from london was near tower bridge, about three orfour minutes from london bridge. i saw many people evacuating from london bridge. people were telling mei london bridge. people were telling me i could not go that way but then i went to the station where the me the police cut me off from the station. i walked back with all the people from london bridge. this part of log busy on sv-v: ii people been quite by how quickly they impressed by how quickly they responded. the area is busy. and there is a lot of traffic on london bridge. the driver was telling me that when he saw people on the ground he saw police already on the bridge and he called the police as well but the police said they were ready knew about it, an incident that had happened. i asked an officer of what happened and they said they cannot give any details, they are dealing with it. it looks like they dealt with it quickly according to eyewitnesses. we also heard from eyewitnesses that they we re heard from eyewitnesses that they were in pubs and restaurants, there are many in that part of london, quite b

the initial calls about the attack on london bridge came through attack on london bridge came through at 10:08pm local time here in london. among those injured we were hearing from the assistant commissioner was a british transport police officer who was injured, although not suffering life—threatening injuries. that was one of the casualties, a british transport police officer. armed response teams then shot and killed the three suspects, the three assailants, who were wearing what appeared to be explosive vests of some kind but were actually hoax explosive vests. we saw one picture of one of the dead suspects lying on the ground with what appeared to be canisters strapped to his body, so that was described by the assistant commissioner as a hoax explosive vest. let's get more from andy moore. just after 10pm on the busy streets of london, police are responding to reports of an ongoing serious incident. what the hell is happening?‘ what the hell is happening? a white van has driven into pedestrians on london bridge. when it stopped its rear doors were flung open and several men r

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.

not far from london bridge. also, just this coming from the metropolitan police verified twitter account saying as well as london bridge officers have already responded to an incident in borough market. we have armed police at the scene. now, that tweet also coming moments after we learned that an eyewitness inside a restaurant in borough market said that a couple of people had been stabbed inside a market and people were taking cover. there could be multiple scenes right now that london police are responding to. it was the scene of a van careening into several people on the bridge and now the secondary area of borough market where we understand police are responding to that area, they've confirmed. they have armed police at the scene and reports coming from borough market of gunfire being heard in that area. again, we have our nic robertson and fred pleitgen working to get more information with multiple police cars responding right now we are still trying to get details. police are not calling this a terrorist

nearly two hours ago, when police received a call to london bridge, one of the bridges gci’oss london bridge, one of the bridges across the river thames in the heart of london. please move towards safety. safety is that way. you can see here police directing the people out and about on a saturday night in london. these are popular parts of the city. london bridge, borough high street with lots of restaurants and pubs that attract people on a pleasa nt and pubs that attract people on a pleasant and balmy summer evening. these are live pictures from london bridge. this was in the studio, a story that has developed into three locations. let's go back now to the first incident that happened. we heard just before 1030 that a white van had mounted the pavement on london but the bridge on the south bank and several pedestrians were it. we were told that police were on the scene and that the police helicopters and boats on the river thames. that was according to witnesses at the scene who said they saw at least five or six people struck by the van. afterwards we got reports of a disturbance a

a white van drivel high—speed across london bridge, one of the main bridges in london, and hit a number of pedestrians and passers—by. there we re of pedestrians and passers—by. there were multiple casualties. three men inside the van then jumped out, brandishing knives. then they carried out frenzied stabbing attacks on passers—by and pedestrians in the borough market area as well. so six dead, the police quite quickly afterwards, just a few minutes afterwards, shot dead the three suspected assailants who had what looked like explosive vests strapped to their bodies but those were actually hoax explosive vests. those three were shot dead, according to the police. it's other people have been killed as well and more than 20 injured. london ambulance service actually saying 30 people were taken to various hospitals, six different hospitals is where the casualties are now being treated. this is bbc news coverage of the latest terror attack here in the united kingdom at london bridge and borough market. it happened just after ten o'clock london time, around seven hours ago. we now kno

