muake make of some of bills low. what you make of some of the lans? bills low. what you make of some of the plans? carbon _ bills low. what you make of some of the plans? carbon capture _ bills low. what you make of some of the plans? carbon capture has- bills low. what you make of some of the plans? carbon capture has been| the plans? carbon capture has been talked for about for a long time, surely that her promising idea? we surely that her promising idea? in? plans will exclude carbon capture. we have to be very careful with it. the fossil fuel industries need to invest in carbon capture by themselves anyway so let's not distract from the fact that it is the investment firm actually the fossil fuel industry that is needed here rather than looking to government and ultimately the taxpayer to get their house in order. if were talking about carbon capture and talk about it with the industries where we really need it and where it's difficult to decarbonise otherwise. the new plans today, there are actually very little news in there. the existing plans are not good enough so what is actually new in the plans? very little, it still lacking to actually

give us ofgem, they sit as a negotiator, they don't have net zero has a priority and that is something we have been calling for time and again. the government ambitions aims, we need to internet millions more homes. it is the greenest form of energy is spending because we don't spend the energy in the first place. there is no real change of the de facto ban on onshore wind which again is the cheapest form of energy so what is the government doing, going along again with plans that have already been found by the high court to be lacking in detail and insufficient.— and insufficient. what for your messa . e and insufficient. what for your message from _ and insufficient. what for your message from the _ and insufficient. what for your message from the liberal- and insufficient. what for your - message from the liberal democrats beat the government? we are hearing the suggestion that there might be an approval of further drilling and oil and gas field? we

an approval of further drilling and oil and gas field?— oil and gas field? we have been sa inc oil and gas field? we have been sa in: for oil and gas field? we have been saying for a _ oil and gas field? we have been saying for a while _ oil and gas field? we have been saying for a while that - oil and gas field? we have been saying for a while that of - oil and gas field? we have been| saying for a while that of course, we can't pull the feet under the fossil fuel industry completely. i understand a lot of that oil and gas is for export so it won't even help to secure our own energy security. we should be and could be at work with renewable energy, we are not. we are still dragging our feet and really getting that transition wearing renewable energy comes on and fossil fuel energy and expiration is being phased out. that is where we don't see enough progress. today, the energy grid is overwhelmed because there is too much energy. renewable energy is the first to get turned off, not the oil and gas power stations. that's what goes wrong. we continue to subsidise

the industry where the windfall tax is not sufficient because it actually creates new course for the industry. the government is still not focus enough on getting us away from the dependency of oil and gas. thank you very much for your time. here in the uk, a rise in the state pension age to 68 will not be brought forward yet, the government's announced today. the work and pensions secretary mel stride told mps in the commons that now is not the time to make the change. a decision is now expected in 2026, after the next general election. we've got to go out there, each and every one of us, and make the case for change so that we're hungry for change. decline is not inevitable. the cost of living crisis is not inevitable. sticking plaster politics is not inevitable. there are choices to be made. we would choose to put 30,000 neighbourhood police on the beat, keeping us safe. thousands more doctors

and nurses trained so our nhs is fit for the future. a real cost of living plan that will help people with their prices. help them to get through and raise their living standards. there are choices on tax as well. we need to revive our high streets by cutting our business rates. but we need to be clear about council tax. labour would freeze council tax next year using using that windfall tax year using that windfall tax that hasn't been collected. yes, you heard it right. not a penny more on your council tax. than the bill you paid last year. and that is a tax cut for the 99% of working people. you can find details of all of the parties and their campaigns for the uk local elections on our website — just log on to bbc.co.uk/news —

or go via the bbc app. we have to breaking news to bring you from manchester crown court where thomas cashman has been found guilty of the murder of olivia pratt korbel. the nine—year—old he was fatally shot at her home in liverpool in august last year. thomas cashman, 3a years old, was accused of firing the gun after chasing a convicted drug dealer. olivia's mother, who is a6, was also injured. thomas cashman had denied any involvement in olivia's murder all the shooting. 0ur reporter is at the crown court, tell us what's been happening.

the crown court, tell us what's been ha eninu. , ., ., the crown court, tell us what's been hauuenin. , .,, the crown court, tell us what's been hauuenin. , ., the crown court, tell us what's been hanneninu. , ., ., happening. this was a second day of deliberations _ happening. this was a second day of deliberations on _ happening. this was a second day of deliberations on the _ happening. this was a second day of deliberations on the jury _ happening. this was a second day of deliberations on the jury after - happening. this was a second day of deliberations on the jury after a - deliberations on the jury after a three and a half week trial. in the last few minutes, they have come back and found thomas cashman guilty on all counts. guilty on the murder, guilty of the attempted murder and of weeding her mother. anti—firearms charges. my colleague in court said that olivia's family glass and sobbed as the verdicts were read out and cashman's family shouted that they would appeal it. this is a very difficult prosecution for merseyside police to bring. there was a high level of fear in the community after the shooting. thomas cashman had scouted out the location where he wanted to shoot shows if neat on august 27 last year and after they watched the liverpool, manchester

united game, 0livia was walking down her street when cashman chased after them, armed with two weapons. thomas cashman's gun jammed them, armed with two weapons. thomas cashman's gunjammed and he them, armed with two weapons. thomas cashman's gun jammed and he spotted the door to olivia's door being opened, at which point olivia's mother tried to shut the door as thomas cashman then fired his gun again. at that bullet went through the family front door, and fatally injured 0livia. she was picked up by police within minutes and taken to hospital but died within the hour. it was a shopping set of circumstances. people were fearful coming forward, the police tell me they had to go to court to obtain cctv evidence which are crucial to this case. another key part of the

case. there was a key prosecution witness he was the one person who linked thomas cashman directly to the shooting. thomas cashman appeared at her house later and asked for a change of clothes. later, the woman went to police to tell them what had happened and that piece of evidence has been crucial in this case. that legs thomas cashman directly to the shooting. thank you very much, the latest air from manchester crown court. let's hear more on the background on this case stop ten o'clock at night. a man called joseph knee is working down the road but a drug dealer is

waiting, wanting him dead. armed with two guns, cashman closes in. he fires once more. then the gunjams. fifa flees for his life by heading for an open front door. 0livia pratt korbel was inside. her mother had open the door, having heard the noise outside. she tried to stop the two strangers getting in. 0livia, frighted by the commotion had come downstairs and was fatally wounded. the mine firing the gun was thomas cashman. he was arrested after a huge manhunt. a father himself, he murdered someone

else's little girl. hoping to get away with it. that was never going to happen. the murder horrified the nation but cashman still had a grip fear the neighbourhood. the streets around the scene were filled with cctv, -- around the scene were filled with cctv, —— plan and bring doorbell footage. 0ne even captured the shot that hitjoseph nee. we footage. one even captured the shot that hit joseph nee.— that hit joseph nee. we had to apply to local magistrates _ that hit joseph nee. we had to apply to local magistrates to _ that hit joseph nee. we had to apply to local magistrates to gain - that hit joseph nee. we had to apply to local magistrates to gain access. i to local magistrates to gain access. again, when we were talking to people, and expelling what we done and while you're doing it. that was building trust and confidence. witnesses came forward whoever very.

a number of people came forward and supported. a number of people came forward and sun norted. ., ,., ., supported. there were also a heartbreaking _ supported. there were also a heartbreaking appeal - supported. there were also a heartbreaking appeal for - supported. there were also a j heartbreaking appeal for help supported. there were also a - heartbreaking appeal for help from a mother who watched her daughter die in front of her.— in front of her. need to own up. like i've taught _ in front of her. need to own up. like i've taught my _ in front of her. need to own up. like i've taught my kids. - in front of her. need to own up. like i've taught my kids. you i in front of her. need to own up. j like i've taught my kids. you do something wrong, you own up to it. the murder of olivia was a shocking tragedy. forthe the murder of olivia was a shocking tragedy. for the liverpool criminal underworld, a gun on the street as no surprise. i underworld, a gun on the street as no surprise-— underworld, a gun on the street as no surprise. i don't know how many n-eole no surprise. i don't know how many people have — no surprise. i don't know how many people have been _ no surprise. i don't know how many people have been harmed - no surprise. i don't know how many people have been harmed by - no surprise. i don't know how many people have been harmed by the i people have been harmed by the amount of firearm on the streets. there was shock that one had been used to kill a child but resignation to let something like this will probably happen again. aw; to let something like this will probably happen again. any life is

unfortunate _ probably happen again. any life is unfortunate if _ probably happen again. any life is unfortunate if there's _ probably happen again. any life is unfortunate if there's any - probably happen again. any life is unfortunate if there's any of - probably happen again. any life is| unfortunate if there's any of crime or violence but at the fact that it was an innocent child in her own home makes it much worse. thomas cashman tried _ home makes it much worse. thomas cashman tried to _ home makes it much worse. thomas cashman tried to argue _ home makes it much worse. thomas cashman tried to argue that - home makes it much worse. thomas cashman tried to argue that he'd - cashman tried to argue that he'd been framed for olivia's murder. but this criminals is telling another lie. perhaps the biggest others life. most of which will now be spent in prison. as olivia's family continue to mourn, and always wonder what her life could have been. danny savage, bbc news. hello there.

