the cast but the logistical operation practicalities. when you have the prime minister made a saint

earlier in the week when the mps voted to extend article 50 that if we did not leave by the end ofjune, we did not leave by the end ofjune, we would have to take part in european we would have to take part in europegg the l we would have to take part in europegg the reason we would have to take part in europe§§§ date |e reason we would have to take part in europe§§§ date is reason - eu july is a key date is because the eu elections take place at the end of may but the 1st ofjuly is when they first come together as a new parliament. i think essentially what this will do for theresa may in some ways will be a positive thing for her because those brexiteers really worried that the prospect of having to ta ke worried that the prospect of having to take part in european parliament elections, and about a long extension, some talk of an extension of up toa extension, some talk of an extension of up to a couple of years, but this might bei of up to a couple of years, but this might be i suppose the impetus that they need to back that deal proposed by theresa may. because she is bringing that back again in meaningful felt three probably on

tuesday or wednesday before she goes to the eu summit later in the week. and what we understand from the eu is that they are working on the assumption that there will perhaps bea assumption that there will perhaps be a fourth meaningful vote in the following week when she comes back. a lot of speculation going around but certainly i think theresa may is not done with her deal. you might get the sense that parliament is done with it as they have rejected it both times but she is giving it one last push and we know that there are talks with the dup trying to get them on side because they could get them on side because they could get the dp side i suppose that would encourage some brexiteers who are wavering to come on—site but some brexiteers just will not vote for the deal regardless of what happens. one of the other consequences of potentially extending the time that we remain in the eu is these very contracts that the government took out to have a contingency plan for a

no—deal brexit. what is the extra snack here? in terms of those ferries, the government entered into a contract and that contract then ended up not achieving what they needed it to achieve and they had to pull out. a big fiasco around that and a lot of money wasted, criticism of the transport secretary chris trailing around that. self there is an extension and presumably in terms of logistics and planning for leaving on the 29th of march, there are plans in place for what happens thereafter. if you extend that pushes things along so i suppose it creates more uncertainty but many businesses are looking at what is going on and they want the certainty of knowing when we are going to leave the eu if we are going to leave. whether they will be no deal ora leave. whether they will be no deal or a deal. so what happens in the next couple of weeks is crucial to finding out what happens next. and a kind of related story, is the fate

of the conservative mp nick boles for lincolnshire and granton. effectively it sounds like he has thrown in the towel as far as is future of being a conservative candidate in the next election. letter has been linked to our stated tomorrow saying that he would be standing down from his local constituency party. but that he wa nts to constituency party. but that he wants to carry on being a conservative mp. it is not clear as to whether he can do both of those things. i asked the conservative party to clarify and we're still waiting for clarification. nick boles is someone who people know, his name has been on a number of amendments and he has been to push to block a no—deal brexit and extend article 54 he is someone who has voted for the withdrawal agreement deal but he formally, he favours and

a lwa ys deal but he formally, he favours and always style model, and that does not correspond with what has been happening in terms of his local constituency party association, they feel that he has not been taking their side. i have read through his letter and he says there are people within the constituency party who would prefer a no—deal brexit and thatis would prefer a no—deal brexit and that is something he cannot agree with because he thinks it would be detrimental. he says that a politician without principles is worthless so i suppose that is his reason for taking the stand. we understand that locally the party we re understand that locally the party were trying to deselect him so perhaps he has kind ofjumped before being pushed. the local party has also sent a letter out to members which has been given to the bbc and it says that nick has been at odds with the party and prime minister for some time, it says they want to select a new candidate at the end of the month and hope that he takes the honourable course to resign his seat. and quite an inflammatory line, it says that this is disappointing for all of us and we

have once again be betrayed by our parliamentary representatives, so accusing nick boles of betraying them. he would argue that he has been trying to do what he thinks is best for the country. what is not clear is whether he will still remain asa clear is whether he will still remain as a conservative mp at the end of all of this. he could perhaps end of all of this. he could perhaps end up setting with a new independent group. it is that possibility as well. a man has died after being stabbed in south—west london. scotland yard said officers were called to reports of a fight in fulham in the early hours of this morning. a 29—year old man was pronounced dead at the scene. there have been no arrests. the headlines on bbc news... brenton tarrant, the main suspect in the new zealand mosque shootings in which 49 people were killed, appears in court on a on a single murder charge. new zealand police say they believe a lone gunman was involved in the attacks. prime ministerjacinda ar—dern vows: "our gun laws will change". in other news — a leaked eu document appears to confirm that the uk

will have to hold elections for the european parliament in may, if brexit is extended beyond the beginning ofjuly. sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning, holly. it has been a difficult morning to try to explain this, three teams are still left in the six nations, all home nations. it is the kind of grand finale that the schedulers could only have dreamt of. so it is england, scotland, surrey, ireland, england and wales with wales still able to grab the grand slam title. but are england and ireland going to steal their thunder? among the voices from the valleys, the welsh choir has its kiwi conductor.

warren gatland has spent 12 years learning the words and shaping a team that is breaking records. in this, his final year in cardiff, his side is on a 13 match winning streak. to get one more against ireland will steal six nations and the grand slam. i think ithinki i think i will be emotional afterwards. despite people's perceptions, i do cry at sad movies and i am an emotional person. but hopefully we can secure the grand slam and there will be celebrations all over wales. this is his 10th and final six nations as coach of wales. he wants to finish how it started. wales won the grand slam in his first full season and the second one followed four years later. one more perfect campaign would make tournament history. no modern coach has done the grand slam three times. but to get there, he must outsmart another coach from new zealand.

