prove ten other families of victims refused invitations to meet karen bradley this morning.st but that is a very difficult task. thank you. our top story this lunchtime. the pilot whose plane crashed at shoreham airshow, killing 11 people, has been cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence. and still to come... celebrations around the world for international women's day. coming up on bbc news. no place in the australia quad for cricketers steve smith and david warner, even though they'll be eligible to play when their ball tampering bans come to an end. america's new commercial spacecraft, spacex dragon, has successfully undocked from the international space station and is now returning to earth. it's due to splash down in the atlantic ocean within the next hour. if the mission is a success, nasa will allow the craft to carry astronauts later this year. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has the latest. we have motion. you see dragon physically separating from the international space station, 132. the dragon capsule separates from the international space station and he

after calls for her to resign, today, karen bradley said sorry.mean to say... it's not what i think, it's not what i mean. so i said something wrong and i have apologised. her comments could hardly have come at a more delicate time. next week, british army veterans will be told whether they will face prosecution for the deaths of 13 civilians on bloody sunday. for families of victims and some politicians in northern ireland, her apology is not enough. she says that the man who shot my daddy 14 times done that in a dignified and appropriate way. and for somebody to say that, she needs to resign. she needs to resign. this is not the first time karen bradley has slipped up over the complexities of northern ireland. she still has the backing of theresa may, but gaining the confidence of people here — a place still healing its own divisions — will be a much harder task. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. you can read more about that online. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @benmbland. now on bbc news — sport today. from the bbc sport centre this is sport

karen bradley.y the security forces during the troubles were "not crimes". karen bradley had been responding to questions about legacy issues, with the dup‘s emma little—pengelly suggesting there had been too few prosecutions. very few prosecutions and investigations are under way. innocent victims are being left behind with thousands of unsolved cases. when is the secretary of state going to address this issue and put in place a mechanism to investigate the over 90% of acts of terrorism that caused those murders during the troubles? mr speaker, the honourable lady sets out the figures very powerfully. over 90% of the killings during the troubles where the hands of terrorists, every single one of those was a crime. the fewer than 10% that were at the hands of the military and police were not crimes. they were people acting under orders and under instruction and fulfilling their duties in a dignified and appropriate way. and i look forward to working with her more to ensure that we can deliver the mu

the northern ireland secretary karen bradley is facing calls to resign after telling mps that deaths at the hands of soldiers and police during the troubles were not crimes. her comments were criticised by sinn fein and other parties. ms bradley later returned to the commons to clarify her position, saying evidence of wrongdoing should always be investigated. two conservative councillors have resigned from the party after being accused of sharing or liking islamaphobic posts on social media. len milner and chris smith are both members of east staffordshire council and had liked an image on facebook depicting a mock—beheading of the london mayor, the labour politician sadiq khan. mr milner said he had been cleared of wrongdoing by the council but had resigned from the party to avoid upset. illegal immigration along the southern border of the usa reached an 11—year high last month with more than 76,000 people arrested, despite an increasingly tough approach by the trump administration. the majority of these people

karen bradley speaking short time ago.rmer northern irishjustic minister and former leader of the alliance party. good to speak to you again this evening. can you try to explain why these remarks come at a particularly sensitive time in northern ireland? the secretary of state has not acknowledged how insensitive her remarks are. in particular, there is an ongoing inquest involving ten deaths in belfast in 1971 which is suddenly on the face of the evidence presented so far, suggesting at least a large number was unlawfully killed by members of the parachute regimen for some real snow the pps —— regiment. we also know... parish shooters involved in the blood he sent a march and killings a few months later. it is particularly sensitive for those two groups of relatives. at any time, it's sensitive to any relative who lost their loved one at the hands of the security forces in questionable or circumstances which it is clearly love one is innocent. back to 2017, investigating northern ireland's past, new bodies addressing the

