this is bbc news i'm martine croxall. the headlines at eight. president trump has been cleared of colluding with the russians — but it's not all good news for the president, as questions still remain over whether he attempted to obstruct the investigation. ‘this is terrible. it's the end of my presidency‘, president trump's response the moment he found out about the mueller investigation. he then tried to get him fired, today donald trump was more upbeat. having a good day, i'm having a good day too. it was called... no collusion, no obstruction. will have more of that reaction to the report. facebook bans 12 far—right individuals and organisations in britain, saying they have no place on its platform.

4 days of protests and 460 arrests — now extinction rebellion plan to target heathrow airport tomorrow. the home secretary urges police to use the ‘full force of the law'. meanwhile, sir david attenborough issues his strongest statement yet on the threat posed to the world by climate change. if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the national world and the collapse of oui’ national world and the collapse of our societies. it's the investigation that has dominated washington politics for nearly two years. today the long—awaited, four hundred page report

into alleged russian interference in the 2016 us presidential election has finally been released. the investigation was carried out by special counsel robert mueller, a former fbi director. he examined two issues — whether president trump colluded with the russian government and whether he tried to obstruct subsequent investigations into the affair. the report cleared president trump of conspiring with russia, but on the question of obstruction, the report didn't reach a conclusion. our north america editor jon sopel sent this report from washington. here it is, all 400 pages of it. and it makes for riveting reading. the president using the strongest language possible when he thinks his presidency may have been fatally undermined by deep presidency may have been fatally undermined by the mueller investigation. and then again later, when donald trump tries to have robert muellerfired, he orders his chief lawyer in the white house to kill off the muller investigation,

but the chief lawyer refuses and says he would rather resign than do that. what will this report change? well i think for those who never thought donald trump should be president, they will still think he is unfit to be president. and those who admire him and support him will say there was nothing illegal that went on and this has all been a hoax and a witch hunt. a watershed moment for this president and may be the presidency itself. donald trump was at the white house meeting wounded warriors. but from his two—year long battle with robert mueller, he feels he has emerged unscathed, his reputation intact. he said his guests were having a good time. i'm having a good day too, it was called... no collusion, no obstruction. before publication of this long—awaited report, the president tweeted this with its game of thrones styling and his team put out this video. no collusion. there was no collusion. no collusion. his attorney general weighed

into what amounted to a pre—rebuttal of the report as at this stage had not been published, defending his anger and behaviour that some saw as an attempt to obstruct justice. as the special counsel's report acknowledges, there is substantial evidence to show that the president was frustrated and angered by his sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency, propelled by his political opponents, and fuelled by illegal leaks. but for all that, mueller identified ten occasions when the president may have obstructed, nothing that passed the criminal threshold, though. and on the other question of whether there was collusion between the trump campaign and the russians, a clean bill of health. thanks to the special counsel's thorough investigation, we now know that the russian operatives who perpetrated these schemes did not have the cooperation of the trump campaign, or the knowing assistance of any other american, for that matter.

that is something that all americans can and should be grateful to have confirmed. the mueller report is being devoured on capitol hill, debated online. democrats are not buying the argument that the president did nothing wrong. they think there is plenty to go out and the one person who is going to be receiving more invitations to congress than a hollywood a—lister will be robert mueller. and in the past few minutes — the us house of representatives judiciary committee chairman and senior democratjerry nadler has given his reaction to the report. first, to observe, the general bar appears to have shown an unsettling willingness to undermine his own department in order to protect president donald trump. his actions

suggested he is been disingenuous and misleading in saying that the president is clear of wrongdoing. his letter summarises the report from march 2a, the special counsel report, quote, while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him. he ignored what is in the mueller report for the special counsel concluded that, if we have confidence after thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, president clearly did not commit obstruction ofjustice, we would state so. based on the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach thatjudgement. 0bviously, this changes the emphasis and meaning of the paragraph and obviously he did not include the key sentences. second special counsel went on to say that a thorough fbi

investigation would uncover facts about the campaign and the president personally could have understood to be crimes but that would've risen to personal and political concerns. for some reason, the attorney general excluded this finding as well in this version of events. the attorney general‘s decision to pull the report from congress is regrettable, but no longer surprising. he has so far refused to work with the committee to provide us with information. the kind of information that has been customarily provided in the past to reach the judiciary committee is entitled. these concerns and many others will be addressed when barr testifies before the committee on may two. even in its incomplete form, however, the mueller report has part of it

redacted, even in its incomplete form, it outlines disturbing evidence that president donald trump engaged in obstruction ofjustice and other misconduct. contrary to the attorney general possible statement, that the white house fully cooperated with the investigation, the report makes clear that the president refused to be interviewed by the special counsel and refused to provide written answers to follow—up questions. page 13, volume two, makes clear that his associates destroyed evidence relevant to the russian investigation. page ten, volume one. the report concluded there was substantial evidence that present donald trump attempted to prevent an investigation to his campaign and his own conduct. that is why i have formally requested that special counsel muller testify before the house judiciary initiates