this isjoe schmidt's last six nations with ireland. a win for them in cardiff would see them push wales off the top and into second. but that result opens the door for england. by this evening eddiejones's side could have a clear route to the title and they have not lost to scotland at twickenham since the 1980s. with god and will, a good wales team, the second—best team the welcome ireland. and that we have the chance to salvage something. we started off well, had a mishap against wales and now we're back in contention. this is the weekend rugby reaches its crescendo. beyond that it could shape the mood for september's world cup. the three coaches in three adopted nations, this year the super saturday has even more at stake. and you can watch live coverage on bbc one from two o'clock this

afternoon. it kicks off at 2:45pm and then it is england against scotla nd and then it is england against scotland at five o'clock with coverage on bbc radio 5 live. lewis hamilton has started his quest for a sixth formula i world championship by claiming pole position for this trailing grand prix on sunday. it was business as usual for him but there was a changing of the order lower down the grid. a new season in formula i with new cars and some new drivers but nothing new up front. once again five times world champion lewis hamilton showed he is the man to beat. the quickest in all of practice and into of the three qualifying sessions. he smashed the track record to claim pole position in melbourne for the sixth year in a row ahead of valtteri bottas, his mercedes team—mate. the only comfort for sebastian vettel in third place is that the massive gap separating them was a similar size last year but they won the race behind them

things are interesting, landowner is showing potential on his debut, giving the current optimism after some difficult years. another rookie, alex alban, also impressed by beating his toro rosso team—mates for the return of robert tibbetts after eight seasons away has been hailed as remarkable. his certainly is not however and it ended up last. -- his is not however and it ended up last. —— his carfor is not however and it ended up last. —— his car for the adele and roger federer will face each other for the first time since 2017 in the semifinals at indian wells after winning their respective quarterfinals. they last played in the final of the shanghai masters. better easing past. no doubt some of his russian opponent. that is all the sport for now. back to you. senior democrats in the us congress

have accused donald trump of defying the constitution after he used a presidential veto for the first time since he came to offfice. mr trump vetoed a resolution from congress which was designed to block his declaration of a state of emergency on the border with mexico. he declared the national emergency last month, to try to secure billions of dollars for building a border wall. president trump said he had a duty to use his veto power in order to protect americans. congress's vote to deny the crisis on the southern border is a vote against reality. it is against reality. it is a tremendous national emergency, it is a tremendous crisis. last month, more than 76,000 illegal migrants arrived at our border. we are on track for1 million illegal aliens to rush our borders. people hate the word invasion but that is what it is. it is an invasion of drugs and criminals and people.

studies show the stress and pain experienced by very premature babies, can go on to cause mental and physical illness later in life. aberdeen maternity hospital is preparing to trial pioneering techniques that could reduce that trauma. our correspondent laura goodwin has been to take a look. twins willow and niamh were born atjust 26 weeks weighing a little over 2le each. for mum zoe the first few months of motherhood in the neonatal ward were bewildering and at times frightening. there has been times i've thought one or two of the girls wasn't coming home. the past couple of weeks is when i have started to feel like a mum because i can go and pick up my own baby. i didn't realise how important that is until you can't do it. now aberdeen neonatal unit are trialling a new approach they hope will minimise the trauma of painful but necessary medical procedures for babies and to show

parents how they can help. you could be that other pair of hands and provide this kind of containment. friends of the neonatal unit raised £27,000 to bring mary cochran, a neonatal expert from boston, to pass on the techniques that she has pioneered. two person care is basically one person is doing the procedure and the other person, their sole job is to make sure the baby is comfortable. the gold standard for the two—person approach is that other person, that comfort person, is the parent or a family member. there's lots of things that happen to these little people and their families that it's just an is thing, right? i mean, they are critically ill, they need the equipment, they need the procedures and stuff. but it's how we manage those experiences that can really reduce their short—term and long—term morbidity or complications as a result. it's the smaller things, the littlest things make the biggest difference. like a parent just talking to their baby whilst having a painful procedure done. we might not have thought about it,

it could be as simple as that. so really the parents being here and comforting their baby has been a huge eye—opener for us. baby ella was born eight weeks early, her mum says empowering parents to help their babies is hugely important. obviously you feel a bit helpless if they are crying and she was in an incubator so there's not much comforting you can do. so anything you can do to help, you want to do it. willow, niamh and ella are all making good progress and will be heading home soon. aberdeen neonatal unit hope adopting these new techniques will position them as a centre of excellence for neonatal care and ensure many more little miracles are given every chance to thrive. laura goodwin, bbc news. last night's big comic relief show has raised more than £63 million. highlights included a special reunion by the cast of four weddings and a funeral. more than £1.3 billion has now been

raised by comic relief since it began in 1985. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba reports. it is the night when some of entertainment‘s biggest stars come together and use comedy to raise money for comic relief. perhaps the most anticipated part of the evening was the short follow—up to four weddings and a funeral. it featured the original cast reuniting 25 years later. mamma mia also got the comic relief treatment. # can you hear the drums fernando? and there was an appearance from the star of tv‘s biggest drama for years, bodyguard. are we there yet, sweetie? there were celebrity performances in the studio and a musical number from the hit new west end version of only fools and horses. as well as appearances from comedy

favourites like alan partridge. everyone coming together like david cameron's big society. before the night even began, huge amounts had already been raised. bbc‘s dan walker was one of a team of celebrities who climbed kilimanjaro for comic relief last month. not to mention the 24—hour danceathon. would you do it again? the money goes towards helping people here in the uk and abroad. since comic relief began over £1.25 billion has been raised. they are delighted that tonight added significantly to that total. goats are known to be curious. they can clamber along narrow mountain ledges inaccessible to humans. but there's no record — as far as we know — of a goat exploring the world by tram, until now. this is belle, the pygmy goat —

she had been missing from her ownerjulie for more than a week, when she was spotted 25