politicians from all sides take part in a vigil forjournalist lyra mckee, shot dead last night in rioting in londonderry. police released cctv footage of the 29—year—old's last moments, as violence flared on the streets. 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 poorer for the loss of lyra. her hopes and dreams and all of her amazing potential were snuffed out by a single barbaric act. we'll bring you the latest and be examining the causes of this outbreak of violence in londonderry. also tonight. police step up their tactics against climate change protesters in london, as arrests rise to nearly 700.

the couple from california who spent years torturing and starving their children are given life prison sentences. the leaders of sudan's protest movement say they'll name a civilian alternative to the army, which seized power in a coup last week. whispering: let's all experience something... ..together. and the internet sensory sensation called asmr, and how it's gone mainstream. good evening. a vigilfor the murdered journalist lyra mckee has been held in londonderry, with politicians from both sides of the community coming together to remember her. the 29—year—old was struck by a bullet as she was observing

an outbreak of violence in the creggan district last night. 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. here's our ireland correspondent emma va rdy. an innocent bystander, lyra mckee watched from beside a police land rover as violence erupted. shots rang out. here, you can see a gunman who fired up to ten times at police lines. the 29—year—old journalist was hit by bullets. a reporter beside her tried to help. was hit by bullets. a reporter beside her tried to helplj was hit by bullets. a reporter beside her tried to help. i could see a land rover and there was a young woman lying on the ground beside the land rover, unconscious. herfriends website. beside the land rover, unconscious. her friends website. they realised what happened. someone turned around

and saw her on the ground and they started screaming and it is a sound i will never forget. —— they hadn't realised what happened. lyra mckee was described as an up—and—coming journalist and she was also a gay rights activist. within the lgbt community, we have a saying that we tell them, it gets better. what i realised that day was that it gets better for some of us, it gets better for some of us, it gets better for some of us, it gets better for those of us who live long enough to see it get better. many tributes have been paid by people who knew her and read her work. just after iipm last night, she was taken to hospital by police but died of her wound. officers are treating her death as a terrorist incident, and a murder enquiry is under way. this is a horrendous act. it is unnecessary, it is uncalled for, it is totally unjustified. but not only is it the murder of a young woman, it is an attack again upon the people of this

city. officers 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 had carried out raids here on derry‘s creggan state looking for firearms and the response was the violence which led to lyra mckee's death. the senseless murder of lyra mckee... a david or today, lyra mckee's partner spoke of the pain of losing the woman she'd planned a future with. it has left me without the love of my life, the woman i was planning to grow old with. we are all poorer for the loss of lyra. her hopes and dreams and all of her amazing potential was snuffed out by a single, barbaric act. 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 have political leaders, religious leaders, civic society, standing shoulder to

shoulder to say we don't want to see this, we are not going back. we all have to stand against this, this is an attack on democracy and everybody standing here today. this city already harbours many memories from northern ireland's bloody past. there is now dismayed that tensions have again resurfaced. it is terrible, i'm ashamed to be a derry man. the sort of thing should be long gone. it should not be happening now. we need people like lyra, i'm sorry... i couldn't believe it, it feels to me as though we have gone ten steps back again, you know? just that type of violence in this town and the loss of young life, it's very sad and i'm very sad because this is a lovely town. despite the gains derry has made, today, there is a deep sense of loss. many hoped to see a renewed stand against those who threatened to ta ke stand against those who threatened to take the city back to its violent days of old.

and we can talk to emma now. over 20 years on from the good friday agreement. we heard some of the bewilderment that as to how the violence is still happening. you are right, for the most part, there has been 20 years of peace here. but there is still an undercurrent of violence that still exists. paramilitaries are nowhere near as prevalent now as they were during the troubles but small groups do still pose a threat, dissident republicans who still believe in engaging in violence to try to bring about a united ireland. police in northern ireland work every day to try to counter that threat. here in derry, officers say it is the group known as the so—called new ira who pose the greatest danger. there are particular concerns for communities here that groups sometimes try to influence young people, to try to bring them out onto the streets, too, to encourage them to engage in violence. last summer particularly in derry, we saw a week of rioting

in the bogside and injanuary, a car bomb was detonated outside the city's courthouse. but even saying that, during the darkest days of the troubles, only one journalist was ever killed, which makes the events of last night all the more shocking. after the death of lyra mckee, we now know that dissident republicans have decided to cancel a planned illegal march that was due to take place to commemorate the easter rising. there is a feeling tonight that the death of a journalist has further damaged the image of people'simage of these groups, in people'seyes. emma vardy, there, thank you. hundreds of police officers closed in on climate change protesters in central london, as demonstrations entered a fifth day. so far, nearly 700 people have been arrested. the protestors want a drastic speeding up of the government's plan to cut carbon emissions. but many argue their target is unrealistic. sangita myska reports. following five days of disruption,

