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Activists in myanmar say dozens of people have been killed after the military brutally suppressed a protest in the city of bago. Thousands flee an Erupting Volcano on the Caribbean Island of st vincent. And in sport, Rachael Blackmore gallops into history by winning the Grand National On Minella Times The First Female Jockey to do so. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. The Duke Of Edinburgh is to be buried in windsor on saturday. He died on friday at the age of 99. Because of coronavirus restrictions, his funeral will take place within the grounds of Windsor Castle, with no public processions, but it will be televised. The palace has said prince harry will attend but his wife meghan, who is pregnant, has been advised by her doctors not to travel. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. Check the breach at midday in the four nations of the United Kingdom, 41 gun salutes sounded in tribute to the duke. Fire gunshots. One, fire gunshots. And, for a man who served in the royal navy in the Second World War and later, guns were fired in tribute aboard several warships. Fire gunshot. And in gibraltar, home to the royal navys gibraltar squadron. At Windsor Castle, the Earl Of Wessex arrived with his wife to join the queen in the familys mourning as officials put the finishing touches to the plans for the dukes funeral. It will take place at three oclock next saturday afternoon at st georges chapel inside Windsor Castle. No part of the funeral will be accessible to the public. The dukes coffin will be borne in a ceremonial procession from the castle� s state apartments to the chapel. The coffin will be borne on a land rover, which the duke helped to design. Members of the royal family will walk behind the coffin. There will be a national one minute silence when the coffin reaches the chapel at three oclock. Inside the chapel, the congregation will be limited to 30 in strict compliance with covid regulations. Members of the public are being discouraged from going to windsor. The best place to watch it all will be on television, said a palace spokesman. For the royalfamily, it is a period of mourning, and from the family, in a bbc programme broadcast last night, personal tributes have been paid by three of the dukes children. His energy was astonishing. In supporting my mama and doing it for such a long time. And, in some extraordinary way, being able to go on doing it for so long. His appreciation of how he could help the queen always seemed to be present in terms of supporting her, because she was very young when she became queen and they needed to be, i think, a double act for a lot of that time, in order to allow her to take on that role. My father was always a great source of support and encouragement. You know, it was. And guidance, all the way through, and never trying to curtail any. Of the activities or anything that we wanted to try and do, but would always encourage that. And ill always, always remember and thank him for that. Well, you know, he didnt suffer fools gladly, and so you had to. So, if you said anything, you know, that was in any way ambiguous, hed say, well, make up your mind, you know . So, perhaps it made one choose your words carefully, if you know what i mean. He was very good at showing you how to do things. He could instruct you in various things. I think i will best remember him as always being there, and a person you could bounce off ideas. But if you were having problems, you could always go to him and know that he would listen and try to help. What hes done has amounted to an astonishing achievement, i think. In windsor, people are placing flowers, despite the request that this shouldnt be done. Many want to show appreciation to the duke and solidarity with the family. He was the consort to the queen for so long. He faced so much criticism and he handled it spectacularly. For me, he was the image of the monarchy and that stability. I mean, when we came to this country we were quite young at that time, and it means a lot to us as well. Grieving, especially, the queen, is partner, is companion. So, yeah, kind of representing the younger age. And respecting the country, really. After their meeting with the queen, the earl and Countess Of Wessex departed from Windsor Castle. How was the queen . Shed been amazing, the countess said. Prince charles said his father would have been amazed by the touching things that have been said about him, and that they would sustain the royal family at a time of loss. He has released this statement a few hours ago. Good afternoon. I particularly wanted to say that my father, for the last 70 years, has given the most remarkable, devoted service to the queen, to my family and to the country, and also to the whole of the commonwealth, and, as you can imagine, my family and i miss my father enormously. He was a much loved and appreciated figure, and, apart from anything else i can imagine, were so deeply touched by the number of other people here and elsewhere Around The World and in the commonwealth who also, i think, share our loss and our sorrow. My dear papa was a very special person who, i think above all else, would have been amazed by the reaction and the touching things that have been said about him, and, from that point of view, we are, my family, deeply grateful for all that. It will sustain us in this particular loss and at this particularly sad time. Thank you. He Prince Charles tribute to his