this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm... a report into last month's ethiopian airlines crash finds that the pilots we re airlines crash finds that the pilots were not to brain that might blame. billing say they are working hard to resolve a ny billing say they are working hard to resolve any issues. and together we will do anything possible to earn and reentering the trust and confidence from our customers and flying public in the weeks and months ahead. chancellor merkel and dublin, saying she will make every effort to avoid a no—deal brexit. brayden‘s and players have until midnight to report details of the gender pay gap and it is already clear that when they're being paid substantially clear that when they're being paid su bsta ntially less clear that when they're being paid substantially less than men. the massive look dominant growth of the

british gaming industry and at 11:30 p:m., we will take a look at the paper is with our guests. stay with us paper is with our guests. stay with us for that. good evening. the pilots of the ethiopian airlines flight which crashed last month, killing all 157 people on board, followed all the procedures recommended by the plane's manufacturers. that's the conclusion of a preliminary report by ethiopian investigators. the country's transport minister described how the boeing 737 max repeatedly nosedived, despite the pilots' best efforts. the plane's anti—stall software is at the centre of an investigation into a fatal 737 max crash in indonesia last year. boeing says it'll review the report and take all necessary steps

to enhance aircraft safety. here's our transport correspondent tom burridge. just seconds after take—off and this ethiopian airlines plane was repeatedly nosediving towards the ground. the pilots wrestled to pull up but an automatic anti—stall mechanism on the new boeing 737 max 8 was pushing the plane down. investigators say the crew followed a procedure outlined by boeing, but it didn't work. it then plunged 13,000 feet in 32 seconds. the crew performed all the procedures, repeatedly provided by the manufacturer, but was not able to control the aircraft. on board, 157 people. these are just some of the victims. but five months earlier another 737 max 8 crashed off indonesia in a similar way, killing 189 people.

it is the latest version of the very popular 737. new heavier engines make it much more fuel efficient but in flight their weight and position force of the plane's nose up a bit. if the angle of flight becomes too high, a plane can stall and crash, so boeing designed a computer system on the max called mcas, which automatically pushes the nose down. before the max was grounded that system relied on just one of two sensors at the front of the aircraft, which calculate the angle at which the plane is flying. but in both crashes the data from that sensor was incorrect. so as we've shown up here, the computer system thought the plane was at a high angle of attack, when in fact it wasn't. look at what happens when the system kicks in. it was designed to do that, but instead, it wrongly caused the plane to nosedive. unaware of what was happening the pilots pulled up. the system was designed

to reactivate again and again and within minutes they lost control. she had leadership written all over her. she had compassion in an intellectually rigorous way. everybody loved her. ralph nader's great—niece was on the ethiopian airlines flight. famous for battling and beating big multinationals over safety, a man who ran for the us presidency now plans to take boeing to court. usually airlines and aircraft manufacturers get with a quick settlement, a little bit of a public relations problem. my message to boeing is don't think this is going to happen again. you can see the aircraft is now in quite a steep dive. that's the effect of mcas. captain chris brady has 18 years of experience flying 737s. that's the stall warning saying the aircraft is about to stall. he says so many issues now need to be reviewed. the level of automation

of the aircraft, the behind systems, the risk analysis processes gone throughout boeing, the oversight by the regulator, the conversion training, the level of training generally come with a manual flying skills of the crews, the knowledge of these switches. all of it needs to be reviewed in the light of these accidents. changes are being made to the max. 0n—board a recent test flight boeing's chief executive. tonight in a carefully scripted video message a recognition that the aircraft had malfunctioned. it promised a modified max would be among the safest planes have a fly. we know every person who steps aboard one of our aeroplanes places their trust in us. together we'll do everything possible to earn and re—earn that trust and confidence from oui’ customers and the flying public in the weeks and months ahead. but for now, hundreds are grounded, thousands of orders on hold, and multiple investigations will look at how the plane was signed off as safe to fly.