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this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: a man has been found guilty of the murder of 9 year old olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last august. a usjournalist arrested in russia on spying charges pleads not guilty after appearing in court in moscow. king charles addresses the german parliament — expressing his shock over the destruction caused by the war in ukraine. translation: since i last spoke in this building, the scourge - of war is back in europe. the unprovoked invasion of ukraine has inflicted the most unimaginable suffering on so many innocent people. opponents criticised the lack of new investment in the uk government's

new green energy plans. brazil's former president — jair bolsonaro — has returned to the country after three months of self imposed exile in the united states. we begin with breaking news here in the uk — thomas cashman has been found guilty of murdering nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel at manchester crown court. olivia was shot in her home in liverpool, in august 2022. thomas cashman was also found guilty of the attempted murder ofjoseph nee. danny savage reports.

ten o'clock at night august last year. a barely believable sequence of events led to olivia pratt—korbel being killed. a man called joseph nee is working down the road but a drug dealer is waiting, wanting him dead. armed with two guns, cashman closes in. he fires once more. then the gun jams. nee flees for his life by heading for an open front door of a nearby house. he was pursued by the gunmen. olivia pratt korbel was inside. her mother had opened the door, having heard the noise outside. she tried to stop the two strangers getting in. olivia, frighted by the commotion, had come downstairs and was fatally wounded.

shots were fired through the front door. the man firing the gun was thomas cashman. he was arrested after a huge manhunt. a father himself, he murdered someone else's little girl, hoping to get away with it. you are under arrest for suspicion of murder and suspicion of attempted murder twice. but that was never going to happen. the murder horrified the nation but cashman still had a grip fear over the neighbourhood. the streets around the scene were filled with door bell cameras, cctv, and dashcams. one even captured the shot that hitjoseph nee. we had to apply to local magistrates to gain access. to obtain warrants, to go to their

houses. again, when we were talking to people, and explaining what we done and while we're doing it. that was building trust and confidence. witnesses came forward. a number of people came forward and supported the prosecution. there was also a heartbreaking appeal for help from a mother who watched her daughter die in front of her. you know you have done wrong, so you need to own up, like i have taught my kids. you do something wrong, you own up to it. the murder of olivia was a shocking tragedy. for the liverpool criminal underworld, a gun on the streets was no surprise. i don't know how many people have been harmed by the amount of firearms i put on the streets. it is something i massively regret.

there was shock that one had been used to kill a child but resignation that something like this will probably happen again. there are more innocent lives which will be lost to gun crime. any life is unfortunate if there's any crime but the fact that it was an innocent child in her own home makes it much worse. thomas cashman tried to argue that he'd been framed for olivia's murder. but this criminal and drug dealer was just telling another lie. perhaps the biggest of his life. most of which will now be spent in prison. as olivia's family continue to mourn, and always wonder what her life could have been. danny savage, bbc news. our corresponent rowan bridge is at manchester crown court.

tell us about what has been happening there today after the deliberations of the jury? this was the second day ofjury deliberations at manchester crown court and within the past half an hour or so we got the past half an hour or so we got the verdicts that thomas cashman was guilty on all verdicts including the murder of olivia pratt—korbel. her family were in the public gallery as they have been throughout much of they have been throughout much of the trial and there were gasps and sobbing as the verdicts were read out. notjust herfamily sobbing as the verdicts were read out. notjust her family were emotional, thomas cashman was sobbing in the dock and the police officers who had been involved in the investigation were also emotional. the senior officer said it had been a very stressful and emotional case for everyone involved who had worked on the investigation. we have been told as well that thomas cashman will be sentenced on monday and he can expect to get a

significant prison sentence and we can also report that paul russell has pleaded guilty to assisting an offender. he was one of the men who helped thomas cashman dispose of his clothes after carrying out the shooting in liverpool on the 22nd of august last year. for shooting in liverpool on the 22nd of august last year-— august last year. for the moment, thanks forjoining _ august last year. for the moment, thanks forjoining us. _ a court in moscow has ordered a us journalist to be held in prison over spying charges. a hearing has taken place in the last hour after evan gershkovich was arrested. a russian foreign ministry spokesperson said they believe evan gershkovich was conducting activites �*not related to journalism' on �*assignment from the americans'. in a statement the wall streetjournal said... it "vehemently denies the allegations from the fsb" — that's

russia's security service — and goes on to say, "we seek the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, evan gershkovich. we stand in solidarity with evan and his family." i'm joined now by our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. you may charge is espionage and a criminal case has been opened up against evan gershkovich in the maximum possible punishment is 20 years in prison. we know evan gershkovich, he is well known to foreign journalists and an experienced reporter on russia as an excellent reporter, highly principled journalist. he was detained about 1000 miles from the russian capital and the fsb, the russian capital and the fsb, the russian domestic security service, issued a statement saying that he had been involved in an unlawful activity and they accused him of gathering classified information

about a defence plant and said he was under suspicion of espionage in the interest of the us government. his employ of the wall street journal vehemently denies those allegations —— his employer. they say he is a trusted and dedicated reporter and it wants to see him released but i don't think that will happen in the nearfuture. talk released but i don't think that will happen in the near future.- happen in the near future. talk to us about how _ happen in the near future. talk to us about how difficult _ happen in the near future. talk to us about how difficult it _ happen in the near future. talk to us about how difficult it is - happen in the near future. talk to us about how difficult it is for - us about how difficult it is for journalist operating in russia. ester journalist operating in russia. ever since russia _ journalist operating in russia. ea: since russia launched its journalist operating in russia. e2 since russia launched its full—scale invasion of ukraine in february last year, we have seen the authorities increase pressure on independent media especially russian media, and journalists, independentjournalist, writing in russian, broadcasting and russian for a russian audience have come under intense pressure and a lot of media have been shut down but it is quite rare for the authorities

to target a western journalist, an american reporter, which makes this a rare case. american reporter, which makes this a rare case-— a rare case. based on past experience. _ a rare case. based on past experience, how _ a rare case. based on past experience, how do - a rare case. based on past experience, how do news | experience, how do news organisations get their journalists out of a situation like this? it is very difficult — out of a situation like this? it is very difficult once _ out of a situation like this? it 3 very difficult once the wheels of the russian legal system, the justice system, begin to turn, it is quite difficult, and because this case is about espionage, a lot of the details will be top—secret, so it will be difficult to find out what is going on, we went down to the courthouse in moscow where evan gershkovich was brought earlier today and we spoke to a lawyer who had been appointed for him who was not given access even to evan gershkovich and to the court room. i cannot actually say what was going on, so even for the lawyer, it was quite difficult to find out what was happening today.

quite difficult to find out what was happening today-— quite difficult to find out what was happening today. steve rosenberg, our russia editor, _ happening today. steve rosenberg, our russia editor, thanks _ happening today. steve rosenberg, our russia editor, thanks for - our russia editor, thanks for joining us. there are fears the government won't meet its carbon reduction targets, part of commitments made in the run up to the un climate conference in glasgow, two years ago. it comes as the government unveils details of its climate strategy, showing how the uk will meet its goal, of reducing greenhouse emissions to net zero, by 2050. the strategy suggests the government will only "make progress towards" the targets it promised. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. the secretary of state for energy, security and net zero was channelling his inner churchill when he announced his new plan. today, with putin weaponising energy across europe, our energy security has become critical. the plan gives more detail on how the government will cut emissions after it lost a legal challenge by activists last summer. it was grant shapps who decided

to locate it to a world war ii bunker and rebrand it as a battle for the country's energy security. i think it's the flip side of the same coin, so as you get to more renewables, including nuclear, you do decarbonise the whole energy economy. it's really two parts to the same thing. the problem is, the new report does not make clear whether the uk will meet the targets for carbon reductions it set itself before the global climate meeting in glasgow back in 2020. there are some weasel words. they don't say they are going to meet the target they set out with great fanfare at cop 26. they said they were going to cut their uk emissions by 68% by 2030, compared to 1990. all the document can say is that they will make some progress towards it. the government told the bbc today it fully expects to meet the commitments it made to the un to cut carbon. so what is in this new report?

the focus will be boosting renewable energy, mostly offshore wind and solar power. but there will also be more of this — nuclear power. grant shapps says he wants a quarter of britain's electricity to come from atomic energy in future. there will also be an effort to boost hydrogen production and technologies to capture and permanently store carbon dioxide emissions underground. there will be some new money for electric vehicle chargers and to boost the heat pump industry in the uk and the government says it will expand the effort to insulate draughty homes. the green party claimed today that there were very few new policies in the document. the greenest thing about this document is the fact that it is full of recycled ideas, sometimes from literally years ago. this is a document that completely fails to rise to the challenge of this moment. mr shapps claims his new plan will drive down emissions

as well as cutting electricity prices and ensuring the uk is not dependent on autocrats like president putin for its energy. but don't hold your breath — he admits it will take a while before the new measures lower our bills. justin rowlatt, bbc news, uxbridge. i'm joined now by alok sharma — the former conservative energy and climate change secretary who was the president of cop26 when it was hosted in glasgow. thanks forjoining us. what happened to those fine words that we heard from the uk government when you were presiding over cop26? if one from the uk government when you were presiding over cop26?— presiding over cop26? if we look at the announcements _ presiding over cop26? if we look at the announcements made - presiding over cop26? if we look at the announcements made today - presiding over cop26? if we look at the announcements made today i l the announcements made today i welcome the package and as you heard in that report, there are plans to move forward on speeding up planning and plans on developing the hydrogen economy and there are plans on doing more overall on nuclear and clean energy, but the key issue is you want to drive all of this forward

and you need a lot more private investment into these sectors and we have been very good at that historically.— have been very good at that historicall . , , . . , historically. sorry, it is clearly not good _ historically. sorry, it is clearly not good enough _ historically. sorry, it is clearly not good enough because - historically. sorry, it is clearly i not good enough because there historically. sorry, it is clearly - not good enough because there has been intense criticism even after these plans have been set out today, criticism that there is nothing new and we have only got these details because the high court said the government needed to provide them. what i was going to say is that what we can't do as a country is to rest on our laurels and we have historically been good at attracting private investment but we need to do more and we do have to rise to the challenge and that is why i asked in parliament today what we were doing in terms of bringing forward the strategy to respond to what other major economies like the us and the eu and others are doing to turbo—charge private sector investment and we have the inflation reduction act in the us which is bringing many billions of pounds of private sector investment into the us right now and there is a global

race. a global race for investment for the creation of green jobs in the uk needs to make sure that we are in that race so that we win it. why are we even bothering with something like nuclear when renewables are the cheapest source of energy and they are quicker to build and there is a huge lead time if you are building a nuclear plant and then you don't have toxic waste to deal with if you are talking about wind and solar? it seems like about wind and solar? it seems like a strange thing to plumb for. we need to a strange thing to plumb for. 2 need to do more in terms of renewables and the government has a plan in terms of speeding that up, which i was very focused on when i was the business and energy secretary, but the point about nuclear, you need a slowed as well and that is why i support that. —— you need base load. the key thing is about speeding it up, and we heard from the panel in terms of where we are heading in terms of climate and we need to get this right notjust for the uk but globally because this is notjust about

for the uk but globally because this is not just about the for the uk but globally because this is notjust about the environment, but of course if we get that right, we create jobs and investment in the economy and that is what we need to see across the uk and across the rest of the world. mina; see across the uk and across the rest of the world.— see across the uk and across the rest of the world. why are we even considering. _ rest of the world. why are we even considering, the _ rest of the world. why are we even considering, the government, - considering, the government, allowing oil and gas drilling off the north sea? off the north—west coast of shetland. the last thing we need is any more fossil fuels? i coast of shetland. the last thing we need is any more fossilfuels? i am need is any more fossil fuels? i am not art need is any more fossil fuels? i am not part of— need is any more fossil fuels? i am not part of the _ need is any more fossil fuels? i —n not part of the government and we have got to see what decision the government makes but it is the case that the ipcc report said recently that the ipcc report said recently that even taking into account the oil and gas out there right now, we are going to smash through 1.5 degrees of global warming which we have signed up to the limit. i5 degrees of global warming which we have signed up to the limit.- have signed up to the limit. is that a reason to — have signed up to the limit. is that a reason to consider— have signed up to the limit. is that a reason to consider even - have signed up to the limit. is that a reason to consider even more . have signed up to the limit. is that a reason to consider even more of| a reason to consider even more of it? quite the opposite? yes. a reason to consider even more of it? quite the opposite?— it? quite the opposite? yes, the international _ it? quite the opposite? yes, the international energy _ it? quite the opposite? yes, the international energy agency - it? quite the opposite? yes, the international energy agency has | it? quite the opposite? yes, the - international energy agency has said as well that basically by the end of 2021 we should have stopped all new oil and gas exploration and at the