father. Live now to buckingham palace, and the bbc� s tim muffett. To miss, we have had more details released about the funeral in the coming days. Released about the funeral in the coming dam released about the funeral in the coming days. Prince harry is going to be there coming days. Prince harry is going to be there but coming days. Prince harry is going to be there but the coming days. Prince harry is going to be there but the prime coming days. Prince harry is going to be there but the Prime Minister will not be. To be there but the Prime Minister will not be will not be. Yes, it will be taking lace will not be. Yes, it will be taking place next will not be. Yes, it will be taking place next saturday, will not be. Yes, it will be taking place next saturday, at will not be. Yes, it will be taking place next saturday, at windsor| place next saturday, at Windsor Castle place next saturday, at Windsor Castle. The message to the public is the same castle. The message to the public is the same as castle. The message to the public is the same as today, please do not come the same as today, please do not come and the same as today, please do not come and congregate because of the restrictions in place due to the pandemic. That said, there were a steady stream of people here pretty much steady stream of people here pretty much all steady stream of people here pretty much all day, not huge crowds but a steady much all day, not huge crowds but a steady stream nonetheless of people who paid steady stream nonetheless of people who paid their respects, laying cards, who paid their respects, laying cards, flowers and messages of goodwill cards, flowers and messages of goodwill. An orderly queue was formed, goodwill. An orderly queue was formed, people were encouraged to socially formed, people were encouraged to socially distance, and once they have socially distance, and once they have placed their flowers or their cards have placed their flowers or their cards they have placed their flowers or their cards they were encouraged politely to move cards they were encouraged politely to move on and not to linger. Flowers to move on and not to linger. Flowers laid in front of the palace, some flowers laid in front of the palace, some very flowers laid in front of the palace, some very moving messages, may your soul rest some very moving messages, may your soul rest in some very moving messages, may your soul rest in peace, thank you, you were soul rest in peace, thank you, you were one soul rest in peace, thank you, you were one of soul rest in peace, thank you, you were one of a soul rest in peace, thank you, you were one of a kind, your service will never were one of a kind, your service will never be forgotten. And one really will never be forgotten. And one really struck me, it said fair winds and following seas, which is a nautical blessing often used by sailors nautical blessing often used by saitors to nautical blessing often used by sailors to wish someone good luck. The duhes sailors to wish someone good luck. The dukes Extraordinary Service to the royal the dukes Extraordinary Service to the royal navy. The dukes Extraordinary Service to the royal navy the dukes Extraordinary Service to the royal navy. Tim, thank you from buckingham the royal navy. Tim, thank you from buckingham palace. A little later in the programme, well have more on the death of Prince Philip. Well be crossing to kenya to hear from a young woman whos benefitted from the Duke Of Edinburghs awards programme. Activists in myanmar say soldiers have killed more than 80 people in the central city of bago. The mass killing occured during violent clashes on friday. Despite the bloodshed, thousands of people returned to streets across the country on saturday to protest the military rulers and the ongoing atrocities. Phil robertson, from human rights watch, gave up this update. There was an ongoing resistance by a lot of people. They had built barricades in parts of the town. And the military surrounded those barricades and the protesters, starting at 5am, and attacked them with machine guns, rocket propelled grenades and other heavy artillery. It was basically a massacre that took place over a couple of hours. But, you know, many, many people were killed. The numbers are still a bit in flux, but it may well be more than 50 people were killed. We are hoping, obviously, there will be more pressure from the Un Security Council. We want to see a resolution, to have a global arms embargo that would be imposed by the Un Security Council resolution. That is, really, i think the key thing that needs to happen now. The Special Envoy is here now in thailand. Shes in quarantine for a week. But then she will be talking to the thais and others in the region about the situation. There is supposed to be an asean meeting, a special meeting on myanmar on april 20th where there will be a discussion among the front line states about what can possibly be done. But the problem is that asean is hopelessly split. Just like the Un Security Councils hopelessly split. There doesnt seem to be a clear way forward that everyone can get around. The former president of brazil, dilma rousseff, says the current leader, jair bolsonaro, has left brazil adrift on an ocean of hunger and disease through his response to the coronavirus pandemic. Ms rousseff, like her predecessor lula da silva, also accused mr bolsonaro of genocide for failing to slow the number of deaths. Mr bolsonaro has downplayed the threat posed