Police have yet to reveal a motive for the attack, but said they do not believe it was an act of terrorism.
The attack took place at approximately 20:14 local time on Saturday (03:14 GMT) at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser in the south of Vancouver.
At the scene on Sunday, people began laying flowers and paying their respects.
One woman doubled over sobbing before walking off. Another woman, named Donna, said she lived in the neighbourhood for more than 50 years.
She was at the festival and said it was packed with young people and families.
"People were here to celebrate and have fun," she told the BBC. "This is tragic."
Speaking at a news conference the following day, RJ Aquino, the head of the Filipino BC organisation, said that "last night was extremely difficult and the community will feel this for a long time."
"We know that there's a lot of questions floating about and we don't have all the answers, but we want to tell everybody that we're grieving," he added.
Mr Aquino said that the attack caused considerable confusion and chaos in the city's tight-knit Filipino community, with many residents calling one another to check on their loved ones.
"I don't think my phone has buzzed that much in my entire life," he said. "There was a lot of panic and, you know, relief, when somebody answers."
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Community members began laying flowers near the scene on Sunday
At a separate news briefing on Sunday, acting Vancouver police chief Steve Rai said it was the "darkest day" in the city's history.
He said "dozens" of people were injured in the attack, some seriously.
"The number of dead could rise in the coming days or weeks," he told reporters, adding that men, women and young people were among the victims.
The suspect - who has not been named - was taken into custody by police officers after being detained by bystanders at the scene.
While Rai declined to specify any potential motive, he said that he "can now say with confidence that the evidence in this case does not lead us to believe this was an act of terrorism."
The suspect, he added, has "a significant history of interactions with police and healthcare professionals related to mental health".
Formal criminal charges have not yet been filed.
The festival in Vancouver - home to over 140,000 Canadians of Filipino descent - takes place every year to commemorate Lapu-Lapu, a national hero who resisted Spanish colonisation in the 1500s.
Tens of thousands of people were in attendance at the event.
According to Rai, police had conducted a threat assessment ahead of the festival, and had partially closed a road on a street behind a school where the bulk of the festivities were taking place.
There was nothing to indicate a higher threat level for the event, he added.
The street where the attack took place was largely being used by food trucks and there were no barriers in place.
Rai said that the incident would be a "watershed moment" for city officials and first responders.
The attack came just before Canada's federal election on 28 April, prompting Prime Minister Mark Carney to cancel large gatherings of Liberal Party supporters in Calgary and Richmond.
Smaller community-focused events in Saskatoon and Edmonton were expected to continue as planned.
In a televised address to Canadians, Carney said he was "heartbroken" and "devastated" by the attack.
The main opposition candidate, Pierre Polievre, continued campaigning as the candidates sought to make final pitches to voters before they head to the polls.
One Canadian political leader, the New Democrats' Jagmeet Singh, was among those who attended the Lapu Lapu festival on Saturday, and subsequently changed his planned events on Sunday.
He said it was "heart-breaking" to see that "such joy can be torn apart so violently.
"I saw families gathered together, I saw children dancing, I saw pride in culture, in history and community," he added.
Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have demolished the houses of at least 10 alleged militants
Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have demolished the houses of at least 10 alleged militants and detained more people for questioning as investigations continue into last week's killings of 26 people.
Indian security forces have used explosives to destroy the properties since last Tuesday's attack on tourists. At least one was reportedly linked to a suspect named in the shootings.
India accuses Pakistan of supporting militants behind the killings, but has named no group it blames. Islamabad rejects the allegations.
It was the deadliest attack on civilians in two decades in the disputed territory. Both India and Pakistan claim the region and have fought two wars over it.
Troops from both sides have traded intermittent small-arms fire across the border for the past few days.
Speculation continues over whether India will respond with military strikes against Pakistan, as it did after deadly militant attacks in 2019 and 2016.
Authorities said last week they had conducted extensive searches in Indian-administered Kashmir, detaining more than 1,500 people for questioning since the attack near the tourist town of Pahalgam. More people have been detained since then, although the numbers are unclear.
Officials have not spoken publicly about the demolitions but the houses targeted reportedly belonged to families of alleged militants active in the region or those who have crossed over to Pakistan.
The demolitions at various locations across the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley began last Thursday, with the most recent occurring overnight on Saturday into Sunday.
The region's top leaders have supported action against alleged militants but questioned the demolitions of the homes of suspected militants' families.
Without mentioning the demolitions, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the guilty must be punished without mercy, "but don't let innocent people become collateral damage".
Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti also criticised the demolitions, cautioning the government to distinguish between "terrorists and civilians".
Since the Pahalgam attack, a number of Kashmiri students enrolled in colleges in different parts of India have also reported being attacked or threatened by locals, asking them to leave.
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Indian police have named three of four suspected attackers involved in the killings
Kashmir, which India and Pakistan claim in full but administer only in part, has been a flashpoint between the two nuclear-armed countries since they were partitioned in 1947.
Indian-administered Kashmir has seen an armed insurgency against Indian rule since 1989, with militants targeting security forces and civilians alike.
India has not named any group it suspects carried out the attack in Pahalgam and it remains unclear who did it. A little-known group called the Resistance Front, which was initially reported to have claimed it carried out the shootings, issued a statement denying involvement. The front is reportedly affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based militant group.
Indian police have named three of four suspected attackers. They said two were Pakistani nationals and one a local man from Indian-administered Kashmir. There is no information on the fourth man.
Many survivors said the gunmen specifically targeted Hindu men.
The attack has sparked widespread anger in India, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly saying the country will hunt the suspects "till the ends of the earth" and that those who planned and carried it out "will be punished beyond their imagination".
Tensions between India and Pakistan rose within hours of the killings, resulting in tit-for-tat measures.
India immediately suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, a World Bank-brokered water sharing agreement between the two countries, prompting protests from Pakistan which said the stoppage or diversion of water would be "considered as an act of war".
Pakistan retaliated further by suspending the 1972 Simla agreement in which both countries had promised to resolve their disputes by peaceful means through bilateral negotiations.
The neighbours have also expelled many of each other's diplomats and revoked civilians' visas - already difficult to procure - leaving many stranded on both sides of the border. At least 500 Pakistani nationals, including diplomats and officials, have left India through the Attari-Wagah land border since the attack.
As tensions spiral, India has alleged firing by Pakistan along the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries, for four nights in a row. Pakistan has not confirmed it yet.
On Sunday, Modi repeated his promise to get justice to families of those killed in the attack, saying it was meant to disrupt the normalcy the region was returning to after years of violence.
"The enemies of the country, of Jammu and Kashmir, did not like this," he said in his monthly radio address.
Over the weekend, a US state department spokesperson told Reuters that Washington was in touch with the governments of India and Pakistan and wanted them to work towards a "responsible resolution", while the British foreign secretary David Lammy spoke to his counterparts in India and deputy prime minister in Pakistan.
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Mac-Albert Hengari was nominated to parliament by the president to represent the ruling party, Swapo
Namibia's agriculture minister has been sacked after being accused of raping a 16-year-old girl five years ago.
Mac-Albert Hengari was arrested on Saturday after allegedly attempting to bribe the victim, now 21, to withdraw the case against him, the police say.
Hengari, 59, who has denied any wrongdoing, appeared in court on Monday and was denied bail.
This is the first major scandal for Namibia's first female President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, since she took office last month.
The statement from the president's office did not indicate the reasons for the dismissal but said Hengari had also been dismissed from the National Assembly.
Hengari was nominated to parliament by the president to represent the ruling party, Swapo.
He is under investigation for multiple charges related to the case including kidnapping, rape and assault, police say.
On Monday he appeared before a magistrates' court in the capital Windhoek facing a charge of obstructing the course of justice.
He and his co-accused will remain in custody until 3 June when the next hearing is scheduled. They were denied bail on the grounds that they could be a flight risk and could seek to contact witnesses.
The opposition Independent Patriots for Change said Hengari's arrest "on allegations of rape, kidnapping and forced abortion" was a "profound failure of leadership and exposes the hollowness of government rhetoric on gender-based violence".
It said the case came against a backdrop of "widespread gender violence", with 4,814 gender-violence cases reported last year. The country has a population of three million.
The party also criticised the vetting process, saying the president had appointed Hengari "despite a criminal investigation having allegedly been opened in November 2024".
President Nandi-Ndaitwah last month unveiled a cabinet described as ground-breaking for female representation - with nine out 14 members being women, including the vice-president.
The 72-year-old won November's election with a 58% share of the vote.
She is a long-term member of Swapo – which has been in power since the country gained independence in 1990 after a long struggle against apartheid South Africa.
An analysis by The New York Times found that schools targeted by the Trump administration have sharply increased spending on lobbying and became far more reliant on lobbyists with Republican ties.
The University of California system spent over $900,000 on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, according to the analysis. The Trump administration targeted two of its schools for investigation.
