:00:00. > :00:10.The headlines at six: Explosions in a suburb of the city as armed
:00:11. > :00:17.The mayor says a suspect was shot and is now in custody.
:00:18. > :00:20.The raid is linked to an arrest made in Paris overnight.
:00:21. > :00:24.A man is being held on suspicion of planning a terror attack.
:00:25. > :00:26.It's reported he had links to the ringleader
:00:27. > :00:32.Belgian prosecutors say the second suicide bomber at Brussels Airport
:00:33. > :00:36.Previous reports suggested he was on the run after failing
:00:37. > :00:42.A British man is confirmed as a victim of the Brussels
:00:43. > :00:46.David Dixon's been missing since the bombings on Tuesday.
:00:47. > :00:51.American defence officials say a fighter described
:00:52. > :00:54.as the Islamic State's second-in-command has been killed
:00:55. > :01:02.Also in the next hour, a backlash against education reforms
:01:03. > :01:13.There's a growing row over the government's plan to turn
:01:14. > :01:17.all state schools in England into academies.
:01:18. > :01:22.The ?250 million repair bill for the bridges and roads ruined
:01:23. > :01:53.Our top story: Police in Brussels have opened fire on a man suspected
:01:54. > :01:55.of involvement in a terror plot, wounding him in the leg
:01:56. > :01:59.Officials said the man was linked to a suspect arrested last night
:02:00. > :02:02.in Paris who the French say was in the advanced stages
:02:03. > :02:06.Ben Brown has been in Brussels for us.
:02:07. > :02:09.It's the third of three days of national mourning for the dead
:02:10. > :02:13.from Tuesday's attacks, but today, many developments
:02:14. > :02:16.in the investigation into exactly how those attacks were carried out
:02:17. > :02:21.And now, we've got confirmation from the authorities here that one
:02:22. > :02:25.of the three attackers at Brussels International Airport
:02:26. > :02:31.At one stage, he was thought to have been on the run after those attacks
:02:32. > :02:34.but he died, he was a suicide bomber who blew himself up at the airport.
:02:35. > :02:38.And very significantly, the authorities are saying his DNA
:02:39. > :02:44.was found at places connected to the Paris attacks,
:02:45. > :02:55.Both attacks, of course, in November in which 130 people died.
:02:56. > :02:58.It is thought that he was one of the bomb makers behind the Paris
:02:59. > :03:01.attacks and he blew himself up here in Brussels
:03:02. > :03:05.at the International Airport on Tuesday morning.
:03:06. > :03:09.The other main development is that there's been a major police raid
:03:10. > :03:12.in the Schaerbeek area of the city today.
:03:13. > :03:14.In broad daylight, heavily armed police and troops involved
:03:15. > :03:41.Bomb disposal experts used at the scene to carry-out controlled
:03:42. > :03:44.explosions. There was a backpack on that suspect which was blown up in a
:03:45. > :03:48.controlled explosion by the authorities.
:03:49. > :03:51.Yet another major police operation is underway in the Belgian capital
:03:52. > :03:57.today, with armed officers surrounding the building.
:03:58. > :03:59.There have been explosions here but it's not known
:04:00. > :04:07.The security forces though have been taking no chances,
:04:08. > :04:11.sending in a bomb disposal expert after a man emerged on the streets.
:04:12. > :04:21.The police shot and injured him and he's now under arrest.
:04:22. > :04:35.It was later detonated by explosion experts from the Belgian army.
:04:36. > :04:37.All this happening in Schaerbeek in the north-east of Brussels,
:04:38. > :04:40.the raid linked to the arrest yesterday in Paris of a man
:04:41. > :04:46.suspected of planning another attack on France.
:04:47. > :04:49.In the midst of all this, the US Secretary of State John Kerry
:04:50. > :04:53.To pay his respects to the 31 people killed in the Belgian capital
:04:54. > :05:07.But he also came here to show solidarity with the Belgian
:05:08. > :05:09.government and the other European countries now dealing
:05:10. > :05:11.with the threat posed by the militant group
:05:12. > :05:19.And we will come back with greater resolve,
:05:20. > :05:25.greater strength, and we will not rest until we have eliminated
:05:26. > :05:40.nihilistic beliefs and cowardice from the face of this.
