this is bbc news. the headlines: the man accused of a mass shooting at two mosques in new zealand last month has been ordered to undergo psychiatric testing by a judge to determine if he is hello. fit to stand trial. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america brenton tarrant is accused of and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: murdering 50 people. boeing says it will take all necessary steps to make its aircraft the man accused of the mass killings at two mosques in new zealand has safe after a preliminary investigation into the ethiopian appeared in court. airlines crash. he's been ordered to undergo psychiatric tests. boeing says it will take all necessary steps to make its aircraft safe, after a preliminary investigation into the ethiopian airlines crash. the leaders of ireland and germany as anti—government protests continue in sudan, we meet some of the women say they are determined to avoid at the forefront, who are fighting for a different future. a no—deal brexit, and ireland's prime minister says the uk needs a credible plan. and renewed fears for chancellor angela merkel and leo australia's great barrier reef. experts say the number of baby coral has plunged dramatically varadkar have due to bleaching. chancellor angela merkel and leo va radkar have been chancellor angela merkel and leo varadkar have been holding talks in ireland.

hello. the man accused of a mass shooting at two mosques in new zealand has appeared in court in christchurch to face dozens of new charges. brenton tarrant, a 28—year—old australian national, is accused of the murders of 50 people and 39 attempted murders. he's been ordered to undergo psychiatric tests. hywel griffith is in sydney with more. yeah, well, he appeared via video link. he's actually being held in auckland in a high security prison. this was a pretty brief, routine hearing. one of the main purposes was for him to be formally charged with all of those murders, a total now of 50 murders and another 39 attempted murder charges.

no plea was entered, however, as you said, thejudge ordered that first of all, he should undertake routine psychiatric tests, in order to establish whether or not he is mentally fit to plead and therefore for any potential trial to take place further on. now, he was in auckland, but within the court in christchurch, there were many of the victims and the relatives of the deceased as well, who wanted to see with their own eyes this man, albeit appearing via a video screen and we understand that some of those people were hugging as they went in and afterwards, they went to be briefed by police officers as to the state of the investigation and what to expect next. hywel, in australia there has been a separate but related legal development regarding extremist material, explain that to us. yeah, many people would be aware that the shootings were actually streamed live online and subsequently were

shared, we're told, over1 million times, being published and republished again on different social media sites. the government here has reacted by introducing a new law, which will effectively threaten the bosses of companies such as facebook and youtube with imprisonment and massive fines unless they take the material down expeditiously, in the event of an abhorrent attack or a potential terror attack ora rape and murder that is captured and streamed or posted online. now, it would be up to a jury and any potential court case to decide how quickly is soon enough to take it down, but it is being seen as a measure to try and counteract extremist material being put online, albeit that it's being criticised notjust by some of the companies and the representatives but by the law society here in australia, that says it would actually stop whistleblowers showing that this material existed and put those people at risk of being on the wrong side of the law. so it is a contentious legal

measure, but something that comes in the wake of the christchurch terror attacks and a way to try and deal with this problem, particularly with hate speech and extremist material shared online. let's get some of the day's other news now. the united states and its allies say they are deeply concerned about fighting in libya. the us, france, britain, italy and the uae said the clashes were hindering the prospects for un mediation. president trump has backed down from his threats to close the border with mexico this week, saying he would give it a year to take action on immigration and drug trafficking. republicans have warned that closing the border would have devastating consequences for the us economy. a big forest fire in a mountainous pa rt a big forest fire in a mountainous part of south korea has killed at least one person and destroyed more than 100 houses. several hundred people have been moved from their homes. president moonjae—in has

told officials to liaise with north korea in case the fire spreads gci’oss korea in case the fire spreads across the border. and the united states has revoked the entry visa for for a prosecutor of the international criminal court. fatou bensouda has been investigating allegations of war crimes by us forces and their allies in afghanistan. ms bensouda's office insisted she would continue to do her duties, without fear or favour. boeing has admitted that an anti—stall system was activated by mistake on board two of its 737 max 8 aircraft before they crashed, killing nearly 350 people. the company's chief executive and chairman said a software update to address the problem would be ready within weeks. hundreds of the aircraft have been grounded around the world. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has the details. 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. 0nboa rd, 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. the max 8 is boeing's latest version of its very popular 737. new heavier engines make it much more fuel efficient but in flight, their weight

and position force the plane's nose upa bit. if the angle of flight becomes too high, then 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. but the system was designed to reactivate again and again, and within minutes, they'd lost control. you can see that the aircraft is now in quite a steep dive. now that's the effect of mcas. captain chris brady has 18 years

