:00:00. > :00:09.Tonight at 10pm, Turkey votes yes to constitutional changes that
:00:10. > :00:15.will concentrate power in the hands of President Erdogan.
:00:16. > :00:18.He can now dissolve Parliament and abolish the role
:00:19. > :00:20.of Prime Minister, but says the country will enjoy
:00:21. > :00:29.TRANSLATION: This is a success, it is a victory for Turkish people,
:00:30. > :00:34.Turkish economy and for Turkey as a whole.
:00:35. > :00:37.But it was a narrow victory, with opponents saying the country
:00:38. > :00:46.America says it's working on a range of options with China
:00:47. > :00:50.to resolve the crisis over North Korea's weapons programmes.
:00:51. > :00:53.The number of people killed in a bomb attack on a civilian
:00:54. > :00:59.convoy in Syria has risen to 126, most of them children.
:01:00. > :01:02.Parents are calling for better special-needs teaching, as unions
:01:03. > :01:08.warn that budget cuts are depriving children of support.
:01:09. > :01:10.And, Vettel's victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix gives him
:01:11. > :01:33.a clear lead over Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1.
:01:34. > :01:39.Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory
:01:40. > :01:42.in a controversial referendum granting him sweeping new powers.
:01:43. > :01:44.He said tonight that the country had opened
:01:45. > :01:51.But opponents say the result amounts to one-man rule,
:01:52. > :01:53.with the President now able to abolish the role
:01:54. > :01:57.of Prime Minister and, if necessary, dissolve Parliament.
:01:58. > :01:59.It was a close vote, with widespread support
:02:00. > :02:01.for the constitutional changes in rural areas, but with many
:02:02. > :02:03.rejecting the proposals in the bigger cities, including
:02:04. > :02:07.Opponents are alleging voting fraud and say they'll
:02:08. > :02:19.Tonight, the victors were out in force, celebrating as though
:02:20. > :02:30.In fact, here in Istanbul and in Turkey's two other largest
:02:31. > :02:33.cities, Izmir and in Ankara, the capital, the No campaign seemed
:02:34. > :02:42.The worry is that the result has been too narrow
:02:43. > :02:55.The fact is that there is a big underlying level
:02:56. > :03:04.of nervousness and anger here, which, really, the result of this
:03:05. > :03:08.referendum being so close hasn't done anything to calm down.
:03:09. > :03:12."Tayip Erdogan will be a world leader, God willing", says this man.
:03:13. > :03:22.However slight his majority in the referendum, President Erdogan
:03:23. > :03:26.has taken the decision to push through his far reaching
:03:27. > :03:34.constitutional changes and deal with any consequences.
:03:35. > :03:44.Today, the decision made by the Turkish public is historic, this is
:03:45. > :03:47.not an ordinary day, it is a very serious change for the future after
:03:48. > :03:55.K. -- the future of Turkey. They chanted "bring back the death
:03:56. > :04:01.penalty" and he seemed His argument all along has been that
:04:02. > :04:05.only a really strong presidency can galvanise Turkey
:04:06. > :04:09.into being successful and wealthy. So he is getting rid
:04:10. > :04:11.of the old constitution's He is giving himself the power
:04:12. > :04:19.to hire and fire the country's judges and he has made it possible
:04:20. > :04:22.for himself to stay There had been one or two small
:04:23. > :04:28.opposition demonstrations but he stamped down so hard
:04:29. > :04:33.on his opponents in recent years that they are reluctant to come
:04:34. > :04:35.out onto the streets The Yes campaign may not
:04:36. > :04:44.have won the popular vote in the capital,
:04:45. > :04:46.Ankara, but tonight it held its celebrations, all carefully
:04:47. > :04:50.choreographed in advance. This has been indeed a day
:04:51. > :04:54.on which history was made. But it is likely to cut Turkey off
:04:55. > :04:57.further from its old allies What we have seen today seems
