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

on london bridge. the wheels keep turning in the city no matter the efforts put into disrupting the way of life. >> london is a huge city of about seven and half million. on a weekday the commute into london is a almost double that. i was on the scene of western terror attacks because that's close where offices are. if you're close to the scene similar to the pictures were sena it will feel is the the area has come to us standstill and is on lockdown. but you travel in one direction or another into the heart of london and life continues as normal. of course, nobody would want come apart from terrorists to stop that from happening. the police, the government and mayor anyone involved in trying to keep london safe and moving will wants other parts of london to continue as much as possible but of course what we have going on now in london bridge and the vicinity which is very much central london we have an ongoing terrorist incident and a lot of arms place. >> a number of casualties as you can see. we hav

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

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

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

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

when he dame back from london. they take fingerprints, run them through their systems, try to find out who they are. they've probably already visited family members if they have family members in the area. they probably visited their homes where they lived, where they may have gone to school. they're trying to find out every bit of information, who they had contact with. if they went to school, their university. they're doing all those things now to develop a background picture of who these guys were. >> and bobby, the fact there were three assailants in this case, does that change anything in terms of the investigation? >> well, i mean, you assume that these guys were friends or cohorts of somehow. we don't even know, but if they went to the same house of worship or if they went to the same school, if they worked together. you know, that's what we're going to play into their contact. because their contact, whenever they were together is when they planned theed things. they already know why the plan pla plan -- how

live pictures outside of london, north london near finsbury park. you lived there, you can describe this area? can you tell where this was? this street? >> i can't tell from the pictures we're looking at but seven sisters road is a very big thoroughfare through that part of london. it's been reported this is near finsbury park mosque which is very well-known landmark, if you like. we heard earlier that london -- i said that many ways london is integrated city. what i mean by that, just to be clear, the fact that you have people rich and poor living close, housing projects next to expensive properties. much more mixed together than perhaps other cities and cities in america. our views might be familiar with. that's sense which it's integrated but also true as was pointed out earlier, there a huge problem with a lack of integration in british society, and a report on this not long ago, commissioned by david cameron when he was prime minister on the fact that you've got people living completely separate lives and that the result of a policy of multicul

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

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

london. hickstead is the latest death toll that the police are giving us and three suspected attackers. —— six dead is the latest death toll. ariana grande, the american pop star who was giving a concert when it was attacked in the last terror attack at manchester arena she is back in the uk are a concert to raise funds for the victims of that attack and she has tweeted overnight praying for london. that is ariana grande saying that she is praying for london. you may remember at the time of the manchester attack after her concert then she said she was broken in a tweet. i'd like to show you some pictures of police going into a bar just after the attacks were launched at london bridge and borough market. this is a german bach, the katzenjammer, please going in to tell people to go out. down! down! they're dramatic tell people to go out. down! down! they‘ re dramatic pictures tell people to go out. down! down! they're dramatic pictures there from the bar and that scene, i'm sure was repli

london is a huge city. it is a probably most cosmopolitan city in the world, i think there are more languages spoken in london than even new york. it didn't feel like it was a city on edge. they are resilient people, londoners, you have to remember, they have been dealing with terrorism for decades, back to the troubles with noarlts ern nn ireland conflict. i was impressed with londoners going about their lives. >> that is impressive, as life goes on, have no other option than to operate like that what was your initial take, as you watched this unfolded? we're hearing from witnesses, we know from authorities one person has been arrested, but witnesses say there were two other people in the car, they ran away, 1 one witness saying there may have been a give and a stabbing -- a knife and stabbing, what is your take? >> we don't know what happened. it does seem like some sort of revenge attack. for the previous attack that were committed by muslim extremists, this appears to have been commit by someone against

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

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

london. new witness video into cnn shows the panic and confusion as police responded to calls of a van mowing down pedestrians on the iconic london bridge. authorities have just towed the van from the scene. three men drove past the borough market, abandoned the vehicle and went on a stabbing spree. seven people dead, 48 injured. those three attackers were quickly shot and killed by the police. 12 others have been arrested. it is the second terror attack in the uk in just 12 days, although there are no initial indication this is an are connected, british prime minister theresa may says that were carried out because of evil ideology of islamic extremism. brits are vowing to stay strong. a benefit concert for the victims is under way, already raising hundreds of thousands of dollars. we have a team of reporters covering all of this story. alex joins me. alex, tell us what the latest is on the investigation. >> the police today have provided a fuller picture how this attack went down, completing

