this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a string of failings by police, probation workers and mi5 contributed to the killing of two people by a convicted terrorist — an inquest finds. jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed' by usman khan in 2019. their families say the authorities let them down. the belarusian leader, alexander lukashenko accuses the west of trying to destabilise his country during talks with president putin. facing up to its colonial past. for the first time, germany formally recognises it committed genocide in namibia, and promises over a billion dollars in aid. and, the $6 trillion plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war two to reboot the us economy and fend off

competition from china. hello and welcome. inquests have ruled that two young cambridge graduates were unlawfully killed by a convicted terrorist at a prisoner rehabilitation event in london after a string of failures by police, the security services and probation service. jack merritt and saskia jones were stabbed to death by usman khan during the attack at fishmongers�* hall in 2019. he'd been released from prison on licence less than a year earlier — and was allowed to travel alone to the event in london — where he carried out his planned attack. convicted terrorist, usman khan, heading to london alone on a train. only recently out of prison, there'd been intelligence that he was planning an attack,

but still the trip had been authorised. it ended with hand—to—hand fighting on london bridgejust outside fishmongers�* hall, while inside, two young people, saskia jones and jack merritt, were dying. today, an inquestjury said the unacceptable management of khan and poor sharing of vital intelligence had contributed to their deaths. this is for those who hide behind the cloak of secrecy to search their own conscience and review their own potential failings. however, it is beyond understanding and astonishing that not one of the state agencies sufficiently considered the associated risk and therefore questioned the wisdom of sending usman khan unaccompanied to london. the jury's conclusions brought an immediate apology from those responsible for protecting the public. saskia jones and jack merritt were extremely bright and talented young people. they had both chosen to do something good with their lives,

to make tremendously positive contributions to our society. the fact that, as the jury determined, there were omissions or failures in the management of the attacker, and in the sharing of information and guidance by the agencies responsible, is simply unacceptable, and i'm so deeply sorry we weren't better than this in november 2019. usman khan was jailed as a teenager for trying to set up a terrorist training camp. after eight years in prison he was still a high—risk category a inmate, seen as a violent, radicalising leader of prison extremists. a month before he was released, there was intelligence recorded in capital letters that he intended to carry out an attack after his release. in prison, he'd mixed with michael adebolajo, who killed lee rigby, leaders of two major al-qaeda bomb plots, and the infamous preacher abu hamza. jack merritt�*s parents told me their son's death was the result of an unforgivable failure by a system

that was not fit for purpose. they had this hugely dangerous person and they lost sight of him being dangerous, really, from the beginning. with all that information, you would have thought the authorities would have put in place a system to monitor and manage him effectively and keep the public safe, and they failed to do that. in jail, khan started studying with cambridge university's learning together prisoner education scheme. he became their poster boy... learning together. is working together. ..even recording a video for them. after his release, living in a flat in stafford, he stuck to the rules, lulling everyone into a false sense of security. but mostly he spent days alone playing violent video games. a prison psychologist had warned that if he started isolating, it was a worrying sign. once he knew he was travelling alone to london, khan started to prepare, shopping for four large knives and materials to make a fake suicide belt. that same month, the public protection panel, mappa, that was responsible for him,

met to discuss his case but didn't even consider the risk of him taking a train by himself to the capital. neither mi5 nor counter—terrorism police had told them about the intelligence warning that khan might be intending an attack. i mean, that was the piece of intel that they had, and so, to not share that one piece is, well, it's unforgivable. and so the scene was set for khan's brutal attack at an iconic london location. as jack merritt and others arrived for learning together�*s fifth anniversary event, there were no metal detectors. hiding the fake belt under his coat, khan sat chatting to saskia jones, who he would soon stab to death. khan slipped out to the men's toilets and strapped two knives to his hands. then he set about attacking the people he knew from learning together, first jack merritt and then saskia jones.

he nearly killed another young woman, before a porter, a civil servant, a prisoner on day release and an ex—prisoner intervened. first, john crilly, who started challenging khan. in a desperate effort to stop the killing. questions, like what are you doing, what is going on here. it's just madness, and hejust replied to me, i am going to kill you all and blow you all up. and ijust, maybe stupidly, told him to get on with it. at which point, he said, i'm waiting for the police to come and blow it then. the men chased khan out onto london bridge, where he was shot by armed police. the jury said there'd been serious deficiencies in the mappa process that's supposed to keep the public safe. jack merritt and saskia jones had been murdered by a man known to have a terrorist past and still under active investigation by mi5.