:04:58. > :05:02.like a major change of course. John, this appears to be
:05:03. > :05:08.a fairly narrow victory. How is he going to bring
:05:09. > :05:20.the country together now? Actually, I really do not think that
:05:21. > :05:27.he wants to bring people together very much, after all he has won this
:05:28. > :05:33.narrow victory by demonising his opposition, Stirling and quite a lot
:05:34. > :05:36.of anger and sometimes a certain degree of violence in the country
:05:37. > :05:42.and they do not think he is going to say, you have your viewpoint which
:05:43. > :05:47.we are prepared to listen to. I think he is going to carry on,
:05:48. > :05:51.forcing it through as he forced the referendum through. As for the
:05:52. > :05:59.opposition, what do they do? You would have expected them to be right
:06:00. > :06:03.here in the centre of Istanbul, where there have been so many
:06:04. > :06:10.demonstrations over such a long period. There is absolutely nobody
:06:11. > :06:15.here whatsoever. It looks as though the opposition, for the time being,
:06:16. > :06:19.is simply stunned by their failure to win. Most people in the
:06:20. > :06:27.opposition thought that they would just make it. What do they do? Well,
:06:28. > :06:31.I think a lot of people are going to leave the country, they will go to
:06:32. > :06:38.the West in different ways and I think they are going to... The last
:06:39. > :06:46.big demonstration by the opposition here once in 2013. And that was
:06:47. > :06:53.followed by death and a large amount of injury and I think the stuffing
:06:54. > :06:55.has gone out of the opposition altogether. John, many thanks for
:06:56. > :07:00.that. John Simpson in Istanbul. America says it's working
:07:01. > :07:03.on a "range of options" with China amid rising tensions over
:07:04. > :07:05.North Korea's nuclear Pyongyang attempted to test fire
:07:06. > :07:08.what's thought to be a medium-range missile this weekend from a base
:07:09. > :07:11.in the Shinpo region on the east coast, but it blew up
:07:12. > :07:13.shortly after take-off. The launch is being seen
:07:14. > :07:15.as a provocation, coming shortly before the US
:07:16. > :07:18.Vice President Mike Pence Our correspondent, John Sudworth,
:07:19. > :07:24.is in the North Korean capital, where his movements are being
:07:25. > :07:29.monitored and tightly controlled. This flower show, like almost
:07:30. > :07:32.everything else in North Korea, And this display is in
:07:33. > :07:42.honour of their abiding Isn't it a little strange to have
:07:43. > :07:51.rockets and missiles There are reports that there
:07:52. > :07:58.was a missile test this morning This is not a failure,
:07:59. > :08:06.we will win and we will have greater There has, so far, been no mention
:08:07. > :08:14.of the missile on North Korean TV. Every launch, failure or not,
:08:15. > :08:19.takes the military one The timing of the latest missile
:08:20. > :08:26.test is significant, coming just a few hours before
:08:27. > :08:29.the US Vice President, Mike Pence, arrived
:08:30. > :08:31.in the South Korean capital, It is a message of defiance
:08:32. > :08:37.from here in Pyongyang. Its quest to become a fully fledged
:08:38. > :08:43.nuclear power continues. At its big military parade
:08:44. > :08:46.yesterday, it put some of its newest The decades of threats and sanctions
:08:47. > :08:53.against North Korea have clearly Mr Pence's talks will
:08:54. > :09:01.focus on trying to find Senior administration officials
:09:02. > :09:06.said military options The President has made clear
:09:07. > :09:14.that he will not accept the United States and its allies
:09:15. > :09:16.and partners in the region being under threat from this hostile
:09:17. > :09:21.regime with nuclear weapons. And so we're working together
:09:22. > :09:25.with our allies and partners and with the Chinese leadership
:09:26. > :09:31.to develop a range of options. At Pyongyang Zoo today, there
:09:32. > :09:37.was a relaxed holiday atmosphere. The looming crisis seemed