Crisps, croissants, doughnuts, muffins, sweets and hot dogs all count as ultra-processed food
People who eat lots of ultra-processed foods (UPF) may be at greater risk of dying early, a study in eight countries including the UK and the US suggests.
Processed meats, biscuits, fizzy drinks, ice cream and some breakfast cereals are examples of UPF, which are becoming increasingly common around the world.
UPFs tend to contain more than five ingredients, which are not usually found in home cooking, such as additives, sweeteners and chemicals to improve the food's texture or appearance.
Some experts say it's not known why UPFs are linked to poor health - there is little evidence it's down to the processing itself and could be because these foods contain high levels of fat, salt and sugar.
'Artificial ingredients'
The researchers behind the study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, looked at previous research to estimate the impact of ultra-processed food intake on mortality.
The study cannot definitively prove that UPFs caused any premature deaths.
This is because the amount of ultra-processed foods in someone's diet is also linked to their overall diet, exercise levels, wider lifestyle and wealth, which can all also affect health.
The studies looked at surveys of people's diets and at data on deaths from eight countries - Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, UK and US.
The report estimates that in the UK and the US, where UPFs account for more than half of calorie intake, 14% of early deaths could be linked to the harms they cause.
In countries such as Colombia and Brazil, where UPF intake is much lower (less than 20% of calorie intake), the study estimated these foods are linked to around 4% of premature deaths.
Lead study author Dr Eduardo Nilson, from Brazil, said UPFs affected health "because of the changes in the foods during industrial processing and the use of artificial ingredients, including colorants, artificial flavours and sweeteners, emulsifiers, and many other additives and processing aids".
By their calculations, in the US in 2018, there were 124,000 premature deaths due to the consumption of ultra-processed food. In the UK, nearly 18,000.
The study says governments should update their dietary advice to urge people to cut back on these foods.
What is ultra-processed food?
There is no one definition that everyone agrees on, but the NOVA classification is often used. Examples include:
cakes
crisps
supermarket bread
ready meals
processed meat
chicken nuggets
fish fingers
yoghurts
tofu
baby formula
Still questions to answer
The numbers in the study are based on modelling the impact of ultra-processed foods on people's health.
Prof Kevin McConway, emeritus professor of applied statistics, Open University, said the study makes lots of mathematical assumptions which make him cautious about what the findings mean.
"It's still far from clear whether consumption of just any UPF at all is bad for health, or what aspect of UPFs might be involved.
"This all means that it's impossible for any one study to be sure whether differences in mortality between people who consume different UPF amounts are actually caused by differences in their UPF consumption.
"You still can't be sure from any study of this kind exactly what's causing what."
Dr Nerys Astbury, an expert in diet and obesity at the University of Oxford, also agrees there are limitations to the research.
It's been known for some time that diets high in energy, fat and sugar can increase the risk of diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart conditions and some cancers, which can lead to premature death.
"Many UPF tend to be high in these nutrients," she says, adding that studies to date haven't been able to prove that the effects of UPFs are due to anything more than "diets high in foods which are energy dense and contain large amounts of fat and sugar".
This type of research cannot prove that consumption of ultra-processed foods is harmful, says Dr Stephen Burgess at Cambridge University.
How physically fit someone is may be the main cause of poor health instead. But when numerous studies across many countries and culture suggest UPFs could be a risk to health, Dr Burgess says "ultra-processed foods may be more than a bystander".
Millions of public sector workers should be given pay rises of as much as 4%, pay review bodies have told ministers - significantly higher than ministers wanted.
The pay review body for teachers in England has recommended a pay rise of about 4% this year, while its NHS equivalent has recommended about 3%, according to figures first reported by The Times.
Both figures are higher than the 2.8% the government had budgeted for in their proposals to the pay bodies, and are likely to place further strain on public finances.
Health Minister Stephen Kinnock said the government will give "careful consideration" to pay rise recommendations for NHS workers but must make sure to balance the books.
Speaking on Sky News, Kinnock said: "We are all about putting more money into the pockets of working people, but we do also have to ensure that we are balancing the books, and we have got to work in terms of public sector pay within fiscal constraints.
"We will give these recommendations careful consideration.
"But I would, of course, also urge our colleagues in the trade union movement to engage constructively with us and recognise the reality of the financial position."
The government could reject the pay recommendations and stick to 2.8%.
But it is more likely that ministers say the higher pay will have to be funded by existing budgets and efficiency savings.
That would set ministers on a collision course with trade unions and - government insiders privately concede - make a new wave of strikes possible.
