this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 7. police investigating the murder ofjournalist leera mckee in londonderry last night release cctv footage of the gunman and call for the public‘s help lyra mckee was described as one of the most promising journalists in northern ireland. her partner paid her this tribute it's left me without the love of my life, the woman i was planning to grow old with. we are all heard for the loss of. our hopes and all of her amazing potential was snuffed out by a single barbaric act. police step up their tactics against climate change protesters in london, as arrests rise to nearly 700 an american couple, who tortured 13 children in a so called ‘house of horrors‘, are sentenced to life in prison.

a 14 month old boy is rescued by his father from the jaws of a dingo after an attack in the family camper van in australia. police investigating the killing of jouranlist leera mckee in londonerry last night have in the past few moments released cctv footage of the riots and are calling for people to help identify the murderer. the 29 year old was struck by a bullet as she was observing an outbreak of violence in the creggan district last night. the figure circled in red , is the person who the police believed carried out the shooting.

officers leading the investigation have encourged anyone with information to make contact with the police. today, a vigil for the murdered journalist leera mckee has been attended by politicians on both sides of the community. at the vigil, her partner sara canning, paid tribute to her as a tireless advocate and activist, and described her death as senseless. police have started a murder inquiry and have blamed dissident republicans for her death. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. shots ring out, a frightening throwback as violence erupts in derry. here, you see a gunman firing at police lines. then, they appear to try to remove the evidence. more than 50 petrol bombs were thrown, say police, and officers were shot at up to ten times. journalist lyra mckee was hit as she stood beside an armoured police vehicle. a reporter nearby tried to help.

i could see a land rover and there was a young woman lying on the ground beside the land rover, unconscious, and her friends were beside her. they hadn't realised what had happened. someone turned around and saw her on the ground and theyjust started screaming. it's a sound i'll never forget. described as a rising star, lyra mckee was a gay rights activist and freelance journalist. within the lgbt community we have a saying that we tell people. we tell them "it gets better". and what i realised that day is it gets better for some of us. it gets better for those of us who live long enough to see it get better. just after 11 o'clock, lyra mckee was taken to hospital in a police vehicle, but died of her wound. officers are treating her death as a terrorist incident and say a murder inquiry has started. this morning, there was dismay that tensions continue to resurface.

this city already harbours many memories from northern ireland's bloody past. it's terrible. i felt ashamed to be a derry man. those sort of things should be long gone, should not be happening now. and we need people like lyra i'm sorry. i couldn't believe it. itjust feels to me like we've gone ten steps back again, you know? so, just that type of violence in this town and the loss of a young life... it's very sad and i'm very sad because this is a lovely town. police believe the violence was orchestrated by the group known as the new ira. police say dissident republicans have been planning to attack officers over the easter weekend. yesterday, they carried out raids here on derry‘s creggan estate, looking for firearms. the response was the violence which led to lyra mckee‘s death. this is an horrendous act,

it's unnecessary, it's uncalled for, it's totally unjustified. but not only is it the murder of a young woman, it's an attack, again, upon the people of this city. hundreds lined the streets as political leaders from all the main parties and both sides of the political divide came together in a show of unity. we are political leaders, religious leaders, civic society and we all stand shoulder to shoulder to say we do not want to see this, we're not going backwards. we all have to stand against theirs. this is an attack on democracy, it's an attack on everybody that standing here today. lyra mckee‘s partner publicly grieved. it's left me without the love of my life, the woman that i was planning to grow old with. we are all poorer for the loss of lyra. despite the gains derry has made, today there is a deep sense of loss. many hope to see a renewed stand against those who threaten to take the city back to its violent past.

let's go live to derry now and speak to our reporterjulian fowler — what's been the response to her death? the latest development is the release of the cctv footage, tell us more about that. would it very clearly shows is her standing with a group of people near a police vehicle during this writing that broke out. you can see burning vehicles and two vehicles had been hijacked and set on fire. more than 50 petrol bombs were thrown at the police. then you can see a gunman appearing from around the corner and you can see crouching down as we heard from eyewitnesses and henchoz fired at the police indiscriminate laid down the street towards those police vehicles but then you can see there was also a large group of the

public was lyra and she was struck by one of those bullets. today obviously a vigil was held, what we re obviously a vigil was held, what were people attending saying what was happening? what was the reaction? really those vigils were silent tributes this evening and books of two condolences were opened. there's been widespread shock and condemnation. we've heard the words of condemnation before whenever there has been a violent incident carried out by republicans. the new ira or a small group but they are a violent group and don't have widespread support but they do have widespread support but they do have pockets of supporters in the area. we heard from stephen martin for appeals of those that support the government and have

