In the southwestern province of balochistan on friday as people celebrated the birth of prophet muhammad. Police say at least 52 people were killed there, with another 50 injured. Police suspect it was a Suicide Attack targeting the religious gathering in mastung city. Earlier this month, at least 11 people, including a prominent muslim leader, were injured in an explosion in the same district. And dozens of people are trapped beneath a mosque near the city of peshawar. Live now to our correspondent saheer baloch in islamabad. This is of course an evolving situation. Two blasts in the country. Talk us through what we know so far. Country. Talk us through what we know so far know so far. Yes, so far we have confirmation know so far. Yes, so far we have confirmation that know so far. Yes, so far we have confirmation that the know so far. Yes, so far we have confirmation that the police know so far. Yes, so far we have | confirmation that the police chief of balochistan says that the blast was basically a suicide blast. One of the Senior Police officers died whilst stopping the Suicide Attacker from carrying out the attack as well. This is one confirmation we have on the Mastung Blast. On the other hand, in a district of the province, there were friday prayers going on, and the blast basically happen around that time. The police are saying that there are expectations of more casualties and that situation. There are many injured taken out of that according to the police. The mosque was inside the Police Residential area. It has been said that the blast may have caused a lot of casualties at the same time, most of the casualties will be a policeman as well. Across pakistan, people are celebrating the Birth Anniversary of prophet muhammad. It is always celebrated with a lot of reverence and love. So, a lot of people carrying out processions as well. 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Because the Rescue Services are trying to l the Rescue Services are trying to get people out of the rubble inside the mosque. And in balochistan the Network Services are down. It is difficult to get through to people via phone. The Rescue Services and Police Officers have reached the place as well. And also, the police are already part of the. They were attacked in a situation. They were already there, and Rescue Services were called in as well. The Rescue Services have already reached the location, they are trying to compile a list of injured and dead very soon. This is also something the police chief has confirmed to the bbc. ~ ~. ,. ,. , police chief has confirmed to the bbc. We know that balochistan has been targeted bbc. We know that balochistan has been targeted in bbc. We know that balochistan has been targeted in the bbc. We know that balochistan has been targeted in the past. Bbc. We know that balochistan has been targeted in the past. Has been targeted in the past. Has anyone claimed responsibility for the attacks . 50 anyone claimed responsibility for the attacks . The attacks . So far, nobody has claimed responsibility. The attacks . So far, nobody has claimed responsibility. There i the attacks . So far, nobody has i claimed responsibility. There was, the police had suspicions on Pakistani Taliban, but the Pakistani Taliban have released an unconfirmed statement so far. A lot of their statement so far. A lot of their statement is being circulated on social media where they have said they have nothing to do with the Mastung Blast at all. They have nothing to do with the Mastung Blast at all. Thank you very much for that Mastung Blast at all. Thank you very much for that update. Mastung blast at all. Thank you very much for that update. We Mastung Blast at all. Thank you very much for that update. We will Mastung Blast at all. Thank you very much for that update. We will bring | much for that update. We will bring you the latest as and when we get it here on bbc news. A teenager arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 15 Year Old Girl in south london has been charged with her murder. Elianne andam was attacked in croydon as she made her way to school on wednesday. Last night her family gathered at a vigil by the bus stop where she died. The 17 year old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has also been charged with possession of a knife. He appeared at croydon magistrates� court later today. He was remanded in custody. Late yesterday afternoon, Elianne Andams family gathered on the street in croydon. Guided by a Senior Police officer, they made their way to the exact spot where the 15 year old was stabbed and killed on wednesday. Eliannes mother in the Black And White dress, inconsolable with grief. Later, a statement was read on behalf of the family by the bishop of croydon. We as a family are struggling to comprehend this painful tragedy that has happened to our beautiful daughter and beloved sister, elianne. Our hearts are broken and we are overwhelmed by sorrow and grief. Elianne was a beautiful person inside and out who loved jesus. She was intelligent, thoughtful, kind, and had a Bright Future ahead of her. Eliannes family have released this photograph. They described her as the light of their lives with friends who adored her. A girl with hopes and dreams now shattered. All day, police searched the area around the bus where the attack happened. Elianne had been on her way to school when she was stabbed. Police officers laid flowers in remembrance. Everyone is trying to work out how our life was cut short so young. Will be following the Court Proceedings in croydon. We will bring you the very latest. In the netherlands, police have arrested a man after two shootings in rotterdam. At least three people died in the attacks at a house and a medical centre. Dutch police said the gunman was known to them he was convicted of Animal Cruelty two years ago. Anna holligan is in rotterdam with the latest. The man has been identified. He was known to the authorities. Overnight, more details have emerged. He was 32 years old from rotterdam and was a student here. It looks as though previous warnings about his troublesome behaviour may have been ignored by the university. A note was shared by the suspect a few months ago on the Social Media Platform for chan which the Public Prosecution service has confirmed as authentic in which they warned the hospital that he displayed psychotic behaviour. There was one incident in which he was found half naked in a garden, and also, during that previous conviction, when police went through his phone, they found images of stabbings and far right extremist paraphernalia. To be clear, the number of fatalities, three so far, it is not thought anybody else was targeted. It looks as though he was acting alone. Next lets look at developments out of Nagorno Karabakh, a landlocked area in the south caucasus mountains. Its internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but for three decades has been controlled and largely occupied by armenians. Well, on thursday, the separatist leader of the region declared an end to the struggle for independence from azerbaijan concluding more than thirty years of separatist rule. More than 88,000 Ethnic Armenians well over half the population have now left for neighbouring armenia. And more are expected to leave in the coming days. Earlier, we heard from Vusal Hamzayev from bbc azeri. I started by asking him what azerbaijani leaders are saying about the situation. Azerbaijani officials are calling for them to stay. They say that you can stay in your homes and they