but it's still a huge challenge, as ramzan karmali reports.may be daunted by the huge task of restoring this much loved monument. over 850 years, this gothic structure has stood in the french capital. but not unscathed. france has no other cathedral like notre dame. notre dame has witnessed some of the biggest moments in history. it has survived wars, a revolution, the pope even crowned napoleon emperor here. it has also been neglected and rebuilt and damaged many times in the past. and yet survived. it was like a cathedral built to impress, imposing stonework, stunning stained glass windows. many of the 30,000 daily visitors may have climbed the steps of the imposing towers. both survived. but the 96 metres tall spire, itself restored in the 19th century, did not. restoring this building will be a painstaking task and it will be dependent on a small number of highly skilled workers. but notre dame is notjust an important architectural building and religious centre, it means so much more to people from the world of music. this is our building.

ramzan karmali, bbc news. arjun atwal is a professional player and a friend of tiger woods. his reaction to tiger woods winning again. first of all, i‘ve got to say cheers. everybody will be celebrating, all the friends of tiger, anyway. it was awesome. great to watch. i could not be there myself, but watched every second of him playing on tv. it was fantastic. i gather you have been texting him, have been in contact throughout the week. did you have a sense that he was actually going to do it? idid. i told a club player, where he used to play, a couple of members there, they were asking who was a good bet and i said tiger and they thought it was crazy. i saw a certain calm about him. and even through the texts, it seemed like he had a relaxed attitude towards this week and it showed. you could see it in his eyes the whole week. he was focused out on the course. what was going through his mind as he walked down the 18th there? knowing him it wasjust to finish thejob. he wouldn‘t see anything, not the family, the crowd going crazy, i‘m sure he could hear it. i know exactly th

ramzan karmali, bbc news.another medal to his collection, winning gold at the european gymnastics championships in poland. whitlock scored a huge 15.533 to comfortably win his first major title since 2017. there was also a second medalfor ellie downie, who added a bronze on the vault to the all round silver she picked up yesterday. famous for his dazzling glass sculptures, artist dale chihuly has returned to kew gardens in london for his latest installation. with over 30 sculptures on display, some never been seen before in the uk, our correspondent wendy hurrell has been to meet him. well, i love greenhouses, you know, and how can you not love kew? it's just the most extraordinary, with some 300 acres with all these greenhouses. it is notjust under glass that you'll find all these reflections of nature. the cherry blossoms are out at kew gardens. poking up our of the grass, not only tulips, but these amazing glass sculptures. this is just one of 32 installations across the gardens that are going to be here un

ramzan karmali reports. those holding power. up to 4,000 indigenous people from all over the country are expected to join this annual demonstration, free land camp. translation: we are here for our right to defend, to speak, to complain so that the problems with the indigenous population don't occur. and this year's protests have an added significance. presidentjair bolsonaro, who took power injanuary, has vowed to freeze demarcations of new indigenous reserves, revoke the protected status of others and free up commercial farming and mining in the rainforest. translation: we are not going to accept this because the government is practically injuring the brazilian federal constitution, which gives guarantees to indigenous people regarding the demarcation of indigenous lands. tribal leaders are incensed by the government's decision to transfer responsibility for demarcation of indigenous reserves to brazil's agriculture ministry. many see it to be under control of members of the powerful farming lobby that's l

ramzan karmali, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. who has just completed the longest journey in an electric car, through a total of 33 countries. 25 years of hatred and rage as theyjump up on the statue. this funeral became a massive demonstration of black power, a power to influence. today, it's about the promise of a bright future. a day when we hope a line can be drawn under the bloody past. i think that picasso's works were beautiful, they were intelligent, and it's a sad loss to everybody who loves art. this is bbc world news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the latest headlines: london has become the first city in the world to charge polluting vehicles for using its roads. president trump announces he's replacing the woman in charge of his border policy. the secretary for homeland security, kirsten nieljsen, says she's resigned with immediate effect. more on that story now. eric ham is a political analyst in washington. he told me why he thought president trump took this step. well, you have to understand, president trump's biggest ca