by the virus, refused to order lockdowns and initially opposed vaccinations. Heres our correspondent mark lowen in sao paulo talking about the criticism faced by jair bolsonaro. Dilma rousseff describing Jair Bolsonaros response to the pandemic as a genocidal response, and saying that there was a repulsive normalisation of the death toll here in brazil that is now almost 350,000 people, second only to the united states. Last week, for two days running, there were more than 4,000 deaths a day. So there is growing criticism of president bolsonaros handling or mishandling of the pandemic. Notjust from former president dilma rousseff, but as you say, also from her predecessor lula, who has had his corruption conviction overturned in the courts and could now stand in the election next year. And that is thought to be behind president bolsonaro beginning possibly to change tack now, appearing in public wearing a mask, having spoken out against masks, against social distancing, against science for so long. Hes convened a National Coronavirus task force. The pressure is growing on him. His poll numbers are flagging, and hes really now on the back foot, i think, in brazil with such a disastrous pandemic situation. Thousands of people have been evacuated from the Eastern Caribbean island of St Vincent After A Volcano On Friday sent a cloud of ash and smoke high into the air. The Prime Minister said evacuees had been temporarily housed on cruise ships and on safer parts of the island. Heres robertson henry, an eyewitness and journalist living on the island. It was bright. But then the light began to deteriorate. It wasnt at a slow pace, it was rapidly deteriorating. And. I know where the volcanos summit, the crater, is situated. I couldnt make it out. It was just darkness. And then what happened, you began to feel something hitting your skin. Ash. People looked up and there is this huge plume of ash hanging in the sky. Silent, deadly, dreadful, ominous. And within minutes, you could just feel a change in the mood in the town. The eruption actually galvanised them to near panic mode. Any form of transport, they could have got, getting out. The headlines on bbc news. The Duke Of Edinburghs funeral is to take place next saturday, at st georges chapel in windsor. There were gun salutes across the uk and Around The World, to mark the dukes death on friday. 65 years ago, his Royal Highness Prince Philip established the Duke Of Edinburghs award in the uk. Since then, it has been delivered in more than 130 countries and territories to help millions of young people build skills, confidence and resilience. Lets talk to two people who are heavily involved in the program. Njeri muthaka has achieved her gold award. Shejoins us from nairobi. And john may is the Secretary General of the Duke Of Edinburghs International Award foundation. He joins us from oxford here in the uk. Thank you to both of you forjoining us. Why did you want to take part in this whole programme, because it is pretty challenging, isnt it . It is. It doesnt take pretty challenging, isnt it . It is. It doesnt take a pretty challenging, isnt it . It is. It doesnt take a very pretty challenging, isnt it . It is. It doesnt take a very short pretty challenging, isnt it . It is. | it doesnt take a very short time. It doesnt take a very short time. It comes in three parts. You have gold, silver and the smallest one are the bonds, the highest is the gold. How they package the award when new when you start, once you start training, you have so many skills that you can use even later. When i started i was very young, i was really shy, but once i started and in a leadership position, i was able to lead my team, to complete the award. You were actually able to use your skills much later, because i am not the young girl that i was then. ,. , ,. ,. , then. John, let me bring you in. You must have then. John, let me bring you in. You must have met then. John, let me bring you in. You must have met the then. John, let me bring you in. You must have met the duke, then. John, let me bring you in. You must have met the duke, im must have met the duke, im sure, many times. First of all, your thoughts today. I many times. First of all, your thoughts today. 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No. Honestly speaking, once you get into the award, one of the i you get into the award, one of the thing it will let you be, they dont change you at all, they let you use your personality and be yourself and to use your god given talent to be creative and see what you can do with your talent to give back to the community. When i started, i was very much into giving to the community, going into childrens homes, to actually go and Teach Community health, i dont think i would have done anything much. Communication skills, how to deal with people. Even what im doing now with people. Even what im doing now with my life, continuing with what the programme impacted me, community service. During the award programme, to actually continue what i am doing now. Programme, to actually continue what i am doing now i am doing now. What did the duke of edinbur h i am doing now. What did the Duke Of Edinburgh say i am doing now. What did the Duke Of Edinburgh say to i am doing now. 