welcome to bbc news, i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: the us department ofjustice dismisses a democrat legal demand for the full mueller report as donald trump brands the inquiry a "big, fat, waste of time, energy and money." an american couple who spent a decade torturing and starving their children are sentenced to life in prison. police in london move in on climate change protesters following a fifth day of chaos. that's all experienced something. let's all experience something.

and time to go all tingly, we listen in to the online sensory sensation asmr. hello, and welcome. the usjustice department has dismissed democratic party efforts to obtain a full copy of the mueller report into russian meddling during the 2016 election as ‘premature and unnecessary.‘ the democrats who control key house committees argue that they are entitled to an unredacted version so they can see all the evidence. meanwhile, democratic presidential candidate elizabeth warren is calling for impeachment proceedings against the president to begin. but as laura trevelyan reports, this legal and political battle could stretch on for quite a while. less than 2a hours after the attorney general released a redacted version of the mueller report, congress stepped in. thejudiciary committee has issued a subpoena for the full report,

saying lawmakers should not be kept in the dark, and they want it by1 may. we need the whole report. we need the whole report, including the underlying documents unredacted, as has been the case in every previous situation similar to this. the 448—page mueller report contains many redacted sections relating to intelligence material and ongoing court cases. but it's the public bits of the report which have infuriated the president. he's angry with former white house officials who told robert mueller how mr trump tried to thwart the investigation. this morning he tweeted: the mueller report finds no evidence of a criminal conspiracy between the trump campaign in russia, but doesn't exonerate the president on obstruction of justice. the white house, though, says it is in the clear.

—— mr trump is in the clear. there wasn't collusion with russia and it should be a day that every american can celebrate, and not be sorrowful, like we have seen over the past 48 hours from the democrats that are actually sad the president didn't work as a foreign agent. the president wants to focus on the 2020 election and what he hopes will be a second term. but with subpoenas flying and some democrats under pressure from their base to impeach mr trump, the saga of the mueller report is far from over. richard painter was chief white house ethics lawyer, and is now law professor at the university of minnesota. he joins me from yarmouth port, massachusetts. it's good to see you let's talk about the justice department comments on the subpoenae, is that the end of the matter? certainly not. congress has the right of accord and there is no reason for the full molar report, the

unredacted report not to be shown to congress —— mueller report. it needs to be shown in congress, there pages of redact did information —— mueller information, it could be the most damaging information, we have no idea what is there —— redacted information. i think they are entitled to everything in the report not just parts of entitled to everything in the report notjust parts of it. russia has been trying to interfere with western democracy since the 1970s, this isn't democrats first republicans, this is about national security. is there any way to speculate on what could be in the redacted elements of the report. the democrats seem to believe there is something in there. you say we don't know. can you speculate what might

be in there? i don't know what is in there but i don't know why the justice department under the control of the trump administration would try to keep it away from congress. members of congress have been pledged to secrecy and that this information should not be released to the public. they have the rights and the obligation to look at the entire report, both the democrats and republicans, this criticalfor oui’ and republicans, this criticalfor our national security. so the fact that the trump administration is trying to get this away from congress suggest there is something in there that they don't want people to see. —— suggests. in there that they don't want people to see. -- suggests. we are hearing elizabeth warren — she wants to begin impeachment proceedings. how likely is that? or is this just politics here? i don't know. they may prefer to want against him in the election in 2020. it would

really be in the interest of the republicans to show donald trump the door. he has really, embarrassed himself in this situation. it's quite clear from the second part of the report that he came close to obstructing justice. this is a very bad situation for the republicans. i would be surprised if the democrat don'tjust want would be surprised if the democrat don't just want to run would be surprised if the democrat don'tjust want to run the clock on it. you say it is a bad situation for the republicans, but the republicans seem to be very supportive of donald trump or either silent on some of these issues when they come out. they don't seem to see it has a bad situation at all. they are running for their lives. this is a very bad situation politically for the republicans, but they are going to stand up. the president of the eight is the head of his political party. —— is the

head. he has an enormous role to raise money against primary opponents, anyone who raises against him will be attacked in a primary. the two last senators that step down last term rather than deal with writing against donald trump. i think they are scared of him. it is a very, very difficult situation where we have this type of interference by the russians in an american election and a president who was trying to obstruct the investigation as detailed in the second part of the redacted report and now the department ofjustice won't even show the whole report —— mueller report. it is a bad situation but the democrats might just want to take advantage of it at the election rather than do their job. there is still so much to talk about, thank you richard painterfor your time. a couple from california have been

