then we were told to run london bridge. then we were told to ru n towards london bridge. then we were told to run towards elephant & castle as they tried to secure that stretch of road that leads up from elephant & castle towards london bridge. we're watching the metropolitan police twitter feed in the studio and they have just said that as well as london bridge, officers have also responded to an incident in borough market. " we have armed police at the scene" not just market. " we have armed police at the scene" notjust one incident but two that they are dealing with that they have confirmed on twitter. emily, how clear was it that this was gunfire you were hearing, it is often mistaken for something else. was gunfire you were hearing, it is often mistaken for something elselj can't claim to have ever heard gunfire in my life before but i was fairly sure that was it. it sounded like a very rapid fire. but by that stage it was as clear as it could be that it was police gunfire because there were so many blue lights and we could hear the sirens and the shouting. one man w

i'm at london bridge in central london were six people were killed last night. counter—terrorism police are still on the scene. in the first incident, a van swerved onto the pavement and ploughed into pedestrians, eyewitnesses say the driver seemed to be deliberately targeting people. get down! he and two other men left the van in nearby borough market, where several people were attacked with knives. they were running in. they were going into all the pubs. i cannot remember all of them. i was saying run, run, run. police responded within eight minutes. armed officers shot dead three attackers. the suspects were wearing what looked like explosive vests, but we re looked like explosive vests, but were hoaxes. the prime minister has left the campaign trail to return to london. she'll hold a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee in westminster later this morning. on breakfast this morning, we'll bring you the latest from the scene and keep you up—to—date with the investigation and reaction. good morning from central london, where six people hav

it is opposite london bridge station where people go to head home after a night out in central london. putting together eyewitness reports, only eyewitness reports, which can be wrong, but the eyewitnesses we spoke to say a van ploughed into people on the southern end of london bridge, i was told by people in a pub that it was told by people in a pub that it was on the corner of the bridge, that grey, possibly four man, got out, armed with knives. —— three, possible four men,. one was mediterranean in terms of skin colour and had a black and red top on and had a long knife. i asked if it was a breadknife sized weapon and the eyewitness said he felt it was a long kitchen knife. they ran towards london bridge and, sorry, borough markets, went and attacked people. we have reports from a security manager who looks after security in a number of the pubs and bars in that location. he said his collea g u es that location. he said his colleagues were ringing him and telling him that people were being stabbed in the pubs and cafes. in particular at one of them, for people had been stabbed.

you are watching bbc news, i am jane hill at london bridge in central london. in the wake of a terrorist attack which has killed seven people overnight. a white van drove into pedestrians before three men jumped a white van drove into pedestrians before three menjumped out a white van drove into pedestrians before three men jumped out and stabbed people in the streets nearby. they were running in, all of the pubs, all of the bars, i can't remember all of them. i was going to people, run, run, run. the prime minister has emerged from chairing an emergency cobra committee meeting. she said the time has come for things to change. there is,

london. she will hold a meeting of the cobra committee in westminster later this morning. on breakfast, we will bring you the latest from london bridge and keep you up—to—date with the investigation and reaction. good morning. you are watching bbc brea kfast. good morning. you are watching bbc breakfast. i am good morning. you are watching bbc breakfast. iam naga good morning. you are watching bbc breakfast. i am naga munchetty in central london. there was in a tacky last night were six people were killed and up to 50 injured after three men in a van ploughed into people on london bridge and began attacking people with knives. —— there was an attack here. police responded after iopm after a call. they began stabbing people at borough market. all three attackers wearing fake explosive vests were shot and killed by police. at least 50 have been injured and some with minor injuries were treated at the scene. it began in what is becoming a familiarand it began in what is becoming a famili

sophie raworth is on london bridge. as you can see behind me, there is a huge cordon here, the whole area is closed off. london bridge state —— station is open, and the cathedral has been closed, sealed off to the public for now. i'm joined by the bishop of southwark, good afternoon and thank you forjoining us. can you remember a time when

london. we're treating this as a terrorist incident and they pulled investigation is under way led by london's counterterrorism command. you understand our knowledge of the incident is still growing but at the moment what we understand is as follows. at 10:08pm last night we began to receive reports a vehicle had struck pedestrians on london bridge. the vehicle continued to drive them from london bridge to borough market. the suspects left the vehicle, attempting to stay number of people, including an on duty british transport police officer who was responding to the incident and he risk received serious injuries, fortunately not life—threatening. his family has been informed. armed response officers then responded very quickly and bravely and confronted the three male suspects, who were shot and killed in borough market. the suspects had been confronted and shot by police within eight minutes of the first call. the suspects were wearing what looked like an explosive vests, but these were l