daniel sandford, bbc news, at fishmongers' hall. a man who attacked and injured 3 french police officers, one of them seriously, has died. the attack took place in the city of nantes in the west of the country. the attacker fled the scene on foot, and hundreds of police officers were deployed to find him. the interior minister has confirmed he was a former prisoner, born and raised in france. it's the latest of a series of attacks on police in france recently, that has led to calls for tough sentences for those who injure officers. for the latest here's the bbc�*s hugh schofield in paris. there was an attack this morning at a police station where this man burst in with a blade of some kind and attacked the woman that is a municipal police officer, so a local police false for the suburb of nantes, hurt her, injured her quite seriously in her legs, and she is in hospital and being treated. i don't think her life was endangered. but then he seized her gun and had a

weapon and it was a couple of hours later that he was faced, cornered, and there was a shoot—out where he injured a couple of police officers, not seriously, and he himself was hit by the man died subsequently in police custody at that point. the question of course, now, is what was his profile and, interestingly, we are getting two separate strands here. he had certainly been in trouble with police before and in jail he had leftjail a couple of months ago and served time for robbery and shown signs of radicalisation in prison but also signs of psychiatric problems and i think there are all sorts of questions now because it is not first time that people have shown both tendencies, both psychological disorders and a source of gratification towards radical islam and if this is to be taken on by the anti—terrorist investigators they will need to be satisfied that there was more radicalisation rather than psychically make psychiatric problems that led him to do this.

president lukashenko of belarus has accused his country's opponents of trying to de—stabilise his nation. he made the comments during talks with his principal backer, russia's president putin in the black sea resort of sochi. mr lukashenko is unhappy with the reaction of the eu after belarus's capture of dissidentjournalist roman protasevich on sunday, who was on a ryanair flight that was diverted to minsk. for his part, vladimir putin has suggested that the eu has applied double standards. that, in turn, has sparked russian retaliation which led to an air france flight to moscow being cancelled yesterday, though today's other flights took off as normal. benjamin haddad is the director of the europe center at the atlantic council think tank. he joins me from washington. benjamin, thanks so much forjoining us. how stable is the relationship between mr putin and mr lukashenko?

well, i mean, first it is a very asymmetric relationship, right? clearly lukashenko is the junior partner and he has really cornered himself into being a pariah state in recent months. lukashenko has been in power in belarus since 1994 and in power in belarus since 1994 and in recent years he was really trying to balance the relationship between the european union on one hand and russia. i try to get closer to europe, all this came to a first end last august with the stolen presidential election. a lot of european governments that recognised another as the legitimate winner at the election and we have seen mass protests in belarus, arrest of hundreds of political opponents and journalists, and clearly this brazen act of aggression that was the hijacking last week was the last nail in the coffin for the relationship between the european union and belarus, and so now he has no other place to turn then russia, that it no other place to turn then russia, thatitis no other place to turn then russia, that it is important to remember that, you know, for a long time vladimir putin was trying to push

further unification between the two countries and really try to tighten his control over the regime in minx so i think we have seen lukashenko khan himself here.— khan himself here. does the threat of eu sanctions, _ khan himself here. does the threat of eu sanctions, western _ khan himself here. does the threat| of eu sanctions, western sanctions, a fitness test lukashenko? might deter him from doing things like the capture of lukashenko again? we have heard the german _ capture of lukashenko again? we have heard the german foreign _ capture of lukashenko again? we have heard the german foreign minister- heard the german foreign minister talk about the risk of a spiral of sanctions, in his terms, if not only the man he was arrested with his partner after the hijacking of his plane but also 400 political opponents in belarus were not released in the next few weeks a month so, you know, it is important to see is i think there was a quick and sharp reaction for the european union. this was, once again, direct act of aggression against europe. this was a plane that was playing make flying from greece to lithuania

