:00:07. > :00:12.after a suicide bombing in Pakistan. are dead and hundreds injured,
:00:13. > :00:19.to celebrate Easter. in Lahore, as thousands gathered
:00:20. > :00:22.The Pakistani Taliban says it was responsible and that
:00:23. > :00:28.Also on tonight's programme. deliberately targeted.
:00:29. > :00:33.Riot police in Brussels use water cannon on far right protesters,
:00:34. > :00:41.week's bomb attacks. of the victims of last
:00:42. > :00:44.Huge crowds line the streets of Dublin to mark the centenary
:00:45. > :00:49.of the Easter rising against British rule.
:00:50. > :00:51.One of the main teaching unions says schools have become "exam factories"
:00:52. > :00:57.and SATs for 11-year-olds should be scrapped.
:00:58. > :00:58.And Cambridge make it look easy, comfortably beating Oxford
:00:59. > :01:24.in their head-to-head. but it's Oxford's women who triumph
:01:25. > :01:29.At least 69 people have been killed and hundreds injured,
:01:30. > :01:33.after an explosion at a busy park in the Pakistani city of Lahore.
:01:34. > :01:36.Police say a suicide bomber detonated explosives close
:01:37. > :01:39.to a children's playground that was full of families.
:01:40. > :01:41.The Pakistani Taliban says it was responsible,
:01:42. > :01:44.targeting Christians celebrating Easter.
:01:45. > :01:55.This was where families had come to report from Lahore contains pictures
:01:56. > :01:59.This was where families had come to enjoy a Sunday in the park, and to
:02:00. > :02:05.celebrate Easter. And this is where the devastation
:02:06. > :02:11.hit. A suicide bomb, detonated in the middle of a crowded park.
:02:12. > :02:15.Security forces and rescue workers were quickly on the scene. As crowds
:02:16. > :02:19.gathered amid confusion and chaos. As the dead and injured were carried
:02:20. > :02:27.to hospitals across the city, one man described how he had tried to
:02:28. > :02:30.help. I carried 20 children to the ambulance to be taken to hospital. I
:02:31. > :02:36.moved three bodied to a police car, at the time of the blast, the
:02:37. > :02:42.children were playing at the ground. As the casualties arrived at the
:02:43. > :02:47.city main hospitals, so too did relatives desperate for news.
:02:48. > :02:52.This this woman was among then. She had lost her two daughters in the
:02:53. > :02:57.blast. My two girls were in the park, they
:02:58. > :03:12.were both killed. We found one body. The other is still missing.
:03:13. > :03:15.It is scenes of chaos here in one of the major hospitals in Lahore as
:03:16. > :03:18.distress family members have been rushing in, trying to find out what
:03:19. > :03:22.happened their relatives. The hospital workers have been trying to
:03:23. > :03:27.tell people to clear the way so that ambulances can come in, and bring in
:03:28. > :03:29.more casualties. We are surrounded by security force, who are trying
:03:30. > :03:34.very hard to keep the area under very hard to keep the area under
:03:35. > :03:38.control as the authorities outside try to put together the pieces and
:03:39. > :03:43.find out what exactly and who exactly was behind this attack.
:03:44. > :03:47.Shortly after, a group that split Shortly after, a group that split
:03:48. > :03:50.away from the Pakistani Taliban said they had carried out the attack. The
:03:51. > :03:54.Christian community was the target. Christian community was the target.
:03:55. > :04:01.But it wasn't just Christians who were hit. Dozens were killed and the
:04:02. > :04:05.number of dead is likely to rise. This attack, another violent
:04:06. > :04:08.reminder of the challenge facing security forces here. And how
:04:09. > :04:14.vulnerable these soft targets are. Indeed, the first attack happened in
:04:15. > :04:24.by this group this year already? Indeed, the first attack happened in
:04:25. > :04:29.north-west Pakistan on a courthouse, it happened near the tribal areas,
:04:30. > :04:32.and it has been quite a violent year so far here in Pakistan, in
:04:33. > :04:35.comparison to 2015, which went on comparison to 2015, which went on
:04:36. > :04:42.fairly quietly, 2016 went on to, got fairly quietly, 2016 went on to, got
:04:43. > :04:46.off to quite a violent start. This attack, however, is different
:04:47. > :04:50.because it happened in the heart of one of the main cities of Pakistan,
:04:51. > :04:53.Lahore and tar getted the Christian community. Now, this is not the
:04:54. > :04:56.first attack on Christians here in first attack on Christians here in
:04:57. > :05:01.Pakistan, they have long complained that they have been targeted by
:05:02. > :05:04.militants time and time again, and ignored by the authorities, so
:05:05. > :05:06.questions will be asked what the authorities, what the Government is
:05:07. > :05:10.doing, to protect Christians but on doing, to protect Christians but on
:05:11. > :05:16.is time and time again the army, the is time and time again the army, the
:05:17. > :05:17.security forces, and the Government have assured people that they have
:05:18. > :05:21.security under control, so the security under control, so the
:05:22. > :05:28.happen, at a devastating scale. happen, at a devastating scale.