$0011 “— before the house judiciary initiates soon —— committee as soon as possible because we clearly cannot believe the attorney general barr will. because the special counsel conducted a thorough investigation in order to preserve the evidence for future investigations. in order to preserve the evidence forfuture investigations. they did not exonerate the president and the responsibility now falls to congress to hold the president accountable for his actions. congress must get the full unredacted report along with the underlying evidence. congress requires this material in order to perform are constitutionally mandated responsibilities. 0ur washington correspondent jane 0'brienjoins us now from the white house. talk us through the reaction from the white house today. they are doing a victory lap, quite simply. it is been a good day for president

trump, fully cleared of collusion, colluding with russia and russia pots is now confirmed interference in the 2016 campaign. the mueller report is given them a clean bill of health on that one but the obstruction of justice health on that one but the obstruction ofjustice still lingers. the white house does not think it does come at the white house is claiming victory over that as well. the senior adviser to the president was talking to us just about half an hour ago and she said that the president has done nothing illegal. even when he asked the white house chief counsel to fire robert mueller. they said no, but that was not in the legal ask because the president has the right to fire robert mueller if he wants. well, maybe all these things did happen, but they don't rise to the bar of illegality. and that is been confirmed by the attorney general

who has said that he has taken the view that there is not a legal case to answer. however. the democrats will not let this go, we are just hearing the press conference, will we did not hear it was when he was asked about holding the president accountable. could that mean impeachment? that is one possibility and there are others. what might he have in mind? the impeachment question is a really tricky one because the democratic leadership has made it clear that it does not wa nt to has made it clear that it does not want to go there. mainly because they do not have the support of the senate, so any impeachment notion is unlikely to pass at the moment. so it takes them away from the things they would rather be talking about in the run—up to the 2020 election, things like health care, things like security, immigration these are the things at the polls tell us that

americans want to hear about, they do not want to be talking for another two years but the mother investigation, particularly when the narrative has already been shaped by the white house that there is no collusion. that is the headline here, there was no collusion. it is very difficult for the democrats to really spin this back around, ambiguities within the report, but it all comes back to what they can actually do about it at this point. if that is the mueller report, what other inquiries are under way. if not regarding president trump but those associated with them? there area number of those associated with them? there are a number of criminal investigations under way, looking at his campaign finances, looking at his campaign finances, looking at his business links, there are also congressional inquiries under way as well. they have been running in tandem with the mueller inquiry, but

in again, there's a split between the legal issues at stake in the political issues at stake here. they two very different things and at the moment, all we know is that the mueller report, has determined by the attorney general who makes these decisions, congress does not make the legal decisions, the attorney general has said that the evidence does not meet the bar for general has said that the evidence does not meet the barfor criminal activity by the president or his campaign. which leads the political issues, which is in congress, that issues, which is in congress, that is the decision they have to decide if it's really going to gain the support of americans themselves. is it worth pursuing this and if they do, at what cost to themselves? and we'll be discussing this more at 8:30pm, when we'll be speaking to mary mccord, a top american lawyer who was on the department ofjustice

team that began investigations into russia's influence on the 2016 election. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:a0pm & 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are charlie wells from the economist, and martin bentham from the evening standard. facebook has announced that it's banning a dozen british far right campaigners and organisations who it says have been spreading hate and encouraging violence. they include the british national party — and its former leader, nick griffin — the english defence league, and britain first. the ban also applies on instagram, which is owned by facebook. here's our media editor amol rajan. masters of modern communication they may be, but according to facebook at least, these members of britain's hard right groups and organisations often spread hate or promote violence. the full list includes the british national party and its former leader nick griffin, britain first, its leader paul golding and former deputy

leaderjayda fransen, the english defence league and its founding member paul ray, knights templar international, a militant christian group and its promoterjim dowson, national front and its leader tony martin and jack renshaw, a convicted neo—nazi who plotted to murder a labour mp. but how exactly did they violate facebook‘s rules? facebook, who declined to be interviewed, say simply that they found those who proclaim a violent or hateful mission, or engaged in acts of hate or violence. posts endorsing these individuals or groups will now be banned. it is good the police have taken action, finally... the hard right have been steering on and off—line for years so why is this happening now? upcoming european elections amid a rising tide of populism across the continent and the drip, drip, drip of scandal around the country in recent years must be taking its toll. the company in recent years must be taking its toll. i think what will happen is they will still have a space, they will still have those supporters but it is about stopping it from going to the mainstream,

and i think that that is really where the key issue is here. if of facebook ban stephen yaxley—lennon, but he known as tommy robinson. the tech giants don't always release their figures. but millions across the world and many in the united kingdom like and enjoy access to views they do not see on traditional media. we don't need the media to report that because we are the media! facebook is being dragged into uncomfortable terrain. the company wants to be impartial but there is no getting around the fact that today saw a california corporation whose upper echelons are liberal clamping down on parts of the british hard right. and the company says it's not in the truth business, but today's decision was based on the application of subjective criteria to public opinion. there is an old—fashioned word for that. it's journalism. wary of accusations of censorship the danger is that global tech giants end up creating national martyrs who simply congregate elsewhere.