london bridge station is the gateway to south—east london and into kent, with overland train stations. it is a tube station as well. you have borough market and several restaurants and pubs in the area. it is a tourist attraction. 0n area. it is a tourist attraction. 0n a saturday night it would have been very busy. we are looking at the metropolitan police twitter feed. very busy. we are looking at the metropolitan police twitterfeed. 13 minutes ago, they said they were dealing with an incident on london bridge, they will update the twitter feed when they have more information. it has been retweeted thousands of times already. horribly reminiscent of what we saw on westminster bridge only a few weeks ago? yes, in march, in the middle of the day, that incident in westminster where that car mounted the pavement, knocked people down. we now know what happened there. what we will be trying to ascertain, and what police will be trying to ascertain in the next few hours is, was this deliberate? who is behind it? is this an isolated incident? at the moment we do not know. we will look at li

london bridge runs from the city across the river to a very busy area of london to be i come here a lot for reporting. london bridge station is one of the busiest stations in the country, somewhere people go to head home from the pub. 0n the corner is an area where there are 0n the corner is an area where there a re cafes, 0n the corner is an area where there are cafes, daytime food stalls, in borough market. we understand from eyewitnesses, and clearly we have to have a helpful warning, eyewitnesses sometimes think they have seen something and describe things in ways that are not entirely accurate. but they seem to be saying there was a white van crashing into pedestrians at the southern end of the bridge, outside a pub on the southern end of a bridge, 2—3—4 man getting out of the car and attacking people with knives near where the collision happened and running down near the corner into the borough market area. in that area are lots of pubs and restaurants. i spoke to a witness who runs security for a number of establishments in the area. he said he was getting reports by phone of

good afternoon from london bridge in central london. i'm jane good afternoon from london bridge in central london. i'mjane hill, bringing you the aftermath of another terrorist attack in this country. following on from the huge attack in manchester just country. following on from the huge attack in manchesterjust a couple of weeks ago and the westminster bridge attack in march. seven people we re bridge attack in march. seven people were killed in this part of london overnight, and 48 injured. speaking in the last hour, the prime minister spoke outside downing street and talked about the single evil ideology of islamic extremism. she has called for it to be tackled head—on. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, has been praising the remarkable bravery of her police officers, both on duty and off duty. many of them risked their lives by running towards the attackers to confront them. let's just bring you up—to—date with what we know so far about this attack here in the capital on saturday, which has claimed the lives

an attack in london sends its anguish around the world. allan little, bbc news, london. many hundreds of people were caught up many hundreds of people were caught up in the attack on saturday. 0ne many hundreds of people were caught up in the attack on saturday. one of them was richard angell, who is joining me live by london bridge. thank you for coming out, i know it isa thank you for coming out, i know it is a really unpleasant evening. you are back in town because you went to the jaw earlier. yes, we went to the vigil where sadiq khan i think spoke for everyone in this city as the mayor of london. he spoke about our unity, our diversity, and how we will not let these people change our lives. they don't speak for people of his faith, they don't speak to people of any faith, and they don't speakfor the people of any faith, and they don't speak for the carriage of london that will come through this. and we remember the seven people who are now not with their loved ones, friends and families, and the 21 still in hospital. tell me what happened to you on saturday. still i

london bridge is falling down, the song goes — but london appears determined to stand up to those who would divide it. four police officers were among those injured in the course of the attack. one was off duty, and was stabbed as he struggled with one of the attackers. another was a british transport police officer who, despite being unarmed, confronted one of the suspects. it's been confirmed that people from france, spain, australia and new zealand are also among those injured. and tonight the first victim has been named as christine archibald from canada. our correspondent sarah campbell reports on the people caught up in last night's attack. daniel o'neill, who's 23, is recovering in hospital, one of the many pub and restaura nt—goers attacked at random. the shock and anger is palpable from his mother. he'd just stepped outside the barfor a second, and a man ran up to him and said, "this is for my family, this is for islam," and stuck a knife straight in him. he's got a seven—inch scar going from his belly round to his back. i'm still in shock, i still can't quite believe it'