:05:41. > :05:43.Today it's been confirmed that the British man David Dixon
:05:44. > :05:45.from Hartlepool, who'd been living in Brussels for many years,
:05:46. > :05:47.was killed in the bomb attack on the Metro.
:05:48. > :05:50.He texted his family earlier to say he was safe after the first bombs
:05:51. > :05:53.went off in the airport, but then, he took the Metro.
:05:54. > :05:56.It has also been announced that this brother and sister from New York
:05:57. > :06:03.were amongst those who died in the attacks.
:06:04. > :06:06.While the process of mourning and naming those who have been
:06:07. > :06:08.killed continues, some extraordinary stories of survival have
:06:09. > :06:16.Mason Wells survived recent bomb attacks in Boston and Paris and this
:06:17. > :06:22.week was caught up in the bombings in Brussels.
:06:23. > :06:30.I was covered in a fair amount of blood, not necessarily mine even.
:06:31. > :06:37.And I remember seeing fire in front of my face and also fire down
:06:38. > :06:48.I feel lucky to have escaped with what I did.
:06:49. > :06:51.Back on the streets of Brussels, the police still have a massive task
:06:52. > :06:56.Trying to track down one or potentially two suspects thought
:06:57. > :07:02.to still be on the run after Tuesday's attacks.
:07:03. > :07:21.No one here can let down their guard.
:07:22. > :07:28.We have just heard from the French President Francois Hollande saying
:07:29. > :07:34.that the Brussels -- Paris militant network is in the process of being
:07:35. > :07:38.wiped out but he did warn the other networks continue to pose a threat.
:07:39. > :07:42.Let's talk to our correspondent who is in central Brussels at the moment
:07:43. > :07:48.and who has been at the scene in Schaerbeek where that rate took
:07:49. > :07:52.place and that the rest took place early on. What was that atmosphere
:07:53. > :07:57.like and what more do we know about what happened there? We know that
:07:58. > :08:04.there was a used one explosion heard in some gunfire. There was a Pirlo
:08:05. > :08:09.big police cordoned put up on this afternoon, one man was shot in the
:08:10. > :08:15.leg and taken into arrest, bringing the total to three people arrested
:08:16. > :08:20.here. The picture that is emerging is quite substantial links between
:08:21. > :08:25.Paris and Brussels when it comes to beat two attacks that have taking
:08:26. > :08:30.place but also potential new links between people who may have been
:08:31. > :08:34.planning to carry out further attacks as well. As Francois
:08:35. > :08:37.Hollande mentioned, all of that is leading to big questions about how
:08:38. > :08:43.connected these different groups of people are and whether they are in
:08:44. > :08:51.fact part of one very big network which spans two countries. The raids
:08:52. > :08:57.today in Schaerbeek and Brussels followed the arrest of a key suspect
:08:58. > :09:05.close to Paris. We know that. We are also hearing that purged Najim
:09:06. > :09:11.Laachraoui appears to have been the bomb maker behind the Paris attacks.
:09:12. > :09:16.That's right. Perhaps it's not surprising his DNA was found on
:09:17. > :09:19.suicide vests in the Bataclan and Stade de France. People had long
:09:20. > :09:24.assumed he had a hand in making those explosives but the news
:09:25. > :09:29.confirmed today that he was the second suicide bomber at the airport
:09:30. > :09:33.really confirms the link between the two groups of people who carried out
:09:34. > :09:38.those two attacks. Other links between the groups, Abdul Rahman
:09:39. > :09:44.al-Qaduli who was seen with members of the Paris attackers and also
:09:45. > :09:51.captured here in Brussels. But these new leads coming out of this arrest
:09:52. > :09:56.in Paris, the authorities there, the interior minister has said there is
:09:57. > :10:00.no tangible link between the plot they feel they have followed their
:10:01. > :10:07.and the attacks that have already taken place but what there may be is
:10:08. > :10:09.potential links across the two countries and another group of
:10:10. > :10:16.people who may been planning an attack. There are a lot of questions
:10:17. > :10:23.for the security agencies and police in both France and here in Belgium.
