:00:07. > :00:09.Tonight at Ten, at least 69 people are dead and hundreds injured,
:00:10. > :00:15.It happened in a busy park in Lahore, as thousands gathered
:00:16. > :00:22.The Pakistani Taliban says it was responsible and that
:00:23. > :00:24.Christians were deliberately targeted.
:00:25. > :00:33.Riot police in Brussels use water cannon on far right protesters,
:00:34. > :00:35.who'd disrupted a vigil in memory of the victims of last
:00:36. > :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. > :00:59.And Cambridge make it look easy, comfortably beating Oxford
:01:00. > :01:01.in the men's boat race, but it's Oxford's women who triumph
:01:02. > :01:30.At least 69 people have been killed and hundreds injured,
:01:31. > :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. > :01:45.targeting Christians celebrating Easter.
:01:46. > :01:47.Our correspondent Shaimaa Khalil's report from Lahore contains pictures
:01:48. > :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. > :02:12.hit. A suicide bomb, detonated in the middle of a crowded park.
:02:13. > :02:16.Security forces and rescue workers were quickly on the scene. As crowds
:02:17. > :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. > :02:58.blast. My two girls were in the park, they
:02:59. > :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. > :03:19.distress family members have been rushing in, trying to find out what
:03:20. > :03:22.happened their relatives. The hospital workers have been trying to
:03:23. > :03:28.tell people to clear the way so that ambulances can come in, and bring in
:03:29. > :03:32.more casualties. We are surrounded by security force, who are trying
:03:33. > :03:37.very hard to keep the area under control as the authorities outside
:03:38. > :03:43.try to put together the pieces and find out what exactly and who
:03:44. > :03:48.exactly was behind this attack. Shortly after, a group that split
:03:49. > :03:52.away from the Pakistani Taliban said they had carried out the attack. The
:03:53. > :03:58.Christian community was the target. But it wasn't just Christians who
:03:59. > :04:03.were hit. Dozens were killed and the number of dead is likely to rise.
:04:04. > :04:08.This attack, another violent reminder of the challenge facing
:04:09. > :04:14.security forces here. And how vulnerable these soft targets are.
:04:15. > :04:20.Shaima - this is the second attack by this group this year already?
:04:21. > :04:26.Indeed, the first attack happened in north-west Pakistan on a courthouse,
:04:27. > :04:32.it happened near the tribal areas, and it has been quite a violent year
:04:33. > :04:39.so far here in Pakistan, in comparison to 2015, which went on
:04:40. > :04:44.fairly quietly, 2016 went on to, got off to quite a violent start. This
:04:45. > :04:49.attack, however, is different because it happened in the heart of
:04:50. > :04:53.one of the main cities of Pakistan, Lahore and tar getted the Christian
:04:54. > :04:57.community. Now, this is not the first attack on Christians here in
:04:58. > :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. > :05:08.questions will be asked what the authorities, what the Government is
:05:09. > :05:14.doing, to protect Christians but on a bigger scale, the bigger picture
:05:15. > :05:18.is time and time again the army, the security forces, and the Government
:05:19. > :05:21.have assured people that they have security under control, so the
:05:22. > :05:27.question is why these attacks still happen, at a devastating scale.
:05:28. > :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. > :05:37.at Brussels Airport and on the city's metro.
:05:38. > :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. > :06:06.Belgians of all creeds and colour - Muslim, Christian, Jewish and more -
:06:07. > :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. > :06:20.Far right thugs seizing the opportunity for a moment
:06:21. > :06:25.A couple of hundred had come from outside Brussels
:06:26. > :06:31.to spread their anti-immigrant message.
:06:32. > :06:33.When this man tried to stop them trampling the memorial,
:06:34. > :06:48.Officers here are overstretched already by the terror alerts.
:06:49. > :06:53.When the riot squad moved in, there were cheers, and the thugs
:06:54. > :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. > :07:22.the tributes they left here which were damaged,
:07:23. > :07:25.but the scenes we saw are exactly what the Belgians want to avoid -
:07:26. > :07:30.an increase in tensions following the attacks.
:07:31. > :07:34.In Brussels's main Cathedral they paused too today.
