mark easton, bbc news, northampton. this is the briefing from bbc news. funerals have taken place in new zealand for victims of friday's mass shootings at two mosques in christchurch. 30 of the 50 bodies have now been approved for release. the police say they will all be released by the end of the day. the un says cyclone idai has created a massive disaster in southern africa. officials believe it may be the worst natural catastrophe that's ever hit the southern hemisphere. potentially, millions of people are affected. at least 1,000 are feared dead in mozambique alone, hundreds are missing in zimbabwe and malawi. theresa may is formally asking the european union to delay britain's withdrawal beyond march 29. the prime minister is to request an extension to the deadlocked brexit process until the end ofjune, possibly far longer. eu heads of government will consider the request on thursday. now, it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the front page of the financial times. the eu taking a

mark easton, bbc news, northampton., live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme... team sky becomes team inneos, but could this new major sponsorship deal lead to total domination in cycling? we reveal the biggest change in test cricket attire for 142 years, ahead of this year's ashes. and barcelona's women will play the opening leg of their champions league quarterfinal on wednesday, as toni duggan and co look to get past norwegian's lillestrom. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with cycling news, and there's one team that's dominated over the past few seasons, with a squad featuring bradley wiggins, chris froome, but team sky is set for a change. they'll now be known as team inneos, the company owned by their new sponsor, the british billionaire, sirjim ratcliffe. our sports editor dan roan brings us more. this will come as some relief, certainly to the staff of team sky here at the national cycling centre, and of course their fans, who, over the last few years, have seen this e

thank you, mark easton. given a life sentence for planning to kill dozens of people in central london. lewis ludlow, who's 27 and from rochester in kent, was described by his own lawyer as naive and vulnerable. lewis, who called himself the eagle and the ghost, swore allegiance to the islamic state group and had identified oxford street as an ideal target. he had previously admitted, at the old bailey, to plotting an attack in the uk, as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. i am the eagle and i pledge allegiance to dawlatul islam. the moment when white convert lewis ludlow swore loyalty to the islamic state group. we love death as much as you love life. i have nothing for this country. together with his islamic state accomplice in the philippines, this man, eyadzhemar abdusalam, he was planning to kill up to 100 people in central london. it was the end of a ten year journey of radicalisation for the awkward young man. he's seen here with anjem choudary, who played a big role in drawing him

mark easton, bbc news, northern ireland. i don't even like that!ency, yannis behrakis, has died of cancer at the age of 58. in a career spanning 30 years, mr behrakis covered conflicts around the world. he captured kurdish refugees fleeing near the iraqi—turkish border in the 1990s. more recently, his photos of syrian refugees crossing into europe won a pulitzer prize. egypt has completed its restoration of the kom el—shoqafa catacombs. the ancient burial site, whose name translates as ‘mound of shards,‘ for the pieces of terracotta visitors leave behind, had been threatened by rising water. kim gittleson reports. this is one of the seven wonders of the middle ages. a multi—storey network of catacombs near the egyptian city of alexandria, at risk of being permanently destroyed due to flooding. it was discovered nearly a century ago, when a donkey accidentally fell down into its depths. ever since, archaeologists have fought to preserve its unique mixture of egyptian and greco—roman architectural styles from rising water. translation: the kom el-sho

mark easton, bbc news, northern ireland. i don't even like that!el shoqafa catacombs. the ancient burial site, whose name translates as "mound of shards," for the pieces of terracotta visitors leave behind, had been threatened by rising water. kim gittleson reports. this is one of the seven wonders of the middle ages. a multi—storey network of catacombs near the egyptian city of alexandria, at risk of being permanently destroyed due to flooding. it was discovered nearly a century ago, when a donkey accidentally fell down into its steps. ever since, archaeologists have fought to preserve its unique mixture of egyptian and greco—roman architectural styles from rising water. translation: the kom el-shoqafa area is a unique antiquities area that has suffered from groundwater contamination since it was discovered in the beiginning of the 20th century. there have been a lot of attempts to prevent the water from entering, the most important of which was in 1995, but unfortunately the water rose again. but now, after a two—year, multimillion—dollar effort,