of experience flying 737s. that's the stall warning, to tell you the aircraft's about to stall. he says so many issues now need to be reviewed. the level of automation of the aircraft, the behind the scenes systems, the risk analysis processes gone through at boeing, the oversight by the regulator, the conversion training, the level of training generally, the manual flying skills of the crews, the knowledge of these switches — all of it needs to be reviewed in light of these accidents. changes are being made to the max. 0nboard a recent test flight, boeing's chief executive. tonight, in a carefully scripted video message, a recognition that the aircraft had malfunctioned. he promised a modified max would be among the safest planes have a fly. —— ever to 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 correspondence was that boeing's headquarters outside washington and discussed how the aircraft manufacturer hope to resolve safety issues around the manufacturing of the boeing 737 max eight. we know that that fix includes updated software, we know it includes new guidelines for the pilots and crucially, it includes the addition of a new sensor to guard against erroneous data. in that video statement, the boeing ceo said it is our responsibility to eliminate this risk, we own it and we know how to fix it, and i think that confidence was reflected on wall street tonight, where boeing's share price actually ended almost 3%

up. the expectation there is that this grounded fleet will soon be able to fly again, i think that expectation is shared here too. a spokesman telling early at the timeframe they have in mind is about two weeks. now, work on this fix actually began after the plane went down of indonesia, which begs the obvious questions, i wasn't more urgency attack —— attached to the project then? why weren't pilots given more specific warnings? and it is not just boeing given more specific warnings? and it is notjust boeing that is under investigation, it is the air regulator as well. boeing once congratulated the federal aviation authority for streamlining the process , authority for streamlining the process, with safety standards compromised as a result. eu officials say they're still working with ireland's government on how to handle the irish border in the event of a no deal brexit. at talks in dublin, the leaders of ireland and germany said they were determined to avoid a situation where britain leaves the eu without a deal.

translation: we want to stand together as the 27 until the very last hour. we will do everything in order to prevent a no—deal brexit, but we have to do this with britain and with the position that they have presented to us. in the event of a no deal, where the uk crashes out without an agreement, it's not possible, quite frankly, to have a clear plan, because there are so many different contingencies and hypotheticals and a lot of it will depend on what the uk decides to do. meanwhile in westminster, second they of cross—party talks to resolve they of cross—party talks to resolve the parliamentary deadlock on brexit ended without resolution. there is plenty more on that on the website. bbc.com/news. stay with us here in bbc news, there's plenty more still to come, including international pressure grows on russia to release dozens of

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this is bbc news, the latest headlines: you are watching bbc news. the latest headlines. the man suspected of carrying out the christchurch mosque attacks has been ordered to undergo mental health tests to determine if he is fit to stand trial. and boeing says it will take all necessary steps to make its aircraft safe after a preliminary investigation into the crash of one of its 737 max plains last month found the crew were unable to control it. the un world food programme has appealed for urgent access to vital wheat stocks in yemen that have been cut off by months of fighting. the country is on the brink of famine. it comes as the us congress makes an attempt to force president trump to end american support for the saudi—led military action there.

stephen mchenry is the executive director of the project on middle east democracy and joins me now from washington full dog thank you for joining us. firstly, the resolution passed by congress. president trump is likely to veto it so will this mean much for yemen? it could have a significant impact. it will not change the dynamics in the ground overnight but it could have a strong impact in the weeks and months to come. this is a strong and historic, symbolic rebuke of the president's support for the saudi and amorite he led war in yemen by congress. the first time ever that the us. congress has used the war powers act of 1973 to vote to withdraw support for us involvement in an ongoing military conflict. it is potentially significant but it may take some time to fully play out. how do you

mean it will take time to play out and have an impact? do you mean pressure on the white house to die down —— dial down its support for saudi arabia? president trump is widely expected to veto this resolution and as a result the resolution and as a result the resolution will not come into legal forceful however it could change the dynamics of the white house in a few ways. firstly the passage of this resolution by the now by the house could increase us media attention on the war in yemen which could result in changes to us public opinion and could lead to a broadening of us public opposition to the war and that could force the hand of the white house even if the resolution does not immediately. in addition, we could see the white house facing pressure from its own party in congress. there could be, you know, leveraged applied to force them to negotiate to wind down support and

to change the dynamics in yemen despite the resolution not having any legal force, assuming the votes are not there to overturn it. you mentioned how unprecedented this is. what does this tell us about feelings towards saudi arabia in washington, away from the white house? i think it is clear that there is quite a divide here in washington between the white house and most of the rest of the city including most of congress and many members of congress from both parties on the issue of saudi arabia in particular. while the vote is purely about the war in yemen, in reality the vote is complicated by much broader concerns in saudi arabia, certainly opinion has shifted against saudi arabia in washington in general and to gilly

in congress since the brutal murder ofjamal in congress since the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi last fall. as the white house becomes increasingly distant from the view of many in congress it could pose a number of challenges to the white house in achieving its policy goals in a variety of foreign policy areas. sudanese opposition has called for big demonstrations this week to remove the government of omar basheer who has ruled the government since taking power 30 years ago in a military coup. dozens have been killed and thousands detained in protest that 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.

