20 children are dead in south africa, after the minibus they were in collided with a truck near pretoriasearch by the national crime agency suggests the average cyber criminal is someone in their teens. good afternoon. details have been emerging about the man who opened fire on the champs elysees last night, killing a policeman and injuring two other people. the french media have named him as karim cheurfi — a 39—year—old french citizen who had served a prison sentence for previous armed assaults on officers. christian fraser is in paris. good afternoon. we should be concentrating on the final election campaigning day, before the first round of the vote on sunday, but that is not what has been happening. but nothing ordinary about the selection, particularly after the attack on the sean is a lazy classmate. extra policemen coming the president has been meeting security officials, trying to get an understanding of the threat. ensuring that nothing else has interfered. these pictures show the final moments of the champs elysees attack. police officers appear to shoot down the gunman, who's

texaslet's go to houston, with pretoria. -- with victoria. caller: i feel texas with pretoria. like -- [no audio] obama did what he needed to do. if they do not shut the house down, we would have got more things done. we have to get beyond the parties right now. it is about getting people jobs and help people getting jobs right now. people need it. strokeamacare, i had a in 2009 and i cannot talk. i could not get no help. i was under age 60. when obama came through, i got help. that is what i am talking today. it really helped me, and we need obamacare because people that have this issue could not do it. and now, they are trying to put us back in a long line at the hospital, where they want to put us way back. we are in 400 lines of people trying to see the doctor. that is not making any sense. that is not going to work. host: what do you make of donald trump's desire to appeal or place affordable care act questio? caller: it is sending us back and an ugly way. people can see to his heart. it is not like. host: let's go to ron calling in from mesquite, nevada on the independent

the pretoria demonstrations united all kinds of group. supporters of the democratic alliance popular with the white minority and other opposition groups backed by black south africans. is facing increasing criticism from within his own party. for the moment, zuma is sitting tight, but he's facing a no-confidence vote once the court decides whether it should be taken by secret ballot. businesst's get some news, kate moody is with us in the studio. starting with the charity oxfam, it has a new report on how big american companies are keeping money abroad to avoid paying taxes. saying the 50p biggest companies had an 1.6hore cash pile worth trillion dollars. most of the money is kept in tax havens which oxfam says is hurting poor and working-class people around the world. rebecca rossman has the story. reporter: it's a common practice that is more popular than ever. big american companies going taxis to avoid weighing were the corporate rate is at 35%. >> they've increased the use of ,ffshore tax havens dramatically reducing the tax payments

‘§e ' the march to in pretoria was organised buildings in pretoria was organised by the coalition ofthe finance minister, government corruption is scandals and slowing economic growth has unleashed widespread public anger. a shrimp which makes some of the loudest sound in the ocean has been named after the favourite band of the naturalist who discovered it. let's have a listen... it might not sound like it, but the pistol shrimp,, shrimp, , si—nalph—eus pink—floyd—ee kang uses distinct pink snapping clawed to create a sound louder than a gunshot and powerful enough to stu n a gunshot and powerful enough to stun a small fish. let's speeds one of the scientist who found the stream. how come it got this name? we said it sounded like it so we named it named it after it. there was a team of people involved and we are all pink floyd fans. we often played in music in the lab while we are working. are there other shrimps you have named after rock bands? this is a first! tell us more about this shrimp, because the noise isn't that impressive on film, but it is powerful enough to stun another

at least 19 children were killed when a minibus collided with a truck east of pretoria.e investigating the bomb attack on a bus carrying the dortmund football tea m bus carrying the dortmund football team last week have made an arrest. the motive may have been connected to money. at ten p.m., fiona bruce will be hit with a full round—up of the day's news. now it is time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch. they are off again as bbc news embarks on covering another general election campaign, how much attention should be given to the views of people like brenda from bristol? not another one. oh, for god's sake! i can't stand this. and correspondentjohn sudworth on the challenges of reporting from north korea, surrounded by government minders. my myjob is to work out how far i can push being a nuisance and an annoyance without getting me or my tea m annoyance without getting me or my team into difficulty. tuesday morning saw one of those moments when, after an hour of speculative gossip, almost everyone here in the niche broadcasting house , the newsroom here at.

