a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: police say one of the three london bridge attackers was a well—known supporter of an islamist extremist group. we report from the southern philippines — hundreds of civilians are trapped in marawi, as the government fights to retake the city from islamist militants. australian police are treating a deadly siege in melbourne as a terrorist incident. president trump attacks the mayor of london again on twitter. the white house insists he's not picking a fight. hello. two of the three men who carried out saturday's terror attack in london have been named by police. khuram butt was 27, a british pakistani living in east london and was well known to police and mi5. the second attacker was rachid redouane, 30 years old, also from east london.

this report from our home editor, mark easton. they knew him. one of the three men who murdered seven people in london on saturday night was well known to police and mi5 as an extremist. documentary voiceover: the group display the black flag of islam. khuram butt, featured in a channel 4 documentary last year on radical islamists in britain. its title — thejihadis next door. so how was he able to go on to kill until counterterrorism officers shot him dead? police have tonight confirmed the names of two of the attackers. khuram butt, a 27—year—old from a british—pakistani family. he lived in barking in east london and was married with two children including a young baby. in the last few years, he worked for kentucky fried chicken and was a customer service advisor at transport for london. less is known about rachid redouane. police and security services say he was unknown to them before the attack but is understood to be 30 years old, claiming to have a libyan or

moroccan background. until last year, he lived in dublin with a scottish partner, but according to irish prime minister enda kenny, was not known to the security services. there are a small number of people in ireland who are being monitored and observed in respect of radicalisation and matters relevant to that. in this case, these facts are being checked but my understanding is that this individual was not a member of that small group. why you touching him for? khuram butt, though, was very much on the uk security services‘ radar and there will be serious questions about how someone with such well—known extremist views was able to carry out a murderous attack on the streets of london. 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 of ordinary londoners attended a vigil in a public park this evening, just a short distance from where the attacks occurred. as a proud and patriotic british muslim, i say this, you do not commit these disgusting acts in my name. applause. and you will never succeed in dividing our city. people came to remember, to unite and to give thanks. but if they also came to seek answers as to how this attack could have happened, tonight, there seemed to be more questions. mark easton, bbc, news, london bridge. the philippines‘ president has offered large bounties

for the leaders of islamic state fighters holding parts of a southern city, as the military warns its recapture may take longer than expected. hundreds of civilians remain trapped in the besieged city of marawi after gunfire disrupted a four—hour truce to evacuate them. the fighting has left more than 170 dead, including at least 20 civilians. jonathan head reports. this is marawi today, a city abandoned by its people. a battleground. this is as far as we can safely go in marawi. the city centre is about two kilometres down in that direction. all around here, you can see the scars of battle on the buildings. a city the government thought it could retake in just three days is still not under their control nearly two weeks later. it's clear they have badly underestimated both the strength and the numbers of the insurgents. there are civilians who have been trapped in insurgent—held areas. this group has just escaped after hiding for 11 days.

most of them are christians. the militants would have killed them. this woman is one of them. she has six young children. with little food to eat, they are now showing signs of malnutrition and need treatment in hospital. translation: there was one time at night, we heard the fighters banging on the wall at the back of the building. my children were crying. the people we were with were getting angry. they were afraid the militants would hear them. i didn't say anything to them, but my heart was aching. i could do nothing. all these evacuees have stories to tell. this woman hid in a basement, listening to the gunmen walking above her. a mother who persuaded the maute group not to take her 14—year—old son. a woman who lay in a bathtub with her children to protect them

from the air strikes. but the most inspiring story is that of the people who saved them. this man is a respected muslim community leader, known to the maute group, who sheltered 71 christians in his home and stopped the militants from finding them. the second time they came back with a maranao commander. he knows me personally he knows my family. but he's a member of the maute group? of course, he is a ranking member of the maute group. from then on, nobody bothered me. our only concern is that bombs falling near the houses and the fire fights that took place near our place. the army thinks it has marawi encircled now. check points labouriously match id cards to the wanted posters you see everywhere. but the maute group has survived heavy losses before. even after the battle of marawi is over, it could still strike again. let's talk now to jonathan,