but first, the case of the northern ireland secretary karen bradley, who's also been saying sorry.o emma vardy in belfast. what has she been apologising for? yesterday in the house of commons, karen bradley said that killings by security services during the troubles in northern ireland were not crimes, that they were by people carrying out their duty in a dignified way. now this is such a contentious issue in northern ireland, not least because there are a number of unresolved investigations at the moment, looking at the deaths of unarmed civilians attributed to police and the british army. just next week, former british army soldiers are due to find out whether they will face prosecution for their involvement in bloody sunday in which 14 civilians we re bloody sunday in which 14 civilians were killed. she has faced a lot of criticism for this and today karen bradley has issued a sincere apology, saying she is profoundly sorry that her words were wrong but it is not the first time she has slipped up and she will have work to do to regain the confidence of people in northern ireland

after calls for her to resign, today, karen bradley said sorry.not mean to say... it's not what i think, it's not what i mean. so i said something wrong and i apologised. so i said something wrong and i have apologised. her comments could hardly have come at a more delicate time. next week, british army veterans will be told whether they will face prosecution for the deaths of 13 civilians on bloody sunday. for families of victims and some politicians in northern ireland, her apology is not enough. she says that the man who shot my daddy 1a times done that in a dignified and appropriate way. and for somebody to say that, she needs to resign. she needs to resign. this is not the first time karen bradley has slipped up over the complexities of northern ireland. she still has the backing of theresa may, but gaining the confidence of people here — a place still healing its own divisions — will be a much harder task. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. meanwhile the work and pensions secretary amber rudd, has also had to apologise, after referring to labour

the amber rudd one, on karen bradley.y are decisions imminent which have nothing to do with the government but if they come out against prosecuting these soldiers, and whether that is unfair, that is the risk of you commenting in advance of those things but also she has admitted she did not understand how important the background, i whether you are from a nationalist oi’ whether you are from a nationalist or loyalist background your voting pattern was. it is not helping her image as a minister in control of events. ultimately, the role of the secretary of state is to be an honest broker and respected. the fa ct honest broker and respected. the fact that she does not seem to be a ci’oss fact that she does not seem to be a cross certain things, and did not seem to understand, even in her apology, that she has upset people but the bigger problem is because it is not clear that she holds any trust in the nationalist community is that there is no trust she can do herjob and is that there is no trust she can do her job and ambe

after calls for her to resign, today, karen bradley said sorry. that way. or at all. i did not mean to say... it's not what i think, it's not what i mean. so i said something wrong and i apologised. her comments could hardly have come at a more delicate time. next week, british army veterans will be told whether they will face prosecution for the deaths of 13 civilians on bloody sunday. for families of victims and some politicians in northern ireland, her apology is not enough. she says that the man who shot my daddy 14 times done that in a dignified and appropriate way. and for somebody to say that, she needs to resign. she needs to resign. this is not the first time karen bradley has slipped up over the complexities of northern ireland. she still has the backing of theresa may, but gaining the confidence of people here — a place still healing its own divisions — will be a much harder task. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. meanwhile, the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, has also had to apologise, after referring to labour's diane abbott as

the northern ireland secretary karen bradley has been criticised for not giving parliament enough timen ireland's executive and assembly have been suspended for two years, leaving westminster to pass its budget. the dup complained about the lack of scrutiny of spending decisions. at which point will the secretary of state accept that this is an entirely unsustainable decision, as outlined, there is no scrutiny in this process. i don't believe that anywhere in a democracy or the western democratic world, such a process would take place completely behind closed doors, in terms of what bids are being put forward and what bids are being accepted. she said the government should impose a direct rule, not because it was desirable, but because it was necessary. karen bradley said the bill needed to be fast tracked at westminster, so that civil servants in belfast could authorise spending. we are in a very unsatisfactory position, and i would rather we were not doing this this way. but in order to ensure that public service can continue to be delivered and in order to ensure that public servant

the northern ireland secretary karen bradley has described a meeting with the families of some victimsontroversial remarks she had made about the troubles. in the house of commons two days ago she said that deaths caused by security forces in northern ireland were "not crimes". the sister of a man who was shot dead by the army, has called for her to quit. their murders were not conducted in a appropriate manner, nor were they dignified. they were murders and they should be investigated as such. and the secretary of state for northern ireland, karen bradley, has a duty to ensure that those investigations take place. so what the families this morning told her is that we have no confidence in her and we believe her position is completely and utterly untenable and we have asked her to resign. the government is giving diplomatic protection to the british iranian woman — nazanin zagari ratcliffe — as a way of helping secure her release from prison in iran. it means her case will now be treated as a formal, legal dispute between the uk and iran. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says it's an i