the headlines on bbc news. president trump has been cleared of colluding with the russians — but it's not all good news for the president, as questions still remain over whether he attempted to obstruct the investigation. facebook bans 12 far—right individuals and organisations in britain, saying they have no place on its platform. 4 days of protests and 460 arrests — now extinction rebellion plan to target heathrow airport tomorrow. the home secretary urges police to use the ‘full force of the law'. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh woozencroft. good evening. well after tottenham hotspur‘s champions league heroics last night, the last thing arsenal fans need is being knocked out of the europa league quarterfinals tonight. they took a healthy 2—0 aggregate lead to napoli. it's currently goalless in italy after the first quarter of an hour.

chelsea returned to stamford bridge with a 1—0 lead over slavia prague. pedro doubled that advantage, before a very unfortunate own goal that has given chelsea a 3—0 aggregate lead and put one foot in the semi finals. alex mcleish‘s second spell, as scotland head coach has lasted just 1a months. he's been left the role after a poor start to the euro 2020 qualifiers. our sports news correspondent, chris mclaughlin, was outside hampden park earlier today. meeting here at the scottish airfield board meeting after that statement came out, we are expecting the statement, but we are sad to see them go. as a tough decision but they highlighted performances, they results and in particular, that game against kazakhstan given what happened in kazakhstan, it cannot quite see the progress that they

wa nted quite see the progress that they wanted to see given that scotland and glasgow will be hosting games for 2020. absolutely desperate for qualification, we know we have not been to a major final since 1998, but there is extra significance on euro 2020, but the success starts 110w. footballers across england and wales will go on a 24—hour social media strike from nine o'clock tomorrow morning, in protest at how recent incidents of racism have been dealt with by football authorities and social media companies. the professional footballers' association is using the boycott to launch its anti—racism campaign, entitled hashtag—enough. among those taking part is tottenham defender danny rose, who was subject to abuse during england's euro 2020 qualifier in montenegro in march. he said "football has a problem with racism. collectively, we are simply not willing to stand by while too little is done to protect players." the ireland captain, rory best,

has confirmed that he will retire from rugby union after this year's world cup. the ulster skipper has won 117 caps so far, after making his debut in 2005. since becoming captain six years ago, best led ireland to three six nations titles, including the grand slam last year. he says "this feels like the right time. for me to go out on my terms" jarrell miller says he has "done nothing wrong", and will appeal the decision to deny him a licence to face anthonyjoshua at madison square garden on the first ofjune. the new york state athletic commission refused him a licence to box after he returned an "adverse finding" in a drug test. he said "my team and i stand for integrity, decency, and honesty and we will fight this with everything we have. they've asked for his sample to be tested, but as things stand, joshua has no opponent for what would've been his first fight in the united states. mark cavendish has made the podium for the first time in 10 months, at the tour of turkey. the dutchman fabiojakobsen won stage three,

despite getting a spectator‘s flag caught on his handlebars in a chaotic sprint finish. cavendish was forced to swerve before finishing third. he's been struggling with a virus over the past couple of years and he's making a gentle return to the sport this season after a long break. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. climate change activists say they plan to expand their protests from central london to heathrow airport tomorrow — just as the easter get away begins. extinction rebellion are calling for the government to reduce the uk's greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2025. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle reports, and a warning — this report contains some distressing images cheering blocking the streets, protesters from around the country descending on central london. rebellion! extinction rebellion leading another day of disruption. an attempt to force urgent

action on climate change. this is the new wave of eco activism. it's giving climate change attention, but will it bring action? giving climate change attention but will he the campaigners here want greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to zero by 2025. scientists say it's a target that's virtually impossible to achieve. the united nations agrees that we need to get to zero carbon emissions but over a much longer timescale by 2050. the uk government is aiming to reduce emissions by 80% by then. but they're considering going further. in any scenario, it will mean radical changes to how we live. it's perfectly achievable for us to get to zero emissions but it is a big challenge that we will have to grasp. it involves us using technologies that we know about and which we have been developing and which have been falling in cost actually quite remarkably in recent years. adding to these warnings is sir david attenborough's

latest documentary. it reveals a rapidly changing landscape. in his starkest statement yet, the broadcaster says that climate change is the biggest threat we face. it may sound frightening, but the scientific evidence is that if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies. last year saw record—breaking heat waves. in australia, as temperatures rose above 42 celsius, fruit bats were unable to survive. it's estimated that more than 10,000 of the animals died. scientists say the impacts of climate change are becoming clear, as is the new movement it sparked. joining the campaign is the next generation. students on strike around the world. with scientists warning that the time to act is running out, they say the fate

