we are covering the expected sentencing of the southport attacker, axel rudaku ba na. akubana. little earlier we rudaku ba na. little earlier we had rudakubana. little earlier we had this report coming in from the press association which said that the 18—year—old had been taken to hospital in the early hours of today. these are pictures we had from a little earlier which showed axel rudaku ba na earlier which showed axel rudakubana arriving in a police van to the court. you are watching bbc news, stay with us. weather now — here's carol kirkwood. the met office has issued two rare red weather warnings for northern ireland and scotland, all in connection with storm eowyn. we could have gusts of wind at— 90 mph widely tomorrow by as much as 100 mild per hour with exposure. storm eowyn is currently forming in the atlantic, developing rapidly as it pushes across hours, not clearing the far north—east of scotland and till we get through the day on saturday. today we have a weather front bringing rain moving from the west to east, accompanied by squally winds, hail and possib

whether axel rudakubana could whether axel rudaku ba na could have whether axel rudakubana could haveef, but anger— challenging, so relief, but angerand challenging, so relief, but anger and obviously we now have to sit— anger and obviously we now have to sit and — anger and obviously we now have to sit and wait for the sentencing and then the real shock— sentencing and then the real shock - _ sentencing and then the real shock — he was known to the services _ shock — he was known to the services - _ shock — he was known to the services - i_ shock — he was known to the services — i think has hit us. there — services — i think has hit us. there is— services — i think has hit us. there is anger around that. whether axel rudakubana could whether axel rudaku ba na could have whether axel rudakubana could have been stopped will be the focus of a public enquiry, finally unmasked. we wait to hear what sentence he will serve for his crimes. nick garnett, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. in thailand, hundreds of same—sex couples are tying the knot as a new law re

the events ofjuly 29 last year in southport when the then 17—year—old axel rudakubana 17—year—old axel rudaku7—year—old axel rudakubana entered a taylor swift themed dance class and started indiscriminately attacking the young girls in there, leading to the deaths of three of them, alice da silva aguiar, who was aged nine, bebe king who was aged nine, bebe king who was aged six and elsie dot stancombe who was aged seven. theirfamilies aren't he —— are here. they were not here on monday when the murderess in surprise admitted his guilt, and admitted to ten attempted murder charges. the families were not in court to hear that on monday, but they are here today. with the background, we have this report. six—year—old bebe king, elsie dot stancombe, who was seven and nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar, murdered in southport last summer in a tragedy that led to a wave of sympathy and sadness. southport is a small seaside town. everyone here has a connection to someone who was at a dance class at the beginning of the summer holidays. sarah was hoping her daughter would be there. it filled up very,

on monday, 18—year—old axel rudaku ba na monday, 18—year—old axel rudakubana pleaded guilty to stabbinghe had contact with a range of different state agencies through his teenage years including the police, social services and mental health services. a few hours ago we had an address from downing street and sir keir starmer said the public inquiry into the killings would seek to answer difficult questions. the responsibility for this barbaric act lies, as it always does, with the vile individual who carried it out. but that is no comfort and, more importantly, it is no excuse. so, as part of the inquiry launched by the home secretary yesterday, i will not let any institution of the state deflect from their failure. failure which, in this case, frankly, leaps off the page. for example, the perpetrator was referred to the prevent programme on three separate occasions — in 2019 once and in 2021 twice. yet, on each of these occasions, a judgment was made that he did not meet the threshold for intervention. a judgment that was clearly wrong. for more on this, let's speak now to our correspon

decision and give his remarks and come to the conclusions as to what sentence axel rudakubana sentence axel rudakusentence axel rudakubana deserves. one of the aspects that has come out since he pleaded guilty here on monday is to do with the fact he had, as a youngster, contact with the authorities, contact with mental health services, schools, social services and the police, and he also had contact with the counterterrorism extreme programme three times, but not considered he would come under the umbrella. there has been lots of questions over the last few days whether it was right, whether the government's counterterrorism programme is fit for purpose. i want to explore that further with a professor of international relations in belgium and professor of security and political violence at the university of exeter. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. the first question i want to put to you is from the address the prime minister gave on tuesday, he talked about the fact societies have to get used to a new threat in terms of terrorism, the phrase he used was loan as, misfits and young men in bedro

