the 16—year—old swedish climate activist greta thunberg goes to westminster and tells mps her generation'sure has been stolen. this is an emergency. this is an existential crisis. we must do everything we can to stop it. the first british footballer to lift the european cup, former celtic captain billy mcneill, has died at the age of 79. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, more on the young amateur james cahill who shocked the snooker world, sending ronnie o'sullivan packing from the crucible. good evening from sri lanka, where the first mass funerals have been taking place after easter sunday's suicide attacks on churches and hotels, that has now left 321 people dead. it's been a day of national mourning with three minutes‘ silence observed across the island. the islamic state group claimed responsibility and the country's prime minister conceded that a failure to share intelligence prevented the security services acting on warnings that attacks were being prepared. the bombings were carried out in three areas of the country. churches in the eastern city of batticaloa and the city of

bringing her unique campaign on climate change to westminster — greta thunberg, the 16—year—old swedes time to panic. and coming up on bbc news: captain, leader, legend. tributes are paid to billy mcneill, celtic‘s european cup—winning captain, who's died at the age of 79. good evening. in sri lanka, the first funerals have ta ken place after easter sunday's suicide attacks on churches and hotels, that has now left more than 320 people dead. it's been a day of national mourning, with three minutes‘ silence observed across the island. the authorities have blamed a local islamist group, although the islamic state group has claimed responsibility. the country's prime minister says some of those involved in the plot are still on the run and armed. it's also emerged that the intelligence services may have been warned of an impending attack, which wasn't passed on to ministers. the bombings were carried out in three areas of the country. churches in the eastern city of batticalo and the city of negombo were targeted. and there were explosions at six locations in the capital, colombo, includ

the guardian leads with an image of teenage climate activist greta thunberg, who has hit out at the ukntinued support for fossil fuels and airport expansion, saying such behaviour would be remembered in history as one of the greatest failures of humankind. the metro reports on the environment secretary's admission that the government has done too little to tackle global warming. michael gove told swedish student greta thunberg that her views had been heard after she addressed mps at westminster. similarly, the times features mr gove‘s pledge for tougher measures on climate change. it also covers the news that the islamic state group have admitted responsibility for the easter sunday bombings in sri lanka. theresa may defies ministers and the us over huawei — that's on the front of the telegraph, with the prime minister giving the go ahead for the chinese telecoms giant to supply technology for britain's new 5g network. no room at the palace for trump — the daily mirror reports on the us president's state visit, quoting royal sources who say it won't be possible for the queen to accommo

by using all those tricks, that novelty, with the passion of greta thunberg and her extraordinary ability our own language, aged 16. i think there's new things happening here, the attenborough documentary. you are seeing an awful avalanche of opinion and concern that, frankly, i haven't seen it on this issue in a long time. how do you personally see your role in covering climate change for bbc news? we are constantly looking for new things to say, but within the broader truth of what's happening with the climates. next week, for instance, i'm doing some reporting on soil. most people no idea that soil holds more carbon then there is in the atmosphere. soil holds more carbon than there is in trees. we have to keep looking for new angles and just keep stressing that this is an ongoing problem. roger harrabin, thank you so much. at least 250 people are now known to have died in the horrific bombings in sri lanka last sunday of the attacks and their aftermath have been widely reported on bbc news. but there were some reservations about some of that coverage. like most people, i was appalled b

the swedish teenager greta thunberg democrat has bbc news failed to give the subject sufficient attentionk —— up to now? sufficient attention up to now because neck -- up to now? in the light of the united nations climate report, we only have 12 years to change our lifestyles to avoid climate catastrophe, dare i suggest that bbc news and current feels attitude on the matter is fairly relaxed? attitude on the matter is fairly relaxed ? 0ne attitude on the matter is fairly relaxed ? one might attitude on the matter is fairly relaxed? one might expect that the prospect of imminent climate change would lead to frequent reports about small changes we could make to our lifestyles. ian price there. and sarah cooper echoed that sentiment, writing... and jack lewis agreed... to respond to that charge, i'm joined now from coventry by roger harrah been... thank you for coming under one. the extinction protest, they have a lot of coverage for visit proof the bbc should have been doing much more about climate change before? i am an environment correspondence, so before? i am an environment corresponde