have presented a new website for the reintegration programme. They say you can register through that website so we know what your needs are. Armenians say theyre scared. They dont want to stay with azerbaijanis in karabakh. Just talk me through this sense of being scared. Why are they scared . They say we dont know what will happen to us when the Azerbaijani Army enter khankendi stepanakert. Theres this notion of. They dont have much information to be honest with you. They just see the Video Footage and they are scared. Thats what theyre saying to ourjournalists. Have you managed to speak to any armenians . What are they saying to you . What do they want . We havent managed to speak to anyone in stepanakert khankendi. But the journalists who were in the border between armenia and azerbaijan spoke to some armenians who left karabakh. What has the reaction been since the announcement by the separatist leaders that Nagorno Karabakh will cease to exist . This follows demands from azerbaijan to surrender and cease to exist all the institutions in karabakh. But we havent heard anything from the officials yet, especially regarding this decree. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. More than one in 20 children are sleeping on the floor because they dont have a bed of their own. New research by the Charity Barnardos have found so called � bed poverty� is on the rise amid the cost of livid crisis the government says its providing record levels of support to families. A ban on some Single Use Plastics is due to come into force across england this weekend. From sunday, businesses will have to stop have to stop using single use plastic cutlery, plates and containers. There are exemptions for takeaways and retailers though. Environmental campaigners say the ban does not go far enough, police say Cannabis Farms are driving a major increase in cases of Electricity Theft in england and wales. Electricity theft is the tampering or pbypassing of metres or bypassing of metres to avoid paying for energy. Thefts have grown by more than 75 since 2012. Youre live with bbc news. Leading economists say the government on track to being the biggest tax raising Parliament Since records began. The Institute For Fiscal Studies says that, by the next General Election, income from taxes will be similar to post World War Two levels. Opposition parties say the public is paying for conservative failures. The treasury says cutting inflation is the best tax cut it can currently provide. We spoke to our deputy Political EditorVicky Young Who tells us more about why there have been increases. I think the interesting thing here is if youre a uk tax payer or a uk corporation, you might not be surprised at this news that tax bills have gone up and theyve gone up a lot. I guess its the reasons behind it now. I think you might assume that obviously the pandemic, the covid pandemic, would have had an impact. Whats interesting here is that economists saying thats part of the reason, but its not the whole picture. So they point to some of the tax rises that have happened and are happening. So a rise in corporation tax, the freezing of thresholds, this is known as fiscal drag. What it means and what a lot of people think is its a quite sneaky way of getting more tax off all of us because its not putting up the Headline Rate of income tax. Its changing those thresholds, which mean you could end up paying a lot more and maybe dont realise straightaway and then windfall taxes on energy companies. So quite a lot theyre falling on businesses, more money spent on the nhs. I think part of the reason here we hear this a lot in british politics. Prime ministers do like spending our money. They come under an awful lot of pressure, of course, when they get into Downing Street and that is whats happened in recent years. A lot more spending on things like the nhs or more police for example. And of course, looking ahead, The Big Question politically is, is there any chance that these taxes are going to fall in the next few years . Because what the government would say is, look, this doesnt mean that the uk is an outlier, particularly it brings us pretty much in line with lots of other developed countries. Mean that the uk is an outlier, particularly it brings us pretty much in line with lots of other developed countries. People are saying that conservative failures are being paid for by the british public. British public. There is a huge debate, particularly british public. There is a huge debate, particularly within british public. There is a huge| debate, particularly within the conservative party, just out of their Party Conference beginning this weekend, about what the conservatives do. There are lots of conservatives do. There are lots of conservative members of parliament who think that the tory party should be cutting taxes. It is something the former Foreign Minister liz truss thought should happen. She tried to do it, of course, that went spectacularly wrong. The problem they have got, and the current Chancellorjeremy Hunt has made it very clear, he said a few days ago, it is virtually impossible to cut taxes at the moment. He simply does not have the funds to do it. They are concentrating at bringing down inflation. If you look at what is ahead, an ageing population, huge pressures on the nhs and pensions, it looks a pretty difficult task. This will be a question for the labour party too. It does seem that whoever is in power after the General Election, this will be something they are going to have to look at. I think that the suspicion is once the taxes are in place, it will be very hard to get rid of them. Union leaders have called on the government to hold an Emergency Summit to resolve the future of the hs2 rail line. They say urgent action is needed after the Prime Minister refused Union Leaders have called on the government to hold an Emergency Summit to resolve the future of the hs2 rail line. They say urgent action is needed after the Prime Minister refused to commit to the completion of the birmingham to manchester leg. Our transport correspondent katy austin reports. Hs2, a railway costing tens of billions of pounds meant to make travel between major cities quicker and create more space on the rail network. Work continues on building the london to birmingham stretch, but questions have been swirling about whether other parts will be delayed or cut, particularly the stretch to manchester. While hs2 opponents argue its not worth the cost or disruption, there have been calls from businesses and politicians for ministers to reaffirm their commitment to the project. Today, unions have signed a Statement Calling for the potential benefits to the economy not to be squandered, arguing that constant chopping and changing showed disregard for levelling up. We need investment in our infrastructure. The West Coast Main Line is falling apart at the seams. Its crumbling, its a victorian system. We need to invest in our infrastructure and if we dont, then not only will we not see those potentialjobs coming into the economy, but theres a real risk that well endure economic decline in that part of the world. Speaking to the bbc yesterday, the Prime Minister did nothing to dispel growing speculation that hs2 plans could be scaled back further, re routing his answers to talk about more local transport improvements. Very large projects that take a long time are sometimes not the thing that people want us to prioritise, and i agree with them. We do need to prioritise the things that can make a difference qu