:07:35. > :07:36.The city's Archbishop said the attacks were
:07:37. > :07:43.TRANSLATION: They attacked the very foundations of our society.
:07:44. > :07:51.And the far right thugs gone, Belgians formed a human
:07:52. > :08:01.Wanting to show they stand together, against both fear and racism.
:08:02. > :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. > :08:15.keeping up. Four people still being questioned tonight, not just in
:08:16. > :08:21.Belgium but the raids are taking place across Europe. In Italy, one
:08:22. > :08:25.man has been arrested an Algerian who may have provided false IDs for
:08:26. > :08:29.the attackers and in the Netherlands too, a Frenchman, a separate case,
:08:30. > :08:32.but suspected of plotting a terror attack, also arrested there.
:08:33. > :08:39.European police forces co-operating against the threats.
:08:40. > :08:42.Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin
:08:43. > :08:46.for commemorative events marking the centenary of the Easter Rising.
:08:47. > :08:49.The failed rebellion against British rule in 1916 left almost 500 dead,
:08:50. > :08:51.and eventually paved the way for the creation
:08:52. > :08:55.Our special correspondent, Fergal Keane, reflects
:08:56. > :09:09.A new Ireland looks back with a clear eye.
:09:10. > :09:13.Today, there was no sentimental nationalism or revolutionary
:09:14. > :09:17.romanticism, but a modern state remembering the idealism and trauma
:09:18. > :09:24.Conscious of our troubled past, to you, God, we sing a new song.
:09:25. > :09:30.A song of compassion, inclusion and engagement.
:09:31. > :09:38.A song of listening, social justice and respect.
:09:39. > :09:41.Over six days rebels fought against overwhelming odds.
:09:42. > :09:45.Over almost 500 people were killed, the majority civilians.
:09:46. > :09:48.The leaders of the rising were executed.
:09:49. > :09:51.Those deaths helping to turn public opinion against Britain
:09:52. > :09:56.and in support of a new armed struggle.
:09:57. > :09:59.Over the General Post Office where the rebels made their stand,
:10:00. > :10:13.5,000 relatives of those who fought were invited here.
:10:14. > :10:15.John King's three grand-uncles fought with an Irish rebel
:10:16. > :10:24.What happened, it certainly wasn't democratic, but on the other hand
:10:25. > :10:26.they forced something that could have taken another
:10:27. > :10:32.So yes, I do feel grateful for what they achieved
:10:33. > :10:36.And I admire their bravery to take on the greatest empire
:10:37. > :10:40.100 years after the rising, the united Ireland for
:10:41. > :10:42.which the rebels fought hasn't been achieved.
:10:43. > :10:46.But the state which emerged became a stable democracy,
:10:47. > :10:51.culturally self-confident and sure of its place in the global community
:10:52. > :10:57.of nations, and sends its peacekeepers all over the world.
:10:58. > :11:01.In Northern Ireland, unionists remembered a young man
:11:02. > :11:07.But here too, a sign of changed times.
:11:08. > :11:10.Listen to the language of a senior unionist politician.
:11:11. > :11:14.From what I've seen of what has happened in Dublin today,
:11:15. > :11:17.I think they have made a huge effort to be inclusive.
:11:18. > :11:22.I think it is important we do not stick our fingers in our ears
:11:23. > :11:24.and sing la-la-la, and pretend these things never happened and hope
:11:25. > :11:29.They happened, they impact on us today, and we have to face up to it.
:11:30. > :11:32.In Dublin, two former women presidents stood beside
:11:33. > :11:39.Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, applauding Irish soldiers the IRA
:11:40. > :11:54.Volleys ringing across Dublin, in a republic
:11:55. > :12:05.after the bouncy castle she was playing in was blown away
:12:06. > :12:07.has been named as Summer Grant from Norwich.
:12:08. > :12:10.Winds carried her across a park at an Easter fair in Harlow in Essex.
:12:11. > :12:12.She was treated by paramedics, but later died in hospital.
:12:13. > :12:15.A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter
:12:16. > :12:23.Teachers have called for a ballot over testing in primary
:12:24. > :12:27.Delegates at the National Union of Teachers conference in Brighton
:12:28. > :12:29.say schools have become "exam factories" and the NUT wants this
:12:30. > :12:32.year's SATs tests for 11-year-olds to be cancelled.