who's in the city of iligan, close to marawi. extraordinary tales, there. what is the very latest? it is something of a stalemate. we have heard for more than a week from the army that they say they control about 90% of the city. the fact is whatever part that is still under the control of the insurgents, and nobody is able to go outside this tiny protected pocket of the city, and there is a lot of fighting. every day, there are extracts. clearly, the army is unable to dislodge the militants. they are both very determined. they've say they want to die for is lahm. there is a feeling here in iligan that the government underestimated the numbers. there are hundreds of fighters that took

pa rt are hundreds of fighters that took part in the fight for the city. —— die for islam. they have braced themselves for the thought that this group could launch another attack in another part of the philippines. so still quite tense, with a real sense of the military here has faced a challenge unlike anything in the last decade. people have not seen this level of conflict for decades, where a city is a battleground for so where a city is a battleground for so long. had you think this is likely to work itself out? how long could take? i think it is good to be quite a lot of days before they are able to declare the city cleared. the damage will be immense. that is sensitive. this is the only truly islamic city here in the philippines. the government will have two have that delicately. the govett has a bigger challenge, too, in that they have two assuage the feelings of those who have been

involved. —— the government. they have two work out what they will do about these militants. they are pro— islamic state, brutal, and ruthless, it wants to take territory. these groups have grown up in an insurgent area, that the committee tried to make peace with. it is a difficult challenge and one that president duterte said he was qualified to fight when he took office, but it has turned out to be more messy and violent than he could ever have expected. jonathan, thank you for that. a siege in an apartment building in the australian city of melbourne has ended with two people dead. police shot dead a gunman who had been holding a woman hostage inside the building. a second man died earlier in the siege — he was found with a gunshot wound. i spoke to hywel griffith about the attack and suggestions that the islamic state might have been involved. yeah, so we understand now from the police that this has been dealt

with as a terror incident. the gunman, 29—year—old yacqub khayre, shot dead at the end of it, having fired at the police and injured three of them. previously, he had shot dead the attendant at the serviced apartment block, where he then held a woman hostage. apparently she was an escort he'd lured to the building, held her against her will and made her call in to the emergency services to say the siege was happening. it is possible that he tried to lure the police to the apartment block before opening fire. he is a man with a long criminal history. it is understood he was also involved with extremism. back in 2009, he was accused of being part of a plot to attack a military base in sydney. he was acquitted of that but then went to jail for violent offences. he was also involved with drugs and alcohol. the police saying he was known to them, he had a long criminal history, but they're stressing that his recent past didn't give any indications of violent extremism. just briefly, i gather that islamist extremists

are claiming responsibility. what indications are there that he may or may not have had a wider network? yeah, so one key piece of evidence was a phone call made to one of the tv channels here in australia, where a man claimed that he was carrying out these actions in the name of is and on behalf of al qaeda. now, the islamic state through their propaganda wing have claimed responsibility for this attack. however, the police commissioner here is being cautious and in his words, the is jump up pretty quickly every time something happens. they say, so far, their investigations suggest there was nothing orchestrated or planned, organised, by islamic state here. possibly this person was inspired by islamic extremism rather than organised or orchestrated by it. hywel griffith with us there. stay with us if you can on bbc news. much more still to come, including this:

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sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news. our main headline: police say one of the three london bridge attackers was a well—known supporter of an islamist extremist group. scotland yard said that all 12 people arrested so far in connection with the london bridge attack have been released without charge. but police have continued to search properties connected to the attackers. our special correspondent ed thomas has the latest on the investigation. more raids and more searches. this was a garage in east london this morning, surrounded by police. for a second day, forensic teams look for clues inside the home of one of the three london attackers. this man, khuram butt. he was 27 and a father of two young children. born in pakistan, raised in london.

he worked on the london underground before turning 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. he wanted women to wear hijabs. this teenager new khuram butt, they speak in parks and in a nearby mosque. he didn't want to show his face and asked us to protect his identity. he would talk about syria, afghanistan, getting bombed. he said that they would debate syria, iraq and islamic state.