mark easton, bbc news, northern ireland. i don't even like that! special season on bringing people together across divides. do you live in a social bubble? there's an interactive quiz that could help you find out. that's all at bbc. com/crossingdivides. you can also download the bbc news app. an award—winning greek photojournalist with the reuters news agency, yannis behrakis, has died of cancer at the age of 58. in a career spanning 30 years, mr behrakis covered conflicts around the world. he captured kurdish refugees, fleeing near the iraqi—turkish border in the i990s. more recently his photos of syrian refugees crossing into europe won a pulitzer prize. martina navratilova has apologised for language she used about tra nsgender athletes. the tennis champion used the term "cheating" when discussing whether the athletes should be allowed to compete in women's sport. she says she's been "vilified" as "transphobic" since the comment. the space x dragon capsule has successfully docked with the international space station. nasa is hoping that it could

mark easton, bbc news, northern ireland. i didn't even like that! taking us astronauts into space has so far gone well. the dragon vehicle successfully docked with the international space station earlier today. karen allen has more. two metres away... 248 miles above earth, and this was the moment the spacex dragon capsule successfully docked onto the international space station. capture confirmed. applause and cheering. the applause signalled a sense of relief. ignition, lift—off. it was just over 2a hours earlier, here in florida, that a clear night sky offered a spectacular view of the falcon—9 rocket blasting the capsule into space, ahead of a scheduled manned flight later this year. for now, though, the mannequin on the left, nicknamed ripley, inspired by the film alien, was the only passenger on board. here, the first pictures of the scientists from the international space station entering the capsule. there he is, davide inside... the spacex dragon is expected to re—enter the earth's atmosphere on friday, bringing the possibility of commercia

mark easton, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news.d's youngest self—made billionaire, although a lot of people have a problem with two of those words. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states, and they should be protected even in the right to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up when you get to the states? well, it worries me, yes, but i hope everything will be all right in the en

mark easton, bbc news.been charged with murder after a 17—year—old boy was stabbed to death in greater manchester. yousef makki, from burnage, died after being attacked near altrincham, on saturday. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with murder and possession of a bladed article. another boy, also 17, has been charged with assisting an offender and possession of a bladed article. they'll appear at manchester youth court tomorrow. and in the past few moments, police investigating the fatal stabbing of 17—year—old jodie chesney in east london have said they've arrested a man in leicester. counterterror police are investigating three packages containing explosives which were delivered to heathrow airport, london city airport and waterloo railway station in london. detectives say the "small improvised explosive devices" were found in postal bags. irish detectives are assisting the metropolitan police, as all of the packages had republic of ireland stamps. one of the devices caught fire when staff opened the ba

mark easton, bbc news.ing about the impact on its production here if the uk leaves the european union without an agreement. the german motor manufacturer says it will have to consider moving production away from its current base in oxford. and the japanese carmaker toyota has warned that a no—deal brexit would make it "extremely complicated" to build new models in the uk. our business editor simonjack has more details. cowley in oxford is the home of the mini. and although it's now german—owned as a model and as a brand, it doesn't get much more british than this. a new mini drives off the production line here every minute. but bmw warned today that moving production out of the uk was an option in a no—deal brexit scenario. the key in these times is definitely flexibility. we are prepared for a lot of scenarios. we are very flexible in the production, we've pulled forwards some production interruptions, but we also have a plan b if things are changing. so, we will see what the outcome is, but bmw will answe