end of the day we have to see what decisions the government takes but whatever the decisions are the government will need to explain how thatis government will need to explain how that is compatible with reaching net zero by 2050 and its carbon budget trajectories. zero by 2050 and its carbon budget tra'ectories. , zero by 2050 and its carbon budget trajectories-— trajectories. energy companies say they believe _ trajectories. energy companies say they believe this _ trajectories. energy companies say they believe this is _ trajectories. energy companies say they believe this is a _ trajectories. energy companies say they believe this is a missed - they believe this is a missed opportunity and that if the government could find the right investment they could be hooking up renewables to the energy grid and we could boost the energy supply from those sources immediately. that seems like an easy win.- those sources immediately. that seems like an easy win. what you have seen — seems like an easy win. what you have seen today _ seems like an easy win. what you have seen today is _ seems like an easy win. what you have seen today is that _ seems like an easy win. what you have seen today is that the - seems like an easy win. what you i have seen today is that the garment has put forward consultations on speeding up the planning process that —— the government. we need to make sure we incentivise renewables even more and there are incentives, tax incentives for new oil and gas, and i want to see a lot more being donein and i want to see a lot more being done in terms of incentivising renewables production building out and one of the areas that myself and other colleagues have been keen on

is to see a big focus on onshore wind as well, so let's see whether the government comes forward in terms of a pronouncement on onshore wind. 5ir terms of a pronouncement on onshore wind. ,, 2 terms of a pronouncement on onshore wind. ,, ~ ,, . . terms of a pronouncement on onshore wind. ,, 2 ,, . . . ., wind. sir alok sharma, thanks for 'oinin wind. sir alok sharma, thanks for joining us- _ military officials in the united states have confirmed that nine service members were killed when two army helicopters crashed in kentucky late on wednesday. it happened near the fort campbell army base, close to the border with tennessee. the army says the two blackhawk helicopters went down during a routine training exercise. fort campbell is home to the us army's only air assault division. brazil's former president jair bolsonaro has returned from the united states after three months of self—imposed exile in the united states. he was welcomed back by hundreds of chanting supporters at brasilia airport. bolsonaro, who never conceded defeat in last year's election, is expected to lead the opposition to leftist president

luiz inacio lula da silva. the vatican says pope francis' health is improving after he was taken to hospital with a respiratory condition. he was admitted to gemelli hospital on wednesday, for what was initially said to be a scheduled check—up. it is not known how long he will stay there. this is the busiest time of the year for pope francis, with many events and services scheduled ahead of easter weekend. i'm joined now by elise ann allen, senior correspondent at crux, which covers news on the vatican and catholic church. thanks forjoining us. what do we know about the health of the pope? it is wonderful to be with you. what we know so far is you mentioned the vatican statement that arrived a couple of days ago, —— hours ago, that the pope rested well in the

evening and was able to eat breakfast and read and do some work and spend time in prayer before having lunch we assume that he is resting now. we are expecting further information on his condition this evening before he retires for the night. we are waiting to see what happens this afternoon and how he is doing during the day but that is the latest that we have. we don't have a lot of details at this point but we know this was a respiratory infection and the pope is at particular risk given the fact that when he was a young jesuit he had a portion of one of his lung was removed after a severe bout of pneumonia and if he had rest pretty problems, they wanted to give him tests to make sure there was nothing serious —— and if he had respiratory problems. we don't know any more

yet. he problems. we don't know any more et. 2, , problems. we don't know any more et. . , , . ., yet. he has been the head of the catholic church _ yet. he has been the head of the catholic church for _ yet. he has been the head of the catholic church for ten _ yet. he has been the head of the catholic church for ten years - yet. he has been the head of the. catholic church for ten years which is a hard schedule for anybody, not least a man of his age.— least a man of his age. absolutely. we mark the _ least a man of his age. absolutely. we mark the tenth _ least a man of his age. absolutely. we mark the tenth anniversary - least a man of his age. absolutely. we mark the tenth anniversary of l least a man of his age. absolutely. i we mark the tenth anniversary of his pgpgcy we mark the tenth anniversary of his papacy and he has been from the beginning of a reenergised person and he has kept to a rigorous schedule. he has a lot of appointments and has made international travel and a big part of his papacy has involved that and he just went to africa earlier this year and he is a trip to hungary scheduled for april. he does not like to slow down and that is part of it. he is an octogenarian with a very demanding job and some of the health issues are going to slow him up health issues are going to slow him up especially as he ages. he has slowed down relative to the beginning of his papacy and we are seeing more frequently that he has to pull out of liturgies for example

and he also cancelled his trip to africa last year because of knee problems, and the question is what condition he will be in in april and there is no reason to think this is serious or life—threatening and it appears to be a normal development for somebody in their 805 who has a demanding schedule. i see the pope wanting to continue to work and he was working this morning, so i think he will be back at it pretty soon but we need to see how he's going to pace himself. innate but we need to see how he's going to pace himself-— pace himself. we have got palm sunday mass — pace himself. we have got palm sunday mass this _ pace himself. we have got palm sunday mass this weekend - pace himself. we have got palm sunday mass this weekend and l pace himself. we have got palm - sunday mass this weekend and then holy week and then the really big few days over easter and there will be people coming to rome hoping to see him. , , , , see him. exactly. this is prime time around the — see him. exactly. this is prime time around the vatican, _ see him. exactly. this is prime time around the vatican, the _ see him. exactly. this is prime time around the vatican, the busiest - around the vatican, the busiest season, he has more liturgies are packed into the one week than any other moment in the catholic church's calendar. we are waiting to

see whether he will be out of the hospital and ready to resume his duties by palm sunday which takes place this sunday and then he is expected to have mass in st peter's square. we will see if he needs to do that —— if he is able to do that or if he has a cardinal do it in his place. we are waiting to see if he will be back on condition by this sunday when holy week really begins or later this week maybe he will pick up on some of the events and of course the easter celebration, one of the most attended papal liturgies and the hope amongst catholics is that he will be back in time for them to see the pope and to be with him on easter. them to see the pope and to be with him on easter-— him on easter. they will be thrilled if the do him on easter. they will be thrilled if they do see _ him on easter. they will be thrilled if they do see him. _ him on easter. they will be thrilled if they do see him. thanks - him on easter. they will be thrilled if they do see him. thanks for - if they do see him. thanks for joining us. one of the most notorious prisoners in the uk charles bronson has lost his latest appeal for release. the

charles bronson has lost his latest appealfor release. the parole board said he had a history of persistent rule breaking. the humble butterfly it's one of the delights of spring but it seems that we are not going to see that many of them this year. not in the northern hemisphere. scientist from the uk's butterfly monitoring scheme said last year's drought affected the parts that young butterflies rely on, potentially meaning noticeably fewer butterflies around in 2023. much more on all of the stories we have been reporting here in the uk and around the world on our website and around the world on our website and also on the bbc news app. you can also get in touch with me on social media. thanks for watching.

hello there. good afternoon. for the last couple of days of march, the generally unsettled theme just doesn't change. more wet, really quite windy weather to come in the forecast for the next couple of days or so for many of us. more rainbows to be spotted today, too. it's a day of sunny spells and heavy, possibly thundery downpours. the showers will tend to move quite quickly along with this brisk south—westerly wind, but we could see some lines of showers set up, particularly from the south—west of england, up through to north london. if you're underneath one of those lines of showers, it's going to be wet. but some dry sunny spells in between. drier across much of scotland today. and it's mild, too, with highs of 13—16c, maybe 17 across the east of england. turning wet and windy across much of southern britain overnight tonight. this deep area of low pressure, strong gusty winds, particularly towards the south coast.

some heavy rain. but it's drier for northern england and for scotland, where we see the night's lowest temperatures. low single figures but a lot milder further south. this deep area of low pressure is going to wind its way northwards and eastwards, out into the north sea by the time we get to the end of the day tomorrow. as you can see, some strong gusty winds for southern coastal areas. and also some rather heavy rain. there are localised weather warnings in force. gusts of wind of around 50—60 miles an hour for the south coast and also the channel islands. exposed coastal areas could see gusts of wind of around 70 mph. the strongest winds transferring further east as the day wears on. some heavy rain, possibly some thundery showers for central, southern england. it's cloudy, it's damp and it's quite cold towards north sea—facing coasts. the best of the sunshine on friday for western areas of scotland and eastern areas of northern ireland. temperatures are a lot lower, peaking between 9 and 12 or 13c in the best of the sunshine. over the weekend, it's going to feel cooler, will tend to be a bit drier on sunday. on saturday, there's still plenty

of wet weather around from this trailing weather front. north sea—facing coasts again see a rather cloudy day. plenty of low cloud, some outbreaks of rain, and still some showers from our trailing front. temperatures only between 8 and 12c with that easterly wind, it's going to feel quite cold again towards eastern—facing coasts. but on sunday, there will be lots of drier, brighter weather. high pressure building in. still rather cloudy, though, across much of scotland and northern ireland.

this is bbc news. the headlines. a man has been found guilty of the murder of 9—year—old olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last august. thomas cashman is also guilty of wounding her mother cheryl and the attempted murder ofjoseph nee. a usjournalist arrested in russia on spying charges pleads not guilty after appearing in court in moscow. the wall streetjournal says it is 'deeply concerned' for evan gershkovich's safety and deny the allegations against him. king charles becomes the first british monarch to address the german parliament, expressing his shock over the destruction caused by the war in ukraine. he's in berlin as part of his first state visit as king. brazil's former president, jair bolsonaro, returns to the country after three months of self imposed exile in the united states. he faces an investigation into whether he incited rioters who stormed congress injanuary.