conversations with their family and decide whether given what has happened the group continue to support. those words had been said before whenever there has been a violent incident such as this and that campaign of violence is unlikely to go away. thank you very much for that. we can speak to the writer and journalist, susan mckay, who was a friend of lyra's. shejoins us from our studio in dublin. thank you for speaking to us this evening. you knew lyra, just tell us about her. she was a really lovely person and writer in the great campaigner, she cared deeply about other people and very deeply about the ability of writing to change things and she was a really good and fun person as well. one minute she would be tweeting about how to do

research and young people murdered. in the neck she would joke about falling off the wagon and had buckets of popcorn and all of the rest of it. she was just a really lovely person. she was very brave and had a unique writing style, she was a very, very much a rising star of irish writing. at the age of 29 been published in some of the best journals in the world. she was very happy, she is from a working class background but she had, when she was in belfast was living with her elderly mother who she was devoted to and caring for her. then she had been up to dairy to be with her partner who get that heartbreaking tributes to her at the vigil where she talked about her as the love of her life. and lyra had also

described sarah as being the love of her life, so she was very happy and at the peak of her powers. she just moved to dairy and loved the city. and she was in the best of activity in the city. i heard a tribute to her earlier from in the city. i heard a tribute to her earlierfrom the in the city. i heard a tribute to her earlier from the director of the rainbow project in derry that works for lgbt rainbow project in derry that works for lg bt people rainbow project in derry that works for lgbt people and she described as a hero. and i should take in part recently as a strictly come dancing fundraiser when she knew she had two left feet. she was an absolutely gorgeous, lovely, life—affirming person full of love and creativity. and that's just absolutely devastating that she has been killed and in this awful and barbaric way. you spoke to her about her passion for campaigning for lgbt rights and

described her as having a unique voice. i want to replay in excerpt ofa voice. i want to replay in excerpt of a film that was made. she shares a letter to her 14—year—old self and also about coming out. let's just have a listen to this. for the first time in your life, you will like yourself. three months before your 21st birthday, you will tell mum the secret. you will be sobbing and shaking, and she will be frightened because she doesn't know what's wrong. christmas will be just a couple of weeks away. you have to tell her because you've met someone you like and you can't live with the guilt any more. you can't get the words out, so she says it. "are you gay?" and you will say, "yes, mummy, i'm so sorry". and instead of getting mad, she will reply, "thank god you're not pregna nt". you will crawl into her lap, sobbing. she holds you and tells you that

you are her little girl, and how could you ever think that anything will make her love you any less? you will feel like a prisoner whose been given their freedom. listening to that you can see why she connected with a lot of the youth and the young people. i laughed when i watch that, it was so touching. she gets the message across. i'm really interested to know about her approach to journalism. you wrote a piece in the guardian reset rather than going home she immersed herself and stayed there. i'm quite interested to know why she felt that she wanted to write about the troubles and her ta ke write about the troubles and her take on that part of her history. write about the troubles and her take on that part of her historylj think the first and foremost you have to realise when you listen to that film and also when you look at her really excellent ted talk that she did she saw herself as a survivor and talks about how when

she was a child her catholic religion taught that it was unacceptable religion taught that it was u na cce pta ble to religion taught that it was unacceptable to be gay and how she felt the right thing for her to do was to kill herself so she saw herself as having survived that and how it gets better, it gets better for those of this that survive long enough to get better. shrewd about not knowing if her life was going to be going on much longer. she was keenly aware that she had herself survived and wanted other people to survive. she was a child of the cease—fire and resort referred to herself as a cease—fire baby. she was only eight when the good friday agreement was signed in 1998. she had not experienced the conflict, but like many of her generation who we re but like many of her generation who were sensitive she was very aware of the fact that the troubles had a legacy which was a very dark shadow

over her generation and wrote about the fact that a lot of young people her age were killing themselves. she was very concerned about that. she was very concerned about that. she was very concerned was very concerned about that. she was very concerned to be a force for good and in that sense she was a campaigning journalist and work for other people doing creative and interesting and forward—looking things. in that sense she was the absolute antithesis of those that killed her who are only looking backwards i won't never be reconciled to peace. thank you so much for sharing your memories of lyra. a couple from california who imprisoned and tortured 12 of their 13 children have been sentenced to life with a minimum of 25 years. david and louise turpin were arrested last year when their 17—year—old daughter managed to escape from the family home and contact police. in court today, several of the couple's children said our north america correspondent sophie long was in court. sophie, tell us more about the sentencing.