politicians are queuing up to be seen with greta thunberg. they all say they share her concerns., bbc news, westminster. a 57—year—old woman has been arrested under the terrorism act in connection with the murder of thejournalist, lyra mckee, in northern ireland. she was shot while observing rioting in londonderry on thursday night. the dissident irish republican group, the new ira, has admitted it was behind her killing. in a statement, it offered what it said were "full and sincere apologies" to lyra mckee's family and friends. our ireland correspondent chris page, in londonderry told us about the reaction to the apology. a number of lyra mckee's friends quickly and very publicly dismissed it, branded as cynical, christ, as offensive. they said that paramilitary organisation should not beissued paramilitary organisation should not be issued waiting —— issuing state m e nts be issued waiting —— issuing statements of apology. they should be dismounting. the new ira is thought to be the most active of the dissident republican groups are opposed to the priests —— piece. although th

and this evening, "we love you" was the chance for the 16—year—old swedish activist greta thunberg whold. we are the ones making a difference. it shouldn't be like that but since no one else is doing anything, we will have to do so. as night fell, police moved in to remove the last of the glued—down protesters from waterloo bridge. with a debate now within the movement about whether such tactics should continue, demonstrators will hold a public meeting tomorrow to discuss their next move. police in west yorkshire have arrested three men in connection with fires burning on ilkley moor. more than 70 firefighters and a helicopter have been battling a large fire covering around 25,000 square metres. don't forget, you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm mark edwarsonian and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: he's a genie in a bottle. liverpool back on top as georginio winaldum helps the reds negotiate a tricky test in cardiff. the party is on as paok seal a first

the teenage activist greta thunberg has addressed thousands of protesters at the climate change demonstationslondon. ukraine's president poroshenko has conceded defeat to his rival volodymyr zelensky, who has won the election run—off with more than 70% of the vote. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewersjohn rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent and the sun's chief sports reporter martin lipton — stay with us for that. good evening. at least 200 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a series of bomb attacks in sri lanka. 5 britons are believed to be among the dead. the explosions were targeted at churches during easter services and some luxury hotels. the attacks took place in the capital colombo in nagombo and batticaloa on the east coast. one of the first places to be targeted in colombo was st anthony's shrine — a very popular site for worshippers. three of the city's major hotels were also hit — the kingsbury, the shangri la and the cinnamon grand, followed by two further explosions on the outskirts of colombo. eight peopl

police say they have made 1000 arrests since their demonstrations began last week, but greta thunberg and i think that can definitely make a difference. it could change peoples minds, make people become more aware of the situation that we're shipping this an as an emergency, an existential crisis and we must do everything we can to stop it. the leaders of labour, the snp, lib dems and green party heard what greta had to say today. her message to them, don'tjust listen to me, listen to the science and the scientists. a conservative mp has been sentenced to a community order of 50 hours unpaid work and a fine of £1,500 at southwark crown court. chris davies had earlier admitted two charges of making a false expenses claim — one charge of providing false or misleading information for allowances claims, and one of attempting to do so. disposable nappies are relatively cheap and sold in their billions, but they're hard to recycle and one of the biggest sources of waste. but now engineers in italy have found ways of recovering the plastic and other materials from inside such nappies them, t

amy: going from them and from the seychelles president to , thear-old greta thunberg, swedish climatectivist who has inspired this global student strike. she was speaking just a few weeks ago for a call for more action on climate. generation has failed tackling the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced. when we say to them that we are worried about the future of our onilization, they just had her head saying everything will be fine, don't worry. worry.should we should panic and by panic, i don't mean running around screaming. i panic i mean stepping out of our comfort zones. amy: that is greta thunberg speaking of berlin was you first alone for three weeks and front of the swedish parliament and mps were telling her to go to school. she said, we have done our homework. and that is why i'm here. >> she is an amazing force. her basic point is if governments cannot be bothered to prepare the world for climate change, it is a little rich to demand that i sit in school preparing myself for the future. it is a message that is amplified and resonated. there were millions of schoolchildren o

