:00:00. > :00:07.China warns the United States not to allow tension with North Korea
:00:08. > :00:13.It says force cannot solve the problem.
:00:14. > :00:16.The blunt warning comes after the US drops its biggest non-nuclear bomb
:00:17. > :00:19.ever used in combat - killing 36 militants
:00:20. > :00:26.We have Afghan and US forces on the site and see no evidence
:00:27. > :00:28.of civilian casualties, nor have there been any reports
:00:29. > :00:35.After strikes in Syria, Afghanistan and with the threat
:00:36. > :00:37.of conflict on the Korean peninsula, we'll be asking - what is
:00:38. > :00:45.The National Union of Teachers says it's prepared to take legal action
:00:46. > :00:47.against the government, over some of its plans to expand
:00:48. > :00:55.The Sun suspends its former editor and now columnist Kelvin MacKenzie,
:00:56. > :00:57.for comments he's made about the Everton
:00:58. > :01:03.And the online booking site Airbnb improves its security,
:01:04. > :01:26.after a BBC investigation finds scammers have been burgling homes.
:01:27. > :01:32.North Korea's army has promised what it called a "merciless"
:01:33. > :01:34.response to any US provocation - reflecting growing tension
:01:35. > :01:38.about the country's nuclear and weapons programmes.
:01:39. > :01:40.China has called for calm, saying it fears conflict
:01:41. > :01:45.It comes as the United States says a huge bomb -
:01:46. > :01:48.dropped on so-called Islamic State militants in Afghanistan -
:01:49. > :01:51.was "the right weapon against the right target".
:01:52. > :01:55.The US military insists it was a local, tactical decision.
:01:56. > :01:58.Others believe its principal aim was as a show of strength.
:01:59. > :02:05.Our security correspondent Frank Gardner reports.
:02:06. > :02:07."A powerful armada," in the words of President Trump.
:02:08. > :02:09.This is the US Navy's Carl Vinson carrier battle group,
:02:10. > :02:13.equipped with 90 strike aircraft and other weapons and diverted
:02:14. > :02:18.Mr Trump is hoping it will intimidate that country's
:02:19. > :02:20.isolated regime into abandoning any further nuclear tests
:02:21. > :02:27.China has warned of the imminent danger of a war being triggered
:02:28. > :02:31.on the Korean peninsula, and North Korea remains defiant,
:02:32. > :02:35.saying it's ready to respond to any attack with nuclear weapons.
:02:36. > :02:38.Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, the US has dropped an immense bomb,
:02:39. > :02:46.11 tonnes of high explosive dropped on an Isis tunnel complex
:02:47. > :02:48.in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.
:02:49. > :02:55.The weapon used is called a Moab, a massive ordnance airburst,
:02:56. > :03:00.also known as the mother of all bombs.
:03:01. > :03:03.This was its first time used in combat.
:03:04. > :03:06.This was the right weapon against the right target.
:03:07. > :03:09.We will continue to work shoulder to shoulder with our Afghan comrades
:03:10. > :03:16.to eliminate this threat to the Afghan people,
:03:17. > :03:21.to the people of the entire region and indeed,
:03:22. > :03:26.Local villagers confirmed that Isis fighters had set up bases
:03:27. > :03:28.in the mountains behind them, and said the bomb
:03:29. > :03:32.But the strike was condemned by both so-called Islamic State
:03:33. > :03:40.How could the United States use Afghanistan as its ground
:03:41. > :03:48.for experiments, for testing weapons of mass destruction?
:03:49. > :03:51.President Trump's targets now include three major
:03:52. > :03:56.problem areas for the US - Afghanistan, Syria and North Korea.
:03:57. > :04:00.The massive weapon that the Pentagon has used in Afghanistan is intended
:04:01. > :04:05.to send a message to its enemies that "You're not safe underground".
:04:06. > :04:08.In Syria, the Trump administration will be hoping that last week's
:04:09. > :04:11.cruise missile strike will deter Presdent Assad from any
:04:12. > :04:15.But North Korea is the biggest gamble.
:04:16. > :04:19.Mr Trump is hoping that sending this powerful naval armada
:04:20. > :04:23.offshore will deter any further nuclear tests.
:04:24. > :04:26.The question now, though, is can he manage three global
:04:27. > :04:33.It's very possible that if these three scenarios come together,
:04:34. > :04:38.Syria, Afghanistan and North Korea, that it would overwhelm
:04:39. > :04:41.the policy-making capabilities of Mr Trump's administration,
:04:42. > :04:43.it will overwhelm the strategic planning
:04:44. > :04:49.and it would overwhelm the resource capabilities of the US military.