there really were heartbreaking scenes, at the courthouse behind me david and louise sat in court crying as two of their children read from written statements to a packed courtroom. the first daughter made her way to the podium walking past her way to the podium walking past her parents very frail, visibly upset, composed herself and said my pa rents upset, composed herself and said my parents took my whole life but i am taking it back. i am a fighter, and iam taking it back. i am a fighter, and i am strong. next one of their sons came to the podium. he read a statement on behalf of one of his sisters and then to his own words he said it's very difficult to find the words for what my parents did, but he said that was the past and this is now. since they were freed he said he learned so much and lived independently and learn to ride a bike which she really enjoyed it and to swim as well. other statement was read on behalf of one of their other daughters that said she loved her

pa rents daughters that said she loved her parents and believed everything they did was to protect them. she said she wanted to be able to visit her pa rents she wanted to be able to visit her parents and to speak to them on the telephone. louise spoke in court after we heard from her children. she said there were very sorry for everything they had done and left their children more than there would ever know. thejudge their children more than there would ever know. the judge sentencing the couple said the only thing they had done right was to plead guilty to those 1a counts so that their children were not forced to relive the trauma they had suffered over so many years. as you rightly say it became to the outside world and the daughter escaped through a window and took with her a cell phone and minister call the emergency services. she told the operator that we are a family of 15, 13 children and our parents abuse us. she said two of my little sisters are chained to their beds and said she did not know what medication was and they lived in such squalor that sometimes

she was not able to breathe. the police arrived at the unassuming four—bedroom family home in southern california they found 12 of the children severely malnourished and the children ranged in age from two lyra 29. some of the children in their late 20s look like teenagers because there were so badly malnourished. both of the defendants, david in the weeds will spend much of the rest of their lives in prison. we are describing is truly traumatic and shocking. what is the public reaction to the story? of course a shock in the local community. paris is a small, sleepy suburban town halfway between los angeles and san diego. it's only famous for skydiving. no one expected such a story would have been there and certainly on this scale 13 children severely abused.

they pleaded guilty to counts including torture, adult abuse and false imprisonment. it's a deeply shocking to learn that this had gone over $0 shocking to learn that this had gone over so many years. shocking to learn that this had gone over so many years. the county admitted to took place between 2010 and 2018 when they were finally rescued last year. the reaction from the community is one of shock that such horrific crimes that children we re such horrific crimes that children were treated so appallingly over such a long period of time in that place. thank you for that. the headlines on bbc news. police investigating the murder ofjournalist leera mckee in londonderry last night release cctv footage of the gunman and call for the public‘s help. police step up their tactics against climate change protesters in london, as arrests rise to nearly 700. an american couple, who tortured 13 children

in a so called "house of horrors", are sentenced to life in prison. hundreds of police officers have closed in on protesters in central london, as demonstrations entered a fifth day. so far, nearly 700 people have been arrested. protestors want to raise awareness of climate change — and are demanding a drastic speeding up of the government's plan to cut carbon emissions. but many argue their target is unrealistic. our correspondent sangita myska reports. following five days of disruption, the police began the work of removing the pink boat, the rallying point for climate change protesters in the heart of the uk's busiest shopping district, oxford circus. earlier today, 1,000 police officers had poured onto london's streets, drafted in to end the climate change

protests that had brought parts of the capital to a standstill. the home secretary says he expects the police to use the full force of the law to end that disruption. it's certainly different from the sort of protest we're used to and we are an organisation that learns and we will debrief this operation once it is finished and we will learn what works and what didn't work, so if groups choose to take this approach again in future, we will be better placed to deal with it more swiftly. at waterloo bridge, a stone's throw from parliament, it's a game of cat and mouse. campaigners are lifted and removed by officers, some to return hours later, to do the same again. in five days, nearly 700 arrests and no end in sight. i've come out to do my bit and we're going to come back on monday and we'll be getting arrested again and may be locking on here again, doing what's necessary

until the government is prepared to speak with us. today in france, officers used very different tactics. at the french bank, societe generale, police used pepper spray to remove climate change protesters who'd blocked employees from getting into work. back at oxford street, retailers claim the disruption has cost them millions of pounds in lost trade, but campaigners say it is a price worth paying until their calls for radical government action to combat climate change are acted on. sangita myska, bbc news. our correspondent emma north canjoin us now. you can just see the lori there with the boat in the background which is a centrepiece of the demonstration. emma, what has been happening today? since about four o'clock this afternoon the focal point of the protest has also been the scene of

work by the polity and police. they we re work by the polity and police. they were determined to get that pink boat out of oxford circus and remove oxford circus is the central point. then followed this game of cat and mouse they carefully remove the protesters and took them off to be arrested. they attached it to that loriat arrested. they attached it to that lori at the back there. in this gentle game came through the regent street. it was filled with police as they tried to find an exit point. about half an hour ago i thought they got an exit point but these protesters would be very peaceful but they are very determined. it effectively outran the vote going through some side streets and we are now here in the side street where we have several hundred people gathered not letting that poco anywhere at all. it can be safe to say is quite similartoa all. it can be safe to say is quite similar to a headache to the police.