But the British Medical Association (BMA) previously said the government's approach "indicates a poor grasp of the unresolved issues from two years of industrial action".
Last year the government accepted the recommendations of the pay review bodies in full, handing workers raises of between 4.75% to 6% - a move that ended widespread industrial action.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has cited ending strikes as a key part of his plan to improve the NHS, arguing it is one of the reasons waiting lists have been falling for the past six months.
Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson said the government will face "tough" trade-offs when considering how to award pay.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set "very, very tight budgets" so any pay increase risks the government being "forced into tax rises or other spending cuts", Johnson said.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Johnson said: "If you're increasing pay then you can't do other things.
"You can't employ more teachers or open breakfast clubs or have more doctors and nurses."
Public anger over pay, squeezed public services and potential strikes could play a major role in local elections this week - the government's first major test since last year's landslide general election victory.
Sir Keir is spending Monday touring hospitals promoting reforms to the NHS app - which he said will haul the health service out of the "dark ages", saving it money and cutting waiting lists.
The salaries of NHS staff, as well as other public-sector workers such as police officers, teachers and the members of the armed forces, are recommended by eight pay review bodies (PRBs).
They cover 2.5 million workers - about 45% of public-sector staff - and a pay bill of around £100bn.
The PRBs are made up of economists and experts on human resources, with experience in both the public and private sector and are appointed by the relevant government department.
The independent pay review bodies take overall earnings, both public and private sector, and the forecast rate of inflation into account when they make their recommendations.
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This week will bring the UK its warmest weather of the year.
Temperatures are currently expected to peak at 27 or 28C (81-82F) on Thursday - 1 May - but there is a small chance that 27C could be reached by Wednesday.
That would mark the hottest April weather for seven years.
The warmth will be accompanied by dry conditions and sunshine bringing high UV and pollen levels.
High pressure has become established close to the UK blocking the progress of rain-bearing weather systems, with the jet stream diverted away from our shores.
As that area of high pressure drifts slowly eastwards it is opening the door to a feed of south or south-easterly winds, bringing warm air from continental Europe.
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Guernsey saw strong sunshine on Monday and this is set to continue
Almost all areas, away from the far north of Scotland, will get into the twenties Celsius on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Current forecasts suggest that parts of south-east England will reach 26C - a temperature last recorded in April during the memorable lockdown spring of 2020.
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27C is likely on Thursday and it is possible that parts of south-east England could even reach 28C (82F)
However, it is possible that the mercury may creep a little higher.
If this happens and 27C is recorded on Wednesday it will mark the warmest April day since 2018.
Thursday - which is the first day of May - is likely to be the peak of this warm spell.
In south-east England 27-28C (81-82F) is likely although many areas further north will have started to turn cooler by this stage.
Will it be a heatwave?
Technically, this is unlikely to meet the Met Office's criteria for a heatwave.
That requires temperatures to exceed a threshold - which varies from 25 to 28C across the UK - for at least three consecutive days.
This week's weather will probably fall short of that.
However, it will still be a notable warm spell with daytime temperatures widely 8-10°C above the seasonal norm.
Occasional bursts of very warm weather are not unusual in spring but scientists expect that spring heat will become more common in future.
Pollen levels are expected to be high or very high over the next few days which means more bad news for hay fever sufferers after a severe start to the pollen season.
The sun is as strong in late April as in early August
The ongoing dry weather may also cause problems.
Parts of southern England have had just a fifth of the rainfall they would normally expect since early March.
Fire services will be on alert for more wildfires after analysis showed the area burned in the UK in 2025 is already higher than for any year in more than a decade.
Will the warm weather last?
Some changes will start to take place by the end of this week as cooler air begins to move down from the north.
A few showers are expected, perhaps even with isolated thundery downpours in southern areas, as the warm weather breaks down.
However, high pressure should still be fairly close by for the bank holiday weekend meaning plenty of dry weather, albeit with a few showers.
You can keep up to date with the prospects for your area by checking BBC Weather online and on the app.
Harry Purcell and Matilda Seccombe were among three teenagers who died after the crash in April 2023
A man has been given a two-year custodial sentence for killing three teenagers in a crash on their way home from school.
Edward Spencer, now 19, was driving a Ford Fiesta near Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, when it crashed with a Fiat 500 in April 2023, five weeks after passing his test.
His passengers Harry Purcell, 17; Matilda "Tilly" Seccombe, 16; and Frank Wormald, 16, sustained fatal injuries. Spencer last month admitted causing their deaths by careless driving.
