storm hannah is forecast because storm hannah is likely to cause some disruption with strong winds and heavy rain. goodbye for now. tonight at six: only travel to sri lanka if it's essential — new advice from the foreign office after the easter sunday attacks. thousands of soldiers have been drafted in as the investigation into how the attacks were carried out continues across the island. british teenagers amelie and daniel were among those killed — their father describes the terrible end to their holiday. they were getting me food from the buffet when the first blast went off. i hope that's not... you know, that was the fatal blast. because we did start running out, and i don't know what condition they were in, and there was another blast. we will be live in sri lanka with the latest. also tonight... huawei's future role in britain's 5g network — calls for a criminal inquiry after the news lea ks from the government's top security meeting.

knife crime figures for england and wales hit a record — last year more than 40,000 offences were recorded by police. alba caught measles but survived — she probably caught it from someone who was not vaccinated. a public health timebomb says the nhs chief. bond is back — the producers reveal the cast for 007‘s latest outing. and coming up on bbc news... "we're not champions yet" — that's the message from pep guardiola after his manchester city side overtake liverpool again after winning the manchester derby. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the foreign office has changed its advice

on travel to sri lanka, warning against all but essential trips. it says terrorists are very likely to try to carry out indiscrimate attacks. the advice follows the easter sunday suicide bombings. the country is one of the top destinations for british tourists. clive myrie reports from colombo. this is a country that is still on edge. several days after the mass murders, as tourists try to enjoy this holiday island, reminders of possible danger are everywhere. now the foreign office says british tourists should not come here, and the thousands already on this island must be careful. i won't be coming back. first and last time. but the people are wonderful here. sri lankan people are absolutely fabulous. but no... we won't be coming back. per tourism sustains this island, with more than 2 million visitors here last year from all over the world. this worried

hotelier says the fears are overblown. this is an isolated incident. i feel that this could happen anywhere in the world. like i mentioned before with bali and paris, i don't think there should be any kind of fear in travelling. i guess giving into the fear psychosis would not make any sense, because it isa would not make any sense, because it is a beautiful destination. sobering news for those visitors already here and happy to remain. and others, desperate to leave. clive myrie, bbc news, and columbo. among the british casualties killed in the easter sunday attacks were teenagers amelie linsey and her brother, daniel. they died in a blast at the shangri—la hotel in colombo, just as residents were gathering for breakfast. their father and their brother — now back in london — have been talking to our

correspondent caroline hawley. amelie linsey was 15, about to sit her gcses, when she was murdered with her 19 year brother daniel. amelie was the glue that held the entire family together. she was beautiful in every way. she was so smart. she had a wonderful sense of humour. really, it's going to be almost impossible to imagine life without her. a lovely girl. you would expect a dad to say that, but she really was lovely, inside and out. and you are having an amazing holiday with them until that moment? they even thanked me and both gave mea they even thanked me and both gave me a hug the night before. they were getting the food from the buffet when the blast went off. i hope that was the fatal blast, because we started running off and i don't know what condition they were in, and there was another blast. they were incredibly kind. daniel,

photographed by his dad the night before he died, was about to go to university to study travel and tourism. more than anyone, he lived his life in the service of other people. he would always go out of his way to travel to different places. he volunteered an ethiopian atan places. he volunteered an ethiopian at an orphanage. he lived with a nomad tribe in mongolia. he came back but equally close friends from each one. and people have been equally loving. the family, seen here together on holiday in india, is now desperate to get the bodies of daniel and amelie returned home. we have had to go to our dentist and gather dental records, get x—rays, they have come to the house and taken toothbrushes, they have taken my sister's phone, my father's clothes that he was wearing at the time of the explosion. what do you wa nt time of the explosion. what do you want the uk government to do now? obviously get them back here. i don't want to say anything else. i don't want to say anything else. i don't want to be critical in any way, because i know governments work different ways. but we want to get