notjust from similar to a headache to the police. not just from the similar to a headache to the police. notjust from the metropolitan police from the city of london police from the city of london police and from kent police all trying to get this boat out of the way to make sure the protesters don't have anywhere to rally. the protesters have a very peaceful attitude to what they are doing. they are incredibly polite, i saw one skipping a few moments ago but there's absolutely no sign of these people moving. they are set down of the street singing, chanting, cheering and the police can do very little about it at this precise moment. thank you very much for that. you're going to bring you some news that has come to us here regarding a shooting in wolverhampton. a six—year—old boy has reportedly been injured. west midlands police have launched an investigation of the child was injured after shots, this is coming via a statement, were

fired in wolverhampton just before 4pm this afternoon. a group of men fired shots at a house in the eastfield area of the city. a six—year—old boy thought to be inside the house at the time sustained injuries to his back and handle. fortunately not thought to be life—threatening. more from the west midlands police detective who said describing this is a shocking incident and, to say the motive of this attack is not clear at this stage but it is clearly a huge reckless act and need to identify those as soon as possible. we have extra officers including armed officers in the area as they increased patrols. they are examining cctv footage and witnesses are being spoken to. a shooting in

wolverhampton in the eastfield area of the city has been —— left a six—year—old boy injured. his injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. a powerful us congressional committee has issued a subpoena, demanding the release of the unredacted mueller report. robert mueller‘s report, a redacted version of which was released yesterday, investigated russian interference with the 2016 us elections. it concluded that the trump campaign had not conspired with russia, but was unable to say whether the president had obstructed justice. speaking earlier on a trip to northern ireland, speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, was asked if she thought president trump ought to be prosecuted by congress and whether mr mueller had more questions to answer.

whatever the issue and challenge that we face, the congress of the united states will honour its oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the united states, to protect our democracy. we believe that the first article, article one, the legislative branch, has the responsibility of oversight of our democracy, and we will exercise that. let's cross to washington now where we can get the latest from our correspondent gary o'donoghue — what's been the president's reaction all this? it is interesting because yesterday he talked about it being game over. he was having a good day and his lawyers said it was total victory, you might expect he headed off down to florida to his golf course, did not need to say anything. he has sent out a extreme of tweets

name—calling, there is a some interesting language in this one he calls it the crazy robert muller report. being written by 18 angry democrats, trump haters that he calls them. fabricated and totally untrue. the bit we are not showing is where he goes on to you some pretty language as well. he cannot leave it alone even though he says he has been totally exonerated. part of the reason for that is that democrats are not letting it go and ensuring that there are several more instalments to this saga. how far could the democrats to take this? the public are watching very closely. he clearly does to democrats. i'm not sure the public are watching that closely. they don't show any sign particularly in the voting booth of caring much about russia but for the democrats

they are concerned if you like with giving the white house different time there arguing they're just trying to get the bottom of the territory of the house of representatives is you get control of these powerful committees and make life pretty difficult so they have sent a subpoena today to the justice department to an unredacted version of the report. they sent a may one deadline for that. they could end up in the courts and next couple of weeks we're going to see robert muller himself testify and that will be pretty box office. thank you very much. a 74—year—old man in north wales has suffered "life—changing injuries" after being shot with a crossbow. the man, who said he was trying to fix a faulty satellite dish outside his home when he was hit, managed to make his way back

into his home on the outskirts of holyhead and raise the alarm shortly after midnight. he is in critical condition in hospital — and police are investigating. tens of thousands of people in ukraine have gathered in the olympic stadium in kiev for a debate between the country's two presidential candidates. the current president, petro poroshenko, is taking on his challenger, the comedian volodymyr zelensky, before sunday's run—off vote of the presidential election. mr zelensky has a commanding lead in the opinion polls — despite having no political experience. now it's time for a look at the weather with mel coles. we've seen plenty of sunshine and that helped to give temperatures an extra boost in fact all four nations have recorded their highest temperatures of the year so far and there's more to come for most of us as we head into the weekend. i see most of us, we have leather that is approaching

from the atlantic that is producing more and to ireland and scotland overnight and i'll linger for much of the weekend. elsewhere under clear skies, we may see the return of some low cloud, mist and fog from places like lincoln share. temperatures should not trouble way too far even though there will be one or two cool spots, mist and fog will clear quite quickly but there will be that cloud draped through northern ireland and up at the westin scotland, quite breezy as well and we could see some outbreaks of rain on this but elsewhere, let your winds, lengthy spells of sunshine and that he'd really building down towards the south of the uk we could see highs of 25 celsius. hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines. police investigating the murder ofjournalist leera mckee

in londonderry last night release cctv footage of the gunman and call for the public‘s help. leera's partner paid an emotional tribute to her. it's left me without the love of my life, the woman i was planning to grow old with. we are all heard for the loss of. our hopes and all of her amazing potential was snuffed out by a single barbaric act. an american couple, who tortured their 13 children in a so called ‘house of horrors', are sentenced to life in prison. police step up their tactics against climate change protesters in london, as arrests rise to nearly 700. a 1a—month—old boy is rescued by his father from the jaws of a dingo after an attack in the family camper van in australia.