:09:38. > :09:43.far from anyone's mind. North Korea appears confident that
:09:44. > :09:47.President Trump's threats will turn out to be hollow
:09:48. > :09:51.and that he will conclude, like others before him,
:09:52. > :09:55.that war carries far too many risks. The number of people thought to have
:09:56. > :10:06.died in a bomb attack in Syria yesterday has risen to 126 -
:10:07. > :10:13.including 68 children. That is according to local
:10:14. > :10:16.activists. They were among busloads
:10:17. > :10:18.of civilians being brought out of two pro-government towns
:10:19. > :10:20.in the north-west that The blast happened
:10:21. > :10:23.on the outskirts of Aleppo. This report from our diplomatic
:10:24. > :10:25.correspondent, James Landale, They were heading for
:10:26. > :10:30.what they thought was safety. Thousands of civilians
:10:31. > :10:33.from government held villages had been under siege by rebel forces
:10:34. > :10:37.for two years. Just a short bus ride
:10:38. > :10:40.from Aleppo and a better life. A vehicle supposedly
:10:41. > :10:48.carrying food packed, Devastating the convoy
:10:49. > :10:55.of buses and cars. A potato truck, as they were very
:10:56. > :11:00.hungry, comes and offers for the kids potato
:11:01. > :11:02.chips, potato bags. So the kids, who were very hungry,
:11:03. > :11:06.some of them left the buses and went to the truck and as soon
:11:07. > :11:09.as they approached the truck, And that is why it emerged today
:11:10. > :11:15.that among the 126 people dead were 68 children,
:11:16. > :11:17.according to British-based activists Hundreds of others injured
:11:18. > :11:25.in the attack were rushed It is still not clear
:11:26. > :11:29.who was responsible for the attack, although local Islamist rebel groups
:11:30. > :11:34.have denied any involvement. The people travelling in these
:11:35. > :11:37.buses were part of a deal between government and opposition
:11:38. > :11:39.forces to evacuate civilians They were attacked as they waited
:11:40. > :11:46.for another convoy to get going in the south, evacuating
:11:47. > :11:51.civilians from rebel-held areas. But an attack like this,
:11:52. > :11:55.that left so many dead, will raise doubts about whether there will be
:11:56. > :11:59.more evacuation deals in the future. The remaining survivors
:12:00. > :12:02.in the convoy continued their journey on to Aleppo
:12:03. > :12:05.in relative safety. The United Nations condemned
:12:06. > :12:08.the attack and urged all sides But there are already fears that
:12:09. > :12:14.civilians in rebel-held areas may One of the biggest teachers' unions
:12:15. > :12:24.says children with special needs, aren't getting the support they're
:12:25. > :12:28.entitled to because of budget cuts. Speaking at the NASUWT
:12:29. > :12:33.conference in Manchester, the General Secretary warned that
:12:34. > :12:35.pupils could be "seriously The government insists it's spending
:12:36. > :12:40.nearly ?100 million extra Our education editor,
:12:41. > :12:45.Branwen Jeffreys, has the story. He is friendly and
:12:46. > :12:52.sparky and smiley. But his autism causes him an awful
:12:53. > :12:56.lot of issues with the world, that just isn't set up
:12:57. > :13:02.for children like him. That includes primary school,
:13:03. > :13:04.where support was patchy. Oscar's meltdowns can
:13:05. > :13:10.include self harm. He will bite himself,
:13:11. > :13:14.he might head-butt. Head-butt walls, doors,
:13:15. > :13:16.so it could involve having to sit there with a cold compress
:13:17. > :13:19.between the wall and his head. Children with special needs
:13:20. > :13:26.are seven times more likely to be That's what happened
:13:27. > :13:32.to Oscar last year. Then a placement at a special
:13:33. > :13:35.school broke down. The impact we have now got
:13:36. > :13:38.is we have got a child who has We have a child with
:13:39. > :13:44.mental health issues. We now have in the region
:13:45. > :13:45.of 40 professionals We feel massively let down