you're watching bbc news. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good afternoon. chelsea women will be hoping to join arsenal in the last four of the champions league tonight. they face eight time winners lyon and emma hayes' team will take a 1—0 advantage in to the second leg at stamford bridge. chelsea reached the final in 2021, going on to lose to barcelona, and have yet to win the competition. hayes says she wants her players to "seek the opportunity" to reach the semi finals. we have to be brave. you have to appreciate that their record speaks for itself but it's important for us as a team to impose ourselves, be aggressive in the right moments. be

positive in everything we do, on and off the ball and seek the opportunity that's there in front of us and i know the entire dressing room is very much looking forward to it. new crystal palace boss roy hodgson has been speaking for the first time since returning to selhurst park for a second spell in charge. he leads a team that haven't won in their last 13 matches in all competitions and are at home to leicester in the league on saturday. hodgson is happy that he's got the backing of the palace board. it came as a big surprise, of course and a pleasant surprise in a way. very pleased, this is going to happen and they wanted me to come in to take over the reins. he persuaded me that it was something they wanted

to do and they thought that i was the one that they wanted to fill the job, i didn't take much thinking about at all and didn't make too much complaint either. the head of the international olympic committee has hit back at criticism from some european governments of its decision to recommend that athletes from russia and belarus be allowed to return to international competition. thomas bach said calls for such athletes to remain banned due to the war in ukraine were 'deplorable', saying it could not be up to governments to decide which athletes could participate in sporting competitions. it cannot be up to the governments to decide which athletes can participate in which competition. this would be the end of world sport as we know it today. and the olympic

movement are very concerned about this politicisation of sport. there's just a week to go until the years first major — the masters which will bring together the two sides of golf�*s great divide. the field will include 18 players who now play their trade on the controversial saudi—backed liv series — among them, six former masters champions. they've gathered in orlando for the latest event on the liv tour, which starts on friday — before heading to georgia. despite being banned from pga tour events, liv players can take part in the masters because that's organised by the augusta national golf club itself. trying to play for one of the most coveted events in the world. for us, it's going to be business as usual. of course, we would like niv to be on top but it is up to us to go up

and play the best golf we can and be ready for the four biggest weeks of the year. finally ryan day has made a maximum one four seven break at the tour championship in hull. the welshman was out of position several times, but pulled off some incredible recovery shots to stay on the black. this brilliant long red edged him closer as he potted 15 reds, 15 blacks and all the colours to make the third one four seven break of his career. only the top eight players this season qualify for this event, ahead of next months world championship in sheffield. and that's all the sport for now. i'll be back with another update later. hello and welcome to bbc news. a man has been found guilty of murdering olivia pratt—korbel in her home in liverpool last august.

our corresponent, rowan bridge is at manchester crown court it's really a shocking set of circumstances in august 22 last year were thomas cashman was following joseph nee down the street that olivia lives on. he pulled out a gun and fired it atjoseph nee, he fell to the ground and thomas cashman can be seen on cctv footage standing over him. joseph nee managed to get up over him. joseph nee managed to get up and olivia's mum open the front door to see what was happening. joseph nee saw the light coming from the front door and ran towards it. her mother ran back into the house and tried to shut the door to prevent him getting in. thomas cashman had caught up and fired a second done, firing a bullet that

went straight through the family front door and fatally injuring olivia. she was picked up by the police and taken to alder hey children's hospital but died within the hour. thomas cashman then made his escape and went to a key witness, a woman who we went to and said that he needs a change of clothes after being involved in the shooting. she then called her boyfriend and later had thomas cashman confess that he'd donejoey, which he realised was a reference to joseph nee and that witness was key to the case. tell joseph nee and that witness was key to the case. , . . , joseph nee and that witness was key to the case-— to the case. tell us what has been ha- nuenin to the case. tell us what has been happening in _ to the case. tell us what has been happening in court _ to the case. tell us what has been happening in court because - to the case. tell us what has been happening in court because the i happening in court because the deliberations were spread over a couple of days? the deliberations were spread over a couple of days?— deliberations were spread over a couple of days? the 'oy went out yesterday. * couple of days? the 'oy went out yesterday. had _ couple of days? the 'oy went out yesterday, had a — couple of days? the joy went out yesterday, had a verdict - couple of days? the joy went out yesterday, had a verdict this - yesterday, had a verdict this afternoon and there were emotional scenes in court. olivia's family,

her mum, her brother, her sister were in court as they have been much of their last three and a half weeks. they sobbed as the verdicts were handed down. thomas cashman seem to have wiped away a tear. the family were seen hugging the police officers involved in the case. the senior investigating officer told me it was one of the most emotional and difficult cases that he's had to deal with in his 30 year career in merseyside police. we'vejust seen the family leave court now. olivia's mum is holding a pink teddy bear and she was asked how she felt, she said ecstatic. that gives you a sense of the relief they have now but this is over and they have some sense of justice over olivia's death. detector soup ended mark baker from merseyside per seat police.

a man who joseph a man whojoseph nee is walking down the road but a drug dealer is lying in wait for him, wanting him dad. joseph nee is ambushed and full to the ground as he is put peterlee shot. armed with two guns, cash and closes in, fires once more. then the gunjams, seeing a chance and desperate to escape, joseph nee escapes for his life by heading through an open front door. olivia pratt—korbel was inside, her mother had open the door, having had the noise outside. she tried to stop the

strangers getting in. olivia was fighting by the commotion and came downstairs and was fatally wounded, the shots were fired through the front door. the man firing the gun was thomas cashman. he was arrested after a huge manhunt. a father himself, he murdered someone else's little girl, hoping to get away with it. but that was never going to happen. the murder horrified the nation but cashman still had a grip of fear over the neighbourhood. the streets around the scene with a of door bell cameras, cctv and dash cams. one even captured the shots fired atjoseph nee in the street. we know through cctv inquiry that we are making, people refuse access to

cctv which meant we had to apply to local magistrates to obtain access. again, when they were talking to people and explaining what we done while you're doing it, that was building trust and confidence, witnesses came forward and worked really hard with our partners, local policing teams to build that trust and confidence. a number of people came forward. and confidence. a number of people came forward-— came forward. there was also a heartbreaking _ came forward. there was also a heartbreaking appeal _ came forward. there was also a heartbreaking appeal for - came forward. there was also a heartbreaking appeal for help i came forward. there was also a i heartbreaking appeal for help from a mother who watched her daughter die in front of her. you mother who watched her daughter die in front of her.— in front of her. you know you've done wrong _ in front of her. you know you've done wrong so _ in front of her. you know you've done wrong so you _ in front of her. you know you've done wrong so you need - in front of her. you know you've done wrong so you need to i in front of her. you know you've done wrong so you need to own| in front of her. you know you've i done wrong so you need to own up. like i've taught my kids, you do something wrong, you own up to it. the murder of olivia was a shocking tragedy. forthe the murder of olivia was a shocking tragedy. for the liverpool criminal underworld, a gun on the street was no surprise. l underworld, a gun on the street was

no surprise-— no surprise. i don't know how many n-eole no surprise. i don't know how many people were _ no surprise. i don't know how many people were harmed _ no surprise. i don't know how many people were harmed of— no surprise. i don't know how many people were harmed of firearms i no surprise. i don't know how many people were harmed of firearms on | people were harmed of firearms on the streets but it's something to regret. the streets but it's something to reret. . , the streets but it's something to reret. , . the streets but it's something to reret. , ~ . ., regret. there was shock that one was killed a child — regret. there was shock that one was killed a child but — regret. there was shock that one was killed a child but resignation - regret. there was shock that one was killed a child but resignation to i killed a child but resignation to that something like this would property happen again. fiend; that something like this would property happen again. any life is unfortunate _ property happen again. any life is unfortunate and _ property happen again. any life is unfortunate and any _ property happen again. any life is unfortunate and any type - property happen again. any life is unfortunate and any type of i property happen again. any life is| unfortunate and any type of crime, but the fact that it's an innocent child in their own home going about their business makes it much worse and i believe there's many more to come like that.— and i believe there's many more to come like that. thomas cashman try to ar ue come like that. thomas cashman try to argue he — come like that. thomas cashman try to argue he had _ come like that. thomas cashman try to argue he had been _ come like that. thomas cashman try to argue he had been framed - come like that. thomas cashman try to argue he had been framed for- come like that. thomas cashman try to argue he had been framed for thej to argue he had been framed for the murder but this criminal and drug dealer was just murder but this criminal and drug dealer wasjust telling murder but this criminal and drug dealer was just telling another lie. perhaps the biggest of his life. most of which will now be spent in prison. as olivia's family continue to mourn and always wonder what her

life could have been. in the last hour, detective superintendent mark baker thanked the family for the dignity they shown throughout the trial. . . , trial. reliving the fatal events will surely _ trial. reliving the fatal events will surely be _ trial. reliving the fatal events will surely be unbearable i trial. reliving the fatal events will surely be unbearable forl trial. reliving the fatal events i will surely be unbearable for the family. cheryl was injured during the shooting and olivia's brother and sister, ryan and chloe were also in the house at the time of the shooting. they witnessed the traumatic aftermath of cashman's violent actions. their victim personal impact statements read out in court speak for themselves of the

heartbreak that has caused. the results today will never bring olivia back and i know this will live with them for the rest of our lives. forthe live with them for the rest of our lives. for the moment this incident occurred, our investigation has been relentless. i am really proud of the commitment and dedication, passion of the whole investigation team that have done everything within their power to find justice for olivia's family. i would like to say something about witnesses. without witnesses, there is nojustice. the key witness in this case was demonstrated incredible bravery. she has stood up for what is right.

justice. as she has said, there is no such thing as a grass when it involves a nine—year—old child. her evidence was powerful and emotional but most importantly she spoke the truth. she should be proud of herself. hertestimony truth. she should be proud of herself. her testimony has helped bring the killer of a nine inch year old child tojustice. i hope her courage encourages people in future to also come forward and do the right thing in future investigations. following olivia's tragic murder on the 22nd of august, there was no surprise that the community were anxious and

frightened. i attended a meeting with local residents and listen to their concerns and frustrations alongside colleagues of local policing and local councils. we have responded to their concerns and we will continue to work with our partners to help strengthen the community and provide the confidence and ability to grow. and live without the fear of violence and intimidation on their streets. as you all know, cctv collection and presentation has been a key feature of the investigation and prosecution. we recognise that people providing cctv are fearful. they listen to us, we supported them and they also should be very proud of themselves because is that cctv that has shown exactly what cashman

did. when it comes to cashman, what is there to say? we may yet know the reason of why he did what he did but his actions on that night and afterwards were abhorrent. he had the intent of killing joseph nee. he was determined that nothing would get in his way and he had no regard, absolutely no regard, for anyone else. he chased joseph nee down and whenjoseph nee saw an open door, he pursued him and continue to shoot at the family home with absolutely no consideration of the family or

anybody else inside that house. police interviews showed no remorse for his actions. he deprived a nine—year—old child of herfuture with herfamily nine—year—old child of herfuture with her family who will never be able to watch her grow up. when we found out that he had shot and innocent young girl, he should have had the courage to stand up and come forward. instead, he chose to lie low, despite the fact that. he is not worthy of working the streets of merseyside and neither of those who think they can bring fear or intimidation to our communities