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

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

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

it is jeremy park in north london in islington north. it isjeremy corbyn's constituents lee, actually. we have heard from him who said he has been in touch with the various authorities overnight about what has been going on there and of course investigation is under way as to how and why and who, and the motive kind this but certainly lots of people being talked to by the media, by police, a lot of the worshippers who came out off the mosque are saying this is islamophobia. it needs to be labelled for what it is. of course the authorities are being extremely careful about how they treat the incident and what they say about the incident. just to bring you right up to date about what happened overnight, here is a report from greg olsen. this footage was recorded moments after a van mounted the pavement and struck several pedestrians. the streets have been filled with worshippers who just left evening prayers at the finsbury park mosque and the nearby muslim welfare house. he looked straight, he looked straight like it was towards muslims.

"london is open." i don't want the world to think because we voted to leave the eu the country that we will stop being open-minded and become inward focused. the world must recognize that is not the case. london was one region in england to reload to remain in the e.u. we recognize the contribution talent makes to our city. one of the things i'm doing is negotiating with the government a different deal for london, if we can. in the meantime, my message to the world is we are open to talent, innovation, entrepreneurs. one of the reasons london is one of the greatest cities in the world is for 1000 years we have been open to people from different backgrounds, different ideas. that is not going to change. caroline: what do you want to see for london? >> the key thing is to make sure the government recognizes we need a flexible deal. i appreciate and respect people in other parts of the country voted to leave the e.u. one of the reasons was concerns around immigration. whether it is in this interest or not

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

a van plowing into pedestrians on london bridge. then the stabbing spree at a crowded outdoor market. how some took on the terrorists. >>> inside the plot. the urgent investigation tonight. more on those decoy suicide vests, and why the terrorists may have chosen to strike now. brian ross with breaking news on their identities. >>> plus, president trump slamming the mayor of london over his response. taking to twitter, and claiming the attacks are more evidence america needs his travel ban. >>> on edge. the stampede sparked by a loud bang. the crush for the exits. more than 1,500 injuries. high alert abroad and at home. >>> and, carry on. ariana grande back on stage in the uk less than two weeks after the deadly concert bombing. we're live as they send a message to the world. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday, i'm tom llamas. an apparent claim of responsibility by isis in the london terror attacks. a chaotic eight minutes, with a van running down pedestrians, and then a stabbing spree. some tonight fighting for

terror in london. [ screaming ] >> a speeding van plowing into a crowd on london bridge. slamming into pedestrians. minutes later, the armed assailants, one wearing a fake explosive vest, getting out and stabbing dozens at a nearby market. >> down! down! >> police rushing to the scene. killing three suspects. >>> meanwhile, chaos in the streets. >> it was mass panic. >> witnesses describing fear and confusion as people ran for safety. >> we're safe now. >> we just heard gunshots. we heard a lot of crashes. >> i could not do nothing. >> this morning, the uk strong and defiant. police now declaring the the incident an act of terrorism. president trump, theresa may, and london's mayor responding to the attack this morning. >>> and a ring of steel in place for the one love manchester concert. set to start just hours after h. the headliners, including ariana grande responding this morning, as officials tighten security to keep everybody safe. >>> good morning, everyone. we want to thank you for joining us. we're dedicating much of this show this morning to the breaking news ou

this is the scene on london bridge. campaigning in the general election has been suspended for today by both the conservatives and labour. good afternoon from central london, where seven people have been killed and many injured during the country's second terrorist attack in less than two weeks, and the third in under three months. let me bring you up to date with what we know about last night's events. officers were called to reports of a vehicle ploughing into pedestrians on london bridge shortly after ten o'clock. the vehicle crashed and was abandoned. the attackers then moved a short way down the road, to nearby borough market, where they began stabbing people. within eight minutes, by 10:16pm, all three attackers were shot and killed by police. this morning, in downing street, the prime minister condemned the attack, saying, "it is time to say enough is enough." we will bring you the very latest on the events, with reports and analysis in this extended programme. our first report on the attack is from dan johnson.