:10:24. > :10:27.They seem to have known the names and identities of some of the
:10:28. > :10:30.suspects after the Paris attacks and yet they have been able to carry out
:10:31. > :10:37.more attacks here in the Belgian capital. I think it's very difficult
:10:38. > :10:40.indeed that the intelligence agencies and security agencies in
:10:41. > :10:45.both countries. They are trying to monitor a growing number of people
:10:46. > :10:50.who have gone to Syria, come back and may potentially pose a threat in
:10:51. > :10:56.the future. What the arrest of Abdul Rahman al-Qaduli highlighted, it's
:10:57. > :10:59.not a matter of getting your man, it's matter of questioning him,
:11:00. > :11:08.getting information out of him that might prevent you carrying out
:11:09. > :11:15.future attacks. Thank you very much indeed. Lucy Williamson with the
:11:16. > :11:26.latest there. Let's tell you what's going on here in the centre of
:11:27. > :11:30.Brussels. People have been congregating, lighting candles,
:11:31. > :11:36.laying flowers and some of the flags from countries around the world you
:11:37. > :11:40.can see there behind me. It's an indication of the mood here in
:11:41. > :11:44.Brussels, where people really feel they want to come out onto the
:11:45. > :11:47.streets and they want to pay their respects to the dead, but they also
:11:48. > :11:52.want to show very much that despite all that is still going on around
:11:53. > :11:57.them here in the city with continuing raids and arrests and the
:11:58. > :12:01.shooting of the suspect here in Schaerbeek today, they want to show
:12:02. > :12:05.that life goes on as normal, and although they are paying their
:12:06. > :12:09.respects to the dead, they say that whenever you talk to anybody here,
:12:10. > :12:13.they want to show that they would be cowed by terror. That's the latest
:12:14. > :12:15.from Brussels, back to you in London.
:12:16. > :12:18.The American military says it believes it's killed a senior figure
:12:19. > :12:20.in the Islamic State group described as the organisation's
:12:21. > :12:24.The US Defence Secretary, Ash Carter, said Haji Iman oversaw
:12:25. > :12:26.the funding for the group's operations and that his death
:12:27. > :12:30.in Syria would hurt their ability to pay fighters and hire recruits.
:12:31. > :12:36.Mr Carter gave the details at a news conference in Virginia.
:12:37. > :12:42.We are systematically eliminating Isil's Cabinet.
:12:43. > :12:44.Indeed, the US military killed several key Isil
:12:45. > :12:54.Serving as a Finance Minister, a senior leader, and responsible
:12:55. > :13:04.He was a well-known terrorist within Isil's ranks,
:13:05. > :13:06.dating back to its earliest iteration as al-Qaeda in Iraq,
:13:07. > :13:08.when he worked under Zarkawi with liaisons
:13:09. > :13:15.The removal of this Isil leader will hamper the organisation's
:13:16. > :13:17.abilities to conduct operations both inside and outside
:13:18. > :13:34.This is the second senior Isil leader we have successfully targeted
:13:35. > :13:36.this month, after confirming the death of Isil's so-called
:13:37. > :13:41.When I said we were going after the Isil financial structure,
:13:42. > :13:46.we started with the storage sites where it holds its cash.
:13:47. > :13:49.Now we have taken out the leader, who oversees the funding
:13:50. > :13:51.for the Isil operations, hurting their ability to pay
:13:52. > :14:00.As I have said, our campaign plan is first and foremost to collapse
:14:01. > :14:02.Isil's parent tumour, in Iraq and Syria, focussing
:14:03. > :14:10.on the power centres of Raqqa and Mosul.
:14:11. > :14:13.In Syria, motivated local sources that we support took the town
:14:14. > :14:15.of Sadadi, repelled Isil's counterattacks and severered
:14:16. > :14:20.the main artery between Syria and northern Iraq, it has become
:14:21. > :14:23.harder for the Isil leaders and forces to travel
:14:24. > :14:42.Our Washington correspondent, Jane O'Brien, explained how
:14:43. > :14:47.significant the death of this IS militant is for the US.