:05:29. > :05:31.Police in Belgium have carried out 13 separate anti-terror raids
:05:32. > :05:34.in the hunt for more suspects after last week's bomb attacks
:05:35. > :05:39.Four people are being questioned. and on the city's metro.
:05:40. > :05:41.There have also been two arrests in connection
:05:42. > :05:43.with the investigation, in Italy and the Netherlands.
:05:44. > :05:47.In Brussels today, riot police had to use water cannon to disperse far
:05:48. > :05:49.right protestors, some of whom were confronting Moslem
:05:50. > :05:51.women paying their respects to the 28 people who died.
:05:52. > :06:03.Our Europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas reports.
:06:04. > :06:07.came together today. Muslim, Christian, Jewish and more -
:06:08. > :06:11.They had been told not to march, so they gathered quietly.
:06:12. > :06:17.But suddenly, the serenity was shattered.
:06:18. > :06:22.in the limelight. the opportunity for a moment
:06:23. > :06:25.A couple of hundred had come from outside Brussels
:06:26. > :06:31.to spread their anti-immigrant message.
:06:32. > :06:42.Police reinforcements arrived. trampling the memorial,
:06:43. > :06:48.Officers here are overstretched already by the terror alerts.
:06:49. > :07:01.beat a hasty retreat. there were cheers, and the thugs
:07:02. > :07:13.I am really shocked that a place of mourning,
:07:14. > :07:15.of showing respect and those racists, I assume they are football
:07:16. > :07:17.hooligans, they don't have to show up here.
:07:18. > :07:19.The calm has returned here and people are restoring
:07:20. > :07:21.the tributes they left here which were damaged,
:07:22. > :07:25.but the scenes we saw are exactly what the Belgians want to avoid -
:07:26. > :07:29.an increase in tensions following the attacks.
:07:30. > :07:34.In Brussels's main Cathedral they paused too today.
:07:35. > :07:40.worse than criminal. said the attacks were
:07:41. > :07:48.Its beauty is we all live together. foundations of our society.
:07:49. > :07:53.chain this evening. Belgians formed a human
:07:54. > :08:03.This evening the police against both fear and racism.
:08:04. > :08:07.This evening the police investigations are continuing too.
:08:08. > :08:12.There have been about another dozen raids if Belgium so the tempo
:08:13. > :08:14.keeping up. Four people still being questioned tonight, not just in
:08:15. > :08:21.Belgium but the raids are taking place across Europe. In Italy, one
:08:22. > :08:23.man has been arrested an Algerian who may have provided false IDs for
:08:24. > :08:27.the attackers and in the Netherlands the attackers and in the Netherlands
:08:28. > :08:31.too, a Frenchman, a separate case, but suspected of plotting a terror
:08:32. > :08:32.attack, also arrested there. European police forces co-operating
:08:33. > :08:39.against the threats. Hundreds of thousands of people
:08:40. > :08:41.lined the streets of Dublin for commemorative events marking
:08:42. > :08:46.the centenary of the Easter Rising. The failed rebellion against British
:08:47. > :08:49.rule in 1916 left almost 500 dead, of an independent republic.
:08:50. > :08:53.the way for the creation on the day's events.
:08:54. > :09:06.Fergal Keane, reflects A new Ireland looks
:09:07. > :09:08.back with a clear eye. Today, there was no sentimental
:09:09. > :09:13.nationalism or revolutionary of its birth.
:09:14. > :09:21.remembering the idealism and trauma Conscious of our troubled past,
:09:22. > :09:24.to you, God, we sing a new song. A song of compassion,
:09:25. > :09:30.inclusion and engagement. A song of listening,
:09:31. > :09:38.social justice and respect. Over six days rebels fought
:09:39. > :09:41.against overwhelming odds. Over almost 500 people were killed,
:09:42. > :09:45.the majority civilians. The leaders of the
:09:46. > :09:48.rising were executed. Those deaths helping to turn public
:09:49. > :09:51.opinion against Britain and in support of
:09:52. > :09:56.a new armed struggle. the flag lowered in their memory.