them back. reunite them with their family as soon as possible, as you can imagine. they also now want to set upa can imagine. they also now want to set up a special foundation to help the many, many sri lankan victims of the many, many sri lankan victims of the attacks. the two things we would like to focus on his first for the sri lankan families, nobody is talking about them. i am sure severalfamilies talking about them. i am sure several families have lost their only source of income. everybody working at the hotel. we want to make sure these families, their children can be educated, they can also receive counselling at the same support we have had here in london, they should have in sri lanka. and they should have in sri lanka. and the medical facilities they should have in sri lanka. and the medicalfacilities in sri lanka, i think they are quite rudimentary, who knows if they would have done anything for my siblings, but i'm sure more lives could have been savedif sure more lives could have been saved if they had been better. david linsey, and his father matthew, talking to our correspondent caroline hawley. nick beake is in columbo. a lot of things seem to be going on, just

pull the threads together for us? you clearly this has been a terrible tragedy for sri lanka. we have had this significant announcement from the health ministry, saying they are revising downwards by more than 100 the total number of people that have died. initially we were told 359 people were killed. now we believe 253. that is being blamed on a miscalculation. but clearly, this is something which has had a huge impact on the country, and they continue to bury their dead. of course, sri lanka remains in a state of emergency. there is a curfew once again and we are told that more than 7000 soldiers are involved in this continuing operation, and the priority is to track down and stop any remaining members of this cell that have already carried out such devastating attacks in sri lanka. today, three more people arrested. they found hand grenades, some swords. earlier there was a blast in columbo to the east of the city.

nobody was injured in that. again, it isa nobody was injured in that. again, it is a worrying picture. it is these sorts of incidents that clearly the british cup and has been looking at, piecing together the intelligence picture. and they have made the decision it is simply not safe for britons to travel here. they have issued new guidance that u nless they have issued new guidance that unless your travel is absolutely necessary , unless your travel is absolutely necessary, for now, you should stay away from sri lanka. there have been calls for a criminal investigation after highly confidential details of a meeting of the national security council were leaked to a national newspaper. the discussion centred on whether or not the chinese telecoms firm, huawei, should be given a contract to help develop britian's 5g network. the council is attended by the prime minister and senior intelligence sources. the leak will be subject to a formal investigation.

secrets are often traded around here. at some of them are meant to be kept. yet crucial cabinet conversations about a chinese firm taking part in a vital project got out. now, there are calls for the police to find out exactly how. the cabinet secretary is also our national security adviser. i think he should now call in the police and properly investigate he would likely lea ker properly investigate he would likely leaker was properly investigate he would likely lea ker was make sure properly investigate he would likely leaker was make sure he is dismissed. this week, the national security council talked about allowing huawei, the chinese telecoms company, to part of the next network here, superfast 5g. the decision isn't final, but many ministers are really concerned about the risk to security if it goes ahead, and there is straightforward and go on all sides about the information leaking out. and go on all sides about the information leaking outm and go on all sides about the information leaking out. if a minister did leak the information, they are not fit to serve in the cabinet. they are certainly not fit to be prime minister. indeed, if the

lea k to be prime minister. indeed, if the leak was for an advantage in a tory leadership race, that would be truly shocking. officials, including the security intelligence agencies referred to, need to feel that they can give advice to ministers which ministers will treat seriously and keep private. we are well used to information seeping out. sometimes this government looks like a sieve. this is different, because the national security council is made up of only the most senior members of the government, like the prime minister, the foreign secretary, the defence secretary and the home secretary. and they have all had to sign the official secrets act, precisely so they can have these of conversations in private. this leak, perhaps, is therefore a symbol of how far the normal rules of discipline and loyalty around here haven't just been discipline and loyalty around here haven'tjust been stretched, but haven'tjust been stretched, but have been broken altogether. the man who created the security council says these questions have to be discussed in confidence. what is the risk to our relationship with china?