time to catch up with the sport. good afternoon, it was a big afternoon in the championships. sheffield united are keeping up their hopes of a premier league next season by —— with a vital 2—0 victory over nottingham forest. they failed to create much of the first half, but afterjohan fellow and was sent off, duffy took the advantage with that curling strike. they had to wait until the last ten minutes for andrew stephen to seal the win. it moves sheffield united back into the automatic promotion spot. for now, leads mist out on the chance to regain second spot as we can came down from a goal to win 2—1. the playoff chasing windsor city... meaning they sit in the final playoff spot thanks to their win over stoke city. bad news for bolton wanderers, they were relegated to league1 wanderers, they were relegated to

league 1 after being defeated by aston villa. this will kick off in ten minutes' time. footballers across england and wales are leading across england and wales are leading a2li across england and wales are leading a 2k hour social media strike which started at 9am to protest how racism has been dealt by football authorities and social media companies. danny rose is taking part, he was abused during the 2020 run in montenegro in march. the protest kicks off the antiracism campaign entitled enough. protest kicks off the antiracism campaign entitled enoughlj protest kicks off the antiracism campaign entitled enough. i think it's great that players are coming together to make a statement as a i'm nota i'm not a great user of social media myself, i try and stay clear of all forms of it, but that's just myself, i try and stay clear of all forms of it, but that'sjust my myself, i try and stay clear of all forms of it, but that's just my own personal preference. but i know for

players it is an important part of their lives these days. so certainly i think it can make a difference. antonyjoshua's fight i think it can make a difference. antony joshua's fight with jerrell miller in june is antony joshua's fight with jerrell miller injune is off after a reported second adverse finding for the american. joshua's promoter is confirmed that miller will now be replaced, and that new opponent will be announced next week. the fight was due to —— is due to take place in new york and will bejoshua's us debut. good friday has been a great one for super league leader st. helens. they beat rivals wigan by 36-10 at the dwb helens. they beat rivals wigan by 36—10 at the dwb stadium. grace picked up the six strikes to pick up the first hat trick of his career. elsewhere, hall fc took the bragging rights in style against whole kingston road, winning 56—12. rhinos beat huddersfield while the red

devils got a good win from home. novak djokovic has been knocked out of the quarterfinals of the monte carlo masters by daniel medvedev. rafael nadal‘s hopes of an unprecedented 12 title in monte carlo are still alive, he's there to the semifinals after beating argentina's guido pay out in straight sets. the world snooker championship gets under way in sheffield tomorrow, ronnie o'sullivan is the bookmaker‘s favourite to win. the 43—year—old says he is taking inspiration from tiger woods's triumph at the masters as he chases his sixth title. my inspiration is watching what he's done. for all the older generation of players, they probably draw some inspiration for us. if you can do it, thenl inspiration for us. if you can do it, then i suppose you can believe in yourself sometime. england's

moeen ali has held his bangalore side to their second win in the indian premier league. the all rounder smashed 66 of 28 balls. his tea m rounder smashed 66 of 28 balls. his team are the target of 214, however the night riders fell ten runs short. that is all the sport for now, but you can find more on all those stories at the bbc sport website. pvc dot sport we will be back with more at 8:30pm, see you then. let's return to our top story, a journalist has been shot dead in londonderry in what police say was a "terrorist incident". detectives blame dissident republicans for the killing of 29—year—old lyra mckee, during rioting late last night. the trouble broke out after police raided a number of homes in derry‘s creggan area. the prime minister theresa may has described the death of ms mckee as "shocking and truly senseless". speaking at a vigil for lyra mckee, her partner sara canning

paid this tribute. the senseless murder of lyra mckee has left a family without a beloved daughter, a sister, an aunt, and a great aunt, has left so many friends without their confidant. victims of the lgbtqa community are left without a tireless advocate and activist. it has left me without the love of my life, the woman that i was planning to grow old with. we are all poorer for the loss of lyra. our hopes and dreams, and all of her amazing potential, was snuffed out by a single barbaric act. this cannot stand. lyra's death must not be in vain, because her life was a shining light in everyone else's life. and her legacy will live on in the light that she has left behind. thank you. the deputy chief constable, stephen martin, and mayor of derry, john boyle, delivered a joint press conference earlier today, where they gave their reaction to lyra's death. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thank you forjoining us