sentenced to life in jail after subjecting their children to years of torture and starvation. david and louise turpin pleaded guilty to abusing all but one of their 13 sons and daughters. 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. man: 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. let's get some of the day's other news. 13 people have been killed after a church wall collapsed in south africa. the accident in kwazulu—natal province followed heavy rains. one of the victims is thought to have been an 11—year—old child. the body of the former president of peru, alan garcia, has been cremated at a private ceremony in the capital, lima. his family rejected the government's offer of a state funeral. mr garcia killed himself on wednesday as police arrived at his home to arrest him over corruption allegations.

police have dismantled a pink boat in central london that had formed the centrepiece of an illegal protest by climate change activists. the met said just over 100 people were arrested during friday, bringing the total number to more than 680 since the climate change demonstration started on monday. a short while ago, our reporter caroline rigby sent this update from central london. we are in oxford circus in the heart of central london. you can see a gathering here tonight but are fewer police and protesters don't earlier today whether pink boat became a focal point of the gathering here in 0xford focal point of the gathering here in oxford circus which was removed by police. i'm talking to protesters from extinction rebellion, joe and douglas. joe, why are you still here in the sixth day now?|j douglas. joe, why are you still here in the sixth day now? i arrived on monday. i haven't been an activist

before but something about extinction rebellion is really exciting. i came on monday expecting to leave after a few days and i'm still here at the end of day five. basically, it's a really positive, empowering movements. party politics is so divided but this is basically a really exciting alternative for what is happening in our democracy. protesters here have been keen to make sure that this is a peaceful protest. how difficult is that for you? what would you say to the many, many people in london who have been disrupted? as far as nonviolence and pea cefulness disrupted? as far as nonviolence and peacefulness goes, that is essential to everything we do. nothing that we do will be anything other than nonviolent. that is exactly what we are about. as far as disruption goes, yeah, iwould are about. as far as disruption goes, yeah, i would say it's reg retta ble.

goes, yeah, i would say it's regrettable. we are sorry for the disruption but we consider it necessary. joe, you have been here for a number of days. you arrived at the beginning, on monday. ireland you think people are going to stay here and when is enough enough? how long —— how long? here and when is enough enough? how long -- how long? we have three demands. the first one is telling the truth about the extent of the problem we are facing an starting to come up with a plan about how we deal with that. the second is a mind is to become carbon neutral by 2025, which is ambitious, but we will bill if the government really commits to it. -- if the government really commits to it. —— will be possible. and the third is a citizen assembly consulting with the public after the public have been informed by climate scientists than experts about the issues. we trust the public to be able to come up with — to ratify the

government's decisions. thank you. protesters here confident they will be no let up any time soon. the home secretary said it has had police can ta ke secretary said it has had police can take a firm stance to make sure that london runs as smoothly as possible over the coming days. it remains to be seen, then, how this can be resolved anytime soon. caroline there in central london. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the online sound sensation sweeping the world. get ready for asmr. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought that they would actually go through with it.

one of the most successful singer—songwriters of all time, the american pop star prince has died at the age of 57. he was a great musician and, you know, a genius. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: donald trump has branded the mueller inquiry a "big, fat, waste of time, energy and money," after democrats demanded

to see the full report. thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the libyan capital after president trump praised the warlord, khalifa haftar, whose forces are trying to seize tripoli from the country's un—backed government. the white house said that in a phone call the two men discussed a shared vision for libya's future. from washington we can now speak to jonathan winer, who was previously the us state department's special envoy for libya and is now at the middle east institute. thank you so much for your time, jonathan. first of all, how unusual is it for a us president to have a phone conversation, essentially with a militia leader, separate to a un backed government? it is not something i recollect ever happening