next to london bridge. he said he heard tremendous gunfire.it was before the police were there. certainly there have been a number of reports coming in. most recently and specifically from the - news agency. they say there was attack that happened in the immediate aftermath of the injuries caused by the vehicle. some suggestion of it being a white van and brought some people down. emergency services there in tremendous numbers. ambulance, police. and a correspondence there. >> i just was walking out of the station and there were police. in the street. some were coming by car and others were running. then we just got the traffic was stopped. one guy was telling them to go in this direction. but i do not know exactly where they were going. and then a guy was wearing - and then i went to the london bridge station. five minutes after that it was evacuated. everybody coming out of the station and now the police asked us again to move down the street and there are people in the street but most of the people are n

it right there on london bridge at the time. i will play you something from him right now. laying on the floor like, they we re now. laying on the floor like, they were trying to reanimate them, and then we were with this guy who took us, and people were saying run, run, and this guy took us to his car and we saw the guy and we crossed the bridge and we asked this guy to drop us bridge and we asked this guy to drop us off so he dropped us off, me and my friend, and in the police told us to run. obviously people in the area who had seen what happened were pretty traumatised by what they had seen. pretty traumatised by what they had seen. yeah. in particular, there was one other person who didn't speak to, who was far too upset, who was obviously involved on the bridge as well. probably about one hour after the incident had happened, maybe just after 11pm, police physically had to push him back from the scene. it appears he was on the scene and wa nted it appears he was on the scene and wanted to stay on the scene. he was in tears

that bridge is closed to traffic. 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

cameras out to get a photo of tower bridge from london bridge. as we were coming the bridge the driver and i noticed two taxis on the left—hand side and someone lying on the pavement. and we just assumed that perhaps that person may have been accidentally knocked over or something. as we continued along the bridge at a slow pace like we always do, we spotted another person lying on the pavement and we became a bit alarmed with that and then a third person and we started to think well, maybe it may have been a gang fight, because i know that area does have a few gangs. then when we saw a few more people lying down and people running up towards them we were quite concerned and eventually we had to stop the bus halfway across the bridge because the traffic had come to a stop. there were no police at the time we arrived. we are assuming it must have happened within two or three minutes prior to us arriving on the bridge. i attempted to call 999 and the police did arrive within about five minutes after we stopped the bus. and then sometime later the

the london bridge, one of the most famous bridges in london if not the world. so those factors would suggest that this wasn't some random accident or a drunk driver. those factors would suggest there was an intent to do this. too early to say for sure from the initial reports. we don't who know is behind it or what the motivation may be. but there is an ongoing investigation related to manchester. sometimes people feel they're under pressure from law enforcement. others might feel that law enforcement is closing in on they will. this is speculation. and then they act as they start getting closer to individuals. we don't know if there's any connection to manchester. but sometimes when there is a lot, they might think they're going to get caught. you have cases of copycat. the group that was behind the manchester attack but was inspired by it based on seeing that attack happen recently in the u.k. and you have under fortunately, the huge manchester concert happening tomorrow. another big high profile event. also now, is terrorism going to be shaking once again by

all of the traffic is halted on london bridge. you say police boats are out on the river, why would that be? from the way that i saw what happened, it all happened very quickly. there were about three people behind me. three french people, one of whom is the victim, and is being treated by paramedics at the moment. she is severely injured, she had two other people with her. she told me, in french," i don't know where the two other people are". police are checking the thames. they were right next to the edge of the bridge. potentially, they could have been thrown over. i just potentially, they could have been thrown over. ijust don't know. presumably the boats are looking for her now. of course this is horribly reminiscent of what happened on westminster bridge weeks ago. i can hear sirens in the background. how many more emergency service vehicles are now arriving? i can see four ambulances at the moment. five police cars. they tend to be at each end of the bridge. 0ne undercover police car in the centre of the bridge where i am s

