:00:00. > :00:07.The US defends its decision to drop a huge bomb on Islamic State
:00:08. > :00:12.36 are thought to have been killed by the weapon -
:00:13. > :00:17.the most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US in combat.
:00:18. > :00:21.We have Afghan and US forces on the site and see no evidence
:00:22. > :00:25.of civilian casualties, nor have there been any reports
:00:26. > :00:31.The US also confirms it's assessing its military response
:00:32. > :00:37.China warns that conflict could break out at any moment.
:00:38. > :00:42.it's prepared to take legal action against the government
:00:43. > :00:47.over part of its plans to expand selective education in England.
:00:48. > :00:54.improves its security after a BBC investigation finds scammers have
:00:55. > :01:21.The US says a huge bomb dropped on so-called Islamic State
:01:22. > :01:27.was "the right weapon against the right target".
:01:28. > :01:29.President Trump authorised the use of the weapon,
:01:30. > :01:32.for the attack in which 36 militants were killed.
:01:33. > :01:34.The commander of US forces in Afghanistan,
:01:35. > :01:38.said it has been carried out in coordination with
:01:39. > :01:43.The former Afghan president Hamid Karzai has condemned the attack.
:01:44. > :01:49.Here's our security correspondent Frank Gardner.
:01:50. > :02:01.A remote valley in a remote country. Dentists. 11 tonnes of high
:02:02. > :02:07.explosive. On an ice is complex in Afghanistan. The blast was felt 30
:02:08. > :02:11.miles away. The weapon used is called a massive ordnance airburst,
:02:12. > :02:18.also known as the mother of all bombs. This was its first time used
:02:19. > :02:22.in combat. This was the right weapon against the right target. We will
:02:23. > :02:25.continue to work shoulder to shoulder with our Afghan comrades.
:02:26. > :02:31.To eliminate this threat to the Afghan people, especially the people
:02:32. > :02:37.of this region and indeed the people around the world. Local villagers
:02:38. > :02:41.confirmed that Isis fighters had set up bases in the mountains behind
:02:42. > :02:46.them, and said the bomb had hit its target. But the strike was condemned
:02:47. > :02:55.by both so-called Islamic State and Afghanistan's former president. How
:02:56. > :02:57.could the United States use Afghanistan is a ground for
:02:58. > :03:04.experiments, for testing weapons of mass destruction? President Trump's
:03:05. > :03:09.targets now include three major problem areas for the US -
:03:10. > :03:12.Afghanistan, Syria and North Korea. The massive weapon that the Pentagon
:03:13. > :03:19.has used in Afghanistan is intended to send a message to its enemies
:03:20. > :03:22.that you're not safe underground. In Syria, the Trump administration will
:03:23. > :03:26.be hoping that last week's cruise missile strike would deter Presdent
:03:27. > :03:31.Assad from any further chemical attacks. But North Korea is the
:03:32. > :03:35.biggest gamble. Mr Trump is hoping that sending his powerful naval
:03:36. > :03:40.armada offshore will deter any further nuclear tests. The question
:03:41. > :03:47.now, though, is, can he manage three global crises simultaneously? It's
:03:48. > :03:50.very possible that if these three scenarios come together, Syria,
:03:51. > :03:54.Afghanistan and North Korea, it would overwhelm the policy-making
:03:55. > :03:58.capabilities of Mr Trump's administration. It would overwhelm
:03:59. > :04:02.the strategic planning capabilities of the Pentagon and it would
:04:03. > :04:05.overwhelm the resource capabilities of the US military. But President
:04:06. > :04:11.Trump and his entourage now feel they are on a roll, tackling head-on
:04:12. > :04:14.the foreign policy challenges that the previous administration was
:04:15. > :04:17.unable to resolve. There is now the risk that ramping up the rhetoric
:04:18. > :04:22.could lead America in more conflict, or that in the absence of any swift
:04:23. > :04:26.resolutions, Mr Trump may simply turn his back on foreign adventures
:04:27. > :04:30.and focus instead on domestic issues. Frank Gardner, BBC News.
:04:31. > :04:32.We can speak to our Washington Correspondent Gary O'Donoghue.
:04:33. > :04:40.The question for many right now must be, what next?