of the planet is in their hands. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has been following the protests across central london and explained the challenges to the police in dealing with the situation. this afternoon, police arrived in force and increase the pastes in force and increase the pace in which they are arresting people from this protest. they took about 20 people into police vans and another 30 protesters arrived. and as you can see, not much gas changed here, much has changed here, the bridge is still blocked. the police have three problems in dealing with this protest, the first is that they can't go into use a lot of force because this is a nonviolent protest, they have to use reasonable force in everything they do. the sheer number of people that are protesting at the number of people that are dealing with when they arrest them and the third is they are causing a lot of disruption and they are under political pressure to reduce that disruption. they say they may need to look again

at how they released the set they say they may need to look again at how they police this type of protest which blocks key locations like this bridge causing a huge amount of disruption. new figures out today show how the nhs is failing to meet its own target for the care of people with learning disabilities and autism. they are some of the most vulnerable people in society and yet many of them — including children — are being treated as hospital in—patients rather than being cared for in the community. the latest figures show that more than two thousand vulnerable people are still in long—stay hospitals in england. the nhs promised to cut the number of people in these institutions by between 35 and 50 per cent over three years. but so far it has only managed a 19 percent reduction. campaigners say these patients are trapped and at risk of abuse and neglect during their long stays. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. jill keeps her daughter's bedroom ready for the day she finally comes home but she has no

idea when that will be. the teddy bear she bought her mother. lee has autism and learning difficulties. a year ago she had a crisis, was sectioned and taken to a secure hospital. this was her just before that happened. and 12 months on this is the 43—year—old now. we have been trying so hard to get her back. we know that her anxiety would be through the roof, her longing for her family comes before anything else really. so, every day on the phone when she rings me, ten o'clock, please come home mummy, help me. please, mummy, get everyone to help me. after so many promises to support people like lee in the community, her mother doesn't understand why she is still fighting to get her daughter home.

i'm helpless, i'm powerless, every little thing, i think of her, what can i do, what can i do? more reading, more research. in 2011 after abuse was exposed at winterbourne view hospital by the bbc‘s panorama programme, the government said all such places would close. the latest figures for england show that's still a long way off. out of the more than 2,000 people currently in these institutions, 37% have been there for more than five years. in 2015, there were 110 children in these units. there is now more than double that number at 240. today there are hundreds of people with learning disabilities and or autism in units when they do not need to be and that is detrimental to them and that is a scandal. philip was someone who spent more than a year miles from home in an assessment and treatment

hospital, or atu, but now that he's living in the community with support, his life has transformed. philip is much more happy, much more affectionate, which, obviously he wasn't when he was in the atu because he was always locked behind glass doors. nhs england says it is investing in early intervention and ramping up specialist community care to help hundreds more people live more independent lives closer to home. it insists progress is being made. but the question for families remains why is it taking so long? (a teenager has been arrested on suspicion of supplying class a drugs, by police investigating the death of a 13—year—old boy found unconscious in a park in south wales. carson price was found on friday evening in a park in ystrad mynach, and police believe "illegal substances"

contributed to his death. gwent police said a 14—year—old boy was arrested on thursday morning when officers raided an address in blackwood. a british couple killed in a buggy crash on the greek island of santorini have been named. milly and toby savill had been driving in a mountainous region of the island when the vehicle fell into a 200—metre ravine on sunday afternoon. the couple's family paid tribute to them saying they "were utterly devoted to one another". now it's time for a look at the weather with mel coles. we've also at the warmth to in some parts in southeast england, temperatures reached 20th celsius, making it the warmest day of the year so far. if at clear skies will hang onto them for much of the night, some low cloud, mist and fog return to eastern england it up at

the eastern scotland, but for most of us it will be a frost free night. some spots holding onto double digit temperatures. up and running into the long weekend holiday, high—pressure over scandinavia and drawing from this warmth from central europe, helping give us temperatures of boost, mist and fog will be lengthy spells of sunshine for all of us through good friday. lighter winds as well which will be particularly noticeable to the coast and temperatures are doing well. hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines. the mueller reports clears president trump of collusion with russia over the 2016 presidential election, but questions remain over whether he attempted to obstruct the investigation. the report also reveals donald trump feared his presidency was over when he learned of the investigation, and subsequently tried to get

special counsel robert mueller fired. facebook has banned a dozen far—right individuals and organisations in the uk, including the british national party, the english defence league, and the national front. the company said praise and support for these groups will also be prohibited. the home secretary is urging police to use the ‘full force of the law‘ in dealing with ongoing climate protests in london. more than 460 people have been arrested in so far, and tomorrow demonstrators plan to target heathrow airport. more now on the mueller report, released today after nearly two years of investigation. when president trump was told a special counsel had been appointed to investigate his campaign's dealings with russia, he slumped back into his chair, swore, and declared "this is the end of my presidency." that is just one of the things we learned in this massive document — the 4118 pages of the mueller report that was released 3 hours ago. despite his initial horror — donald trump today was optimistic

