hello. this is bbc news. you're watching the bbc news channel. the headlines: a manhunt is underway police in england and wales after four people were stabbed are being given greater stop and search powers to tackle in a spate of "random" attacks in north london. rising knife crime. a woman and three men theresa may considers her next move were all approached from behind to break the brexit deadlock and knifed in the back as they walked alone following the latest defeat in edmonton over the weekend. of her withdrawal plan. police said each victim appeared to "selected at random" there's been a sharp rise in the number of adults calling for being "alone and vulnerable" a national helpline for the children in the potentially linked attacks. of alcoholic parents, according to figures seen by the bbc two are in a critical condition. a senior government minister says the husband of the jailed british—iranian charity worker theresa may has to look closely let's get more now nazanin zaghari ratcliffe delivers on the story that new stop at pursuing a customs union a giant mother's day card with the eu if parliament and search powers are being given to the iranian embassy in london to police in england votes for that this week. and wales to try and tackle thejustice secretary, david gauke, rising knife crime. the chairman of the official brexit said that it wouldn't be sustainable earlier, i spoke via webcam campaign gisela stuart has for ministers to ignore the view tojohn apter, national chair refused to apologise of the house of commons. of the police federation for breaking electoral law. tomorrow mps will once again of england and wales. last week, the vote leave campaign i asked him if he welcomed this. dropped its appeal against a fine discuss alternatives for electoral spending offences to mrs may's brexit deal — which has now been rejected three times. here's our political stop and search has been with us for during the eu referendum. a long time. there has been some correspondent, jonathan blake. amendments made which will make it easier at a local level but, yes, shame on you!

the government's support of stop and a week of protest at parliament when search of course i welcome because people came to westminster demanding it has been lacking for far too decisions. give us all a final say! long. and do you think it is likely now the latest sport. to make a real difference to knife good afternoon. the government suffered another crime or is it one of the ways that defeat on their weights to make its after manchester city's win knife crime and be tackled?m yesterday, liverpool can move ahead next move. tomorrow mps will try of the champions in the title race again to agree on an alternative to crime or is it one of the ways that knife crime and be tackled? it is if they beat tottenham at anfield one of many ways. stop and search is in what is the second premier league not the panacea of all the problems, match of the day, with chelsea up it is not going to solve everything, against cardiff in the next hour. the prime minister's deal and one cabinet minister has made clear that but it does help and used it's been 29 years since liverpool government must listen. if last won a league title, parliament is voting overwhelmingly proportionately and correctly by officers can be a fantastic tool in they remain unbeaten against leaving the european union at home this season. tottenham saw their title challenge fade after losing three without a deal but is voting in combat against violent crime. i have of their last four league games. heard critics say that police favour of the softer brexit, i don't liverpool managerjurgen klopp officers don't use it properly. we think it is sustainable to say we are now in a place where police will ignore pa rliament‘s officers, the vast majority have concsious spurs could upset theirs. think it is sustainable to say we will ignore parliament's position and leave without a deal, i don't body worn cameras, so everything think that is a sustainable they do is being videoed. they are position. time for reflection, at we expect the strongest tottenham more accountable than any other police force in the world, i would you can expect because we hear church this morning the prime minister knows a customs union with the eu would be a huge shift and a suggest, but stop and search is one anything about any injury problems small part. it is about better youth or whatever. they had a few over the promise broken. it's still her engagement with youth community season but not at the moment so it ambition, we are told, to get her deal through. this week and she will groups, better neighbourhood policing, investment in education, will be a strong side, a world—class it isa policing, investment in education, it is a far broader, but i welcome be weighing up when and if to put it

the government's support of stop and team, and we could see even without toa be weighing up when and if to put it to a third and final vote. too late, search, because i would ask, what is say labour, who want to break the preparing the game, last week, but deadlock with a general election but the alternative? we need to target before that we saw the what would be the promise on another the alternative? we need to target the most violent in society and stop public vote? i don't write to the and search is one way we can do ma nifesto, public vote? i don't write to the manifesto, i'm one vote around the that. as you say, there was a lot of table but it seems inconceivable criticism of stop and search and that if there was a general election consequently the use of it has tomorrow, we hope there will be, fallen in recent years. do you think that a peoples vote would be in that that was a mistake? yes, and let's ma nifesto. that a peoples vote would be in that manifesto. he knows what it is like to fight and lose an election and understand why stop and search reduced over the years. because my today warned that is the last thing his party and the country needs, but colleagues, those dedicated and professional police officers across as another senior conservative said the tories were planning sensibly england and wales were lasted by the current prime minister for using stop and search but now politically and pragmatically, the former prime minister saying his party coming it suits so the support is now together to govern may be the only there. i am it suits so the support is now way out. in the nation and of there. iam not it suits so the support is now there. i am not dismissing the support, it is right that it is decisions being taken, in the supported by government because there are too many young kids are interest of decisions being taken being murdered on our streets, there and ending this chaos, we must have are too many people carrying knives and ending this chaos, we must have a government that has a working with impunity with very little sanction is happening to them, so majority and that's the only reason for a time—limited unity government. thatis sanction is happening to them, so that is why stop and search has parliament and the government have long been divided about the best way dropped, because it was a not

