simon jones has more. as night fell, officers moved in to remove the last of the protesters who'd glued themselves to waterloo bridge. with police patience and resources stretched, the only approved place for protest

simon jones, bbc news. it is of course a developing situation.david shinn, in the mission incident to get his thoughts on the developments. ido developments. i do see positive signs. i am cautiously optimistic that the new leader of sudan will continue to ta ke leader of sudan will continue to take additional steps that will reassure the protesters, build confidence with them, so there can bea confidence with them, so there can be a peaceful resolution to all of this. i don't think he is there yet, but he has certainly become the process and indicated that he is willing to listen, link to take some steps that the protesters are calling for. additional steps, i think, need to be taken. what do you make of the rapid change of leader. imean, make of the rapid change of leader. i mean, three leaders for the country in three days. what is going on there, do you think?” country in three days. what is going on there, do you think? i think it was an indication that the previous leader, who was the minister of defence, was totally unacceptable to the prot

simon jones has more. who'd glued themselves to waterloo bridge. with police patience and resources stretched, the only approved place for protest remains marble arch. chanting: we love you! there, a 16—year—old swedish schoolgirl received a rapturous welcome as she took to the stage. greta thunberg's protest outside the swedish parliament calling for action on climate change is credited with inspiring demonstrations worldwide. we are the ones making a difference. it shouldn't be like that but since no—one else is doing anything, we will have to do so. she was undoubtedly preaching to the converted. i think she's right. yeah, that's really all that i want to say, but she is right and people need to listen to her. she's going to be very welcome here, isn't she, because she is one of the first people who spoke out and drew attention to all of this. i wish that at 16 i would have had the guts to do what she's doing now. but police say the disruption has been unacceptable. hundreds of people have been arrested

simon jones, bbc news.rica programme at chatham house. he said general burhan has been using a much more conciliatory tone. burhan is a different kettle of fish, he's not been politicised in the same way that ibn auf has. he's not held a position like minister of defence or vice president previously. he's someone who's seen as a military man, as a straight military man, as well. but, we've heard from him today and we've heard a much more conciliatory tone, again, but not a huge amount of movement, in terms of the two—year transitional peace. it still remains that. and some of those figures remain significantly as part of the transitional military council, including ibn auf as minister of defence and including the rapid support force, which is one of the armed force paramilitary, or now regularised groups, who are active in darfur. the leader of that is now the vice chair of the military council and i think that will worry a lot of people in sudan as well. and, ultimately, while we're seeing negotiations tak

simon jones, grounds or scrap contracts without a good reason. simonjones, bbc news.. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: tiger woods has won the masters more than ten years after his last major golfing title. the bbc learns more about the drone incident that caused chaos for thousands at one of britain's busiest airports. finland faces tough coalition talks after a split poll, which saw the far right increase its share of the vote. let's unpack those stories and look at some others. what is the global media saying about them this morning? we begin with the gulf news. its main story is on google's location tracker and the controversial new use that police are finding for it. a story from bbc news 0nline now. it reports on a police detective in london who has found a way of forecasting where fatal knife attacks are likely to take place in the future. the huffington post uk claims an exclusive with its report on the latest pressure labour opposition leader jeremy corbyn is facing to back a second eu referendum. fox news covers the latest runner for

simon jones has more.fell, officers moved in to remove the last of the protesters who had glued themselves to waterloo briggs —— bridge. with police resources a re briggs —— bridge. with police resources are stretched, the only approved place for protest remains marble arch. there, a 16—year—old swedish schoolgirl received a rapturous welcome. greta thunberg's protest outside the parliament calling for action on climate change has sparked demonstrations worldwide. we are the ones making a difference. it shouldn't be like that but since no—one else is doing anything, we will have to do so. she was undoubtedly preaching to the converted. i think she's right. yeah, that's really all i have to say but she is right and people need to listen to her. she is going to be very welcome here because she is one of the first people that spoke out and drew attention to this.” of the first people that spoke out and drew attention to this. i wish that at 16 i had the guts to do what she is doing now. but the police say the