what is the balance between our economic interests and our security interests ? economic interests and our security interests? you can't have those kind of discussions in public, you've got to have them in a private space where you can trust people to keep secrets. the prime minister would not comment on the leak. at several ministers have said it had nothing to do with them. cabinet members have told me that an inquiry is being launched, but we may see more of the technology on our streets before we really know what happened. a proposed £12 billion merger between sainsbury‘s and asda has been blocked by the uk's competition watchdog. the competition and markets authority said it ruled against the deal over fears it would result in higher prices for shoppers and motorists, and cut the choice and quantity of goods. president putin of russia says the north korean leader, kim jong—un, needs security guarantees within a multnational framework if he is to end his nuclear programme. mr putin was speaking after his first ever summit with mr kim near vladivostok in russia's far east. it follows the breakdown

of talks between the us and north korea in february. knife crime figures for england and wales have risen to record levels. last year, nearly 41,000 offences were recorded by police, a 6% increase on 2017. the figures — published by the office for national statistics — show there were more than 730 cases of murder and manslaughter — that's the highest number for a decade. but your chances of being a victim of violent crime are at their lowest level ever as our home editor, mark easton, explains. it is a horribly familiar scene — another teenager stabbed to death last night in birmingham, as homicide figures for england and wales hit a ten—year high and knife offences recorded by police reach record levels. crime is now the most troubling political issue after brexit — with police detection rates at their lowest since they were first measured in 2015, there are demands for a more effective response. nobody wakes up and decides just

to go and kill somebody. there's got to be some kind of underlying problem, and agencies need to work together, cos you've got little agencies that work on their own. we've seen an appalling number of young lives that have been cut short. the prime minister has recently set up a new cross—departmental serious violence team in whitehall, with a ministerial task force to coordinate the government's response. i wish there was one single thing that could be done to bring it down dramatically. but there is not one thing. i think we need action on many fronts and that is what we have been pursuing. the sense is that violence is rising in england and wales, but let's look at the bigger picture. homicide is up, at a ten—year high, but this graph suggests it's too early to say that society is becoming more violent. overall figures for violent crime show actually a huge fall since the mid—‘90s. the chances of being a victim of violence then were 110 in 1,000. now, the lowest ever, 29.

figures for offences involving a knife recorded by police are at their highest, but they only go back to 2011, and some experts think the apparent trend upwards may not be quite what it seems. we don't, all of us, need to be more scared than we used to be. violence involving knives is localised. it affects relatively small numbers of people, so overall the risk to us all has decreased. there are hot spots of serious violence, notably disputed gang areas in london and other big cities, but, mercifully for people generally, the risk of being a victim of violence is still going down. mark easton, bbc news. the time is 1a minutes past six. our top story this evening: only travel to sri lanka if it's essential —

new advice from the foreign office after the easter sunday attacks. still to come... bond is back. the producers reveal who will face off against daniel craig in his last outing as 007. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... ahead of sunday's london marathon, mo farah is involved in a war of words with another athletics legend. more than half a million children in the uk were not given a crucial measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, according to new figures from the charity unicef. it comes as nhs chief simon stevens warned measles cases had almost quadrupled in one year, and said people rejecting vaccines was a growing public health time bomb. our health editor hugh pym reports. measles is a highly infectious viral

illness. cold like symptoms are followed by a rash like this. health chiefs around the world are increasingly concerned about the steep rise in cases, so why did they say children must be vaccinated? put blu ntly say children must be vaccinated? put bluntly it can be fatal. 110,000 people globally died from the disease in 2017. if enough people are vaccinated, that ensures the whole population is safe but if too many don't have the jabs, there is the risk of measles spreading to children like alba. she was too young to be vaccinated. she developed measles and was in hospitalfor nine days. developed measles and was in hospital for nine days. she recovered and was back home last week, but her mum told me it was a frightening experience. there was a day when we both thought we were going to lose her so it was heartbreaking and terrifying at the same time, but you want to stay strong because you want to fight for

her as well. it's been the worst few weeks of my life. what's happening here across the uk? between 2010 and 2017 according to the charity unicef, more than half a million children were not vaccinated. last year there were 953 cases of measles in the uk, so why are some parents refusing to vaccinate? experts blame social media for spreading false claims about injections harming children. at this toddler group today, parents i spoke to said they ignored negative messages about vaccination. i can understand why people believe what they read but follow the nhs line. it's always important to challenge what's available but for me it's listening to the healthcare professionals. i'm just thinking how to protect him as soofi as just thinking how to protect him as soon as possible. jillyjust want other parents to know what can happen if their children are not