:09:57. > :10:08.where the rebels made their stand, 5,000 relatives of those who fought
:10:09. > :10:13.were invited here. My feelings are complex.
:10:14. > :10:20.fought with an Irish rebel What happened, it certainly wasn't
:10:21. > :10:24.democratic, but on the other hand generation to happen.
:10:25. > :10:29.could have taken another and what they did.
:10:30. > :10:33.for what they achieved on the planet.
:10:34. > :10:37.on the greatest empire 100 years after the rising,
:10:38. > :10:40.the united Ireland for which the rebels fought
:10:41. > :10:42.hasn't been achieved. But the state which emerged
:10:43. > :10:46.became a stable democracy, culturally self-confident and sure
:10:47. > :10:51.of its place in the global community There is real national pride here.
:10:52. > :10:59.its peacekeepers all over the world. who fought against the rebels.
:11:00. > :11:05.unionists remembered a young man But here too, a sign
:11:06. > :11:07.of changed times. Listen to the language of a senior
:11:08. > :11:10.unionist politician. From what I've seen of what has
:11:11. > :11:13.happened in Dublin today, I think they have made a huge
:11:14. > :11:17.effort to be inclusive. I think it is important we do not
:11:18. > :11:21.stick our fingers in our ears they go away.
:11:22. > :11:25.things never happened and hope They happened, they impact on us
:11:26. > :11:29.today, and we have to face up to it. In Dublin, two former women
:11:30. > :11:32.presidents stood beside Then a 21-gun salute.
:11:33. > :11:49.applauding Irish soldiers the IRA A seven-year-old girl who died
:11:50. > :12:02.Dublin, in a republic after the bouncy castle she was
:12:03. > :12:04.playing in was blown away has been named as Summer Grant from
:12:05. > :12:06.Norwich. Winds carried her across a park at
:12:07. > :12:10.an Easter fair in Harlow in Essex. She was treated by paramedics,
:12:11. > :12:12.but later died in hospital. by gross negligence.
:12:13. > :12:21.on suspicion of manslaughter schools in England.
:12:22. > :12:24.over testing in primary Delegates at the National Union
:12:25. > :12:27.of Teachers conference in Brighton say schools have become "exam
:12:28. > :12:29.factories" and the NUT wants this year's SATs tests for
:12:30. > :12:32.11-year-olds to be cancelled. Ministers, however, say it's
:12:33. > :12:34.essential all children leave primary school with a good grasp
:12:35. > :12:36.of English and maths. Here's our education
:12:37. > :12:44.editor, Branwen Jeffreys. End of term and a bit
:12:45. > :12:47.of dressing up for a project, doing practice tests.
:12:48. > :12:56.Brighton have spent weeks The end of primary sats tests
:12:57. > :12:58.are different this year. More arithmetic and much
:12:59. > :13:00.more English grammar. to explain to parents at meetings.
:13:01. > :13:04.have been trying There are three questions
:13:05. > :13:08.and you have to tick or as a coordinating conjunction.
:13:09. > :13:11.as a subordinating clause And afterwards parents
:13:12. > :13:14.were saying to me that they weren't
:13:15. > :13:16.sure which was which. Actually, that went
:13:17. > :13:17.out for homework. The SATs tests that year six
:13:18. > :13:20.children will be taken are meant standards but the questions have
:13:21. > :13:29.harder, the idea is to drive up are just too unforgiving.
:13:30. > :13:33.teachers worried that the tests For the first time this
:13:34. > :13:35.year, any child that to secondary school.
:13:36. > :13:39.will have to resit when they get was all too much.
:13:40. > :13:46.teachers said it Passive voice, active voice,
:13:47. > :13:48.or, if you're a year six teacher, parent
:13:49. > :13:50.or pupil, no voice. But ministers
:13:51. > :13:55.children up to fail. argue it's about making sure
:13:56. > :13:59.they are equipped to succeed. Were raising expectations,
:14:00. > :14:01.we don't apologise for that. We need to make sure
:14:02. > :14:03.that our children leave primary school as fluent readers,
:14:04. > :14:08.that their fluent in arithmetic that they know their times
:14:09. > :14:14.tables and they are being taught grammar for the first
:14:15. > :14:17.time in generations. You use an apostrophe
:14:18. > :14:19.for the missing letters. This year five class won't sit
:14:20. > :14:22.the tests until next year education out the transition.