born in pakistan, raised in london. he worked on the london underground. he turned to islamist extremism. my kids loved playing with him. this lady is a neighbour who said that he was well—known but now she feels fooled. he was nice to the kids. i was blind. scary, we have children playing near. benjamin said hello to khuram butt, even on the day of the attack. yes, i can remember seeing him. what was he like? he was quiet. what was he wearing? arsenal t—shirt. was he calm when you saw him on saturday? yeah he was calm. michael watched police move into his neighbour's house. we thought he was moving out because he was parked in a middle—of—the—road. he also watched the london attacker in the white van speeding up and down their street. what was the van doing? it screeched up, they drove really fast and another car was behind him, a red car. so it was speeding up and braking? braking on the bend. notjust known to his neighbours, khuram butt was known to mi5 and counterterrorism police as an extremist. he wasn't happy with how women were dressed. h

this is a densely packed area of north london. i don't know if you can see me, but i'm walking past the line. there's a line of 30 police officers, three vans, the roads blocked off. but yeah, it's a very serious incident, and there's a lot of anger. there's a massive group shouting and arguing, and it's quite frightening at times, but i can understand the anger, because some of the reporters are just there to get what they need to get, and i guess the people here get a sense of, you are invading our privacy. as we go to live pictures, you can see that dawn is breaking now in north london on what is being described as a major incident near one, possibly two mosques in the finsbury park area. police cordoned there. a large crowd gathered at what has been described as a major incident. the metropolitan police say this happened at around 12:20am london time. they described it as a van, a vehicle colliding with pedestrians. since that initial statement from the metropolitan police, we have spoken to a number of eyewitnesses similarto

aerial shots of london bridge in central london. a crucial piece of information that came out of the briefing, the death toll regrettably has risen. cressida dick telling journalists seven people died in the attack overnight. seven people died, a8 people were injured. the commissioner saying that the police do believe they have shot dead all of the attackers. she said they were three attackers, we believe, and three attackers, we believe, and three people were shot dead. the latest information from the metropolitan police. we will have much more in a moment. political reaction. returning to andrew marr in the studio. we heard a moment ago from david davis, brexit secretary, i am joined now by the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry. you are listening to cressida dick and you are of course a london mp yourself. to cressida dick and you are of course a london mp yourselflj to cressida dick and you are of course a london mp yourself. i did not get a lot of sleep. like a lot of londoners, we did not get a lot of londoners, we did

born in pakistan, raised in london. he worked on the london underground. he turned to islamist extremism. my kids loved playing with him. this lady is a neighbour who said that he was well—known but now he feels —— she feels fooled. he was nice to the kids. i was blind. she feels fooled. he was nice to the kids. iwas blind. scary, she feels fooled. he was nice to the kids. i was blind. scary, we have children playing near. benjamin said hello to khuram butt, even on the day of the attack. yes, i can rememberseeing him. day of the attack. yes, i can remember seeing him. what was he like? he was quiet. what was he wearing? arsenalt-shirt. was he calm when you saw him on saturday? yeah he was calm. michael watched police moving into his neighbour's house. we thought he was moving out because he was parked in a middle—of—the—road. because he was parked in a middle-of-the-road. he also watched the london attacker in the white van speeding up and down their street. what was his van doing? it screeched up, they drove really fast and another car was be

in east london. his name was on a europe—wide watchlist. bell tolls this morning at 11, a minute's silence observed across the uk for the seven people who were killed in the attack and dozens who were injured. an australian nurse, kirsty boden, is the third victim to be named. she was killed as she ran to help others during the attack. also in the next hour, back on the campaign trail — theresa may has said she'll change human rights laws, if they stop her from tackling terrorism. with just two days left before we all have a chance to vote, the main parties return to their main manifesto themes. we'll be exploring what the outlook is for taxes. will they rise, stay the same, or fall, after thursday's election? and in half an hour's time, we'll be live at the newsbeat youth election debate in manchester. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the metropolitan police have named the third man who carried out the deadly attack on london bridge. he was 22—year—old youssef zaghba, who was an italian

i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: two of the three london bridge attackers have been named by police. one was a well—known supporter of an islamist extremist group. president trump has again taken to twitter to criticise the mayor of london, sadiq khan, over his response to the attack. china has complained to zambia after 31 of its nationals were arrested at the weekend for alleged illegal mining practices — including running unlicenced plants and employing children. china says zambia has not provided strong evidence. that story is on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the financial times, which leads with the latest from the investigation into the london terror attack on saturday night. the article focuses on one of the three attackers, 27—year—old khuram butt and how security services failed to properly monitor him — despite his appearance in a tv documentary. in australia, tasmania's mercury is also covering the attack in london under the h

