:00:25. > :00:29.Good afternoon. Police looking for the missing three-year-old Mikaeel
:00:30. > :00:31.Kular have found a body. It's understood his mother has been
:00:32. > :00:34.detained for questioning. The boy was reported missing from his home
:00:35. > :00:38.in Edinburgh on Thursday. A bungalow in Kirkcaldy in Fife is being
:00:39. > :00:45.searched. Live to our correspondent Robert Hall, who's there now.
:00:46. > :00:49.Robert. Adam, the dramatic shift in this
:00:50. > :00:53.investigation came soon after midnight, hundreds of people have
:00:54. > :00:57.been asked to rejoin the search this morning. They awoke to the sad news
:00:58. > :01:05.that they would no longer be needed. The hunt for Mikaeel Kular had moved
:01:06. > :01:08.from the streets of suburban Edinburgh to this rain-soaked wood
:01:09. > :01:11.in the Fife. His face had become familiar to all of us, the smiling
:01:12. > :01:18.three-year-old who had reportedly vanished from his bed. Almost 48
:01:19. > :01:22.hours after that report was received, Assistant Chief, the
:01:23. > :01:27.Malcolm Graham emerged from Edinburgh's police headquarters with
:01:28. > :01:33.grim news. Good morning, everyone. The investigation into the
:01:34. > :01:37.disappearance of Mikaeel Kular has been wide-ranging and fast-moving.
:01:38. > :01:45.As a result of these inquiries, I can confirm that we have recovered
:01:46. > :01:54.the body of a young boy in Fife. Shortly before midnight.
:01:55. > :02:00.20 miles north of Edinburgh, a major crime scene investigation has begun
:02:01. > :02:04.in and around a bungalow in the town of Kirkaldy. The area currently
:02:05. > :02:07.sealed off includes the house and a woodland to the rear of the
:02:08. > :02:17.property, popular with local walkers. Mikaeel's mother, Rosdeep
:02:18. > :02:22.Kular, has been detained by police. The house is said to belong to a
:02:23. > :02:26.relative of her mother. Police say she had told them that she put her
:02:27. > :02:29.son to bed on Wednesday evening, when she went to check on him in the
:02:30. > :02:36.morning, he was gone. Hundreds of local people rallied to help with
:02:37. > :02:39.two days of searches, but there was no trace of Mikaeel. Some of those
:02:40. > :02:45.who had been involved laid flowers in his memory. Forensic teams have
:02:46. > :02:52.now arrived in Kirkaldy. There work year is likely to continue for many
:02:53. > :02:56.hours yet. -- their work year. Under Scottish law, Rosdeep Kular
:02:57. > :03:00.must be charged or released within a maximum of 24 hours, so we are
:03:01. > :03:07.expecting a further update from police later this afternoon.
:03:08. > :03:10.The former Conservative Party deputy chairman Lord McAlpine has died. He
:03:11. > :03:14.was 71. His family said he passed away peacefully last night at his
:03:15. > :03:16.home in Italy. Lord McAlpine, a close advisor to Margaret Thatcher,
:03:17. > :03:26.was more recently wrongly implicated in a child-abuse scandal. Alex
:03:27. > :03:29.Forsyth has this report. Lord McAlpine was at one time a very
:03:30. > :03:33.powerful figure within the Conservative Party. He was deputy
:03:34. > :03:38.chairman as well as treasurer in Margaret Thatcher's government. He
:03:39. > :03:42.was considered among the closest and most loyal aides. Known as a jovial
:03:43. > :03:47.and cultured man, outside of his political career, he was an author,
:03:48. > :03:51.art collector, property developer and fundraiser. He spent the later
:03:52. > :03:57.years of his life out of the public eye, running a bed and breakfast in
:03:58. > :04:01.southern Italy. Most recently, Lord McAlpine was wrongly implicated in
:04:02. > :04:04.child sex abuse allegations by the BBC Newsnight programme, for which
:04:05. > :04:09.she received an apology and a substantial damages. Today, he was
:04:10. > :04:12.described by the Prime Minister as a dedicated supporter of the
:04:13. > :04:16.Conservative Party. David Cameron said his thoughts are with his
:04:17. > :04:20.family. In other tributes, he was called a man of integrity who made a
:04:21. > :04:21.huge contribution to public life. Lord McAlpine, who's died at the age
:04:22. > :04:30.of 71. Two Britons are now known to be
:04:31. > :04:35.among the 21 people killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. One
:04:36. > :04:39.of those who died was a Labour Party candidate in the forthcoming
:04:40. > :04:41.European elections. The bomb exploded outside a busy restaurant
:04:42. > :04:49.frequented by westerners in the capital city, Kabul. Mike Wooldridge
:04:50. > :04:55.reports. This report contains flashing images.
:04:56. > :04:58.The scene outside the popular Lebanese restaurant after the
:04:59. > :05:03.attack. It took place around 7:30 in the evening local time as the
:05:04. > :05:07.restaurant was full of diners. First a suicide bomber detonated his
:05:08. > :05:11.explosives outside the gate. Then two gunmen rushed in and started
:05:12. > :05:15.shooting people inside. Among those killed was a Labour candidate for
:05:16. > :05:20.the European Parliament, Del Singh. The party today paid tribute to his
:05:21. > :05:25.work in various conflict zones. This is one of Kabul's deadliest
:05:26. > :05:29.attacks. The UN lost four of its staff. We are very shocked, and we
:05:30. > :05:33.are very sad, and it is a very heavy day for the UN in Afghanistan. The
:05:34. > :05:40.cuckoo survived described his escape. -- cuckoo. I got to the
:05:41. > :05:45.roof, I stayed back behind the chimney for two or three hours.
:05:46. > :05:50.Prater and is regarded the tavern as a home away from home. -- patrons.
:05:51. > :05:54.It is a continuing sign of the vulnerability of such targets in
:05:55. > :05:55.this year of the withdrawal of NATO troops.
:05:56. > :05:58.The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says the party's former chief
:05:59. > :06:01.executive Lord Rennard should be barred from the parliamentary party
:06:02. > :06:05.until he apologises to women who claim they've been sexually
:06:06. > :06:07.harassed. An internal investigation found that while the claims could
:06:08. > :06:12.not be proven beyond reasonable doubt, they were credible. The
:06:13. > :06:16.report recommended that Lord Rennard apologise. He denies all
:06:17. > :06:19.allegations. Parts of the UK are at risk of
:06:20. > :06:25.flooding today with further heavy rain expected to fall. Major roads
:06:26. > :06:28.in Surrey, West Sussex and Kent have already been closed. The Met Office
:06:29. > :06:32.has issued yellow weather warnings, asking people to be aware, and the
:06:33. > :06:36.Environment Agency has more than 40 flood warnings in place. The
:06:37. > :06:43.heaviest downpours are expected in south-west England and south Wales.
:06:44. > :06:46.Andy Murray has reached the fourth round of the Australian Open after
:06:47. > :06:50.what he said was his best win since back surgery. The Wimbledon champion
:06:51. > :06:56.defeated Spain's Feliciano Lopez in straight sets in Melbourne. Next up,
:06:57. > :06:59.he will play the French qualifier Stephane Robert for a place in the
:07:00. > :07:03.quarterfinals. That's it for now, we're back here
:07:04. > :07:05.on BBC One at a quarter past five. Stay with us,