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

london bridge is at the other side of the city. of course, london bridge, a busy station as well. but borough market, filled with lots of bars and a impactarea. market, filled with lots of bars and a impact area. there are little lanes and it is historic. it is sitting right next to a cathedral. we work closely with them, borough market, the cathedral, all of the company organisations in this area, to keep it going. after so much work, making it so iconic, it is so sad to think this happened last night. what have you been told in terms of security right now? what happens next in terms of getting people back home? obviously, the cordon will remain in place for as long as police the german. we will give any help to those who need it. —— determine. police believe that, obviously. we obviously want to see things get back to normal as soon as possible. but obviously, police must investigate. 0bviously, possible. but obviously, police must investigate. obviously, we have to reflect on what happened and think about those impacted by last night's event. just going back to last night,

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

it was on the london bridge. at least a handful of people according to eyewitnesss were hit by a van that came at a high rate of speed. someone described it as going back and forth and plowing into pedestrians on the bridge, sending some people into the air. their feet off the ground. others who were lying on the ground as the vehicle continued. we also hear police responded to borough market not far away where there was a stabbing incident. an eyewitness inside the restaurant say they saw a woman get stabbed in the neck and a man stabbed in the back. police confirming that there's a third incident that they've been responding to at vauxhall, a couple of miles away. we know our nic robertson were on scene when police came rushing through his area near london bridge and they appeared to surround an individual who was there. nic, walk us through what the latest is at the scene where you're at. ok. nic, we're having a hard time with your audio. we'll let you try and get that sorted. we didn't hear what you were sayi

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

bridge obviously a major london landmark. borough market as well was rehabb rehabbed. it's got tons of cafes and restaurants now. it's a hip area in london for young people to go out, have a drink and get some food, especially on a warm saturday night. >> and it was very, very full. even when we got here, after the attack happened, it was still very full. there were still paem out on the streets a couple of streets down from here, but also still out there near the borough market area with them obviously all coming out. the weather was fairly warm. there were a lot of people out having drinks, having dinner. it was really, really a packed scene. and that of course was also the case when the van went on to london bridge. there were also people there on the pavement walking around. the van apparently started swerving from side to side to try to hit as many people as possible. >> initially there was a bit of confusion because when we heard the reports of the borough market stabbing attack we thought is this two groups, separate g

as we we re bridge from london bridge. as we were coming the bridge the driver andi were coming the bridge the driver and i noticed two taxis on the left—hand side and someone lying on the pavement. and wejust left—hand side and someone lying on the pavement. and we just assumed that perhaps that person may have been accidentally knocked over or something. as we continued along the bridge at a slow pace like we always do we spotted another person lying on the pavement and we became a bit alarmed with that and then a third person and we started to think well, maybe it may have been a gang fight, because i know that area does have a few gangs. then when we saw a few more people lying down and people running up towards them we were quite concerned and eventually we had to stop the bus halfway across the bridge because the traffic had come to a stop. there were no police at the time we arrived. we are assuming it must have happened within two or three minutes prior to us within two or three minutes prior to us arriving on

at london bridge. six people killed, 48 injured. those are the latest numbers we are hearing at the moment after a van ploughed through london bridge, and then three attackers got out, wearing fake explosive vests, stabbing people in borough market. 48 people are injured and have been taken to hospital. a number of others with minor injuries are also being treated. this report now from andy moore. just after ten o'clock on the busy streets of london, police are responding to reports of an ongoing serious incident. policeman: clear the area now! sirens. passerby: what is happening? a white van has driven into pedestrians on london bridge. when it stopped, it's rear doors were flung open and several men flew out. they went on to the busy restaurants and pubs around borough market stabbing people. when i first saw them, they said "this is for allah," and they stabbed this girl 10—15 times. she kept saying "help me," but i couldn't do anything. this was the scene as armed police entered one bar. they nee