the london underground. and we're hearing that to london underground lines close to the tower have been partly suspended because of concerns about the safety of the damaged building. transport for london has said that the hammersmith and city and circle lines have been halted at the request of the london fire brigade. we will try to get you more information on that and indeed when there is that police press conference if they have any more information about the safety of the building. in terms of the community but here, well, it continues apace, really. and all sorts of donations have been given. the community organisers saying they have enough donations now. but what they're looking for is more coordination. and although there is this task force that the government have set up force that the government have set up and it is' on the ground today, the volunteers out and speaking to say they have not seen any sign of it yet. i was talking to one community organiser and asked her how things are going. it is goi

an attack in london sends its anguish around the world. allan little, bbc news, london. to the biggest islamic court case the decade. bill cosby arrived in pennsylvania today. after allegations that he drugs and molested a woman. this is the only one that made it trial. bill cosby says he is innocent. it isa it is a site bill cosby‘s accuses never thought they would see. the legendary entertainer at court in pennsylvania to stand trial for sexual assault. mr cosby was once one of the most loved stars on television. wholesome, funny, he was america's famous dad. enduring unravelled it is a very number of women 110w unravelled it is a very number of women now nearly 60 have come forward with strikingly similar allegations. i woke up in the back of my car, alone, my clothes were a mess, my bra or undone. time has run out for those women to bring charges. all until andrea constand. she alleged that he molested her while she was unconscious. it looked at bill cosby was in the clear that after the testimony from that case was made public, it was reopened. in the case, he adm

armed officers in east london. five people remain in custody in connection with saturday's attack. distressing cctv images have emerged showing the moment armed police gunned down the three killers responsible for the deaths of eight people. other separate footage shows all three men together, laughing and joking outside a gym, five days before the attack. a warning that this report from richard lister contains distressing images. the final moments of saturday's attack, these images show an injured victim on the pavement. police raise their weapons as three men wielding knives reveal themselves. seconds later, all three have been shot down. the fate of the injured victim is not clear. this footage has emerged too — the three killers laughing and joking outside an east london fitness centre five days before their attack. police are slowly building the profile of who they were, who they knew and, crucially, who may have helped them. the investigation so far has focused on one particular stretch of east london. in i

we ran towards london bridge station. i try towards london bridge station. i try to get hold of a couple of people. i'll be honest with you, i did not really see like anyone. there was commotion but there was not a huge amount of information ring disseminated between people. some people were just walking around as if that were normal, some were panicking. particularly in the station it was as though half the people had not a clue what was going on. even though i sort of storeyed, sort of, part of it, i still did not know what was going on. i definitely saw the van crashed into gate fence area. it looked mangled and, like i said, isaw area. it looked mangled and, like i said, i saw people running, a guy running up the stairs and that is when he shouted that he has a knife. what was going through your mind. what was going through your mind. what was going through your mind when you heard those words? honestly... it took me a long time to realise what was going on. sol did not fully believe what was happening. i had been out there ten seconds earlierjust with m

i am thinking about london at the moment. this is about london at the moment. this is a city that is no stranger to terrorism, sadly. it has always proved it is resilient. it thrives on its liberal values, its tolerance and diversity. looking around us now, there are so many different cultures and ethnicities. people from all over the world. for the most pa rt from all over the world. for the most part they get on well. in international terms, london, for its size, is one of the most peaceful and safe cities you can find anywhere on the planet. i was here last night and talked to many people who had been caught up in the attacks. i think that, despite all the horror, despite the pain, the grief, i don't thing that london will ever allow itself to be terrorised. many thanks.

an attack in london sends its anguish around the world. allan little, bbc news, london. the british prime minister has accused technology firms of not doing enough to remove jihadist propaganda. theresa may called for international agreements to regulate cyberspace and help prevent the spread of extremist material. google, facebook and twitter say they‘ re investing significant resources in fighting the spread of extremism. amol rajan looks at the criticisms facing social media companies. if you know what you're looking for, it's easy to find extremist propaganda on the internet. 0nline magazines and videos with high production values that glamorise the struggle to establish the caliphate are shared widely on social media and through messaging apps. the spotlight now is on the technology platforms that host such material. despite public concern, google, facebook and twitter declined an interview request, and not for the first time. but in statements, google said... facebook said... and twitter said... extremists are migrating onto messaging apps like telegram and whats

transport for london have closed the london bridge station. the london ambulance service are saying to only call 909 if you have a genuine emergency. “— call 909 if you have a genuine emergency. —— nine 99. they are having to divert as many resources as possible to this incident. for anyone switching on and joining us, you are watching bbc news. we are reporting an incident that unfolded about 20 minutes ago, that was when we first got warning via reuters. 0ur reporter greg dawson is here with us. i will speak to you again ina with us. i will speak to you again in a moment but let's return now to hollyjones, the bbc reporter who, quite by chance, was on london bridge at the time the incident unfolded. holly, thank you for joining us again, you had to leave us joining us again, you had to leave us moments ago joining us again, you had to leave us moments ago as joining us again, you had to leave us moments ago as police were approaching. tell us where you are now and what you can see?|j approaching. tell us where you are now and what yo