tom burridge, bbc news. earlier, our north america correspondent nick bryant gave us more details on boeing's reaction to the preliminary report. tonight they are continuing to work on defects and that includes updated softwa re on defects and that includes updated software and new guidelines for the pilots and crucially and includes the addition of a new sensor to guard against erroneous data. and the video statement, the boeing ceo said it is our responsibility to eliminate this risk, we own it and we know how to fix it. i think the confidence was reflected on wall street tonight where the share price actually ended almost 3% up. the expectation there is that the grounded fleet would soon be allowed to fly again and i think the expectation is shared here as well. the time frame they had been mine is about three weeks now work on

defects began after the plane went down off indonesia and it begs questions of why urgency was not attached to the project and and granted it was not grounded and why we re granted it was not grounded and why were pilots not given specific warnings. it is notjust boeing under investigation, it is the air regulator as well. they streamlined the certification process, were safety sta nda rds the certification process, were safety standards compromised as a result? earlier, david learmount from the flight international magazine told me the process behind the installation of the automatic correcting technology was not thorough. there are two preliminary reports, as your previous reportjust said. and they both say things which are very similar. so, everything is pointing to this modification, a control system, automated control

system which boeing plate uniquely and this particular 737 max, which is the fourth variant of the long history since 1968 of the 737 series. nothing like this has happened to that series before. it is quite a shock. how significant do you think these preliminary reports are going to be in terms of what happens next? they are immensely significant. this is... it is quite shocking actually what is emerging from these accidents. i think the faa, the federal aviation administration in the united states has a lot to answer for and boeing does as well. basically this aeroplane had that they made quite a few changes to improve it and in

many ways it was improved, and terms of efficiency it was improved greatly but they change the handling characteristics of the aeroplane and this is why boeing put in this automatic correction facility. so that it would handle a bit like the others that the only trouble is, they really... they did not design it to be fail—safe. sale it has failed dangerous and as far as we know now, twice, and it has killed people in the process. boeing and the fea day at aa took a risk and they did not think something like this would happen and that is because as he report suggested, the process was not thorough. from the magazine for international talking to me earlier. german chancellor angela merkel has been in dublin today for talks with the irish prime minister leo varadkar about the brexit deadlock. mrs merkel said she would do

all she could to avoid a no—deal brexit while mr varadkar said that any request by mrs may for another delay would have to be made for credible reasons. our ireland correspondent emma vardy has the latest. through ireland's green fields, a key eu leader arrives. angela merkel‘s visit comes amid warnings the possibility of the uk leaving without any deal has increased. and there's growing speculation over whether ireland could be asked to budge. translation: we are more than aware of the fact that what is at stake, and what has to be solved, in particularly as regards ireland, what will be essential, what we need to do, what sort of assurances we have to give. and ireland, so exposed to the effects of brexit, needs the eu's backing. whatever challenges we face, whether it's protecting the good friday agreement or maintaining the integrity of the single market, we'll approach those as shared challenges.

there won't be anyone trying to force anything on anyone else. it's going to be very much a shared challenge on a european challenge and one that we are up to. officials have been keen to portray this visit as a show of support, not a sign that ireland is under pressure, but germany and other eu countries too will want concrete answers $0011 over how the irish border — the eu's new frontier — is going to work. food producers are looking at what's on the brexit horizon for the goods they sell. and this week, uk potato firms were told they could no longer export to the eu if there's no deal. new eu approval would be needed once we're outside the club. sleepless nights, er, wondering, what are we going to do? contingency plans, we've some in place. but potentially, what could happen is, we would have to downsize the business. border communities have been

gathering in recent days to mark their growing frustration and fear. ireland hasn't revealed how checks will be carried out while keeping an open border, the foundation of this island's relatively recent peace. i vividly remember what it was like. and i say, as a young fella, we would have spent most of our sundays filling in these roads that i'm talking about. the roads would be blown up. these people have genuine fears about this border reappearing again. one solution suggested by some as a customs union. that would mean no customs checks on goods crossing the border, but they'd still need to be standards checks to meet eu rules, and a customs union could mean no new trade deals could be struck by britain. thousands of potatoes from the uk are sent to ireland every week. i think we are all worn out with it because it's just, it's the chopping and changing.