ramzan karmali, bbc news. we will be looking at some of the reaction in the global media.tories. get in touch. it caused chaos to thousands of passengers before christmas, but a boss at gatwick airport says whoever was responsible for the drone problems knew about the airport‘s procedures. the drone operator still hasn‘t been caught but the airport says whoever it was seemed to be able to "see what was happening on the runway". 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has this exclusive report. who inflicted misery on tens of thousands of passengers in gatwick and beyond just before christmas is still a mystery but bbc news has found out new details about the tactics of the drone operator at the airport‘s only runway was closed for more than 30 hours. we‘ve now learnt that a security officer made the first sightings. he spotted two drones at the edge of the airfield, close to this bus stop. all flights were suspended. three hours later, the drones had disappeared. but when a team went out to inspect the runway, a standard procedure before reopening, a drone was suddenly ba

ramzan karmali, bbc news.eaderboard going into the final day of the masters in augusta. he enjoyed a second successive bogey—free round to finish 13 under par at the end of day three. but a familiar face is just two shots further back — could tiger woods be on the march? the bbc‘s tim allman reports. it feltjust like old times in augusta on saturday. cheering and applause. tiger woods hasn't won a major in more than ten years but he certainly looks in the mood to do something about that. a round of 67, five—under par, left him 11—under for championship. that's the same score as fellow american tony finau who was eight under for the day. cheering and applause. brooks koepka had a funny old round. birdie following bogey, following birdie. but this eagle at the 15th helped him finish the day at ten—under for the championship. england's ian poulter was flying the flag for europe. a round of 68 leaving him at nine—under. but it is italy that is really flying the flag. francesco molinari was as cool as a cucumber al

ramzan karmali has more.on the move with a purpose, to stop general khalifa haftar and his self—styled libyan national army from taking tripoli, home to the government who they are fighting for. these troops have come from misurata, a city still loyal to the internationally recognised administration, and the foreign loyalists are not at all happy with the administration. translation: i believe that the people of libya have had enough of the violence, which has been going on for several years. they want us to find a political way forward. the proof of this is the great number of libyans who are registered to vote. they want the political process to win out over military rivalries, and it is important for the international community to support this approach. however, general haftar does have the backing of the uae and egypt. fresh fighting has flared near tripoli. fighting is also said to have taken place at the disused airport in tripoli, and it is unclear whether there are any casualties. since 2011 and the f

ramzan karmali reports.t been seen in public for five years but this video of the leader of the islamic state group showed abu bakr al—baghdadi in defiant mood. in the propaganda video posted on the group's al furqan media network, he vowed to seek revenge for is‘s loss of territory. when al—baghdadi last appeared on film, is held a huge area of 88,000 square kilometres — roughly a third of iraq and syria. but by 2016, they were in retreat. two years ago, the city where the caliphate‘s creation had been declared, mosul had been lost and by the end of march the group lost its last town — baghouz in iraq. the motives behind the release of this video seem clear. it was a way of showing that the leader of is is still at large, despite the resounding military defeat group has suffered in the middle east. and the fact there is a $25 million bounty on his head. al—baghdadi also claimed that the easter sunday sri lanka attacks were carried out as revenge for the fall of baghouz. during the 18 minute video, al—baghda

to hear, why was interested to hear from kevin conko interested to hear from kevin conolly and ramzan karmali $113 million being given towards the restoration. go back to 1992, windsor castle, had a small but devastating fire, the costs surprised me putting that right. it was only about 32.5 million. you cannot compare apples with pears. it will be interesting to know what the international responses. you never think of france are being quite tied to charity is the same way we are in this country. they are having great difficulties with feeling overtaxed, but i'm sure the response will be fantastic. absolutely. this is ca ptu red fantastic. absolutely. this is captured on the front page of le figaro. they say in front of this terrible spectacle of desolation we saw the solidarity and sadness of the whole world. that is what really struck me. it was all the different commentary coming from all over the world stop even president trump, angela merkel, theresa may, all saying how devastated they were personally. people were weeping in the streets. when you think about it, going back, it's about t

ramzan karmali our business reporterjoins me now. what exactly is the us proposing to do and why?e—ranging wish —— list, anywhere from cheese to motorbikes. this has all to do with oui’ motorbikes. this has all to do with our bus and boeing. what they are saying is, our bus is unfairly benefiting from the european union. that damages the us by over $11 billion. only last month, washington was told by the wto, you haven't stopped giving tax breaks to boeing. they both at it, really. this latest move will ramp up the tension between both the us and the eu. we shouldn't forget that these tariffs, when they do come into play, which is likely to be summer, they will be on top of the steel and aluminium tariffs. this has been going on from a while. around 15 years ago, us made its first complaint to the wto about the subsidies that our bus was receiving. eu retaliated. this dispute came to the head and crescendoed into thousand and ten, 2011 when the wto found that both of them were receiving billions in assistance unfairly. but the big surprise here is that the us and from, he's been a