actually not a bad day, it will be of course fresh, we have established that but there will be fine pretoriaersunny spells here, at times it will be overcast, at times you will get the sunshine. temperatures nothing spectacular round 12 degrees and a better day tomorrow, and we have rain right now, northern parts of wales getting sunshine, showers moving through, northern ireland to the north—west, and western and pars of scotland. the air is cold enough for wintriness on the hills, so if there are any easter walkers on the hills, certainly wintry into saturday evening. now let us look at easter day itself. high pressure to the south of us, then we have this awkward weather front sliding through central parts of the uk. some uncertainty, how much rainfall this weather front is going to get. the basic message is the broad bush message is that the south—west should just about stay dry, and the far north of scotland will have sunshine,s whereas many central areas will see some rain during the day with a bit of sunshine, limited thoughful on easter monday, eastern areas catch some showers but not

the accident happened in mpumalanga province near the capital, pretoria. children were trapped inside the bus — many children were dragged from the wreckage and were seriously hurt. therre's still no known cause — and we'll bring you updates from south africa as they come. prison authorities in the us state of arkansas have carried out their first execution for more than a decade. the death, by lethal injection, of ledell lee, who was convicted of murder more than 20 years ago, is the first of several planned by the state before supplies of a drug expire. the go—ahead for the execution was given just 30 minutes before his death warrant ran out. richard galpin reports. ledell lee had been on death row for almost a quarter of the century. he had been convicted of killing a woman with an iron bar. anything to say to the public? for years, he protested his innocence but last night, the stay of execution was lifted minutes before his death warrant was due to expire. he was the first of four men due to be executed by lethal injection here in the coming days. i a

the marches in pretoria, johannesburg, cape town, and other locations across the country were calledn response to mr. zuma's decision last week to sack his finance minister. our correspondent has this report from johannesburg. reporter: tens of thousands of people turned out to the streets of south africa's main city. here was the clear message, pressure for jacob zuma to step down. voices.t all hostile outside headquarters in johannesburg, loyalists dressed in fatigues sprang to defend mr. zuma. top figures it broke ranks publicly slamming his controversial cabinet reshuffle last week, which has sent investors into a panic. protesters are trying to keep up the momentum. a vote of no-confidence is still in the cards, but president them a has -- seizing back control. just how much damage have these events inflicted on the anc? township and you might find a clue. in spite of everything, loyalty to the anc runs as deep as the -- which the authorities failed to collect here. this image may not live up to the image of africa many have dreamt of. south africa is a new democracy where old p

the accident happened near the capital, pretoria. it is not clear what caused the crash.ed its first inmate in 12 years on thursday, after a legal battle that lasted well into the night. the us supreme court rejected ledell lee's final appeal to stop the lethal injection. he was one of eight men that arkansas has originally planned to execute over an 11—day period. police in germany have arrested a man accused of bombing the bus of german football team borussia dortmund last week. but, as damien mcguiness reports, the attack may have been part of a complex financial scam. the bombing was potentially deadly, shattering the windows of the coach. police initially thought the attack on borussia dortmund's team bus was an act of politically motivated terror. but now prosecutors say the attacker was driven by greed, not ideology. a 28—year—old man, who stayed in the same hotel as the players, is accused of bombing the team in order to force the club's share price down. prosecutors say that his aim was to make a huge profit on the stock market. translation: we traced the accused

the accident happened near the capital, pretoria. it is not yet clear what caused the crash.s state of arkansas have carried out their first execution of an inmate in more than a decade. the death by lethal injection of ledell lee is the first of several imminent executions planned by the state authorities. supplies of one drug they use in the procedure apparently expire at the end of the month. german police have arrested a man suspected of setting off explosives that hit a bus carrying the borussia dortmund football team last week. prosecutors believe he was motivated by financial greed, as damien mcguiness reports from berlin. the bombing was potentially deadly, shattering the windows of the coach. it was only a matter of luck that no—one was killed. police initially thought the attack on borussia dortmund's team bus was an act of politically motivated terror. but now prosecutors say the attacker was driven by greed, not ideology. a 28—year—old man, who stayed in the same hotel as the players, is accused of bombing the team in order to force the club's share price down. pr

at least 19 children were killed when a minibus collided with a truck east of pretoria.ll tea m bus carrying the dortmund football team last week have made an arrest. the motive may have been connected to money.