:14:48. > :14:54.This is a man that had a $7 million price tag on his head and as you
:14:55. > :15:00.just heard, the Defence Secretary said this is a huge step forward as
:15:01. > :15:05.far as the Pentagon is concerned in cutting off the head of Islamic
:15:06. > :15:13.State's senior leadership. The big question which he didn't answer was,
:15:14. > :15:17.is killing leaders like Haji Iman going to prevent terrorist attacks
:15:18. > :15:22.like we have seen in Brussels, Paris and the US? That is something he
:15:23. > :15:29.could not really address. He admitted that even though this was a
:15:30. > :15:35.high-value target, whether or not... Just how much involved in these
:15:36. > :15:38.leaders are in directing attacks externally is still open to question
:15:39. > :15:43.and he said the influence really runs a range of things from
:15:44. > :15:48.directing fighters who return from Syria to their home countries,
:15:49. > :15:54.helping to train people who can then go on and it commit terrorist
:15:55. > :15:58.attacks or simply by inspiring lone wolf attackers, it's very difficult
:15:59. > :16:01.to pinpoint exactly what influence these people have outside Syria. But
:16:02. > :16:04.nevertheless, it's clearly something the Pentagon is very pleased about.
:16:05. > :16:09.Explosions in a suburb of Brussels as armed police storm a property -
:16:10. > :16:12.the mayor says a suspect was shot and is now in custody.
:16:13. > :16:14.American defence officials say a fighter described
:16:15. > :16:16.as the Islamic State's second-in-command has been killed
:16:17. > :16:24.And a growing row over the government's plan
:16:25. > :16:36.to turn all state schools in England into academies.
:16:37. > :16:39.Councils are facing bills totalling almost ?250 million to repair damage
:16:40. > :16:41.to roads and bridges caused by this winter's floods.
:16:42. > :16:44.They are concerned the final tally could be much higher and say they'll
:16:45. > :16:46.need more financial help, as our UK affairs correspondent,
:16:47. > :16:56.A raging flood, an elemental force of nature.
:16:57. > :17:00.Enough to change the landscape, enough to bring down
:17:01. > :17:05.bridges that have stood for centuries.
:17:06. > :17:08.The scale of the damage is overwhelming, and so is the bill
:17:09. > :17:17.It is a task which can take months, like here in Cumbria.
:17:18. > :17:19.Eamont Bridge was rocked to its foundations,
:17:20. > :17:25.The danger with this is getting into the water,
:17:26. > :17:27.we need the water flows to be suitable to get
:17:28. > :17:32.divers in, first of all, to do inspections.
:17:33. > :17:34.And for very much of the time since December, we've had
:17:35. > :17:36.very high water levels and very fast flowing water,
:17:37. > :17:39.which has made it difficult and dangerous to get
:17:40. > :17:42.Across the flood zone, there's still plenty of evidence
:17:43. > :17:45.of just how high and fast the waters rose.
:17:46. > :17:47.The amount of damage has been immense, and many
:17:48. > :17:50.communities are still living with washed out bridges and closed
:17:51. > :17:58.Of course, it's not just about money.
:17:59. > :18:01.For Carol Pollitt, dramatically rescued from the upper floors
:18:02. > :18:10.It all looks a lot different now, but there are still bills to pay
:18:11. > :18:15.To be honest, I couldn't really see wood for the trees.
:18:16. > :18:18.There was so many jobs that needed doing.
:18:19. > :18:22.To start with it was to get rid of all the sludge that had been left
:18:23. > :18:27.behind, so we spent a full month cleaning and cleaning.
:18:28. > :18:29.It's estimated that the winter floods
:18:30. > :18:32.have cost insurance companies more than ?1 billion.
:18:33. > :18:35.The Local Government Association puts the public bill for fixing
:18:36. > :18:39.infrastructure at ?250 million, which councils, it says,
:18:40. > :18:48.We'll either have to reduce some of our
:18:49. > :18:53.existing council services or we will face a real problem.
:18:54. > :18:55.What we are saying is that the Government has
:18:56. > :18:57.got to recognise the cost to local government.
:18:58. > :19:00.Ministers say they are providing an extra ?130 million
:19:01. > :19:05.specifically to help councils repair roads and bridges.
:19:06. > :19:07.The Government also stresses it is to spend an additional
:19:08. > :19:11.?700 million on flood defences, bringing the total to ?3
:19:12. > :19:16.Ministers insist they stand squarely behind flood affected
:19:17. > :19:26.A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death
:19:27. > :19:29.Mr Shah, who was 40, was discovered with serious injuries
:19:30. > :19:32.in Glasgow's Southside just after nine o clock last night.