injune, and maybe the state banquet might even be worth it, so long as he is forced to sit next to greta thunbergt this, if he has greta on one side and david attenborough on the other? that would be three hours well spent. but the truth is, mr speaker, that it will all be a giant waste of taxpayer money, because the us congress will never agree to a trade deal unless we have a solution for the irish border that will actually work. and this government simply doesn't have one. mr speaker, you know, it's just two short years ago that the right honourable lady said of donald trump, "we should welcome the american president. we have to work with him." i just wonder whether something has changed about the us administration, or whether something has changed about her own leadership ambitions to alter her words in this way now? emily thornberry said the firstjob of government was to keep its citizens safe. so if the government is serious about putting the country first, the whole of our country, will the minister for the cabinet office accept that that means finally getting serious about the cross party

the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg has addressed climate change protestors in london.est leaders have offered to consider pausing their action if the british government agrees to discuss their demands. jon donnison reports. for a seventh day, climate change protesters were making noise on the streets of london. some dressed for the weather, others not so much. the people that are standing here today and that have been here for the last seven days, have been amazing, and without people standing up and speaking up louder and shouting, no one will listen. on waterloo bridge, there were more arrests, after demonstrators glued or locked themselves together to block the road. but around lunchtime, as protests continued, came news of a shift. in a leaked e—mail sent to demonstrators, one organiser said it was perhaps time for a pause. and a transition from mass disruption to negotiations with politicians. but this evolving movement has no real leaders and the message that it's time for a pause is by no means felt by everyone. we've spoken to one organiser here who says that d

swedish teenager greta thunberg who inspired the school climate strikes movement, met mps and party leaders protest group extinction rebellion, continued its climate change demonstrations. activists took over part of the natural history museum at the weekend with around 100 of them lying down under the blue whale skeleton. more than 1,000 people have been arrested since the protests began in central london a week ago. the former labour leader ed miliband was asking an urgent question about the situation but the speaker began the session by welcoming greta to the public gallery. i hope on behalf of all colleagues across the house to welcome greta thunberg who is with us today, enthusiastic and dedicated environmental campaigner. applause i think across the house we all believe in encouraging young people to stand up and speak up and say what they think and make their concerns known. so it was a pleasure for me amongst other colleagues to welcome greta this morning, greta, it was a pleasure to meet you and i hope you enjoy listening to the exchanges. the question is not why act, but how fast

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greta thunberg, who is with us today in the public gallery, said this: "i want you to act as you would fire because it is." mr speaker, she is right. if we do not act, people will say in the future, you knew the facts but you did not care enough. we will be known as the generation with the knowledge of what was to come but without the will or imagination to prevent it. we will be condemned and rightly so. the right response to rebellion in our streets is to produce a revolution with climate leadership and the time for action is now. he asked me about declaring a climate emergency. the thing is, mr speaker, i don't know what that would entail. i could stand here and say, i believe there is a climate emergency. he could say that. many of our local councils have done so, including my own council in wiltshire. the question is, what are you going to do about it? it's the easiest thing in the world for a politician to stand up and say, i'm going to do this, i'm going to set these targets knowing that i will be dead and buried before those targets have to be met. the minister says that she do

politicians are queuing up to be seen with greta thunberg. they all say they share her concerns.ws, westminster. the headlines on bbc news. mass funerals take place for the victims of the bomb attacks in sri lanka, as the death toll rises to 321. it's confirmed that us president donald trump will make a three—day state visit to the uk injune. change uk — the pro—remain party which backs another brexit referendum — launches its european election campaign. sport centre, here's sarah. good evening.. we've two games under way in the premier league this evening — tottenham are at brighton and watford hosting southampton. just over a half hour gone in both — and shane long scored the fastest goal in premier league history for the saints in that game — just seven seconds after kick off — he found the net. they lead one nil at the moment. in the other game — it's goalless — a win for spurs would consolidate their place in third. brighton were three points above the relegation zone at start of play, as they try to fend off cardiff who are in the bottom three. england winger, callum hudson