through the use of firearms. a potentially life changing blood test that could affect 10005 of cancer patients is being tested in a major uk wide trial at a hospital in london. doctors hope bowel cancer patients can avoid unnecessary chemotherapy by taking a blood test that detects if surgery has removed all of the tumour. the trial at the royal marsden hospital in london will involve around sixteen hundred people after promising results from a smaller study in australia. our medical editor, fergus walsh, has the details. the c—word is a big word to live with. it's a year since ben cooke was diagnosed with bowel cancer. i haven't taken a single day off work, which has been incredible. after successful surgery, patients like ben are usually offered intravenous chemotherapy to mop up any cancer cells that might be remaining. but a new type of blood test showed he was cancer free. right, what shall we do? big, enormous chelsea blow dry? so ben, who runs this

hair salon in chelsea, was spared the toxic side effects, which can include nerve damage to the hands and feet. work for me is my therapy as such. like, i love going to work, i love myjob, i'm very lucky to do what i do. and if i'd have had the intravenous, i'd feel like i wouldn't have been able to have carried on. but the fact that i didn't have any tingling or anything in my hands has just been an absolute blessing. ben has regular check—ups at the royal marsden, which is leading a trial of the blood test across dozens of hospitals. your cancer was diagnosed in the cecum, in the right colon. the results could transform the way thousands of bowel cancer patients are treated in the uk every year. i hope through this trial that we generate the evidence to show that this technology, liquid biopsies, can be used to spare patients with stage three bowel cancer unnecessary chemotherapy after the bowel cancer

surgery because they don't need it. deep breath in, sharp scratch. so how can a blood test tell if a patient like ben is free of cancer? it looks for tiny fragments of tumor dna circulating in the bloodstream. if there's none present, there's a low risk the cancer will return. these blood tests or liquid biopsies are part of a revolution in the diagnosis and monitoring of cancer. they're being trialled in the uk across lung, breast, as well as bowel cancer, and can detect minute fragments of tumor dna months, even years before they'd show up on a scan. after she had bowel cancer surgery, artist susanne winter was also spared chemotherapy as a result of the blood test. i just feel incredibly lucky. i know how toxic it is, i know that i would feel terrible.

and also your whole everything is you're getting ready for it. you're psyching yourself up for it. so to suddenly hear that you aren't going to need it is just unbelievable. chemotherapy still has a vital role in treating cancer, but if blood test trials are successful, it will mean a brighter future for thousands of patients every year. as well as saving the nhs money. fergus walsh, bbc news. i am nowjoined by professor david cunningham, who's the chief investigator of trial at the royal marsden hospital. what's the reaction of scientists when you come across something like this? l when you come across something like this? ., when you come across something like this? ~ . . . , . this? i think clinicians and scientists _ this? i think clinicians and

scientists feel _ this? i think clinicians and scientists feel very - this? i think clinicians and l scientists feel very positive this? i think clinicians and i scientists feel very positive that this might be, become a tool that we can use in routine clinical practice to modify the way we currently treat patients with cancer and in this case, colorectal cancer. a6,000 new patients a year in the uk, roughly four fifths of those patients will have an operation that renders and potentially disease—free but we know that a significant number of those patients have small seedlings that are lurking somewhere in their body and that's why they go and receive chemotherapy. a lot of those patients don't have those seedlings and the whole point about this approach is that we can more reliably detect the patients who needed treatment and spare the patients you don't need the treatment. so it's really exactly

the sort of tool we've been looking for in routine clinical practice. chemotherapy can have some pretty horrible side effects that most people will be glad to avoid. the ke thin people will be glad to avoid. the key thing is _ people will be glad to avoid. tt2 key thing is patients understand that if it's going to help them and increase the cure rate, they are perfectly prone pair to go for that treatment but if we could say to them, here's a blood test, three to four weeks after the operation. if you don't have any dna in that blood, your risk of relapse is very low worries if you do, that reinforces the case to have that treatment. that's what patients want, they want as much reliability around the decision—making process following the operation. what around the decision-making process following the operation. what comes next in this research? _ following the operation. what comes next in this research? i _ following the operation. what comes next in this research? i think - following the operation. what comes next in this research? i think what i

next in this research? i think what ou've next in this research? i think what you've got — next in this research? i think what you've got to _ next in this research? i think what you've got to do — next in this research? i think what you've got to do is _ next in this research? i think what you've got to do is complete i next in this research? i think what you've got to do is complete this i you've got to do is complete this very large study. more than 1600 patients, we recruit patients who in the uk. it's also hopefully there, the uk. it's also hopefully there, the results will influence practice notjust in the uk but elsewhere. so the next step is complete recruitment, analyse results so that we can say for sure that this approach is the correct approach because right now, the information thatis because right now, the information that is very encouraging but it's not enough to shift the dial on clinical practice. we not enough to shift the dial on clinical practice.— not enough to shift the dial on clinical practice. we will follow our clinical practice. we will follow your research _ clinical practice. we will follow your research with _ clinical practice. we will follow your research with interest i clinical practice. we will follow i your research with interest because so many people will be able to benefit from it if it can be rolled out further. thank you very much. more breaking news and the man accused of murdering olivia patrick

or has been found guilty. 3a—year—old thomas cashman fatally shot the little girl in august last year. this is the reaction of her family after the verdict.- year. this is the reaction of her family after the verdict. yes! i'm feeling ecstatic. _ olivia at korbel�*s mother reacting to the verdict. hello there. good afternoon. for the last couple of days of march, the generally unsettled theme just doesn't change. more wet, really quite windy weather to come in the forecast for the next couple of days or so for many of us. more rainbows to be spotted today, too. it's a day of sunny spells and heavy, possibly thundery downpours. the showers will tend to move quite quickly along with this brisk

south—westerly wind, but we could see some lines of showers set up, particularly from the south—west of england, up through to north london. if you're underneath one of those lines of showers, it's going to be wet. but some dry sunny spells in between. drier across much of scotland today. and it's mild, too, with highs of 13—16c, maybe 17 across the east of england. turning wet and windy across much of southern britain overnight tonight. this deep area of low pressure, strong gusty winds, particularly towards the south coast. some heavy rain. but it's drier for northern england and for scotland, where we see the night's lowest temperatures. low single figures but a lot milder further south. this deep area of low pressure is going to wind its way northwards and eastwards, out into the north sea by the time we get to the end of the day tomorrow. as you can see, some strong gusty winds for southern coastal areas. and also some rather heavy rain. there are localised weather warnings in force. gusts of wind of around 50—60 miles an hour for the south coast and also the channel islands. exposed coastal areas could see gusts of wind of around 70 mph. the strongest winds transferring further east as the day wears on. some heavy rain, possibly some thundery showers

for central, southern england. it's cloudy, it's damp and it's quite cold towards north sea—facing coasts. the best of the sunshine on friday for western areas of scotland and eastern areas of northern ireland. temperatures are a lot lower, peaking between 9 and 12 or 13c in the best of the sunshine. over the weekend, it's going to feel cooler, will tend to be a bit drier on sunday. on saturday, there's still plenty of wet weather around from this trailing weather front. north sea—facing coasts again see a rather cloudy day. plenty of low cloud, some outbreaks of rain, and still some showers from our trailing front. temperatures only between 8 and 12c with that easterly wind, it's going to feel quite cold again towards eastern—facing coasts. but on sunday, there will be lots of drier, brighter weather. high pressure building in. still rather cloudy, though, across much of scotland and northern ireland.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: a man has been found guilty of the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last august. how are you feeling? ecstatic. he's not worthy — how are you feeling? ecstatic. he's not worthy of _ how are you feeling? ecstatic. he's not worthy of the _ how are you feeling? ecstatic. he's not worthy of the streets _ how are you feeling? ecstatic. he's not worthy of the streets of - not worthy of the streets of merseyside and neither are those who think they— merseyside and neither are those who think they can bring fear and intimidation to our communities through— intimidation to our communities through the use of firearms. a usjournalist arrested in russia on spying charges pleads not guilty after appearing in court in moscow. king charles addresses the german parliament, expressing his shock over the destruction caused by the war in ukraine. brazil's former president, jair bolsonaro, has returned

to the country after three months of self imposed exile in the united states. and one of the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth — a patagotitan dinosaur — goes on display at the natural history museum in london. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin with breaking news here in the uk — a man's been found guilty of murdering nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbell who was shot in her home in liverpool in august last year. our corresponent rowan bridge is at manchester crown court.

tell us about the court hearing. this was the second day ofjury deliberations and they came back with a verdict this afternoon and there were emotional scenes as it was read out. olivia's family who have been here for much of the trial sobbed as the verdicts were returned and thomas cashman were seen to wipe away a tear from his eye. —— was seen. the family hugged the police officers who had been involved in the investigation and cheryl korbel was asked how she was feeling and she said ecstatic, which gives you a sense of relief that everyone has that they got a guilty verdict in this case because this has been a very pressurised case for merseyside police, one of the most emotional that the senior police investigating officer has had to deal with, he said, during his career. they worked hard to get people on side but there was a level of fear and intimidation

in the community around this case and such was the level of fear from some people that they actually had to go to court to force them to hand over cctv footage which was key to the investigation. also key was witnesses and they worked hard to get people to come forward and give statements and one witness was key and she has been given lifetime anonymity but that one gave evidence from behind screens and she was the one person who directly linked thomas cashman to the shooting on the night because thomas cashman turned up at her house after the shooting had taken place in an agitated state saying he needed a change of clothing and later she overheard him telling a boyfriend that he had donejerry, meaning he was trying to shootjoseph nee —— joey. thomas cashman was a high—level cannabis dealer and he is now of course a convicted child

murderer. our colleague danny savage has been looking into the background of the case. ten o'clock at night in late august last year, a barely believable sequence of events in this street led to a nine—year—old girl being shot dead in her own home. a man called joseph nee is walking down the road, but a drug dealer is lying in wait for him, wanting him dead. nee is ambushed and falls to the ground as he is repeatedly shot. gunfire. armed with two guns, cashman closes in. he fires once more. then, the gun jams. seeing a chance and desperate to escape, joseph nee fles for his life by heading for an open front door of a nearby house, pursued by the gunman. olivia pratt—korbel was inside. her mother had opened the door, having heard the noise outside. she tried to stop the two

strangers getting in. olivia, frightened by the commotion, had come downstairs and was fatally wounded as shots were fired through the front door. the man firing the gun was thomas cashman. he was arrested after a huge manhunt. all i want to know is what i'm arrested for? a father himself, he murdered someone else's little girl, hoping to get away with it. you're under arrest on suspicion of attempted murder, twice. but that was never going to happen. the murder horrified the nation, but cashman still had a grip of fear over the neighbourhood. the streets around the scene were full of doorbell cameras, cctv and dashcams. gunfire. one even captured the shots fired atjoseph nee in the street.