on ryanair, an irish company that was high get to belarus so we saw a swift reaction in the european council the next day with direct sanctions that were being announced. it is important to remember that in august it took three months for europeans to impose sanctions on belarus after the election because of internal divisions within the european union, so this time was much quicker but it's important to keep the pressure and notjust makes it one shot, to make sure that these people are released and we see a change in behaviour in minsk. trier? change in behaviour in minsk. very briefl , change in behaviour in minsk. very briefly, benjamin, _ change in behaviour in minsk. very briefly, benjamin, what is the state of the opposition movement in belarus? , , of the opposition movement in belarus? , ., ., belarus? first, loss of opposition ou have belarus? first, loss of opposition you have it _ belarus? first, loss of opposition you have it done _ belarus? first, loss of opposition you have it done are _ belarus? first, loss of opposition you have it done are right - belarus? first, loss of opposition you have it done are right now i belarus? first, loss of opposition you have it done are right now in | you have it done are right now in europe and they have left. a lot of people in prison but is important to see that why lukashenko went to such extreme lengths to arrest a blogger or journalist extreme lengths to arrest a blogger orjournalist because, right now, the media, the last remnants of the independent media are a force of opposition, control, came to power in belarus and they are clearly seen

as a threat to this dictatorship, the oldest dictatorship in europe, and this explains the expenses to where the regime went last week. thank you so much. it was a shocking chapter in germany's colonial history. now germany has for the first time formally recognised that its troops committed genocide in what's now namibia at the start of the twentieth century. it's also apologised for the atrocities against the herero and nama peoples, and agreed to pay one—point—three billion dollars towards development projects in affected communities. the bbc�*s tim whewell has this report and a warning you might find some of the images at the start of his report distressing. jimmy colonise libya, then cold south—west africa at the end of the 19th century. when the herero and nama people later rose up against its full tens of thousands were

executed or died of malnutrition or exhaustion after being driven into the desert or concentration camps. 80% of the herero population and half the nama are estimated to have died. but, for decades afterwards, only the graves of german soldiers were marked, not those of namibian victims. singing. in 2018, schools are victims who had been taken to germany for a now discredited research will written to limit the air. now after more than five years of talks german is finally asking for forgiveness from victims�* descendants for committing genocide. translation: fill" descendants for committing genocide. translation:— translation: our goal is to find a “oint translation: our goal is to find a joint pathway _ translation: our goal is to find a joint pathway to — translation: our goal is to find a joint pathway to genuine _ joint pathway to genuine reconciliation and to commemorate the victims — reconciliation and to commemorate the victims. to that end, we acknowledge what happened in what is today called namibia giving the german— today called namibia giving the german colonial era, including the atrocities— german colonial era, including the atrocities that occurred between

1904 _ atrocities that occurred between 1904 and — atrocities that occurred between 1904 and 1908 and call it what it is. 1904 and 1908 and call it what it is we _ 1904 and 1908 and call it what it is. we officially recognise this as a genocide. we acknowledge our historic— a genocide. we acknowledge our historic responsibility. in atonement, jimmy's agreed to pay atonement, jimmy�*s agreed to pay $1.3 billion over 30 years to namibia, money intended to be spent in the herero and nama communities to provide infrastructure, health care and training. but many herero and nama are still angrily. it is care and training. but many herero and nama are still angrily.- and nama are still angrily. it is me the real restoration. _ and nama are still angrily. it is me the real restoration. we _ and nama are still angrily. it is me the real restoration. we do - and nama are still angrily. it is me the real restoration. we do not - and nama are still angrily. it is me | the real restoration. we do not have land. the real restoration. we do not have iand- white — the real restoration. we do not have land. white people _ the real restoration. we do not have land. white people in _ the real restoration. we do not have land. white people in position - the real restoration. we do not have land. white people in position of- land. white people in position of the iand~ — land. white people in position of the land. ., ., , the land. some of their leaders re'ect the the land. some of their leaders reject the deal. they _ the land. some of their leaders reject the deal. they say - the land. some of their leaders reject the deal. they say the i the land. some of their leaders . reject the deal. they say the funds are insufficient and they were denied the right to negotiate directly with germany. above all, what many herero and nama wanted was to get back the land taken from them

ijy to get back the land taken from them by german colonists. the most, though, that will remain a distant dream. tim whewell, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. we look at what follows a career in professional football. what do players do when their final whistle is blown?

