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 abusing all but one of their 13 children for at least nine years. their children told a court they still love their mother and father. donald trump has branded the mueller inquiry a "big, fat, waste of time, energy and money" — after democrats demanded to see the full report. they've issued a subpoena to see a full, unredacted version of the document — which details election interference by russia in 2016. protest leaders in sudan say they will unveil a civilian government this weekend. thousands of demonstrators are continuing to demand a transition to a civilian government after the military seized power from long—standing leader omar al—bashir last week.

councils, schools and community centres in parts of the country are increasing their support over the easter holidays for disadvantaged families. figures show almost three million children with working parents were living on the poverty line last year in the uk, a record number. the government says tackling disadvantage is a priority and is investing nine million to give more access to holiday clubs. frankie mccamley has been to a youth centre in manchester that has opened its doors for the first time this easter. school's out and it is time for some good old—fashioned fun. after a morning of pretty impressive activities, everyone at this youth centre in east manchester is working up an appetite. i'm eating mash, beans and sausage. is it good? yes.

in the holidays, i'm so bored. now it feels amazing. how does being here compared to being at home? it's better here because you get fresh air. the scheme is in an area where almost half of families live below the poverty line. food is free today and throughout school holidays but during term time, even though meals only cost £1, some parents cannot afford to pay. what is it like when you see those young children and you see that they cannot afford to buy their food? it's heartbreaking. you walk up and down and watch all the children and what they have. you think we are only behind there serving, but we are watching everywhere, looking for hungry children. no—one will go hungry. with the support of a government grant and money from the private sector, it's the first time they have opened for easter and it is a lifeline

for some working parents. in school holidays they can come in have breakfast and dinner. i've been strapped for cash for months, really. manchester has one of the highest levels of child poverty in the uk. every week around 1000 children and teenagers come to this youth centre and it's notjust here. smaller schemes are being set up across the country over easter in schools, churches and community centres. around half of the food served here is delivered by volunteers from a localfood bank. a few miles away at the busy depot, despite quadrupling the number of meals they provided in the last three years, staff say there are still not enough schemes open at this time of year to feed those who need it. our partners and charity members, theyjust do not have the resources to provide school holiday food in the summer for six weeks as well as easter so they are making hard choices. we would like more funding at easter so we can work with more charities who want

to work easter holidays. and it is during the holidays when money can be tight. although children's clubs do relieve a bit of tension, council budgets are stretched, so it will be a struggle to provide resources like this everywhere. now on bbc news it's time to witness history. here's razia iqbal. hello and welcome to witness. i'm here at the british library to guide you through five more extraordinary moments from recent history. we begin with an event that still hau nts begin with an event that still haunts iranians us relations. in 1988 a us warship, of incense, shutdown and iranian passengerjet over the persian gulf killing all

290 people on board. first—hand accou nts 290 people on board. first—hand a ccou nts of 290 people on board. first—hand accounts of the incident are rare but witness spoke to rudy hoyer, a us. navy come back cameraman who happened to be filming on the ship that day. it was a tragedy. we did shoot down an airliner. 0ne that day. it was a tragedy. we did shoot down an airliner. one of those things... i'm still in disbelief that it could have happened. the mood in the gulf was very tense. iran and iraq were in the middle of a warat iran and iraq were in the middle of a war at the time and the us. navy was protecting the oil tankers that came out of kuwait to make sure the flow of oil kept coming to the united states. and the iranians were harassing those ships. the speedboats that they were using, they would round robin the ships while shooting to try and catch it on fire. 0urjob was like a police force, if you will. the team i was

with was combat camera group. i'm videotaping the whole time. and i caught a ride with the uss finn sends. a billion—dollar boat, state—of—the—art at the time. as we we re state—of—the—art at the time. as we were sailing back to bahrain we got into battle with iranians speedboats. during a gunboat battle we we re speedboats. during a gunboat battle we were thinking that they are going to come at us with whatever they have now. and that would have been their air force. the year before, 1987, the uss stark was hit by a missal launched by iraqi. we were a lwa ys missal launched by iraqi. we were always reminded, remembered stark, remember the stark. five minutes went by and they said there was a