:04:41. > :04:48.Yes. Within a week, we have seen the exercise of a robust foreign policy
:04:49. > :04:51.first in Syria and then in Afghanistan yesterday. This weekend,
:04:52. > :04:56.of course, is the big challenge. North Korea, completely different
:04:57. > :04:59.kettle of fish. The president has promised to take unilateral action
:05:00. > :05:08.against them if they dare to test a nuclear weapon, which would be their
:05:09. > :05:11.sixth test. The risk, of course, is what the military people call the
:05:12. > :05:16.tyranny of proximity. In other words, just 40 miles away from the
:05:17. > :05:21.South Korean capital, North Korea has all its artillery embedded into
:05:22. > :05:24.hills and mountains. If America strikes North Korea, the risk is
:05:25. > :05:28.that the North Koreans will simply unleash a huge amount of ordnance on
:05:29. > :05:33.those 10 million inhabitants of Seoul, starting some sort of
:05:34. > :05:37.conflagration there. So if there is a test this weekend, people will
:05:38. > :05:41.wonder exactly what Donald Trump will do. A lot of people are holding
:05:42. > :05:44.their breath over the next 24 hours here. Gary, thank you.
:05:45. > :05:47.Well, North Korea has vowed to mount a "merciless" response
:05:48. > :05:50.to any US provocation following comments from
:05:51. > :05:52.President Donald Trump that the isolated regime's nuclear
:05:53. > :05:55.weapons programme "will be dealt with."
:05:56. > :05:57.Meanwhile, Pyongyang is thought to be preparing
:05:58. > :06:00.for a massive military parade tomorrow at which its latest
:06:01. > :06:02.missile technology may be on display.
:06:03. > :06:05.Our reporter John Sudworth is with a group of foreign
:06:06. > :06:12.journalists invited to witness the event.
:06:13. > :06:14.His movements are being monitored and tightly controlled.
:06:15. > :06:22.In North Korea, the spectre of war looms large over daily life.
:06:23. > :06:26.These girls are singing about being soldiers...
:06:27. > :06:30.while, not far away, real ones crowd into a shrine
:06:31. > :06:36.to the country's founding president, General Kim Il-sung.
:06:37. > :06:42.These are scenes akin to a religious pilgrimage, but of course,
:06:43. > :06:47.in honour of a still ruling family dynasty
:06:48. > :06:52.who have at their disposal all of the myth that would rival any
:06:53. > :07:00.And as the country prepares to display its devotion
:07:01. > :07:04.at the anniversary of Kim Il-sung's birth this weekend,
:07:05. > :07:09.there's an awareness of the rising tension with America.
:07:10. > :07:15.TRANSLATION: We should have the nuclear weapons.
:07:16. > :07:18.If we do not have nuclear weapons, the nuclear weapon of another
:07:19. > :07:26.TRANSLATION: It doesn't matter whether the Americans make
:07:27. > :07:29.the situation on the Korean peninsula tense.
:07:30. > :07:35.We feel safe because we have the great leader, Kim Jong-Un.
:07:36. > :07:39.This week, the current ruler, Kim Jong-Un, held this
:07:40. > :07:42.meeting where his late grandfather was honoured.
:07:43. > :07:46.He is also thought to be planning a massive military parade
:07:47. > :07:50.as a powerful tribute, and a message of defiance.
:07:51. > :07:58.This is a country where art and armaments are blended
:07:59. > :08:03.in singular purpose, to demonstrate to the watching world
:08:04. > :08:09.that its nuclear ambitions will not be stopped.
:08:10. > :08:20.The National Union of Teachers says it's prepared to take legal action
:08:21. > :08:29.against the Government over plans which it believes
:08:30. > :08:31.are being used to expand selective education in England.
:08:32. > :08:33.The union has said it's identified schools which it believes
:08:34. > :08:35.are bending the rules by introducing some selection in
:08:36. > :08:38.comprehensive schools based on the results of a test.
