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this is bbc world news, the headlines... new zealand police say the number of people killed in the christrchuch terrorist attack has risen from a9 to 50. the number of injured also stands at 50. this is bbc world news. i'm sharanjit leyl in christchurch. a vigil has been held our top stories... in christchurch to pay tribute to the victims of the mosque attacks. new zealand police confirm church—goers have also been paying their respects at sunday morning services across new zealand. that the number of dead following the attack there have been violent on two mosques has risen. clashes in central paris the number of people who have with over 120 people arrested following another protest died in this awful event from the yellow vest movement. has now risen to 50. police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the protesters remembering the victims, in the french capital. a memorial is held as tributes pour in for those killed in the attacks. a powerful cyclone has swept away bridges and homes in eastern zimbabwe, killing at least 2a i saw that video and the first people, officials say. thing i wanted to see was the look in his eyes. the tropical storm made landfall in mozambique on thursday, i did not see an iota where at least 19 people died. of fear in those eyes. and that made me proud. police believe a single gunman carried out the attack, the prime minister of new zealand at 10pm, kate silverton has pledged to tighten gun laws. will be here with a full round up of the day's news. i'm ben bland in london. first, a special edition also in the programme... of inside out investigates how
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the abuse of hundreds of young men violence on the streets of paris, was kept out of the public eye. with looting, fire and teargas across the french capital on another chris jackson's report contains personal accounts that you may find upsetting. weekend of yellow vest protests. this week saw the end of the biggest historic abuse enquiry in english legal history. we have had exclusive access to the police investigation, which uncovered a regime of terror it's sunday morning in a detention centre in county durham. here in christchurch, tonight, we ask how decades and in the last half hour, of sexual and physical abuse new zealand police commissioner, could go unchecked for so long. has confirmed that the number of dead in in friday's shootings at two mosques in the city has risen to 50. mike bush said extra security will remain in place around all mosques until he is certain there is no further threat. first thing i want to say is that it is with sadness, that i say that the number of people who have died in this awful event has now risen to 50. as of last night, we were able
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to ta ke 50. as of last night, we were able to take all of the victims from both of those scenes. and in doing so, we have located a further victim. so, that brings the number of those who have died to 50. i also want to say that the number of injured has also risen to 50. 36 of them remain that the number of injured has also risen to 50.36 of them remain in hospital, where they are being treated with the utmost care and professionalism by medical staff. to have then do remain critical, and we have then do remain critical, and we have one child being well looked after at the hospital. —— to of them. in terms of those we have spoken about who had been arrested, the 28—year—old male appeared in church yesterday charged with murder and remanded until the 5th of april
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to appear in high court. you'll also know that others were apprehended at recording the operation. and a firearm was seized from. one of the persons, a woman, has been released without charge. the man in that vehicle has been charged with firearm defences. at this point, we do not believe that they were involved in these attacks. some of you will also be aware that another man was arrested, as a result of his investigation. all i can say is that an 18—year—old man will appear in court on monday, but that arrest was tangential to this matter and we do not believe that he was involved in this attack either. i can say and
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you would have seen a media reporting, and that a list of victim names had been shared with family. that list was compiled as a result of the work done with the victims and with senior religious leaders and with senior religious leaders and was done to give some certainty to victim's families. this is not a formal list. and we will be unable to share exact details of the victims until they had been formally identified. that part of the investigation and response has continuing as quickly and professionally as possible, and we will keep you updated. that was new
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zealand police commissioner speaking a short time ago. the people of christchurch have been turning out to show their rejection of the hate that inspired friday's horrific attacks. hywell griffiths has more. weighed down by grief, anger, confusion, christchurch is a city where people are trying to comprehend the impact of a terror attack. some are just holding onto life. waseem and his four—year—old daughter were both shot. he posted this message online from his hospital bed. please pray for myself, for me and my daughter. under tight security, the man accused of the shooting on friday was today brought to court to be charged with murder. ajudge has ruled that brenton tarrant‘s face should not be shown. the 28—year—old wore a prison gown and handcuffs and made a hand