target that had left the iranian airfield. the military airport and the civilian airport, to my knowledge, is the same place. so when the aircraft took off it was identified as air hostile. they thought it was the iranians air force. but in reality the plane was 655. an airliner, and our bus. five times a week there is a scheduled service from the airport across to dubai. but here the crew is, they are reading for another —— waiting for another target and an aircraft ta kes for another target and an aircraft takes off. i believe that one of the loot te na nts, i believe that one of the loot tenants, i went up and asked, i asked what are we doing and he said

you will see some missile action and i went to the operation specialist who was watching the scope and he is watching the missiles because you can track them off radar and he sees it hit the target. but they found out 15 or 20 minutes later that it was an airliner. and so that's when it was like, what?! airliner missing? we did not shoot an airliner, with shot a tomcat, i thought. there was a lot of soul—searching and disbelief. it's not supposed to happen. that is not what we are here to do. 90 civilians passed away on flight 655 and of those 290, 66 were children. i felt so those 290, 66 were children. i felt so bad for the families that lost

their loved ones and sometimes you are part of history and you love it and sometimes you are part of history and you hate it. this was just one of those things i wish had not happened but i was there. rudy hoyer on the terrible story of flight 655. hoyer on the terrible story of flight 655. now we had to australia and the story behind one of the most iconic buildings in the world. in the 1950s the city of sydney decided it wanted a new 0pera the 1950s the city of sydney decided it wanted a new opera house. but this would no ordinary construction. the engineer so jack zunes was the structural lead. the prize was worn byjorn utzon are followed by a storm of controversy. some think it is wonderful, some think it is dreadful. jorn utzon dream. these extraordinary shapes for his competition entry and they were free shapes. the whole town will look upon it. i like to be on the edge of

the possible. he was great fun to work with, particularly in the early yea rs. work with, particularly in the early years. i think he won a couple of minor compositions for housing but as far as tilting anything of any scale he had not really done it very much. this much was clear from the start. the structural engineers appointed would face a monumental task. jorn utzon suggested a british—based international form.|j was appointed in 1958. so for 11 yea rs was appointed in 1958. so for 11 years it dominated my life. the first thing they did when asked to

collaborate, they took the free shapes and developed a series of mathematical models, nearest possible that matched the competition design ofjorn utzon. a number of these shapes appeared buildable. the roof itself, known as stage two, went through so many design changes were gleeful rumours spread that it could never be built. personally, i was not sure we were meant to be working on it at the time. they fed hundreds of thousands of formulas into computers but still be stubborn roof would not stand up. then, suddenly in september 1961, one mac had an idea. he saw that if he started with a sphere he could ta ke he started with a sphere he could take all the shapes he needed from its regular surface. he came back a week later and said i have solved it. and he made the scheme out of a

sphere. in so doing, he had changed the architecture. so gradually the whole situation started going downhill. utzon did not produce the documents which his client desired. terrible shock. utzon... i'm not sure that he saw himself able to com plete sure that he saw himself able to complete thejob. sure that he saw himself able to complete the job. it took arup firm seven years, 350,000 man hours and at different times 200 engineers to do all the work for the final structure emerged. the building was actually construct that around the capacity of the largest tower cranes which could be found. seven years

after utzon resigned, after and list changeless designs —— changes in designs and arguments, the finished building, the architectural extravaganza of the century has emerged. you cannot quantify the extent to which the human spirit has been lifted by the sydney opera house and places like it. the remarkable sydney opera house. next we are off to the united states. in 1988, students at the world ‘s only university for the deaf occupied their campus university for the deaf occupied theircampus in university for the deaf occupied their campus in protest at the board ‘s decision to appoint a hearing person as president. witness has spoken to doctor eichingerjordan who became the first ever deaf president of gallaudet university. i cannot hear anything. i am totally deaf. right now i am working with a