and the other top story in the uk: 16—year—old swedish climate activist greta thunberg goes tells ——er generation's future has been stolen appealing for more action on climate change. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. sri lanka is still reeling from sunday's attacks, but how will its crucial tourism industry he affected 7 crucial tourism industry he affected? and crucial tourism industry he affected 7 and we crucial tourism industry he affected? and we look at boeing, whose reputation has been tarnished after two recent fatal crashes. what impact is it having on its bottom line? good morning, and welcome to asia business report, live from singapore, with me mariko oi. let's begin with sri lanka, whether country is still in shock after the bomb blast struck and hotels on easter sunday. several countries including the uk and us have issued travel warnings for its citizens going there. there is increasing fear about the impact on the country's tourism industry, which is a key moneymaker for the economy, contributing just under 5% to the country's gdp, around 4

the 16-year-old activist greta thunberg spoke at a place in rome. the group extinction rebellion tried to disrupt london's airport and greenpeace blocked the paris headquarters of a french bank. hundreds of thousands of antigovernment protesters have parlayed in algiers. they succeeded in ousting bundesliga earlier this month. now demonstrators are demanding further reforms and complete change in the country's leadership. hundreds of protesters in sudan's capital havave taken pat in friday prayers as they continue their sit in outside the defense ministry. demonstrators are pressuring the government counsel to hand over power to civilians. months of protest helped to depose the former president last week. now to northern ireland where the people of londonderry have been removed bring a 29-year-old woman shot dead during an overnight riot. police identified her as journalist lyra mckee. cities -- citizens of the town have held a vigil. her death is being treated as terrorism. the new ira are t the new suspspects. police searched a local house. she wa

on sunday, 16-year-old swedish climate activist greta thunberg joined the protests. >> we are now facing an existential crisisis, , the clie crisis and ecological crisis, which have nevever been treateds crisis before. they have been ignored for decacas. way too long, the politicians and the people in power have gotten away with not doing anynything at all to fight andclimate crisis ecological crisis, but we will make sure they will not get away with it any longer. amy: last week she was welcomed to the vatican by pope francis or she urged the pontiff to join her international climate strike. back in the unit states, the fbi has arrested the head d of a vigilante militia group that has repeatedly filmed itself holding migrant border-crossers at gunpoint in new mexico. 69-year-old larry mitchell hopkins is the leader of the far-right, pro-trump group calling itself united constitutional patriots, which the aclu described a as an "armd fascist militia a organization." his arrerest saturday on f fires charges s comes 12 years a aftee was arrested in n oregon for unlawfully imperersonating a

and in britain, 16-year-old swedish climate activist greta thunberg called out u.k. lawmakers tuesday for failing to act in time to avert catastrophic climate change. thunberg was speaking to a group of members of parliament from the house of commons. prime minister theresa may was invited but declined to attend. >> probably don't even have a future anymore because that future -- a small number people could make unimaginable amounts of money. every timeen from us hehe said the sky was the limit and you only live once. amy: greta thunberg's appearance at the house of commons came as climate activists with extinction rebellion continued a nonviolent civil disobedience campaign. this is zuhura plummer, a climate activist who locked herself to a truck at london's marble arch landmark, with one hand bound inside a tube labeled "greta." this is the spot she spoke from yesterday. i am doing this because i believe i literally have no other choice. i have worked for climate change for 16 years. i will sit here until i am arrested because i don't think we have any other way of