about the report's findings, declaring — in a deliberately dramatic tweet "game over, no collusion, no obstruction." the white house says the investigation has exonerated the president, cleared him and his associates of all suspicion so he can now get on and do his job and focus on being reelected. but this actual report, even with some of these chunks blacked out for security, is a lot more nuanced than that — on the question of obstruction of justice — the report could not reach a concrete legal conclusion. and in the past half hour — the us house of representatives judiciary committee chairman and senior democratjerry nadler has said that congress must pick up where robert mueller left off. even in its complete form however, the molar report outlines disturbing evidence that president trump engaged in obstruction ofjustice and other misconduct. contrary to the attorney general statement this morning, that the white house, quote

fully cooperated unquote with the investigation, it makes clear that the president refused to be interviewed by the special counsel, and refused to provide written a nswe i’s and refused to provide written a nswers to follow—u p and refused to provide written answers to follow—up questions. page 13, volume two. makes clear that his associates destroyed evidence relevant to the russian investigation. page ten volume one. the report concluded there was substantial evidence that president trump attempted to prevent an investigation into his campaign, and his own conduct. page 76, page 78, page 90, page 157, volume two. that is why i have formally requested that special counsel mueller testify before the committee as soon as possible, so that we can get some a nswe i’s possible, so that we can get some a nswers to possible, so that we can get some answers to these critical questions. because we clearly client to look back can't believe what attorney general barr tells us. for example, barr says, i don't remember where he

said it, but it's verbally, or may be in said it, but it's verbally, or may beina said it, but it's verbally, or may be in a letter to us, he told us that the special prosecutors determination that the president, that he wasn't going to indict the president on obstruction charges, had nothing to do with the department ofjustice doctrine or opinion that a sitting president is on indictable as a matter of law. there's a lot of material in the report that seems to indicate that that action was considerably important. we want to get to the bottom of that. congressman jerry nadler. let's speak now to mary mccord, a top us lawyer who was on the department ofjustice team that began investigating russian meddling in the us election. welcome, thank you forjoining us. how useful is this report with so much of it redacted? i actually was surprised that so little was redacted to be honest. especially in the part two, regarding the obstruction of justice. it is very little redacted

there, and i think very much of that there, and i think very much of that the american public, as well as congress can learn, from reading that part of the report. certainly in the part one of the reports, with respect to the actual russian interference campaign, as opposed to the obstruction ofjustice, there are redacted, and those reflect, for the most part, ongoing investigations and some sensitive sources and methods, but i think anyone reading this can come away with two really overwhelming conclusions. 0ne with two really overwhelming conclusions. one that there was an enormous number of contacts between people involved with the term campaign and people who had to close ties to the russian government. this didn't rise to the level of criminal conspiracy, or what robert mueller defined as coordination, which reads very much like criminal conspiracy, and actual agreement expressed to engage in the interference. but there's a whole lot of daylight between nothing at all, and criminal conspiracy. i think the same on the

side of the obstruction ofjustice pa rt side of the obstruction ofjustice part of the reports. mueller explicitly said that he was not going to reach a conclusion about whether the president had committed the crime of obstruction ofjustice, mostly because the 0lc memo prohibits the indictment of a sitting us president. nevertheless, he said he could not conclude that the president did not obstruct justice. then elaborates at great length on 11 different areas of inquiry, where the special counsel and mast facts that could potentially support obstruction of justice. certainly to a layperson, i thank you can't come away from this report without believing the president tried to obstructjustice, whether it raises to the level of a crime, which requires a very explicit proof, is another question. how are both sides, as far as you can tell so far, the democrats and the republicans, trying to control the republicans, trying to control the narrative on this. as you say,

it's not exactly cut and dry on all points. yet, so i have actually been talking to other media and haven't heard as much on how the republicans and democrats are responding it, the event of course the house judiciary committee has already made some determinations that it wants to talk to robert mueller and others. i think that's, you know, it's not surprising that the republicans are coming outjust as barr did this morning, saying no collusion, which still begs the question of what a coincidence, and what level of encouragement, interest, etc did members of the term campaign and others have in the russian efforts to interfere with the election, and what encouragement to put out trenches of the wikileaks e—mails, and things like that at the moments in the campaign, where negative information had come out about trump. i think as well, when it comes to obstruction, for

understandable reasons, the republicans are focusing on no finding ofa republicans are focusing on no finding of a crime by attorney general barr. whereas mueller and the democrats would point people to look at all the evidence of efforts to obstruct. jerry nadler in his press co nfe re nce was to obstruct. jerry nadler in his press conference was asked what he meant by congress holding the president accountable, whether that could mean impeachment, he said that's one possibility, there are others. so where might congress choose to go with this next? well, i mean certainly impeachment is one possibility. there are other, the congress can also of course have a series of hearings, subpoena documents, subpoena the underlying requests, the underlying documents that mueller based his reports on, to help not only educate congress about what happened in terms of its own investigation, but also educate the american people about what happened, and then make determinations where to go from there. i think that there is a lot