ramzan karmali reports. he was meant to find a solution to an escalating problem, but the un secretary general‘s mission to tripoli appears to have failed for now. the united nations remain available to facilitate any political solution able to unify the libyan institutions. libyans deserve peace, security, prosperity and the respect of their human rights. he was there for talks with general khalifa haftar from the self—styled libyan national army, but they broke down. khalifa haftar‘s troops are under orders to get to tripoli in order to overthrow the internationally recognised government. this means the battle tomorrow will be on the outskirts of the city. since 2011 and the fall of colonel gaddafi, libya has experienced violence and division, as various groups try to take control of the oil—rich country. based in tripoli is the national unity government, led by prime minister fayez al—sarraj. he has urged militias to defend tripoli. in the east of the country, based in benghazi, is the libyan national arm

ramzan karmali reports.d his infant son, just two victims in a mass shooting. they were at a family party when the attacker struck. it is left to community shattered. translation:- event of this magnitude cannotjust happen. it concerns us all. we are very upset, sad, destroyed because a baby ‘s life was involved. above all, baseball really feel the loss of this great person. this mass shooting took based on a local bar. the motive for the attack is still unclear. but there are reports that the intended target was the owner of the intended target was the owner of the bar. texaco's relatively new president visited the area and gave this assurance. ‘s translation: president visited the area and gave this assurance. 's translationzlj deeply regret what has happened here and in other areas. deeply regret what has happened here and in otherareas. i deeply regret what has happened here and in other areas. i want to say that we will guarantee peace in veracruz. that is my commitment as president of the republic. but

but as ramzan karmali reports many are still missing.. a landslide swept through the village, destroying eight homes and leaving residents shocked and bewildered. now firefighters have beenjoined by the army and locals in their desperate bid to find the missing. translation: we are working on the rescue of victims. the report we have seen at the moment has the number at 15. we are looking for other missing people. this situation in the rosas municipality is very u nfortu nate. in the rosas municipality is very unfortunate. five people have also been taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. authorities say that the landslide was caused by several days of heavy rain and that parts of the pan—american highway which joins columbia to ecuador have also been blocked. but these landslides are common in mountainous colombia especially during the rainy season. just two years ago torrential rain produced one of the worst disasters to hit colombia in recent times. at least 300 lost their lives as entire neighbourhoods of macau in the south of the c

but as ramzan karmali reports, many are still missing.of rosas. a landslide swept through the village, destroying eight homes and leaving residents shocked and bewildered. now firefighters have beenjoined by the army and locals in their desperate bid to find the missing. translation: we are working on the rescue of victims. the report we have seen at the moment has the number at 15. we are looking for other missing people. this situation in the rosas municipality is very unfortunate. five people have also been taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. authorities say that the landslide was caused by several days of heavy rain and that parts of the pan—american highway, whichjoins columbia to ecuador, have also been blocked. but these landslides are common in mountainous colombia, especially during the rainy season. just two years ago torrential rain produced one of the worst disasters to hit colombia in recent times. at least 300 lost their lives as entire neighbourhoods of mocoa in the south of the country were washed away. as rescue atte

ramzan karmali has more.top general and his self—styled libyan national army from taking tripoli. home of the government who they are fighting for. the troops have come from a city still loyal to the leaders. i believe the people of libya have had enough of the violence, they want a political way forward. the proof of this is the great number of libya ns forward. the proof of this is the great number of libyans register to vote. they want the political process to win out over military rivalries. it is important for the global community to support this approach. however, the general has the backing of the united arab emirates and egypt. fresh fighting has flat near tripoli with reports of clashes taking place in three suburbs to the south of the city —— flared. fighting is also said to have taken place near the disused airport in tripoli. it is unclear if there are any casualties. since 2011 and the fall of colonel gaddafi, libya has experienced violence and division as various groups try to ta ke division as