i tried to cross both london bridge and southwark bridge to get here. we are to the west of the area and london bridge station which is usually very busy at this time of night, somewhere where people will be heading home after a night out. the police have that area cordoned off. a little more on reports of shootings. we have not confirmed them at the moment. we have heard reports of shootings. i think the best bet is that what witnesses are saying that that may be police shooting. none of that is confirmed and we will bring you more when we get more on that. a big operation here. the police helicopter monitoring the area from the air and we also saw a large procession of fire vehicles heading east through the city on the northern side of the river. all the emergency services are involved. a saw a doctor offering to help people and in need offering to help people and in need of treatment. people trying to come in and help as well as those trying to leave the area clearly distressed. thank you very much, tom. just to say that the opposition leader, jeremy

this is london bridge. >> okay. >> and it was heading toward london bridge station which is on the south bank of the river and the area around the bridge is busy as well. at the bank of the river. >> as you mentioned, too -- >> it was headed towards a busier area but from what i could see, the van hit a bus and came to a halt. >> it looks like the van hit the bus? >> yes. before it left the bridge. while it was still on the bridge. and it was out of my sight and i couldn't see what happened after that. >> about how far did the van travel as it was running into people and continuing on its way? >> well, i could only see it from one end of the bridge to the other. >> okay. so you talked about how it's late at night there and there weren't as many people as there would be during the day. can you just set the scene for me of what was going on on the bridge at the moment this van came into your sight? >> well, there's some groups of friends making their way either out of the night or going home for the evening and it's an area -- london bridge is quite a photogenic area so people stop to take

this is suffolk bridge behind me. london bridge about two bridges down. as you mentioned, it's unclear whether these are the same or separate incidents, whether they were coordinated. seems as though they have to have been coordinated. 20 injured people now spread out around some six hospitals across the city. but as you said, the information is sparse. british police are trying to make sure they don't report incorrect facts but that hasn't stopped the media from coming up with their own version of the events. this was at borough market a popular restaurant with bashz. there are tons of people who saw this and lots of people who were actually sort of participating in deflecting this attack. witnesses said they were throwing bottles and chairs at some of these attackers. since this attack there's been at least three or four controlled explosions in the vicinity. that means the police are now fanning out, trying to find the perpetrators and suspects in the immediate area. i just spoke with a man who lives above borough market. he said he walked outside and

one of them on the london bridge and the other right next to the london bridge. the timeline is as follows. just after 10:00 p.m. a white van traveling around 50 miles. hour swerved up on the sidewalk and plowed into a group of pedestrians. there are reports saying that as many as 20 people may have been hit but most of the reporting has a number between four-seven. police have not yet confirmed that number but as you can see, the images they are there are people scrambling from the scene and police escorting and yelling to get out of the way. and of course blocking the way to the bridge which they closed in. they were trying to get them away from them area. witnesses later reported as seen suspects jump out of the van carried 12-inch nice. moments later police responded to a unknown number of stabbings at borough market. this is a series of bars and restaurants that runs right along the south side of the london bridge. this, as you might imagine, peak time on a warm london night so the local businesses were packed with people. london police have told a number of

the occu pa nts of casualties on london bridge. the occupants of the white van getting out of the vehicle and racing through to borough market, which is nearby, carrying out knife attacks. a number of casualties, we are hearing 20 people have been taken to six different hospitals nearby, 20 casualties taken to six different hospitals. there were reports of people being thrown over london bridge as that vehicle was driven at high speed. police river patrol boats looked for casualties in the water. this is one of the cordons being set up. there will be a cobra meeting, but theresa may, the british prime minister, has already said this is a potential terrorist attack. it comes not many days after the manchester attack were 22 were killed in the explosion at the magister arena but in this attack it appears to be a number of men in that vehicle in that white van, driving across london bridge, and then getting out of the vehicle and carrying out a knife attack. number of eyewitnesses have said they saw these men getting out of the van, m