a cce pta ble to deliver brexit. with a new dropped, because it was a not acceptable as far as government and others were concerned for police to deadline looming, pressure is building on the prime minister and use them. but the criticism was that time and her options are running it raised racial tensions, that it out. jonathan blake, and bbc news, was used inappropriately. and that westminster. is where the police need to work far the founder of facebook mark zuckerberg says he wants governments more effectively with local groups to play more of a role in policing internet content. writing in the washington post and local communities. and this is newspaper he said the responsibility is too great for companies like his to tackle alone. on the back of 22,000 fewer police let's speak to our business correspondent rob young. officers, neighbourhood policing be rob, why is he saying this? incurred to the bone, and the only time that many of these young kids, young groups will emerge with police is during an emergency or a stop and facebook has been the subject of a search encounter, so it is no number of parliamentary inquiries, investigations around the world in surprise that tension was there. we recent yea rs. investigations around the world in recent years. and has been on the have got to do more but society receiving end of a barrage of criticism over various issues from needs to understand that without doing stop and search in this way, data privacy scandals to its more kids are going to be getting perceived failure to take down murdered on our streets and there is hateful content quickly enough. so not another credible alternative. do facebook is clearly trying to shape you think the authorities are the path of future legislation for beginning to get their act together internet companies around the world, in looking at knife crime, in and mark zuckerberg has been dealing with knife crime?|j in looking at knife crime, in dealing with knife crime? i think it is certainly being taken more

suggesting common minimum standards seriously by government than it has in areas such as data privacy and been and i would say that the police ensuring the integrity of election service, the police federation and —related material online. he's been saying without such minimum rules others, have been talking about the rise in violent crime for sometime around the world, facebook will a lwa ys around the world, facebook will always make mistakes, take decisions and we have been ignored, accused by that people will disagree with and the prime minister of crying wolf. he says that he agrees with some of the criticism from politicians that but we need to now work together to facebook has too much power. power make sure that we do all we can to over what we can and can't see protect their young kids on our online. with or without this streets who are the subject of this intervention from facebook, new horrific violence. it has got out of hand and we need to deal with it. internet regulation is coming down the track. some critics of the social media giant, this prescription will be not strong the chair of the official brexit enough, some would like to see the company broken up into constituent campaign, gisela stuart, has refused to apologise parts. the government here is going for breaking electoral law. on friday, the vote leave campaign to publish its plan for internet dropped its appeal against a £61,000 rules pretty soon, there have been fine for electoral spending offences calls for a new digital regulator, during the eu referendum. and big fines for internet companies vote leave was fined injuly that break the rules. and also for after the electoral commission said the web giant is to be given a legal it broke legal spending limits duty of care towards their users. it by donating hundreds of thousands could be the case that any new internet rules are far tougher than to pro—brexit youth group beleave

mark zuckerberg has outlined. days before the vote in 2016. earlier, on the andrew marr new stop and search powers programme, gisela stuart are being given to police in england explained the reasons behind and wales to try and tackle dropping the appeal. rising knife crime. the home secretary sajid javid what it shows is that we have been is making it easierfor officers outspent at every stage of this to intervene where they think process. serious violence may occur. but critics say it's before the referendum started intrusive and could increase the government spent 9.4 million on a leaflet. tensions between the police and local communities. our home affairs correspondent, during the campaign, danny shaw reports. money was the question. collectively the remain side another knife off the streets. spent more and going to appeals cost money, too. sorry to interrupt. this 3.5 inch blade was found there is one other point. when a young man was stopped and searched in north london. now police in the seven areas worst if people who now argue for a second referendum, if we had a campaign where we honestly affected by knife crime always tried to be rule compliant, we had will be able to carry out more a searches because the government is relaxing rules brought compliance committee, and every in when theresa may was home other organisation across the board secretary. has been found wanting at some stage. the legislation for a referendum... the whole government agree that the stop—and—search is a vital power. we still of course want it to be you did not try very hard targeted and focused because you overspent to the and intelligence—led, which it will be. tune of £675,000, a massive amount but with these new increased powers, of money which the electoral we all agree, including commission thought was a very the prime minister, this is exactly

