hugh schofield, bbc news.e story of the schoolboy forced to study by the light of a streetlamp, and what happened next. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7:00am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 11,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri haliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she has left the spice girls. i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, the gir

at the papers with our reviewers rowena mason — deputy political editor, the guardian and kevin schofieldtor, politics home — stay with us for that. good evening. welcome to bbc news. the inquests have opened into the deaths of the eight people who were killed in a van and knife attack on london bridge and in borough market two years ago. the chief coroner told the old bailey that lives had been torn apart in what he called less than ten minutes of high and terrible drama. the first two people were killed when a van was driven into pedestrians on london bridge, just after ten o'clock on the third ofjune 2017. the attackers then crashed the van into railings, got out and ran through crowds of people stabbing six others to death, before they were shot dead by police near borough market. it all happened injust nine minutes. the victims families were at the old bailey as the inquests began — as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. clear the area now! it was earlyjune 2017, saturday night, and central london was enduring the third major attack on the uk that year. gunfire. w

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hugh schofield in paris, thank you.te mike pompeo has said that the united states was prepared to take military action to stem the ongoing turmoil in venezuela. overnight, opposition leader jaun guaido called again for people to take to the streets, he promised the largest demonstration in the country's history. paul adams has the latest. was this a dress rehearsal or a failed uprising? yesterday's chaotic scenes in caracas never really looked like a regime in collapse. venezuela has had lots of this in recent years. but on the streets, some clearly believed this was a decisive moment. translation: the country is ours, we need to go out into the streets. guaido is the leader in charge, he has a plan, translation: the streets are a way out of this and with the armed forces taking action together with the political translation: the streets are a way out of this the opposition leader, juan guaido, began the day talking about a "final phase" in his effort to replace nicolas maduro. he seemed to have some support from elemen

hugh schofield, bbc news.e deployment of 1500 troops to the middle east. president donald trump says it would be a protective measure. he's played down the potential of conflict in the region saying that he believed iran did not want a confrontation with the united states. the american military deployed a carrier strike group to the region earlier this month. we wa nt we want to have protection in the middle east we will be sending a relatively small number of troops, mostly protective and some very talented people are going to the middle east right now and we'll see and will see what happens chris buckler is in washington for us. given that the white house has generally been playing down any kind of confrontation with iran, why send these extra trips to the middle east? the truth is that they are sending troops in order to send a message to iran. there is concern among military chiefs and intelligence chiefs here in washington that iran has become more aggressive. they have blamed them for attacks on tankers

hugh schofield, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news.ican man who murdered a couple in their home and kidnapped their 13—year—old daughter has been sent to prison for life. jake patterson seized the girl, jayme closs, last october after shooting both of her parents dead. he took her to a cabin in the countryside and kept her locked in his room until she escaped three months later. teachers and doctors have been demonstrating in the honduran capital of tegucigalpa. they say the proposed reforms in education and health will lead to privatisation, which they fear will lead to job losses. protests have been held since april. in india, a fire at a college has killed at least 17 students. some were seen jumping and falling from the building in the western city of sura. flames spread quickly through the classrooms because of the material used in the roof. most of the victims were teenagers. more now on a tumultuous day in british politics during which theresa may announced that she will resign as conservative leader in a fortnight‘s time. there

with me are kevin schofield — editor, politics home and rowena mason — deputy political editor, the guardianeresa may's cross party brexit deal appears to be fading as downing street apparently sets the exit day as august the first. the independent claims that conservative mps — who both support and oppose brexit — now believe that another referendum to break the deadlock is "invevitable". the daily telegraph reports that the spending watchdog set up in the wake of the mps expenses scandal a decade ago has been accused of trying to prevent greater openness. the guardian's top story is that police are investigating comments by a ukip candidate in the european elections that he would consider raping the labour mp, jess phillips. it's the same lead in the metro. it says the west midlands police received a report of "malicious communication". and finally, the daily mail asks if the new royal baby will get an american passport because meghan is from the states. a variety, but all brexit in some shape or