the accident happened near the capital, pretoria.at caused the crash, and officials fear the death toll could rise. prison authorities in the us state of arkansas have carried out their first execution of an inmate in more than a decade. the death, by lethal injection, of ledell lee is the first of several imminent executions planned by the state authorities. supplies of one drug they use in the procedure apparently expire at the end of the month. don't forget you can get in touch with me and most of the team of the team on twitter. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: from takeaways to box sets — wills and kate take to the airwaves for some revealing regal radio. on day three of the election campaign trail, the prime minister and the chancellor have given theirfirst hints about the conservative manifesto. theresa may says she'll keep the current level of spending on foreign aid, despite pressure from within her own party to cut it. but she would not commit to keep the so—called triple lock on pensions, which guarantees they rise

i want to bring you live pictures from pretoria.usands of protesters have joined opposition-let demonstrations calling on president jacob zuma to stand down. excuse me, this is rex tillerson , the u.s. secretary of state, shaking the hand of sergey lavrov. that meeting taking place in moscow, of course. it takes place in a tense time for the relationship between the u.s. and russia. some of the headlines from lavrov -- russia has a number of questions on a number of u.s. news. saying the u.s.-syria attack was quite alarming. said, weria attack, he need to avoid such actions in future. russia is ready, he says, for a u.s. dialogue on equal footing. to the u.s. he says, you are with us or against us. a few comments from tillerson. states. secretary of russia talks come at an important part of our , an important moment in the relationship. he says he is looking forward to a frank and candid exchange with russia, coming into this meeting with lavrov with the intention of trying to persuade the russians to loosen their support of the syr

the accident happened near the capital, pretoria.ll of flame on impact. the health trust facing an investigation into the avoidable deaths of babies was told by regulators a decade ago that its maternity services needed to improve. the health care commission told the shrewsbury and telford trust that its monitoring of babies' heart rates during labour wasn't good enough and that its training of staff was inadequate. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. she was very dependent on me. my life went round a clock. i had to give her medication at certain times, make sure her feed was running ok. i was more of a nurse and a carer than a mum. abbey was born in 2004 with brain injuries, including severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy. staff at the royal shrewsbury hospital failed to promptly deliver her, despite foetal heart traces indicating abbey was in distress. the errors led to abbey dying aged just 17 months. her heart rate went down, down and down. they didn't intervene. obviously they tried to move me to see if they

road appears 20 children have been killed in a road accident outside the south african capital, pretoriaing in a school van when it crashed into a truck. eyewitnesses speak of an explosion into a ball of fire. we will bring you more on that as we gathered throughout the afternoon. let's look at the weather now. cold weather on the way this week, proper cold—weather next week. today, there has been some sunshine around. 0ver today, there has been some sunshine around. over the weekend, we will get some sunshine. for many of us it will be a dry weekend. this picture was taken in north somerset, where we have seen a decent sort of day. it has not been sunny everywhere. we have more cloud here in lancashire, for example. a hint of blue. that sums up the day for many parts of the country. there is cloudy sky, but also holes here and there. the best of the breaks in the cloud are across northern scotland. the air is colder, behind a band of the cloud, which is producing patchy light rain or drizzle. we end the day with some sunshine, probably across the south—west of england. some cloud across

in south africa, more than 30,000 protesters marched in the capital pretoria wednesday, calling on president jacob zuma to resign over charges of corruption and mismanagement of the economy. this is protester queen marema. >> we want to remove zuma from his presidency. we are tired of his corruption. we are not happy about how he does things. please, help us. zuma westfall. #zumamustfall. amy: wednenesday's protests came on zuma's 75th birthday and less than a week before zumuma facesa nono-confidee vote inn parliamentnt. and in new yoror the first muslim woman to serve as a u.s. judge was found dead in the hudson river wednesday. police say sheila abdus-salaam was found floating in the river near upper manhattan, not far from her home in harlem. her body was fully clothed and showed no signs of trauma, although her familily said an autopsy will determine the cause of death. judge abdus-salaam was appointed to the new york court of appeals in 2013 by governor andrew cuomo. in a video for the citizens committee for new york city, abdus-salaam recalalled tracing her ancecestry. >> researchihin