this afternoon the police began the work of removing the pink boat. it had become a rallying point for climate change protesters in the very heart of the uk's busiest shopping district, oxford circus. the day had started with police officers pouring on london's streets, drafted in to end the climate change protests that had brought parts of the capital to a standstill. the home secretary had said he expected the police to use the full force of the law. it's certainly different from the sort of protest we're used to and, of course, we are an organisation that learns and we will debrief this operation once it's 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, i think. 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 maybe 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 in london, as night fell, activists near oxford street decided to sing goodbye to the boat whose passage they'd successfully halted for hours. there are now hundreds of police officers dedicated to moving this boat but it's become a stop—start operation, and with hundreds of protesters insisting on escorting

it, how long it's going to take is anyone's guess. the police clearly hope that by removing this symbol, the protesters will finally go home. it's something they say simply won't happen until the government heeds their demand for radical action to combat climate change. sangita myska, bbc news. a couple from california have been sentenced to life in prison, after subjecting their children to years of torture and starvation. david and louise turpin pleaded guilty to the abuse of all but one of their 13 children for at least nine years. one of their sons told the court he still loves his parents, despite all the abuse. sophie long has the story. that was the moment injanuary last year that david and louise turpin‘s 17—year—old daughter alerted the outside world to the horrific abuse that she and many of her 12

siblings had been subjected to at the hands of their parents. it was from this suburban home in perris, california, that she'd escaped through a window and used a deactivated mobile phone to call the emergency services. she told the emergency operator that she and her siblings lived in filth, that she had never been to a dentist, and didn't know what medication was. when rescued, all the children, except the youngest, a toddler, were severely malnourished. it was, the district attorney said, among the worst, most aggravated child abuse cases he had ever seen. today, heartbreaking scenes of deep emotional pain, as the couple listened to their children speak in a packed courtroom. i cannot describe in words

what we went through growing up. sometimes, i still have nightmares of things that had happened, such as my siblings being chained up or getting beaten. but that is the past and this is now. i love my parents and have forgiven them for a lot of the things they did to us. one of their daughters said they had a perfect life because god took good care of them, and she said she would pray for her parents often. thejudge said by pleading guilty they spared their children reliving the harm and humiliation they endured in that house of horrors. now as the turpin children continue to try to build normal lives, it's likely their parents will spend the rest of theirs in prison. sophie long, bbc news, riverside, california. a six—year—old boy has been hurt in a shooting in wolverhampton.

police say a group of men opened fire on a house in the eastfield area of the city. the boy's injuries are not thought to be life threatening. 2a hours after he celebrated its conclusions, president trump has renewed his attack on the mueller report, which investigated alleged russian interference in the 2016 election. mr trump said "certain people" had given statements that were "fabricated" and "totally untrue" to make him look bad. the report, which was released in redacted form yesterday, concluded that the president did not collude with the russians, but it failed to rule out potential obstructions ofjustice. our north america editor jon sopel is at the white house for us tonight. and the drama surrounding this report continues? yes, and what a difference 24—hour is makes. yesterday, he was on a victory lap, he had a pinned tweet, "game over, zero collusion, no

obstruction ofjustice". now the mueller report is the crazy mueller report and the people who gave evidence to it, staff that still work at the white house, some who have left, people who have lied to the mueller pot. —— they are people who have lied. it is a big accusation from the president to say they were speaking nonsense because all of those people were under oath. the other thing that has happened todayis the other thing that has happened today is that the chairman of the judiciary committee, which is run by the democrats, has issued a subpoena, saying it wants to see the full report and has given the attorney general until the ist of may to bring it forward. one other lawmaker has also intervened, the republican senator mitt romney, who said, "i am sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the president". donald trump won't like that. he's also just tweeted that this report is a big, fat waste of time and money. he

was hoping the mueller report would be in his rear—view mirror. it may be in his rear—view mirror. it may be in his rear—view mirror. it may be in the rear—view mirror but it is not yet receding into the distance and won't be for some time yet. jon sopel in washington, thank you. the leaders of sudan's protest movement have announced plans to unveil a civilian government this weekend, hoping to put pressure on the army to hand over power. the transitional military council has been in control since seizing power from president omar al—bashir last week. the move comes as thousands of demonstrators gathered in the centre of the capital, khartoum, in the biggest protests since mr bashir was forced from power. our africa editor, fergal keane, reports. whatever happens next, they'll remember this for the rest of their lives. a moment to look back on in old age, when freedom was close enough to touch. arriving in this crowd, it's the discipline, the civility which are striking.