serious electoral offence. what is needed to help fight you broke the law, it the rise in serious violence. happened under your watch in this organisation, will under the changes, police will be you apologise to people for that? able to search anyone in areas where they believe serious it was in relation to one particular donation where the electoral violence may occur. commission interpreted the rules police inspectors can approve the powers rather than more senior officers. as acting in concert, police say stop—and—search and we had legal advice acts as a deterrent, which said it was not, so the helping to prevent violence and keep key question is, if anybody wants weapons off the streets, but it's an intrusive tactic a second referendum, the referendum and highly controversial. legislation as it stands and the way too many of my experiences the electoral commission and the and stories i've heard information commission interprets have been very unpleasant them, the law needs rewriting and which leads to building a lot that is something which we also have to face. of tension between police the electoral commission and the young people is trusted by many people. to the point where you have young, at the time of their innocent civilians running away originaljudgment, vote from police just to avoid leave said it was wholly inaccurate being stopped and searched. and contains false accusations that but for the vast bulk of knife do not stand up to scrutiny. searches police conduct, do you stand by that statement? they need reasonable suspicion that someone is carrying a weapon and those powers remain the same. our biggest problem danny shaw, bbc news. in the end was we destroyed all our data so some of the ukraine goes to the polls today evidential basis that people were in the first round of asking for. a presidential election. all i can tell you is that at every

stage, in terms of the the frontrunner is a television comedian, processes, we did our level best volodymyr zelenskiy, to being compliant with the rules. who is expected to beat if they were interpreted the incumbent president, afterwards in petro poroshenko. it's ukraine's first presidential a way which was different from the advice we got election since russia seized part at that time, so be it. of its territory in 2014. the regulators always have the final word. you destroyed the data. the main candidates are all largely pro—european. the electoral commission were upset that you did not cooperate with them here, the government has pledged more clearly at the time. another £200 million do you understand why for councils in england people on the other to improve roads. side of the argument feel that this £50 million will be available to fix referendum was corrupted and cannot be trusted because of the way pot holes the rest being used that vote leave behave? that vote leave behaved? to fund improvements in road repair techniques the electoral commission never sought any evidence from the people in the vote leave campaign. such as developing new, yes, they did. more durable road surfaces. a charity which offers support no, they did not, we to children dealing with parents who have a drink problem says it's offered more evidence. seen a huge increase in the the number of adults if this was based, contacting them about their parents. as people are saying, the national association on a lie, that people did not know for the children of alcoholics said it received more than 28,000 calls what they were voting for, or messages from adults asking that they were somehow unaware for help compared with under six of what this vote was, opinions would have changed. and a half thousands 0pinions have not changed, five years before. they have hardened, the one

the husband of a british—iranian womanjailed in iran thing that we have not done is look has delivered a mother's day card at what remaining in the context of to her on the steps of the iranian the rest of the european embassy in london, as part of his campaign for her release. nazanin zaghari ratcliffe was jailed for five years union would mean. in 2016 on spying charges which she denies. with more here's our there's been a sharp rise correspondent sangita myska. in the number of adults, around 80%, calling a national helpline for the children of alcoholic parents, according to figures seen by the bbc. the department of health said almost three years ago, nazinin it was investing £6 million to tackle the issue. adrian goldberg from five live investigates gave us more details. zaghari—ratcliffe was stopped by iranians police at tehran airport. these figures come from she was about to fly home with her the national association of children of alcoholics. child but was instead arrested. and back in 2013, they tell us that the majority of the calls accused of spying. seen here with that they received seeking help and support from their helpline, the majority of those calls were from children. they did at that time have around her daughter gabriella, just before 6,500 calls a year from being jailed for five years, the adults, anybody over the age of 18. british government and her family have repeatedly called for her that figure has rocketed between release. today, on mother's day, her 2013 and 2018 to the point where last year they had 23,000 calls from people over the age of 18.

husband, who has tirelessly that now makes up around campaigned on behalf of his wife, 81% of their caseload. delivered a card and dozens of a really significant increase in the number of adults flowers to the iranian embassy. it's contacting that helpline a message, this is the third mother's day that nazinin is a way. for support and assistance. this year we are back in front of the iranian embassy, the message is do we know why there has been such a big rise? flowers, it's a soft one. the reason it's very interesting. for flowers is that what prisoners are given when they are release, it around 2015, when you had mother's day and it hopefully that high—profile figures like labour she will be home soon. the foreign mp liam byrne talking as an adult about his experiences, secretaryjeremy she will be home soon. the foreign secretary jeremy hunt was she will be home soon. the foreign having been a child of an alcoholic, secretaryjeremy hunt was in iran late last year to push her release. and finally overcoming he late last year to push her release. h e rece ntly late last year to push her release. what he perceived to be the shame he recently took the unusual step of and stigma, coming forward to talk about that, that has granting nazinin diplomatic prompted other adults to come protection in the hope that iranians would be compelled to release her. forward and say that they too had problems like this as a child yet ao—year—old nazinin remains in with a parent who had jail. separated from her daughter turned to drink. for yet another year. adrian goldberg. that's it. the next news on bbc one earlier, i spoke to is at 5.35 this afternoon. amelia, who grew up until then have a good afternoon. with an alcoholic father. she sought help after his death two years ago.

