:00:00. > :00:07.A Briton is confirmed among the dead in the Brussels attacks as a suspect
:00:08. > :00:10.is shot and arrested in a police raid.
:00:11. > :00:14.The man was caught at a tram stop - one of several arrests by police
:00:15. > :00:19.in the Belgian capital as the investigation continues.
:00:20. > :00:27.The Foreign Office confirms that British man David Dixon died on
:00:28. > :00:28.Tuesday's bombings and his family say they are devastated.
:00:29. > :00:38.schools into academies "asset-stripping education",
:00:39. > :00:39.as he addresses the main teaching union.
:00:40. > :00:41.The Muslim shopkeeper killed after wishing his customers
:00:42. > :00:46.Happy Easter - police confirm another Muslim has been arrested.
:00:47. > :01:06.And, remembering Ireland's Easter Rising 100 years on.
:01:07. > :01:12.Belgian police have shot and wounded a suspect during another anti-terror
:01:13. > :01:18.Video footage of the operation in the Schaerbeek district
:01:19. > :01:21.of the capital showed heavily-armed officers moving in on the man
:01:22. > :01:27.Meanwhile, the Foreign Office here has confirmed that a British
:01:28. > :01:30.man - who'd been missing since Tuesday's attacks -
:01:31. > :01:34.David Dixon is thought to have been on the metro train blown
:01:35. > :01:37.Our Europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas has the latest
:01:38. > :01:45."It's a police operation", the woman's voice says.
:01:46. > :01:49.Outside, they advance behind a bullet-proof shield.
:01:50. > :01:55.Lying in the tram stop, a man has been shot in the legs.
:01:56. > :01:59.Police still train their weapons on him.
:02:00. > :02:03.The view from across the street shows a bomb disposal robot
:02:04. > :02:05.approaching, he's holding a bag, they want to check
:02:06. > :02:14.This is the same Schaerbeek district where the Brussels and Paris
:02:15. > :02:18.This operation though, it seems, was triggered by information gleaned
:02:19. > :02:23.from a raid in Paris yesterday, when one man was arrested,
:02:24. > :02:25.apparently preparing a new attack in France and not linked
:02:26. > :02:31.They take the kids in security, safe, and they shoot the man,
:02:32. > :02:36.I'm not sure because he was not dying, he was moving,
:02:37. > :02:39.and the police asked him to put the bag far from him.
:02:40. > :02:46.After, I just watched, and he tried to move.
:02:47. > :02:56.Meanwhile, prosecutors today confirmed that Najim Laachraoui,
:02:57. > :03:00.who is thought made the suicide vests used in last year's Paris
:03:01. > :03:02.attacks, was one of the Brussels airport bombers.
:03:03. > :03:07.In total, some 300 people were killed and injured in these
:03:08. > :03:09.attacks, their fates are starting to become clearer.
:03:10. > :03:14.Some 40 nationalities touched in total.
:03:15. > :03:16.The pain and suffering is felt not just here,
:03:17. > :03:24.From America to China, families are now morning
:03:25. > :03:26.From America to China, families are now mourning
:03:27. > :03:30.David Dixon, an IT consultant from Hartlepool, texted his family
:03:31. > :03:34.after the airport attack to say he was safe.
:03:35. > :03:39.The father of a seven-year-old son died soon after in the metro blast.
:03:40. > :03:43.Mason Wells survived the Boston Marathon bombing three
:03:44. > :03:46.years ago, he survived again in Brussels, but has severe burns.
:03:47. > :03:50.I remember seeing, you know, fire in front of my face and also
:03:51. > :03:52.kind of fire down by my feet on the ground.
:03:53. > :03:58.I feel lucky to have escaped with what I did.
:03:59. > :04:00.Brussels' airport is still closed, but the US Secretary of State came
:04:01. > :04:09.He said criticising Belgium for security failings before
:04:10. > :04:11.all the facts are known is inappropriate, adding
:04:12. > :04:13.the so-called Islamic State is lashing out in Europe
:04:14. > :04:20.We will not rest until we have eliminated your nihilistic beliefs
:04:21. > :04:24.and cowardice from the face of this earth.
:04:25. > :04:31.But what many here fear is that the terror networks
:04:32. > :04:37.That defiance was echoing in the centre of Brussels tonight. This is
:04:38. > :04:43.a nation wounded and determined it won't be cowed by the men of
:04:44. > :04:46.violence. Damian Grammaticas, BBC News, Brussels.