greta thunberg, who addressed a crowd of anti—climate change protestors in london on sunday, hopes toold bbc radio 4's today programme, that people need to start panicking about the crisis facing the planet. you said something very striking the other day. you said we needed to panic, we can't just other day. you said we needed to panic, we can'tjust have a polite conversation about this any day. what did you mean? conversation about this any day. what did you mean7|j conversation about this any day. what did you mean? i mean, by panic imean what did you mean? i mean, by panic i mean that we step out of our comfort zones and we realise what is actually going on. and so i say, if your house is on fire and you want to keep your house from burning to the ground than that does require some level of panic. you don't sit talking about insurance claims or rebuilding, renovations, then you do everything you can to put out the fire. within the next few hours, it's expected that donald trump will confirm that he's to make a state visit to the uk. the president was promised the visit by theresa m

the swedish teenage enviromental activist greta thunberg urges politicians to listen to scientists whencomes to the impacts of climate change. this is an emergency, this is an existential crisis, and we must do everything we can to stop it. a smile fit for a prince — these pictures have been released of prince louis, as he celebrates his first birthday. and in sport, chelsea move back into the top four in the premier league as they're held to a two all draw against burnley at stamford bridge. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. mass funerals have begun in sri lanka for victims of the suicide bomb attacks on easter day. more than 300 people are now known to have died, and a silence has been observed across the country. eight british nationals are among those killed in a series of coordinated attacks on churches and hotels. my colleague sharanjit leyl is in colombo. sri lanka is holding a national day of mourning today after the easter sunday blasts across the country killed more than 300 people and injured over 500. mass funerals have already taken place today, some 30 coff

an swedish teenager greta thunberg begins her climate change campaign. rings it to westminster, telling the uk government is time to panic over climate change. hello, i'm katty kay in washington. matthew price is in washington for us. —— london for us. there were specific threats to churches on the hours before easter sunday. the country's prime minister today said intelligence was passed on by indian officials and it was possible another team of attackers is still at large. funerals have been held for some of the 321 people killed. suicide bombers hit three luxury hotels with foreign tourists and to churches. clive my reports 110w and to churches. clive my reports now from colombo. white banners and streamers today greet those entering negombo. in the afternoon breeze, they dance, as if heralding a fete or celebration. but in sri lanka, white signifies death. a meditation on the life of christ and remembrance of the dead. in this house, open caskets house four members of one family, murdered as they prayed on easter sunday — a mother, two girls, and a b

police say they have made 1,000 arrests since their demonstrations began last week, but greta thunbergs of labour, the snp, lib dems and green party heard what greta had to say today. her message to them — "don'tjust listen to me, listen to the science, listen to the scientists." sarah walton, bbc news. new photographs of prince louis have been released to mark his first birthday today. the youngest child of the duke and duchess of cambridge is seen playing in the garden of the family's home, on the sandringham estate in norfolk. the duchess took the pictures herself earlier this month. time for a look at the weather. ben rich. thank you very much. good evening. if you were up early enough this morning, you might have seen an impressive sunrise we've got some sarin dust wafting up from the south. that could give quite a spectacular sunset for some of us tonight as well but it's not only just wafting up from the south, cloud and that cloud is increasingly going to be bringing some showers down towards the southwest as we go through tonight. some low cloud developing for eastern scotland

the teenage environmental activist greta thunberg has met the pope. she brought her campaign to tackle climate change to the vatican today. the 16-year-old who has inspired weekly student protests against global warming spoke briefly with pope francis. we understand the pope urged her to continue doing what she is doing. now to france, in the country's struggle to move forward after monday's devastating fire at notre dame. earlier today, president macron convened a special cabinet meeting to discuss storing the cathedral within, as you may know, five years. france also plans to hold an architectural contest to design and new spire for the church. but emotions across the country remain high. people are still thinking about what they lost this evening. the nation paused to pay tribute to thehe damaged church. reporter: 6:5050 p.m., the time when the fire broke out at notre dame on monday. bells of commemoration in paris, in leon, in strasburg, and in saint-denis. the country took a moment to pause. the shock still lingers. bubut there is also sosome mea