:14:23. > :14:30.with teachers to smooth In Syria, President Assad says
:14:31. > :14:32.the recapture of the ancient city of Palmyra from so-called
:14:33. > :14:35.Islamic State is an "important achievement" in the
:14:36. > :14:36."war on terrorism. Government forces say they now
:14:37. > :14:38.control the city after days of fighting, backed
:14:39. > :14:40.by Russian airstrikes. IS extremists overran
:14:41. > :14:45.Palmyra last May. Religious and political leaders have
:14:46. > :14:48.used their Easter messages today to call for hope in the face
:14:49. > :14:52.of terror and violence. In Rome, Pope Francis said people
:14:53. > :14:55.shouldn't let fear imprison them, Justin Welby.
:14:56. > :14:58.by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Here's our religious affairs
:14:59. > :15:08.correspondent, Caroline Wyatt. On a square bathed in sunshine,
:15:09. > :15:10.the pilgrims gathered to hear a message of hope after a week
:15:11. > :15:16.in the shadow of death. At this, the Easter celebration
:15:17. > :15:19.of the risen Christ, Pope Francis reminded the faithful
:15:20. > :15:25.not to forget the migrants, the men, women and children
:15:26. > :15:28.fleeing from war. Then, from the balcony,
:15:29. > :15:31.he urged the faithful to use from Brussels to Baghdad.
:15:32. > :15:39.and fight the evil of terrorism, TRANSLATION: May he draw us closer
:15:40. > :15:42.on this Easter feast to the victims of terrorism,
:15:43. > :15:44.that blind and brutal form parts of the world.
:15:45. > :15:56.blood in different in his sermon.
:15:57. > :16:00.by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said that
:16:01. > :16:02.after Brussels, hope could seem far away, with fear and
:16:03. > :16:08.natural human reaction. and allowed hope to overcome fear.
:16:09. > :16:11.Jesus Christ overcame death, and terror are not the last words.
:16:12. > :16:26.and blood that fear and death God has spoken life,
:16:27. > :16:31.hope and purpose. The Royal family attended
:16:32. > :16:32.their Easter service in the unexpected sunshine.
:16:33. > :16:47.with a spring bouquet for the Queen attacks in India.
:16:48. > :16:52.mostly women, are disfigured in acid of spurned men.
:16:53. > :16:57.disputes over land, or the jealousy The terrible scarring leaves victims
:16:58. > :16:59.often shunned by society, to offer free corrective surgery.
:17:00. > :17:03.medics has travelled to India This report is from our South Asia
:17:04. > :17:05.correspondent, Justin Rowlatt. The 13-strong medical team is
:17:06. > :17:11.preparing for a surgical marathon. They will undertake more than 100
:17:12. > :17:16.procedures in less than two weeks, Kumari.
:17:17. > :17:21.of life for people like Anupama When I go out, I don't show my face,
:17:22. > :17:29.because people stare at me. But when I am back home I take my
:17:30. > :17:33.scarf off and I feel normal. Anupama is cheerful in spite
:17:34. > :17:37.of the terrible injuries she suffered when she was doused
:17:38. > :17:42.in acid by a spurned admirer. She shows me her most
:17:43. > :17:48.treasured possessions. She was just 14 at the time.
:17:49. > :17:56.after this photo was taken. in India each year.
:17:57. > :18:02.to be attacked with acid That is why Anupama has come here.
:18:03. > :18:14.free treatment but often The idea is to make it easier
:18:15. > :18:17.for her to eat and drink and breathe through her nose, and also
:18:18. > :18:20.to improve the way she looks. You might think it would be
:18:21. > :18:22.depressing to operate on people who have been deliberately
:18:23. > :18:25.disfigured, but the team say they find their patients
:18:26. > :18:30.an inspiration. She has said true beauty lies
:18:31. > :18:33.within her, not from the outside, And medics are pretty inspiring too.
:18:34. > :18:42.feeling sorry for herself. for their own flights.
:18:43. > :18:50.in their holidays, and paying in to do my job.
:18:51. > :18:55.if I am away, someone else will step make a difference.
:18:56. > :18:58.here and you actually I am sure she is is going to be
:18:59. > :19:02.quite pleased with the result. Now her lip is up so she won't
:19:03. > :19:05.dribble when she is drinking. And that will build her confidence
:19:06. > :19:08.and help her fulfil her ambition to get a job, so she can
:19:09. > :19:14.take care of herself. Justin Rowlatt, BBC News, Delhi.
:19:15. > :19:28.the team are already working At the 162nd Boat Race,
:19:29. > :19:30.Cambridge's men claimed their first win for four years in tricky
:19:31. > :19:32.conditions on the Thames. London in springtime.
:19:33. > :19:43.Oxford made it four wins in a row. It seemed anyone watching,
:19:44. > :19:45.never mind taking part in the Boat Race would need
:19:46. > :19:50.oilskins and an anchor.