you think he was trying to radicalise you? not sure. i wouldn't want to turn out like a bad person and going to different countries and they are killing people. i wouldn't like want to do that kind of thing. tonight, the searches continued to reveal the truth behind an enemy within. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says he won't allow donald trump to divide communities in the wake of saturday's attack, after the us president again criticised him on twitter. mr trump accused the mayor of making a "pathetic excuse" for telling londoners there was no reason to be alarmed. in fact he'd said people shouldn't be alarmed by the deployment of additional armed police on the streets. earlier i spoke to corey brettschneider, a professor of political science at brown university for his take on the tweets:

this is a time to show solidarity with the people of london, with the people of england, and what donald trump has done is really an embarrassment, i think in the united states. it does the opposite... it — it revives a rivalry with the mayor of london at a time when we should really be standing together. why do you think he has done this is? the two do have a beef, previously, don't they? the mayor of london previously talked about donald trump's travel ban, and called him a buffoon. he said that "i hope he loses and loses big," and that the travel ban was a mistake. yes, the rivalry goes back to the condemnation that mr khan made of our travel ban. and i think what is happening in the united states right now might have prompted his comments. the courts, specifically the fourth circuit court of appeals, here, has said this is a ban that is based in anti—muslim animus and that it was unconstitutional under our establishment clause. in other words, donald trump's policy has no place in our constitutional culture and tradition.

i think this just revived the way that he was called out, rightly, by the mayor of london. professor, just hold on a second. we have been hearing more of the trump white house's point of view on this. earlier, the bbc‘s newsnight programme spoke to sebastian gorka, donald trump's deputy assistant, the senior adviser, for his take on those tweets. this was his response. if this is going to be another discussion about a tweet for six minutes, then it really, again, it is something that is unseemly. but the president was making a very, very valid point. we have to jettison political correctness. we have to apply honesty to the threat. saying that it is business as usual, don't worry about a thing, a pollyanna—ish attitude to a threat that has killed 170 people, in the last two years in europe, alone, and maimed more than 700, has to be dealt with honestly. sebastian gorka there.

well, professor, where there fair points in there? no, and trump echoed, unfortunately, some of was said there. he said that he preferred the earlier, the original travel ban, not be watered down, politically correct version, the second one, that he signed. and i think what that means is that he wants to be more transparent about the fact that he thinks that islam is a religion is to blame, to be more transparent about his anti—muslim animus, as the fourth circuit put it. and i think that he doesn't like being told that he can't do that. what is done, unfortunate, is that has torpedoed his lawyers' case, and has been his own worst enemy, and made it clear that the court was right, that this really is anti—muslim animus. and this at about politically correct, that is just a kind of code word, i think, for what is really going on, which is hatred and prejudice against muslims. just briefly, some are

wondering whether this offensive, but rather random white noise coming from the white house, if it is actually an attempt to distract from the fact that the sacked fbi director is due to give testimony this thursday. this is a white house that is under siege. there is a possibility that donald trump engaged in obstruction ofjustice. there is a possibility that he had a high crime or misdemeanour, and might be subject to impeachment. what that means is that he is looking to any distraction. and it is a white house that is flailing right now. now to the biggest celebrity court case in the us for decades. bill cosby arrived at a courthouse in pennsylvania today, facing charges that he drugged and molested a woman in 200a. this from the bbc‘s nada tawfik. it is a sight bill cosby‘s accusers never thought they'd 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 favourite dad. but that enduring image has unravelled as a staggering number of women, now nearly 60, have come forward with strikingly similar allegations. his behaviour was like that of a predator. i woke up in the back of my car, alone, my clothes were a mess, my bra was undone. legally, time has run out for those women to bring charges. all except andrea constand. she met bill cosby at his mansion in pennsylvania to discuss her career in 200a. there, she alleges he drugged and molested her while she was unconscious. it looked like bill cosby was in the clear after he settled a civil suit brought by andrea constand, but after his testimony from that case was made public, prosecutors now armed with that new evidence, reopened the decade—old

criminal case. in it, he admitted to giving women drugs before sex, claiming it was done with their knowledge. in court, prosecutors used that testimony to portray mr cosby as a predator. they allege that he drugged miss constand so that she couldn't say no to his sexual advances. but mr cosby‘s lawyer claimed that she changed her story to investigators three times and that the relationship was consensual. lili bernard, like andrea constand, thought of bill cosby as a mentor. even appearing on his show. call you every eight minutes. canned laughter. but she alleges that he drugged and sexually assaulted her on three occasions in the early 1990s. speaking alongside her son, she shared her hopes for the trial. i hope that this trial will reveal to the world that bill cosby is a lying coward, that he is a master manipulator who has methodically, over the course of five decades, inflicted sexual