simon jones, bbc news. let's get some insight, and more on this now from emma.a solicitor and head of legal casework at the human rights charity, she joins me from southeast to london via webcam. thank you for taking the time to speak to us. to the best of your knowledge, our allegations and sexual assault like this a big problem for the british army? yes, they are a big problem. a wider problem is that of sexual harassment in the armed forces. there was a survey last year, actually, that laid the problem very bare. 12% of women who responded to the sexual—harassment survey said that they had suffered sexual harassment. 7% said they had suffered attempted sexual assault, and 3% said that they've been raped. these are women who are serving in the armed forces. so it is a very wide problem coming and it's a shame there was not the similarly robust response from the secretary of state come in the chain of command last year. and so do we, i'm going to say we, the public and press, do we always find out when allegations are made like this one, within the army? i'm no

simon jones, bbc news. now it's time for the travel show. coming up on this week's programme...ee in madrid. this is like being a kid again! woohoo! digging the dutch masters. and it's downhill all the way in the mountains of latvia. we start this week in the spanish capital, madrid, where change is coming fast. the way people get around the city is being transformed, city officials are clearing the cars from the congested streets and opening them up to new possibilities — rentable electric scooters. they have become increasingly popular in many european cities of late. for lots of people, it's a transport revolution they've been waiting for. for others, it's something else entirely. too many in madrid. madrid resident rafa estefania reports. look at this! electric scooters, bicycle sharing, everybody seems to be sharing means of transport now in madrid. nobody seems to use their own bikes, their own scooters any more. we've got here the electric bikes, they are being charged at the moment, and over there, a line full of electric scooters. they are everywhere. it seems that ever

simon jones, bbc news. spending the past series warning about this work of the intelligent agencies. he has been working... ..at m15, m16 and gcho and described his experiences as "humbling." gchq's head of counter—terrorism said the duke worked expectionally hard to embed himself with the teams he observed. > all of the sport now. we begin with football news in england. watford have reached their first fa cup final in 35 years was not they did at the hard way too. coming from two goes on to beat wolverhampton wanderers 3— to enter medics out. joe linsky has more. tickets all around wembley and there isa tickets all around wembley and there is a special sense of optimism. neither watford nor wolves had been to the cup final in a generation both might‘ve felt they would never get a better chance. but to mid table premiere week sites were about to produce a classic. they drew into a first—half lead with the head of matt doherty. a breakthrough that made the wembley expirations with a. this site has a similar

simon jones, bbc news.ants have been allowed to disembark in the maltese capital valetta after four eu countries agreed to take them in. the ship had earlier been refused entry by malta, and also italy, saying it was libya's responsibility to take in the boat. the italian foreign minister has warned of a new wave of migrants if european nations get involved in the libyan conflict. catherine karelli reports. these migrants have been at sea off the coast of malta for nearly two weeks. but no longer. the passengers on board the alan kurdi rescue ship will now be redistributed between germany, france, portugal, and luxembourg. the maltese government isn't happy. it's standing firm in its refusal to take in any migrants, calling on other eu member states to step up. it says that the case was neither its responsibility nor its remit. italy's government also refused entry to the vessel. its ports have been closed to humanitarian ships since last june. thousands of migrants and refugees are trapped in the libyan ca

simon jones, bbc news.ave reached the national army headquarters in the capital khartoum for the first time, calling for the military to join them in theircampaign against omar al—bashir, who has ruled for over 30 years. they have reached the national army quarters for the first time, and tear gas was fired at the protesters and several arrests were made. our africa editor, fergal keane, has this report. the opposition wanted the biggest demonstration yet and it looks as if they have achieved it. tens of thousands made their way in peace to the heart of the regime in power. they chanted appeals for the soldiers tojoin them. they chanted appeals for the soldiers to join them. as before, women to the forefront. in a movement led by the country ‘s professional classes, turning against the president in vast numbers. omar al—bashir has been president since 1989 after a coup. he isa president since 1989 after a coup. he is a fugitive from international justice, accused of genocide in darfurfor. justice, accused o

simon jones, bbc news.fire on hundreds of unarmed men, women and children in amritsar — considered one of the darkest episodes of the colonial era. 0pposition leader rahul gandhi and britain's high commissioner have laid wreaths at the site of the massacre. theresa may has stopped short of offering a formal apology for what happened. she described the events as "a shameful scar on british—indian history". sangita myska reports. at the site of the amritsar massacre, 100 years on... ..a ceremony to remember the dead. among those gathered, politicians in the throes of india's general election campaign laying wreaths to mark one of the nation's darkest chapters. elsewhere, india's prime minister added his thoughts. completion of 100 years since the jallianwala bag massacre. i pay my respect to the martyrs of this incident. it was here, at the jallianwala bag public gardens, that on the 13th of april 1919 thousands had gathered to celebrate a holy festival. tensions in the city had been running high. colonial au