mark easton, bbc news.in london often make the headlines, there's growing evidence that it's becoming a serious challenge across england and wales. nottinghamshire police is the only force outside the capital to have a dedicated knife crime unit. noel phillips, from the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme, spent the day with them. the officers have stopped the car on fenton road and straightaway they have noticed a hammer in the vehicle. these specialist officers are responding to reports of a man with a deadly weapon. the bbc has been given exclusive access to the nottinghamshire police's knife crime unit, the only force outside of london with a dedicated knife crime task force. do you understand why you have been stopped? why you have been arrested? in the last 12 months, 125 weapons have been removed from the streets. this is what you recovered from the car? yeah, this was just down by the driver's feet, —— seat, literally within arms reach of the driver. he claims it is a tool from his tool box. nearly

on monday's news at 10, home editor mark easton pondered the nature of the offence.stamped, similar youngsters locally are more likely to carry a knife for their own protection, and so the infection spreads. but is that infection spread further by the extent of knife crime coverage on tv? and the prominence given to it this week on news bulletins? some viewers thought so this week, with richard bond voicing a concern about the ubiquity of violence on television more widely. now, in a time of cuts and pressures on air time, it may come as a surprise that last week, the bbc launched a nightly hour—long prime time news programme, it's called the nine. now on bbc scotland, with all your latest news, it's rebecca curran and martin geissler. it appears on the new bbc scotland channel, launched two weeks ago on an annual budget of £32 million. amid the usual mix of entertainment, sports and documentaries, each weekday at 9pm, the nine promises a mix of national and international news presented by rebecca karen and martin geissler, promising a global view of the news — while

on monday's news at 10, mark easton pondered the nature of the offence. feeds on itself. if one person get stamped, similar youngsters locally are more likely to carry a knife for their own protection. so the infection spreads. but is that infection spread further by the extent of knife crime coverage on tv? and the prominence given to it? some viewers thought so this week, with richard bond voicing a concern about the ubiquity of violence on television more widely. now, in a time of cuts and pressures on air time, it may come as a surprise that last week, the bbc launched a nightly hour—long prime time news programme, it is called the nine. on bbc scotland, with all your latest news, rebecca curran and martin geissler. it appears on the new bbc scotland channel, launched two weeks ago on an annual budget of £32 million. amid the usual mix of entertainment, sports and documentaries, each weekday at 9pm, the nine promises a mix of national and international news presented by rebecca karen and martin geissler, promising a global view of the news while maint

our home editor mark easton is here. mark, you've got some answers.by, it seems, without yet another teenager being stabbed, often also by a teenager. is it getting worse? we are talking about a subset of a subset of a crime but there are some troubling signs. two thirds of police forces in england and wales recently responded to a freedom of information request, which showed that, in those force areas, the number of teenagers recorded as having killed with a knife has risen from 26 in 2016 to 46 last year. if we look at victims, patient records from hospitals in england show that seven years ago, 1111 teenagers were admitted after assaults with a sharp implement like a knife. last year it was 267, with a clear rising trend. these are still, thankfully, relatively rare crimes but they are also devastating for those affected. and today in the commons, the home secretary defended government policy arguing money and effort were being applied to the problem, and notjust from the home office. we must all acknowledge that this is an issue that transcends pa

mark easton, bbc news, worcester. live phone—in to get people's views on brexit. here are some of the highlights. put it back to the people and set yes or no. we have to go. we will erode the trust of the people.|j just want some clarity. desperate for clarity. make the decision. i disagreed that we need a second referendum. back in 2016, there was initially the mps voting for the referendum. we had an overwhelming number of people voting to leave that you as opposed to the 1 million people on the streets on saturday. and i really think that we will erode the trust of people up and down the country. i completely agree. sidney fulling people did vote leave in 2060 and that gave us a direction. but there was not a manifesto. people voted in then they we re manifesto. people voted in then they were they were voting for but it cannot be reconciled in one deal. so lam cannot be reconciled in one deal. so i am saying is theresa may's deal, where is the abstract in 2016 and we put it back to the people say yes or no and if t

