26/03/2017 BBC Weekend News

After the Westminster attack, tech companies under pressure over

the security services' access to encrypted messages.

Khalid Masood is thought to have been using WhatsApp moments

The Home Secretary says internet firms must act.

We need to make sure that organisations like WhatsApp,

and there are plenty of others like that, don't provide

a secret place for terrorists to communicate with each other.

In the last hour, another person's been arrested

in connection with the attack - we'll have the latest.

Also on the programme, the explosion that injured

more than 30 people on the Wirral - a gas accident is suspected.

Labour calls for proper parliamentary scrutiny

of EU regulations as they become part of UK law.

And can England hold off Lithuania in their World Cup qualifier?

The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, has increased pressure

on internet companies in the wake of the Westminster attack,

warning them not to provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate.

It's understood that Khalid Masood, who killed four people on Wednesday,

was using the secure WhatsApp messaging service

shortly before he began his murderous rampage.

Our correspondent Jonny Dymond reports.

Has the freedom to say what you want online and keep it private

run into our need for security in an age of terror?

Khalid Masood was active on the messaging network WhatsApp

just before he started his murderous rampage.

only the sender and the recipient can see them.

Masood is said to have been acting alone,

but the authorities would dearly like to know

what he said and who he said it to before he began.

The security services, says the Home Secretary, need access.

We need to make sure that organisations like WhatsApp,

and there are plenty of others like that, don't provide

a secret place for terrorists to communicate with each other.

It used to be that people would steam open envelopes or just

listen in on phones when they wanted to find out what people were doing

- legally, through warrantry - but in this situation,

we need to make sure that our intelligence services

have the ability to get into situations

The Home Secretary says she'll be talking to the big tech companies

this week about loosening the privacy around messaging networks.

For law enforcement, change cannot come soon enough.

At the heart of this is a stark inconsistency between the ability

of the police to lawfully intercept telephone calls but not

when those messages are exchanged via a social-media messaging board,

for example, and that is an inconsistency in society,

it surely is, and we have to find a solution

through the appropriate legislation.

It's not just encrypted messaging that alarms the Government.

There's also deep concern over the threat of online radicalisation -

websites that glorify violence and encourage viewers

The tech companies say they take material like this down

A new law on encryption, says the Labour leader, would go too far.

They have huge powers of investigation already,

there is a question of always balancing the right to know,

the need to know, with the right to privacy.

WhatsApp says it is cooperating with the police,

but the trade-off between freedom, privacy and security

as the country mourns the carnage of Wednesday afternoon.

that there's been another arrest in connection with the attack.

A 30-year-old man from Birmingham is being questioned.

The police believe Khalid Masood acted alone on the day

but have been appealing for more information

from people who knew him or came across him.

Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds reports.

It took little more than a minute - a crude assault

on the heart of Westminster which left its victims in its wake.

Khalid Masood mounted the pavement on Westminster Bridge

at just after 2:40, according to new information from the police.

He drove fast, sending people running for cover,

and 30 seconds later crashed into railings.

Someone managed to make the first 999 call within 21 seconds.

But Masood was out of the car and, after attacking a police officer,

was shot dead half a minute later in the grounds of Parliament.

From start to finish, it had taken 82 seconds.

So those are the facts, but why did it happen?

Tellingly, police now say they may never know

the answer to that question, but they are looking closely

at Khalid Masood's life in an attempt to discover

Today, yet another home was being searched

near his most recent address in Birmingham.

One man who lives around the corner is still in custody.

We know Khalid Masood had a violent past,

when he may have adopted extreme political views,

possibly while serving a prison sense in 2003,

or during two periods living in Saudi Arabia,

or after moving to Luton around 2010, at a time of confrontation

between young Muslims and right-wing activists.

The kind of people who commit terror...

The answer to that question - why - could be complex.

There can be anything between 15 to about 28 different reasons,

different tell-tale signs, and my argument has consistently

been that the Government has obsessively focused on one,

which we refer to as Islamist ideology.

Ideology is important, but it is but one factor.

This tragedy has again led to questions

about the Government's strategy to fight radicalisation.

Those who have to spot tomorrow's potential terrorists

This remains a focus for this investigation, and as you heard, the

Met has said tonight there is another arrest, a 30-year-old man

taken into custody on suspicion of preparing for terrorism. That is on

top of a 58-year-old man arrested in Birmingham who has been in custody

for three days and a 32-year-old woman who has been released on bail.

Most of the searches that you see there that have been taking place

now complete, just one still ongoing, but I think there is a

sense that this is just the end of the beginning.

Tom, thank you, Tom Symonds reporting.

More than 30 people have been injured, two of them seriously,

in what's suspected to have been a gas explosion on the Wirral.

It could be several days before people who live in the area

are allowed to return to their homes.

Linsey Smith reports from the scene.

The scale of the devastation shows just how powerful the explosion was.

One of the three businesses that stood here was a dance studio.

Just an hour before, it had been full of children.

This sound of the building blowing up was captured

There is a multitude of injuries that have happened,

but the two patients that have gone through

to the major trauma unit at Aintree, they've had significant injuries.

Christine Pickup had been baby-sitting her grandchildren.

I don't know how we walked out of there.

I think the children, because their bed is slightly higher

than the low windows in these old houses,

the blast lifted the mattress up and threw it over the children,

cos they said they felt things hitting them,

and I think the mattress just saved them with the...masonry.