nobody has a clue. without a deal the eu has warned potatoes are just one of a number of british exports that could be disrupted overnight. emma vardy, bbc news, dublin. the bbc understands the european council president, donald tusk is proposing to offer the uk a flexible brexit extension at next week's eu summit. our europe editor, katya adler gave us this update. i spoke to a high level official who said the current thinking now of donald tusk, the president and the european council, i had at the eu leaders brexit summit next wednesday is to offer the prime minister what he is calling a flex extension, a longer extension giving the uk the flexibility to come out of that as $0011 flexibility to come out of that as 50011 as flexibility to come out of that as soon as parliament has passed and ratified a deal.

dramatic moments in the house of commons this week but what happened todayis commons this week but what happened today is unusual even by those standards. listen to this. and mps were forced to suspend their sitting after water began flooding into the chamber from a leak in the roof. there's no news yet on when the chamber is due to re—open. the uk's biggest employers have until midnight tonight to report details of their gender pay gap — the difference between what they pay their male and female staff. and already with most of the data submitted, it's clear that women are still being paid substantially less than men. in fact, bbc analysis has revealed that more than half of the employers have failed to narrow the gap at all over the past year. here's our economics correspondent dharshini david. revealing gender pay gaps was meant to start a conversation about women's progression in the workplace. all big employers will have to file by midnight tonight. so far, more than 90% have done so, with an average pay gap of 9.7% — unchanged on last year. so, has it made any difference?

some of the worst offenders are here in the city. barclays investment bank, rbs, which is partly state—owned, they've got pay gaps of about a0%. that gap is measured by looking at all the salaries in a company and comparing that of the man in the middle with that of the woman in the middle. in some, such as easyjet, the gap is getting bigger, but there could be a good reason if, for example, it's recruiting more female pilots at entry level. but the pay gap really opens up when women have children. 74% of mothers return to work. but a recent survey found that one in three employers believe that they‘ re less interested in career progression. so, companies need to do more, be it tackling unconscious bias, parental leave or even flexible working. some say the government needs to get tougher.

notjust naming and shaming, but actually penalising companies that don't improve. there is no quick fix. but, over the course of their careers, the average woman will earn about £250,000 less than the average man. the stakes are high. our economics correspondent there. time for a look at the headlines here on bbc news. a report into last month's ethiopian airlines crash which killed 157 people finds bp highlights were not to blame. angela merkel and dublin talking brexit and think she will make every effort to avoid a no—deal brexit. the biggest employers in britain have until midnight to report details of the gender pay gap but it is already clear that women are being paid substantially clear that women are being paid su bsta ntially less clear that women are being paid substantially less than men. a man has appeared in court in new

zealand and connection with the mosque terror attacks in christchurch. brenton tarrant faces 50 counts of murder and 39 of attempted murder. he appeared via video link. the judge ordered that two reports be carried out to assess brenton tarrant‘s mental health. he is due to appear in court again on june the 14th. local media reports say it happened outside vienna just before midday when the lorry crossed a railway line. the crash caused the front car of the train to derail and land on the truck. the driver was trapped in his cab, but later freed by a rescue crew. the opposition in sudan has called for big demonstrations this weekend to remove the government of president omar al bashir. he's ruled the african nation since taking power in a military coup 30 years ago. dozens have been killed and thousands have been detained in protests which began after bread prices rose sharply earlier this year. many of those at the forefront

are young women fighting to create a new society as our africa editor fergal keane reports. the women of al—ahfad university, facing the regime's police. the men with guns drive past repeatedly. but the women stand firm. and that kind of courage is everywhere these days. assil diab is a celebrated sudanese artist. but she's using her talent to protest, painting the faces of the detained on the walls of khartoum. translation: this art reaches many people, whether they're walking or driving. all of them look. they can see the character, and if they don't know who it is, they ask, so people keep talking about it. women have faced severe repression under the regime's version of islamic law. now as many as two thirds