this is bbc news. the latest headlines... belarus and leader alexander lukashenko has accused the west of trying to destabilise his country. he made this allegation during talks

with president putin. president biden has proposed a budget worth an estimated $6 trillion, the highest level of federal government spending since the second world war. the proposal for 2022 will be given to congress and needs approval to be implemented. he�*s demanding huge investments in infrastructure, education and green technology but he faces a political battle to deliver it — and growing concerns over its impact on inflation and the national debt. for more on the significance of this budget, i�*ve been speaking to claudia sahm, a former us federal reserve economist. there�*s a lot of wisdom in this budget. so, $6 trillion is a lot of money. what we see in the budget is largely what president biden has already proposed in thejobs plan and the families plan. those two were big. that�*s 4 trillion right there. and we see a lot of investments in the physical infrastructure of the united states that needs a refresh and we see a lot of investment in people. and these pay off — this makes a lot of sense.

this is getting to something better than february of 2020, but it�*s big dollars, there�*s no question about that. i mean, $6 trillion is almost unfathomable to try and think about. america might be in a pandemic—style state spending mode. it�*s been so, you could argue, even since the last year of the donald trump presidency. what happens, then, when that mood changes, as history shows that it always does? well, history doesn�*t repeat itself. it does rhyme, right, so we should be concerned about... i mean, frankly, we should be concerned about spending that kind of money, taxpayer dollars, and doing it effectively. i think what we need to keep in context is the plans in the budget were money that we needed spent for decades. right? it was not going to come fast, it�*s going to come in a period of time, if its past, in some form, but this is about getting to a more equal, a more productive economy than what we had before covid, so

this really is a different battle than the spending that�*s been put out to deal with the covid crisis. how would it change people�*s lives if it�*s passed? i how would it change people's lives if it's passed?— how would it change people's lives if it's passed? i think one example, and i think one _ if it's passed? i think one example, and i think one of _ if it's passed? i think one example, and i think one of the _ if it's passed? i think one example, and i think one of the most - and i think one of the most important principles in the budget is the way that it�*s going to invest in people and, in particular, in children, so free access to preschool for children. money, money in the pockets of families every single month of regularly this is something the united states has never done. there are a lot of tax incentives to get people to work but this is money and people�*s pockets for their children this is a huge difference in how we help people, especially those in deep poverty in the united states and frankly, is an economist, i know that investing in people, particularly our youngest people, particularly our youngest people like, that has the potential to pay for four so do so, that�*s stat! money my opinion.

let�*s look at some of the day�*s other news. europe�*s medicines regulator has backed the use of pfizer�*s covid—19 vaccine for children as young as 12, paving the way for a broader roll—out in the region. it�*s already being used in the european union for those aged 16 and older. the vaccine has also been cleared by regulators in the united states and canada for children over 12. borisjohnson has met the hungarian prime minister viktor orban in downing street. mr orban is only the second european union leader to hold talks with the british prime minister since brexit. ahead of the talks, mr orban has described migrants as "a poison" and called muslims "invaders". the eu has criticised mr orban for eroding democracy, rule of law and press freedom. british government has also condemned mr orban�*s remarks, but it insists that cooperation with hungary is "vital for britain". here�*s mr orban speaking

to the media in downing street. you should understand, probably, gentlemen, that the cultural context of migration, here, in a centre of a global empire, may i say, is totally different than in central europe. migration in the hungarian cultural context is totally negative. so to be anti—migrant, it means that you�*re on a good side, and this is the intention of the people. we don�*t need migration. you know, we don�*t like that phenomenon at all. why did you refer to muslims once as "invaders"? that�*s happened. that was the fact. so, without any kind of legal permission, without any permission coming from the hungarian authorities, theyjust destroyed the border and they marched through the country. it�*s...in the hungarian language, we call it invasion. and they were all muslims, anyway... did you understand how many muslims found that offensive? no, no, no, iunderstand. yeah, no, no, of course,

i understand, but this was the fact. you know, in democracy you have to name the fact. this was the fact. we don�*t have any kind of entire hostile feelings, we simply want to defend our own rights, serenity and decision—making system. if people like to invite somebody to our country we invite. if somebody would like to come to hungary, must follow the procedure and income, but never illegal. the smack on come. —— must follow the procedure and then come. the champions league final takes place tomorrow in porto. both chelsea and man city will have nearly 6,000 supporters in the estadio do dragao for the game. a defining moment for all players. but what happens to elite footballers when it�*s time to hang up their boots for good? the most difficult, i think, part of the transition

