we can talk now to tamerlan agaev via webcam from beslan.n lost his son in the beslan school siege and his whole family were held hostage there. good evening. good evening to you. a word to you first about your reaction to what the european court of human rights has said today. what do you feel about it? you know, it has taken so much time just to take some decision, but anyway it is a decision which we could anticipate. we have anticipated, maybe not everyone, not everybody, but some of us everyone, not everybody, but some of us anticipated this decision to be taken. but anyway i will try to make myself understandable, reasonable. inaudible. sadly, forgive me for interrupting, it is nothing to do with you making yourself understandable, but sadly the technology is getting under way and we are only picking up a few words and we will try to put that right. on the line from beslan and reacting to what the european court of human rights has had to say about that siege 13 years ago. rights has had to say about that siege 13 years ago. the pentag

this basically tells us like in beslan.oing to agree with the ruling. this was underlined today by the kremlin spokesman. all 90, today by the kremlin spokesman. all go, for the survivors —— all go. for the survivors and those who died, is there going to be any further redress from the russian government? based on this, it would seem not. well, you know, ispoke based on this, it would seem not. well, you know, i spoke to them a couple of times and they always underlined that for them it's not about money. it's about comey you know, calling for responsibility. i would like to remind that over the past 13 years, no russian officials we re past 13 years, no russian officials were held responsible for the tragedy. and for the relatives of the victims, this ruling by the european court of human rights, this was their last chance to bring this question back to the light and to call for some responsibility, for some response from the russian officials. thank you for that. the headlines... the education secretary says she will crea

a survivors group, mothers of beslan, say they will push for that. the people responsible for their deaths are held to account. let's talk to sarah rainsford in moscow. sarah, tell us more about the reaction there to this ruling. well, there has been a strong reaction here in moscow to the ruling in strasbourg. i asked the president's spokesman what he made of the ruling and he told me it was utterly unacceptable, particularly against a country which had suffered a large number of terrorist attacks. we also heard from the justice ministry, who say they will appeal the ruling. they say that the conclusions of the court don't match the evidence presented by the russian government. but, in all of this, i think the people who brought the case were the victims of the siege, and they have a strong argument. they feel that their years of fighting to get somebody held responsible for what happened have been vindicated, and i was down in beslan this week talking to some of them as they were waiting for the verdict, and this is what they were hoping for, a str

zarina, what impact has the siege had on beslan asa impact has the siege had on beslan as a communityt. —— no one family who has not felt the impact of the terrorist act. we as a community, the beslan community, we became more close to each other because there were serious problems, and that is why we became very close to each other. of course it has had a huge impact on our school. do you think this judgment will help people move on? ordo judgment will help people move on? or do they need more? to move on, you mean people who were damage there? you said every family was impacted in beslan, so having this european court of human rights ruling that the russian government made mistakes, does that help people to move on with their lives, or do they need to see the people held to account? can i firstly say something? me and my family, i can't talk about us. we are sure that there is no... our country is guilty, sure, because terrorism is an international problem so i think no one country is more guilty in such case, so i think it is more the responsibility of our local authority, so the g

sarah rainsford, bbc news, beslan.arting with a failed coup lastjuly. it led to a wave of patriotism and an increase in president erdogan's powers. now, the country is going to the polls in effect to cement that position. turkey will be voting on a series of proposals, including giving the president the power to remove the prime minster, limiting the powers of parliament and introducing 12—year terms for the president. john simpson has been following the campaigns and sent this report from istanbul. chora, in anatolia, mostly agricultural and conservative, it's solid from a man who wants to strengthen his power as their president. cheering mr erdogan knows just how to please them. he used to be a footballer, so he turns up wearing the local team's scarf. he understands how humiliated many turks feel at being cold shouldered by europe and he stirs them up against western countries. applause afterwards, the crowd's still pumped up. "they don't want turkey to be strong", she says. this man says, "the west will have to tre

the survivors group, mothers of beslan, say they will now push for that.eople responsible for their deaths are held to account. sophie long, bbc news. later in the programme, i'll be speaking to the author of a book on the tragedy, and a lawyer from the firm working to secure compensation for families of the victims. this is bbc news at five — the headlines. syria's president assad says reports of a chemical attack in the country are "100% fabrication" and that the syrian army has given up all chemical weapons. the education secretary says she will create a new wave of grammar schools in england — which are open to ordinary working families — and not the privileged few. the european court of human rights rules that russia should have done more to prevent the beslan school siege in 200a. in sport, great britain has won a second medal at the world track cycling championships in hong kong, chris latham taking bronze in the scratch race to eto'o elinor barker's silver in the women's yesterday. chelsea's n'golo kante favourite for this year's pfa player of the

we can talk now to tamerlan agaev via webcam from beslan.an school siege and his whole family were held hostage there.