sign language interpreter who is sitting in front of me next to the camera. sitting in front of me next to the camera. so instead of hearing your questions, lam seeing i am seeing her signs. gallaudet couege i am seeing her signs. gallaudet college has been the centre of deaf education in america since 18117. in 1947 the education in america since 18117. in 19117 the president at that time stepped down. there was a push for the board to recognise that the next president should be a deaf individual. two of us were deaf and one was hearing. . i have a lot to bring to the university but i have a lot to learn from it. that process must start immediately. the board of trustees voted to name elisabeth zinser as president. she had a lot

of experience but she knew nothing about deafness. and that is when the protests started. someone had the bright idea to bring buses to block the gates. the rallying crowd was we wa nt the gates. the rallying crowd was we want a deaf resident now. 0ne one of the posters out front said "honk if you support a death prez", and of course everybody who drove past and saw the sign honked. —— deaf prez. then the press started to come in for a week it was front page of the washington post. it was a big, big story. are these students prepared

to continue blocking the entrance as long as the board refuses to meet theirdemands? long as the board refuses to meet their demands? we would give up our soul in order to give a death deaf president. the chair arose the board was jane bassett—spillman. and she came to campus and cold a meeting. she wanted to talk and explain her decision. are you going to resign? she used the word children. she said, children, you are making too much noise, i can't communicate if you make so much noise. using the word children to college students? that was not good. when dr zinser realised the intensity of the feelings and the sense of the campus she decided to step down.

the board discussed and decided to name me president. there is one person i want to single out for very special banks. my wife, linda. right now i am getting emotional, so i have to stop. people who are deaf must have unlimited educational and professional opportunities. the pioneering doctor i. king jordan. remember, you can watch witness every month on the bbc news channel 01’ every month on the bbc news channel or you every month on the bbc news channel 01’ you can every month on the bbc news channel or you can catch up on all our films along with more than a thousand radio programmes in our online archives. just go to

bbc.co.uk/witness. now we had to jerusalem in 19116 when british forces controlled what was then palestine. at the time they faced an insurgency by armed jewish groups fighting for the creation of a jewish homeland, israel. 0ne fighting for the creation of a jewish homeland, israel. one of the most devastating attacks was the bombing of the king david hotel in jerusalem, which was the location of british headquarters. we hearfrom soshanna levi kampos, ajewish secretary working in the building. after a bomb explosion caused by terrorists on the british headquarters injerusalem, terrorists on the british headquarters in jerusalem, one entire corner of the king david hotel, building of seven was raised to the ground. suddenly everything was black. what happened? i couldn't understand. you think, how do you get out? while arab and that you

have a cause to battle for comedy british soldier is there only because it is hisjob to keep british soldier is there only because it is his job to keep the peace. —— arab and due. in a quarrel which is not of his making he goes just that, and precious few thanks he gets for it. my family was a jewish family from germany, came to palestine because we were in danger in germany. i was 21 years old when i worked for the british in the king david hotel. during typing. it wasn't a happy time. it was always tense. because they didn't know how to stop all these attacks. always troops on the street, british police, soldiers. we worked with

them. we had to have a salary. there wasn't so much work. there was a warning. a telephone call, that bombs were laid in the cellar of the king david hotel, that the people should all, the workers should all go out immediately. i wasjust getting up from my place and suddenly i heard an explosion, and black. i don't see anything. after some time, i heard somebody was coughing. isaid, some time, i heard somebody was coughing. i said, there is another one living. the army and police are

working with cranes, bulldozers and shovels, to meet the unfortunate victims buried in the wreckage.|j knew victims buried in the wreckage.” knew there would be many, many, many dead. victims, terrible, terrible, i started to cry. the latest casualties included 65 killed, 47 injured, and 58 missing. my boss, he was a very nice man, and he was killed in the attack. of course, i was angry at who did it. i didn't know, until they told me it was the irgun. they were one of the jewish groups against the british. they wanted the british out, but that

wasn't the right way to do it. no, i can't agree. i worked for the british until they left. three months they gave me salary. i got compensation. that was all. sol months they gave me salary. i got compensation. that was all. so i had to say thank you. soshana levy kampos. now we move to britain, two yea rs later kampos. now we move to britain, two years later in 1948, and the creation after the second world war of one of britain's most cherished institutions, the national health service. for the first time, or would be able to access free universal healthcare. would be able to access free universal healthca re. witness would be able to access free universal healthcare. witness has been speaking to all of belfield, who was a nurse when it began.” have always, a great thing i wanted was to be a nurse. anyone asked me, you know, what do you want to do when you grow up? i had always said, i want to be a nurse. i started nursing when i was 18 in 1945. you