of not playing football professionally any more was my team. i loved being part of a team, and that's all i really knew. and i think when you retire from playing at the highest level possible, with ultimately the best team in the world, my team—mates were my best friends and i went through some of the highest highs with them and some of the lowest lows. and you go through stuff on the field with them and you go through stuff off the field with them, and then when you retire, you're done. nothing replicates being on the pitch and hearing the roar and the songs that they sing, but the dressing room is a huge one. that�*s the biggest thing i think if you ask any footballer what do they miss, and i think they�*ll say the atmosphere and probably more so the dressing room. you know, you go into the dressing room in the mornings, you�*re see 20 other lads talking about things, you go on team bonding exercises. you know, particularly at wigan and at liverpool, i couldn�*t wait to get into training, just to go into the dressing room. you're going through big changes, where everything is done for you, everything is structured, and then all of a sudden,

it stops and you have to do your own thing. for 18 years, you're getting schedules, you know the time of training, the nutrition that you have to do every day, the work that you have to do off the field as well, mentally, with being competitive in that environment. but i think you've just got to focus that energy somewhere else. i had to stop for my mental health — and that�*s never going to go away. i still have bad days now. i think we all have, particularly over this past year. i mean, the last year�*s just been horrendous for everybody. i don�*t know anybody who�*s not struggled through this pandemic. yeah, i still wake up some days and it�*s tough sometimes to get up and get out of your bed, but it�*s the best thing you can do. i remember when we played against argentina in melbourne, and i was actually on the bench, and ijust, you know... ijust looked at messi the whole time. enjoy the tough times, enjoy the awesome times, because you�*ll look back and those are some of the best moments of my life. and i know, looking at them, these are moments to cherish forever.

do stay with bbc news. well, some of us probably looked at the sky today wondering where�*s all this fantastic weather we�*re promising. just a little while longer. it is going to improve. it was a temporary blip on friday. it is going to turn increasingly sunny and warmer as we go through the bank holiday weekend into next week. but here�*s the cloud from friday, you can see a little hit and miss. there were some showers around. the best of the weather was across northern scotland and closer to the north sea coast, and that�*s because high pressure�*s building here. the weather fronts which are trying to get in are stopped by this area of high pressure — think of the high pressure as a mountain — and it stops the weather fronts coming off the atlantic. so, the weather front that�*s been here across the west is in the process of disintegrating, so it�*s raining itself out.

the clouds are starting to break up, but it does mean that saturday morning is going to be pretty overcast, murky and even drizzly in some areas, so we will have to wait a little while longer. we�*ll call it a cloudy morning on saturday, but then brightening up as we go through the course of the afternoon. i think second half of the afternoon should be absolutely fine for most of us. so, here�*s the forecast for saturday. starts off a little grey, the best of the sunshine probably across eastern areas of the country. could be a few local brief showers here and there. look at the temperatures — 21 in london, 19 in liverpool, we�*re expecting around 20 or so in glasgow. and high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather on sunday. light winds, strong sunshine, don�*t forget that. we�*ve not been used to the sun so far this spring, so slap on the sunscreen if you�*re out for any lengthy period of time. temperatures up to 23 degrees around merseyside on sunday. after that, the high pressure really does become quite dominant across the northwest of europe, so notjust here in the uk but scandinavia, parts of central europe as well. the high pressure is a vortex in itself, so it�*s actually going to be drawing in warmth

from the southern climes and spreading it across the uk and keeping the weather fronts at bay out in the atlantic. so, our temperatures on monday easily getting up into the low 20s throughout the country. that�*s it from me. enjoy the bank holiday weekend weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines: an inquest find there was a string of failings by police, probation workers and m15 that contributed to the killing of two people by a convicted terrorist. saskiw saskinones saskiw jones and jack saskinones and jack merritt were stabbed by usman khan at rehabilitation event in london in 2019. president lukashenko of belarus has accused his country�*s opponents of trying to de—stabilise his nation. he made the comments during talks with president putin in the black sea resort of sochi. president biden has proposed a $6 trillion budget to fund his ambitious makeover of the economy in 2022. announcing the proposed spending, mr biden said the post—pandemic united states cannot afford to return to the way things were before. germany has formally recognised that its colonial troops committed genocide in what�*s now namibia at the start of the 20th century. it has agreed to pay $1.3 billion towards development projects in affected communities.