we know through cctv inquiries we were making, that people were refusing access to cctv, which meant we had to apply to local magistrates to obtain authority and warrants. and then we went to their houses. and when we were talking to people and explaining what we had done and why we were doing it, that was building confidence. witnesses came forward. we worked really hard with our partners and with local policing teams to build that trust and confidence. once he was charged, a number of people came forward to support the prosecution. there was also a heartbreaking appeal for help from a mother who watched her daughter die in front of her. you know you've done wrong, so you need to own up. like i've taught my kids, you do something wrong, you own up to it. the murder of olivia was a shocking tragedy. for the liverpool criminal underworld, a gun on the streets was no surprise.

i don't know how many people were harmed as a result of me putting firearms on the streets, but no doubt people were harmed and it is something i massively regret. there was shock that one had been used to kill a child, but resignation, too, that something like this will probably happen again. there are many more innocent lives to be lost to gun crime. any life is unfortunate if it is lost to any type of violence. but the fact that it was an innocent child in their own home, going about their business, makes it much worse. i believe there are many more incidents to come like that. thomas cashman tried to argue he had been framed for olivia's murder, but this career criminal and drug dealer was just telling another lie, perhaps the biggest of his life, most of which will now be spent in prison... ..a5 olivia's family

continue to mourn and always wonder what her life could have been. danny savage, bbc news. a court in moscow has ordered a us journalist to be held in prison over spying charges. a hearing has taken place in the last hour after evan gershkovich was arrested. a russian foreign ministry spokesperson said they believe evan gershkovich was conducting activites "not related to journalism" on "assignment from the americans." in a statement the wall streetjournal said... a short time ago gershkovich's lawyer spoke outside court, saying he was not admitted to the hearing but the journalist will be held until the end of may. for more, we've been

getting the latest from our russia editor steve rosenberg. we know what the main charge is, and that's espionage. a criminal case has been opened against evan under article 276 of the russian criminal code, espionage. the maximum possible punishment is 20 years in prison. we know evan gershkovich, he is well known to foreign journalists here, and an experienced reporter on russia and an excellent reporter, a highly principled journalist. he was detained about 1,000 miles from the russian capital and the fsb, the russian domestic security service, issued a statement saying that he had been involved in unlawful activities and they accused him of gathering classified information about a defence plant and said he was under suspicion of espionage in the interests of the us government.

his employer, the wall streetjournal, vehemently denies those allegations. they say he is a trusted and dedicated reporter and it wants to see him released but i don't think that will happen in the near future. talk to us about how difficult it is for journalists operating in russia. ever since russia launched its full—scale invasion of ukraine in february last year, we have seen the authorities increase pressure on independent media especially russian media, sojournalists, independent journalists, writing in russian, broadcasting in russian for a russian audience have come under intense pressure and a lot of media have been shut down. but it is quite rare for the authorities to target a westernjournalist, an american reporter, which makes this a rare case.

based on past experience, how do news organisations get their journalists out of a situation like this? it is very difficult once the wheels of the russian legal system, the justice system, begin to turn, it is quite difficult, and because this case is about espionage, a lot of the details will be top—secret, so it will be difficult to find out what is going on. we went down to the courthouse in moscow where evan was brought earlier today and we spoke to a lawyer who had been appointed for him who was not given access even to evan and to the court room. and could not actually say what was going on, so even for the lawyer, it was quite difficult to find out what was happening today. steve rosenberg, our russia editor, there.

military officials in the united states have confirmed that nine service members were killed when two army helicopters crashed in kentucky late on wednesday. it happened near the fort campbell army base, close to the border with tennessee. the army says the two blackhawk helicopters went down during a routine training exercise. fort campbell is home to the us army's only air assault division. brazil's former presidentjair bolsonaro has returned from the united states after three months of self—imposed exile in the united states. he was welcomed back by hundreds of chanting supporters at brasilia airport. bolsonaro, who never conceded defeat in last year's election, is expected to lead the opposition to leftistpresident luiz inacio lula da silva. earlier, our reporter camilla mota described the crowds that greeted bolsonaro as he landed back in brazil. they were wrapped in the brazilian flag and wearing the brazilian national football team jersey and they were chanting

the national anthem and jingles against lula, waiting for bolsonaro, but bolsonaro did not show up and he left through a private exit and went straight to the headquarters of his liberal party, the party to which he has been affiliated for the last couple of years. he is facing an investigation, tell us about that. after his supporters stormed congress. he is facing several investigations, actually, 60 lawsuits against him in the brazilian superior electoral court and one of them investigates into the 8th of january attacks in brazil where thousands of his supporters stormed government buildings. besides that, some of the probes also investigate him spreading disinformation and casting doubt on brazil's electoral system in the 2022 elections and he has

also been entangled in this very controversial case involving saudi arabia where he received some very expensive jewellery from the saudi government. he has actually a deposition scheduled for next thursday to explain himself in that case. what sort of activity is he expected to engage with in politics from now on? how visible is he likely to be? this is still a question that we are waiting to have answered. in an interview yesterday he said he is too young to retire, he's 68, but to the surprise of many he also said he would not leave the opposition against lula, the current incumbent, so i guess it depends how much he will be involved in all the legal troubles

that he will face from now on. to see how much he will be able to dive into politics because this is the first time in 32 years that he does not have political immunity so he will be tried by common justice and this is a big change for him. were people surprised he chose to come back because he does not have this immunity? we are trying to find out what led to the decision and there are a few factors. the brazilian economy has been moving at a slow pace so maybe he thought this was a good time to come back. the opposition still... inaudible. he could also be beginning to strategise for the local campaigns in brazil in the 202a elections. as i said, he went

straight from the airport to the headquarters of the liberal party so his comeback could be him trying to set up his political strategy for the next month. there are fears the government won't meet its carbon reduction targets, part of commitments made in the run up to the un climate conference in glasgow, two years ago. it comes as the government unveils details of its climate strategy, showing how the uk will meet its goal, of reducing greenhouse emissions to net zero, by 2050. the strategy suggests the government will only "make progress towards" the targets it promised. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. the secretary of state for energy, security and net zero was channelling his inner churchill when he announced his new plan. today, with putin weaponising energy across europe, our energy security has become critical. the plan gives more detail on how the government will cut

emissions after it lost a legal challenge by activists last summer. it was grant shapps who decided to locate it to a world war ii bunker and rebrand it as a battle for the country's energy security. i think it's the flip side of the same coin, so as you get to more renewables, including nuclear, you do decarbonise the whole energy economy. it's really two parts to the same thing. the problem is, the new report does not make clear whether the uk will meet the targets for carbon reductions it set itself before the global climate meeting in glasgow back in 2020. there are some weasel words! they don't say they are going to meet the target they set out with great fanfare at cop26. they said they were going to cut their uk emissions by 68% by 2030, compared to 1990. all the document can say is that they will make some progress towards it.

the government told the bbc today it fully expects to meet the commitments it made to the un to cut carbon. so what is in this new report? the focus will be boosting renewable energy, mostly offshore wind and solar power. but there will also be more of this — nuclear power. mr shapps says he wants a quarter of britain's electricity to come from atomic energy in future. there will also be an effort to boost hydrogen production and technologies to capture and permanently store carbon dioxide emissions underground. there will be some new money for electric vehicle chargers and to boost the heat pump industry in the uk and the government says it will expand the effort to insulate draughty homes. the green party claimed today that there were very few new policies in the document. the greenest thing about this document is the fact that it is full of recycled ideas, sometimes from literally years ago. this is a document that

completely fails to rise to the challenge of this moment. mr shapps claims his new plan will drive down emissions as well as cutting electricity prices and ensuring the uk is not dependent on autocrats like president putin for its energy. but don't hold your breath — he admits it will take a while before the new measures lower our bills. justin rowlatt, bbc news, uxbridge. i'm joined now by ana musat, an executive director at renewableuk. a company which represents onshore wind developers. thanks forjoining us. we should start with the basics, explain what net zero is and why it is net and notjust zero?— is net and not 'ust zero? basically what the net — is net and notjust zero? basically what the net zero _ is net and notjust zero? basically what the net zero target - is net and notjust zero? basically what the net zero target means i is net and notjust zero? basically what the net zero target means is that we will try to reduce our emissions as much as possible to make sure that we can limit the effects of climate change on our

planet and the reason why we have the word net is because there is an acknowledgement from across the different sectors that not all emissions can be reduced to absolute zero so whilst you can electrify the power sector you can switch to different things —— and you can switch to different things in various sectors, but in other sectors it will be difficult. in some heavy industry production, for example, steel—making and chemicals, it will be virtually impossible to have zero emissions, so what net zero means is to reduce what we can as much as possible and those residual emissions we are looking to offset somehow. that can be done through technologies like carbon capture, where you store it underground or nature —based solutions, like planting trees and restoring peatlands and making sure the carbon is underground through natural means. lode the carbon is underground through natural means.—

natural means. we have had more details from _ natural means. we have had more details from the _ natural means. we have had more details from the uk _ natural means. we have had more details from the uk government i natural means. we have had more i details from the uk government and they were somewhat forced into it by they were somewhat forced into it by the high court, what is your view of what they have announced? tl the high court, what is your view of what they have announced?- what they have announced? it was treatl what they have announced? it was greatly anticipated _ what they have announced? it was greatly anticipated by _ what they have announced? it was greatly anticipated by the - what they have announced? it was greatly anticipated by the sector, | greatly anticipated by the sector, this green day, but it is not necessarily for your like new announcement, it felt like a progress report and as some have said, a lot of the announcements had been made before. if you want to be optimistic, it is good to see a recommitment to the targets that had been set before and to some of those measures, especially because we have had a lot of changes in government in the departmental structure so i think positive to retain the commitment their but time is running out and we need to have some clear steps on how we are going to reach the net zero target across a range of sectors and also in the energy sector we need greater clarity as to how we can deploy the renewables at the scale that is needed. it is

especially important because the international context is changing around us so the uk has been a leader in offshore wind for a long time and now we have very ambitious fiscal incentives from the us to the inflation reduction act and the eu has its green industrial plant so they are trying to capture a lot of they are trying to capture a lot of the investment in supply chains and a lot of the skills which we rely on here and we really can't afford to rest on our laurels.— rest on our laurels. how do the nlans rest on our laurels. how do the plans put _ rest on our laurels. how do the plans put forward _ rest on our laurels. how do the plans put forward by _ rest on our laurels. how do the plans put forward by the i rest on our laurels. how do the plans put forward by the uk i plans put forward by the uk government compare with the rest of europe? government compare with the rest of euro ne? , ., 2 government compare with the rest of euro ne? , t, ' . europe? they are quite different and the net zero — europe? they are quite different and the net zero strategy _ europe? they are quite different and the net zero strategy we _ europe? they are quite different and the net zero strategy we had - europe? they are quite different and the net zero strategy we had was i the net zero strategy we had was offering some certainty, we had targets for different technologies, for example, a certain amount of offshore wind, for example, and cutting electricity generation by a certain amount and also targets for

clean hydrogen production but sometimes the detail has been lacking. the eu has recognised it is competing with a fairly aggressive us that wants to draw the investment over there and to attract the supply chains. the uk is not there yet and we have been hearing a lot about not wanting to engage in a subsidy war are not trying to distort the level playing field when it comes to global trail —— and not trying to distort. but this is not about that. there's more that we can do in terms of tax breaks and giving fiscal incentives.— of tax breaks and giving fiscal incentives. , . ., ., incentives. sorry, we have got to leave it their _ incentives. sorry, we have got to leave it their but _ incentives. sorry, we have got to leave it their but thanks - incentives. sorry, we have got to leave it their but thanks for i leave it their but thanks for joining us. one of the biggest dinosaurs in the world is about to go on display at the natural history museum.