on the line is someone london bridge. on the line is someone who was london bridge. on the line is someone who was at london bridge. on the line is someone who was at the pub with friends underneath london bridge at the time of the first incident. i know that you are far away from their now, but what happened? i was there with my girlfriend and two other friends at around ten o'clock in the evening a woman in her early 20s staggered into the pub and she was bleeding heavily from the neck and from her mouth. it seemed to me and my friend that her throat had been cut. people went to her aid throat had been cut. people went to heraid and throat had been cut. people went to her aid and the pub was then closed. we saw police on the roads nearby and then as we were told to leave the area by armed police, as we were running away from their i could see to my left that another individual was having cpr performed on them by emergency services. how quickly did the paramedics arrived ? emergency services. how quickly did the paramedics arrived? at that point i don't know which e

of course the authorities in london dealing with so authorities in london dealing with so much in the last few weeks. the fire at the grenfell tower in west london, in which many people were killed, and of course a number of terrorism incidents. let's go to our reporter jane—frances kelly, she's at the scene and she's been speaking to eyewitnesses and we spoke to her earlier. eyewitnesses have told me that at about 12:10am this evening a white van went down the seven sisters rd and they say it deliberately went into a and they say it deliberately went intoa group and they say it deliberately went into a group of people on the pavement. apparently they were helping an elderly gentleman that had collapsed beforehand. now, eyewitnesses again say they saw between four to eight people on the ground injured. we don't know how badly. and those people were wearing identifiably muslim clothing. many people had come out of the two mosques here, the finsbury park mosques here, the finsbury park mosque and the abu hamza mosque. they were attending last prayers, many came out to have a break, to

she has put out a tweet saying that she is praying for london. ariana grande praying for london. that consett a little bit later on today with katy perry, miley cyrus, justin bieber take that and many other stars to raise money for the victims of the manchester attack. we have been hearing throughout the night from eyewitnesses who have seen, watched and heard the horror as it unfolded here on london bridge and borough market. this is an eyewitness called gerard spoke to us earlier. so i walk up to london bridge, i go passed the natwest bank, come under the train bridge, the next minute i saw a geezer on the floor going, "i've been stabbed, i've been stabbed." i looked at him, there was blood on him, "someone‘s stabbed my mate, someone‘s stabbed my mate." the next thing i saw three muslim guys run up with knives, they ran up started stabbing this girls, the three of them, i was defenseless, i couldn't do nothing, mate. they attacked her, then they stabbed another guy i think if i remember rightly, i was a bit shocked, they started running up the road, i started going, "everyb

i am jane hill at london bridge in central london. you're watching bbc news. i'mjane hill on london bridge where seven people have been killed and nearly 50 injured in a terrorist attack. a white van drove into pedestrians before three men jumped out and stabbed people in nearby streets. they run in and they were stabbing everyone and i was going to people run, run, run. distressing scenes as paramedics and the emergency services provided first aid. some of the injured are said to be in a critical condition in hospital. police placed several bars in lockdown — people were ordered to lay on the ground as officers checked there were no assailants present. police say that within eight minutes of receiving first reports of the attack they had shot dead the three assailants. senior officers say they believe the incident is under control. a large cordon remains in place. there are many officers on scene. we still need to carry out a thorough search of the area to ensure everyone is accounted for. the mayor of london joins an emergency cobra committee meeting, chai

king's college london in camberwell, south london, is one of those trauma units. it is women and eight men were brought here in the immediate aftermath of the attacks. we understand that one patient has been discharged. the two other hospitals in london with major trauma units are royal london, 12 people taken there, and guy's and st thomas', which had eight patients taken in but five have been discharged. very few details are coming out of the hospitals at the moment about how seriously injured people are. we know that some are critically injured but at the moment out of respect for patient confidentiality and for their families and the police operation, very few more details are being given. one fact that we do know, among the injured, among the 48, four police officers. one was a british transport police officer who was very british transport police officer who was very seriously injured. we think he was attacked with a knife. one of the other police officers was an off—duty met police officer, described as a rugby, sporty, and is an police officer. he actual