:08:39. > :08:40.The move comes as ministers seek to lift the ban
:08:41. > :08:43.Our education editor Branwen Jeffreys is at
:08:44. > :08:55.The Government clearly faces a battle over its plans for grammar
:08:56. > :09:00.schools. That is a fight it has chosen to take on. For many of the
:09:01. > :09:04.teachers here and for parents in England, the more pressing concern
:09:05. > :09:05.is managing school budgets at a time when the bills are rising faster
:09:06. > :09:08.than funding. In Altrincham, 100
:09:09. > :09:15.years of tradition. Then, almost 20 years ago,
:09:16. > :09:20.new grammar schools were banned. Now, some comprehensives
:09:21. > :09:22.offer a grammar stream - for many, a way of
:09:23. > :09:25.stretching the brightest. But could this also be used
:09:26. > :09:27.to get around the law? They fear ministers could
:09:28. > :09:33.encourage more of this. The schools where we'd have an issue
:09:34. > :09:37.around this is a school that's advertising a grammar stream,
:09:38. > :09:40.that is putting children through tests for it,
:09:41. > :09:42.and where we get the sense from documents and other things that
:09:43. > :09:45.children stay in that stream, that it's actually a selective
:09:46. > :09:48.system that is being introduced. That's what we would
:09:49. > :09:53.want to challenge. Is this essentially a shot
:09:54. > :09:55.across the bow of the Government, to say don't try to do this
:09:56. > :09:59.without changing the law? What we're saying to government
:10:00. > :10:02.is if you want grammar schools, you have to win it
:10:03. > :10:04.through the Parliamentary process. Do not try and go
:10:05. > :10:06.round the back way. For schools like Elton
:10:07. > :10:10.Primary in Cheshire, Bills going up mean less money
:10:11. > :10:15.per pupil, leaving school governors We're already having to consider
:10:16. > :10:22.over the next three years losing at least two teachers,
:10:23. > :10:25.merging year groups, potentially shortening the school
:10:26. > :10:29.week by one or maybe half a day. These are all things
:10:30. > :10:33.that we are having to consider. For teachers, that means fears
:10:34. > :10:36.about jobs, so a warm welcome This is the first real terms cuts
:10:37. > :10:46.in school budgets for two decades. This is the worst school funding
:10:47. > :10:52.settlement, since, to be frank, Schools can stream pupils
:10:53. > :10:58.after they get a place. The government says
:10:59. > :11:02.that's perfectly legal. And only a change in the law
:11:03. > :11:16.could allow new selective schools. There are often very heated debates
:11:17. > :11:20.amongst teachers that their union conferences over Easter weekend. But
:11:21. > :11:24.the difference this year is this. That the unease about grammar
:11:25. > :11:28.schools is shared within the Conservative Party. And many parents
:11:29. > :11:31.are also worried about school budgets.
:11:32. > :11:37.Branwen Jeffreys, thank you. A young British woman has
:11:38. > :11:39.been stabbed to death The woman - in her early twenties -
:11:40. > :11:44.was taken to hospital, Police say two other people
:11:45. > :11:49.were also injured during the attack. A 57-year-old Palestinian,
:11:50. > :11:51.who police say had recently been released from a psychiatric
:11:52. > :11:53.hospital, has been arrested. Buses are evacuating hundreds
:11:54. > :11:55.of villagers and fighters from four rebel-held villages in Syria,
:11:56. > :11:57.two of them close to It follows a deal struck
:11:58. > :12:01.between President Assad's But the opposition says it amounts
:12:02. > :12:05.to deliberate displacement The International Development
:12:06. > :12:12.Secretary, Priti Patel, has accused government and rebel
:12:13. > :12:15.forces in South Sudan On a visit to the famine-stricken
:12:16. > :12:20.country, she also accused both sides of what she called
:12:21. > :12:24.abhorrent human rights abuses, She was speaking to our diplomatic
:12:25. > :12:28.correspondent, James Landale, who travelled with her
:12:29. > :12:37.and sent this report. In many civil wars,
:12:38. > :12:39.aircraft bring death. But here in South Sudan,
:12:40. > :12:43.they bring hope, dropping This is Leer, a desolate spot
:12:44. > :12:50.near the front line of the conflict that has left millions of people
:12:51. > :12:54.hungry and displaced. These bags are full of food,
:12:55. > :12:58.paid for by British taxpayers, to relieve the famine that the UN
:12:59. > :13:02.has formally declared here. We travelled with Priti Patel,
:13:03. > :13:06.the International Development Secretary, to see how the aid
:13:07. > :13:08.she has ordered is being delivered to regions that
:13:09. > :13:13.are the hardest to reach. Airdrops that she admits
:13:14. > :13:15.are complicated and expensive, There is a conflict taking place
:13:16. > :13:22.and food is being used There is a civil war taking place
:13:23. > :13:28.here in South Sudan, and we've seen all sorts
:13:29. > :13:31.of abhorrent practices take place in terms of human
:13:32. > :13:35.rights violations, rape, But in the meantime,
:13:36. > :13:44.UK aid is providing a lifeline. So close is the fighting that this