our correspondent simon jones is at waterloo bridge looking at the scene there now. that camera, it looks like there's a huge amount of police there. do you get a sense today that the police are trying to disperse these protests, trying to wear the protesters down, a re protests, trying to wear the protesters down, are we seeing an endgame here? you get a real sense of the patients of the police is being stretched, as are their resources . being stretched, as are their resources. at the protests on this bridge continue, causing disruption to traffic and people in the area. let's just show you the picture there. unlike oxford circus, which was cleared earlier, people are still here. they are making speeches, they are singing, we see cheers from time to time. but a bit like what happened earlier at oxford circus, what police have done is formed a circle around the protesters on the bridge to try and keep the numbers contained. what we haven't seen yet is them move in like at oxford circus, to try to ta ke like at oxford circus, to try to take people away. what protester

simon jones, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas.ory. we have a lot of cloud and drizzle in the north and north east. this was a picture taken in york earlier in the day. now, as we move through the rest of this evening and overnight, we keep a fairly cloudy picture for many places. particularly cloudy in the south east of england, the midlands and wales. some showers here, some of those showers pushing into northern ireland at times too. to the north of that for much of scotland, northern and eastern england, a few clear spells but also some mist and low cloud and fog patches. there could be a touch of frost through parts of scotland. the rest of us — frost—free. down to the south west of england through the day on monday, you should keep some sunny spells. just the threat of a few showers for the isles of scilly pushing towards the channel isles too. so, lots of dry weather but we've got this stubborn cloud with a few showers stretching the wind from the southeast of england through the midlands towards wales too. more sunshine to

simon jones, bbc news. returning to the dark days of the revolution, which ousted colonel gaddaffi in 2011. supporters of the internationally recognised government are fighting on the outskirts of the city with forces loyal to general khalifa haftar. britain has been pushing for a ceasefire resolution at the united nations security council, but general haftar has support from russia, the uae, egypt and saudi arabia. our international correspondent 0rla guerin has been to the frontlines and sent this report. in tripoli, the spectre of war has returned. instead of a planned un peace conference, there is a fight for control of the capital. we were taken to the front lines in the southern suburbs. this is ain zara, a key battle ground, deserted now except for the defenders of tripoli. and here they are. brigade 191. heavy gunfire. there are resounding echoes of libya's revolution. spot the barefoot volunteers. but they have been holding off general khalifa haftar for more than two weeks. here at this front line

simon jones, bbc news.mmon has announced an independent review into the quality of its housing, after increasing concerns about the standard of its new builds. but the property advice group the homeowners alliance, has told the bbc that issues with new homes aren't limited to just one developer. here's our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith. this was supposed to be justin's dream home. door bell rings. he'd saved up for a new build... good morning. we've got zero insulation. ..thinking he wouldn't need to do any work to it. we've moved out twice. every ceiling in the entire property has been removed. justin bought his house from one of the biggest developers, taylor wimpey, under the help to buy scheme. it's well below standard, and trying to negotiate with the builders has been an endless trauma from day one. insulation issues, damp issues, cold—bridging issues. a couple of doors up, lynn lives in an identical home with her partner and three daughters. this is not isolated to this particular pr

simon jones, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to emma norton.and head of legal casework at the human rights charity, liberty. a wider problem is that of sexual harassment in the armed forces. there was a survey last year, actually, that laid the problem very bare. 12% of women who responded to the sexual—harassment survey said that they had suffered sexual harassment. 7% said they had suffered attempted sexual assault, and 3% said that they‘ve been raped. these are women who are serving in the armed forces. so it is a very wide problem and it‘s a shame there was not a similarly robust response from the secretary of state come in the chain of command last year. and so do we, i‘m going to say we, the public and press, do we always find out when allegations are made like this one, within the army? i‘m not sure that we do. i mean one of the main problems is, what appears to happen on this occasion, is that the military police have been called in again. what we are calling for, and have been calling forfor a long, long time, and a lot of women who ha

simon jones, bbc news. very much, mishal. good evening. cambridge have won both the men's and women's boat race for the second successive year. it was a fairytale return to rowing for the double olympic championjames cracknell — making his comeback at the age of 46 — nearly a decade after suffering a serious head injury. eleanor roper reports. now the cambridge boats... the river thames might not be as glamorous as the sydney or athens olympics, but forjames cracknell, this is a career—high. great britain get the gold medal! he has won two olympic gold medals and six world championships, but after a biking accident left him with a head injury, he has not lost the desire to compete. he has defied neurologists, and he is now studying for a masters at cambridge university which means he is eligible to compete. as the men's race is eligible to compete. as the men's ra ce gets is eligible to compete. as the men's race gets under way, there is only one man everyone is race gets under way, there is only one man ev