a woman who lost her daughter in the beslan tragedy speaking to sarah raynsford.olleagues has been jailed for six years. stacey burrows and lucy pygott were killed after being hit by michael casey's car, while warming up for a training run in aldershot, hampshire, last november. casey, 2a, from tottenham, pleaded guilty at winchester crown court earlier. the court heard he was over the drink—drive limit when he went through red lights at a pedestrian crossing near his barracks. a british airways co—pilot who believed he had been poisoned by contaminated cockpit air died from an unintentional overdose of sedatives, a coroner has ruled. richard westgate died in 2012 after moving to the netherlands to seek help from a specialist clinic for his symptoms which he thought were caused by "aerotoxic syndrome," which has been called "pilot's disease." duncan kennedy reports. he was at salisbury coroner's court. the coroner said in the weeks and months leading up to the death of richard westcott, the british airways pilot coming he was suffering from anxiety and depression.

the survivors group, mothers of beslan, say they will now push for that.r their deaths are held to account. sophie long, bbc news. more families have accused the nhs trust at the centre of an investigation into its maternity services for failing to properly investigate the deaths of their babies. the mother of jack burn who died in 2015 said their concerns were dismissed by the shrewsbury and telford hospital trust. the trust says it has learned lessons from all the deaths and is aware that it needs to improve its communication with families. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports from shropshire. kayleigh and colin lost their daughter last april but were forced to fight for justice. pippa died from an infectionjust 30 hours after being born at home. staff at the shrewsbury and telford trust told the family that the death was unavoidable. members from the trust sat here, on this seat, and said that nothing could have been done to save pippa. that wasn't true? no. kayleigh had called the local hospital during the night, concerned about he

there is not one family in beslan who hasn't had been impacted by the terrorism act.ty, became more close to each other, because we had come... come under serious problem. that is why we became very close to each other. of course, it is a huge impact on to our school. heavy rain and strong winds are hitting new zealand's north island, as the tail end of cyclone cook makes landfall. a state of emergency is in place across much of the bay of plenty region, where the storm is coming ashore. meterologists say it is the worst storm to hit the country in nearly 50 years. its approach coincides with high tide, raising concerns of a wave surge. television new zealand's will hine reports. former civil defence controller chuck edwards knows the ropes. we've been tying things down. the very first thing to do was what i started last night, to go right round the property and make sure there's nothing loose that could fly. today is spent preparing, then watching and waiting. probably i'd be enjoying a nice cup of tea and looking out the window at the waves coming in. i believe they

russia should have done more to prevent the beslan

beslan is a town in the south west of russia. it's not far from the chechen border. 2004. chechen rebels took more than 1,000 people hostage at the school. they wanted russian troops to pull out of chechnya. three days later russian security forces stormed the school. by the time the operation was finished, about was finished, over 330 people were dead. many of them children. this is one woman who was taken hostage with her two daughters, one of whom died. translation: at the beginning, i was telling my children and the other kids, don't worry, the authorities will save us. the children started asking, haven't they decided yet? i said, no, it is difficult because they need to rescue us so no one dies. when i came around after the blast, one daughter was sitting by my side. i started to shout, liza, liza. she was lying behind me. she was not moving. when i touched her, ifound there was a hole in her head. i called but she did not get up. i saw her wound but i did not realise that no one could have survived that. all the attackers were killed except one man. he was sen

want them to carry out an objective investigation here, and tell the truth about what happened in beslan. a record number of people who went to a&e departments this winter had to a&e departments this winter had to wait more than four hours when they were admitted. here is our health editor, hugh pym. spring is here, but the nhs will not forget this winter in a hurry, more patients coming in, problems moving them out, and relentless pressure. hospital managers here, like many others, say it could have been even worse. it has been very difficult, the hospital has been functioning most of the time with 100% occupancy, and that has put a huge strain on the services. i think it is important to note this was a mild winter, we have not had a large flu epidemic. despite that, it has been very tough. the latest figures for england show longer waiting times over three months of winter. 135,000 people had to wait longer than four hours to be found a hospital bed for a&e last winter. thatjumped to 196,000 this time. for planned treatment, including routine surgery, 264,000 were waiting more than 18

a survivors group, mothers of beslan, say they will push for that. the people responsible for their deaths are held to account. sophie long, bbc news. a british airways co—pilot who believed he had been poisoned by contaminated cockpit area has died from an overdose of sedatives, the coroner has ruled. our correspondent is at salisbury coroner court for us now. duncan? the coroner said in the weeks and months leading to the death of richard westgate, a british airways pilot, he was suffering from anxiety and depression, but that when he lost his life in a hotel room in amsterdam in 2012 he took some sleeping pills, and he had done so some sleeping pills, and he had done so accidentally. the coroner said he had not intended to take his own life. afterwards, richard westgate's family expressed frustration with this inquest because they see the whole issue captaincy contamination was not addressed and they feel it was not addressed and they feel it was a contributory factor leading up to his death —— the whole issue of cabiinfume to his death —— the who

the european court of human rights has ruled that russia should have done more to prevent the beslan moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll have more response to the interview given by president assad of syria in which he denies being behind last week's chemical attack. we'll have the latest from new zealand's north island where the tail end of cyclone cook makes landfall. meterologists say it is the worst storm to hit the country in nearly 50 years. and two of the oldest known uneaten easter eggs have gone on show at a north yorkshire museum. but what makes the chocolate treats so special? that's all ahead on bbc news now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. our headlines tonight: chris latham lands another medalfor great britain at the world track