here on what is an extremely sad day for the citizens of this city, the citizens of derry, or londonderry, it doesn't matter what you call the city. everyone is united with one voice today to speak out in this instance, and to offer our condolences, especially to lyra mckee's family in belfast for the tragedy that occurred here in our city last night. you will see behind me many of our civic and political leaders. they've come here to join together with one voice to say that these events did not happen in the name of the people of this city. this dreadful murder was heinous in the extreme, and threatened the lives of many more. i just want to reflect on the fact

that i personally knew lyra mckee, i've known her since she was 16 years old. she was bright, warm, witty. but most of all, she was an outstanding individual, a great friend to so many people in the city in the short time that she was with us. and we are brokenhearted for her family and their loss. and again, ijust want to extend our very deepest sympathies to them. there's an awful lot of anger in the city today. it has to be said again, this was not done in the name of the people of this city. those responsible need to understand that — i can't put it any stronger than that. and not only that, but the people here absolutely abhor

what happened last night. lyra was one of us. ladies and gentlemen, i'm going to pass over now to deputy chief constable stephen martin. stephen will obviously explain the latest situation to you. and then of course, we will open up for any further questions. so, deputy chief constable? thank you, mr mayor. and cani and can i start by expressing my own deepest condolences to lyra mckee's family, not only on behalf of myself, but also on behalf of the police service of northern ireland. i thought it was really important for me to come to the city today, to stand with the mayor and the politicians and other civic leaders in the city. this is a place that i know well, i've spent 11 years of my career here. i

know well, i've spent 11 years of my career here. i care know well, i've spent 11 years of my career here. i care about this city deeply, and i know that they tell us —— the callous and cruel murder that occurred on its streets last night will be condemned. and the majority of people in the city today will be heartbroken and repulsed. the actions will not have been carried out in their name, and it's because i know of the heart of the city, having spent so much time here, i wa nted having spent so much time here, i wanted to come along today to stand with the leaders and to say to the people who carried this out, "this was not done to further any cause. this will achieve nothing other than to plunge a family further into grief, and to condemn the city that we all love to the worst possible headlines, global headlines today on good friday, 21 years after the day of our peace agreement was signed."

on the way up in the car this morning, i watched on the way up in the car this morning, iwatched lyra on the way up in the car this morning, i watched lyra mckee's ted x talk. she was not a girl i had met personally, but we had lots of mutual acquaintances. i was well aware of her work, and i watched her talk. and she spoke about the power of conversations. she said that even the most deepest held views and the strongest of mindsets can be changed. and they can be changed often through the power of conversations. so often through the power of conversations. so as often through the power of conversations. so as well as making an appeal today for people to come forward with what they know to assist the investigation, i have another appeal today. there are people in this city who will know that the people they love are involved in organisations like the new ira. i would urge those people

to have conversations in their home, in theirfamily to have conversations in their home, in their family space. in lyra's memory, do it. encourage the people you love to step away from such violence, from such organisations, and recognise how out of step they are with the wishes not only with the people of this city, but the people of this island. we all want to live in peace, we all want a better future for our children. and last night's actions are just so out of step with what all of us want, so i would urge people, in lyra's memory, have those conversations. let's turn something good from last night's appalling events. could you talk us through while you felt...

we carried out that search activity last night because we believe that there are people in the city who, over this weekend, were going to murderous attacks on the police and perhaps even other events such as we witnessed here injanuary with the bomb explosion in bishop street. before i came here today, i read the intelligence that led to that search activity. i wanted to come and talk to the people of the city and say that i read it myself, i convinced myself of the urgency and the need to carry out that search activity. and i am convinced that when we engage in that activity, we don't do it lightly, we understand the impact it lightly, we understand the impact it can have on the community. but we have to balance that against the

risk of not carrying out that search activity, and perhaps people carrying out other murderous attacks over the weekend. regretfully, people such as i described earlier are completely out of step, goaded young people to engage in disorder. the police did not react to that disorder. we didn't respond with any use of force, we absorbed it. we we re use of force, we absorbed it. we were there to do search activity, we did not want to in any way make the situation worse. but the most cruel of fates was carried out. someone walked out onto the streets with a gun with the intentions of murdering police officers. in a situation that was built up, people on the street, men, women, children, police officers — there were a number of