"raise your arms and we'll gently search you", they chant. every inch of room is taken and into this unexpected space are flowing the demands of the many. these are lawyers. "this is temporary change", iqbal says, "and the forces of freedom have given their demands to the military council, to form a civilian government." we went to visit the radio of the revolution, broadcasting music and messages to the crowds. notice the youth of its volunteers, the number of women. like this lady in the centre, who returned from abroad to do her part. my dream is to come back here and live here, at home,

with my family and raise my kids with my family here in sudan, and i think it's about to happen. but such dreams are still hostage to what the men with the guns do next. the faces have changed but the military is still in power. after a raft of compromises last week, there's been silence on the demand for immediate civilian rule. and there is wariness, too, on the part of traditional politicians. like the country's last democratic prime minister, overthrown in the coup that brought the military to power 30 years ago. sadiq al—mahdi here arriving for friday prayers. this is not his revolution. how do you feel about what's happening? are you happy? "a great opening", he said, "but not yet there". by night, the streets fill to overflowing. this is the symbolic, the sacred ground of the revolution, and these scenes are a reminder that

manyjunior ranks in the army are supporters of change. people here want the establishment of a civilian administration and they want it now, but there's no sign the military regime is willing to accede, yet, at least. perhaps they hope the crowds will simply go home, get tired. there's no sign of that, though. they have rid the country of two dictators in a week. they have forced the freeing of media, the release of prisoners, small wonder there's so much hope, even if their final victory seems tonight to hang in the balance. fergal keane, bbc news, khartoum. this month, the singer—songwriter billie eilish became the youngest person to reach numberi in the uk album charts. the video of her single bad guy uses one of the fastest growing trends on the web. known as asmr, it involves sounds and whispers recorded into a microphone, which stimulate tingling feelings in many users.

earlier this year, an asmr advert played during the superbowl, more proof the trend has gone mainstream. our media editor amol rajan is all ears. whispering: let's all experience something... ..together. nearly 17 million people have seen this ad on youtube since it was first played during the us super bowl injanuary. it's the marketing world tapping into the biggest internet phenomenon you might not have heard of — it's called asmr. asmr stands for autonomous sensory meridian response and it's a tingling sensation that generally starts at the top of the head and moves back down the neck and across the shoulders. scraping toast. dr tom hostler is one of a small number of academics researching the intense and calming effect certain intimate sounds have on many of us.

there are over 10 million asmr videos on youtube alone, along with so—called satisfying videos, such as this one. crunching. so, we asked members of a dance academy to explain the appeal. very tingly, very like... ahh! i think itjust relaxes me, like, i'm able to watch it. i've been given a massage in my brain. there's just too much stress, so when you find some free time, you just like to listen to a calming or relaxing sound. for some, asmr is a career. emma smith, known as whispersred, makes asmr videos for a living in what she calls her tingle shed. whispering: what are you setting out to do? whispering: calm the viewer. water cascading. whispering: i am definitely an amsa experiencer. —— amsr experiencer. because that was like there

was a waterfall in my head. asmr has entered popular culture. earlier this month, 17—year—old american billie eilish topped the uk charts. as go magazine put it, "get your pop and asmr fix all in one place." whispering: sensual rather than sexual. intimate rather than erotic. asmr could revolutionise advertising, because these videos are a zone in which you're relaxed, focused and highly receptive to what you see and hear. scissors snipping. through asmr, the internet provides a soothing antidote to the age of overload. the distinction between the online and off—line worlds is collapsing, one whisper at a time. whispering: amol rajan, bbc news. that's all from us, now on bbc one its time for the news where you are. goodbye.

descriptor murder as a barbaric act. snuffed out her amazing potential left without the love of her life. sara canning said she'd been left without the love of her life. to who knows where, they have sung it goodbye and they are currently processing it out of the city of london. this has caused a lot of disruption for the centre of london and we also don't know how much more these protesters have in store for the next few days. they are certainly going back off to oxford circus if they can. one thing, however, that is sure is that boat is off