a european court has ruled there were serious failings in russia's handling of the beslan school siegedied. we'll hear russia's response. we'll hear from our correspondent in istanbul ahead of the turkish

european court of human rights will rule, it should have done more to prevent the siege at a school in beslansouthern russia in 200a. over 300 people were killed, including 186 children. now it's time for world business report. day of reckoning on wall street. can america's banking giants back their sky—high share prices with sky—high profits? plus, scooter boys beware — why your takeaway food could soon be arriving by robot. i'm aaron heslehurst. welcome to world business report. lots going on. if you give me about eight minutes i will give you a snapshot of all the latest in the world of his ascent of money. —— world of his ascent of money. —— world of his ascent of money. —— world of business. also coming up, more surprises from president trump as he eases trade tensions with china. we start on wall street, where it's a hugely important day for investors. now we know the share prices of banks have soared in the months following president trump's election, led by america's biggest banks, which are up by almost 25%. but in recent weeks doubts have been creeping in, rattling the markets. toda

it said officials knew about the attack in beslan, but failed to act, and that russian forces used excessive rebels stormed the school in 2004, demanding that russian troops pull out of chechnya. the russian government says it will appeal the ruling. we are getting reports of four people having been shot at west lake railway station in atlanta, in the united states. the condition of the victims is unknown. a suspect is in custody and emergency services are at the scene. the station has been temporarily closed. the man who was dragged off a united airlines flight in chicago on sunday has been released from hospital. david dao's lawyer said he suffered concussion, a broken nose and lost two front teeth during his ordeal. dr dao is now considering suing the airline. his daughter crystal pepper said the incident had left the whole family distressed. what happened to my dad should never happen to any human being, regardless of the circumstance. we were horrified, and shocked and sickened, to learn what had happened to him, and to see what had happened to him. we hope that, in the future, nothing

the deaths of more than 300 hostages during a siege at a school seized by chechen separatists in beslanes used tank cannon, grenade launchers and flame—throwers in the southern town. a german judge has authorised the arrest of a 26—year—old iraqi man detained after an attack on a bus carrying players of the borussia dortmund football team. prosecutors said they believed he was a member of islamic state, but prosecutors say they found no evidence that the man was involved in the bomb attack. the italian football club, ac milan, has been sold to a chinese—led consortium bringing to an end the era of ownership by the tycoon and former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi. the purchase is worth more than three—quarters of a billion dollars. the club's fierce city rival, inter milan, was bought last year by a chinese electronics retail group. ok, so picture the moment. you are sitting at dinner with president xi of china, the ruler of the second biggest super power in the world, when dessert arrives. and at that same moment there is a call from the generals to inform you that the bombing

just over 12.5 years ago, chechen militants took more than 1,000 people hostage in a school in beslanman rights is due to rule today on whether the russian government should have done more to prevent the tragedy. jessica gavron is one of the lawyers who argued the case, and shejoins us now from our london studio. thank you very much for your time this morning. such a harrowing sequence this morning. such a harrowing sequence of events. many people will remember it very well. could you just explain to us what is the court will be ruling on today? today the court will be ruling on basically the handling of the siege. it was of course while governments are not responsible for acts of terror, they are responsible for how they conduct themselves in responding to it, and as you have heard, this was an extreme example of a terror attack, with over 1000 people taken hostage. most of those were young children, on the first day of term at their school. and they were held in appalling conditions, and then during the storming there was a use of, you remember, flamethrowers and ta nks of, you reme

over 300 people were killed in the siege in beslan, including 186 children.n rights also argue that the state didn't do enough to protect the hostages and blame the way russian special forces stormed the school for most of the deaths. translation: as a mother, it is terrible to bury your children. translation: as a mother, it is terrible to bury your childrenm shouldn't be this way. have you felt this pain? i can't let anyone else suffer the same way. we have to do everything we can so that nothing like this is ever repeated. if there is no investigation and no one is punished, then there will be more terrorist attacks, more children will die and people will suffer. i can't let that happen. that verdict is due in a few hours' time. we'll bring you full coverage throughout the day here on bbc world news. it's just three days now until turkey votes on whether to boost president erdogan's powers. the constitutional change would scrap the post of prime minister and allow the president to choose ministers, the most seniorjudges and issue decrees. security is one o

the european court of human rights ruled today that russia used excessive force in the beslan school siege of 2004. more than 330 people died in the southern russian city. about half were children. heavily armed islamic militants from checnya stormed the school, triggering a nearly three-day stand-off. russian forces used tanks and grenade launchers to end the siege. moscow vowed to appeal today's finding. back in this country, president trump signed legislation that lets states deny federal funds to planned parenthood. it also includes other groups that provide abortions. the action rescinds an obama-era rule that said states could not block the money. and, wall street followed financial stocks lower today. the dow jones industrial average lost 138 points to close at 20,453. the nasdaq fell 31, and the s&p 500 gave up 16. still to come on the newshour: the international challenges facing the trump administration; changing course, the president's shifting views on domestic policies; the deported, mexico secures its own border, and much more. >> woodruff: the last week has seen signif