of, the report itself, mr mueller makes clear that one reason, also not to make a decision about whether a crime had been committed, when he can't charger crime, is to not interfere with other constitutional processes that might take place. that would certainly include processes that other branches of the us government could move forward on, including congress. of the wider issue of course is the vulnerability of ballots, elections, referendums, to foreign interference. what is, what are the options that are being considered in the wider american political system now, to prevent that in the future? well that's something i think that you know, through the last two years, a lot of cyber security and national security experts have been talking about. saying you know, forget right now, this investigation about what happened in the past, we need to be

worried about the security of our upcoming elections. and so i think that a lot of people that work in that a lot of people that work in that field feel like we haven't heard enough about what the federal government, as well as the state and local governments that actually administer the elections in their localities in the us, those are all separately administered by state local county governments. what are they doing to protect against those things, what is, what is the private sector doing in terms of internet service providers, social media providers, what are they doing to try to not allow their systems to be misused by those foreign powers that might want to, you know, do the same type of influence campaign that the russians did this last time. so, you know, we are just make years away from another election, and i think that this is where a lot of focus should be, and a lot of questions asked exactly what are you doing to protect those systems. mary mccord, thank you very much for your time.

my thank you very much for your time. my pleasure. a ukip candidate at the european elections has refused to apologise for comments he made online to the labour mp, jess phillips. carl benjamin, seen here standing on the left, posted on twitter that he "wouldn't even rape" the mp. at a news conference today, he said he wouldn't apologise for what he called his "crimes against political correctness". the labour party have announced their candidates for the european elections. (00v)the labour peer lord andrew adonis will stand for the south west regional constituency. the pro—eu former minister will run againstjacob rees mogg's sister annunziata who is a candidate for the brexit party in the region. lord adonis said it was vital labour won ‘to show there is a credible alternative to a tory brexit‘ more pupils may be being deliberately moved off their books by secondary schools than previously thought, according to new research. the education policy institute says it found more than 50,000 moves from secondary schools in england that it couldn't explain. it's not known how many are because schools want to get rid

of pupils not expected to get good grades. the government has written to schools warning this is illegal. bra nwen jeffreys reports this is bailey. he went missing from the system until this head teacher gave him another chance. just a few weeks until his gcses. for bailey, it's the end of a journey. he started at one secondary but struggled, then moved to another. they persuaded bailey to go to home education, taking him off their school roll into two years of wilderness. i feel like it really took away my ability to learn. what did those two years of not being in school do to you? i broke down on myself, i lost myself. social anxiety and depression started to really creep up on me. they really just make

you want to get into a ball and ignore the outside world. you shouldn't be pushed away and made to feel unwanted. you should be engaged with the school and they should make you feel like they're going to help you and develop you as a person. this research says, as a year group moves through secondary, there are 55,000 unexplained moves. 23% are pupils moving from just 330 schools. they lose an average of 30 pupils from each age group. these types of moves, they are unregulated. there's no transparency or data and we don't really know what is going on with them. as a head teacher, jason thurley took a big risk. the school will be held responsible for bailey's results. we have to reward inclusivity and i think we have got to recognise the schools who are picking up the pieces and giving the students second, third,

fifth chances even, and not penalise them for maybe two or three years where the child may have had a very disrupted education before them joining that school. bailey's rebuilt his confidence with boxing. he became head boy and is predicted to pass seven gcses. boxing has given me discipline, it's given me respect, it's given me a better attitude towards learning in life. bailey is on track to be a successful amateur boxer but plans to go on studying too. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. as climate activists continue their demonstrations in cities across the country — the veteran broadcaster, sir david attenborough, has given his starkest warning yet about the dangers of climate change. his comments come in a new landmark documentary that airs this evening on bbc one — in which he looks at the science behind climate change,

and the steps that can be taken to fight it. the documentary includes footage that reveals the already devastating impact of rising temperatures — including the loss of ice, which is driving up sea levels around the world — and dry conditions that make wildfires so deadly. but sir david says there is still hope if dramatic action to limit the effects of climate change is taken over the next decade — here's a little of what he has to say. we now stand at a unique point in our planet's history. one where we must all share responsibility, both for our present well—being, and for the future of life on earth. everyone of us has the power to make changes and make them now. 0ur wonderful natural world, in the lives of our children and grandchildren, and all those who follow them, depend upon us doing so. so what can we all do to help fight climate change — and what policies should governments

put in place? we can speak to dr anna hogg, an environmental scientist at the university of leeds. shejoins us from our studio in salford. doctor welcome, thank you very much for joining doctor welcome, thank you very much forjoining us. how important is an intervention like this from someone who is so well respected lakes are david attenborough? i think having sir david attenborough and narrate this important documentary just raises the profile a bit higher than it would otherwise be. we have known about climate change for decades now. evidence has been mounting, we are taking photographs using satellites all over the globe. monitoring forests, and how they are vanishing. glaciers and how they are melting. 0ceans, and how they're rising. so to have david attenborough communicate this science more effectively than maybe we can, as scientists, to the public. it's a great album its a fantastic documentary on this evening. it can feel overwhelming, as if it's all a bit too late, that