gunshots fired, and tragically lyra mckee was fatally wounded. so to a nswer mckee was fatally wounded. so to answer your question, a great amount of thought goes into those police operations. i want us to focus on the people that did this. you know, we are all standing here today speaking with one voice, and that one voice is saying to those people, "you are not wanted". if your purpose in this society is to cause mayhem, to try and kill people and cause damage the bomb explosions, thatis cause damage the bomb explosions, that is not wanted. everyone has a place in society, but people of violence have no right to carry out that violence. no it is not out of control. and... regretfully, when you have people who wake up every

day and their sole purpose in life is to try and attack police officers and destroy the peace that all of us worked so hard for, desire so much, and it's possible to carry out such acts. but please, let's think about what this place used to be like. the type of country that i grew up in. the scale and volume of terrorist activity and criminal activity now is much less than it used to be. yes, we are standing here on good friday and it is not good at all today because we have lost a member of our community, a young girl of 29. and that is one death far too much. but this is a safe city, this isa much. but this is a safe city, this is a good city. the people in this place that means so much to me throughout my career do not support this. they do not want this. and i

would just encourage us to use this opportunity for this moment in time for us to confront and condemn properly the mindset that led to the sort of tragic events that we saw last night. raise our voices in condemnation, yes, but also have those conversations. there are people in this society who can have those conversations and try and get people to step away from those organisations. any political — people are allowed entitled to pursue a united ireland. do it their politics and discourse, but the threat of violence and carrying out that violence is completely unacceptable. completely unacceptable. completely unacceptable. do you believe the threat level from dissident republicans has increased ?m

threat level from dissident republicans has increased? it has been categorised as severe since february of 2009. and that means that an attack is highly possible. that attack last night was meant to be on police officers, but we have seen be on police officers, but we have seen how innocent people, hard—working, decent seen how innocent people, ha rd—working, decent and seen how innocent people, hard—working, decent and innocent people can be caught up in these actions. but if we had had a police officer killed last night, it would've been just as unacceptable. the eyes have been caught by the fa ct the eyes have been caught by the fact that this was a lovely 29—year—old girl, a fantastic journalist. a wonderful career ahead of her that has been stolen from her. but if it had been a police officer, it would've beenjust her. but if it had been a police officer, it would've been just as unacceptable. but every day, men and women of the police service of northern ireland, around the country and in the city, will be in policing all areas, addressing local issues and coming up with local solutions.

we have police officers today writing titles about the city. we wa nt to writing titles about the city. we want to be working with local people and addressing local issues. the last thing we want is a security tight policing. we are up for that challenge. but we need the dissident republican groups to step back, we need them to go out of business. that was stephen martin responding to thejournal —— death of the journalist lyra mckee. police have dismantled a pink boat in central london that had formed the centrepiece of demonstrations by climate change protesters. the boat was then towed away, but protestors have tried to prevent the police from taking it very far.

we will just take you we willjust take you live, as you can see there, the boat is missing, but the protesters are still on the streets. very public location of oxford street, very busy area of course. the met said just over 100 people were arrested during the day, bringing the total number to more than 680 since the climate change demonstration started on monday. it comes as a group of demonstrators staged a protest at heathrow airport amid threats to disrupt flights over easter. protestors also gathered at waterloo bridge, where our correspondent sarah walton has spent the day. we have seen the police coming in periodically right through the day to move people from here. it's just calmed down at the moment, we're having some songs, there's been some speeches made on the microphone that

has been set up here. but in the last half an hour or so, there's been another 4—5 protesters taken away from police. you can see where people are sat down, lying on the road, the police were coming in groups of 4—5. they'll ask the protesters to move and then when protestors say no, they will literally lift them up and carried them down the bridge to take them to the waiting police vans. as i say, things have calmed down a little bit now, the police to seem to be hanging back and monitoring the situation. if ijust bring you around, you can see there is a constant police presence here, but there does monitoring the situation just seeing what's happened. the police have said they have built up a good relationship relationship of the protesters, and earlier today the protesters were saying, they want people to be friendly to the police officers, not to give them any personal information but to remain on good terms. what you're finding is as fast as people are being taken away, more people are arriving to replace them. there's a very big crowd here now,

several hundred people on the bridge, and many others that have been arrested are returning here, i spoke to one woman who said she spent several hours at a police station yesterday afternoon, having been arrested at oxford circus. police gave her a cup of tea and then she was released and came straight back to the protest site. also very high—profile support today from celebrities, celebrity support. the actress emma thompson has flown to the uk from america, and she has been taking part taking part in the demonstration of oxford circus. and she spoke to the crowds there earlier. i'm sure everyone feels the same, that to inconvenience people and disrupt their lives is not desirable. but, sometimes as the suffragettes would have said when they were fighting for the vote on let us not forget, they disrupted an awful lot of people's lives in order to get what we now take for granted. and what about the drain on police resources? that is up to the police, that is not our decision. we did not ask for police resources, it is not