vaccinated and get measles, and perhaps spread it to others who are too young to be protected. hugh pym, bbc news. environmental protestors have targeted financial institutions across london on the eleventh day of demonstrations across the city. supporters of the protest group extinction rebellion blocked roads around the treasury and the london stock exchange. our science editor david shukman joins us from the group's protest site at marble arch in central london. david, these protests have upset some people. where has it left the argument about how to deal with climate change? george, whether you admire the passion of the people here or resent the disruption they have caused, it is clear we have seenin have caused, it is clear we have seen in recent days are very original process, this series of non—violent, often good—humoured protest involving a wide range of people including lawyers and pensioners. more than 1000 of have

been arrested, most recently in the city of london today you mentioned, as the demonstrations targeted financial institutions for their support forfossilfuels financial institutions for their support for fossil fuels which are driving up the rise in the global average temperature. so what has this achieved? the protesters want to see a cut to zero in britain's carbon emissions in the next six yea rs carbon emissions in the next six years and most experts i have spoken to say that is totally unrealistic but there is talk of a meeting between the organisers and ministers in the coming days. there's obviously a hope of a shift in government policy, and whatever the result of that, this series of events has definitely raised the profile of climate change, something climate scientists for years have said is urgently needed. david, thank you very much. former us vice—presidentjoe biden has declared a presidential bid, putting an end to months of speculation. in a video announcement, mr biden argued that the core values

of america's democracy are at stake. the 76—year—old enters an already crowded race for the 2020 democratic nomination. the duke of cambridge is visiting new zealand, a nation still coming to terms with last month's devastating mosque shootings, when 50 people were killed. among those he visited was four—year—old alen alsati at a children's hospital in auckland. she was injured in the terrorist attack and only awoke from a coma earlier this week. do you have a daughter? do i have a daughter? yes. yes, she's called charlotte. she's about the same age as you. the duke of cambridge there speaking to four year old alen alsati. next week, elections will be held for more than 240 local councils in england with more than 8,000

seats up for grabs. in most cases, those being contested were last fought in 2015 when the conservatives made big gains. this time the shadow of brexit looms over the polls. our political correspondent alex forsyth has been to milton keynes to find out what impact that's likely to have on voters or if it's local issues that will be the deciding factor. politics can feel a bit relentless right now. good evening... no, thank you. 0k. next week there's another election, this time for local councillors. do you normally vote in local elections? no, not normally. not normally? dave? hi, my name's ben, i'm your local labour councillor. in milton keynes, canvassing is well under way. here, labour currently runs the council along with the lib dems, and hopes to gain more seats trying to keep their campaign local. although when people open the door, the first thing they might be thinking about is brexit, actually, when you have a conversation with them, they really want to engage with the fact that people still want to see children's centres staying open, people still want to see libraries staying open.

milton keynes is one of the fastest—growing places in the uk. here, the referendum result almost mirrored the national picture, with just over half of the residents voting to leave the eu. good morning. councillor katrina morris, one of your local councillors, just coming around this morning... the conservatives currently have the most councillors here and, conscious of brexit frustration, many candidates want to focus on local issues on the doorstep. certainly they want to talk about brexit, but then my comment always is, "i, too, want to sort brexit out. i can't, but i can sort out the bins, i can sort out the bridge and be involved in all of that, but i can't sort brexit for you." when i'm voting, it's definitely about what i'm looking for locally, because i know that's very different. if i want to give the tories a little bit of a run for their money, that'll be in the european elections. ukip, though, thinks the national picture will play a part. well, brexit is number one

on people's lips and next thursday the people of this country have got a chance to show their anger. so, will they? have you thought about the local elections? no, not really. national, yes. no, i probably shan't vote. i will probably put a big cross through the paper and post it. back on the campaign trail, the local lib dems hope disaffected voters may turn to them. if anything, we're getting rants on the doorstep from voters from other parties. they're angry, they always mention brexit. what i tell them is think locally and what the lib dems can do for you. i'm yourlocalgreen party candidate... in another part of town, the green party is trying to offer an alternative. people are a little bit, kind of, disgruntled with the current situation politically, so they're looking for something new. or could they just stay at home? like most people, i'm pretty fed up with the whole carry on at the moment. i believe that if you've got a vote, you've got to use it because there's no point in moaning if you don't. so the focus for some parties might be the local scene, but these elections could well be