simon jones, bbc news.yan capital tripoli fear they are in danger of returning to the dark days of the revolution which ousted colonel gaddaffi in 2011. supporters of the internationally recognised government are fighting on the outskirts of the city with forces loyal to general khalifa haftar. a veteran military commander, he already controls much of the country, having expanded from a base in the east to take control of oil—rich southern libya earlier this year. britain has been pushing for a ceasefire resolution at the united nations security council, but general haftar has support from russia, the uae, egypt and saudi arabia. our international correspondent orla guerin has been to the front lines and sent this report. in tripoli, the spectre of war has returned. instead of a planned un peace conference, there is a fight for control of the capital. we were taken to the front lines in the southern suburbs. this is ain zara, a key battle ground, deserted now except for the defenders of tripoli. and here th

rowley left saying he still thought russia had carried out the attack. saying he still thought simon jonest headlines on bbc news. th! may the headlines on bbc news. theresa may insists that she had to reach out to labour to try to deliver brexit or risk letting it slip through ourfingers. brexit or risk letting it slip through our fingers. labour defends its handling of complaints against andy semitism attribute reported that —— over anti—semitism. in libya fighting between rebels and government forces 13 is the capital tripoli. un calls for a business —— un calls for a truce. a new law comes into force later this week, to deal with what the government calls terrorist safe havens. people travelling to places designated as such face up to ten years in jail if convicted of the new offence. june kelly our correspondent explains how it will work. ministers hear effectively want to put a travel ban on parts of the world that they believe is associated with the risk of terrorism. so in future if anyone goes to one of these designated areas and comes back to the uk, they face the prospect of bei

simon jones, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas.ot of cloud, there have been drizzly outbreaks of rain particularly in the north and east but certainly sunny skies further west. this picture was taken just off the north coast of northern ireland, beautiful blue skies, lots of sunshine, the same can't be said for this view over york a bit earlier on, so we've had a lot of cloud. it did brighten up in the east as we head through the last pa rt east as we head through the last part of the day but we keep that mix of some cloud, some clear spells. particularly cloudy through the south—east of england, the midlands, wales and southern parts of northern ireland. we are set to see a few showers. elsewhere, dry bits of mist, fog and low cloud forming overnight. with all that cloud around for most of his it's not a frosty night so temperature is generally between 4—9, but a bit colderfor some of the generally between 4—9, but a bit colder for some of the sheltered glens of scotland where they could bea glens of scotland where they could be a

simon jones, bbc news.n emergency accommodation after the blaze forced them from their caravan park. the wildfire happened in the mourne mountains above the seaside town of newcastle, as chris page reports. 0n the mountainside, a fire front a mile long threatened some houses as it burned through the gorse. eyewitnesses described it as a running wildfire. 50 firefighters worked to bring the blaze under control. the flames came close to a caravan park. police went from one mobile home to another, telling people to get out quickly. buses took around 200 holiday—makers to a leisure centre. it wasn't how they expected to be spending their easter. very frightening. people were told to get into their cars, move the cars and evacuate, and then you were told to get out of the cars and run. the wind was blowing towards the caravan site. so once it hit one caravan, they were worried about the gas bottles. then it would have caused a chain reaction. they were allowed to return to their caravans this morning. the morne

simon jones, bbc news. sides using air strikes. more than 20 people are reported to have died in the clashes, and the un has called for an urgent truce. libya has been torn by violence since colonel gaddafi was deposed in 2011. dozens of militias operate there, linked either to the un backed government under prime minister of fayez al—serraj, or the rebel libyan national army, led by general khalifa haftar. since thursday, it has advanced on the capital, tripoli, igniting fears of an all—out war. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. this is a battle fought largely by pick—up truck. makeshift armoured vehicles jamming the routes in and out of tripoli. these belong to militias loyal to the government of national accord that is backed by the united nations. they are rushing to defend the capital. a government spokesman insisted they had slowed the advance of rival forces from the east. translation: on this day, the libyan armed forces declare the launch of the operation volcano of anger to purg