like we are burning things down. the police turned up because they were asked to turn up, and that is not our responsibility. you can ask the government about that or you ask westminster about that. they decided to spend their money in this way, which i think personally is a waste of our taxpayers money. we are not doing anything violent. now police have been criticised for not taking stronger action to remove the protesters, but the scotland yard says more than 500 arrests have been made since these protests started in central london on monday. and although today is a very public holiday for many people, the police have cancelled their rest days, they now have 1,000 officers on the streets of central london. what the police are hoping for is that at some point, the protesters here at the oxford circus in parliament square will move and all form one central protest at marble arch, we have been speaking to protesters here today and they say they have no intention yet of leaving the site, and they will stay as long as they can. a 14—month—old boy has

survived a dingo attack that took place on a popular australian tourist island. the toddler suffered a fractured skull and deep cuts to his neck and head. he is recovering in hospital. from sydney, phil mercer reports. the child was rescued from the dingo's jaws by his father, who was awoken by loud screams. the toddler had been dragged several metres in the darkness from the family's camper van on fraser island, north of brisbane. he was badly hurt, but paramedics say it could have been much worse. the dingoes made their way into the trailer and grabbed the boy and dragged him away from the camper. and the parents woke up to the baby screaming and chased after him, having to fight the dingoes off to take the boy away from the dingoes. he was apparently grabbed around the neck area and dragged away. so if it wasn't for the parents fighting off the dingoes, there would probably

be severe injuries. fraser island is home to several packs of dingoes. attacks are uncommon, but earlier this year, a six—year—old boy was bitten. in 2001, another boy was killed on the island after being mauled. dingoes were at the heart of one of australia's most infamous court cases. in 1980, a nine—week—old baby went missing at uluru, or ayres rock, in central australia. she was taken by a wild dog, but suspicion fell on her parents. the child's mother was jailed for life for murder and her father convicted of being an accessory. it would take years for them to be exonerated. what occurred on 17 august, 1980 was that shortly after mrs chamberlain placed the baby in the tent, a dingo or dingoes entered the tent, took azaria, and carried and dragged her from

the immediate area. on fraser island, specialist rangers have been brought in to warn tourists to stay away from wild dogs. if the animals responsible for the attack on the toddler can be identified, they could be put down. phil mercer, bbc news, in sydney. now it's time for a look at the weather with mel coles. good evening. we've seen plenty of sunshine across the board through the day today. and temperatures have responded. now at times that sunshine turned hazy, but not spoiled the feel of the day. all that sunshine has given our temperatures an extra boost. all four nations have recorded their highest temperatures of the year so far, and warmth is to come for most of us as we head to the weekend. we have an area of high—pressure sitting over scandinavia, a settled story but we have this weather front working its way in from the atlantic that

will make some progress, introducing more cloud and into parts of northern ireland in western fringes of scotland overnight, turning a bit more breezy here. elsewhere, lighter winds, clear skies and the return of low cloud, mist and fog into lincolnshire and yorkshire. while temperatures shouldn't drop away too far, there will be 1—2 cool spots in northern and eastern england. early morning mist and fog will clear quickly, but we still have that band of cloud draped across northern ireland up to scotland and northern isles, where it will be a blustery day. the heat is building towards the southern half of the uk, and we could see highs of up to 25 celsius here, cooler underneath that cloud with outbreaks of rain. heading into saturday night, we have high pressure in charge, parts of scotland introducing outbreaks of rain sometime. some mist and fog anywhere on easter sunday that will clear quite quickly. we still have that cloud

producing some rain, and underneath that cloud, it will be quite blustery at times for northern ireland and scotland. but elsewhere, rather like saturday, lengthy spells of sunshine and feeling warm with highs of around 23—24dc. heading into easter monday, it looks as though pressure will be building further. as a result, it will push this weather front back out towards the west. it looks as though it starts to retreat, and will linger out towards the west. so we will all have a fine, dry day with lengthy spells of sunshine. quite a noticeable breeze, cloud bubbling up as the day goes on, but it will be another warm day for many places, looking at temperatures reaching 23—24dc.

this is bbc news i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8. police investigating the murder ofjournalist leera mckee in londonderry last night release cctv footage of the gunman and call for the public‘s help. lyra's partner paid an emotional tribute to her... it's left me without the love of my life. the woman i was planning to grow old with. we are all hurt for the loss of lyra. our hopes and dreams and all of her amazing potential was snapped up in a single barbaric act. an american couple, who tortured their 13 children in a so called ‘house of horrors‘, are sentenced to life in prison. police step up their tactics against climate change protesters in london, as arrests rise to nearly 700 a 14 month old boy is rescued by his father from the jaws