this is bbc news, i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at 10: 41 people are now known to have been killed when a russian passenger plane caught fire during an emergency landing in moscow. six of the 33 who survived are said to be ina six of the 33 who survived are said to be in a serious condition. some survivors suggest the plane was struck by lightning. an investigation into the cause is under way. a call for a world wide rescue plan to prevent losing one in four of all species and plants because of human activity. police hunting joseph mccann for a series of alleged abductions and rapes have arrested a man in cheshire. tackling fake news ahead of the european elections. facebook will attempt to block misinformation. and death threats received by wildlife presenter chris packham is just one of the stories featured

on the victoria derbyshire programme over the past week. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. an investigation is under way into the plane crash at a moscow airport in which 41 people were killed. the aeroflot aircraft made an emergency landing and burst into flames at one of the russian capital's main airports. dramatic images show passengers using emergency exit slides to escape the burning aircraft, which was headed for the city of murmansk carrying 73 people and five crew. one witness said it was a "miracle" anyone escaped. russia's investigator committee said unfavourable weather conditions and underqualified pilots and air

traffic control staff could be some of the causes. our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, reports. caught on camera, the final dramatic moments of flight m92. the aeroflot jet exploded in a fireball, during an emergency landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport. by the time it had come to a standstill, the plane was engulfed in flames. on board the burning aircraft, 78 passengers and crew. there was a desperate rush to escape from the inferno. at the front of the plane, the inflatable slide saved some. people leapt onto the chute and ran to safety. but not everyone got out of this alive. dimitri survived the crash. asked whether he thought the plane had been hit by lightning, he replied, "yes, maybe. "i saw a white flash." emergency teams fought the blaze and helped the injured.

the plane, a sukhoi superjet, had taken off from moscow airport bound for murmansk, but very quickly, it developed technical problems. the crew had issued a distress signal. the pilots had decided they had no choice but to bring the aircraft down. president putin offered his condolences to the families of the dead, and the kremlin leader ordered a full investigation to find out why this flight had ended in disaster. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. we got the latest from our correspondence sarah rainsford. we just had a statement from the investigation committee, the team that are handling the inquiry as to why this crash happened. they essentially say they are considering multiple versions at this stage and the list includes the qualification level of the crew on board, of the air traffic controllers and of those who carried

out technical checks. they are looking into a possible technical fault on the plane and also and weather conditions. that is quite a long list and doesn't take us much closer to understanding what happened. we have also seen comments from the pilot, the captain of the flight. this flight from moscow to murmansk yesterday evening. he has been quoted widely and i have heard audio as well, where he says the plane was struck by lightning. he claims after that, the electronics essentially appear to have failed. he lost contact with the ground, with the air traffic controllers and the flight went into a full manual mode. he says he followed procedure for a landing with full fuel tanks, but as we have seen from those images, the plane slammed into the tarmac, bounced along the tarmac and burst into flames which is why so many people lost their lives. the pictures are, as we have seen, very dramatic. one witness said it is a miracle anyone escaped that plane.

that's right, although at the beginning, the first report suggested in fact there had been very few casualties and then people really were thinking it was a miracle. but then, of course, much later, after midnight, the word came out from a very distressed—looking official saying in fact 41 people had been killed. there have been some questions about whether the number of casualties was potentially increased because some of the passengers at the front of the plane went to grab their hand luggage before they got off the plane and you can see in one set of images, people with luggage, with bags, as they come down the emergency evacuation slide. also stewardesses on board, one was quoted saying she was grabbing people by the scruff of the neck and throwing them towards the emergency exit to get them off as quickly as possible. aeroflot itself put out a statement saying the evacuation was completed within 55 seconds, underlying the crew did everything they possibly

could to save the passengers lives. but sending condolences and saying they were grieving together with the families of the 41 who have been killed. and joining me now is the travel editor of the independent, simon calder. after a ny after any crasher focus on what has happened, whether it was the play or the weather conditions. it is being suggested underqualified pilots and air traffic controllers and the weather were all in the mix. whenever there is an accident, a whole range of possibilities will be being considered by the investigators. it is way too early to draw any conclusions, but what you can do is look more broadly at the aircraft itself and i flew on this aircraft last year, the same airport, sheremetyevo airport, the first considered up to western standards, to the extent it is being flown by in to jet mexico, by the time cityjet