on its travels tonight. earlier i spoke to the writer and journalist, susan mckay, who was a friend of lyra's who described her as a deeply compassionate and talented journalist(tx sot) she was a really lovely person and brilliant writer, she was a great campaignerand brilliant writer, she was a great campaigner and she cared deeply about other people and very deeply about other people and very deeply about the ability of writing to change things. and she was a really good fun person as well, one minute she would be tweeting about how to do research and young people have been murdered and disappeared the next she would be joking about how she had fallen off the wagon and had no bags and buckets of popcorn, and all the rest of it. she was just a really lovely person, and she was very brave and had a unique writing style, she was a very, very rising, much rising star of her irish writing, and she had been ready at the age of 29 and publish some of the age of 29 and publish some of the best journals in the age of 29 and publish some of the bestjournals in the wild, but she was very happy, she had been sheets from a working—class background, but she had lived with her elderly mother who she was devoted to her and she was caring for her. and then she had been able to move up to be with her partner,

who gave that heartbreaking tribute to her at the vigil where she talked about her as a lot of her life, and which lyra described her as being the love of her life as well so she was very happy at the peak of her powers, she had moved there recently and love the city, and she had plunged right into the heart of all the best activity in the city, and she had i heard attribute earlier from the director of the rainbow project, which works for lgbtq people and he described her as a hero. he talked about how she took pa rt hero. he talked about how she took part ina hero. he talked about how she took part in a strictly come dancing fundraiser they did even though she knew that she had two left feet. she was an absolutely gorgeous lovely life affirming person, full of love and creativity and it'sjust absolutely devastating that she has been killed in this off —— awful

barbaric way. is you spoke about her passion for campaigning for the lg btq rights, passion for campaigning for the lgbtq rights, and you often have described her as having a unique voice ijust described her as having a unique voice i just want to replay an excerpt of the film that was made. she shares her letter to her 14—year—old south on the secrets she holds, and us about coming out, so i can listen to this. for the first time in your life you will like yourself, three months before you're 26 birthday, your time on the secret. you will be sobbing and shaking, and she will be frightened because she does not know it's wrong. christmas will be a few weeks away. you have to tell her because you have met someone you like and you have met someone you like and you cannot live with the guilt any more. you can't get the words out, so 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 pregnant. you will crawl into her lap sobbing as she holds me and tells you you are her little girl and how could she and every think anything would make her love you any less. you will feel like a prisoner who is been given freedom. you know what, listening to that you can see why she connected with a lot of the youth and young people. it was so touching. she gets the message across, i'm really interested to know about her approach to journalism. i mean, you wrote a piece you said rather than going home at about writing as she immersed her stop and stay there, some interested in knowing why she felt she needed to write about the troubles at her take on that part of her history? well, i think first and foremost you have to realise when you listen to that film and also when you look at excellent ted talks

that she has died, she saw herself asa that she has died, she saw herself as a survivor. she talks about house when she was a child, her catholic religion taught her that she was unacceptable religion taught her that she was u na cce pta ble to religion taught her that she was unacceptable to be gay. as she talked about how she felt that the right thing for her to do is to kill herself, so she starts out as he passed being a survivor as she talks plainly at how it gets better, it gets better for those of us who survived long enough to get better. as she wrote that not knowing of course that her home life was not going to actually be for much longer. —— own life. she was keenly aware that she had survived and she wa nted aware that she had survived and she wanted to help others survive and she was a child is a cease—fire, she refrigerants up as a cease—fire baby she was only eight when the good friday agreement was signed, and she, she had not experienced in the

conflict, but like many of her generation who are sensitive, she was very aware generation who are sensitive, she was very aware of generation who are sensitive, she was very aware of the fact that the troubles had a legacy which was a very dark shadow over her generation and she wrote for example about the fa ct and she wrote for example about the fact that a lot of young people her age were killing themselves as she was very concerned age were killing themselves as 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, she worked with others who are doing creative interesting forward—looking things and that sense, she was absolutely the antithesis of those who killed or who are looking backwards and should they will never be reconciled to peace. let's find the weather. that evening, we have seen plenty of sunshine across the board today, and that's how to get temperatures and extra boost and pack, offering nations have recorded the highest temperatures of the sfr, and more wa nted temperatures of the sfr, and more wanted to come from most of us as a go to the weekend, i say most, but

we have a way to fight oppression of the atlantic, introducing my cloud into parts of northern ireland at list of ranges in scotland which lingers from my stay the weekend, elsewhere under clear skies returning the clog mist and fog into places like lincolnshire and yorkshire. temperatures should not travelling too far, although they will be a few cool spots resting, early morning mist and fog will clear quite quickly. it will be some cloud draped through northern ireland and i think he scotland, breezy as well for northern isles he could see outbreaks of rain on this, but elsewhere, lighter winds at lengthy spells of sunshine and heat really building down towards the south of the uk where we could see highs hello and welcome to sportsday. norwich rescue a draw in injury time to keep on course for promotion to the premier league.