of demonstrators are female. this woman, hurling tear gas back at the police. for others, like wifag qureshi, who started as a student activist six years ago, the aim isn'tjust to remove the regime but the entire politics of patriarchy. translation: there are certain ideas that we need to fix, like that girls should stay at home while men protect and provide for them. or that men should go out on the streets, but we should not. this was one of the things i protested for, and i think it is changing a lot now. the road to change was opened by economic crisis. after 30 years in power, the bashir regime has failed to deliverjobs or prosperity. and soaring inflation alienated the middle classes, whose children took to the streets. the economic situation is so bad that even people from the middle class, even affluent families, found it

hard to maintain their daily bread. and so when they reach that level of desperation, they became equal with the poor and the working classes, and had nothing to lose. with bashir still firmly in control of the security forces, it doesn't look as if the new sudan will be born anytime soon. but what is significant is that the experience of brutality, of witnessing what is happening to others, has traumatised, but also deepened the determination of the protesters. translation: this is something truly sad. if you don't believe truly in what you do, it is hard to go on. if you don't believe, then you will feel it is ok to just stand by and watch them beat people. when you see a man is being beaten, i don't think you would cross your arms and just watch. whether or not they remove the regime soon, the women of sudan

have already achieved fundamental change — in how their society sees them, in how they see themselves. fergal keane, bbc news. the world price richest and his wife have agreed a record—breaking divorce settlement come at least $35 billion. the couple, who have four children, had been together since before mr bezos set up the online retail giant, amazon, “119911. mackenzie will retain a four percent stake in amazon but will give up her interests in the washington post newspaper and space firm blue origin. it's the most prestigious night of the year for the british gaming industry which according to the trade body is now worth a record £5.7 billion. the industry has become more lucrative than movies and music combined. bbc newsbeat‘s steffan powell was at the bafta game awards tonight and sent this report. good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the british academy games awards.

tonight's a chance for the uk gaming industry to get together and celebrate the successes of the last 12 months. since the 1980s, the uk has made some of the world's most successful games, and recent tax breaks for companies here have helped the sector grow rapidly, with mass appeal to people of all ages and backgrounds. but in order to keep that momentum up, there are a number of issues that the gaming world must address. from addiction to gambling, and concerns over representation of race and gender — something one of the nominees for best performer is worried about. when news first came out about how you can now choose, and i saw the enthusiasm by the players and the fans, i thought, wow, this is really interesting. i never thought this would resonate this much. so that absolute freedom that they have, and the excitement that they had because of it, it was absolutely wonderful. the games market grew 10% in 2018, compared to the previous year.

and the vast majority of that growth is down to software sales, the games themselves. they're largely responsible for this industry overtaking music and movies, in terms of economic clout. whatever has happened in the industry within britain, we've always found there's always been a constant of talented people wanting to do new things to innovate and create great games. and that remains the case. god of war. as for the awards themselves, god of war was the biggest winner on the night, taking home five golden masks. it's a game that sees its main character mature from his more brash younger self. a fitting metaphor for the gaming industry as a whole. steffan powell, bbc news. now it's not every day that a vincent van gogh masterpiece and a van halen guitar are featured in the same place but you can currently find both at new york's metropolitan museum of art. next week the exhibit play it loud will open to the public and rock and roll fans can't wait to get a look.

the display brings together rarely seen guitars and instruments from more than 80 renowned musicians such as bob dylan, elvis presley and the beatles. our north america reporter, nada tawfik, got a behind the scenes look and even ran into a special guest. the quiet galleries of the met are filled with precious masterpieces from the world's greatest sculptors and painters. but the volume has been turned up to showcase a very different artistic movement, rock and roll. music. the exhibition play it loud lets music lovers get up close to the instruments of legends, fromjimi hendrix to bob dylan. this is the first major art exhibition dedicated to the instruments of rock and roll. there are more than 100 pieces and some are on loan from the greats themselves.