flown by in to jet mexico, by the time city jet and flown by in to jet mexico, by the time cityjet and in and out of london apple and it feels like any other aircraft. built to very high standards. there has been an accident before in 2012 involving the aircraft, on a demonstration flight the aircraft, on a demonstration flight in indonesia, which was blamed on pilot error, in which 45 people died. and in terms of any other safety issues around air transport in russia, i mentioned the suggestion underqualified pilots and air traffic controllers might be a factor. they may or may not and we will find out but there is concern widely about russia and indeed the rest of the former soviet union because during the days of the ussr, it was a very dangerous place to fly. you had fairly rudimentary aircraft. you had extreme weather conditions. there were concerns over pilot training and so on. in the

zist pilot training and so on. in the 21st century, actually, their standards are vastly improved and the two leading airlines aeroflot and s seven are members respectively of the sky team and one world alliance and have very high safety standards. there are smaller aircraft, we saw for example last year a small airline had a fatal accident, sadly another flight from moscow. the airline effectively had its operation certificate taken away after a whole series of safety issues were found. i have no concerns, and i flew issues were found. i have no concerns, and iflew around russia quite a lot last year because of the world cup, no concerns about flying with the larger russian airlines, because i believe there safety standards are good. but something that sarah rainsford pointed out, the cabin baggage issue is extremely worrying. people coming down the chutes. the first rule of any

evacuation is cabin luggage has to be stowed well away of any evacuation and you just leave everything there is that we actually saw in september 2015, british airways had a fire on one of the engines on a plane taking off from las vegas going to gatwick. there was an emergency evacuation, or 170 people on board survived, but lots of people were taking their wheelie bags with them. clearly, that is going to do a whole series of things. it is going to hold things up, it will block the aisle, it could damage the chutes. i think aviation safety authorities will be looking at what they do to stop people grabbing their stuff and taking it with them, because it may well be the case that sadly in this tragedy people died because of the selfish behaviour of others. thank you. police hunting a fugitive over the abduction and rapes of three

women in and around london, have arrested a man after the abduction of two other women in cheshire. following a car chase and police searches overnight, it's believed thatjoseph mccann was arrested in the early hours of this morning. andy moore reports. in the early hours of this morning, a man believed to bejoseph mccann was taken away under cover in the back of this police car. the suspect is thought to have spent several hours up a tree talking to trained police negotiators. earlier in the evening, there was a police pursuit through the streets of congleton which lead to serious damage to this car. two women had been forced into a black fiat punto by a man believed to be mccann. police gave chase. after this collision, the suspect escaped on foot. the two women are said to be extremely shaken but not injured. there had been a nationwide hunt for mccann, after police in london offered £20,000 for information leading to his arrest and prosecution. they said he was extremely dangerous, a violent man who posed a risk to women and children. the suspected abduction of two women in their 20s ended in this street

when one of them hit their kidnapper over the head with a bottle. some builders on a local site stepped in to rescue them. earlier, mccann had allegedly tried to take the two women to a hotel in watford. the metropolitan police issued these cctv images. mccann was also wanted in connection with a third attack in the london area. police believe he abducted and raped a 21—year—old woman at knife—point on april 21st in watford. andy moore, bbc news. some breaking news to bring you. we are hearing an 18—year—old has died after a stabbing in london. a murder investigation, police are saying, is under way following that fatal stabbing. they have put out some details of what happened. they were called by the london ambulance service yesterday around 9:30pm last night to reports of a stabbing on tiverton street in southwark. officers attended along with

london's air ambulance and found a man aged 18 suffering stab injuries. he was taken to a south london hospital where he died just before 11pm. his next of kin have been informed and formal identification awaits. they say there have been no arrests at this time but a number of active enquiries are in hand, including reviewing local cctv, house—to—house and local forensic at the scene and are asking for anybody who may have any information to get in touch with police immediately. they are saying the victim was seen being chased by another male wearing a grey or blue hoodie from newington gardens in tiverton street, where he was attacked and shortly after found by police and london air ambulance. police asking, where you there, did you see anything? do get in touch with police if you did. swift action is needed to prevent the loss of up to one million species — that's the warning from scientists ahead of a major assessment of the state of the natural world.