:13:45. > :13:47.is only a temporary food distribution centre,
:13:48. > :13:50.here for just a few days To people here, these bags of seed
:13:51. > :13:57.represent a chance to live, But to British ministers,
:13:58. > :14:01.they also represent the sharp edge of British soft power -
:14:02. > :14:04.proof, they hope, that Britain is still playing a key role
:14:05. > :14:07.on the international stage despite Brexit, and, they hope,
:14:08. > :14:11.an argument against critics back home who say Britain's aid budget
:14:12. > :14:15.is just too large. I think for viewers back home
:14:16. > :14:18.and for people who question our aid budget, this makes us stand tall
:14:19. > :14:22.in the world. This is South Sudan's only
:14:23. > :14:27.children's hospital, where more and more babies
:14:28. > :14:30.are arriving with Cecilia is 18 months
:14:31. > :14:35.old and severely malnourished. Her mother's dead, and her
:14:36. > :14:41.grandmother had no milk to feed her. I had to beg food from neighbours,
:14:42. > :14:45.she told me, but after a few days here, Cecilia's diarrhoea and fever
:14:46. > :14:50.has got better. This war's also forced
:14:51. > :14:52.people from their homes. This is the registration
:14:53. > :14:55.centre over the border in Uganda, where thousands
:14:56. > :15:00.are arriving each day. Mary fled after her husband
:15:01. > :15:04.was killed by soldiers. One night, her husband was followed
:15:05. > :15:08.out of their home and he was pulled He was slaughtered like an animal
:15:09. > :15:15.is butchered in a slaughterhouse. For all the aid, this is a crisis
:15:16. > :15:18.that many think will get worse James Landale, BBC News,
:15:19. > :15:26.near the border of South Sudan. Hundreds of drivers began the bank
:15:27. > :15:29.holiday weekend stuck on the M4, after a lorry carrying
:15:30. > :15:32.compressed gas caught fire. The motorway was closed in both
:15:33. > :15:34.directions for a time between junctions 17 and 18
:15:35. > :15:38.near Chippenham in Wiltshire. Police say drivers should still try
:15:39. > :15:41.and find alternative routes as although the motorway has
:15:42. > :15:43.reopened, lane closures Former world champion Jenson Button
:15:44. > :15:49.says he's delighted to be making He's agreed to race for McLaren
:15:50. > :15:54.at next month's Monaco Grand Prix. He's been granted permission
:15:55. > :16:02.to compete in the Indy 500. The world-famous Las Vegas Strip had
:16:03. > :16:05.to be closed last night after a fire broke out at one
:16:06. > :16:08.of the city's biggest casinos. Huge flames were spotted
:16:09. > :16:10.near the roof of the Bellagio Hotel, which is at the centre of Las Vegas
:16:11. > :16:14.Boulevard. Emergency teams say they were able
:16:15. > :16:17.to bring it under control, but the location made
:16:18. > :16:20.the operation difficult. The online accommodation booking
:16:21. > :16:27.company Airbnb says it will improve its security,
:16:28. > :16:30.after a BBC investigation found that some people using the service had
:16:31. > :16:34.had their homes burgled by scammers They hijacked profiles with verified
:16:35. > :16:40.badges and changed some personal The company says it will now warn
:16:41. > :16:44.members if their profile Like millions of people,
:16:45. > :16:52.Christian had let out his home on Airbnb while he was out of town
:16:53. > :16:55.as a convenient way to make He had done so for years
:16:56. > :17:00.without a problem. But on his birthday,
:17:01. > :17:02.his home was burgled. I got that horrible text message
:17:03. > :17:04.saying somebody is in the flat and it's not me, because my account
:17:05. > :17:07.had been compromised. Christian thought he had let
:17:08. > :17:09.out his home to a verified profile, somebody who had showed Airbnb
:17:10. > :17:12.government identification and had positive reviews
:17:13. > :17:15.from previous bookings. The attacker had changed the name,
:17:16. > :17:20.photograph and contact details on the profile, but kept
:17:21. > :17:24.Airbnb's "verified" badge. The BBC has spoken to two other
:17:25. > :17:30.people who were robbed this way, and three others who had
:17:31. > :17:32.their accounts stolen. And Airbnb's Facebook page has
:17:33. > :17:35.dozens of comments from people who have had their
:17:36. > :17:38.accounts compromised. There are many ways attackers
:17:39. > :17:40.could have been hijacking They might simply have
:17:41. > :17:44.tricked people into handing But there are ways Airbnb could have
:17:45. > :17:49.defended against this. We put our security
:17:50. > :17:51.concerns to Airbnb. Those changes include two-step
:17:52. > :18:06.verification when somebody logs in from a new device,
:18:07. > :18:09.and text message alerts if somebody But, for Christian,
:18:10. > :18:15.the changes come too late. He says the whole experience has
:18:16. > :18:18.left him with a bad feeling, There's more throughout the evening
:18:19. > :18:26.on the BBC News Channel. I'll be back with the team
:18:27. > :18:29.for the late news at 10pm. Now on BBC One, it's time
:18:30. > :18:31.for the news where you are.