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

the borough market is essentially connected to london bridge on the south side of london bridge. people who carried out the attack if they were in the van it would not have been far to get out, run perhaps, go to the restaurant there and those two could be extremely connected and, in fact, in proximity carried out by the same people. we just don't know. >> we will gather as much information and these are two ongoing incidents. the uk is now responding. the prime minister saying they will have a security meeting, a cobra meeting tomorrow. the president has also been briefed here in the united states. he sent out a couple of tweets tonight saying whatever the united states can do to help out in london and the uk we will be there. we are with you, god bless. we will squeeze in a quick break and will be back with much more of the breaking news unfolding right now in london. terror incident and potentially it terrorists still on the run. hey ron! they're finally taking down that schwab billboard. oh, not so fast, carl. ♪ oh no. schwab, again? index investing for that low? that's thr

security barriers appeared on some london bridges overnight as london bridge itself reopened to people and traffic heading in and out of the square mile. 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

from your window, then, can you see london bridge now? >> i cannot directly see london bridge. but i can hear several helicopters flying overhead. i've gone downstairs, and i've seen -- actually i'm quite scared right now, today my building doors have been broken and it's not able to lock me in and i know people are still loose. it's early on, nobody is claiming responsibility. even when responsibility is claimed, you're not quite sure if the group is claiming responsibility. >> do you remember roughly what time, joe, you heard those shots? was it about an hour ago? >> it was within the hour. i can tell you it was within the hour. i don't know exactly when. i can tell you it was within the hour. several rounds were fired. i can't tell you if it was the police officers firing towards the assailant or it was vice-versa. but i can tell you that -- hopefully it will be coming in more in order. there's likely people on the ground still loose. >> as you were moving away from the location, tell me what you saw, if you remember. was it a busy, busy area? did anybody fall? that's always

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

cameras out to get a photo of tower bridge from london bridge. as we were coming on to the bridge the driver and i noticed two taxis on the side and somebody lying on the pavement. we just assumed that perhaps the person may have been accidentally knocked over or something. as we continued along the bridge at a very slow pace, like we always do, we spotted another person lying on the pavement and we became alarmed. and then a third person and we started to think well, maybe it may have been a gang fight, because i know that area does tend to have a few gangs. then when we saw a few more people lying down and people running towards them we became concerned and eventually we had to stop the bus halfway across the bridge because the traffic had come to a stop. there were no police at the time we arrived so we are assuming a must have happened within two or three minutes prior to us arriving on the bridge. i attempted to call my 99 and the police did arrive within about five minutes after we stopped the bus. sometime later there were lots and lots of

they were trying to get to london bridge. until this one guy walked out in the road, managed to grab the attention of one of the police cars, and basically forced them down that road, saying, look, you have to go down stoney street, you have to go down there. he is down there. the one police four by four screeched down the street and within five seconds, there were six gunshots, it sounded like that to us. i am not sure if i have got this wrong but i'm convinced i heard some sort of bank in the pub, lots of people running out —— bang. we heard another series of gunshots. i looked out the window and there were loads of armed police and there were loads of armed police and they were mentioning that the work three guys with three devices strapped to them —— there were. i shouted, what should we do question that they said, stay there. it was when everything seemed to calm down. there were a lot of police. not many people. we were looking out the window and the bomb robot turned up. at this point, they had cleared eve ryo

one of them on the london bridge and the other right next to the london bridge. the timeline is as follows. just after 10:00 p.m. a white van traveling around 50 miles. hour swerved up on the sidewalk and plowed into a group of pedestrians. there are reports saying that as many as 20 people may have been hit but most of the reporting

is a terrorist attack on london bridge. what's going on here? >> this is certainly the highest intensity for more than 10 years. this is exactly the type of incident that the police here in london and around the uk have planned for and trained for, for several years and especially in westminster you've seen more in the way of deployments. and at the same time what it suggests is that this type of attack, these types of tactics very difficult to prevent. >> reporter: the thinking was when they happened in france, germany, you can drive from one country to the next. at least the uk has some sort of natural physical barrier. it hasn't been the case in the last few weeks. i wonder has anything changed? >> those conditions remain the case. >> reporter: is there something else at play here? >> we see a comdrivers in the threat environment. groups to strike back at western countries. certainly a new linkage between returnees from libya and other countries to the uk is being deployed in more detail. but certainly historically remai