influenced by the wider political landscape. alex forsyth, bbc news, milton keynes. and you can find a list of all the candidates in milton keynes on the borough council website. the cast of the 25th james bond film has been announced, with oscar winner rami malek confirmed as part of the acting line—up. it's all been kept under wraps until today, when it was revealed at the goldeneye estate injamaica, where ian fleming wrote the 007 novels. lizo mzimba was there and sent this report. like any good secret agent, daniel craig says he's less interested in the past and more focused on the job in hand, the new film. this is my fifth and it's been a long time but it's an amazing time, and i'm just terribly excited about getting going. and doing it here injamaica so going. and doing it here injamaica so things aren't that bad really.

here in jamaica so things aren't that bad really. here injamaica is where the first film was shot in the 1960s. a lot has had to change since ursula andrus emerged from this ocean, particularly the way female characters appear in the movies. their women in this film are very interested , their women in this film are very interested, complicated characters. is it important to take that approach after the events of the last few years in the industry and wider? absolutely. the me too movement has had a huge impact on society. but you can't deal with a character who is flawed, who has issues. of course we wouldn't be movie or creative people if we didn't have an eye on what's going on in the outside world while doing out on in the outside world while doing our work. sky fall put bond on top of the world, making more than $1 billion, but perhaps now the franchise's success could be in dangerfrom the

franchise's success could be in danger from the likes of the marvel universe. it is this interconnecting web of franchises across film and television, consumed in different ways, with different characters, and bond seems an anachronism. he will $0011 bond seems an anachronism. he will soon be exiting the world of 007, hoping to leave it properly and firmly in the 21st century. lizo mzimba, bbc news, jamaica. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. the weather has left is shaken but not stirred today, you might say. it's been a day of sunshine and showers and that has been summed up by this weather watcher picture taken earlier on. we still have thunderstorms across england in particular, and on the whole it becomes drier later in the night with skies clearing. it will probably turn chilly in some rural areas, perhaps down to three degrees in the midlands and northern england. some early sunshine, but

more cloud coming in from the west and that will bring outbreaks of rain with it. ahead of it some perhaps thundery showers moving into scotland, as we move the rain into the warmer conditions in eastern england. brightening up across wales, the south—west and northern ireland but only briefly and temperatures will be lower. as we head overnight and into saturday, we have this area of low pressure which has been named storm hannah, but it will be the south—west of the uk that could catch gail's overnight and into saturday, gusts of 60 mph 01’ more and into saturday, gusts of 60 mph or more around exposed coasts. it will be a wet and windy, soggy sort of day for many parts of the country. slow improvements for northern ireland, the weather turning drier in the south—west as it will in northern scotland, but look at these temperatures. last weekend it was 25 degrees! that storm will move away and the weather

calms down on sunday. we may catch some showers down eastern coastal areas and there is more cloud coming in from the atlantic, but many places will be dry with sunshine coming through. probably not quite so coming through. probably not quite so chilly on sunday with highs of 14 celsius. darren, thank you very much. that's all from the bbc news at six so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

shed hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the foreign office advises against all but essential travel to sri la nka all but essential travel to sri la n ka after all but essential travel to sri lanka after sunday's devastating bomb attacks. thousands of soldiers

have been drafted in as the investigation into how the attacks we re investigation into how the attacks were carried out continues across the island. british teenagers emily and daniel were among those killed. their father describes the terrible end to their holiday. they were getting me food from the birthday when the first blast went off. it was a fatal blast, we did start running out, i don't know what condition they were in, there was another blast. former us vice presidentjoe biden has confirmed he wa nts to presidentjoe biden has confirmed he wants to be the democratic candidate for next year's presidential election. while a's for next year's presidential election. while as role in britain because five g network, because for a criminal inquiry after the news lea ks a criminal inquiry after the news leaks from the government ‘s top security meeting. the only way to stop it is to investigate it thoroughly and that is why i think the police should be called in