ramzan karmali has the story.ous for playing a desperate housewife on tv but now she's the mother so desperate to get her daughter into college, she was willing to cheat. she's decided to plead guilty to fraud charges and in a statement admitted she betrayed her daughter who she says had no knowledge of her actions. she went on to apologise to students who work hard every day to get into college and their parents who make tremendous sacrifices. huffman was accused of paying $15,000 to william rick singer, the confessed mastermind of this alleged scam, to have her daughter's exam questions covertly corrected in 2017. in total, 50 people have been accused of cheating on college entrance exams. they've said to have paid $25 million in bribesjust to get their children into high—profile universities. the fbi code—named the investigation 0peration varsity blues, ironically named after the 1990s film about the pressures of sport scholarships. some of the best—known universities across the us were where they wanted their

it's all the work of a group that call themselves ‘extinction rebellion' as ramzan karmali reports.at they are doing. this is extinction rebellion, i plan to stop traffic and get as many people arrested as possible. any regrets? no, no end. it needs to be done. why? because the planet's in crisis. in london, almost 300 people have been detained. they've blocked waterloo bridge, camped out at the arts, and taken a pink boats to the middle of oxford circus. the police have detained people blocking roads, but demonstrators are organised and have used social media to: people willing to be arrested for their cause. it's an awareness raising strategy that earlier in the year saw some of their members stage and naked demonstration in parliament. that's temporarily halted a brexit debate stop extinction! rebellion! before the arrest started taking place, the protests had been peaceful but passionate. we have children, we have grandchildren. we are sick with worry about what they are sick with worry about what they are inheriting. we need the government to listen to us and act on climate cha

ramzan karmali reports.ting problem, forces under the command of libya's most powerful warlord, khalifa haftar,

ramzan karmali has more. two women giving their all in a boxing ring.tory. sadaf khadem's boxing journey began years ago, training and private. now she has won her first competitive match in western france. khadem had to fight abroad, as despite having the blessing of the iranian sporting authorities, it proved too complicated to fulfil the requirement that the bout be refereed as judged by women. but this wasn't the only barrier to her reaching her goal. translation: my parents were against boxing but then they accepted the idea and gave me support, and what i have now is because of them. khadem's boxing dream really took off when she attended a hush—hush training session in the hills of tehran two years ago. she met an iranian french born fighter, himself a former world champion. for this fight she trained at the national institute of sport and was handed a french licensed to practise and fight. it's also the first time she trained among men. translation: i hope this first fight will pave the way former matches. i will go as far as i can with the plan

ramzan karmali reports. he was meant to find a solution to an escalating problem, forces under the command of libya's most powerful warlord, khalifa haftar, are advancing from the stronghold in benghazi close to tripoli, home of the unity government. crashes have been reported just 50 kilometres from the capital. —— clashes. he was meant to find a solution to an escalating problem, but the un secretary general‘s mission to tripoli appears to have failed for now. the united nations remain available to facilitate any political solution able to unify the libyan institutions. libyans deserve peace, security, prosperity and the respect of their human rights. he was there for talks with general khalifa haftar from the self—styled libyan national army, but they broke down. general haftar‘s troops are under orders to get to tripoli in order to overthrow the internationally recognised government. translation: this is considered a great achievement and progress towards tripoli. it means that we are technically inside

ramzan karmali reports. sri lanka. a country in a state of shock, despair and utter confusion.. the president has stuck the defence secretary and the inspector general of police. but, sri lankans are finding it hard to comprehend. however little—known islamists group, and kilograms —— n t] islamists group, and kilograms —— ntj was able to co—ordinate only to the carnage of easter sunday. eight of the nine bombers have been identified including one woman who studied both in the uk and australia. 60 suspect have been arrested. the government says they doubt the attacks would have been successful without the help of an international network. it is investigating whether the islamic state group, which has already claimed responsibility, was involved in the attacks. what we have seen is that they have grown in strength. this is an example of that, a group thatis this is an example of that, a group that is far from the core of isis —— core of isis‘ group could carry out perhaps one of the deadliest isis based attacks in history. after the attack in syria, —— su—ling goh, it seems that

ramzan karmali reports. seen in public for five years but this video of the leader of the islamic state group showed abu bakr al—baghdadi in a defiant mood. in the propaganda video posted on the group cosmic media network, he sought revenge for ies‘s loss of territory. ——is‘s loss of territory. ies used to hold a huge area of 88,000 square kilometres. roughly a third of iraq and syria. —— is‘s. mosul had been lost and by the end of march the group lost its last town baghouz in iraq. the motives behind this video seemed clear. it was the way of showing that the leader of is is still at large despite the resounding military defeat group has suffered in the middle east and the fa ct suffered in the middle east and the fact there is a $25 million bounty on his head. abu bakr al—baghdadi also claimed that the easter sunday sri lanka attacks were carried out as revenge for the fall of baghouz. during the 80 minute video, abu bakr al—baghdadi acknowledged the huge loss of land but warned there would be more to come