we are spending the morning in london as close as we can bid to london bridge. you'll get a sense behind me if you look over my right shoulder, and as carol was saying, bright skies in london, you can see the shard in the distance and we have borough market in the foreground and you can see the flowers gathering. it's interesting, those hash tags, love for london, a number of flowers have been laid for the victims of the terrible attack here on saturday night. i was mindful watching, as i know you have been, some of the events in manchester, the concert last night, and the atmosphere around that, some was pure celebration, some was a tribute to those who lost their lives but there was clearly an air of defiance. as you can hear, a lot of defiance. as you can hear, a lot of traffic moving behind the camera, london has been in this situation before, been through terrible terror attacks and has had to find a way to react. tim muffet has been talking to some of those people in london to find out their feelings about how to react to an incident like this. ten weeks a

and on the london attacks, it reports that police raided several addresses in east london, making 12 arrests. and the independent pictures singer ariana grande performing at old trafford in the all—star benefit gig for victims of the manchester bombing. "manchester's message — we are not afraid." so let's begin. afamiliar a familiarface a familiar face is with us. jonathan charles, managing director of communications at the european bank of reconstruction and development. hello, good morning. yet again, we are discussing a terrorist attack, this time in london, again, let's look at the telegraph ‘s angle. they talk about some the latest development and also some of the security lined with regards to barking in london in particular and some of the detail that is coming through. that is the headline bear, police uncover youtube link to london terror attack, making it very clear as far as the telegraph is concerned, that there is something that links social media to this. obviously we know of the hate videos on social media that are often the cause of radicalisation and they are p

that came to us from london police, police at london bridge. i believe we can speak to a bbc producer, a colleague who works here in the newsroom with us. who works here in the newsroom with us. where are you? i am at the south side of london bridge which is quite close to borough market, the south side of london bridge where one of the incidents appeared to have happened. i spoke to several people who have come across the bridge saying they were evacuated from buildings that they were at work in there. they heard about the incident, they may not have seen but they are aware that an incident happened on the bridge and they have been asked to leave their building and come away. we are right the cordon on the south side of the bridge. we have not been moved back, police have said it is an ongoing incident happening. i have also heard here although it is yet to be confirmed officially that there have been two incidents, one at london bridge, one at borough market. we don't know if those incidents are ongoing but clearly there is a concern is the s

i mentioned the mayor of london, sadiq khan, he said he felt london security services we re he felt london security services were the best in the world. he said, i'm confident that london remains a safest city in the world, but warned that there will be an increased police presence on the streets of the capitalfor police presence on the streets of the capital for the next few days. let's return now to central london. the increased police presence is very evident. the attacks took place yesterday evening. we will bring you the latest in the investigation and hear from the scene as well. we have been talking about eyewitnesses. we will bring you the recounts. let us remind you of what has happened. shortly after 10pm last night, there we re shortly after 10pm last night, there were reports of men in a van ploughing into people on london bridge. men left the van armed with knives and attacked people on the bridge. and also at nearby are market. a busy area full of restau ra nts a nd bars market. a busy area full of restaurants and bars where people we re restaurants and bars where people were

in the london bridge area. sadly, on saturday, late in the night, she was one who was caught up in the middle of the incident. now, according to her mother, kim del toro, she initially tried to avoid the attackers after they stormed into the building but speaking to the abc here in australia, she explained what happened to her daughter. ijust i just know that she was hiding ijust know that she was hiding at the time and the guy got her and just stabbed her in the next somewhere and that's really all i know. i was really scared, yeah, really scared. but, yeah, i eventually got onto the hospital and they spoke to me and they said that she had undergone surgery and she had a knife wound in the neck and, yeah... incredibly lucky that it didn't affect her voice or anything. she couldn't speak straightaway when she had the surgery but she is fine now, she will be ok and it is the main thing. and the prime minister has been talking about other australians who we re talking about other australians who were caught up in

world leaders express support for london. the australian prime minister calls it the cruel, new reality. # so, sally can wait, she knows it's too late...# and in manchester, the scene of the previous uk attack, a tribute concert with some of the world's biggest stars. welcome to london bridge in the heart of the british capital, where we have a fuller picture of the attack that killed seven people and injured many others. this is an active investigation still going on and the police cordon are staying up, police say they don't know when they will come down. police now know the identity of the three men who, arriving by van, went on the rampage, first hitting people with their vehicle, then lashing out with knives in bars and restaurants. in the past few hours, so—called islamic state has claimed responsibility for this. but we do have to trick that with a lot of caution. we know the emergency services were here very quickly. —— treat. they responded within minutes and all three attackers were shot dead. we'll have full

