28/03/2016 BBC News at Ten

Arrests in Pakistan after yesterday's bombing,

The first funerals are held - for one of the many children killed

in the suicide attack on a playground.

Many Christians and Muslims would be gathered there.

When we came to know that the majority were Christian,

even the Muslims, all are human beings, and,

Storm Katie wreaks havoc - flights cancelled, trees uprooted -

and houses damaged - as winds of up to 100 miles an hour

The first pictures inside the historic city of Palmyra,

hours after Syrian troops recapture it from the so-called

And warnings of an education "crisis", as unions claim excessive

workloads and inadequate pay will leave schools struggling

Security forces in Pakistan say they've arrested a number of people

The death toll has risen to more than 70 -

A breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed

responsibility, saying it was targeting the city's

This report from our correspondent Shaimaa Khalil in Lahore contains

The park where dozens lost their lives.

Families had come here to celebrate Easter,

but instead, were caught up in carnage.

A place where children came to play, now the site of a massacre.

16-year-old Sharon had been at the park with his brother.

His mother was almost too distressed to speak.

All she could tell us was that the last time she saw him

The body of the 16-year-old has just been

brought outside his family home for final prayers and goodbyes.

He's just one victim among the dozens

Many families across Lahore will be mourning in the same way.

Christians were the target of the bombing by a

splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban.

Christians and Muslims, men, women and children,

When we came to know, our hearts broke.

We couldn't handle ourselves, because we knew it is Sunday,

and many Christians and Muslims would be gathered there.

When we came to know that the majority were Christian,

even the Muslims, all are human beings, and,

Pakistan's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, visited

survivors today, and vowed to improve security in the ongoing

This was another attempt by the government to

show strength in the face of a national tragedy,

but for families burying their dead today, it will be

Our Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet

Nawaz Sharif has promised tighter security. Can he deliver? It's not a

question of whether he can deliver, it's the military raids now being

conducted in this part of Pakistan where many of the extremist groups

are based. The Pakistan army is now moving into Pakistan's asked

powerful and populous province in an unprecedented way, which is now

challenging the authority of the Prime Minister in his own heartland.

The big question tonight in Pakistan is whether this is a turning point.

A vicious attack on a park that has a horrible echo of the attack on a

school in northern Pakistan in 2014 that killed more than 100 children.

That led to a major security crackdown, which led to what has

been a period of relative calm in Pakistan. But the question as always

here is, can Pakistan have an effective campaign against this

growing threat of extremism if it continues to have what it has in

effect and a la carte campaign, choosing which groups it goes

against. The most powerful person in Pakistan, the army chief General

came to power saying there was no good Taliban and bad Taliban. The

Pakistanis are still watching, waiting and worrying for the ansa to

that question. Storm Katie battered large parts

of Southern Britain overnight, leaving flights cancelled,

property damaged, and, at one point, thousands

of people without power. Gusts of over a hundred miles

an hour were recorded in some A rude awakening after

the Easter weekend. Storm Katie may have arrived

while most of us were asleep, but there was no missing

its journey east. This video was filmed by onlookers

as the storm dismantled three Unfortunately, some of these

businesses will be closed for one to two days until this

scaffolding is repaired. We also have to make sure

electricity lines or anything untoward, making sure

all the residents in the flats In Gosport in Hampshire a series

of storm force gusts tore the entire Suddenly we heard this tremendous

crash and the whole building And that kind of got us out

of bed quite quickly. The storm had tracked from Cornwall

to the North Sea. Toppling trees, damaging buildings,

bringing down power lines. At its peak, the gale had enough

force to twist this tower crane Along the south coast

there were warnings of coastal flooding and ferry

sailings were disrupted. More than 80 flights were cancelled

at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, and some flights that did attempt

to make it in were forced to abort. An uncomfortable few minutes

for travellers on their way home. Back in Gosport, the sun is shining

but the clear-up has some way to go. At these flats near the naval base,

roofing insulation and timbers had dropped three storeys

and crashed onto cars below. Storm Katie may have been

relatively short lived, but all the incidents we visited

gave a clear indication There is no doubt that had the storm

not tracked through during the hours of darkness, the consequences

could have been far more serious. Robert Hall, BBC News, Woodley,

in the Thames Valley. Three more people have been charged

with terrorism offences after last week's attacks in Brussels -

but a man previously arrested was released today,

with investigators saying there's Police have released new CCTV

pictures of the man in the hat at the airport before

the bombings, who they're Our Europe correspondent

Damian Grammaticas is in Brussels. Those three men who were charged

have only been charged with general terror related offences. Prosecutors

have not linked them directly to the ataxia, so the more significant

event today, I think, was when the prosecutors released the only man

they have been holding so far charge directly with what has been happened

here. He has been named as Faycal C. It was thought they were trying to

tie him to being the third figure in the airport attack. The judge today

ordered he would be released, there was not enough evidence, so he was

freed, meaning the airport bomber is still on the loose. The death cult

has also gone up, and it's now 38 confirmed dead. -- the death toll.

Both Russia's President Putin and the US State Department have

welcomed the Syrian army's recapture of the historic city of Palmyra

President Bashar al-Assad says his troops will now use

the city as a strategic stronghold to make further advances.