karen bradley apologised the next day.hought in fact that we we re well, we thought in fact that we were under attack. and we remain convinced of that until the end of our days. william mckinney‘s brother was with him at the march. he spoke to the bbc earlier, here‘s what he remembers of that day. i made my way down roswell street, this is just minutes before the gas was fired underjohnson and william street. i was standing at the end of the park, where i heard about the shooting of two people on william street. i crossed over and met my friend and my wife, and herfriend. and because we were effectively gassed, one of them suggested that we make our way to my aunt‘s house, which was just yards beyond the corner. and just as we made our way, everything just went crazy. people we re everything just went crazy. people were running around from the alley, roaring and screaming. i have no memory at this stage, i remember hearing shots fired. but i seen people running and screaming, and i wasn‘t told two years after... i told him

the northern ireland secretary, karen bradley, is facing renewed calls to resign after she apologisedgesting in the commons that deaths caused by soldiers and police during the troubles were not crimes. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 7 — beyond 100 days will be talking to the brother of us presidential candidate bernie sanders — about his chances of being elected in 2020. after 8 we'll speak to a leading campaigner against knife crime who lost her son in a stabbing. and at 10.40 and 11.30, we'll take a first look at tomorrow morning's front pages in the papers — joining me tonight are rachel cunliffe, comment & features editor at city am, and stephen bush, political editor of the new statesman. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton. coming up on tonight's programme: into the business end of the europa league we go — can arsenal take their place in the last eight? we look back at the controversial penalty that helped put

karen bradley had been responding to questions in the commons about legacy issues, with the dup suggestingnd investigations are under way. innocent victims are being left behind with thousands of unsolved cases. when is the secretary of state going to address this issue and put in place a mechanism to investigate the over 90% of acts of terrorism that caused those murders and injuries? mr speaker, the honourable lady sets out the figures very, very powerfully. over 90% of the killings during the troubles were at the hands of terrorists. every single one of those was a crime. the fewer than 10% that were at the hands of the military and police were not crimes. they were people acting under orders and under instruction and fulfilling their duties in a dignified and appropriate way. i look forward to working with her more to ensure that we can deliver the much—needed reforms and changes that we all want to see. later, ms bradley said those comments "might have been open to misinterpretation." the point i was seeking to convey was that the overwhelming majority of those who served carried out

the northern ireland secretary, karen bradley, is facing calls to resign after telling mps that deathst crimes. her comments were criticised by sinn fein and other parties. ms bradley later returned to the commons to clarify her position — saying evidence of wrongdoing should always be investigated. let's talk about tonight's football. manchester united have reached the quarterfinals of the champions league, in a remarkable comeback against paris saint germain. united were trailing by two goals, after the first leg. but they beat the french champions 3—1 tonight, with a controversial late penalty. andy swiss reports. it wasn't quite mission impossible, but it was close. 2—0 down after the first leg, beset by injuries, surely manchester united had no way back? so how about this, then? an early mistake from paris saint—germain, and romelu lukaku suddenly made things very interesting indeed. was the comeback on? well, only briefly, it seemed, as psg hit back. juan bernat restoring the cushion. but then another blunder. butter fingers from buffon and lukaku made him pay. it was crazy, chao

though this was not my intention, it was deeply insensitive to many of those who lost loved ones, karen bradleyf london sadiq khan, and eight police and crime commissioners from england and wales say the way pupils excluded from school are dealt with is contributing to knife crime. they've written a letter to theresa may calling for pupil exclusions to be more tightly regulated. the government said permanent exclusions should be a "last resort". frankie mccamley reports. dance class for pupils in this college. all have struggled with mainstream school, some were excluded. it's not getting in the way of their high aspirations but today the prime minister is being warned a broken system support for troubled youngsters is at the heart ofa troubled youngsters is at the heart of a rise in violent crime, something sandra disagrees with. there's people who do it for the sake of doing it, then there's people who do it for protection. everyone has their own motives and reasons so you can never actually label a person for the reason why they carry a knife. despite losing a friend to knife crime, she want