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gesture linked to white supremacism in the dock. the attacks brought chaos to christchurch, it took 36 minutes from the first emergency call for the suspect to be apprehended. naeem rashid was killed alongside his sun, talha, in the al noor mosque. he was seen in a video of the attack apparently trying to tackle the gunman before he was shot. his death was confirmed by the government of pakistan, his home country. there, his brother told the bbc he was a hero. i saw that video and the first thing i wanted to see was the look in his eyes. i did not see one iota of fear in those eyes. and that made me proud. what a brave man he was. as she met some of the families who have lost their loved ones, jacinda ardern pledged to tighten new zealand's gun laws,
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which unlike britain, don't include a ban on owning semiautomatic assault weapons. one of the issues we are facing is that the guns that were used in this case appear to have been modified. that is a challenge that police have been facing and that is a challenge that we will look to address in changing our laws. there is also a more immediate challenge — making this community feel safe and united. after all the fear and violence the city experienced on friday, this is the natural heartfelt response. people wanting to come and stand together, to grieve together and show their solidarity. they want to help those whose lives had been changed forever. we feel the pain that everyone is going through at the moment. this is something that is very different. we do not experience that in new zealand. it has just touched a lot
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of hearts in christchurch, for everyone, especially us. we are immigrants. we came here to make our life. and ifeel for ourfamily and friends who were killed. they were part of it. with families wanting to bury their loved ones, graves are being prepared. imams are travelling from across the country. a city struck eight years ago by a natural disaster is once again having to mourn incalculable loss. hywel griffith, bbc news, christchurch. iam standing i am standing here close to one of the attacks, that way, the streets continue to be closed to the public but i'm also standing here at the closest point to the mosque and floral tributes behind me had grown over the last few hours while we had been here. and while we had been here, we also witnessed something very moving.
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a maori tribe from new zealand's north island came here to the mosque to pay tribute to the victims, and i've been speaking to one of its leaders about the tragic attack. when i entered into here, i told the deceased to wake up, that we are coming to talk to them. we are coming to lay down our sadness and sorrow that we are hearing, as a people and family. we have come here to lay that down and to send them to... and obviously for the maori culture, it's an important part of new zealand's fabric, how has this affected maoris and others who seem to be minorities in new zealand?
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i can only speak from where we come from. it affected us very much. we come for a celebration, however, this has placed a shadow of sadness for us throughout that celebration. and the effect on us, it was quite something. this has never happened in our country's history. we are not a country that experiences a tragic event such as this one. and in terms of solidarity, with the neighbours, how has that struck you? our hearts go out to them, they are our people as well. they are citizens of this nation. for us maori people, we welcome more people. we care for people.
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thank you. that was the leader of the north island tribe who came to show respect and as i mentioned, we had been here for the last few hours on sunday morning, people continue to bring flowers with our children, we saw the elderly all coming here and that pile of flowers and notes in solidarity with many of the muslim neighbours, that continues to grow over the last few hours. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... a murder investigation has begun in italy after the mysterious death of a model who testified against the former prime minister silvio berlusconi in 2012. imane fadil was a regular guest of mr berlusconi at his sex parties.
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reports in the italian media say toxicology tests had shown that ms fadil died after being poisoned with a mix of radioactive substances. sporadic protests are taking place in various parts of algeria after the president postponed next month's presidential elections without setting a new date. massive demonstrations on four successive fridays forced mr bouteflika to abandon his bid for a fifth term in office. protesters are calling on the 82 year old to step down immediately and for the ruling elite to go with him. the western—backed syrian democratic forces are targeting the last foothold of the islamic state group in syria. they say they have killed more than thirtyjihadists in the past 2a hours. the sdf‘s final push on the eastern village of baghouz began on march the first, but was suspended to allow civilian evacuations.
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clashes have broken out in central paris between french security forces and those taking part in this week s gilets jaunes, or "yellow vest", protests. shops have been looted and more than 60 people arrested. the movement has been protesting every saturday for the past four months, against the government s economic policies as well as wider issues such as globalisation. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, has more. central paris came under attack todayjust as it did in the early weeks of this protest. police used tear gas and water cannons to push back protesters among who the interior minister said were one and a half thousand professional thugs. security forces called on peaceful demonstrators to leave the capital as kiosks were set alight and shops, symbols of france's wealth, were smashed.