simon jones, bbc news.he's discovered a way of forecasting where deadly knife attacks are likely to take place. detective chief inspector john massey worked with criminologists from the university of cambridge to find a link between stabbings one year and fatal attacks the next. it's hoped it could help focus police resources. these findings are important for deciding where police should concentrate patrols and especially where they should concentrate stop—and—search because that's controversial, it has some costs, but they are well worth it if stop—and—search prevents murders. funding for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in england has failed to keep up with significant demand according to a leading teachers union. the national education union claims the gaps are causing "untold misery" for thousands of families, but the government says the budget is going up this year. frankie mccamley reports. teaching children with special educational needs is expensive. class sizes are small. curr

simon jones, bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for the travel show.aul carter, i'm a journalist and i have come here to tokyo to experience its culture, its sights and smells. like a lego cityscape, it doesn't look real. it's much bigger than i was expecting. i have come as any other western tourist could come and do, but i have also come here as a disabled person, to experience all of those things through the eyes of someone who might have some difficulties getting over some of those problems, getting around. ifeel like i'm... ifeel like i'm done for the day already and i haven't even got anywhere yet. tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. and next year, it will play host to the olympics and paralympics. japan expects a record a0 million visitors in 2020, including many disabled travellers. so i want to find out how prepared its capital is to welcome an influx of foreign visitors, especially people like me. i was born without any lower arms or legs, as you can probably see i use short prosthetics to get around. so i'm just o

simon jones, bbc news.hammond, says he's optimistic that brexit talks between the government and the labour party can reach "some form of agreement". this afternoon, the labour leader jeremy corbyn has said he is waiting to see some movement on the prime minister's so—called "brexit red lines". we are determined to make sure there is no crashing out without a deal. so next week, something will have to happen in parliament and obviously labour will be playing our part in protecting the rights we have achieved through eu membership and ensuring there is an effective economic relationship for the future. the developer persimmon has announced an independent review into the quality of its housing, after increasing concerns about the standard of its new builds. but the property advice group the homeowners alliance, has told the bbc that issues with new homes aren't limited to just one developer. here's our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith. this was supposed to be justin's dream home. door bell rings.

simon jones, bbc news.eera chindooroy, policy and public affairs manager for the national landlords association. welcome. do you agree with the view we we re welcome. do you agree with the view we were hearing from one person in oui’ we were hearing from one person in our report, that the balance has been too far in favour of landlords quiz mark we acknowledge that there was a need to reform section 21, but to scrap it completely will undermine the system that we have currently. landlords do not have confidence in the court process for gaining possession when they have a breach of the tenancy agreement. the reliance on section 21 to regain it when they need to make the change to section 21 undermine confidence in maintaining the dot of mitigating the risks. is the problem that some landlords have exploited it, and it's inevitably time for change because smack we did polling with you gav which found that 11% of landlords had used section 21 in the past five yea rs, had used section 21 in the past five years,

simon jones, bbc news. joining us now is polly, chief executive of shelter.hing you celebrate. absolutely. it is quite a breakthrough and a really positive move by the government for the one in four families who are renting and are accepting unacceptable levels of insecurity because of section 21. how many people do you think will be affected by this? how many will feel more secure as a result of the move? we have 11 million people currently in private renting. one in four families with children. hundreds of thousands of people in older age. if i potentially face having to move after six months and perhaps having to move repeatedly after six months, thatis to move repeatedly after six months, that is no way to live out your life in old age. it is not possible to bring up children with security they need. when you are facing that level of security. also when you are afraid to complain about any issue with your property, next thing you know, slap on the mat, section 21 notice and he will have to leave. people are putting up with unacceptable living conditions.

been no injuries reported and police say the incident is not terror related. 0ur correspondent simon jonest several parked cars outside the embassy, but the alarm was raised because one of those cars is the official car used by the ukrainian ambassador. she was not ina by the ukrainian ambassador. she was not in a vehicle at the time. the police were called and they arrived in numbers both armed and unarmed officers. and initially they tried to box in the vehicle that had hit these parked cars. but then, according to the embassy, the ambassador‘s car was rammed once again. then the police say the vehicle was driven at them and at that point they fired shots and also used a taser. we are told that they arrested a man in his 40s, he has been taken to hospital as a precaution, but he was said not to be injured by that, and we understand none of the iranian embassy understand none of the iranian e m bassy staff understand none of the iranian embassy staff were injured. police tell us an investigation has now been launched, we have had a quote from them in their press release in which they prai