we re nursing when i was 18 in 1945. you were than accept that for 12 weeks. you lived within the nurse's' home. and of course it is so exciting. it sounds a bit ludicrous now. but when you think, you have got your uniform, which was pink. if we passed, that was it. we could then carry on and become our ambition of nursing. and, you know, joy up on jov- nursing. and, you know, joy up on joy. britain's hospitals and medical centres, to state control in the national health service bill, soon to come statute book. july five, the new national health service starts.

hospitals, specialist services, medicines, drugs and appliances, ca re of medicines, drugs and appliances, care of the teeth and eyes, maternity services. nevertheless, the task that lies ahead of us is far greater than what we have already accomplished. nye bevan, his main ambition in life was to get the nhs. from his early political career, hejust nhs. from his early political career, he just wanted that, and nhs. from his early political career, hejust wanted that, and of course so did everybody else. the kind of people who were helped initially would be the poor people. my initially would be the poor people. my first ward was a male medical ward. 0ne my first ward was a male medical ward. one of the worst instances was a young man, and this young man died. i have never seen anyone dive.

i stood and cried. and of course it is not good for the patients to see you cry. i can still remember to this day that the ward sister immediately got me out of the ward. and she said, the parents had come, make the parents a cup of tea. and of course they could see i had been crying, the mother started, and there was i, and she got hold of me, and she said, you've made me reel better than anyone else. she realised that we were human. olive bellfield on the birth of the nhs. that's all from witness here this month at the british library. we

will be back next month with more first—hand accounts of extraordinary moments in history. but for now, from me and the rest of the witness team, goodbye. hello there. the start of the easter weekend certainly brought us warmth. good friday eclipsed the thursday before it to become the warmest day of the year so far. the warmest weather was on the south coast, gosport in hampshire had blue skies overhead lifting temperatures to 24 degrees. other places in england, wales, and northern ireland were not too far behind. a bit chilly for some eastern coasts.

i'm hopeful that through saturday it won't be quite as breezy for those eastern areas, so it might feel a little less chilly. certainly high pressure remains in charge. 0ne fly in the ointment, a frontal system wriggling around to the north—west, likely to introduce some cloud and more outbreaks of rain. really only over the far north—west of the uk, the western side of northern ireland and the west of scotland. elsewhere, from eastern scotland down into england and wales, we are looking at blue skies and sunshine once any early fog has cleared. less chilly than it was on friday for the north sea coast. 21 degrees in hull. the highest temperatures towards the south—east 25, maybe 26. there could be the odd patch of mist flirting with some eastern coasts of england. all the while we will have clouded outbreaks of rain across the far north—west of scotland. it could pick up for a time on saturday night into the early hours of sunday. elsewhere it is dry with clear spells again. one or two fog patches here and there leaves those temperatures in between 7 and 10 degrees. easter sunday, we do it all again.

one or two patches of fog if you are out and about early, but the majority will once again see sunshine. could be wispy high—level cloud making that sunshine a tad hazy. across the far north—west, frontal systems are wriggling around close to the western side of northern ireland and northern scotland. 12 degrees in stornoway under that extra cloud, but elsewhere, once again, temperatures in the 20s. if anything, those weather fronts plaguing the far north—west should retreat into the atlantic, we suspect, as we get into easter monday. high pressure still dominates so more of us will see dry weather and sunshine. even those western parts of northern ireland and north—western areas of scotland which will have been cloudy should be bright on sunday, with spells of sunshine. the small chance of a shower breaking out late in the day towards the south—west. it is a small chance. quite breezy on monday, you will notice that, but it should still feel warm with those temperatures high teens although 20s. things do begin to change as we head through next week. quite a slow process but the increasing chance of seeing showers and it will eventually turn a bit cooler.

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