over the reins and retire. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. with severe thunderstorms on the horizon, the course at augusta has been cleared ahead of this the start of this year s masters. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a service of hope and reconciliation has been held in westminster abbey a fortnight after the attack near the houses of parliament. khalid masood drove a car into pedestrians on westminster bridge, killing three people, and fatally stabbing a police officer, before he was shot dead. the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harryjoined families and the emergency services attending the multi faith service. ina in a moment we will be for the first time from melissa cochrane who was injured in the attack and whose husband was killed. but first. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. you lot, get undercover now! get undercover! two weeks ago the area around the abbey at westminster was caught up in the chaos of that aftern
i m extremely proud of him and i m very happy that the world now knows what a wonderful man he was. as persecution of rohingya muslims intensifies, we ask the leader of myanmar if she s failing to stop a process of ethnic cleansing. i don t think there s ethnic cleansing going on. i think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what is happening. at the european parliament, nigel farage laughs at suggestions that the uk should pay for an exit fee for leaving the eu. and why did pepsi cancel this advert less than 2a hours after its release? coming up in the sport: can chelsea extend their lead in the premier league or will they open up the door in the title race against manchester city at stamford bridge? good evening. syria and russia have both come under intense criticism at an emergency session of the un security council. syria stands accused of mounting a gas attack in idlib province which killed at least 70 people and injured hundreds of others. president
#we are the chosen#. and is any publicity good publicity? pepsi pulls a controversial ad. almost 18 months since aung san suu kyi led her party to power in myanmar‘s first openly contested election in 25 years, questions are being asked about her leadership and her silence on the persecution of minority groups. in the past six months, around 70,000 rohingya muslims have fled their homeland in myanmar amid reports that the national army is responsible for mass killings and gang rapes. aung san suu kyi spoke exclusively to our special correspondent, fergal keane. it is a relic of the absurdity and paranoia of military rule, a capital marooned far from the people, designed to keep the generals safe, but where the new democratic government is trying to consolidate its hold on power. its leader, aung san suu kyi, has undergone a rapid transformation from pro democracy icon. it s good to see you, a year later. a period of intense scrutiny and criticism. now, for the first time th