lots of people will say greta thunberg is one of them, we need to fear and we need to panic because ofe done is reinforce the view in the minds of people who agreed with them, push people away who didn't agree with them anyway? do you think their action has converted anybody to the cause? i think it's not about conversion, it's about awareness and they have certainly, their actions had been all across the media and here in scotland, people have been talking about what was going on in london and i think it really has brought awareness to people that might not have had as much awareness but you know, it's been a real team effort. you had protesters, school strikers, david attenborough and i think it's so important not to listen to these voices. sol think it's so important not to listen to these voices. so i think they've done a really, really good job of making sure it's on the agenda and that people are talking about it so i think that's been a real success of the campaign. thank you both very much for your time. multi—level marketing. you might not have heard the term before, but you m

using all those tricks, novelty, with the passion of greta thunberg and her extraordinary ability toonally see your role in covering climate change for bbc news? we are constantly looking for new things to say, but within the broader truth of what's happening with the climates. next week, for instance, i'm doing some reporting on soil. most people no idea that soil holds more carbon then there is in the atmosphere. soil holds more carbon than there is in trees. we have to keep looking for new angles and just keep stressing that this is an ongoing problem. roger harrabin, thank you so much. at least 250 people are now known to have died in the horrific bombings in sri lanka last sunday of the attacks and their aftermath have been widely reported on bbc news. but there were some reservations about some of that coverage. like most people, i was appalled by the acts of terrorism on easter sunday in sri lanka and the devastating loss of life. the close—up camera shots of women screaming for their children and grandchildren, the raw and visceral emotion was deeply unsettling, and ifelt i w

teen climate activist greta thunberg addressed protesters in london on sunday.ion rebellion movement, which has blocked key routes throughout the city, offered to pause their string of peaceful protests. the 16—year swede told the crowd the world has to wake up. we are now facing an existential crisis. a climate crisis and ecological crisis, which have never been treated as crises before. they have been ignored for decades, and for way too long the politicians and the people in power have gotten away with not doing anything at all to fight the climate crisis and ecological crisis. but we will make sure that they will not get away with it any longer. in other news: a landslide in southwestern colombia has killed at least 14 people. at least five others were injured as houses were buried by mud. rescue operations are continuing in the rural rosas municipality. the slide was triggered after days of torrential rains in the region. the leaders of protests in sudan that led to the ousting of president omar al bashir say they have suspended talks and cooperation with t

swedish climate activist greta thunberg on a mission to rome to inspire politicians and people of allll ages. trans- maci say she is to inspire politicians and people of all ages. trans- mac i say she is a young girl of our rage was already fighting for the future. this is somebody —— something really special. we are happy ritter is here to speak about these things. she could help us change the world. greta's remarkable rise to prominence began last summer. her school's strike climate gaining support in sweden and across the world. students in more than 40 countries have joined the call for action. while she has taken her uncompromising of an emotional message to the un, world leaders and most recently the pope. now, it's the turn of italy's senators. you lied to us. you gave us false hope. you told us that the future was something to look forward to. we children are doing this to wake the adults up. we children are doing this to get you to act. we children are doing this because we want our hopes and dreams back. thank you. her tough talking approach may have w011 her tough talking a

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in rome the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg addressed a packed rally.to the young. and in london the oscar—winning actor emma thompson joined a mass protest in a show of solidarity. hundreds of police officers closed in on protesters as demonstrations entered a fifth day. sangita myska reports. following five days of disruption, the police began the work of removing the pink boat, the rallying point for climate change protesters in the heart of the uk's busiest shopping district, oxford circus. earlier today, 1000 police officers had poured onto london's streets, drafted in to end the climate change protests that had brought parts of the capital to a standstill. the home secretary says he expects the police to use the full force of the law to end that disruption. it's certainly different from the sort of protest we're used to and we are an organisation that learns and we will debrief this operation once it is finished and we will learn what works and what didn't work, so if groups choose to take this approach again in future, we will be better placed to