Palmyra is a World Heritage Site and there are hopes that IS may not

have wreaked as much damage on it's monuments as first feared.

Our World Affairs Correspondent Richard Galpin reports.

A first glimpse of the new masters of Palmyra.

Syrian troops at ease in the city after a decisive victory over

It took them just a few weeks to recapture the area which lies

on a vital highway leading from Damascus to the Iraqi border.

They had significant support from the Russian air force.

The militants seized control of Palmyra in May last year,

and soon began a campaign of destruction.

They published this photograph showing one of several ancient tombs

and temples in the area being blown up.

But this new video seems to show that the expected wholesale

destruction of the Unesco World Heritage Site has not happened.

To the relief of archaeologists everywhere, especially in Syria.

When my son is born, it was one of the most beautiful

The second beautiful day of my life was a celebration of Palmyra

with this result, that Palmyra is not destroyed completely.

Palmyra was saved partly because this man, Khaled al-Asaad,

the top archaeologist at the site, refused to reveal the whereabouts

But recapturing Palmyra from so-called Islamic State has

significance beyond preserving the prized ancient city.

It's also an important strategic gain.

Because, from Palmyra, the Syrian military can

broaden its offensive against jihadi forces to attack Deir Ezzor,

And the Syrian army is even vowing to move against Raqqa,

regarded as Islamic State's headquarters in Syria.

If we are serious about defeating Islamic State and pressing

on to their capital of Raqqa, we have to accept that the Syrian

army are the best tool to do it, together with the Russian air force.

This successful Syrian military offensive in Palmyra has tonight

And already the regime's forces are pushing beyond the city

One of the largest teaching unions - the National Union of Teachers -

says the profession is facing a recruitment crisis.

Its annual conference in Brighton has heard how excessive workloads

and poor pay were driving teachers out of the classroom.

The government says the vacancy rate in England has not got any worse,

and it's spending millions to improve job opportunities

Here's our Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys.

Years after he left, Peter's gone back to school.

He wants to work as a teacher here but can't train

Then he can qualify and they can hire him as their drama teacher.

Sitting with students who are 15, 16, taking their GCSEs,

So you've got to have a lot of belief in yourself

and your subject to really want to do it.

Recruiting teachers is a challenge in many parts of the UK.

In wealthier bits of England, the cost of housing makes it harder.

Here, in Oxford, the new business teacher

It's no longer enough to put a job advertisement

Last term, I was advertising because of promotions,

English, geography, business studies, physics, and chemistry.

And I got no responses to those five adverts.

Since, we've managed to recruit but it's very difficult.

Schools are getting busier because the number of pupils

That's increasing the pressure to recruit more good teachers.

But, already, there aren't enough going

There are worries in Scotland, as well,

where some teacher training places also haven't been filled.

And concerns raised across the border by their

But it certainly doesn't help keep you in there when you put

No teacher goes into teaching for the money.

But it certainly doesn't help keep you in there when you put

the combined effect on what they've done on pay and pensions over

So, with a starting salary of 22,000 a year, how does teaching compare

also have access to a very generous public sector pension scheme.

A shake-up of teacher training is promised in Wales.

here in the classroom that gets results.

The head of Honduras's football federation has admitted taking

bribes for football World Cup rights.

Rafael Callejas - here on the right -

pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in the US.

The Fifa official said he'd taken "hundreds of thousands" of dollars'

of bribes for media rights to qualifying matches for three

Many of those fleeing the conflict have lost limbs or suffered

They're thought to make up nearly a third of all the refuges

But what is day-to-day life like for them?

Our Disability Affairs correspondent Nikki Fox has been finding out.

24,000 have a disability or serious health condition.

Five-year-old Manik is slowly getting used to walking.

She lost her left leg when her home in Syria was bombed last year.

Manik's mum didn't want to show her face to protect her family

God knows I wish that we had all died rather than this year

God knows I wish that we had all died rather than live

here in this situation.

Getting around this camp, the size of a city, is difficult.

Wheelchairs are seen as a luxury and the mobility scooter,

A lot of disabled people do feel a bit trapped in their own spaces,

80% of all the refugees in Jordan live in the community often hidden

Like here in the capital, Amman.

This man recently had a stroke and can't leave his home

The only apartment he can afford is on the third floor.

For six months he couldn't leave his home or look

after his family, but thanks to help from a charity, he is

Once you're isolated in that way, you are so much more reliant

on your neighbours or if you're lucky your family.

Their physical condition coupled with extreme economic financial

challenges leads to much greater vulnerability.

The recovery process can be a long one and many will need ongoing

But since 2014, Syrian refugees are no longer eligible for free

secondary health care, like physiotherapy and prosthetics.

With around 1.4 million now living in Jordan, the government says that

without more funding from the international community,

Jordan is almost saturated, and as a country and a government,

our priority is serving the Jordanian people.

These young Syrian men don't have much but they do have each other.

They meet at this community centre once a week.

Their lives have been changed forever, but they don't want

And despite everything, they won't be beaten.

Nikki Fox, BBC News, Jordan.

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