ramzan karmali reports. he was meant to find a solution to an escalating problem.‘s mission to tripoli appear to have failed for now. the united nations remain available to facilitate any political solution able to unify the libyan institutions. libyans deserve this security, prosperity, and the respect of their human rights. he was there for talks with general khalifa haftar, from the self—styled libyan national army. but they broke down. general haftar‘s troops are under orders to get to tripoli to overthrow the internationally recognised government. translation: this is considered a great achievement and progress towards tripoli. it means that we are technically inside tripoli. we still have a few check points to secure, and when i say that we have entered these areas, this means that the battle tomorrow will be on the outskirts of the city. since 2011 and the fall of colonel gaddafi, libya has experienced violence and division as various groups try to take control of the oil—rich country. based in tripoli is a national unity government, led by prime minister fa

ramzan karmali, bbc news.been topped by france's wealthiest businessman who has said he will donate 200 million euros to the restoration fund, which is going to obviously ta ke fund, which is going to obviously take a lot of time and expertise as they try to recreate what has been lost there in that fire. in terms of the history of that building, which stood for 850 years, it's been described as a living museum. napoleon was culminated there in 1804, napoleon was culminated there in 180a, henry vi, king of england, crowned in 1431, 1804, henry vi, king of england, crowned in 1431, and charles i married at notre dame cathedral, just some of the moments of history which have unfolded at notre dame. joining me now is james clark, professor of medieval history at the university of exeter. welcome, thank you forjoining us. it has been described as a living museum. talk us through some of what that building has seen. it really has stood and witnessed much of france and europe's history for many, france and europe's

ramzan karmali has more.sperate to get her daughter in the college she was willing to cheat. she's decided to plead guilty to fraud charges and in a statement admitted she had betrayed her daughter who she says had no knowledge of her actions. she went on to apologise to students who work hard everyday to get into college and their parents who make tremendous sacrifices. huffman was accused of paying $15,000 to william rick singer, the confessed mastermind of this alleged scam, to have her daughter's exam questions covertly corrected in 2017. in total, 50 people have been accused of cheating on college entrance exams. they've said to have paid $25 million in bribes just to get their children into high—profile universities. the fbi codenamed the investigation operation varsity blues, ironically named after the 1990s film about the pressures of sports scholarships. some of the best—known universities across the us were where they wanted their children to go. names like yale, georgetown, stanford, ucla. students

ramzan karmali, bbc news.et meet survivors of the christchurch terror attacks in new zealand, as part of a two day visit to the country. prince william's already attended a service for anzac day. later, he'll give a speech at the masjid al noor mosque, where the majority of victims lost their lives. 0ur reporter hywel griffith is in christchurch for us this morning. morning, or evening i am assuming, over there. this is important, isn't it? there was actually request for member of the royal family to come over. yeah, and it is being seen as a sign of support internationally for what people here in christchurch, people across new zealand have gone through and although six weeks have passed, you still get that sense of grief and shock, very rare in some cases, here. now, just in the last two minutes, he's actually left police headquarters in the centre of christchurch and that is where he met some of the lease officers and paramedics were first on the scene on the day of the shooting on march 15. people will hav

ramzan karmali, bbc news.d commentator for the daily telegraph. she is a familiar face on the bbc. talk is through yesterday evening. i am sure is a parisian it was a sense of horror and ghastliness of it all? we had the five stages of grief, denial, anger, sadness, i don't know how it ends. i happen to live in new york at the time of 9/11 and people kept comparing to that frame of mind. 0n the one hand, we do not have the death which is huge, there is the gaping hole in the heart of paris. the structure of the cathedral has held. but all those images which we saw, the fire blazing, the heart of some smelter behind the lacework of the stonework, it was absolutely terrifying and i think we are in shock. i would say that emmanuel macron has had a bad time of it in recent months, that he was perfect when he came to the location and spoke about starting the rebuilding tomorrow, which is today, which very good. the link with new york is the —— good. the link with new york is the -- the link with new york is there i