Police are now leading an investigation.

A number of local people say they smelt gas yesterday and on Friday.

National Grid engineers are at the scene

and say they have found no faults so far.

many residents will spend at least another night out of their homes.

Well, residents here say they remain shocked by the events of last night,

and it will be some time before this quiet residential area returns to

normal. That is because not only the remains of the damaged building have

to be removed, but beyond that there are rounds... Is of home that have

no friends on them, the windows and doors blown out by the force of the

blast, and for that reason it will be some time before people can

return home. -- there are rows of homes that have no friends on them.

Lindsey Smith, thank you. Police in Moscow say around

700 people have been arrested Among them is Russia's

main opposition leader. Alexei Navalny organised

the demonstration which saw thousands take to the streets

in several Russian cities. The protesters were calling

for the prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, to resign

over corruption allegations. Talks aimed at forming

a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland appear to have

broken down after Sinn Fein said it wouldn't be nominating its leader

at Stormont to become Deputy First Minister

by tomorrow's deadline. But Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams

said it should be possible to agree a power-sharing arrangement

at some point in the future. The head of Britain's biggest union,

Unite, has said that Jeremy Corbyn

should be given 15 months to see if he can improve

Labour's poll ratings. Len McCluskey is standing

for re-election for a general election

if one is called. Jeremy Corbyn has said he'll oppose

the Government's plans to change European laws without parliamentary

scrutiny when they become part of UK The Government wants to include

the powers in its Great Repeal Bill, which will be published in draft

form this week. Our political correspondent

Alex Forsyth has the story. Some still might not want it,

but Brexit is beckoning. and the Government is about

to start the formal process. Parliament will see the historic

moment this week, followed by details of the

Government's plan to give control over UK laws to Westminster

instead of Brussels. Some warn, as this complex work

begins, MPs must be involved. We're not going to set there and

hand over powers to this government to override Parliament,

override democracy and just set down

a series of diktats, what's going to happen

in the future. It will introduce a Great Repeal

Bill, bringing EU regulations into domestic law - everything from

environmental legislation to workers' rights. Then the

regulations can be changed or abolished after Brexit to suit the

UK. The Bill will also include powers for the Government to amend

some EU laws during the process, without full Parliamentary scrutiny.

The Government has already faced battles over Parliament's role in

the Brexit process, and a Great Repeal Bill looks like it could be

the next big skirmish. Some MPs and peers fear they'll be cut out of key

decisions. The Government insists they will have a say and says major

policy changes, like new immigration or customs controls, will be subject

to full scrutiny. But ministers say there must be a way of making small

technical tweaks, like on picking some of the EU terminology. It will

a limited and defined power, not to act like a dictator, by secondary

legislation, and the scope, the scope, the definition of those

powers and when they can be used, in what circumstances, is something

that Parliament will have to approve in boating through the Bill itself.

But some resistance is likely. The sheer complexity of Brexit means

very little will be plain sailing. Alex Forsyth, BBC News, Westminster.

Time now for some sport, let's joint Karthi Gnanasegaram at the BBC Sport

centre. England are playing Lithuania

in a qualifying game Jermain Defoe marked his return

to international football at the age of 34 with the opening goal,

and with just a few minutes remaining, England

are now leading 2-0. A day to put football firmly in

perspective. Armed police on duty as Wembley struck a poignant note.

Outside, the flags at half-mast, inside, the team is led out by

five-year-old cancer patient Bradley Lowry before a tribute to the

victims of Wednesday's terror attack, Reid is laid in the centre

circle as 80,000 fans fell silent. -- wreaths.

The match itself seemed straightforward for England, it

certainly began that way. The recall Jermain Defoe slotting them ahead.

Although an error from keeper Joe Hart nearly gifted Lithuania and

equaliser, England were in control at the break. After it, they

struggled for fluency at first, but eventually they founded. Substitute

Jamie Vardy keeping his cool to extend England's advantage.

Well, the very latest, I can tell you, is that England still lead to-

zero with just a few minutes remaining. Some fans, as you can

see, heading for an early exit. It has not been a hugely convincing

display, but England on course to stay top of their qualifying group,

Karthi. Scotland are in the same group

as England, and they face Slovenia

at 7.45 this evening. Northern Ireland play Norway

in Group C at the same time. The first Formula One Grand Prix

of the year has been won by Sebastian Vettel,

who beat Lewis Hamilton, despite the British driver

starting on pole position. Hamilton is aiming to win

a fourth world title this year. A new season, and for Formula One,

the start of a new year, the car is now bigger, faster. Still, there are

some sites that might be a rather familiar, Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes

beginning at the front is one, staying there is the challenge that

never changes, and with being the race favoured, their servants Dummer

comes a certain type of pressure, in this case from the Ferrari of

Sebastian Vettel, a battle of speed that would ultimately decided by a

stop. Hamilton in four new tyres, allowing Vettel to take the lead. We

need to get past Verstappen. I don't know how you expect me to do that

right now. A hold-up that allowed the Ferrari to get in and out

without losing the lead. For Hamilton and is Mercedes team, the

chance was gone. A comfortable victory for Vettel, Hamilton second,

and if this is a new era for the sport, it may be this rivalry that

comes to define it. Adam Wild, BBC News.

And Scotland have won a bronze medal at the World Women's Curling

Championship in Beijing after beating Sweden 6-4.