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the world —famous restaurant, fouquet‘s, was left ransacked. as the protest spread to nearby streets, 60 firefighters were called to tackle a blaze at a bank, a mother and her child were rescued from the apartment above. despite overtures by president macron and the transformation of some protest leaders into electoral candidates, some of this movement's original anger remains. translation: as a gilets jaunes, i'm not calling on emmanuel macron to resign. not at all. that is not the case for everyone, but it is for me. i'd like him to put in place a republic with more fiscaljustice, more social justice, it seems he's arrogant, he does not like people, he despises them. translation: france is a rich country and that wealth should be shared with those who have less and less. unfortunately, the political decision, we won't stop saying that, and unfortunately the politicians
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who are now in power are making a situation worse and are not working for us. this was seen by some as a crucial day in their four—month protest, marking the end of a national debate, launched by the government to address the concerns. protest leaders have caught this show of force an ultimatum, but there are those who hope it marks the last eruption of a movement whose momentum is fading. they're watching bbc news, stay with us they're watching bbc news, stay with us including the very latest from christchurch. today, we have closed apartheid.
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more than 3000 subway passengers affected, nausea and heading —— headaches. all of this caused by an organised attack. the trophy itself is on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here, this was an international trophy and we understand now the search for it has become an international search. above all, this is a triumph for the democrats of the west offering reunification as quickly as possible and that's what the voters want. this is bbc world news today.
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the latest headlines new zealand police say the number of people killed in the christrchuch terrorist attack has risen from 49 to 50. the number of injured also stands at 50. let's bring you some live pictures now from christchurch, where a service is taking place for the victims of the mosque attack at the city's transitional cathedral. that service happening at that transitional cathedral, let's have a little listen. back cathedral of christ was built asa back cathedral of christ was built as a temporary structure, that
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original is damaged by an earthquake that struck christchurch years ago, so people are gathering to reflect on the attacks that happened on friday. let's speak to... bawa jain is the secretary—general of the world council of religious leaders. he's also president of the centre for responsible leadership, which works closely with the muslim league on addressing religious intolerance. hejoins me now from new york. how important is it that we cds expressions of solidarity across different religions at a moment like this? it's extremely important, in fa ct, this? it's extremely important, in fact, people of all religions and civilization and creed strongly condemn such a terrible attack is heinous attack if a crime against humanity, not just some. heinous attack if a crime against humanity, notjust some. and what role do religious leaders have in
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first, comforting those who had been caught up in this, but also trying to stop anything like this happening ain? to stop anything like this happening again? first of all, i think as an pittsburgh and al-qaeda and isis attacks, this is an abomination and needs to be condemned and the strongest terms and what we need as many people of faith to work together to bring in and replace hatred with education and understanding and tolerance and ultimately we must learn to love each other, not go and kill each other. the difficulty is how you achieve that, because some will say it's down to the authorities and governments and leaders to do that and others will say actually it's down to individuals within communities. i worked closely with the doctor and he said this very well, these are instances when
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communities must come together, people of not just communities must come together, people of notjust religion but leaders from all across different sectors whether business or religion or civilization, what we need is the extraordinary leadership at this moment, and one had the responsibilities of that is to build confidence in the communities and don't let these kind of acts divide us, rather just create don't let these kind of acts divide us, ratherjust create solidarity and reject intolerance and embrace tolerance. what sort of things does your organisation do to help within this sphere. when of the keep things as we are launching something which is inaugural responsible leaders summit on the 1st of may at the un, the incident and new zealand makes this more important, and what we would do is bring together leaders from all sectors, and we are going to come up with actionable solutions to come up with actionable solutions to the world's most pressing
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challenges. we ask your help to reach out to communities especially, that this is the time for solidarity. do not fall victim to such acts and call them for what they are, this was terror. inc. you very much. let's get all the sport now, he tonya. to the english fa cup when manchester city had to come from behind to beat swansea 3— to in the quarterfinals. sergio saved the day, third goal coming from the 88th minute, at that after they went to close out before half—time, the goals from silva means quadruple is still on for city. it's a special, all of this, how many teens started, you know, this competition and we are in the semifinals, it's incredible, at winning this