protesters in london have been hearing from the 16—year—old swedish activist greta thunberg, who gainedlimate change. she told the crowd that the world is facing an existential crisis. we are now facing an existential crisis. a climate crisis, an ecological crisis. which has never been treated as a crisis before. they have been ignored for decades. and for way too long, the politicians and the people in power have gotte n politicians and the people in power have gotten away with not doing anything at all to fight the climate crisis and the ecological crisis, but we will make sure that they will not get away with it any longer. applause. now the sport round—up with damian johnson. liverpool have gone back to the top of the english premier league — thanks to a 2—0 win away at cardiff. the result sees them go two points ahead of manchester city, though they have played a game more. they took the lead in the second half thanks to giorginio wijnaldum. his strike from a corner easing the pressure onjurgen klopp's side. james milner‘s penalty sealed the win for liverpool. cardiff miss the chan

in rome, the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg claimed adults had given ‘false hope' to the youngmpson joined protestors in the capital. sangita myska has more. following five days of disruption, this afternoon the police finally began the work of removing the pink boat. it had become a rallying point for climate change protesters in the very heart of the uk's busiest shopping district, oxford circus. the day had started with police pouring onto london's streets, drafted in to end the climate change protests that had brought parts of the capital to a standstill. the home secretary had said he expected the police to use the full force of the law. it's certainly different from the sort of protest we're used to and, of course, we are an organisation that learns, and we will debrief this operation once it's finished, and we will learn what works and what didn't work, so if groups choose to take this approach again in future, we will be better placed to deal with it more swiftly, i think. at waterloo bridge, a stone's throw from parliament, it's a game of cat and mouse. campaigners are

the swedish teenage climate change activist, 16—year old greta thunberg, has urged british politicianspected to meet party leaders later today. she told nick robinson from bbc radio a's today programme that she did not expect to change their minds single—handedly, saying: "we need to do that together." greta, you're going to be meeting political leaders from all parties. do you think you can change their minds? no. i mean, not me, not only me. but i, together with this school strike movement and everyone else can definitely do it. i maybe speak on the behalf of them, but i alone won't change them, but we need to do that together. and yet, in just a few months, you have gone from being a solitary swedish schoolgirl, sitting outside parliament, to what feels like a global movement. yes. i started school striking in august, the end of august, and since then i have school striked every friday. and this movement has become huge. it has escalated these last couple of months and, i mean, it's so big it's like over1 million students, 1.6 million students, having school strikes for the climate.

hundreds of people gathered here at marble arch to hear from the 16—year—old swedish activist greta thunbergpoliticians were simply not doing enough to tackle climate change. that prompted protests and many other countries including here in the uk where school pupils decided to walk out of class for the day to protest about climate change. she has become a leader and she was greeted like a by people here who started chanting, we love you, as she began her speech. as she told the crowd gathered here, the planet was facing an existential crisis. humanity is now standing at a crossroads. we must decide what path we want to take. how do we want the future living conditions for all species to be like? we have gathered here today and in many other places around london and across the world. we have gathered today because we have chosen which path we want to ta ke have chosen which path we want to take and now we are waiting for the others to follow our example. applause. we are the ones making a difference. we are the ones making a difference. we the people in the extinction rebellion and the child

greta thunberg's protest outside the swedish parliament calling for action on climate change is creditednce. it shouldn't be like that but since no—one else is doing anything, we will have to do so. she was undoubtedly preaching to the converted. i think she's right. yeah, that's really all that i want to say, but she is right and people need to listen to her. she's going to be very welcome here, isn't she, because she is one of the first people who spoke out and drew attention to all of this. i wish that at 16 i would have had the guts to do what she's doing now. but police say the disruption has been unacceptable. hundreds of people have been arrested. the protests are now entering their second week but there is some discussion about the best way in which they should be taken forward with many people having differing views. activists will meet today to consider whether direct action should be paused in favour of dialogue with politicians. as waterloo bridge reopens, the direction of travel is far from clear. simon jones, bbc news. hundreds of holiday—makers in county down, northern ire