jimmy page from the british rock band led zeppelin lent several of his prized possessions, like this double necked guitar and stage outfit used in stage performance of the hit song stairway to heaven. music. he said when the met approached him with the idea, he loved it. it was said that you come through the greco roman statues to the gallery and the first thing you see is chuck berry's guitar. i said, the blonde guitar? they said, yes. i said, what exactly would you like? just tell me what you want. absolutely. ijust really wanted to help the thing along as best as i could. the electric guitar is synonymous with rock and roll. this one was used by chuck berry to record johnny b goode and each so—called guitar god had their own style. this one, for example, is a great piece. this is called frankenstein and it was built and decorated by eddie van halen, one of the great

70s and 80s guitarist. you can see these are cigarette burns. he put his cigarette in there while he was playing. and then of course this decoration, spray paint and tape and cutting it away, creating this visual motif that was highly copied, certainly in the 80s when i was growing up. a few of the items you have are actually from the beatles, right? yeah, and i think one of the most iconic things probably in the whole show is this beautiful black oyster pearl drum set that was used by ringo starr. in fact, this was the first american ludwig — you can see the name up there — drum set that he owned. after people saw him play, everyone wanted a drum set that looked exactly the same way with that exact decoration. # and has been a hard day's night. and each one of these rock relics tells a story, as does the exhibition itself. a movement built on rebellion is now being revered at the heart of the artistic establishment.

now it's time for the weather with helen willetts. hello there, and welcome to a look at the weather for the weekend had. it has felt a little more like winter in the recent days and with better showers and laid me as we saw earlier in the day and things are going to gradually quiet down. this is the area of low pressure responsible for the heavy showers, hail, thunder, snow and that starts to pull out towards the southwest of the uk self friday looks for some dryer and notably across the north of scotla nd dryer and notably across the north of scotland as the weather front pulls away, fewer showers and with oui’ pulls away, fewer showers and with our low pulls away, fewer showers and with our low pressure pulls away, fewer showers and with our low pressure lingering, close to northern ireland, western parts of england and wales, here i think we will see further lengthy spells of mostly rain now but we shifted the wind direction from the south but it is going to feel quite cold still with gusty winds but for many temperatures will be a little higher

through the day on friday. that creeping up the temperature is continues and that low pressure is close to les on the southwest but now we have easterly winds to contend with through the weekend and this week weather front which will produce a little bit of cloud, notably for the north sea coast on saturday. drizzly rain as well, and western areas, our favourites for good spells of sunshine so much dryer and still be low pressure is close to the south and west so it is a lwa ys close to the south and west so it is always the risk of more rain here. given the breeze off the north sea, right on the coast but generally speaking temperatures are rising through friday and into the weekend. it may well intensify the salary rain come sunday and some showers need to develop ahead of it because we are starting to pick up the heat in the april sunshine as well and probably a little bit more cloud with a few showers dotted around.

lots of dry and bright weather particularly towards the last. the low pressure still very close by and high—pressure starting to dominate from the north and what that will include is the change in wind direction and the change to northeasterly and while we are seeing a rise in temperature to the next three days and here it is, evident temperatures into the teens and probably little bit above average and if we pick up that northeasterly at the high start and also pulls in with it some colder airagain so also pulls in with it some colder air again so although it is getting mild there, not potentially very warm but certainly mild there over the weekend, the next week we'll have lost that he potentially and we will start to pick up night—time frost again but the big question is how much cloud you will see sitting under the area of high pressure. it looks and dryer with drizzly rain is supposed to the half the april showers we have seen this week. because of pulling in the northeasterly when, a little bit of

sunshine but it will feel chillier as well and the risk of low pressure being close to the south may come a little further north and that is being mfa? really and there is some disagreement on the computer but most of us, it will turn a little chillier again next week and it is promising to be largely dry and reasonably bright which is good news if many are starting on the easter break as well. it looks as if the weekend will see a reduction in the heavy showers and dryer, slightly warmerair heavy showers and dryer, slightly warmer air returns again and as a lwa ys warmer air returns again and as always there is more on the website.