:04:47. > :04:49.The US military says it has killed a number of leading militants
:04:50. > :04:51.belonging to so-called Islamic State including the man said to be
:04:52. > :04:57.It described Abd al-Rahman al-Qaduli as the group's finance minister
:04:58. > :04:59.and said he'd been responsible for terror plots outside Syria
:05:00. > :05:04.Let's speak to our North America Editor Jon Sopel.
:05:05. > :05:15.Good evening. What more do we know about this operation? It wasn't a
:05:16. > :05:17.drone strike, this was US special forces helicoptered in on the ground
:05:18. > :05:21.trying to intercept him and apparently trying to take him alive
:05:22. > :05:25.so they could question him about so-called Islamic State operations.
:05:26. > :05:29.But a firefight ensued and he was killed. What is significant about
:05:30. > :05:34.this is it shows the growing level of intelligence that the US has on
:05:35. > :05:39.key IS figures and where to find them, so he is the latest person to
:05:40. > :05:45.die. Ashton Carter, the US Defence Secretary, said momentum is moving
:05:46. > :05:48.in the way of the US, saying IS control less ground and with the
:05:49. > :05:54.killing of this person they would have less money to pay their foreign
:05:55. > :05:57.fighters. Of course, the flip side to that is if they hold less ground
:05:58. > :06:02.and foreign fighters are not getting paid, they might start making their
:06:03. > :06:05.way back to Europe with all the security implications that that
:06:06. > :06:07.involves. Jon Sopel, thank you very much.
:06:08. > :06:09.The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has told the National Union
:06:10. > :06:11.of Teachers this afternoon that the Government's push
:06:12. > :06:13.for academy schools in England will lead to the "asset-stripping
:06:14. > :06:17.Ministers want all state schools to have plans to convert
:06:18. > :06:19.to academies by 2020, arguing that it will
:06:20. > :06:27.Our education editor, Branwen Jeffreys, reports.
:06:28. > :06:30.This school opened after another failed, an early academy set up
:06:31. > :06:40.Now, all England's schools will have to follow, even good schools will be
:06:41. > :06:45.Today, Jeremy Corbyn came to one of the teacher union conferences,
:06:46. > :06:52.There is not a shred of evidence that academies automatically
:06:53. > :07:00.There are very real fears about the intention
:07:01. > :07:02.of the Government and those who pay themselves exorbitant salaries
:07:03. > :07:09.Loud applause for that message, here.
:07:10. > :07:11.But it's not just teachers' unions that are angry
:07:12. > :07:22.They say they are already doing a good job of overseeing
:07:23. > :07:27.Since this academy was built, things have changed.
:07:28. > :07:32.A fresh start has led to a better school for local kids.
:07:33. > :07:34.And the head says she has much more freedom.
:07:35. > :07:37.She has introduced performance-related pay,
:07:38. > :07:44.One of the things that is so useful is that I have control
:07:45. > :07:50.Because of that, I can employ the sort of staff that meet
:07:51. > :07:54.I have just as many support staff as teachers.
:07:55. > :07:58.In primary schools it is simpler, most answer to the council.
:07:59. > :08:02.Here in Brighton they are considering their options,
:08:03. > :08:04.could council staff leave, to set up a group
:08:05. > :08:09.You don't want a supermarket free-for-all style of education
:08:10. > :08:12.here in the city where these academy trusts come in,
:08:13. > :08:16.cherry pick the best schools and essentially leave those
:08:17. > :08:20.in the margins of our educational system to fend for themselves.
:08:21. > :08:23.Today, the Schools Minister told me that they will press ahead,
:08:24. > :08:27.even though some in his own party are against these plans.
:08:28. > :08:29.Even in strong authorities, let alone the authorities
:08:30. > :08:32.where there are far more underperforming schools,
:08:33. > :08:37.this is about ensuring that we take the excellent and high performing
:08:38. > :08:39.schools, take that expertise and spread it.
:08:40. > :08:44.Schools could also be learning a new language of competition
:08:45. > :08:55.All against the background of union and counsel dissent.
:08:56. > :08:58.Branwen Jeffreys, BBC News, Brighton.
:08:59. > :09:01.A man has been arrested after a Muslim shopkeeper in Glasgow
:09:02. > :09:03.was killed in what police are calling a "religiously
:09:04. > :09:07.40-year-old Asad Shah was found seriously injured last night,
:09:08. > :09:09.hours after apparently posting social media messages
:09:10. > :09:12.wishing his Christian customers "Happy Easter".
:09:13. > :09:15.that the man arrested is also Muslim.
