the man arrested on suspicion of throwing a smoke bomb at japan s prime minister, fumio kishida, has been identified by the authorities as 24 year old ryuji kimura. there are no further details regarding possible motivation. mr kishida was about to give a speech in support of a local candidate of his ruling party the ldp. after the incident pm kishida made a speech in another location where he said the incident should not be allowed to disrupt the electoral process. the attack comes ahead of nationwide local elections and by elections for vacated seats injapan s lower house. our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo has the latest. very dramatic scenes coming this morning from wakayama in western japan. chaos among the crowd as a young man is being tackled and then pinned to the ground by security personnel. and then a screaming crowd scrambling to leave the scene as a loud explosion is heard, and then smoke fills the air. the man is then being taken away from the scene. the
the energy regulator ofgem has asked suppliers to pause the forced installation of prepaid metres. it follows revelations that a debt collection company working for british gas broke into the homes of vulnerable people to install the metres. prepayment metres require customers to pay for their energy in advance. it s more expensive than paying by direct debit, but are sometimes the only option for people who have struggled to pay and are in debt to a supplier. ben king has more. an undercover reporter from the times newspaper joined a team of debt collectors, entering the home of a single father with three young children. they count as vulnerable. but, these workers from arvato financial solutions, working for british gas, opened the door and installed a prepayment meter anyway. installing prepayment meters by force is legal, but it s meant to be a last resort, and should not be done to vulnerable households. if people cannot afford to top up the meters, they will be left wit
at least 21 people are known to have died. these are two of three british men the uk foreign office says it is trying to get in touch with since being detained by secret police in afghanistan. the uk s home secretary tells the bbc the government is looking at further land sites and vessels to house migrants. we do need to increase how detention stay. we have several thousand places already and we have capacity. we will need to increase some of our detention capacity. we will need to increase some of our detention capacity. more than 100,000 people take part in protests across israel for the 13th consecutive week againstjudicial reforms, despite the government s decision to pause the legislation. after becoming one of the first cities in the world to authorise e scooter rentals, paris holds a referendum on whether to ban them. pope francis has presided over palm sunday mass at the vatican just a day after leaving hospital in rome. the 86 year old was admitted with breathing
with a large number of passengers overturned in somerset in the uk amid warnings of icy road conditions. a new documentary on tensions between indian prime minister narendra modi and india s muslim minority investigates claims about his role in the 2002 gujarat riots that left over 1,000 dead. a constitutional row develops between the uk and scottish governments after westminster announces plans to block a scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we start here in the uk where, under new changes to the 0nline safety bill, social media bosses could face jail if they repeatedly fail to protect children from online harm. the prime minister rishi sunak agreed to calls for tougher punishments as part of the legislation after his own backbench mps prepared to vote against the bill. the new legislation begins its final stages in the house of commons today but lucy powell, labou