:13:46. > :13:49.by an education system Extra money has gone to councils
:13:50. > :13:55.to top up special needs support but charities say the demand
:13:56. > :14:00.for help is rising faster. Getting the support you need
:14:01. > :14:03.for a child with special needs can feel like a relentless battle
:14:04. > :14:07.and with school budgets facing their biggest
:14:08. > :14:10.squeeze for 20 years, And if more children
:14:11. > :14:16.like Oscar are excluded, the local council has to pick
:14:17. > :14:20.up the pieces. He is waiting for a place
:14:21. > :14:23.at a more expensive autism The battle to agree it has left
:14:24. > :14:31.Oscar out of school for many months. All of the failure to provide
:14:32. > :14:35.for him is financially driven. He doesn't understand why he can't
:14:36. > :14:38.play with his friends. He doesn't entirely understand
:14:39. > :14:47.what has happened because for him, we had very good days
:14:48. > :14:50.where his needs are being met And his understanding is,
:14:51. > :14:56.but, Mummy, when they Two weeks ago he threatened
:14:57. > :15:00.to take his own life. We ended up on suicide
:15:01. > :15:02.watch for two nights in a row with very little,
:15:03. > :15:06.if any, sleep. We have not asked for anything
:15:07. > :15:09.he is not entitled to. We have been very clear that we just
:15:10. > :15:14.wanted him to have a fair access to an education
:15:15. > :15:18.like any other child. Just like his sister, Madison,
:15:19. > :15:21.who goes to a local school. Something Oscar's family
:15:22. > :15:24.believe would have been Special services have been held
:15:25. > :15:35.around the world this Easter Sunday. Here, the Queen and Prince Philip
:15:36. > :15:37.attended a service at Windsor Castle accompanied by several members
:15:38. > :15:40.of the Royal Family, including Meanwhile, religious and political
:15:41. > :15:47.leaders have been speaking out about the need to alleviate global
:15:48. > :15:49.suffering and protect Our religious affairs correspondent,
:15:50. > :15:58.Martin Bashir, reports. St Peter's Square was resplendent
:15:59. > :16:06.as Pope Francis celebrated Mass and delivered the fifth Easter
:16:07. > :16:08.sermon of his papacy Pleading for an end
:16:09. > :16:14.to what he called the horror and death
:16:15. > :16:17.Syria and asking that international leaders have the courage to prevent
:16:18. > :16:27.At Canterbury Cathedral, Archbishop Justin Welby drew
:16:28. > :16:30.attention to the plight of Christians in Egypt
:16:31. > :16:34.following twin bomb attacks on Palm Sunday that killed 46
:16:35. > :16:39.And he said that suffering was not confined to
:16:40. > :16:47.Christians in Egypt live surrounded by bombs and terror.
:16:48. > :16:50.But the words Jesus says on that first
:16:51. > :16:54.Easter Day, he says to you and me now.
:16:55. > :16:57.To each of us, to listen, to take hold of with our hearts.
:16:58. > :17:05.The Prime Minister in her own Easter message also focused
:17:06. > :17:08.on the issue of religious persecution.
:17:09. > :17:11.We must be mindful of Christians and religious minorities
:17:12. > :17:14.around the world who do not enjoy these same
:17:15. > :17:21.their religion in secret and often in fear.
:17:22. > :17:26.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said that regardless of one's faith,
:17:27. > :17:28.he wanted to affirm every act of kindness that helps alleviate
:17:29. > :17:35.I meet Christians and others of all faiths
:17:36. > :17:40.and none on a daily basis who share and live these ideals.
:17:41. > :17:43.People who give their time for others, whether
:17:44. > :17:45.those running food banks, protecting the vulnerable, looking
:17:46. > :17:52.after the sick, the elderly and of our young people.
:17:53. > :17:54.Both religious and political leaders have drawn
:17:55. > :18:01.The celebration of the Resurrection has been placed in the context of
:18:02. > :18:09.Martin Bashir, BBC News, in central London.