:12:33. > :12:34.Ministers, however, say it's essential all children leave primary
:12:35. > :12:36.school with a good grasp of English and maths.
:12:37. > :12:45.Here's our education editor, Branwen Jeffreys.
:12:46. > :12:48.End of term and a bit of dressing up for a project,
:12:49. > :12:50.but these pupils in Brighton have spent weeks
:12:51. > :12:59.The end of primary sats tests are different this year.
:13:00. > :13:00.More arithmetic and much more English grammar.
:13:01. > :13:03.Changes that teachers have been trying
:13:04. > :13:08.There are three questions and you have to tick
:13:09. > :13:10.whether the conjunction is used as a subordinating clause
:13:11. > :13:14.And afterwards parents were saying to me
:13:15. > :13:16.that they weren't sure which was which.
:13:17. > :13:17.Actually, that went out for homework.
:13:18. > :13:20.The SATs tests that year six children will be taken are meant
:13:21. > :13:23.to be harder, the idea is to drive up
:13:24. > :13:32.left some parents baffled and some teachers worried that the tests
:13:33. > :13:35.For the first time this year, any child that
:13:36. > :13:38.doesn't meet the expected level will have to resit when they get
:13:39. > :13:40.Today at their conference, teachers said it
:13:41. > :13:48.Passive voice, active voice, or, if you're a year
:13:49. > :13:50.six teacher, parent or pupil, no voice.
:13:51. > :13:53.That this risks setting some children up to fail.
:13:54. > :13:59.argue it's about making sure they are equipped to succeed.
:14:00. > :14:01.Were raising expectations, we don't apologise for that.
:14:02. > :14:03.We need to make sure that our children leave primary
:14:04. > :14:08.school as fluent readers, that their fluent in arithmetic
:14:09. > :14:15.that they know their times tables and they are
:14:16. > :14:17.being taught grammar for the first time in generations.
:14:18. > :14:19.You use an apostrophe for the missing letters.
:14:20. > :14:22.This year five class won't sit the tests until next year education
:14:23. > :14:24.officials say they are working with teachers to smooth
:14:25. > :14:33.In Syria, President Assad says the recapture of the ancient city
:14:34. > :14:35.of Palmyra from so-called Islamic State is an "important
:14:36. > :14:36.achievement" in the "war on terrorism.
:14:37. > :14:38.Government forces say they now control the city after days
:14:39. > :14:40.of fighting, backed by Russian airstrikes.
:14:41. > :14:45.IS extremists overran Palmyra last May.
:14:46. > :14:48.Religious and political leaders have used their Easter messages today
:14:49. > :14:52.to call for hope in the face of terror and violence.
:14:53. > :14:55.In Rome, Pope Francis said people shouldn't let fear imprison them,
:14:56. > :14:57.a thought echoed in a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
:14:58. > :15:08.Here's our religious affairs correspondent, Caroline Wyatt.
:15:09. > :15:10.On a square bathed in sunshine, the pilgrims gathered to hear
:15:11. > :15:16.a message of hope after a week in the shadow of death.
:15:17. > :15:19.At this, the Easter celebration of the risen Christ,
:15:20. > :15:25.Pope Francis reminded the faithful not to forget the migrants,
:15:26. > :15:29.the men, women and children fleeing from war.
:15:30. > :15:31.Then, from the balcony, he urged the faithful to use
:15:32. > :15:34.the weapon of love, as Christ did, and fight the evil of terrorism,
:15:35. > :15:42.TRANSLATION: May he draw us closer on this Easter feast
:15:43. > :15:44.to the victims of terrorism, that blind and brutal form
:15:45. > :15:46.of violence which continues to shed blood in different
:15:47. > :15:59.It was a scene echoed by the Archbishop of Canterbury
:16:00. > :16:02.Justin Welby said that after Brussels, hope could seem far
:16:03. > :16:08.away, with fear and natural human reaction.
:16:09. > :16:10.But, he told worshippers, Jesus Christ overcame death,
:16:11. > :16:22.Easter proclaims to us in flesh and blood that fear and death
:16:23. > :16:31.God has spoken life, hope and purpose.