labour wanted to know why the northern ireland secretary karen bradley had acted to suspend the extensionaugust. she was accused of having become "part of the problem" rather than the solution. she‘s given up on bringing the parties together. nobody in northern ireland, none of the political parties say to me that they believe she‘s been sincere or energetic in her determination to get the parties together, to get the stormont assembly back up and running. i will quote the honourable member for belfast north in the house magazine who said "the basic policy approach has been flawed "in the sense that she just decided northern ireland "to just stand still. "leave it to the civil servants. "in fact, that is a glaring failure on her part". there are only three options before the legislation expires next week. the first is an assembly election, a costly exercise which would be highly unlikely to change the political dynamics. the second is an alternative approach to decision—making in northern ireland such as a direct rule — something which i do not believe is in the interest of people of nort

the northern ireland secretary, karen bradley, is under more pressure to resign, after saying in thees. she met relatives of some of those killed by the security forces, who say they have no confidence in her. relatives of some other victims refused to meet her at all. tens of thousands of algerians have taken to the streets of the capital city, algiers, today, protesting against the president, abdelaziz bouteflika. it follows his decision to seek a fifth term in office, despite being in his 805 and having suffered a stroke in 2013. state television said tonight there have been nearly 200 arrests. a headteacher has told the bbc how she's had to scrub the toilets, clean the school, and work in the canteen, because of a lack of funds. she spoke out as thousands of headteachers across england warned in a letter to parents of a funding crisis. the government says school funding for england is at its highest ever level. our education correspondent frankie mccamley reports. that'sjust main meal deal, yeah? thank you very much. thank you. you'd be forgiven for thinking this is like any othe

the northern ireland secretary, karen bradley, is under more pressure to resign, after saying in the during the troubles were not crimes. she met relatives of some of those killed by the security forces, who say they have no confidence in her. relatives of some other victims refused to meet her at all. this is bbc news, the headlines: it's been confirmed that the child of shamima begum, a british teenager who joined the islamic state group, has died in a detention camp. let's get more on that story. earlier, i spoke to kirsty mcneill. she is executive director of policy, advocacy and campaigns at save the children uk. i asked her what the situation was like in the camps. we've had 84 confirmed deaths in the camp so far, two thirds of which have been children underfive, so unfortunately, this latest tragic incident is one of many. so children in the camp need access to tents, they need access to food, they need access to warm clothing, they need access to medical attention and psychological support. and in this particular case of shamima begum's baby, which we understand the baby boy

the northern ireland secretary, karen bradley, is coming under further pressure to resign after saying killings by soldiers during the troubles were not crimes. she met relatives of some of those killed by the security forces this morning and they said they had no confidence in her. relatives of some other victims refused to meet her. a 37—year—old mother has been jailed for 11 years after becoming the first person in britain to be convicted of female genital mutilation. her three—year—old daughter, who was treated at this hospital, was cut at the family home in east london in 2017. the 37—year—old woman, who was born in uganda, can't be named for legal reasons. during sentencing, the judge said this was a barbaric, sickening, pre—meditated crime. the prime minister has appealed to eu leaders for "one more push" to get her brexit deal through parliament. speaking in grimsby, theresa may warned of "a moment of crisis" if mps again reject her deal when they vote on tuesday. she said if it was voted down again, it could result in a softer brexit or no brexit "at all", which she said would

on this international women‘s day, karen bradley is an insult to women and if she has any decency ining that their schools are under threat. the government will grant formal diplomatic protection to nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — the british—iranian woman who‘s

karen bradley made a strong apology last night.ong way away from here, stormont in northern ireland, backin here, stormont in northern ireland, back in downing street, karen bradley has the confidence of the prime minister theresa may and perhaps at the moment, that might be in part because theresa may cannot afford to lose any loyal cabinet members at such a crucial time of brexit, therefore karen bradley, this may blow over for her in those terms but here in northern ireland, certainly it has been damaging for her. that is because, to say that victims killed by police or army during the troubles, to say those deaths were not crimes, plays into the fears of the nationalist community here that the british government and ministers are not impartial when looking at any wrong doing on either side, when those legacy investigations are conducted into the many killings that happened during the troubles. a lot of work for karen bradley to do, to rebuild trust and credibility, with a number of people here in northern ireland, and perhaps f