we have to deal with london. we had to be manchester attack. i am london. we had to be manchester attack. iam in london. we had to be manchester attack. i am in north—west mp and we had the horrendous bombing up there and we need to make sure resources across the united kingdom are appropriate to fit the threat. we will do that. but we also have to recognise that in the 21st century, policing terrorism has changed. a long time ago, in the last century, in the early 90s i was involved in counterterrorism. what we did then and what we do now, involves a lot more upstream, increasing capability on the internet with gchq and intelligence officers. ability to design buildings and structures to withstand attacks, and our ability to interdict withstand attacks, and our ability to interd ict early withstand attacks, and our ability to interdict early on is ever more in need. that's my overall in counterterrorism across government we have increased the funding from 11.7 by 30% up to 15.2 billion. that's a massive increase that nobody else in the public sector has

perhaps what we heard as we were driving from north london to south london. this is south bank of the thames river. as i bustling area full of different shops, people go there. at night, the shops themselves are closed but there are lots of little cafes and pubs so this would have been a very, very busy area. we don't know if there was a suspect police had seen coming out of this van. if he or she, if a person were to run somewhere, that would be a good place to, for example, go. if you want to get lost into a crowd. i should admit, complete conjecture at this point. all we know at this stage is that this incident took place. there are a number of people injured. we don't know how much. and theresa may, the prime minister, is being kept up to date. police are calling this incidents, plural. on london bridge and atborough market. >> the information we're getting from reuters and others, is that there are two incidents from central london on the screen you see here. the van they believe to be associated with at least one of those incidents on london bridge. the

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

in london. it is about two hours and 20 minutes or 2:30 since they were alerted the london metropolitan police, and the london ambulance service when they got the call they are saying of the reports of the road traffic collision at seven sisters road. th sent a number of ambulance crew crews there, a advanced paramedic, and also, air ambulance and a team there from the trauma team that were also deployed. lucy kafanov, and your colleague, and my colleague there at the london bureau who said that she lives nearby that neighborhood, and had to pass through this neighborhood on the way to the bureau, and heard helicopters or a hel koicopter above. what are you seeingt that moment? >> at this moment, richard, no helicopters in the area. there were one helicopter or possibly two moving around and circling over the area, and obviously, reports quite early in the incident of air ambulances being used to transport the wounded. i did not witness that, and i cannot confirm that report. >> and mac bishop i

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

bbc news, london bridge. laura: police say they have released another 10 people in the wake of saturday's attack. that means all 12 people taken into custody are now free. as to the two attackers police named, a short time ago, i spoke with the bbc's mark atkins. two of three attackers were londoners. one was known to police and even video abouta extremism. how is this being received where you are, so close to the scene of the attack? reporter: well, laura, it raises very similar questions to ones we discussed not long ago after the manchester attack. after the manchester attack, there were immediate claims that abedi had been reported to the authorities. and one of the two attackers who had been named was featured in a recent channel four documentary that looked at people who wanted jihad living in london. we also understand one of the , same men in the channel 4 documentary was separately reported to the authorities in two separate occasions. there was clear frustration from one man the bbc interviewed who

london. we're treating this as a terrorist incident and a full investigation is under way led by london's counterterrorism command. you will 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 stab number of people, including an on—duty british transport police officer who was responding to the incident and he 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 late

london. in the first incident just after 10:00 p.m. local time, 5:00 p.m. eastern time, a van traveling southbound on london bridge veered off the road and struck passing pedestrians. police were called to borough market, a busy area south of the london bridge with bars and restaurants where there are reports of at least one attacker stabbing people with a knife. armed police responded and shots where are fired at that scene. london ambulance have announced within the past hour that another least 20 patients have been transported to six hospitals across london. it is now 3:00 a.m. in london. there is no official word on how many attackers were involved. according to people on the scene at london bridge, a white van was seen traveling fast. it was swerving as it struck several people. the bridge has been closed. one taxicab driver told our news partner i the news he saw three men with 12-inch blades get out of the van after the crash and start stabbing people at random, his words, on bore over

the sun is coming up in london. londoners are waking up. it appears that the scotland yard press conference that they had is sending the m edmessage that this incident seemed to be over. they don't know who's behind this attack. they haven't given the all-clear, but it sounds like this part of it is over. >> reporter: that's right, ali. as i mentioned to you before, there are three attackers. with so many other incidents, a lone wolf attack where there's just one person, the fact that there are three means this is going to be, you could almost say three times the dagnet, three times the manhunt. they'll be trying to see who they're connected with, and whether or not these three people, how they came together, what kind of network they came together in, how they were able to coordinate with each other, and whether or not they have accomplices. that's what's going to be happening now. remember, in the past couple of months, just since march, there's been three now major terror attacks in britain. in each of those, the police have spread out a