:04:50. > :04:52.But President Trump and his entourage now
:04:53. > :04:55.feel they're on a roll, tackling head-on the foreign policy
:04:56. > :04:57.challenges the previous administration was unable
:04:58. > :05:02.There is now the risk that ramping up the rhetoric could lead America
:05:03. > :05:05.into more conflict, or that in the absence
:05:06. > :05:07.of any swift resolutions, Mr Trump may simply turn his back
:05:08. > :05:13.and focus instead on domestic issues.
:05:14. > :05:23.We can speak to our Washington correspondent, Laura Bicker.
:05:24. > :05:30.What should we read into his strategy here? We've seen so many
:05:31. > :05:34.foreign-policy U-turns in the last week, it's hard to know where he'll
:05:35. > :05:38.turn, or what the long-term strategy really is. But here's what we know
:05:39. > :05:43.about the president so far. He is willing and able to act very quickly
:05:44. > :05:48.and flex those military muscles, unlike his predecessor. Consider
:05:49. > :05:52.that strike on Syria. He casually turned the Chinese Premier over
:05:53. > :05:56.dinner while remarking about how good the chocolate cake is, he says,
:05:57. > :06:02.I've said 59 cruise missiles into Syria. That sends a strong message,
:06:03. > :06:07.not just to China but to neighbouring North Korea. He's also
:06:08. > :06:13.delegated more responsibility to his generals the Pentagon and he is
:06:14. > :06:15.listening to them for now at least, but this is an unpredictable
:06:16. > :06:20.president with an avid Twitter habit. So everything can change in
:06:21. > :06:25.140 characters or less. And how is all of this playing at home? Well,
:06:26. > :06:29.he did promise his supporters he'd put America first, not at the centre
:06:30. > :06:33.of foreign conflict, but he also promised them so much winning and
:06:34. > :06:36.when it comes to home policy he's failed to implement health care
:06:37. > :06:40.policies, he's failed when it comes to his travel ban and the Republican
:06:41. > :06:45.party looks increasingly split. He's had a lot of positive headlines in
:06:46. > :06:49.the last week for using his military muscle. He may take that as a win
:06:50. > :06:54.for now, but how long those headlines will remain positive, if
:06:55. > :06:57.for instance he is to get involved in the conflict in North Korea,
:06:58. > :07:05.well, that remains to be seen. Laura, thank you. Pyongyang is
:07:06. > :07:08.thought to be preparing for a massive military parade tomorrow at
:07:09. > :07:14.which its latest missile technology may well be on display. Our reporter
:07:15. > :07:17.John Sudworth is with a group of foreign journalists witnessing the
:07:18. > :07:22.events. His movements are being tightly controlled.
:07:23. > :07:26.In North Korea, the spectre of war looms large over daily life.
:07:27. > :07:30.These girls are singing about being soldiers.
:07:31. > :07:35.While, not far away, real ones crowd into a shrine
:07:36. > :07:40.to the country's founding president, General Kim Il-sung.
:07:41. > :07:46.These are scenes akin to a religious pilgrimage, but of course,
:07:47. > :07:52.in honour of a still-ruling family dynasty who have at their disposal
:07:53. > :07:59.all of the myth that would rival any of the world's great religions.
:08:00. > :08:04.And as the country prepares to display its devotion
:08:05. > :08:08.at the anniversary of Kim Il-sung's birth this weekend, there's
:08:09. > :08:13.an awareness of the rising tension with America.
:08:14. > :08:15.TRANSLATION: We should have the nuclear weapons.
:08:16. > :08:22.If we do not have nuclear weapons, the nuclear weapon of another
:08:23. > :08:30.TRANSLATION: It doesn't matter whether the Americans make
:08:31. > :08:33.the situation on the Korean peninsula tense.
:08:34. > :08:39.We feel safe because we have the great leader, Kim Jong-un.
:08:40. > :08:42.This week, the current ruler, Kim Jong-un, held this
:08:43. > :08:46.meeting where his late grandfather was honoured.
:08:47. > :08:49.He is also thought to be planning a massive military parade
:08:50. > :08:54.as a powerful tribute, and a message of defiance.
:08:55. > :09:02.This is a country where art and armaments are blended
:09:03. > :09:06.in singular purpose, to demonstrate to the watching world
:09:07. > :09:13.that its nuclear ambitions will not be stopped.
:09:14. > :09:31.The National Union of Teachers says it's prepared to take legal action
:09:32. > :09:33.against the government, over plans which it believes
:09:34. > :09:34.are being used to expand selective education in England.
:09:35. > :09:39.The union has said it's identified comprehensive schools which it
:09:40. > :09:44.believes are bending the rules by introducing some selection,
:09:45. > :09:50.The move comes as ministers seek to lift the ban
:09:51. > :10:02.from the union's annual conference in Cardiff.
:10:03. > :10:05.In Altrincham, 100 years of tradition.
:10:06. > :10:08.Then, almost 20 years ago, new grammar schools were banned.