the creature begins to emerge, one of the largest dinosaurs ever to walk the earth. assembling this dinosaur is like putting together a giant 3d jigsaw puzzle and there are more than 500 bones and fixings but no instruction manual and this beast measures 37 metres from the tip of its nose all the way down to its tail and itjust about its nose all the way down to its tail and it just about squeezes its nose all the way down to its tail and itjust about squeezes into this room with a few twists and turns along the way. it is a cast, exact replica of the original fossilised bones. getting a creature like this into a 1a0—year—old building has been a challenge. we have building has been a challenge. 2 have had to take the doors off in order to get the crates in different parts of the dinosaur in and at some of the bones and the cast itself were heavy so we have had to reinforce the floors but the sense

of feeling the sense of awe standing under one of the largest animals that ever lived in the world, it is amazing. that ever lived in the world, it is amazint. , ., , that ever lived in the world, it is amazint. _, , . amazing. the bones were unearthed in amazing. the bones were unearthed in a ranch in patagonia _ amazing. the bones were unearthed in a ranch in patagonia in _ amazing. the bones were unearthed in a ranch in patagonia in argentina i a ranch in patagonia in argentina just over a decade ago. scientist got to grips with the scale of their find and they were by david attenborough —— as scientists got to grips. he also got to see what this title might have looked like from the cretaceous period. —— titan. now the cretaceous period. —— titan. now the exhibition is complete and the dinosaur is ready for its moment in the spotlight. {line dinosaur is ready for its moment in the spotlight-— the spotlight. one of the first thints the spotlight. one of the first things you — the spotlight. one of the first things you notice _ the spotlight. one of the first things you notice is _ the spotlight. one of the first things you notice is the i the spotlight. one of the first| things you notice is the toothy the spotlight. one of the first i things you notice is the toothy grin and they are constantly on the move and they are constantly on the move and just feeding machines, using those heads to stuff more and more leaves and twigs into its bodyjust in order to keep moving around. tl in order to keep moving around. it still holds some mysteries and no one knows why these creatures grew so big or how they came to die out.

but their size and their success for millions of years puts our own existence into sharp perspective. i'm sure they will be a huge draw! hello there. good afternoon. for the last couple of days of march, the generally unsettled theme just doesn't change. more wet, really quite windy weather to come in the forecast for the next couple of days or so for many of us. more rainbows to be spotted today, too. it's a day of sunny spells and heavy, possibly thundery downpours. the showers will tend to move quite quickly along with this brisk south—westerly wind, but we could see some lines of showers set up, particularly from the south—west of england, up through to north london. if you're underneath one of those lines of showers, it's going to be wet. but some dry sunny spells in between. drier across much of scotland today.

and it's mild, too, with highs of 13—16c, maybe 17 across the east of england. turning wet and windy across much of southern britain overnight tonight. this deep area of low pressure, strong gusty winds, particularly towards the south coast. some heavy rain. but it's drier for northern england and for scotland, where we see the night's lowest temperatures. low single figures but a lot milder further south. this deep area of low pressure is going to wind its way northwards and eastwards, out into the north sea by the time we get to the end of the day tomorrow. as you can see, some strong gusty winds for southern coastal areas. and also some rather heavy rain. there are localised weather warnings in force. gusts of wind of around 50—60 miles an hour for the south coast and also the channel islands. exposed coastal areas could see gusts of wind of around 70 mph. the strongest winds transferring further east as the day wears on. some heavy rain, possibly some thundery showers for central, southern england. it's cloudy, it's damp and it's quite cold towards north sea—facing coasts. the best of the sunshine on friday for western areas of scotland and eastern areas of northern ireland. temperatures are a lot lower, peaking between 9 and 12 or 13c

in the best of the sunshine. over the weekend, it's going to feel cooler, will tend to be a bit drier on sunday. on saturday, there's still plenty of wet weather around from this trailing weather front. north sea—facing coasts again see a rather cloudy day. plenty of low cloud, some outbreaks of rain, and still some showers from our trailing front. temperatures only between 8 and 12c with that easterly wind, it's going to feel quite cold again towards eastern—facing coasts. but on sunday, there will be lots of drier, brighter weather. high pressure building in. still rather cloudy, though, across much of scotland and northern ireland.

this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: a man has been found guilty of the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last august. thomas cashman is also guilty of wounding her mother cheryl and the attempted murder ofjoseph nee. a usjournalist arrested in russia on spying charges pleads not guilty after appearing in court in moscow. the wall streetjournal says it is 'deeply concerned' for evan gershkovich's safety and deny the allegations against him. king charles becomes the first british monarch to address the german parliament, expressing his shock over the destruction caused by the war in ukraine. he's in berlin as part of his first state visit as king. brazil's former president, jair bolsonaro, returns to the country after three months of self imposed exile in the united states. he faces an investigation into whether he incited rioters who stormed congress injanuary.

hello and welcome to bbc news. king charles has addressed germany's federal parliament, the bundestag, as part of his first overseas tour as monarch. the king used his speech to highlight relations between the uk and germany. he also thanked the german people for their kindness after his mother queen elizabeth's death. the speech marks the first time a british monarch has addressed germany's parliament. let's hear some of what he had to say. mr federal president, since mrfederal president, since i mr federal president, since i last spoke _ mr federal president, since i last

spoke in — mr federal president, since i last spoke in this building the scourge of war— spoke in this building the scourge of war is— spoke in this building the scourge of war is back in europe. the unprovoked invasion of ukraine has inflicted _ unprovoked invasion of ukraine has inflicted the most unimaginable suffering on so many innocent people — suffering on so many innocent people. countless lives have been destroyed. freedom and human dignity have been_ destroyed. freedom and human dignity have been trampled in the most brutal— have been trampled in the most brutal way. the security of europe has been — brutal way. the security of europe has been threatened as our democratic values are threatened. yet the _ democratic values are threatened. yet the world has not merely stood by. yet the world has not merely stood by even _ yet the world has not merely stood by even as — yet the world has not merely stood by. even as we see the appalling scenes— by. even as we see the appalling scenes of— by. even as we see the appalling scenes of destruction, we can take heart _ scenes of destruction, we can take heart from — scenes of destruction, we can take heart from our unity. in defence of ukraine, _ heart from our unity. in defence of ukraine, of— heart from our unity. in defence of ukraine, of peace and freedom.

germany and the united kingdom have shown— germany and the united kingdom have shown vital— germany and the united kingdom have shown vital leadership. as europe's two largest— shown vital leadership. as europe's two largest donors to ukraine. we have _ two largest donors to ukraine. we have responded decisively, we have taken _ have responded decisively, we have taken decisions, decisions that might— taken decisions, decisions that might previously have seemed unimaginable. germany's decision to send such— unimaginable. germany's decision to send such significant military support— send such significant military support to ukraine is remarkably important — support to ukraine is remarkably important and appreciated.

king charles praised what he described as the 'vital leadership' shown by both countries over the war in ukraine. i think he's certainly more outspoken than his mother, the late queen, of course. and i suppose there are two things going on here. ukraine and climate change are real focuses of this trip, and that's because they are challenges which he can say britain and europe want to work closely together on. they face both countries. so, both the eu and britain face those challenges. they are united problems. and he said today, you know, both have been united in their response. that's helpful. but i think, too, this is a chance for king charles iii to start showing us what kind of monarch he's going to be. and i think we've got a bit of a taste of that. you know, what i've been struck by is the energy and enthusiasm exhibited so far on this tour. he's got a packed programme of events, but, you know, he can't hold back from going to talk to people. he wants to meet the people of berlin today before he goes to hamburg tomorrow.

and you can see that sort of natural enthusiasm coming through in his speeches and his jokes and the way he's approaching people from all different kinds of backgrounds. and people here in germany are, i think, responding very warmly to that. many passengers were asleep when the fire broke out. the third then drifted before running aground. more than 200 people were listed on board but officials say exact numbers are not known.

a potentially life changing blood test that could affect 10005 of cancer patients is being tested in a major uk wide trial at a hospital in london. doctors hope bowel cancer patients can avoid unnecessary chemotherapy by taking a blood test that detects if surgery has removed all of the tumour. the trial at the royal marsden hospital in london will involve around sixteen hundred people after promising results from a smaller study in australia. our medical editor, fergus walsh, has the details. the c—word is a big word to live with. it's a year since ben cooke was diagnosed with bowel cancer. i haven't taken a single day off work, which has been incredible. after successful surgery, patients like ben are usually offered intravenous chemotherapy to mop up any cancer cells that might be remaining. but a new type of blood test showed he was cancer free. right, what shall we do? big, enormous chelsea blow dry? so ben, who runs this hair salon in chelsea, was spared the toxic side effects, which can include nerve damage to the hands and feet. work for me is my therapy as such.

like, i love going to work, i love myjob, i'm very lucky to do what i do. and if i'd have had the intravenous, i'd feel like i wouldn't have been able to have carried on. but the fact that i didn't have any tingling or anything in my hands has just been an absolute blessing. ben has regular check—ups at the royal marsden, which is leading a trial of the blood test across dozens of hospitals. your cancer was diagnosed in the cecum, in the right colon. the results could transform the way thousands of bowel cancer patients are treated in the uk every year. i hope through this trial that we generate the evidence to show that this technology, liquid biopsies, can be used to spare patients with stage three bowel cancer unnecessary chemotherapy after the bowel cancer surgery because they don't need it. deep breath in, sharp scratch. so how can a blood test tell if a patient like ben is free of cancer?