near the london bridge. on the london bridge. very very nice weather there. we want to point out 50 degrees. it is a time when london people are out from shopping, hitting the pubs. enjoying what they normally do gone about their normally peaceful lives and yet again, it looks like terror has struck again there in london. again, we are still waiting for lots of confirmation. facts and information are floating out at this time but as you know in developing stories as this, the facts do change. what we know now is that this is transcript appears that there are multiple people involved here they're driving a van hitting several pedestrians on the london bridge. seven people as he knows this point the reports of three other men jumping out of the van, stabbing other pedestrians. there is reports of gunfire as well on the london bridge. again, we have not been able to confirm any of this at the moment. we have been listening to our sister station sky news were interviewing eyewitnesses there on the scene. we will

he of the metropolitan police in charge of london, greater london and the city of london police. london bridge is just over the river, but in this case it is very much a metropolitan police lead. the uk's national counterterror unit sits in scotland yard and they will be leading the investigation of they'll be leaving the immediate response. but others feed into that. the intelligence agencies feed into that and they will try to ascertain various things as investigation develops. and so to other bodies when they can. >> thank you. that meeting is due to happen tomorrow. another personal attending is the mayor of london. will speak to our correspondent who has also been monitoring the events and tried to bring us up today. we've had a strongly worded statement from them. >> that's right. in the last three minutes we've had the statement from the mayor of london. says metropolitan police are responding to the horrific terrorist attack at london bridge and borough market. he says that my thoughts are with everyone affected and i would like to thank the brave men and women of our eme

london bridge. a huge amount of police cars and responding to this incident. there are also helicopters flying overhead. we are hearing about an incident in three locations now. not only london bridge but also in the area where i'm standing now and also in vauxhall as well. what we are hearing is that police sources say they're looking for three suspects. it is not known, there has been no identity or description of the suspects offered at this time. according to eyewitness reports it is certainly a very traumatic incident. one which has resulted in a number of casualties. >> let's just describe this, these pictures we are seeing at the moment your location. what appears to be the best part of perhaps this far certainly into triple figures. members of the public walking away from those flashing lights towards the camera with their hands on their heads. can we return to that shock, that would be great. all of those people walking towards the camera. so we can just see that's a little bit more detail.

to be away from london now. ufrlts i came down for one evening and happened to the pick the restaurant there just by chance and it was -- it was absolutely -- it was just fear and just looking into my friend's eyes basically in the small kookicle seeing the fear in their is looking at a william about to give birth and seeing the fear in her eyes trying to calm her down not trying to to make a sweek or sound we could hear people walking up and down we had to keep deadly silent because we thought we were going to be gunned down base country we could hear the shots oud and just the fear was immense basically. >> yeah. >> just total chaos. >> a terrifying -- a a terrifying experience. i'm so happy to hear you are well as well as our viewers more importantly let's tell the viewers the lady with you the pregnant lady she is well baby is doing well even though you went to hospital with them thank you garreth. >> yeah. >> for bringing us up to date with what happened. i'll be speaking to you soon as well and max what ga

and this again in london. another incident unfolding at the borough market just near london bridge. and in that incident there was stabbing. at least a couple of people, eyewitnesses, who saw one waitress stabbed in the neck and another person stabbed in the back. officials all night have been calling this an ongoing incident and have not confirmed whether or not they have assailants in custody. you do see two people on the ground. law enforcement standing over them. i want to bring in senior correspondent and diplomatic editor, both on the scene. fred, we'll start with you. it is quite a way from where we saw you earlier with all the flashing lights. what are you learning now? >> reporter: you're absolutely right. it has quieted down. there is police activity going on. i'll get out of your way and you can see that there is a police cordon out there. fewer vans than we saw before. we have seen police officers move around, armed police officers with automatic womeapo, and then intermittently we keep hearing loud bangs. we're not sure what it is. you've been talking about it on air as

i know london fairly well. that sounded to me like the area that it was coming from. >> now, was that the same direction that the van was headed? >> it's a bit further on. so it -- that would have been consistent with somebody getting out of the van and running away and then being caught. >> and how long did it take you before you saw -- >> i don't have any information about that. it would be consistent with that. >> i understand. just trying to piece together some of the scene and the timeline here, mark. when you saw the van and the incident unfolding, how long did it take for police to respond? were they very close to that area? do you have a sense of how long it took? >> it was very quick. there were police patrolling around all the time anyway in the area. and i was at london bridge station tonight and there were probably half a dozen police -- half a dozen police at the station itself earlier in the evening, just being present. so they would have been there on the scene very quickly. i'm not going to be a