violence upon women. in the court of public opinion, bill cosby‘s legacy is perhaps irreparably damaged. and if found guilty by a jury, this legendary entertainer could spend up to a decade in prison. neda tawfik, bbc news, new york. bob dylan, who won the nobel prize for literature in october, has at long last delivered his nobel lecture. no speech, no prize money, is the rule. the iconic song—writer reflected on what's inspired him. when i started writing my own songs, folk lingo was the only vocabulary i knew and i used it. but i had something else as well. i had principles and sensibilities and an informed view of the world and i hadn't had that for a while. learned it all in grammar

school, don quixote, ivanhoe, robinson crusoe, gulliver's travels, tale of two cities, all the rest. typical grammar school reading. they gave you a way of looking at life and an understanding of human nature and a standard to measure things by. i took all that with me when i started composing lyrics and the themes from those books work their way into many of my songs either knowingly or unintentionally. i wanted to write songs unlike anything anybody ever heard and these themes were fundamental. that is it for now. thank you so much for watching. hello there. we've got some pretty unsettled weather in the forecast, not just for the next 2a hours, some wet and windy weather. but really, for much

of the week ahead. here was scene on monday taken by one of our weather watchers in twickenham. a lot of grey clouds, rain and strong winds. courtesy of this area of low pressure which has been pushing its way slowly northwards and eastwards across the country over the past few hours. during tuesday, the low pressure will bring at times heavy rain, strong winds that could lead to potential travel disruption. tuesday morning — the bulk of rain across parts of northern england, wales, stretching down towards the south—east, too. clearer weather with showers behind it but we are seeing strong gale—force gusts of wind at times. in more detail, 8am, cloud and patchy outbreaks of rain across the south—east of england and east anglia, brighter skies for the south—west of england, channel islands, up towards south—west wales with heavy showers and strong winds particularly around the coasts for the bristol channel and the irish sea coast. some dry weatherfor northern ireland, but for northern wales, northern england and across scotland, we have the cloud and fairly persistent outbreaks of rain.

there is likely to be a lot of lying surface water and spray for the morning rush—hour. through the day on tuesday, we have the strong winds gusting at times up to 50 mph. particularly strong across england and wales, around the coasts as well. we could see small trees down, for instance, with the strength of the wind. a lot of wet weather pushing northwards and eastwards across the country. clearer conditions with sunshine and showers heading in from the south—west. temperatures at best between 13—18 degrees. heading into tuesday evening, the rain pushes across parts of north—east england, eastern scotland, too. but elsewhere, clearer skies as we head into the early hours of wednesday morning. to start your day on wednesday, relatively mild underneath the cloud and with the breeze, too. nine or 10 degrees are the temperatures first thing wednesday morning. during wednesday, the low pressure clears slowly to the north—east. the isobars are still tightly packed together particularly across eastern parts of the country so it is still a breezy day. the winds ease and the rain will become confined to eastern scotland later in the day.

a bit of respite during wednesday, many of us dry. but then the next batch of wet weather works in to the south—west of england later in the afternoon. we could see 20 degrees so a pleasant enough day in the south—east. then through the day on thursday, we see the next area of low pressure working its way from west to east, slowly across the country. all in all, looking like a pretty unsettled week ahead. bye for now. police say one of the three london bridge attackers was a well—known supporter of an islamist extremist group. he appeared in a tv documentary last year about a radical group which supports islamic state jihadists. all those detained by police following the killings have been released without charge. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says he will not allow donald trump to divide communities in the wake of saturday's attack after the us president again criticised him on twitter. mr trump mocked the mayor for telling londoners they should not be alarmed. this was a misquotation. australian police are treating a deadly siege in melbourne as a terrorist incident. the siege in an apartment building ended with two people dead. police shot dead a gunman who had

been holding a woman hostage inside the building. a second man died earlier in the siege.