:18:10. > :18:11.The bodies of five former archbishops have been found
:18:12. > :18:15.inside a secret tomb underneath a church in London.
:18:16. > :18:17.The discovery was made during renovation work
:18:18. > :18:21.in St-Mary-at-Lambeth Church next to Lambeth Palace in London.
:18:22. > :18:24.Builders found a hidden crypt containing at least 20 coffins,
:18:25. > :18:26.including one belonging to Richard Bancroft,
:18:27. > :18:34.With all the sport, here's Karthi Gnanasegram
:18:35. > :18:41.The teams at the top of the Premier League table
:18:42. > :18:43.are doing their best to keep the title race alive.
:18:44. > :18:47.It's time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's
:18:48. > :18:49.results as Match of the Day 2 and Sportscene in Scotland
:18:50. > :18:57.Premier League leaders Chelsea are still just four points ahead
:18:58. > :19:01.of second-placed Tottenham with six games now remaining this season.
:19:02. > :19:03.Chelsea's title hopes were dented by a 2-0 defeat
:19:04. > :19:11.Jose Mourinho's side move up to fifth place in the table.
:19:12. > :19:14.Roberto Firminho scored the only goal of the game as Liverpool beat
:19:15. > :19:22.Liverpool have moved back up to third place with that win.
:19:23. > :19:25.Celtic have already been crowned Scottish Premiership champions
:19:26. > :19:28.but they had to share the points today with Ross County
:19:29. > :19:30.after a controversial 89th minute penalty.
:19:31. > :19:38.Sebastian Vettel has won his second Formula One race of the season
:19:39. > :19:40.with victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix.
:19:41. > :19:42.Britain's Lewis Hamilton was given a five second penalty
:19:43. > :19:52.His Mercedes team-mate, Valtteri Bottas, eventually finished
:19:53. > :19:54.in third, having started on pole in what was an eventful race.
:19:55. > :20:08.Lewis Hamilton found himself in an unfamiliar place on the grid in
:20:09. > :20:10.on the grid in Bahrain, behind his new Mercedes
:20:11. > :20:15.The Finn was on pole for the first time and when the lights went
:20:16. > :20:16.out he didn't blink, beating everyone
:20:17. > :20:19.Hamilton, though, sees Sebastian Vettel as his main rival
:20:20. > :20:22.this year and the German took the fight to the Britain in the
:20:23. > :20:26.Before the dust could settle Carlos Sainz shook things up,
:20:27. > :20:29.his crash brought out the safety car and Hamilton in for fresh tyres
:20:30. > :20:32.but on his way to the pit he deliberately held up Daniel
:20:33. > :20:37.He regained third place after the restart but would have
:20:38. > :20:41.five seconds added to his finish time and it got worse for Hamilton,
:20:42. > :20:43.Ferrari's smarter strategy gave Vettel the lead after the final
:20:44. > :20:50.On fresher tyres, Hamilton passed Bottas but could not catch
:20:51. > :20:53.Vettel's Prancing Horse, galloping to his second win
:20:54. > :20:55.of the season and the 7-point lead in the Championship.
:20:56. > :21:01.Bristol have been relegated from rugby union's Premiership
:21:02. > :21:05.after defeat today to leaders, Wasps.
:21:06. > :21:09.Third-placed Saracens had a slender 27 points to 25
:21:10. > :21:13.win over Northampton, thanks to a late try,
:21:14. > :21:18.which boosts their hopes of a home Premiership semi-final.
:21:19. > :21:22.Elinor Barker has added a gold medal to her collection at the World Track
:21:23. > :21:28.Barker won the 25 kilometre points race today to add to the two silvers
:21:29. > :21:31.Great Britain have won a total of five medals to finish
:21:32. > :21:41.And the five time champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan,
:21:42. > :21:45.Criticised the governing body of snicker after progressing to the
:21:46. > :21:49.second round of the world championship at the Crucible today.
:21:50. > :21:55.He beat Gary Wilson 10-7. But is the sport.
:21:56. > :21:58.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.