:10:09. > :10:10.Now, some comprehensives offer a grammar stream - for many,
:10:11. > :10:14.But could this also be used to get around the law?
:10:15. > :10:18.They fear ministers could encourage more of this.
:10:19. > :10:21.The schools where we'd have an issue around this is a school that's
:10:22. > :10:23.advertising a grammar stream, that is putting children
:10:24. > :10:25.through tests for it, and where we get the sense
:10:26. > :10:28.from documents and other things that children stay in that stream,
:10:29. > :10:31.that it's actually a selective system that is being introduced.
:10:32. > :10:34.That's what we would want to challenge.
:10:35. > :10:36.Is this essentially a shot across the bow of the Government,
:10:37. > :10:39.to say don't try to do this without changing the law?
:10:40. > :10:41.What we're saying to government is if you want grammar
:10:42. > :10:44.schools, you have to win it through the Parliamentary process.
:10:45. > :10:46.Do not try and go round the back way.
:10:47. > :10:51.For schools like Elton Primary in Cheshire,
:10:52. > :10:56.Bills going up mean less money per pupil, leaving school governors
:10:57. > :11:05.We're already having to consider over the next three years losing
:11:06. > :11:07.at least two teachers, merging year groups,
:11:08. > :11:11.potentially shortening the school week by one or maybe half a day.
:11:12. > :11:17.These are all things that we're having to consider.
:11:18. > :11:19.For teachers, that means fears about jobs, so a warm welcome
:11:20. > :11:28.This is the first real terms cuts in school budgets for two decades.
:11:29. > :11:35.This is the worst school funding settlement, since, to be frank,
:11:36. > :11:41.It's no surprise he gets a warm welcome at a union conference.
:11:42. > :11:47.But the issue of school budgets matters to parents too.
:11:48. > :11:49.The government is facing cross-party opposition to its plans
:11:50. > :11:58.Schools can stream pupils after they get a place.
:11:59. > :12:00.The government says that's perfectly legal.
:12:01. > :12:05.And only a change in the law could allow new selective schools.
:12:06. > :12:12.A young British woman has been stabbed to death
:12:13. > :12:17.23-year-old Hannah Bladon, an exchange student from Birmingham,
:12:18. > :12:20.was taken to hospital but died soon after.
:12:21. > :12:24.Police say two other people were also injured during the attack.
:12:25. > :12:28.A 57-year-old Palestinian who police say had recently been
:12:29. > :12:34.released from a psychiatric hospital has been arrested.
:12:35. > :12:36.Hundreds of drivers began the Bank Holiday weekend stuck
:12:37. > :12:38.on the M4 after a lorry carrying compressed gas caught fire.
:12:39. > :12:41.The motorway was closed in both directions for an hour
:12:42. > :12:43.between junctions 17 and 18 near Chippenham in Wiltshire.
:12:44. > :12:46.Drivers faced long delays and police say there are still some
:12:47. > :12:48.lane closures in place although they should be lifted
:12:49. > :12:57.The former editor of The Sun, Kelvin MacKenzie, has been
:12:58. > :13:00.suspended tonight for comments he made about the Everton footballer
:13:01. > :13:04.The article published in today's paper
:13:05. > :13:07.prompted a complaint to the police by the mayor of Liverpool.
:13:08. > :13:10.Our reporter Helena Lee is outside the offices of News UK,
:13:11. > :13:18.What's the foundation of the complaint, Helena?
:13:19. > :13:26.The article was about Ross Barkley, who was punched earlier this week in
:13:27. > :13:30.Liverpool city centre. In the piece, Kelvin MacKenzie said "The lack of
:13:31. > :13:35.reflection in his eyes has always made him think that he was one of
:13:36. > :13:41.our dimmest footballers". He said "It was like seeing a gorilla at a
:13:42. > :13:45.zoo". Ross Barkley's grandfather was born in Nigeria. The piece also went
:13:46. > :13:48.on to say that men who earned similar amounts of money to
:13:49. > :13:52.footballers in Liverpool were drug dealers. This prompted the Mayor of
:13:53. > :13:56.Liverpool to then complain to the police. Tonight, Kelvin MacKenzie
:13:57. > :14:00.has been suspended from the paper. He is away on holiday at the moment,
:14:01. > :14:05.but in a statement he said he didn't know if Ross Barkley's family
:14:06. > :14:11.background and he said it was beyond parody that his critics would
:14:12. > :14:14.describe his article as racist. Here at news UK, they say the views
:14:15. > :14:19.expressed by Kelvin MacKenzie were wrong, unfunny and not the views of
:14:20. > :14:22.the paper, but it is important to note that even though Kelvin
:14:23. > :14:26.MacKenzie wrote the article himself, there would have been an editorial
:14:27. > :14:28.process and the paper still went ahead and published his piece.