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this is not used in central london. this is bbc news with this breaking news humming from london. i will hand over to my colleague. hello. this is a special coverage. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting on bbc one in the uk and on bbc world news. i'm ben brown. there have been multiple casualties. in the last few minutes, there have been reports of explosions and also gunshots as well. we willjust show you a map of where two separate incidents occurred, which may be related. this is london bridge, one of the main arteries crossing the river thames. that is where a vehicle, believed to be a white van, was driven at high speed, 50 miles per hour, we understand, swerving and hitting pedestrians causing multiple casualties on london bridge, around half a dozen. shortly afterwards, reports of a series of stabbings at borough markets, close to london bridge. that is where we are, at one of the many police cordons thrown up around london bridge and in the borough markets area around central london. i am joined by tom symons, who has been following events as they unfold. what do we know so

so the uk, like london said. they seem to be under siege now and you may have to change your methods a bit. >> spot on. for every second you waist, another innocent person is killed. that's the mathematical equation with terror. the weapons have to sink down to the patrol level. you don't have time to wait for specialized units. in my unit in israel. for every second wasted, another innocent is killed. for every round you waste, another innocent is killed. you don't have time. the response has to be rapid, and shots need to be trained in how to fire bullets into a crowd of people and that needs to get to patrol. so 100% on bobby's answer. >> reporter: all right. thanks very much. this is definitely a conversation i know this country will have regarding how to response to these attacks. and also to the threat and how to gather the type of intelligence you need to make sure plots are thwarted before they become a horrific attack that takes the lives of innocent civilians. stay with us, we'll have much more on the t

the sun is coming up in london. londoners are waking up. it appears that the scotland yard press conference that they had is sending the message that this incident seems to be over. they're certainly not giving the all-clear. they don't know who is behind this attack. but it sounds like this part of it is over. >> reporter: that's right, ali. as i mentioned to you before, there are three attackers here, with so many others of what we call lone wosm attacks, where there's just one person. the fact that there are three means this is going to be -- you could almost say three times the manhunt. they're going to be looking at each of these perpetrators and trying to see who they're connected with and whether or not these three people, how they came together, what kind of network they came together in, how they were able to coordinate with each other and whether or not they have accomplices. that's what's going to be happening now. remember, in the past couple of months, just since march, there's been three now major terror attacks in britain. in

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

london time. a great many people were running and the police blocked the way to the bridge which then closed in both directions. >> in that van continued on to borough market where the attackers jumped out carrying a 12-inch nice. i wouldn't say it was a chaotic scene you just saw it loads of people run away. >> there were people lying on the ground in a taxi driver with the window down telling people to run. we iran for a hundred meters and there was a period of quite intense gunfire and i hid in a restaurant basement for about an hour and then we were down there for quite a while. then there was more gunfire as soon as we left the building. we been down there about a half an hour and. patti ann: these, less than two weeks after the manchester arena which killed 22 people and left a hundred others hurt. five packs for the bears, greg is steve i live in our london bureau. greg. reporter: greg, patty and, in the past 30 minutes more strong words, more details about wielding 12-inch hunter nice, thr

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

this was an attack on london and all londoners. we should all stand together against extremists whatever their calls. good morning, dojoin us live in france free park this morning, counter terrorism officers investigating an incident involving a vehicle being driven into a crowd of people on the streets of london. this happened just after the police cordoned behind me, behind us, is most —— muslim welfare house, on other side of the road is the mosque thatis other side of the road is the mosque that is i of the biggest in the country, finsbury park mosque and people had been praying inside there, people gathered in local cafes, this is ramadan, they were breaking the ramadan fast at the end of muslim prayers. just outside muslim welfare house a man had actually collapsed in the street and was being attended to by some of those who had seen what happened. this was a self—contained incident initially, it seemed he collapsed from a heart attack, then a fan drove at speed along the road, mounted the pavement and drove into people

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

london. lucy, we're now, as i was saying seconds ago, four hours in, at the top of the hour. very early morning there in london. >> reporter: very early morning. still an ongoing situation. you were talking about the ambulances and the first aid response. we're now getting notice london's hospital located right near london bridge, where the first part of this attack took place, as well as saint thomas hospital, say they are "on lockdown" to keep patients and staff safe. we don't know what that means. perhaps this is a normal emergency step they take in this kind of emergency situation. does it mean they are under threat at the moment? we don't know. it certain escalates things somewhat. let's run through the latest. we did hear from the state department, the u.s. state department, issuing a statements saying they condemn the cowardly attacks, standing together with the people in london. the london mayor, described the bridge area incidents as "deliberate and cowardly attack on innocent london