our home editor, mark easton, is in worcester. attitudes survey tell us? i think perhaps the most striking thing about these figures, as we have just been reporting, thing about these figures, as we havejust been reporting, is thing about these figures, as we have just been reporting, is the agreement that you find between both people who supported remain and people who supported remain and people who supported leave. eight out of 10 of both those groups say the government has handled brexit badly. interestingly six out of 10 people think the eu has handled it badly. extraordinarily actually you have the british public blaming its own government more than the other side. the other area of agreement as we have been reporting is the kind of deal we are likely to get, only 6% of leaders micro and 6% of reminders micro think we're going to get a good deal. of disillusionment, disenchantment, exasperation, and that 55-45 of disenchantment, exasperation, and that 55—45 of people voting today in favour of remain suggest things are beginni

our home editor mark easton has been finding out. forces in england and wales recently responded to a freedom of information request that showed in those areas, the number of teenagers recorded as having been killed with a knife has risen from 26 in 2016 to 46 last year. if we look at victims, patient records from hospitals in england show that seven years ago, 1111 teenagers were admitted after assaults with a sharp implement like a knife. last year, it was 267 with a clear rising trend. these are still thankfully relatively rare crimes, but they are also devastating for those affected. and today in the commons, the home secretary defendant government policy, arguing money and effort were being applied to the problem, and notjust from the home office. we must all acknowledge that this is an issue which transcends party lines. politics can be divisive, but if there was ever an issue to unite our efforts and aspire us to stand together, then surely this is it. mr speaker, this country is facing a crisis. it is time for leadership from

here's our home affairs editor mark easton. a youth in a balaclava with a knife. lancashire yesterday quickly went viral on social media. no—one was seriously hurt and police quickly made arrests, but once again knife crime is britain's waking nightmare. oh, my god! what else can be done? what can we do to prevent young people getting involved in knife crime? the commissioner of the metropolitan police spent the morning trying to reassure the public. was the recent spike in stabbings down to cuts in officer numbers, she was asked. there have been more demand for policing, and therefore there must be some link between violent crime on the streets, obviously, and police numbers, of course there is, and i think everybody would see that. her comments appear to contradict the prime minister, who yesterday said this. there is no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers. so, is that right? since 2010, the number of police officers in england and wales has fallen from around 140,000 down to 117,000 last year. at the same time, the number of violent cri

our home editor, mark easton, went to worcester to discuss the findings with people he spoke to during016. worcester has a reputation as a bellwether for what the public thinks. true to form at the referendum, it's vote for leave almost exact lay mirrored the result across england. we are definitely better... during the campaign, i came to this pub were brexit hustings to local activists from both sides of the argument. almost three years later and i've invited the participants of that debate back here to see what they think now. arguing for leave in 2016 was peter juul. for the first 12 months it will be chaotic. perhaps that is an exaggeration. it will be difficult. thereafter, this country will flourish. this local businessman was a passionate remainer. flourish. this local businessman was a passionate remainerlj flourish. this local businessman was a passionate remainer. i would like to stay because it's better for my business, in my opinion. butjust tell me what we are going to do. you sound at the end of your tether!” am,| sound at the end of your tether!” am, ilose sound at the

our home editor mark easton is with me. it does sound ministers are getting a grip on this?ds a bit like groundhog day. there are meetings, high—level ministerial meetings and then some sort of government strategy emerges. i remember after the riots in 2011, we had this on ending gang and youth violence after a spate of deaths in 2015. we had this one, ending gang violence and exploitation. and then recently after knife and gun crime figures show big rises, we had the serious violent strategy. they are full of impressive initiatives, quite similar, but important documents. what happens is when the spotlight moves what happens is when the spotlight m oves o nto what happens is when the spotlight moves onto the next story, some of those initiatives can wither on the vine. if you look at page 73 of the serious violence strategy, there is something on information sharing, telling police at a&e departments when violent crime comes in. but the focus on places where they might find problem pubs, drug dens or hideouts. it actually works. whether this has been tried in this country o