a chorus of actors and celebrities have called on vladimir putin to release a hundred whales from captivity in the country ‘s far east. they were lawfully captured for education and scientific purposes but many fear they are being sold to theme parks in china. while jail floats being sold to theme parks in china. while jailfloats on being sold to theme parks in china. while jail floats on the sea of japan. on one side of the fence, freedom. on the other, a life of beauty. swimming in circles all day are 11 orca whales and 87 beluga whales. they were lawfully called by russia which captures whales for scientific or educational purposes. but they also have monetary value. $6 million, in fact, the price of some killer whales which end up in ocean theme parks in china. environmentalists are calling for their release and now one of the world ‘s most renowned

conservationists is lending his weight to the cause. the majority, if not all of them, if we release them they will be released where they were captured. so they can be reconnect, we hope, with not only just the same species but potentially some of their family. but releasing the creatures is a mammoth task. partly because the facility is surrounded by ice for parts of the year, some of the whales have injuries from the overcrowded hands and encroaching ice. others show signs of hypothermia as they are unable to swim to keep warm. the russian government has launched a probe but ultimately the fate will be a political decision. between russia's fishing industry is defending their catch and environmentalists who argue for release. researchers say the amount of new coral created on australia's great barrier reef has plummeted by nearly

90% as a result of ocean heatwaves. scientists warn the structure of the reef is likely to transform completely if more bleaching occurs because of climate change. caroline rigby has more. coral spawning on the great barrier reef. it is a natural wonder which is crucialfor maintaining the most bio—diverse world heritage site anywhere on earth. but scientists say unprecedented bleaching events in 2016 and 2017 which damaged two—thirds of the reef system also triggered a collapse in coral regrowth. with such a large area affected it was unable to replenish and that has resulted in a massive 89% drop in the number of new baby coral. their ability to reproduce has declined. so the brooding stock of coral has actually declined and they are now

producing fewer little larvae, the new recruits. research published in thejournal nature blames the problem on rising sea temperatures, a result of sustained global warming. from the burning of fossil fuels from around the globe. but scientist say the reef may still be able to recover over the next 5—10 years if there are no further bleaching events. they say the likelihood of that is almost inconceivable. jeff bezos, the world's richest man, has reached a divorce settlement with his former wife that will leave her with a stake in amazon worth more than $30 billion. dave lee reports from san francisco. people were bracing themselves because this was going to be the divorce settlement to end all divorce settlements. the world's richest man, jeff bezos, who will still maintain that title after this divorce goes through. he will still have a few billion more than bill gates.

mackenzie bezos is about to become the third richest woman in the world when she gets this stake in amazon that will be worth around $35 billion — 4%. one of the crucial parts of the settlement is thatjeff bezos will maintain the voting rights of mackenzie's stock which means he will not lose any power at amazon even though he is losing 25% of his stock. and that is pretty important to him. he has as much say in amazon as he did before. and that is presumably... when you look at the reaction from investors today, they seem indifferent. stock down by around 1% today, nothing out of the ordinary. it seems that the divorce settlement has pleased the couple. they went on social media to say they were happy with what happened. and that they were supporting each

other. hello. we have had plenty of downpour dodging to do over the last few days and some of what has fallen from the sky has been a little wintry with some cold air in play. the satellite picture shows these lumps of cloud circulating around, right on top of the british isles, bringing those heavy downfalls but the area of low pressure driving the turbulent weather is sidling subtly westwards. western parts of the uk will see rain through friday. further east, something drier and for all of us as the wind switches around to south—easterlies, some milder air being pulled in our direction. this is how it looks in more detail through the day ahead. rain where we are closest to the area of low pressure, across the south—west of england and wales, maybe west midlands,

parts of northern ireland outbreaks of rain at time. further north and east we will see more on the way of dry weather and spells of sunshine. with the south—easterly wind, temperatures higher than they have been. 11l degrees in london through the afternoon but at the same time rain splashing its way back into the south—west, parts of wales. maybe reaching the west midlands, northern ireland. more cloud for north—west england and south—west scotland but for into the north and east of scotland some good spells of sunshine with double—digit temperatures. the far north plagued by extra cloud and some spots of rain at times. we go through friday night and we continue to take our area of low pressure a little further west taking the rain with it. more of us will see dry weather but with cloud feeding in from the north sea. most of us frost free on saturday morning, maybe dropping to freezing across some parts of scotland. the weekend will be relatively mild however often cloudy. some sunny breaks here and there equally a little rain where the cloud is at its thickest. easterly wind blowing across the british isles meaning

the thickest of the cloud will be focused across eastern and then central areas with some spots of rain maybe the odd shower. further west, the best chance of seeing sunshine, generally a mild day on saturday but some of these north sea coast will find it chilly with the wind coming in off the sea. on sunday we keep easterly wind, a lot of cloud on the odd spot of drizzle but as we go through the afternoon there is a potential that we will see some sharp showers breaking out through the south—east, may be into parts of north—west england, driven by some high temperatures. 15—17 degrees. monday will be another mild day but as we get deeper into next week, the wind shifts around to north—easterlies and the temperature will drop again.