the northern ireland secretary karen bradley has apologised for telling mps yesterday that deaths causedwere not crimes. today mrs bradley said that she was "profoundly sorry for the offence and hurt that my words have caused", adding "the language was wrong and even though this was not my intention, it was deeply insensitive to many of those who lost loved ones". let's hear what she said. over 90% of the killings during the troubles were at the hands of terrorists, every single one was a crime, the fewer than 10% at the hands of the military and police we re hands of the military and police were not crimes, they were people acting under orders and fulfilling their duties in a dignified and appropriate way. i look forward to working with her more to make sure we can deliver the much—needed reforms and changes that we all want to see. our ireland correspondent chris page is in our belfast newsroom with more on this. karen bradley has apologised, will that be enough for her critics? some critics not satisfied by the apology, no issue in northern ireland is more complex or contentious than

we are expecting to hearfrom karen bradley herself later on.ral in the commons today. the key thing for karen bradley is, will she be able to retain the confidence of people in northern ireland? her comments came ata in northern ireland? her comments came at a particularly sensitive time because next week we are awaiting the announcement of where the british army veterans who were involved in bloody sunday, in which 14 people were killed in northern ireland during the troubles, we are awaiting the announcement as to whether they may face prosecution for their actions. her comments caused a lot of problems at a sensitive time. we will see if she will be able to resurrect the confidence she can have as northern ireland secretary is part of her remit to deal with the troubled past of northern ireland. do you sense that it will prove to be enough, this apology? she will have some work to do, this is not the first slip—up that karen bradley has made. some months ago she talked about being unaware of the nationalist unionist boat —— voting pattern, i

this is what karen bradley said in the commons yesterday.ring the troubles were at the hands of terrorists. every single one of those was a crime. the fewer than 10% that were at the hands of the military and the police were not crimes. they were people acting under orders and under instructions. now we have an apology. mrs bradley said today that she's "profoundly sorry for the offence and hurt that my words have caused" and that her "language was wrong". the wider issues is that it's not the first time she's made a faux pas like this. in an interview with parliament's in—house magazine last year, she admitted she had been slightly scared of northern ireland when she took the job on and hadn't understood some quite basic things about the nation. bear in mind — she is the northern ireland secretary. here's ben. 0n the criticism of karen bradley in the uk government that it does not understand what is going on northern ireland. we have understood in the last two years that the most pressing issue in brexit is the irish border. it has really r

that says there would but may save karen bradley.ey went to the pub at that night, they just suddenly thought, let‘s go. let‘s hear from they just suddenly thought, let‘s go. let‘s hearfrom them. they just suddenly thought, let‘s go. let's hear from them. he wasn't breathing, he didn't have a pulse of the thing that i remember is his eyes we re the thing that i remember is his eyes were gone. i knew it was a pretty severe situation we were in and we needed to act very quickly. so we were split so that one person was looking after the hour, one person was doing chest compression. how lucky was that? only a week on they all met up for a rather more relaxed evening at the pub. it seems that three of them are really keen to remain friends as well. it was quite an incredible experience they‘ve gone through. and they really welcome the idea of more people being taught to cpr because you never know when you might need it. understandably it was quite emotionalfor allen. it. understandably it was quite emotional for allen. it's hard to compre

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the northern ireland secretary karen bradley said this morning that she was "deeply sorry to hear that young people tragically lost their lives. they werejoining others in what should have been an evening for celebration. she thanked the emergency services and added, "my thoughts and prayers are with their families and friends at this extremely difficult time." our correspondent chris page is in cookstown. what is the latest quest —— what is the latest? people are really coming to terms with what is an unspeakably sad story on this bank holiday monday in northern ireland. it unfolded as you heard from the assistant chief constable there, last night, there was a st patrick's day disco at this greenvale hotel. police believe several hundred people were queueing in front of the hotel to get into the event and there was some kind of crush. they think perhaps the three teenagers who died fell on the ground during that crush and sustained fatal injuries. police are saying today that they are still trying to find out the exact circumstances, what happened before the crush, during the crush. t