:19:33. > :19:35.He was taken to the city's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
:19:36. > :19:40.Police this evening say they're treating his death
:19:41. > :19:49.Its been called the forgotten conflict - a year since a Saudi-led
:19:50. > :19:52.coalition of Arab countries began carrying out air strikes on rebel
:19:53. > :19:55.The UN says that more than 3000 people have been killed
:19:56. > :19:59.The BBC's Orla Guerin reports from Yemen on the devastating
:20:00. > :20:09.A citadel perched on a cliff, a tourist attraction that somehow
:20:10. > :20:18.At this ancient site in Kaukaban, we found new destruction.
:20:19. > :20:27.The wreckage here includes a house that stood tall for 1400 years.
:20:28. > :20:31.They attacked these plates, says Ahmed.
:20:32. > :20:37.His brother-in-law was one of seven people buried beneath the rubble.
:20:38. > :20:41.Hidden from view in this rugged terrain, the broader regional power
:20:42. > :20:46.struggle between Saudi Arabia and its great rival,
:20:47. > :20:50.When the Saudis and their allies began the bombing campaign here,
:20:51. > :20:53.the stated aim was to restore the ousted president to power.
:20:54. > :21:00.But 12 months of air strikes have had devastating consequences for
:21:01. > :21:06.With the death toll mounting, there are plenty of troubling
:21:07. > :21:12.questions about what has happened here, and not only for Saudi Arabia.
:21:13. > :21:16.This ceramics factory employed 350 people before the war.
:21:17. > :21:20.It was empty when it was struck last September, but we were told one
:21:21. > :21:29.Here, says Ghalib al-Sawary, one of the owners, are remnants
:21:30. > :21:33.found in the wreckage which prove that British cruise
:21:34. > :21:38.And you can see that this is the name of the producer,
:21:39. > :21:44.He can't understand why a weapon made in the UK,
:21:45. > :21:47.where he studied, was used against him.
:21:48. > :21:50.The British people, we respect and we like.
:21:51. > :21:57.But you don't want to destroy our life in Yemen like that.
:21:58. > :21:59.We asked the Government for a response to
:22:00. > :22:03.A spokesperson said the UK takes its arms export
:22:04. > :22:07.responsibilities very seriously, and believes it's not in breach
:22:08. > :22:14.In the capital, Sana'a, put on display what may be
:22:15. > :22:21.Security officials claim this cluster bomb unit was dropped
:22:22. > :22:30.The coalition has denied using cluster munitions,
:22:31. > :22:38.But it's hard to deny the body count.
:22:39. > :22:47.The UN says most were victims of coalition air strikes.
:22:48. > :22:57.Abdel Bari Omar survived one outside Sana'a last month, but only just.
:22:58. > :22:59.TRANSLATION: I'm in excruciating pain.
:23:00. > :23:10.I'm afraid this very strong pain in my chest will stop my heart.
:23:11. > :23:13.Across town we got news of another massive air strike
:23:14. > :23:15.from Mohamed Ali Houthi, the rebel leader who now
:23:16. > :23:25.His Shia fighters claim to control two thirds of Yemen,
:23:26. > :23:33.If there is no peace settlement, how long can you continue to fight?
:23:34. > :23:36.Forever, he says, adding they won't won't accept
:23:37. > :23:41.a solution that jeopardises the sovereignty of Yemen.
:23:42. > :23:47.But, he says, if the Saudis want peace, they want it even more.
:23:48. > :23:51.In the meantime, the Houthis look victorious at their weekly rally
:23:52. > :23:59.More peace talks are coming, but there are fears now that this
:24:00. > :24:03.fractured state could become another Syria.
:24:04. > :24:11.The Rolling Stones are preparing for a free concert in Cuba,
:24:12. > :24:13.which is expected to attract 500,000 people.
:24:14. > :24:16.The show's being seen as another sign of real change on the island.
:24:17. > :24:20.It comes three days after a historic visit by US President Barack Obama.