before. the full phrase was a shared vision of a democratic libya. so i have to hope that the phone call was intended to be a preface to some kind of discussion about a halt to the offensive, secretary of state mike pompeo has said we oppose that, less tha n mike pompeo has said we oppose that, less than two weeks ago. so i am hoping it was a prelude to that. because that is what libya needs, a halt to the military conflict. general haftar‘s forces are essentially trying to seize tripoli. do we know whether donald trump has perhaps offered support or backing, should general haftar succeed in taking libya ? should general haftar succeed in taking libya? well, the state department and the defence department and the defence department have made clear that they support a peaceful resolution of this conflict, and an end to the aggression, the attack on tripoli, by general haftar. a withdrawal, and

political talks. i do not know what the president conveyed to general haftar, besides the statement about a shared vision for a democratic and sta ble a shared vision for a democratic and stable libya. i am hoping this devolves into talks quickly and the complex stops. we have already seen a couple of hundred libyans die over the last few weeks of the current conflict. i would like to see a stop to the bloodletting, and give libya a chance of working out its problems through talks rather than through wall. i am interested to find out your thoughts about general have to himself. —— general haftar. but his attentions are, what his leadership might be like. you know him? he was quite clear. he views libya is not ready for democracy. he told me that all the politicians in the country we re all the politicians in the country were worthless. he wants to replace them with military governors for each city, and to impose martial law until he feels the country is ready for democracy. he wants to chase out

to people he disagrees with and see them either in prison, fleeing the country, or dad. he was very clear with me about that. that is very worrying. that is quite a brittle vision for libya, and at odds with what you are saying the us wants, which is a democracy. —— brutal. yes, it is not a vision i could ever agree with all the united states could ever agree with. it runs the risk of libya devolving into a substantial conflict with a lot of bloodshed. libya is a wealthy country. it has a relatively small population. it has lots of oil. there are enough resources to take ca re of there are enough resources to take care of all libyans and rebuild the country, providing a lot ofjobs and a lot of opportunity. but they need to build a stable government, capable of providing services, not only nationally but at the local level. they can direct revenue sharing with the people, revenue sharing with the people, revenue sharing with the people, revenue sharing with their cities, and still manage, if they pump all of their oil. this can and should be worked

out, and general haftar‘s unilateral decision to try to take tripoli by force was a decision that was bad force was a decision that was bad for libya, and runs grave risks. it is also potentially very bad for counterterrorism. because when you have military conflict, terrorists windup inhabiting the vacuum. jonathan weiner, i am sure all eyes are on libya at the moment. —— winer. thank you for your time. the international climbing community is in shock after the loss of three highly experienced mountaineers. jess roskelley, david lama and hansjorg auer are all missing, presumed dead, after an avalanche swept down their route in canada's rocky mountains. the three men climbed mountains professionally and between them had conquered some of the toughest routes around the globe. david lama is one of three expert climbers missing and presumed dead in the canadian rockies. the austrian adventurer and his friends, fellow austrian hansjoerg auer and americanjess roskelley began the challenge on tuesday morning.

when they didn't report in the following day, the family sounded the alarm. authorities were quick to send helicopters to the remote region of banff national park, where the climbers had been attempting to scale the eastern side of howse peak on a route called m—16. the first and only time the track was completed was when it was discovered in 1999. authorities surveyed the area and confirmed the worst. clear signs of an avalanche, spotting debris with climbing equipment. 0utdoor company the north face, who sponsored the trio, alerted fans around the world. extreme mountaineering comes with extreme risks, but the danger never stood in their way, according to friends in the tightknit community. when you are out there in the elements it is extremely

risky, there is a lot of things out of your control, and it isjust very very dangerous. despite taking as many precautions as you can, it is a dangerous game, we always say. it is very tragic for our community, we suffer a lot of deaths as it is in the alpine community, and to have three of our leading climbers go, we are heartbroken, absolutely. jess roskelley will forever be known as one of the youngest americans to conquer mount everest. hansjoerg auer, a legend among his people for his ability to do solo climbs, often without ropes. david lama, just 28, achieved some of the world's toughest peaks. his family saying: recovery efforts are on hold until the danger subsides.

this month, the singer—songwriter billie eilish became the youngest person to reach number one 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. 0ur media editor amol rajan has this story. 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 ten 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. 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 gq 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.

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 2a 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump has branded the mueller inquiry a "big, fat, waste of time, energy and money." the usjustice department has dismissed a democrat subpoena to see a full, unredacted version of the document which details election interference by russia in 2016. 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. their children told a court they still love their mother and father. 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