:09:16. > :09:24.Asad Shah, filmed last August, here behind the counter of the shop
:09:25. > :09:27.in Glasgow he and his family had run for many years.
:09:28. > :09:29.A pillar of the community, locals said.
:09:30. > :09:33.A quiet man, who was gentle, cheery and kind.
:09:34. > :09:36.Just yesterday, he posted this message on social media
:09:37. > :09:40.in which he said he wished a happy Easter to his beloved
:09:41. > :09:47.Hours later, just after 9.00pm in the evening, police were called
:09:48. > :09:51.They found Mr Asad in the street, not far from his shop.
:09:52. > :09:55.He'd been stabbed and was later pronounced dead in hospital.
:09:56. > :09:57.Forensic specialists have spent the day searching the area
:09:58. > :10:01.Shocked locals have been paying their respects.
:10:02. > :10:04.Every morning we shook hands and said, good day,
:10:05. > :10:09.You know, just a pleasant, lovely lad.
:10:10. > :10:13.I think his customers loved him as well.
:10:14. > :10:19.He was always praying on his mat, you know.
:10:20. > :10:22.He was always, "back in five minutes" because he put a wee note
:10:23. > :10:25.on the window and he always say, "I'm going to be back in five
:10:26. > :10:31."A full investigation is under way to establish the circumstances
:10:32. > :10:33.surrounding Mr Shah's death, which is being treated
:10:34. > :10:38.They confirmed that both Mr Shah and a 32-year-old man,
:10:39. > :10:42.arrested in connection with his death, are Muslims.
:10:43. > :10:46.Tonight, in this mainly residential part of Glasgow,
:10:47. > :10:52.where Asad Shah worked and where he died, a silent vigil
:10:53. > :10:54.for this much respected local shopkeeper who was loved
:10:55. > :11:05.More than 20 people have been killed today in a series of suicide
:11:06. > :11:08.bombings in Yemen - a reminder of the violent conflict
:11:09. > :11:13.In the struggle for power between forces loyal
:11:14. > :11:16.to the President and Houthi rebels, at least 3,200 civilians have been
:11:17. > :11:27.The United Nations says many of the victims were killed
:11:28. > :11:29.by air strikes by the Saudi- led coalition, in support
:11:30. > :11:33.The BBC has seen evidence that a British-made bomb was used in one
:11:34. > :11:36.of the strikes on a ceramics factory.
:11:37. > :11:38.Our correspondent Orla Guerin has this special report
:11:39. > :11:43.An ancient citadel perched on a cliff, hard to see why this
:11:44. > :11:50.But take a look at what Saudi air strikes did to this tourist
:11:51. > :11:57.The wreckage here includes a house that stood tall for 1,400 years.
:11:58. > :12:02.They attacked these plates, says Ahmed Sharif, his brother-in-law
:12:03. > :12:08.was one of seven people buried beneath the rubble last month.
:12:09. > :12:11.But the suffering and death here is largely unseen,
:12:12. > :12:20.When the Saudis and their allies began the bombing campaign here,
:12:21. > :12:26.the stated aim was to restore the ousted president to power.
:12:27. > :12:29.That hasn't happened, but 12 months of air strikes have
:12:30. > :12:36.had devastating consequences for the Arab world's poorest country.
:12:37. > :12:40.With the death toll mounting, there are plenty of troubling
:12:41. > :12:45.questions about what has happened here, and not only for Saudi Arabia.
:12:46. > :12:49.This ceramics factory employed 350 people before the war.
:12:50. > :12:53.Air strikes last year reduced it to a shell and killed a man nearby.
:12:54. > :13:00.Ghaleb Al Sawari, one of the owners, shows me remnants of munitions.
:13:01. > :13:08.Proof, he says, the weapons used here were made by a UK company.
:13:09. > :13:13.You can see the name of the producer, GEC-Marconi.
:13:14. > :13:17.He can't understand why Britain, where he studied, exported arms that
:13:18. > :13:25.Human rights campaigners say this looks like a breach of international
:13:26. > :13:30.law and rules on UK arms sales, but the Government denies that,
:13:31. > :13:49.saying there are robust controls on arms exports.
:13:50. > :13:51.In the capital, Sanaa, evidence perhaps of a war crime -
:13:52. > :13:56.Security officials claim it was dropped in the western
:13:57. > :13:58.suburbs in January, and here some of the deadly bomblets
:13:59. > :14:02.They are banned by over 100 countries.