the un report, which will be published in paris later today, says humans are to blame for the drastic declines. our global science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. from the oceans... ..to the land. from insects, to exotic plants. in every part of the world, nature is in dramatic decline. it's the focus of a major new un report, warning that the planet's facing an ecological crisis. and it's humans who are to blame. areas once rich in nature are being cleared for development. illegal trade is bringing animals to the brink of extinction and pollution is poisoning the seas. this small patch of land in devon, hemmed in by busy roads, is a refuge for the narrow—headed ant. these insects were once widespread, but as their habitat has shrunk, now this is the only place in england they can be found. this ant is one of the last

of its kind, but it's vital for this heathland environment. these insects keep the soil healthy, they break down organic matter and they're also food themselves for birds and small mammals. it might be tiny, but losing it would have a huge impact. once you start to lose species, you don't know quite when the critical time comes. i mean, are we prepared to lose the ant, then the nightjar? are we prepared to lose cuckoos and so on? you get to a time when it no longer is a functioning ecosystem, it no longer is a living heathland. the report says there is still hope for nature, but a global rescue plan must start now. if we fail to act, many species will be left fighting for survival. rebecca morelle, bbc news, paris. the electoral commission is calling on the government to change the law to make online political adverts clearly state who has paid for them. it comes as facebook mounts an operation to try to ensure that it's not used to spread misinformation in the upcoming european elections.

our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. a powerfulforce has been streaming through politics. it's a great campaigning tool, but it can be used to spread misinformation or help foreign powers interfere, and facebook‘s shadow looms ever larger over elections worldwide. fake news on facebook... back in 2016, facebook was really downplaying its influence, with mark zuckerberg saying it was crazy to think fake news had had any influence over the election of donald trump. but now, it's changed its tune. and here in dublin, it's getting ready to mount a big operation to oversee its impact on the european elections. at facebook‘s european headquarters, there's a pr offensive under way, with journalists from across the eu invited to see that the company's serious about battling electoral malpractice on its platform. once we find a piece of content that we want to remove, we have the experts in the room who know our community standards.

the a0 strong team here include specialists who've monitored other polls, from the american midterms to brazil's presidential election. but back in the uk, the electoral commission is impatient for the government to do more. it's been asking since 2003 for a law forcing all online political advertising to be up front about who's paid. when you see an advertisement in your facebook news feed, you want to be able to know there and then — do i believe this advert and does it to influence my vote? a really key piece of information you need to make that decision is who's paid for it. across europe, politicians are preparing for battle, knowing that for good or ill, facebook will be a key weapon in their campaigns. rory cellan—jones, bbc news, dublin. the headlines on bbc news... 41 people are now known to have been killed when a russian passenger plane caught fire during an emergency landing in moscow. six of the 33 who survived are said

to be in a serious condition. some survivors suggest the plane was struck by lightning. scientists are to call for a global rescue plan to prevent the loss of a quarter of all species and plants because of human activity. police hunting joseph mccann for a series of alleged abductions and rapes, have arrested a man in cheshire. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. hello. one game left to play in the premier league and the race for a top fourfinish has become premier league and the race for a top four finish has become an awful lot clearer. chelsea had secured champions league football. tottenham are nearly there but manchester united have blown it after being held to a draw by bottom huddersfield. a bad day for arsenal, a draw against brighton means the only realistic route into the champions league for them is by

winning the europa league. here is andy swiss. no top four finish and on this showing they can have no complaints. manchester united's hopes of champions league qualification ended with a whimper at huddersfield although they began brightly. scott mctominay blasting them ahead, albeit with some help from the keeper. but after the break, the ultimate sucker punch, a goal kick all the way through to the striker who booted huddersfield level before booting the corner flag and to smithereens. it summed up manchester united's day and in the words of ole gunnar solskaer, not good enough. we haven't deserved to be in the top four, we have chased the pack. we have been given chances. the league is so tight, loads of good teams and when we got the opportunities, we weren't able to really grab them. arsenal's top four hopes are all but over. they