:16:32. > :16:32.The Royal family attended their Easter service
:16:33. > :16:35.at Saint George's Chapel in Windsor, with a spring bouquet for the Queen
:16:36. > :16:50.Every year, around 1,000 people, mostly women, are disfigured in acid
:16:51. > :16:56.The assaults can be for anything - disputes over land, or the jealousy
:16:57. > :16:59.The terrible scarring leaves victims often shunned by society,
:17:00. > :17:02.but now a team of British and Danish medics has travelled to India
:17:03. > :17:06.This report is from our South Asia correspondent, Justin Rowlatt.
:17:07. > :17:11.The 13-strong medical team is preparing for a surgical marathon.
:17:12. > :17:16.They will undertake more than 100 procedures in less than two weeks,
:17:17. > :17:19.trying to improve the quality of life for people like Anupama
:17:20. > :17:29.When I go out, I don't show my face, because people stare at me.
:17:30. > :17:34.But when I am back home I take my scarf off and I feel normal.
:17:35. > :17:37.Anupama is cheerful in spite of the terrible injuries
:17:38. > :17:43.she suffered when she was doused in acid by a spurned admirer.
:17:44. > :17:49.She shows me her most treasured possessions.
:17:50. > :17:52.I was attacked three months after this photo was taken.
:17:53. > :17:59.Around 1,000 people are reckoned to be attacked with acid
:18:00. > :18:04.They are supposed to get free treatment but often
:18:05. > :18:17.The idea is to make it easier for her to eat and drink and breathe
:18:18. > :18:20.through her nose, and also to improve the way she looks.
:18:21. > :18:23.You might think it would be depressing to operate on people
:18:24. > :18:25.who have been deliberately disfigured, but the team say
:18:26. > :18:30.they find their patients an inspiration.
:18:31. > :18:33.She has said true beauty lies within her, not from the outside,
:18:34. > :18:41.so she is not really feeling sorry for herself.
:18:42. > :18:44.They are all volunteers working in their holidays, and paying
:18:45. > :18:54.Sometimes when I work in the UK, if I am away, someone else will step
:18:55. > :18:57.Here you feel you come here and you actually
:18:58. > :19:02.I am sure she is is going to be quite pleased with the result.
:19:03. > :19:05.Now her lip is up so she won't dribble when she is drinking.
:19:06. > :19:08.And that will build her confidence and help her fulfil her ambition
:19:09. > :19:14.to get a job, so she can take care of herself.
:19:15. > :19:17.Meanwhile, up in the surgery, the team are already working
:19:18. > :19:30.At the 162nd Boat Race, Cambridge's men claimed their first
:19:31. > :19:32.win for four years in tricky conditions on the Thames.
:19:33. > :19:35.In the women's race, Oxford made it four wins in a row.
:19:36. > :19:45.It seemed anyone watching, never mind taking part
:19:46. > :19:49.in the Boat Race would need oilskins and an anchor.
:19:50. > :19:52.By the time the women's race started in its second year,
:19:53. > :19:55.the skies were clear, but the wind kept the water turbulent.
:19:56. > :19:58.In such conditions, it is about plotting a path as much
:19:59. > :20:01.Oxford headed for the safe shallows, and Cambridge almost
:20:02. > :20:07.By the time Oxford crossed the line, for a fourth straight win,
:20:08. > :20:09.Cambridge were more concerned with staying afloat,
:20:10. > :20:13.but they managed it and that was a form of triumph.
:20:14. > :20:16.The men could use that as a cautionary tale for their race.
:20:17. > :20:18.Cambridge had lost the last three, so made their move over
:20:19. > :20:25.At times it became about hanging on and hoping.
:20:26. > :20:29.These are not waters to give chase in.
:20:30. > :20:32.Oxford fought their bodies and the current to stay in touch,
:20:33. > :20:39.Coming out here and winning is a feeling like nothing I have
:20:40. > :20:44.It is a lot of hard work that goes into this,
:20:45. > :20:46.nine months, and we wanted it more today.
:20:47. > :20:50.These were the boat races when the river fought back.
:20:51. > :20:53.To all crews' credit there were no sinkings, but tradition has it that
:20:54. > :21:02.not everyone can stay out of the Thames.
:21:03. > :21:05.It's time for the news where you are.