:14:03. > :14:06.But it's hard to deny the body count, at least 3,200
:14:07. > :14:18.The UN says most were victims of coalition air strikes.
:14:19. > :14:22.Abdul Barri Omar survived one outside Sanaa last month,
:14:23. > :14:29.The van driver, who was transporting gas cylinders, has burns on over 40%
:14:30. > :14:42.He says the pain is excruciating which ever way he turns,
:14:43. > :14:45."Only God knows how much", and he asks who will
:14:46. > :14:55.Peace talks are coming soon, but the United Nations says one year
:14:56. > :14:57.of war may already have set this forgotten country back by decades.
:14:58. > :15:15.Commemorations are taking place across Ireland this weekend to mark
:15:16. > :15:31.100 years since the Easter Rising of 1916.
:15:32. > :15:34.A group of Irish Nationalists took up weapons and seized government
:15:35. > :15:35.buildings then proclaimed a republic.
:15:36. > :15:37.But after days of fierce fighting they surrendered.
:15:38. > :15:40.The Rising was a key moment in Irish - and British -
:15:41. > :15:42.history, as our special correspondent Fergal Keane reports.
:15:43. > :15:44.They were nationalists who reached into a mythic past for inspiration
:15:45. > :15:47.and evoked the Easter symbolism of sacrifice and resurrection
:15:48. > :15:54.# Marching men in squadrons pass me by #
:15:55. > :16:01.In schools like Cnoc An Ein, 1916 has been remembered
:16:02. > :16:03.by a generation that has never known violence.
:16:04. > :16:05.Tell me about your ancestor who fought.
:16:06. > :16:11.And then during The Rising he fought in Jacob's Biscuit
:16:12. > :16:18.And after that he became a Sergeant in the new Irish Army.
:16:19. > :16:28.Are you very proud of him? Yes.
:16:29. > :16:30.The rebels included poets, Gaelic language activists,
:16:31. > :16:33.They fought against overwhelming odds.
:16:34. > :16:34.They lost but shocked the British Empire.
:16:35. > :16:37.What happened in 1916 raised fundamental questions
:16:38. > :16:42.viability of the British Empire.
:16:43. > :16:45.What would independence movements do to the British Empire
:16:46. > :16:48.and to Britain's standing in the world?
:16:49. > :16:50.Could they resist this idea of self-determination for small
:16:51. > :16:55.World War was supposed to be fought for.
:16:56. > :16:58.The revolution might have flickered out, were it not for the executions
:16:59. > :17:02.of its leaders here at Kilmainham and other prisons.
:17:03. > :17:04.The shootings of Patrick Pearse and the Edinburgh-born James Connolly,
:17:05. > :17:05.among others, helped galvanise public
:17:06. > :17:11.In the wake of the executions the poet William
:17:12. > :17:13.Butler Yeats, who had opposed violent revolution,
:17:14. > :17:15.wrote, "All is changed, changed utterly.
:17:16. > :17:23.Yeats recognised that this was the defining moment
:17:24. > :17:27.between Britain and Ireland.
:17:28. > :17:36.But the narrative of glorious Revolution worries some.
:17:37. > :17:42.The Troubles in Northern Ireland were in part inspired by a desire
:17:43. > :17:46.to finish the work of 1916 by uniting Ireland.
:17:47. > :17:48.And dissident Republicans are still killing.
:17:49. > :17:52.1916 needs to be very critically appraised 100 years
:17:53. > :17:55.later, because only recently Adrian Ismay, a prison officer
:17:56. > :17:58.who was murdered in Northern Ireland by
:17:59. > :18:00.Republicans claiming to be carrying forward the message of 1916
:18:01. > :18:04.The dead included over 250 civilians and
:18:05. > :18:09.British and Irish soldiers who died fighting the rebels.
:18:10. > :18:11.It is a story of national resurrection in the long
:18:12. > :18:20.Just before we go - in a couple of hours' time,
:18:21. > :18:23.The Rolling Stones will take to the stage for their first
:18:24. > :18:38.The Stones' music was considered subversive and was banned
:18:39. > :18:40.by the country's communist government, along with much other
:18:41. > :18:43.Tonight, though, they'll play for free in Havana.
:18:44. > :18:47.Yeah, I think it feels like history because,
:18:48. > :18:49.as you say, you know, they haven't had any really
:18:50. > :18:55.No, they haven't had any big shows before and it would have been
:18:56. > :18:58.surprising, say ten years ago, for this to have happened.
:18:59. > :19:03.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
:19:04. > :19:05.Now, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.