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especially the one side when they play so that. elsewhere, wofford liked to— one winners on the score sheet putting them into the scoresheet. it's well into second half right now and they had scored, so they one mail app. just a fight at premier league matches this weekend because of the fa cup, all three games today saw late, and when a match we had at the london stadium. (heading for defeat against huddersfield, to goals saw them when 4—3 and a red against huddersfield, to goals saw them when a—3 and a red 3— against huddersfield, to goals saw them when 4—3 and a red 3— when the first time they'd scored three this season. they are now 16 points off its safety. elsewhere in the primarily, 94th minute goalfrom richie, they salvage a point away at barnett and lester played most of the match with coming out with a to win that off in the fourth minute,
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dare to points above relegation zone. changes today to the starting line—up at royalton madrid, they both scored to do, winning the start to the new tenure as madrid. wales isa to the new tenure as madrid. wales is a six nation grand slam champion for fourth is a six nation grand slam champion forfourth time, is a six nation grand slam champion for fourth time, they completely outplayed island in cardiff and that the only scored one try, day 125—7. parks went over for an early scoring no looking back after that, utterly dominantand no looking back after that, utterly dominant and led 25 now when they went over for dominant and led 25 now when they went overfor a dominant and led 25 now when they went over for a consolation try with the added time, it's there for six nation title that first since 2013. i'm very proud, it's not about me it's about the players, respect before hand about been playing for themselves and families and this cloud and wales as a whole, being able to create history, so can't
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ta ke able to create history, so can't take that away from them now, i thought it was fantastic performance today, we don't look too tired, daily? and the other games today, dramatic match as england and scotla nd dramatic match as england and scotland through 38 after they got 31 male and italy finished with the wooden spoon for a fourth year in a row after losing to france and rome. the opening grand prix and formula 1 seasonis the opening grand prix and formula 1 season is hours away, but it looks like same old story ahead of the australian grand prix and that's because that will champion lewis hamilton picked up where he left off dominating the sport he broke the track and qualified as the king —— and melbourne for the six year in a row, looking sun attends off in third place. roth found the doll is forced to withdraw from his semifinal with roger federer, he
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received treatment during the quarter final win received treatment during the quarterfinal win and received treatment during the quarter final win and he looks downcast despite his victory and he wa nted downcast despite his victory and he wanted he may not be fit to play says federer who won the last eight tie gets a walk over to be final. it's still one mail between nine yea rs, it's still one mail between nine years, that's it for now, i see you later in the evening. thank you very much tonya. let's bring you some live pictures now from christchurch, where a service is taking place for the victims of the mosque attack at the city's transitional cathedral. of course, floral tributes as we saw earlier had been growing in numbers, people paying tribute to those caught in the attack within the last hour we heard also from the police chief the number of a bad it now stands at 50, and 50 others also injured. you been watching bbc world news today, see you soon.
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good evening, it's been a very stormy day of weather, we had heavy rain and gals as well as ice and he'll smell as well this is the picture in the isle of wight taken bya picture in the isle of wight taken by a weather watcher, we had strong winds at 60 mph, it's all gone to the area of blood pressure you can see on the satellite image of his own and cried pushing its way slowly east its brought torrential rain across parts of northern and western england and wales as well as well as gusty winds. likely to see deception with the remainder of the evening and overnight at the determination of heavy rain and flooding problems snow and ice on the higher ground in the north and strong gusty winds as well. taking a look at the remainder of the evening starting at —— x scotland, hills now uses away gradually towards the east, but
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still wintry showers continuing the evening, happy as well rolling into northern ireland with hail and thunder possible. further south at the evening will push of the evening will push its way slowly east across central and eastern parts of england, further heavy showers packing and across wales and northwest england as well exacerbating flooding issues we see for a time here. the evening will push its way slowly east across central and eastern parts of england, further heavy showers packing and across wales and northwest england as well exacerbating flooding issues we see for a time here. a gust of wind are 40 for a time here. a gust of wind are a0 even 60 mph in the next to ours, but eventually strongest of the wind ease in way through the question tonight. ifeel ease in way through the question tonight. i feel the pressure ease in way through the question tonight. ifeel the pressure places east we lose heavy rain and strong wind but still brandy and brisk wind across scotland with wintry showers ever higher ground here and for a price of northern ireland in england, temperatures are close to freezing or below we expect icy stretches first thing tomorrow and any untreated surfaces chilly start sunday morning. we today signed the pressure sits up to the north and we
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see when it rotating around coming from a chilly direction and it won't be quite dramatic whether i signed a comparative today, but still scattered wintry showers and scotla nd scattered wintry showers and scotland and northern england and i signed a comparative today, but still scattered wintry showers and scotla nd still scattered wintry showers and scotland and northern england and ireland to do, further south there, showers are few and far between sunny south southeast at temperatures around 10 degrees but looking at single figures from many areas for the night and it'll feel chilly when you add that when you add that wind chill as well but it does look like high pressure should bring dry and less weather into next week, goodbye for now.
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