hugh schofield reports. by trade unions, ta ken over by the yellow vests. and as so often with the yellow vests, it descended into violence. before the march had even got under way, clashes between police and the so—called black blocks, radical leftists who see street demonstrations as an opportunity for havoc. their protest directly targeted president macron. he has made series of moves to placate the yellow vests, last week promising tax cuts and higher pensions for the poor. the demonstrators say it is all eye—wash. translation: there is nothing in macron‘s announcements in response to the yellow vests. there is nothing, right now there is nothing. we've got nothing. we came to paris to protest, peacefully of course, and we have been gassed and trapped for a while now. what we want today is for the government to hear us at last, for mr macron to hear what the french people want. time is up for taking us for fools, calling us names like "parasite" or whatever. the police deployed massively and in the end t

hugh schofield reports from paris.owed the horrific new face of the possibilities of the internet. it was 29 minutes, longer than the actual attack, before the live video was taken down from facebook. afterwards, there were 1.5 million copies circulating online. the christchurch call is meant as a wake—up to government, the tech industry and the public. new zealand prime ministerjacinda ardern came to paris, where president emmanuel macron was hosting a meeting on cybersecurity with leaders all the big multinationals. never before have countries and tech companies come together in the wake of an horrific attack to commit to an action plan that will deliver collaborative work in new technology to make our communities ultimately safer. facebook has also decided to co—operate with governments to make sure that no livestreaming could be allowed for users. if they are found to be spreading anything that could be harmful or hateful. the declaration is a call to action, and five of the multinationals. amazon, facebook and goo

the blast happened outside a bakery near the city centre, as hugh schofield reports.busy pedestrian shopping street near lyon shopping centre. it contained nails, nuts and bolts. victims had cut to their legs. translation: nails, nuts and bolts. victims had cut to their legs. translationzlj was working, serving people and all ofa was working, serving people and all of a sudden we heard a big boom. we thought it was related to something in work but it was an abandoned package. ifound in work but it was an abandoned package. i found six victims lying on the ground with lots of blood flowing. we could not do much. we called the fire department and the police then we let them do their job. reports suggest a man on a bicycle was seen depositing a back at the scene shortly before the explosion. he is described as between 30 and 35 years old and is 110w between 30 and 35 years old and is now being searched for by police. school students are holding strikes in countries around the world today to demand action on climate change. organisers have said more than a million people

with me are kevin schofield — editor, politics home and rowena mason — deputy political editor, the guardian you both. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. "defiant may will stay until autumn" is the headline in the times. the paper says the prime minister is determined to stay on, to see brexit through. the ft also goes with that lead, saying theresa may's cross—party brexit deal appears to be fading, as downing street apparently set a new exit date of august the first. the i newspaper carries a warning from the tory‘s grassroots that the party is in meltdown, and that there will be an unprecedented no—confidence vote in the prime minister injune. the telegraph reports that the watchdog, set up in the wake of the mps expenses scandal a decade ago, has been accused of trying to prevent greater openness. the lead in the daily mirror is the opening of the inquest into the deaths of 8 people, who were murdered by terrorists at london bridge injune 2017. but it also has a picture of liverpool's remarkable comeback in the champions league semi—final — in which they beat barcelona 4—0 on

continued later on in the evening where we saw at least 3 places in the country where there was a police schofield imposed in the police administrative area so the government basically using this as this is not as a long term measure but. basically a tactic to clamp down to dampen any tensions that might erupt obviously a time where there are a lot of fears a lot of sort of concern regarding the whole specter of 4 other attacks i mean just this morning on my phone i got at least 3 messages you know warning of potential attacks all in the backdrop of assurance from the government from the army command that they have got a handle on the situation but for people that taking no chances as you can see the school behind me here in the one of the biggest government schools there's a heavy security presence as their reason schools throughout the country catholic schools yet to reopen after the easter sunday bombing so people not willing to take chances ok let's talk now. she's the south asia director for human rights watch she's been following the situation closely she joins us on skype from mumbai. was t