:24:21. > :24:37.A career spanning over 50 years. Tours on every continent, countless
:24:38. > :24:43.cakes. But the Rolling Stones had never stepped foot in Cuba, until
:24:44. > :24:49.now, that is. Rock 'n' roll legends don't get bigger B but under
:24:50. > :24:56.Fidel Castro, their songs were kept from the Cuban youth as subversive
:24:57. > :25:03.material. It wasn't so long ago that your music was banned from the
:25:04. > :25:08.airwaves. Obviously something has happened in the last... That's what
:25:09. > :25:14.happens when you ban things! Time changes everything. Does this feel
:25:15. > :25:20.historic? They haven't had any big shows before. And it would've been
:25:21. > :25:26.surprising ten years ago the Vista have happened and anyone who has
:25:27. > :25:31.been a long time knows that. It comes at the end of an extra
:25:32. > :25:35.ordinary week in Cuba. Began with a first visit of the US President in
:25:36. > :25:40.90 years and ends with the first concert by Britain's rock royalty.
:25:41. > :25:44.This free concert has taken weeks of planning and preparation but now, in
:25:45. > :25:48.the final hours before showtime, everything is in place for the
:25:49. > :26:01.biggest concert have an has ever seen. If there was a sign that Cuba
:26:02. > :26:04.is changing, it's this, the world's biggest rock group playing a concert
:26:05. > :26:06.for free in one of the last communist strongholds on earth. What
:26:07. > :26:07.we be looking for in Cuba that you can't find anywhere else? Cigars!
:26:08. > :26:22.Thank you so much. It has been a beautiful day out
:26:23. > :26:26.there across many parts of the country. The satellite image shows
:26:27. > :26:29.we have a band of cloud moving in across Northern Ireland, parts of
:26:30. > :26:34.Scotland, bringing some rain, but the bulk of the country we end the
:26:35. > :26:38.day with clear skies. It was the scene in Whitby. It shows those blue
:26:39. > :26:42.skies. There were the cloud around but things are about to get rather
:26:43. > :26:46.more unsettled as we head to the remainder of the Easter weekend. The
:26:47. > :26:52.weather front in the north-west moves across Northern Ireland and
:26:53. > :26:57.Scotland, strengthening winds here, possibly severe gales. We start of
:26:58. > :27:01.Saturday with that wind and rain towards the north-west of the
:27:02. > :27:07.country. For the rest of Easter, things look pretty unsettled. Some
:27:08. > :27:14.sunshine. Particularly in between those heavy downpours on Easter day
:27:15. > :27:19.but on Saturday, this frontal system works its way eastwards. Strong
:27:20. > :27:23.winds, gales, Hilson coasts, working across England and Wales. Parts of
:27:24. > :27:27.East Anglia and the south-east remaining dry but the wind is
:27:28. > :27:31.picking up, the rain rolling in later on. Northern Ireland in
:27:32. > :27:35.western Scotland having a quite spelt their heavy downpours rolling
:27:36. > :27:39.in. This main bulk of rain and strong gusty winds moves away
:27:40. > :27:44.towards the east so a quiet interlude in the weather and on
:27:45. > :27:47.Easter day, sunny spells and scattered showers. Some of the
:27:48. > :27:52.showers will be pretty happy with hail, thunder and wind in and around
:27:53. > :27:58.the showers. Temperatures 8-12dC but will build chilly where you are
:27:59. > :28:02.exposed to the breeze with those downpours. We see storm Katie
:28:03. > :28:06.approaching from the Atlantic. This storm system moving in from the
:28:07. > :28:10.south-west. Type is a bar is so another spell of windy weather
:28:11. > :28:13.during the day on Easter Monday. Strong winds and heavy rainfall
:28:14. > :28:19.working gradually northwards and eastwards across much of the
:28:20. > :28:23.country. England and Wales will bear the brunt. Northern Ireland and
:28:24. > :28:28.Scotland, a quite a spell of weather here. Still blustery though with
:28:29. > :28:35.heavy showers. If you have got plans to travel on Easter Monday, be
:28:36. > :28:37.warned. The combination of gales and heavy rain could lead to travel
:28:38. > :28:45.disruption. Your BBC local radio will keep you up-to-date with any
:28:46. > :28:47.problems. After a glorious day, things are looking much more stormy
:28:48. > :28:48.through the remainder of the