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Was very happy it grew in the way it did it was very happy it grew in the way it did it was was very happy it grew in the way it did. It was an originally an idea for the did. It was an originally an idea for the United Kingdom and it grew to more for the United Kingdom and it grew to more than 130 countries Around The World to more than 130 countries Around The World and more than million young the world and more than million young people at any one time doing their award. Young people at any one time doing theiraward. Ithink young people at any one time doing their award. I think thats a wonderful legacy. The duke described the award wonderful legacy. The duke described the award as do it yourself growing up. The award as do it yourself growing up i the award as do it yourself growing up ithink the award as do it yourself growing up. I think thats a brilliant description. It takes all the experiences that i think a young person experiences that i think a young person should have outside the classroom, packages them together in a way classroom, packages them together in a way that classroom, packages them together in a way that is classroom, packages them together in a way that is fun, as well as challenging. And then it lets young people. Challenging. And then it lets young people. As challenging. And then it lets young people, as you have just heard, set their people, as you have just heard, set their own people, as you have just heard, set their own targets. Did people, as you have ust heard, set their own targets. Their own targets. Did you ever find out exactly their own targets. Did you ever find out exactly what their own targets. Did you ever find out exactly what spurred their own targets. Did you ever find out exactly what spurred this out exactly what spurred this particular package of ideas . A lot has been said in the last 2a hours about the influence of his school on him and whether this award encapsulates some of the values he apparently held very dear. There encapsulates some of the values he apparently held very dear. Apparently held very dear. There is an element apparently held very dear. There is an element of apparently held very dear. There is an element of that. Apparently held very dear. There is an element of that. His apparently held very dear. There is an element of that. His experience at gordonstoun was undoubtedly life forming at gordonstoun was undoubtedly life forming for him. I am certain that kurts forming for him. I am certain that kurts influence on him, involved with setting up the award along with john hunt. I am certain that influence john hunt. I am certain that influence had a strong effect on the dukes influence had a strong effect on the dukes ideas with the award. But ultimately what he wanted, i think, was to ultimately what he wanted, i think, was to give ultimately what he wanted, i think, was to give young people the power to reach was to give young people the power to reach their aspirations. To set their to reach their aspirations. To set their targets and to aim high, and to become their targets and to aim high, and to become the people they wanted to be. To become the people they wanted to be thats to become the people they wanted to be. Thats still happening 65 years on. , y. , be. Thats still happening 65 years on. ,. , on. One of my children is ust startin on. One of my children is ust starting his i on. One of my children is ust starting his bronze on. One of my children is ust starting his bronze so i on. One of my children is ust starting his bronze so it on. One of my children isjust starting his bronze so i will. On. One of my children isjust i starting his bronze so i will pass this on congratulations and thank you so much to both of you. We will start with the tributes being paid to Prince Philip following his death at the age of 99. A two minute silence at aintree ahead of the grand national. The Duke Of Edinburgh had been an honourary member of thejockey club. There were also periods of silence before all premier League Matches with players and officials wearing black arm bands. In the race itself, Rachael Blackmore made sporting history by becoming the first female jockey to win the grand national as she rode away from as she rode away from her rivals on Minella Times at aintree to win by six and a half lengths aboard the 11 1 chance. Rachael blackmore had already achieved success at last months Cheltenham Festival when she became the first woman to be the meetings leading jockey. Its the first woman to be the meetings leading jockey leading jockey. Its hard to even comprehend leading jockey. Its hard to even comprehend right leading jockey. Its hard to even comprehend right now, leading jockey. Its hard to even comprehend right now, to leading jockey. Its hard to even comprehend right now, to be i comprehend right now, to be honest. It hasnt sunk in. The Aintree Grand National is the first race as a kid that would have caught my imagination, my interest. To get your head in front is beyond belief. Football, and real madrid are in action against barcelona, it is currently 2 1 to real, Karen Benzema with the opening goal in the first 15 minutes, toni kroos doubling the score after half an hour. Barcelona has pulled one back through 0scar. 21, has pulled one back through 0scar. 2 1, real madrid. Leeds scored an injury time winner at premier League Leaders manchester city. Marcel 0b alsos team broke the deadlock after 40 alsos team broke the deadlock after a0 minutes through stuart dallas. Leeds were then reduced to ten men after a liam cooper challenge. City equalised in the second half, burroughs. But dallas burst through in the final minute to seal a famous 21 in the final minute to seal a Famous 2 1win in the final minute to seal a famous 2 1 win for leeds. The in the final minute to seal a famous 21 win for leeds. In the final minute to seal a famous 21 win for leeds. The game is about how we didnt 21 win for leeds. The game is about how we didnt defend. 