just by london bridge station. we heard reports of a white van mounting the pavement and hitting pedestrians, an eyewitness report saying at least five or six people were struck by the van. a little while after we then got reports of incidents at borough market, which is filled with pubs at that time on a saturday night, which would have been very busy, many restaurants and police have since confirmed they were also attending an incident there. what's important to stress is borough market is very close to london bridge, you can walk within 30 seconds and be at borough market, so very close incidents. in the last ten minutes or so the metropolitan police have also confirmed they are responding to an incident in the vauxhall area. what's slightly different is vauxhall is a little further away, still on the south bank of the thames, but a mile west of that area, and in the last few minutes the metropolitan police have tweeted out this message grouping vauxhall, london bridge and borough market together, giving people

for london. quite a lot of these flowers have been laid here by muslims, including a london imams who was here a few minutes ago with a group of muslim women as well and one young muslim man who has come here, just laying some flowers so we thought we would have a quick word with him. why did you want to come lay flowers? it is vital that the muslim community come to this location to show they condemn this attack. and that this does not represent the values and morals of islam whatsoever. it has violated the holy month of ramadan which muslims fast in. they preserve themselves from any evil in fact along with food. it is very important for every muslim to come out and say this is not in my name, isis does not represent islam or in any way follow islam at all. when you heard about this attack and how many people had been killed and injured, what went through your mind? i was shocked and disheartened. i was saddened. any person that was affected in the attack, it was as if one of my own family was

london is getting back to normal. this bunch of flowers almost the only sign of the carnage that was here on london bridge on saturday night and into sunday morning but a huge police and security operation is continuing, trying to map the network of people behind the ideas that spawned mass murder of london's streets. bouquets at the border of what is now a huge crime scene in the heart of the capital. tents marking the places in borough market where people fell, forensic officers gathering clues and evidence. this afternoon, the commissioner of the metropolitan police visited the area with the mayor of london. it is deeply, deeply chilling and horribly sad to see what we have just seen and to think about the barbarous acts on saturday night. we saw extraordinary courage, extraordinary professionalism and extraordinary compassion from our public servants. political and religious leaders, emergency service workers as well as thousands of ordinary londoners attended a vigil in a public park this evening, just a short di

this is the scene on london bridge. we will bring you the latest on a fast paced investigation as some londoners tell me they are remaining defiant. small-minded cowardly evil people should not change our way of life will stop they won't make me scared on the streets of london. hello from london bridge in central london, the scene on saturday night of another terrorist attack, the third in the uk in as many months. seven people lost their lives last night, 48 people were injured. the prime minister theresa may has been speaking in the wake of this attack and blamed what she called the evil ideology of islamists extremism. as we have been reporting, 12 people have so far been arrested here today, sunday. they were arrested in barking in east london. a number of addresses are being searched. searches of the properties are ongoing, and we believe that four of the 12 arrested are women. let's bring you right up to date with what we know about the attack itself as well. if you have not heard the details, we will try to talk

i'm kasia madera in london. the headlines: new details of the terror attack that killed seven and injured many more here in the heart of london. eight minutes after the terror began police shoot dead the attackers. so who were they and why did they strike? i'm mariko oi in singapore. world leaders express support for london. the australian prime minister calls it the cruel, new reality. pau, sally can wait, she knows it's too late... —— oh. and in manchester, the scene of the previous uk attack, a tribute concert with some of the world's biggest stars. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. welcome to london bridge in the heart of the british capital where we now have a fuller picture of the attack that killed seven people and injured many others. three men arriving by van, went on the rampage. first hitting people with their vehicle, then lashing out with knives in bars and restaurants. this is still very much and i are active crime scene and you can see the area targeted by those three men is in lockdown. p

the police in london declaring the incidents at london bridge and borough market are terrorist incidents. there were three incidents that the armed police have been dealing with. there was another issue at vauxhall, but the police now saying that was not connected to these other two. tom, we have that confirmation, notjust a potential act of terrorism but that's how the police are treating them? we are struggling to hear tom. we will come back to tom in a moment when we have sorted out the sound, he is having to move around quite a lot as you can imagine. so there we have it, police confirming on their twitter account at 25 past midnight local time that the incidents at london bridge and borough market have been declared as terrorist incidents. one witness had a view above the north side of london bridge where there appears to be a body being attended to by police. a warning, you may find parts of this very short sequence distressing. that ties in with the statement from police sometime ago that there was at least one fatality and a number of injuries following that incident on london br