it's hopeless. what can we really do, as individuals, that will make a difference? l nick i think is this document tree shows, there is a real message of hope actually. what recent reports by the icp commission shows is if we want to keep global temperatures beneath that 1.5 degrees threshold that we know it's critical to preserving species in the natural world around us, to preserving coral reefs, for example, which we know will complete would disappear if we don't maintain that threshold. we need to put in place practises now in order to prevent that happening. we've got a decade in which to do that. such as, give us an example, what can we all do tomorrow that would really make a difference with the multi—effect with lots of people taking the same action. go next with our two keeping so we can all remember that will help protect and reduce our carbon for print on the environment. number one we can make the energy that we do use comes from a green source, so maybe that means switching your energy provided from a fossil fuel based energy to renewables like solar power and wind power,

independent secondly, we can make sure that we try to use less energy in ourdaily sure that we try to use less energy in our daily lives. so that might mean insulating our homes better, which in fact, for us, might mean that our energy bill through sensor to connect central heating is cheaper over the winter. so it's not all about expense of changes. there are things that we can do that will maintain the quality of life that we are use to, but will reduce our environmental footprint. what do we need to be demanding of governments in terms of policy changes that they need to make? bearing in mind that in this country, parliamentary, the term of office for a government is only five years. yum! i a gift hit the nail on the head there. it think what we are seeing both in the uk, commanding countries worldwide now, is people are going out in the streets and protesting about the impact of climate change. you know the people that go out and they do thatis the people that go out and they do that is because they're frustrated, and they don't feel that governments are taking enough action in the direction that they want to go. and i think that politicians now need to step up to step up to the mark. we will recycle much more than we use to, and you can see from when you go to, and you can see from when you go to the local supermarket the range

of vegetarian options is increasing ona of vegetarian options is increasing on a super market shelf. that's because people really are making individual environmentally friendly choices in their daily lives. we need politicians to support that now. often though people think it's going to mean a significant change in their lifestyle, for example, giving up the idea of the foreign holiday, because we shouldn't be catching aeroplanes. can you do both, can you save the planet and still travel the world?|j both, can you save the planet and still travel the world? i think it's a very difficult question. 0bviously plane travel has an enormous large carbon footprint, and the documentary this evening, we actually see a potential solution to that, which is being worked on by airbus, the company that's in the documentary with david attenborough. so, there are technological solutions that can help us move closer to a greener lifestyle across the board. the question really is, are we going to pay now to invest in technology and changes that will help reduce our impact on the environment? 0r help reduce our impact on the environment? or are we going to pay

to repair damaged on the line when flooding increases, orfires increase as we've seen in california earlier this year, and so there will bea earlier this year, and so there will be a cost associated with it, but it doesn't mean to say that we have to change our lifestyle. how much of an international effort though is required, because even if everyone in this country woke up tomorrow and made all the changes that you're suggesting, if other countries that are big polluters don't change too, aren't we wasting our time? so i think that on the science, there is widespread international collaboration on this matter, and the scientists are in agreement. we have seen that reports like the international panel on climate change that not only can the science be united, but actually our politicians and governments can come on board to agree to a set of standards. what we've seen in the pastis standards. what we've seen in the past is that sometimes the words that our governments have said have led us to believe that they want to have a greener way moving forward. at than the policies that are required in order to achieve that at

a national level haven't always followed. and so we certainly need to look into doing that in the future. i think that we can do it, and this is a message of hope that comes out of this documentary as well. doctor anna hart from the university of leeds, thank you. and you can watch sir david's programme — climate change: the facts, in about fifteen minutes time, at 9pm on bbc one. —— ten minutes' time. police have begun a murder investigation after a former boxer who appeared in the film trainspotting 2 was shot dead in edinburgh. 48 year old bradley welsh was attacked in chester street in the west end of the city yesterday evening. the trainspotting author irvine welsh says he's heartbroken by the news. steven godden reports. the street in edinburgh market west and still cordoned off. family and friends of bradley welch arrived to lay flowers just hours after he was killed outside his home. armed officers were called to a

disturbance around eight o'clock last night, as they sealed off the street, residents were told to get back inside. 0ne street, residents were told to get back inside. one man said he watched an ambulance crew being waved through, and told that there was someone with a gunshot wound to the head. a48—year—old father, bradley welsch was lying seriously injured he died at the scene. leads are treating their death as murder. it is strange, it's unsettling, i asked the police if it was safe to come up this money. you just don't know, no 1's told you if someone is running around, or... a former boxer and self—confessed football casual, bradley welsch spoke openly about his past. the mac i came out and that was a path i wish i never went down. he sped —— set up boxing gyms to set youngsters on the right path, a vehicle for charity work that ultimate ledge hollywood. starting asa ultimate ledge hollywood. starting as a gangster in trainspotting too,