He also admitted three counts of causing serious injury by careless driving in relation to the Fiat, occupied by a 10 and 12-year-old travelling with their stepmother. The children suffered "life-changing" injuries.
Spencer, from Newbold on Stour, Warwickshire, is to serve his sentence in a youth offenders institution.
At Warwick Crown Court on Monday, he was also banned from driving for eight years, with a recommendation that he face an extended retest before being allowed to drive again.
The four teenagers had been travelling home from Chipping Campden School in Gloucestershire at the time of the crash, which happened on Campden Road.
Spencer, who was then aged 17, had previously denied all six charges but changed his pleas to guilty in March.
Marks and Spencer (M&S) customers have been telling the BBC of their frustration as disruption caused by the cyber attack which has hit the retailer continues into another trading week.
The incident - which it disclosed last Monday - has caused delayed parcels, paused online orders and suspended gift card payments, and has seen the retailer take down several parts of its operations over the last few days.
It has yet to disclose the nature of the cyber attack or when it expects operations to return to normal. Some customers told the BBC that M&S' communication over affected orders has been "disappointing".
Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell, said M&S's success was "built on trust" - and this was something customers may question after it suspended online orders.
"The longer it takes to draw a line under the cyber incident, the greater the risk to Marks & Spencer's reputation," he told the BBC.
"Shoppers want to know that their personal and financial details are safe when buying goods online and Marks & Spencer failing to give the all-clear implies that something is very wrong at its end."
Customer impact
Customers have described problems at tills, self-checkout and online orders in messages sent to BBC News.
Others say they have had to cancel orders for clothes which they were expecting to collect before going on holiday, or have been unable to return goods they had previously bought.
But some have expressed sympathy for the staff at the stores, who they say have been on the receiving end of abuse from angry customers, or having to deal with shopping abandoned at the tills when customers were unable to pay when contactless payments were down.
Gift cards and vouchers are still not working, according to a number of customers.
For some, the issues have also impacted deliveries of gifts such as flowers.
Linda Sonntag, who lives in Norwich, told the BBC she was left "disappointed" after a flower delivery arranged for a friend never arrived.
While she had been refunded for a separate clothing order, on Monday she said she was still awaiting a refund and email with information about her order.
"In the meantime I've had to order flowers from somewhere else," she said.
"I don't blame them, they've had a cyber attack," Ms Sonntag added.
"But I don't think their attitude towards their customers is very helpful."
Dawn Cunnington of Exeter, agreed the company was not to blame, but said she had no communication from M&S about her own flower order not being fulfilled.
She had ordered flowers on Wednesday, on behalf of her 91-year-old mother, for her mother's friend, who was celebrating their 90th birthday.
"I'd had nothing from them until I phoned up," she told the BBC.
Ms Cunnington said she received a refund and a £10 apology voucher after calling M&S to find out what happened to the flowers, but was "a bit cross" they had allowed her to place the order in the first place, given it was aware of cyber incident.
'Cat and mouse'
M&S remains silent on how the cyber attack unfolded, the nature of the attack and how specifically it has been affected by it - leaving cyber security experts to speculate as to what might have happened.
It is known it has hired external cyber security experts, who are likely to be a team of Incident Response specialists who will be working around the clock either at the headquarters of the company or remotely.
Their first priority is likely to be find out where the hackers are in the IT system and kick them out.
Switching off computer servers used in their online ordering, payment or logistics systems might imply that security teams have isolated that portion as a way the hackers gained entry.
They might also have taken these offline to stop the hackers from spreading their malicious software into those previously unaffected areas.
It might also be the case that the company is taking all non-business critical services offline to help deal with the hack.
"In situations like this, in-store services are typically prioritised for recovery, which can mean online operations take slightly longer to restore," said Sam Kirkman, a director at cyber-security firm NetSPI.
He told the BBC that while M&S taking steps like pausing services may make the incident seem "even more serious from the outside," they would allow staff to contain any potential threats and begin recovery safely.
Shares and sales
Meanwhile the company's share price has fallen almost 10% over the past week.
The retailer's shares fell by 2.5% in morning trading on Monday, as the week began with no update for customers or investors about its decision to pause online orders on Friday.
About a third of M&S's clothing and household goods' sales in the UK are through its online platforms and were worth some £1.268bn in latest published financial results.
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, said even though M&S's physical stores were still open, many of them "simply don't stock the popular ranges from online".
She added clothes sales were "likely to take a big hit" as the cyber-attack had occurred during a spell of warm weather when summer ranges would be "piling up in virtual baskets".
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