this part of london is fa ntastically is happening. this part of london is fantastically busy. people have gone about their business as usual, but you can see behind as the road has closed, part of the infrastructure has been blocked off. has been. blackeé ‘“\"‘:t:f='~‘:'~' this is what people are talking about. certainly a great deal of defiance and people going about their business. you are absolutely right, there is a massive police operation. this is the second one in just over one week, to try and track down and get the identity of the attackers. most of the police activity apart from here in london bridge has been in the east of the city? yes, the two men who have been named, from barking, which is four oi’ named, from barking, which is four or five kilometres from named, from barking, which is four orfive kilometres from here. it will take about 25 minutes on my bike. —— barking. will take about 25 minutes on my bike. -- barking. the mayor didn't talk about politics but he did speak at length about cuts and that issue has been politicised in the context of

of the london terror atack after the us president once again criticised him on twitter for telling londoners they should not be alarmed. and this video is trending on bbc.com there are fears that a major rupture in relations between the gulf state of qatar and its neighbours will lead to air travel disruption. saudi arabia, the uae, egypt and other states have severed all ties with the qataris after accusing them of supporting jihadi groups. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: theresa may is accused ofjeopardising national security by cutting police numbers, she accusesjeremy corbyn of being soft on terror. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. could the us be set to roll back tighter banking regulations put in place after the global financial crisis? apple displays the recent fruits of its labour at a tech conference in california. it's tuesday, good morning, asia, hello, world. you're watching asia business report. plans to overhaul the us banking system may be taking shape. stop makers are expected to vote on a bill

all londoners. we have been through attacks and know what it feels like. the mayor is doing the right thing. he is telling people that they can be assured that the security forces will be reinforced, will be present, will be reinforced, will be present, will be reinforced, will be present, will be visible. that is exactly what a leader is supposed to do. i don't understand why donald trump is trying to undermine a man who is trying to undermine a man who is trying to undermine a man who is trying to protect the people of london. it makes no sense. sadiq khan is an exemplary mayor and the mayor of one of the capital cities of one of our closest allies. he deserves support, and not as undermining him. i don't follow it. we do this all the time. the nypd reinforces key points in the city after an incident, and we tell people openly. expect to see more police presence, don't be alarmed but reassured. that is exactly what sadiq khan has said. it's what i say, commissioner o'neill says, what any good lead

— lived in east london. italian authorities had reportedly tipped the british off about him. this morning a minute's silence was held across the uk people who were killed in the attack and the dozens of people who were injured. an australian nurse, kirsty boden, is the third victim to be named. her family say she was killed as she ran to help others during the attack. another australian, 21—year—old sara zelenak, has been missing since saturday — her aunt says they're fearing the worst. she's one of those people who doesn't drink, doesn't do drugs, doesn't do anything wrong. she's amazing and she's 21 years of age.

world leaders express support for london. the australian prime minister calls it the "cruel, new reality." and in manchester, the scene of the previous uk attack, a tribute concert with some of the world's biggest stars. welcome to london bridge in the heart of the british capital where we have a fuller picture of the attack that killed seven people and injured many others. police now know the identity of the three men who, arriving by van, went on the rampage, first hitting people with their vehicle, then lashing out with knives in bars and restaurants. the whole area is in absolute lockdown. the police cordon is staying up. they say it will disrupt monday morning traffic. we are getting more information about the three men that crashed their van into london bridge and pedestrians, leaving the vehicle and stabbing people in borough market. just minutes later the men were shot dead by police. in the past couple of hours, the islamic state group claimed it was behind the attacks. we'll have full details of the investigation an

this is bbc news, with special coverage from the police cordon in central london, close to london bridge and borough market where there has been a terror attack in there has been a terror attack in the last three hours, the latest terror attack to hit the united kingdom a few days after the bomb attack at the magister arena that left 22 killed. —— magister arena. —— manchester arena. we know that six people have been killed and this is what we know so far: just after 10pm local

on london bridge. bankcard was found on one of the bodies on london bridgem bankcard was found on one of the bodies on london bridge. it is important we are carrying on with oui’ important we are carrying on with our lives in direct opposition to these two attractive destroy us. minute silence was held at 11am these two attractive destroy us. minute silence was held at ”am this morning as london reflects on a second —— england reflect on a second —— england reflect on a second terror attack. well president trump seized on the london terror attack to demand the us ban on travellers from some muslim countries be reinstated, sparking a diplomatic row with britain. he accused sadiq khan of making a "pathetic excuse" for telling londoners there was no reason to be alarmed. in fact the mayor had said people shouldn't be alarmed by the extra armed police on the streets. for more on this story i'm joined by mark follman who is the national affairs editor of a politicaljournalism magazine called "mo