yesterday, 18—year—old axel rudaku ba na yesterday, 18—year—old axel rudakubana pleaded guilty to stabbing socialservices, mental years, including the police, social services, mental health services and an anti—terrorist organisation. circularsaid services and an anti—terrorist organisation. circular said the public inquiry into the killings would seek to answer difficult questions. let's speak to councillor sean halsall, who grew up on the street where the attack happened in southport. good to talk to you under unfortunate circumstances. let u nfortu nate ci rcu msta nces. let me unfortunate circumstances. let me ask you first of all about your reaction to what we have heard from sir keir starmer this morning.

as we were just saying there, it appears from our reporters inside court that the perpetrator axel rudaku rudakubana has been taken out, this after he was complaining of feeling ill and very pasir firstly complaining and that must be incredibly difficult for the families, for the sentencing, there is no interruption from that point and it does rather point to his lack of remorse and concern for the families.— the families. yes, families treat sentencing _ the families. yes, families treat sentencing hearingsl the families. yes, families. treat sentencing hearings in different ways. some families stare at the defendants. they want to see the defendant experiencing the full force of the law. 0therfamilies experiencing the full force of the law. other families choose to completely ignore the person being sentenced. they watch the judge. they watch the lawyers. theyjust judge. they watch the lawyers. they just choose judge. they watch the lawyers. theyjust choose not to think about that person, and just to hearjustice being done. it was impossible for them to make that choice today. he was sh

neighbours, complaining about parcels being sent to their homes that they believed were meant for axel rudakua na. in this one, his father replies, "these were the last orders. he will use our address next time." one neighbour told caroline they remembered seeds being ordered — the seeds later used to make ricin. he was clearly ordering seeds and having them delivered to a neighbour, possibly a decoy, possibly so that it couldn't be traced to the address that he was living at. rudakubana was known to the police, the courts, the youth justice system, mental health services and youth services. a teenager obsessed with mass murder. three times he was referred to the government's anti radicalisation prevent programme. but despite all of these warnings, there was a catastrophic failure to identify the real risk he posed. you think you've seen everything, but you don't expect it to be children. jo, a retired medic, spoke to us before the court case. in the aftermath of the southport attacks, alongside police, paramedics and others, she gave vital care to seven injured children. did we do enough? an

axel rudaku ba na pleaded fundamental change. akubana pleaded guilty to their murders yesterday, obsessed by killing he had downloaded details of an al-qaeda training manual and the poison rice in. he had been referred to the prevent programme, aims to identify extremists and stop attacks. there was a follow—up that didn't appear to have an overarching motive. we didn't appear to have an overarching motive. ~ ., ., ~ motive. we do need to either rethink prevent or have _ motive. we do need to either rethink prevent or have an _ motive. we do need to either rethink prevent or have an alternative - prevent or have an alternative scheme that deals with really high risk people who are obsessed with violence. the example i would give, thinking about america, is the terrible phenomenon of school massacres stop that is not political terrorism or religious terrorism, it is copycat killing. terrorism or religious terrorism, it is cepycat killing-— is copycat killing. prevent has got to be shut down _ is copycat killing. prevent has got to

they will be the opportunity for axel rudaku ba na's lawyers opportunity for axel rudakubana's lawyersntence should be reduced a little. i am not sure they will take that opportunity. at that point the court will rise in the judge will that point the court will rise in thejudge will on that point the court will rise in the judge will on camera passed sentence. we are definitely, the bulk of the hearing is now over. thank you. clearly an _ hearing is now over. thank you. clearly an incredible _ clearly an incredible difficulty in court. the community of 1526 00:12:35,24