bridge and the borough market of london. we are treating this as a terrorist incident and are called a full investigation is underway. this is led by london counterterrorism commands. you will understand that the incident is still growing and at the moment what we understand is as follows: eight minutes past 10:00 p.m. last night we began to receive reports that a vehicle had struck pedestrians on london bridge. the vehicle continue to drive from london bridge to borough market. the suspects left the vehicle, attempted to stab a number of people including an on-duty british constable police officer who was responding to the incident and he received serious injuries, virtually not life-threatening. his family has been informed. armed response officers responded quickly and bravely and confronted the three male suspects who were shot and killed in borough market. the suspects have been confronted and shot by police within eight minutes of the first call. the suspects were wearing what looked like explosive that's but these wer

cameras out to get a photo of tower bridge from london bridge. as we were coming on to the bridge, the driver and i noticed two taxis on the left—hand side and someone lying on the pavement. and we just assumed that perhaps that person may have been accidentally knocked over or something. as we continued along the bridge at a slow pace, like we always do, we spotted another person lying on the pavement and we became a bit alarmed with that, and then a third person and we started to think, well, maybe it may have been a gang fight, because i know that area does have a few gangs. then when we saw a few more people lying down and people running up towards them and we were quite concerned and eventually, we had to stop the bus halfway across the bridge because the traffic had come to a stop. there were no police at the time we arrived. we are assuming it must have happened within two or three minutes prior to us arriving on the bridge. i attempted to call 999 and the police did arrive within about five minutes after we stopped the bus. and then som

an emergency incident at the london bridge. the massive police response under way right now. >>> crossing the line. bill maher's controversial segment with senator ben sasse. >> i'm a house [ bleep ]. >> tonight, the calls to fire the comedian, and what that senator regrets about the moment. >>> breaking news. president trump changing his stance on climate change. first, calling it a hoax. now, his administration saying he believes it's real. all of this amid global protests over the president pulling out of the paris accord. >>> texas shootout. drivers caught in the deadly cross fire. trying to escape when gun fire erupts at a gas station. three officers wounded. >>> plus, remarkable gift. the life-changing high tech creation these kids helped build for a fellow classmate. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday, i'm tom llamas. and we begin tonight with breaking news. what appears to be a major police emergency at the london bridge. details just beginning to come in. it's still unclear exactly what happen

bridge in central london. you may recognise the shard, the building behind me, a famous building, although it is relatively new. even if you don't know the capital, you may well know that building. there is now a very large police cordon in operation around here. a vehicle drove across london bridge, knocking down pedestrians, grim similarities with the attack that we saw in march on westminster bridge. then it drove into a very busy area called boro market and more people were hurt. continuing coverage on bbc news. we will now leave bbc two. we will return to bbc one. turn over if you would like to see the coverage. welcome again to viewers joining us on bbc one. you are watching continuing coverage from here at london bridge. we live on bbc one, the bbc news channel, and across the world on bbc world news. i amjane hill, we'll keep you up—to—date with this developing story. worth reiterating that we heard from the commissioner of the metropolitan police, cressida dick, in the last hour. she said it is an

back to the london bridge terror attack. hundreds of people are gathering in the area for a vigil to remember those killed and injured on saturday. jane hill is at london bridge for us. that vigil begins very soon. you get the sense around here it's an awful lot busier. lots more people coming to lay flowers behind me. people leaving flowers at the end of the first working day since the terrorist attack on saturday night, those killed and injured on saturday will be remembered. let'sjoin our correspondent vishala sri—pathma, but is the mood and will have people been saying to you? crowds are still gathering outside city hall. about 45 minutes ago there were a few people around and now hundreds, up to about 1000 people here, generally a very solemn mood in the air, people on their way home from work, it is key commuting time and two of those people and and lydia. you have both come down after work on your way home. why is it important to you? mainly to pay respects to the innocent that lost their lives and to their families