:14:29. > :14:31.Helena, thank you. The Iraqi government has told people
:14:32. > :14:34.living in Mosul to stay inside as security forces prepare
:14:35. > :14:37.for an assault aimed at dislodging Thousands of civilians
:14:38. > :14:42.are still trapped in the city, which has been held
:14:43. > :14:44.by IS since 2014. Our Defence Correspondent Jonathan
:14:45. > :14:49.Beale is embedded with troops. The old city of Mosul and its most
:14:50. > :14:55.famous landmark, the leaning minaret This is where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
:14:56. > :15:02.first appeared as caliph They still control it,
:15:03. > :15:12.and most of what you can see. TRANSLATION: The mosque is now very
:15:13. > :15:23.near, and soon we will advance. We know the enemy is weak
:15:24. > :15:29.and on its last legs. A visit to the front line, though,
:15:30. > :15:35.tells a different story. For the past few weeks, the Iraqi
:15:36. > :15:39.advance has slowed to a crawl. These federal police
:15:40. > :15:45.are surrounded on two sides by IS and they are firing
:15:46. > :15:49.on their positions from here. Snipers, IS snipers, just about 100
:15:50. > :15:57.metres from this position. And you can see the rounds,
:15:58. > :16:00.the IS rounds, coming Tens of thousands of
:16:01. > :16:05.civilians are still trapped, Much of Mosul has already
:16:06. > :16:12.been turned to rubble. Even in these deserted streets,
:16:13. > :16:15.recently secured, there is now Here, discarded IS military
:16:16. > :16:23.uniforms and nearby, But the enemy is not
:16:24. > :16:33.just hiding in the city. We joined an Iraqi intelligence
:16:34. > :16:36.unit hunting down IS infiltrators and collaborators
:16:37. > :16:43.who have already escaped. Now seeking shelter and avoiding
:16:44. > :16:47.capture in camps, living alongside the innocents of this war,
:16:48. > :16:51.who fled the fighting. You're finding Isis
:16:52. > :17:00.fighters in these camps? In the camp or some
:17:01. > :17:11.in his house, in Mosul. The extremists may be
:17:12. > :17:17.losing their grip on Mosul, but even if they are defeated,
:17:18. > :17:20.IS won't have gone away. Former world champion Jenson Button
:17:21. > :17:28.says he's delighted to be making He's agreed to race for McLaren
:17:29. > :17:34.at next month's Monaco Grand Prix. He's been granted permission
:17:35. > :17:42.to compete in the Indy 500. The online accommodation booking
:17:43. > :17:45.company Airbnb says it will improve its security
:17:46. > :17:48.after a BBC investigation found that some people using the service had
:17:49. > :17:51.had their homes burgled by scammers Profiles of genuine users
:17:52. > :17:56.were hijacked and their personal The company says it will now warn
:17:57. > :18:01.members if their profile Like millions of people,
:18:02. > :18:09.Christian had let out his home on Airbnb while he was out of town
:18:10. > :18:13.as a convenient way to make He had done so for years
:18:14. > :18:16.without a problem. But on his birthday,
:18:17. > :18:19.his home was burgled. I got that horrible text message
:18:20. > :18:22.saying somebody is in the flat and it's not me, because my account
:18:23. > :18:25.had been compromised. Christian thought he had let
:18:26. > :18:28.out his home to a verified profile, somebody who had showed Airbnb
:18:29. > :18:30.government identification and had positive reviews
:18:31. > :18:34.from previous bookings. The attacker had changed the name,
:18:35. > :18:38.photograph and contact details on the profile, but kept
:18:39. > :18:42.Airbnb's "verified" badge. The BBC has spoken to two other
:18:43. > :18:46.people who were robbed this way, and three others who had
:18:47. > :18:51.their accounts stolen. And Airbnb's Facebook page has
:18:52. > :18:54.dozens of comments from people who have had their
:18:55. > :18:55.accounts compromised. There are many ways attackers
:18:56. > :18:58.could have been hijacking They might simply have
:18:59. > :19:05.tricked people into handing But there are ways Airbnb could have
:19:06. > :19:08.defended against this. We put our security
:19:09. > :19:10.concerns to Airbnb. Those changes include two-step
:19:11. > :19:23.verification when somebody logs in from a new device,
:19:24. > :19:26.and text message alerts if somebody But, for Christian,
:19:27. > :19:34.the changes come too late. He says the whole experience has
:19:35. > :19:37.left him with a bad feeling, Thousands of Christians from around
:19:38. > :19:45.the world marked Good Friday by travelling to Rome,
:19:46. > :19:47.to celebrate Holy Week. Pope Francis has led the Processions
:19:48. > :19:53.of the Cross at the Colosseum - in a traditional event marking
:19:54. > :20:03.the death of Jesus Christ. There's more throughout the evening
:20:04. > :20:06.on the BBC News Channel.