. >>> 19 children were killed near pretoria, south africa, when their mini bus crashed into a truck and exploded. the driver was also killed, and several other children injured. officials say deaths on south africa's roads are spiking. they blame speeding, dangerous vehicles, and failure to use seat belts. the cause of this crash isn't known. >>> officials say at least a dozen people were killed near the capital of venezuela when demonstrators threw molotov cocktails and looted businesses. >> this comes after weeks of anti-government rallies across the country. several more people were killed after the supreme court tried to strip parliament of its powers. our rafael romo has more for you. >> reporter: some of the victims were electrocuted when a power ca cable fell to the ground as the group tried to bakery. the rest of the fatalities were from gunshot wounds. this has outraged the opposition. the government says ramirez was shot by an opposition protester. her family says she was killed by pro-government armed militias. >> translator: she called us. she was in san cristobal and called

demonstrators flooded the main square today in the capital pretoria, chanting and carrying a mock coffinanwhile, zuma attended a birthday celebration outside johannesburg. back in this country, republicans managed to hold a u.s. house seat in kansas, in tuesday's special congressional election. ron estes won by just seven points in a district that went republican in november by 31 points. democrat james thompson conceded defeat last night, but he said it's a warning to republicans everywhere: >> we've shown that this district is not just competitive, but that we can win it. we have already shocked this country. we've sent a message that no republican district in this country is safe. >> woodruff: the kansas seat had been held by mike pompeo, now president trump's c.i.a. director. republicans face three more special elections to hold seats in georgia, montana and south carolina. their occupants also joined the trump administration. the white house lifted a hiring freeze on the federal work force today. president trump had imposed it, on his first day in office. now, the administration is

the accident happened near the capital, pretoria. minibus in which these children were travelling in were coming from school. they were being taken home when it collided head—on with a truck and it then burst into flames. many of these children were trapped inside but some were able to be pulled out and rescued and officials who were at the scene say that a number of those who are debt could increase and the provincial education minister also visited the scene and expressed condolences to the family —— those who are dead. this comes hours after the transport department released statistics from this last weekend, the easter weekend, saying more than 230 people we re weekend, saying more than 230 people were killed this weekend over the easter period, meaning 50% more people have died. south africa has one of the most deadliest roads, especially over the holiday period. if you look at the easter weekend, most people, holiday—makers, they are making their way to different destinations. also those who travel over easter and the public ho

. >> i will begin by expressing my a sincere appreciation of the denuclearization of pretoria also i'd like to thank the secretary general for his informative briefing and to reach a new level since january 2016 and has conducted two nuclear test with 30 ballistic missile launches it isn't just hypothetical for ordinary citizens on the fifth of march north korea launched those ballistic missiles this was noted chance to notice that could have spent catastrophic for the sea vessels and aircraft. and these launches bid to be a provocation of the north korean media reports those responsible that those were involved it is there increasingly important for those countries in the region to talk about peace and security mr. president another is time for the commitments north korea has made of the denuclearization of the past north korea with china and japan and the russian federation and estates poets unanimously over the peninsula of the six party talks both parties to this position there is no doubt dialogue is necessary to achieve the denuclearization of the peninsula however and the the cu

happy birthday, dear president # well, there are certainly thousands of people out on the streets of pretorialing on president zuma to stand down but the question is whether people power alone is enough, and it probably isn't. there are processes within the african national congress that will decide whether or not president zuma's days in power... # and so say all of us # hello, labour have long been critical of theresa may's plans for brexit, but they've not quite spelled out an alternative. until today. the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer gave a speech saying what his pitch to our eu counterparts would be. five key differences to theresa may. one, tone. more collaborative. two, there would be a unilateral clarification of the rights of eu citizens to remain. three, under labour, britain would aim to remain in a number of eu institutions. erasmus, euratom, the european medicines agency, and europol among others. and then, numbers four and five. the option, i repeat option, to remain in the single market and the customs union. labour's white paper will have a strong emphasis on retaining