this is the scene on london bridge. campaigning in the general election has been suspended for today by both the conservatives and labour. it's important to give a message that democracy must prevail. if we allow these attacks to disrupt our democratic process then we all lose. hello from central london. we are close to london bridge. we are right on the police called in. a large cordon in light of yesterday's terrorist attack. 12 people are now under arrest in light of that attack. that news has come through in the last hour, and there are police raids taking place in east london. let us bring you up to date first of all with events as they unfolded here in central london and what we know so far. officers were called to reports of a vehicle ploughing into pedestrians on london bridge shortly after 10pm. 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 all three attackers were shot and killed by poli

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

from london bridge. as you can see, it's blocked off, most of the bridges in downtown london have been blocked off by the police because of this overwhelming police response to this incident. remember, we're talking about two different incidents. and this means now that the metropolitan police have declared them terrorist incidents, at i mentioned earlier, the drag net is going to be expanding and police are going to be hunting for potential accomplices and anyone else who might have been involved. i just spoke, since we last talked, i spoke with an american man who said he actually lives above borough market. that was the site of the second incident that occurred. police are saying that at borough market, there was a stabbing at one of the restaurants. he said that this gentleman said when he walked out of his apartment, he tried to shoot photos of what was going on and the police grabbed his camera and made him move across the bridge to this side of the river. and he said that he saw the police with lo

security barriers appeared on some london bridge is overnight as london bridge itself reopened to people heading in and out of the square mile. london is getting back to normal. this bunch of flowers is almost the only sign of the carnage that was here on monday and 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 on london's streets. bouquets at the border of what is now a huge crime scene at the heart of the capital. tense marking the places in borough market where people felt, forensic officers gathering clues and evidence. this afternoon the commission 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 ordi

bridge and market areas of london. we are treating this as a terrorist incident and a full investigation is already under way led by london's terrorism command. you'll understand that our knowledge of the incident is still growing but at the moment, what we understand is as follows. eight minutes past 10:00 last night, we began to receive calls that a vehicle had struck pedestrians on london bridge. the vehicle continued to drive from london bridge to borough market. the suspects left the vehicle, attempting to stab a 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. armed response officers responded very quickly and bravely and confronted the three male suspects who were shot and killed in borough market. the suspects have been confronted and shot by police within eight minutes of the first call. the suspects were wearing what looked like explosive vests. these were later established to be hoax

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.

on scene near london bridge. fred, bring us up to speed as to the perspective where you are. >> reporter: certainly, we're at the other side. i'm very close to that first attack that took place. >> okay we just lost fred -- >> reporter: ever since we started reporting from here and it looks as though rights now there's fewer police vehicles here than they there were before. and you can see in the distance there's a lot of police officers coming down recognize now. not sure if they're armed or not but this is the scene we've been seeing a lot over the last several hours. you do see a lot of police vehicles still going back and forth, still coming in here. that was earlier, say about two hours ago that the regular folks who were out here tonight were cleared out of the area after the initial attack took place and really some of those people came out with their hands over their heads to make sure police didn't misidentify them. i did speak to one eye witness who said he saw several people at least getting searched,

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

london bridge is falling down the song goes, but london appears determined to stand up to those who would divide it. within the last couple of hours, so—called islamic state have laid claim to the attack. it is important to be cautious about what they say. police in london say they've identified the three men who carried out the attack. and raids on a number of homes in east london have led to 12 arrests, 11 remain in custody. one has been released without charge. seven were women. it is important to say it is an ongoing investigation and is developing very quickly. we have the very latest. tonight, the focus of the police investigation, a block of flats in barking. here women were escorted from the building. this video clip was taken by those living inside. armed police surround men lying on the floor, their hands behind their backs. so far 12 people have been arrested. the bbc also understands one of the london attackers who died lived here. we're not naming him at the request of the police, but we've spoken to this man who said he knew him. he says over the past two years the attacke