21 win for leeds. The game is about how we didnt defend. Everyone 21 win for leeds. The game is about how we didnt defend. Everyone has| 21 win for leeds. The game is about | how we didnt defend. Everyone has a plan as a manager, as a team. We gave especially the first goal. And after, we create chances. Not much clearer, because our crosses were not precise, and our box, we are not the best headers. But we created some chances, we could not finish it. At the end, they deserved it. There was also an injury time winner at anfield, Trent Alexander arnold scored as liverpool came from behind to beat aston villa and end a run of six defeats at home. 0llie Watkins scored a hat trick for villa in the reverse game and fired the visitors ahead before Mohammed Sala equalised. Jurgen klopps team are in fifth. 0ne equalised. Jurgen klopps team are in fifth. One more result, chelsea are back up to fourth in the English Premier League after a a 1win over crystal palace. The third round of the masters has been suspended because of bad weather in augusta. Details in the gulf section of our website. That is all from the sports centre. Golf section. A reminder of our news this hour. The Duke Of Edinburghs funeral will take place next saturday. Earlier today, forty one gun salutes have honoured Queen Elizabeths husband, the Duke Of Edinburgh, who died on friday. Buckingham palace has announced that the duke will be laid to rest next saturday at st georges chapel in Windsor Castle. Now its time for a look at the weather with louise lear. Good evening. It was a cold and frosty start for many this morning, but there was some lovely sunshine around early on. However, as the day progressed, we quite literally had four seasons in one day. A frosty start, some sunshine, then some showers. And the showers turning increasingly wintry with some hail and snow mixed in there as well. This has been the story through the day today. The Shower Clouds developed as we went through the morning and then became quite widespread into the afternoon. The only exception is down to the south east where we had some fairly dense cloud throughout the day, associated with this Weather Front. And it brought some light, showery rain as well. Now, the front drifts away, and through the next night the showers will fade and the temperatures will fall away quite sharply. So we are likely to see another frost in many northern and eastern areas across the country. Maybe that frost getting into the south east with the lack of cloud. The Cold Arctic Air once again returns across the country, and so temperatures look likely to struggle as we go through the day on sunday. There will be some sunshine around first thing, but it will be the early bird that catches the sunshine as the Shower Clouds develop through the afternoon and, once again, though showers could be wintry with some hail, some sleet and snow mixed in there as well. Almost anywhere could catch a shower as they fly through, and those temperatures will struggle. 6 8 celsius, generally, but we might just scrape double figures somewhere along the south. As we move out of sunday into monday, weve got this area of High Pressure building in from the south west. But this Weather Front across the top of that high could bring some outbreaks of rain. It looks likely to be slipping its way into northern ireland, eventually into wales and south west england. So a dry day looks likely on monday across scotland and much of eastern england. Still a cool breeze coming down from the north sea. Here, those temperatures a little disappointing. Once again, highs of 7 10 celsius. As we move out of monday into tuesday, the High Pressure is going to build and stay with us. Now, the position of this high will be subject to question and there is still likely to be the risk of some showers from time to time. Where the high is sitting depends on the type of weather you will get, but it does look likely that we will see something a little less cold temperatures increasing as we go through the week. Perhaps back to average for the time of year. Take care. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines A1 Gun Salutes have honoured the Duke Of Edinburgh, who died on friday. Buckingham palace has announced that the duke will be laid to rest next saturday at st georges chapel in Windsor Castle. Flags have been flying at half mast as commonwealth and World Leaders continue to send condolences to queen elizabeth. In other news, activists in Myanmar Say Soliders have killed more than 80 people in the city of bago. They were killed during clashes on friday. But despite the bloodshed, thousands of people have been protesting across the country. A volcanic eruption has blanketed the Caribbean Island of St Vincent In Ash and smoke, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes. A minutes silence was held for the Duke Of Edinburgh at aintree, ahead of this afternoons grand national. And Rachael Blackmore gallops into sporting history by winning the grand national on Minella Times, the first female jockey to do so. 1a Police Officers have been injured in a Twelth Night Of Violence in northern ireland

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