earlier on i spoke to the bbc‘s paris correspondence hugh schofield about this result for emmanuel macronsonally in the campaign in the last week or two because he could see the threat from the marine le pen's party growing. and he said we need to beat these people in order to show them france is leading the way in pushing back against the populists and the nationalist, and he didn't win. so, yes, it is a defeat and it will mean that in europe he cannot stride across the stage with the same confidence that he's had. and his agenda will therefore be commensurately less successful, i would say. having said all that, though, one cannot write this off simply asa though, one cannot write this off simply as a macron defeat or a humiliation. he is the man in government after two years in power and a particularly torrid last six months, and yet he very nearly won this election. how many other people in europe, how many other parties, leaders, say that? in our modern times in western europe, we are used to sit in government is getting absolutely thrashed at european elections and yet he very nearl

hugh schofield has more.mal show strength by the trade unions, but it didn't turn out like that. it turned into something we've been sadly familiar with, one of the saturday type demonstrations where the yellow vests are very predominant, and in which anarchists are also very predominant. it started off looking like a regular demo, but from the beginning we could already see many yellow vests. and more worryingly for police, there were these black block types, the revolutionary anarchist types who like to cause trouble. there were confrontations at the beginning of the march, and then there was worse violence at the end of the march where we saw once again burnt down cars and scooters and bus shelters, stones and projectiles being flung at police, police battle charging back. very violent and lurid anti—police slogans from the crowds. there was nothing that the police didn't have under control, i don't think there was at any point in time where this would spill into something we haven't seen before, or at lea

tonight are deputy political editor of the guardian, rowena mason and editor of politics home, kevin schofield that european elections will now go ahead in two weeks. ministers had hoped that a compromise brexit deal would have been reached in talks with labour by now — that would have allowed the elections to be called off. the uk was due to leave the eu on 29th of march, but as no deal was agreed by parliament, the eu extended the deadline to 31 october. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. hackles up, territory to defend. it's notjust the prime minister's cat that's been holding the line on brexit. the lack of agreement so far means european elections will go ahead. we will be redoubling our efforts in talks with mps of all parties to try to make sure that the delay after that is as short as possible. ideally, we'd like to be in a situation where those meps from the uk never actually have to take their seats in the european parliament, and certainly to get this done and dusted by the summer recess. the way out could be talks with labour, marching to the table again in whitehall — s

the polls they are neck and neck it's hard to see who comes out in the top, let's hearfrom hugh schofield and parents on how he sees a campaign. all over europe we had a big issue, which is whether the traditional way of doing politics can't survive against the assaults from the new population. and then here in france, we have that same issue with its original clearest terms. because in president macron, we have a man is perhaps the last of the great european missionaries a man is he himself following and that the steps of founding fathers, and while he is seenin founding fathers, and while he is seen in the last two years of his mandate as a constant effort napping to play at successful, but a co nsta nt to play at successful, but a constant effort in the left to get people to see the ever greater union, whether it's an eu army or a isa union, whether it's an eu army or a is a good and necessary thing. and then opposite him, you had the original populist, now it is in yet there are many more radical than her, but harris is the party depressed and was controversially sta ked depressed and

this is bbc news, i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 8pm.curity council meeting. he will be replaced by penny martin. in a letter to the prime minister, williamson strenuously denies he was the source of the leak about the uk adopting 5g technology from chinese firm huawei will stop words that he echoed when speaking to the bbc yesterday about the leak. i never have leaked anything from the national security council, nor would i ever leak anything from the national security council. that's not how theresa may sees it, she says there is compelling evidence against kevin williamson. but he is not

our correspondent, hugh schofield, is in paris. tell us just what these protests look like?t, union organised, demonstration. it started off like that but very quickly we could see the march had in its numbers many yellow vests, who have been protesting since november. among them were also what we have come to see and call, the black blocs, people dressed in black who have come to cause trouble. they are very small in number, they were able to cause a certain amount of havoc. foran houror to cause a certain amount of havoc. for an hour or more, there was competition between them and the police who were out in force because there was aerial fiat that this demonstration could turn into something very serious. there have been more problems, described as a low level street violence, at the end of the demonstration. it's still going on now but beginning to peter out. it not something that has about wrist getting out of control but it has been ugly in parts. once again, on the streets of paris, the doubly led police are used to seeing— but oui’ led police are used to seeing— but o