our home editor mark easton is here.seems, without yet another teenager being stabbed, often also by a teenager. is it getting worse? we are talking about a subset of a subset of a crime but there are some troubling signs. two thirds of police forces in england and wales recently responded to a freedom of information request which showed that, in those force areas, the number of teenagers recorded as having killed with a knife has risen from 26 in 2016 to 46 last year. if we look at victims, patient records from hospitals in england show that seven years ago 1111 teenagers were admitted after assaults with a sharp implement like a knife. last year it was 267 — with a clear rising trend. these are still, thankfully, relatively rare crimes but they are also devastating for those affected. and today in the commons, the home secretary defended government policy arguing money and effort were being applied to the problem, and notjust from the home office. we must all acknowledge that this is an issue that transcends party line

prompted some national soul—searching about its possible causes. 0n monday's news at 10, home editor mark easton so the infection spreads. but is that infection spread further by the extent of knife crime coverage on tv? and the prominence given to it this week on news bulletins? some viewers thought so this week, with richard bond voicing a concern about the ubiquity of violence on television more widely. now, in a time of cuts and pressures on air time, it may come as a surprise that last week, the bbc launched a nightly hour—long prime time news programme, it's called the nine. now on bbc scotland, with all your latest news, it's rebecca curran and martin geissler. it appears on the new bbc scotland channel, launched two weeks ago on an annual budget of £32 million. amid the usual mix of entertainment, sport and documentaries, each weekday at 9pm, the nine promises a mix of national and international news presented by rebecca karen and martin geissler, promising a global view on the news, while maintaining a distinct scottish voice. the nine appealed to some journalism students we consulted f

mark easton, bbc news, northern ireland. i didn't even like that! they clearly enjoyed that.the stabbings this weekend, which includes a 17 year—old girl being stabbed to death in east london, figures reveal there's been more than a 90% rise in the number of children being treated for stab wounds. a freedom of information request to police forces, by channel 4's dispatches programme, showed a steep rise in knife related offences. the home office says it's set out a range of actions to tackle violent crime. watford football club's troy deeney has got involved in the debate over knife crime, saying the media has a "big opportunity" and responsibility to balance its reporting of knife crime with stories of more positive community work. the striker, who was jailed for affray in 2012, told the bbc that its also "lazy" to look at footballers or celebrities as role models. he believes role models should be the adults in children's homes. the metropolitan police have said they have charged a man of assault afterjeremy corbyn was struck by a needin afterjeremy corbyn was struck by a n

this is st mark's road, which is in easton in bristol, and i came here last summer for iftar, which is break the fast at the end of the evening for ramadan. he's spent the last two years observing and documenting the divided communities that make up brexit britain. a lot of the people i photographed, i didn't speak to. mmm. i'm not even assuming that they were in one direction or another. in a sense, i'm leaving it open for people to interpret how they like. often the iconography of what they believe in is often very similar to those on both sides of the argument. so some of the cliches, if you like, of british life that i've tried to capture, like postboxes and hats and fetes, would actually be, you know, both sides to the argument would be very fond of. you've got to have the contradictions of british modern life, you know? we are a modern country and yet we are so... if you look at the establishment here, they are almost feudal. i love this guy here, you know, at harrow school. and here he is, he'sjust come out of one of these quirky sort of quasi—rugby football completely covered i

our home editor mark easton has been looking at the details. vote for leave almost exactly mirrored the result across england. i think we are definitely better... during the campaign, i came to worcester‘s cap'n'gown pub, where a brexit hustings drew local activists from both sides of the argument. almost three years on, i've invited the participants of that brexit debate back to the pub to see what they think now. arguing for leave at the 2016 hustings was former ukip stalwart peter. i think for the first 12 months it will be chaotic... no, perhaps that's an exaggeration. it will be difficult. thereafter, this country will flourish. local businessman richard was a passionate remainer. i would like to stay because it's better for my business in my opinion. but just tell me what we're going to do. you sound absolutely at the end of your tether! lam! i lose sleep over it. william, who campaigned for brexit, says his business has suffered since the referendum. i think what's been happening is terrible. it's causing indecision for investments, the