this is chief crown prosecutor sarah hammond outside the court axel rudaku ba na is axel rudakubana isd devastation followed adds he acted out a planned rampage of murder and violence. his purpose was to kill, and he targeted the youngest, most vulnerable no doubt in order to spread the greatest level of fear and outrage, which he did. let us speak to our correspondent at liverpool crown court. nick it has been a really emotional day ants it has been an emotional week for the families when it comes to this trial. ~ , ,., , this trial. absolutely, the families _ this trial. absolutely, the families were _ this trial. absolutely, the families were told - this trial. absolutely, the families were told that i families were told that rudakubana was going to plead not guilty and therefore a whole trial would have to take place, where all the details of the case would be laid out before the court and before the media, for two or three weeks, then, on monday, as the court was just about to sit, and the jury was just about to sit, and the jury was about to be sworn in, and to start listening to

of southport has been jailed for life, and for a minimum of 52 years, at liverpool crown court, axel rudaku ba na liverpool crown court, axel rudakubana who is now 18 pleaded guilty to the murder of the girls at a taylor swift themed dance class and the attempted murder of eight other children and two adults. let me take you back to the court and sarah cam well who has —— campbell who has been watching events. over to you sarah. yes it has been a long day in court for the families, to listen in horrific detail to the events of the 29th ofjuly, 2024. mr the events of the 29th ofjuly, 202a. mrjustice goose finished delivering his sentencing remarks going into great detail as to why he had come to decision he had why he has sentenced axel rudakubana to 52 year, a minimum term of 52 years. forthe year, a minimum term of 52 years. for the attack that he perpetrated against a dance class full of small children. injuly last year. class full of small children. in july last year. let us class full of small children. injuly last year. let us take a listen to those remarks now. i am sure that axel rud

after axel rudaku ba na enters broadcast. rs the building, we heard how he inflicted multiple stab wounds on the three girls who died, two of them did not make it even out of the dance studio alive. i did manage —— one of the girls did manage to get out of the dance studio but by the time they the hospital was basically unsaved double. one of the girls suffered 32 stab wounds, 22 to the back as she tried to get out of the studio but was dragged back by axel rudakubana. axel rudakubana bought them online, even though he was under 18 and even though we 1399 00:12:46,012

harrowing moments in our country's history and vial offender axel rudakubana will vial offender axel rudaku ba na will likely vial offender axel rudakubana will likely never be released. it's worth, on this day when we have heard such harrowing testimony, the victim impact statements, the details of what happened back on july the 29th 2024. details of what happened back on july the 29th 202a. just reminding ourselves of the background of this, my colleaguejudith morris reports now and just a reminder that there are some distressing details. he didn't want to be recognised. put up he didn't want to be recognised. put up to my mask on bus to be solved in the back of a taxi. he booked it to take them hart street on the southport. having arrived there, the driver asks him how he wants to pay. with cash. but driver asks him how he wants to pay. with cash. �* , , ., with cash. but he “umps out with other things — with cash. but he “umps out with other things on _ with cash. but he jumps out with other things on his _ with cash. but he jumps out with other things on his mind. - with cash. but he j

crime in the dock and facing justice but we barely got under way this morning when axel rudakubana started shouting rudakushouting from the dock that he was feeling ill and that he wanted to see a paramedic. they tried to see a paramedic. they tried to carry on but eventually the judge ordered that he should be taken out and he was held in a room in the court and if he wants to watch it he can on the video link. we then add the lawyer outlining what happened that day and in brief a group of 26 girls who had come to attend a taylor swift dance event which involved dancing and making friendship bracelets. it was when talus —— when taylor swift was on tour in the uk. in the middle of them enjoying that event axel rudakubana booked a cab from his homejust outside southport, his home just outside southport, dressed in his homejust outside southport, dressed in a hoodie on a summers day in the medical mask on, he arrives at the dance studio and was dropped off, it refuses to pay the taxi driver and walks into the building and within 30 seconds they were terrible screams, some of which we heard from the video re