this is bbc news, i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 8pm. theresa may has sacked kevin williamson as defence secretary, blaming him for leaking information from the national security council meeting. he will be replaced by penny martin. in a letter to the prime minister, williamson strenuously denies he was the source of the leak about the uk adopting sg technology from chinese firm huawei will stop words that he echoed when speaking to the bbc yesterday about the leak. i never have leaked anything from the national security council, nor would i ever leak anything from the national security council. that's not how theresa may sees council. that's not how theresa may sees it, she says there is compelling evidence against kevin williamson. but he is not going quietly. in other news, there will bea by quietly. in other news, there will be a by election in peterborough after almost 20,000 people signed a recall petition to remove the city's disgraced mp. double 0lympic recall petition to remove the city's disgraced mp. double olympic gold medall

let's go back to paris — our correspondent hugh schofield has the latest on the developing protests.fe select has had its windows smashed in. you can see the kind of pictures we have got used to with their yellow jackets attacking police, police responding with tear gas and anti succumbing to grenades as they call them. they have not officially started their possession yet, it is supposed to be one hour from now but already it looks quite violent at this point in the possession. we will have to see how it pans out but this was what the government wasn't fatal. it is not just regular union but yellow jackets and the black blocks. thank you very much. we will stay across what is happening in paris with that demonstration. the south african 0lympic champion caster semenya, has lost her appeal against the iaaf — which wants to restrict testosterone levels in women runners in specific track events. semenya had said the regulations were "unfair" and that she wanted to "run naturally, the way i was born". the court of arbitration for sport rejected the south african's challenge but said it

we'll speak to our paris correspondent hugh schofield in a moment but first let's head to brussels whereto our europe correspondent damian grammaticas. we are focused on the uk but what's happened elsewhere? a bit similar if you like. those big centre parties, the conservative centre—right parties in europe in the centre—left socialists suffered badly across europe really. in germany and france, saw their vote share drop quite sharply. that then was replaced as you were saying by good performances. but the greens who had a very good night in germany, a very strong result, in ireland, in france, the greens returning meps. they will see their block in the parliament go up. the liberals, an important want to mention there because they had, jumping up to probably around 100 meps in this 750 - probably around 100 meps in this 750— seat chamber, largely on the back as well of the performance in france of emmanuel macron, who came injust behind marine le pen. she topped the poll. she will be one seat down on her performance of five yea rs seat down on her performance of five years ago so seat d

let's cross to paris now, where we can speak to our correspondent hugh schofield.rs but he has been in powerfor two years and normally they get thrashed at elections like this, and he very nearly won. that requires a bit of reflection. for me, what is happening in france, which may be happening in france, which may be happening across the rest of the union slowly, that new political world struggling to be born. what we see here is the old bipolar risen, left, right, completely knocked for six, in existent now, the socialists got 6%. they were ruling the country two years ago. the centre—right, they got 8%. between them they didn't even muster 14, 15%. instead, you have to new parties, emmanuel macron and marine le pen's party, the new dominant players. they are both very tight, neither can really say they won. it is neck and neck, and they dominate the political landscape. and that is a new order of things. what has happened in this election shows that it wasn't a flash in the pan from two years ago, that the situation has persisted. they have new meps. what looks

our correspondent hugh schofield is in paris. them, the rest of them being left in the rear. and victory went to marine le pen and her national rally party, getting 23%, macron getting 22% and way down we have the greens on 13% and below them the centre right 8%, the ce ntre—left them the centre right 8%, the centre—left and 6%. when you talk about the two big parties in britain doing badly spare a thought for the old big two parties who have been wiped out four, 15% between them. it isa wiped out four, 15% between them. it is a victory for marine le pen and today she is injubilant moat is a victory for marine le pen and today she is in jubilant moat but it's not a wipe—out by any means for emmanuel macron and he can draw a lot of solace from the result because it tends to confirm his view of european politics in french politics being between people like him and people like marine le pen. thank you. we can also go to germany. jenny hill is there. what is the story of the night would you say? there are two big stories, the big 0 p