i was about five when my dad, alcoholism took over, so that was a lot of, you know, drunken pick—ups from school, things like that. if it was really difficult but you grow up and you realise as you get older that that is not normal, it is not 0k. and what were the symptoms of his alcoholism? he used to get pretty angry? very aggressive. a lot of drunkenly passing out. luckily i am the youngest of four. i had older siblings who were able to help me deal with that. it was a lot of really difficult times, and unfortunately, my dad passed away from alcoholism about three years ago now.

how old were you then, and what were your feelings then when he died? i was 21. i was at university. to be perfectly honest, ifelt this massive relief, because when you have an alcoholic parent from a really young age, you are grieving for that person from when they become an alcoholic, you lose your parent anyway. when that person actually dies, i felt this horrible relief, and then a lot of shame associated with feeling that relief as well. at the time, when you were a child and he was still alive and an alcoholic, did you try to talk to people about it, did you try to get help? not really. i had a good family, a good support system. we had our mam and my siblings and a big extended family and we used to talk about it a lot within the family but it was not something i sought help for externally until i became an

adult. do you think that it is important that children who have alcoholic parents do try to get help? definitely. when i was younger, we did not have the internet the way that we do now. we were not aware of those things as much, so charities like the national association for children of alcoholics, the rise of the internet and social media, it brings awareness of those things and means children can contact those places if they need to. that was amelia speaking to me earlier about her alcoholic father who died two years ago. all across the world, famous landmarks have descended into darkness, albeit only for 60 minutes, as part of a global call for action on climate change. earth hour takes place every year and nearly 200 countries and territories take part. tim allman reports. hong kong is renowned for its iconic skyline. but even here they sometimes have

to turn out the lights. victoria harbour suddenly a lot less illuminated than normal. and the fight against climate change was the inspiration. we need to find a balance with this planet. it has finite resources and we believe that there are things that people can do, that cities can do, to help us achieve a sustainable future. earth hour began over ten years ago in australia. so it was no surprise to see sydney taking part. both the city's famous harbour bridge and the opera house cast into darkness. the big switch off always taking place at 8:30 in the evening, local time. dozens of countries, thousands of cities. this is mumbai's main railway terminus. 0r here in moscow. the kremlin, for an hour at least, becoming a place of shadows. in greece, the acropolis,

which long predated electric light, an island of darkness in the centre of athens. and in paris, the eiffel tower celebrating its 130th birthday was briefly extinguished like a candle. so many places, one special hour. but as the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg tweeted, earth hour is every hour of every day. time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. after the clock change overnight, a change in the month and a change in the weather is on its way. 20 celsius may have been achieved yesterday afternoon around the london area but by tuesday and indeed wednesday, most parts of the uk struggling to get to 9 degrees and april showers, and ever changing skies in the forecast. today, not much change through the rest of the day for scotland and northern ireland. a largely sunny day,

fair weather cloud. more cloud across england and wales compared with yesterday, the thickest of which will be towards southern counties through the afternoon, some showers here and there but the vast majority will be dry, good amounts of sunshine compared with earlier in the day. temperatures for many around 8—11dc, but milder across southern counties but that will be tempered by a stronger wind across the south today coming in from an easterly direction and that will eventually blow the cloud that we have across england and wales back towards ireland and eventually the west of scotland overnight. some showers, but it will stop temperatures from dropping too much. clearer skies elswhere will lead to a widespread frost away from city centres, temperatures below freezing in the countryside in many parts as we start tomorrow morning's commute but it will be a dry and sunny commute for many, high pressure in charge but it is on its way out as weather fronts will be gathering towards the north and the west. before they arrive, there will be more cloud in northern ireland and western scotland, showers coming and going, more abundant into the afternoon, the odd heavy one mixed in. the east of scotland will stay dry

for the bulk of the day, some showers later on, a fine day for england and wales. sunshine hazy in the west. with winds lighter than today, it might feel milder once again, but the showers that we have, by the end of the day they will have reached the isle of man and cumbria and the wetter weather will push its way south and east through the night and into tuesday. opening the door to lower pressure and colder air yet again. for tuesday, the midlands, eastern england, a cloudy start, occasional rain. some of the rain will linger across east anglia and the south—east in the afternoon. sunshine for many but it will not take long for the showers to pack aprilshowers, rain, hail, sleet and hill snow, and rumbles of thunder, too, and it will feel colder. temperatures in most areas struggling to get to 9 degrees and we continue the colder theme through the rest of the week, the showers fading a touch by friday. more details available on the website. goodbye for now.