as a gangster in trainspotting too, asa as a gangster in trainspotting too, as a major investigation gets under way, police a early inquiry suggest this was an isolated attack, they are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. stephen godden reporting scotland, edinburgh. french president emmanuel macron has paid tribute to the hundreds of firefighters who saved notre—dame cathedral. french officials previously said saving the cathedral came within 15 to 30 minutes. the blaze, which began on monday evening and was not fully extinguished until almost 15 hours later, destroyed most of the cathedral‘s roof and led to the collapse of its famous spire. president macron was speaking on maundy thursday, as lucy williamson reports. today france saw the faces of its heroes. the firefighters who on monday night pitted their bravery against a vast inferno and won. now filing into the gilded rooms of the elysee palace, the secular cathedral of the french state. translation: it's a great joy, a great honour. the paris firefighters are a humble and discrete unit

and we are here as a community to honour the individual and collective efforts of my comrades. 0ne firefighter described emerging from a bell tower and seeing the roof engulfed in flames. it was only later we understood the risks we had taken, she said. the hardest thing was that we were so small compared to it. investigators have interviewed a0 people and forensic teams have begun to gather evidence at the site. but the structure of notre dame is still fragile, damaged by both the fire and the operation to save it. the threat to notre dame didn't die with the fire. several areas of the building have been badly weakened. some of the gables have already been given extra support. scaffolding is being brought in to secure the stonework and a tarpaulin is urgently needed to protect the vaulted ceiling from rain. across the riverfrom notre dame outside the town hall, crowds gathered this afternoon

for a service of thanks. translation: i feel gratitude to the fire brigade. by risking your lives you saved part of ours. after the service, the crowd walked down to notre dame just as thousands did on monday night. standing with the cathedral in its hour of need, the mayor explained, as notre dame has for centuries stood with us. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the actress mya—lecia naylor, who starred in a number of bbc children's programmes, has died suddenly at the age of 16. she appeared in the shows "millie inbetween" and "almost never". david sillito reports. are you threatening to kick me out of the band? in almost never, the story of a fictional group, girls here first, she was mya. here's the deal. we get to be in girls here first and still have lives.

mya—lecia naylor was only 16 but already a tv veteran. there we go, lie down. her first appearance on prime—time was as a baby in absolutely fabulous. and it was as fran in millie inbetween that she became one of the faces of cbbc. it's unknown how she died but there are reports of a sudden collapse. the head of the bbc‘s children services, alice webb, said she was hugely popular with the audience, a very talented actress, dancer and singer, and a real role model for her young fans. i'm tati, welcome to tati's hotel. a generation had watched her grow up on screen, and only a few days before her death she'd been interviewed, talking excitedly about her plans for the future. now it's time for a look at the weather with mel.

good evening our weather has gone under a transformation in recent days, not only are we seeing lots of sunshine, but we've also had the warmth too. in fact some spots in southeast england today have seen highs of 23 celsius, making it the warmest day of the year so far. there's more of that to come over the next few days. so this evening, for most of us, find into the day. we will have clear skies overnight, little bit of mist and low cloud, may be inches or even eastern parts of scotla nd may be inches or even eastern parts of scotland and perhaps into england too. for most of us are frost free night. some spots holding onto double digit temperatures. then we are up and running into the long bank holiday weekend, this is the set up. we've got high—pressure over scandinavia, we are drying and that warmth from central europe, giving those temperatures a boost. so to start the day, there may be some low cloud of mist and fog, that should bring back quite quickly, for all of us isa bring back quite quickly, for all of us is a fine looking day. watts of sunshine around, blue skies will rule. it looks as though that wind will be a little bit later for north sea and channel coasts. so here it

should feel noticeably warmer. and widely we are looking at highs of around 22, possibly 23 celsius. that he really building as we headed to the weekend, on saturday, some thoughts treatment spots in southern england could see highs of around 35 celsius. so let's just see how that co m pa res celsius. so let's just see how that compares with some of our favourite european in eastern mediterranean resorts. while here it's cooler, and it's more unsettled, 10 celsius in istanbul on saturday. so back home then, lots of fine dry weather to be had once again. there will be this strip of cloud, this is a weather from pushing into parts of northern ireland, western fringes of scotland too, mostly a dry story here, could produce one or two like showers come away from that no, lots of sunshine once again, and we've got the warmth, highs as i say 2a — 25 celsius in some spots. for easter sunday, our weather from a work its way little bit further southwards into northern england, before it retreats back up to northwest scotland, may affect parts of northern ireland, once again a

mostly dry story. it mayjust produce one or two like showers but for much of the uk, anotherfine looking day, lengthy spells of sunshine, highs of around 23 celsius. 0n easter monday, rain will try to edge its way in from the west, but at the moment, doesn't look as though it makes any progress. another fine day with sunny spells.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. the mueller report is out. it finds no criminal conspiracy between donald trump's 2016 election campaign and russia — but it doesn't clear the president of obstructing justice. this was his reaction. i'm having a good day too. it's called no collusion, no obstruction. if you were expecting clarity though — i'm going to disappoint you. there are as many questions as answers — we'll take you through it all.