we re four hopes are all but over. they were ahead against brighton, natch monorail winning a penalty which aubameyang coolly converted but the gunners couldn't capitalise on their early lead and after the break conceded a penalty of their own. granit xhaka are the culprit and brighton level through glen murray. arsenal had their chances to win but couldn't take them. they were now surely have to win this season's europa league to qualify for the champions league, on a day of footballing frustration. we know it's going to be difficult and, really, that has happened and after our focus is the europa and, really, that has happened and after ourfocus is the europa league and we can take some opportunity in the europa league to do something important. chelsea didn't fluff their lines, beating watford 3—0. they guaranteed champions league football and are up to third. like arsenal, they are also in the

semifinals of the europa league but they don't have to win that now, that pressure is off them. steven gerrard says he is running out of ideas when it comes to improving his rangers players discipline on the pitch, after their 12th red card of the season is that it didn't affect the season is that it didn't affect the result so much. they won their game against hibs1—0, the result so much. they won their game against hibs 1—0, jermain defoe with the goal. rangers were already assured of finishing runners—up. mcgregor kicking out after he kicked the ball away. tried to convince the referee it was a natural follow—through. he is going to miss next week because my old firm match against champions celtic. steven gerrard said he might have to start finding his players who get red cards. some cricket for you and england beat pakistan in a one—off t20 match in cardiff. with the world cup starting at the end of the month, david willey will be relieved he avoided serious injury when the ground gave way underneath him as he ran into bowl. he ran into the top

of the sunken box that contains all the cabins for the technology, the lid went off, his foot went through it and he could have broken his ankle. as for the match itself, he vic market. eoin morgan hit an unbeaten 57. they now have five matches against pakistan in their one—day series. that their last preparation before the world cup sta rts preparation before the world cup starts at the end of the month. it is being staged on home soil, as well. judd trump is in complete control of the snooker world championship final in sheffield. they resume this afternoon is that he is 12—5 up against former champion john higgins. this he is 12—5 up against former championjohn higgins. this a repeat of the 2011 final thatjudd trump lost to higgins. he won eight frames ina row, lost to higgins. he won eight frames in a row, a bit of showboating. the crowd loved that. the first to 18. play gets back under way it to be this afternoon, live on bbc two and across the bbc. that is all the support for now. much more on the

website, including the snooker and all the build—up to manchester city's game that they have to win to stay in control of their own destiny in the title race. i will be back with more in the next hour, as well. lovely, thank you. now, how's your posture? any aches and pains? perhaps you'd like a stronger core? well, if so, then pilates might be the answer. millions of people worldwide are already benefitting from it — but not many know it started here in the uk. we can now go live to the isle of man and join our reporter rick faragher, who's at the very site that inspired it. tell us why it all started there? understood at the isle of man in what is picturesque farmland on a beautiful morning. if we turned the clock back 100 years, this was the sight of the largest first world war internment site. it was home to

around 23,000 men from countries like germany and austria, who were living in the uk during the outbreak of the great war. one man in particular was obsessed with exercise and how the human body moved. his name isjosef pilates, a young german prisoner here and this is his remarkable story. the great war had started. patriotism swept the streets of britain. among the proudest were people who weren't born here. but there was a problem — the government was suspicious. in 1914, the aliens restrictions act was passed. huge numbers of european nationals were sent to internment camps. these fields in the isle of man form part of the largest. over five years, more than 30,000 men were in interned at knockaloe farm, in the village of patrick. there were some that had been living in britain for a very long time, and some actually had sons who were old enough

to fight for britain. but then you had other men who were interned here who had sons who were fighting for germany, they were very much pro—german. among the internees was a young german called joseph pilates. he was fascinated with exercise, and how the human body moved. conditions in the camp were cramped. this hut is one of the very few that still exist. it is now a shop. joseph would have lived here with about 30 other men. there wasn't always much room to exercise, but there was inspiration. we hear stories that he based a lot of the original method on the movements of animals. we do believe that there were metal beds and there were springs in the camp, and that he started working with the pilates equipment, designing his pilates equipment and exercises, right here in this field, which is really amazing to be standing in. it is believe there are more than one million descendants of the men who were held here. my great, great grandfather,

he moved from germany to england with his wife in the 18805. they eventually settled in merseyside. they'd had five children, and he was sent to knockaloe. now it's the 100 years anniversary from it, i think it's a very fitting time to remember these men and their stories, and how it did affect their lives and their families. 100 years ago, the camp closed. poignant reminders of its legacy remain. in 1919, joseph left here for good. a century on, the ideas first formed in these manx fields are used by pilates enthusiasts in all four corners of the world. as you can see, joseph pilates' legacy lives on 100 years later in the very field where he was interned and released 100 years ago this

