he scores! and, manchester city sail past bayern munich to reach the semi finals of the champions league. and coming up on bbc news, kyren wilson scores the first 147 break of this years world snooker championship in sheffield. but is it enough for a place in round two? good evening. the unrelenting pressure on household budgets has been demonstrated by the latest inflation figures, which showed a very sharp rise in the cost of food and soft drinks, pushing the cost of living even higher. inflation remained in double digits last month, falling only slightly to 10.1% in march. that s down from 10.4% in february, but experts had predicted a biggerfall. more expensive bread, cereals and chocolate caused the overall average price of food and non alcoholic drinks to increase by a rather hefty 19% in the year to march the fastest annual rate for nearly half a century. economists say it s now far more likely that the bank of england will raise its base interest rate next month, a
today, the majority of the political activists in this city have either fled or they ve been detained. critics say what s happening to hong kong is a type of legal warfare. last year, bull spent ten months in prison for inciting unlawful assembly. ..yet he s determined to continue to protest. today, he has permission to hold a street demonstration, but he s apprehensive. they take to the streets in a busy shopping district. ..but their protest banners are blank. passers by must read between the lines. their demonstration brings unwanted attention. translation: | can t verify - if they re national security police or plainclothes police, but they are police. what looks like a plainclothes surveillance team look on. translation: there are more than ten i plainclothes police surrounding us. i they were allowed to continue their protest that day, but the risk of detention remains. no one knows how many national security police are active in hong kong. the bureau has taken over sev
welcome to bbc news. we begin in the us where gun crime continues to affect thousands of american lives including in dadeville in alabama where two teenage boys have been charged with four counts of murder after a deadly shooting at a birthday party on saturday. this scene shows the aftermath of the shooting where more than 30 people were wounded some critically, after shots were fired at the mahogany masterpiece dance studio. the district attorney spoke about the victims and theirfamilies and you can see he struggled to maintain his composure. the message that i want to send is, i know some of these victims personally, some of these kids are kids of friends of mine, people i went to school with, people i play ball with and against in the community back in high school. and these are my kids. these are our kids. don t mess with our kids. do not mess with our kids. thank you. it comes as, in the state of missouri, 84 year old andrew lester has pleaded not guilty in the sh