it looks for tiny fragments of tumor dna circulating in the bloodstream. if there's none present, there's a low risk the cancer will return. these blood tests or liquid biopsies are part of a revolution in the diagnosis and monitoring of cancer. they're being trialled in the uk across lung, breast, as well as bowel cancer, and can detect minute fragments of tumor dna months, even years before they'd show up on a scan. after she had bowel cancer surgery, artist susanne winter was also spared chemotherapy as a result of the blood test. i just feel incredibly lucky. i know how toxic it is, i know that i would feel terrible. and also your whole everything is you're getting ready for it. you're psyching yourself up for it. so to suddenly hear that you aren't going to need

it is just unbelievable. chemotherapy still has a vital role in treating cancer, but if blood test trials are successful, it will mean a brighter future for thousands of patients every year. as well as saving the nhs money. fergus walsh, bbc news. one of the uk's longest—serving prisoners, charles bronson, has lost his latest bid to be freed from jail. bronson, who's now 70, has spent most of the past a8 years behind bars, after initially being jailed for an armed robbery. the parole board said he had a "history of persistent rule—breaking". the police watchdog has passed a file of evidence to prosecutors, to decide whether a metropolitan police officer, should be charged over the fatal shooting of a black man last september in south london. chris kaba, who was 2a, died from a single gunshot wound, and he was unarmed. greg mackenzie has more details.

father to be, chris kaba, was shot dead by a metropolitan police officer. through the windscreen of a car in streatham hill in south london last september. he was unarmed. they're not going to leave until we getjustice. in the weeks that followed his family campaigned tirelessly. the officer who fired the fatal shot was suspended and the police watchdog launched a homicide investigation. today the independent office for police conduct has referred its investigation to the crown prosecution service. during the investigation at the officer was advised they were under criminal investigation for murder and following the conclusion of our investigation, we have referred a file of evidence to the crown prosecution service to determine whether to charge the officer. in a statement, the metropolitan police said a referral doesn't indicate that charges will necessarily follow.

they added, we continue to fully support the a0 pc investigation. the officer involved remain suspended from duty. the family have told the bbc they welcome today's decision saying six months on from their son's death, they are now one step closer to receiving justice. greg mckenzie, bbc news. two men have been shot dead in two villages in cambridgeshire, in what police say were targeted attacks. police say they were a father and son. three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder. our reporter, louisa pilbeam, has the very latest. it was here in this small cambridgeshire village that gunshots were reported last night and when police arrived they found a 32—year—old man dead inside one of the houses. just over half an hour later more reports of gunshots in nearby sutton, where police found a 57—year—old man also died from gunshot wounds.

i heard sort of two loud bangs, i thought it was actually car doors right outside my house. and went outside and there was nobody there, which i thought was strange. quite worrying because obviously we never have anything happen down here, so it's quite a shock that something would happen in such a small place. this is a quiet close where many families live. i've seen people taking their children to school today and heading off to work, but last night a frightening scene unfolded here and police told people to stay inside as a police helicopter circled overhead. a 27—year—old man and a 33—year—old woman were arrested in cambridge and a 66—year—old man arrested in the worcester area. both deaths are being treated as murder and police say they are linked. police also say the attacks are believed to be targeted and there is no wider risk to the general public. a heavy police presence has been at the scene

all day as those who live here try to comprehend what happened. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. the commons standards committee says the mp, margaret ferrier, should be suspended for 30 days, for breaking covid laws. ms ferrier admitted putting people at risk, after speaking in a debate at westminster, then travelling by train while infected with the coronavirus, in september 2020. earlier we spoke to our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. you will remember there were strict covid policies in place and margaret ferrier broke them. she took a positive test in glasgow and travelled to parliament anyway. rather than self isolating, she travelled back to glasgow. at the time, she lost the snp whip. she has been sitting as an independent since and pleaded guilty in a scottish court, which led to the community service

you were talking about. but now she faces the real prospect of losing her seat. this committee has said she should be suspended for 30 days and if mp5 back that, she can appeal, but if mp5 back that in the wider commons chamber it will trigger a process that if 10% of the electorate in her constituency sign a petition, there will be a by—election. that by—election would be an important one, rutherglen and hamilton west is a target seat for the labour party. the snp will be keen to hang onto it. it could be an early test of the new snp leader, humza yousaf. the easter holidays are almost here, and you might remember last year was a bit of a disaster for travellers at airports. a combination of staff shortages and increased passenger numbers led to lengthy queues and delays. airports and airlines say they do now have enough staff in place.

but strike action could mean there's still some disruption. our transport correspondent, katy austin has more, from manchester airport. remember this? last spring covid travel rules had been lifted, holiday—makers were ready, lots of the travel industry or not. will this year be any better? getting passengers away on their flight without a hitch is a complex process that requires several different businesses to work together and have all the right staffing in place. providing workers at security is the airport's job. manchester airport didn't have enough last easter, leading to queues. it couldn't reverse pandemicjob cuts quickly enough. in april of this year i have enough security officers for the busiest day in august. the boss here is now confident. this year our passengers can expect a great experience at manchester airport. i can absolutely reassure passengers they won't see the queues that they saw in the summer of '22. last year, a shortage of ground handlers was another major issue.

out here on the airfield you can see some of the teams helping to get the plane ready and loading the baggage. many airlines contract out the services to companies like swissport. it has brought in 1,500 extra workers, increasing wages and changing rotas to attract people. there is an absolute war for labour. of course there was covid and the second point is of course brexit. the labour pool in the uk and has to come largely from the uk itself. they are not the only company which started hiring early. we actually started recruiting at the end ofjuly and we would not normally start recruiting untiljanuary, something like that, so we wanted to get ahead of the game. while the industry insists it now has the right people in the right places, that doesn't mean a guarantee of no disruption at all. for example at the moment in france there are strikes relating to the national pension reforms which are impacting ourflights because when they close an airport with wildcat strikes and so on, you are going to see disruption.

but the vast majority of flights, even during a disruptive period, will run. other airlines have cancelled flights because of strike action in europe, including british airways, which also axed around 300 flights in advance because of a ten day strike by some security staff at heathrow airport from tomorrow. but the industry and passengers hope they have left last year's level of turbulence behind. katie austin, bbc news. in the uk, west yorkshire police are looking for a helmetless motorcyclist who taunted police by pulling wheelies in front of them. the rider was caught on camera in leeds waving at the patrol car next to him, whilst repeatedly kneeling on the bike, before continuing down the busy road.

the force has asked anyone who recognises him to come forward. let's start in europe, where like the majority of the world, millions of people are struggling with rising prices and the cost of living crisis that has triggered. but signs of hope are starting to emerge. in the last few hours we've had the latest monthly inflation figures out of spain and that the pace of prices rises fell to an annualised pace of 3.1% in march when using the measure that allows comparison with other countries. that's a big drop from february's 6% and was mainly due to lower energy costs, with food prices also falling. and in germany, europe's biggest economy there was also a big drop. by the same measure inflation has now fallen to 7.8% as businesses and households benefited from lower natural gas prices. earlier i spoke to spanish economist professor santiago carbo valverde, from the university of valenthia and he explained why the spanish drop was soo sharp.

the mild weather has helped to bring down some of the crisis of the food and other goods and products. we also have what is called a confrontational factor. last march, don't forget inflation is the year—on—year, last night we had a very big rise in inflation because of the impact of the war on the energy prices. a year later energy prices are going down and the impact of the war is mostly finished for the time being. so there is a confrontational pact. prices are still growing but at a lower pace. how does the situation in spain compared to other parts of the euro

zone because in germany we have seen price rises slowing as well but it's still 7.8%, the rate of inflation. spain benefited from the fact, the spanish government was allowed to set energy prices caps and that has been very important. the reason to allow the government to do that from the european commission was the fact spain relies much less on gas. gas plays a very big role in spain and portugal so there was a lower cap on that. germany relies heavily not only in household but companies rely heavily on gas. that is why inflation is going down but it will take more time because they depend on gas which are still basically more expensive than a year ago.

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until september. that should be enough time for croatians to recalibrate their mental calculator is. let's take a look at some of the business headlines. sam bachmann fried was appearing in federal court in new york over allegations that he organised a one—off $a0 million payments to chinese authorities so that he could regain access to $1 billion of crypto currency funds. he has also denied other related to the cap —— collapse. south africa's central bank has raised interest rates by 50 basis points to 7.75%, which was slightly higher than many analysts were expecting. the south african reserve bank said it was still 'very concerned' about rising inflation and high electricity prices. south africa's currency — the rand —

rose by 2% after the announcment. a new plan to cut greenhouse gases and lower energy costs by investing in renewable energy and nuclear is being unveiled by the uk government. ministers say they want the uk to have the cheapest electricity in europe by 2035, but admit the strategy is unlikely to bring down bills next year. and manchester united have unveiled their latest financial results, which show the club made a net profit of 8 million dollars between january and march. the club's bottom line was boosted by higher commercial revenues and a reduction in its wage bill. however, manchester united's debt rose to 535 million dollars during the period, due to the weakness of the pound against the us dollar. it comes as several groups try to buy the club from the us based glazer family. and that is all we have time for. thank you for watching.

hello there. good afternoon. for the last couple of days of march, the generally unsettled theme just doesn't change. more wet, really quite windy weather to come in the forecast for the next couple of days or so for many of us. more rainbows to be spotted today, too. it's a day of sunny spells and heavy, possibly thundery downpours. the showers will tend to move quite quickly along with this brisk south—westerly wind, but we could see some lines of showers set up, particularly from the south—west of england, up through to north london. if you're underneath one of those lines of showers, it's going to be wet. but some dry sunny spells in between. drier across much of scotland today. and it's mild, too, with highs of 13—16c, maybe 17 across the east of england. turning wet and windy across much of southern britain overnight tonight. this deep area of low pressure, strong gusty winds, particularly towards the south coast. some heavy rain. but it's drier for northern england and for scotland, where we see the night's lowest temperatures.

low single figures but a lot milder further south. this deep area of low pressure is going to wind its way northwards and eastwards, out into the north sea by the time we get to the end of the day tomorrow. as you can see, some strong gusty winds for southern coastal areas. and also some rather heavy rain. there are localised weather warnings in force. gusts of wind of around 50—60 miles an hour for the south coast and also the channel islands. exposed coastal areas could see gusts of wind of around 70 mph. the strongest winds transferring further east as the day wears on. some heavy rain, possibly some thundery showers for central, southern england. it's cloudy, it's damp and it's quite cold towards north sea—facing coasts. the best of the sunshine on friday for western areas of scotland and eastern areas of northern ireland. temperatures are a lot lower, peaking between 9 and 12 or 13c in the best of the sunshine. over the weekend, it's going to feel cooler, will tend to be a bit drier on sunday. on saturday, there's still plenty of wet weather around from this trailing weather front. north sea—facing coasts again see a rather cloudy day.

plenty of low cloud, some outbreaks of rain, and still some showers from our trailing front. temperatures only between 8 and 12c with that easterly wind, it's going to feel quite cold again towards eastern—facing coasts. but on sunday, there will be lots of drier, brighter weather. high pressure building in. still rather cloudy, though, across much of scotland and northern ireland.

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