year. but, of course, that isn't just a story aboutjoseph pilates but the other men interned here. we're joined but the other men interned here. we'rejoined by but the other men interned here. we're joined by charles, but the other men interned here. we'rejoined by charles, historian vosawai was the isle of man specifically selected as a place of internment? when the first world war broke out, there were about 60,000 german nationals in britain and they we re german nationals in britain and they were all immediately declared enemy aliens. they were rounded up and put in internment camps around the british isles, the biggest one here on the island. being an island in the middle of the irish sea, it was less easy to escape from. we had a thriving tourist industry, so we had ships coming backwards and forwards, we we re ships coming backwards and forwards, we were already catering for 70,000 visitors a week on the island so it was thought this would be an ideal place, the infrastructure was already here. as you have said, this farmland was an ideal place, it already had water and it was able to cope with this huge camp, which after the first year had around

23,000 germans, austrians and turks interned here. it is a remarkable number of people that were held here. do we know what became of them when they released 100 years ago?m course, the keenest thing they wanted to do was get back to normal life. they all left the island. they had to be processed in the uk for so many remained there because that is where they had been before and some will have gone back to europe. charles, thank you very much. one of the people taking this classes jonathan. you are a pilates instructor and fanatic but you also have a very close connection with this land? that is correct, my great—great—grandfather was interned here in the first world war as well withjoseph pilates, here in the first world war as well with joseph pilates, in here in the first world war as well withjoseph pilates, in fact in the same sub—camp as joseph withjoseph pilates, in fact in the same sub—camp asjoseph pilates withjoseph pilates, in fact in the same sub—camp as joseph pilates and could have known joseph same sub—camp as joseph pilates and could have knownjoseph pilates himself and may be exercised with himself and may be exercised with him long before i started pilates. what do you know about your relatives' time here, what would life have been like in the camp?m

would have been very tough, they had wooden huts and reports at the time said they were very, sort of cold and the wind blew through them. there was a lot of mud in these fields, a lot of barbed wire, so very condensed population here, all male, not much to do today begin with. it was really hard for them. there is that connectionjosef established between exercise and mental health? yes, he saw the need to get people moving and exercising would help their mental position, because a lot had fallen into depression, so exercise, he thought, was important to that and rightly so. was important to that and rightly so. jonathan, i will let you get back to teach the class. the charity behind the site believes there are more than million descendants of the men that were held here and as you can see, the legacy ofjoseph pilates' time farfrom can see, the legacy ofjoseph pilates' time far from forgotten, in fa ct pilates' time far from forgotten, in fact thriving here in the isle of

man. amazing, i never knew that. i do pilates but i didn't know that's where it all started. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather with simon. hi there, good morning. sunny spells in scotland and ireland but in northern england and scotland, some outbreaks of rain, that will move gradually southward. we will see some showers pushing their way into north wales and the midlands and across eastern parts of england. sunshine continuing across scotland, just one or two wintry showers coming in on that northerly wind. for all of us, showers coming in on that northerly wind. forall of us, it showers coming in on that northerly wind. for all of us, it will feel pretty chilly. could be the coldest early m ea nt pretty chilly. could be the coldest early meant by in early may bank holiday on record. the showery band of rain will continue across northern parts of england. further showers likely across scotland. otherwise, varying amounts of cloud throughout tonight but in the north—east, temperatures here close to if not below freezing for stop elsewhere about 5—7 celsius.

tuesday, showers developing quite widely across wales and the midlands, northern parts of england. some brighter spells and temperatures of 9—15. bye—bye. hello this is bbc news joanna gosling. the headlines: 41 people are now known to have been killed when a russian passenger plane caught fire during an emergency landing in moscow. leading scientists call for a world wide rescue plan to prevent losing one in four of all species and plants. a un report, to be published in paris later today, says humans are to blame for the drastic declines. police hunting fugitive joseph mccann over the abduction and rapes of three women, in and around london, have arrested a man after the abduction of two other women in cheshire. following a car chase and police searches overnight, it's believed thatjoseph mccann was detained.