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the first day of brexit talks between the uk and the eu have finished — with both sides saying negotiations have got off to a positive start an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. nobody seems calm, despite the drama going on at the moment. more now on our main story — the terror attack on people near a mosque in north london. the suspect is in custody and police confirm he is not known to them. the bbc understands he is darren osbourne, a 47—year—old man from cardiff. let's talk to joey valentino — joey was inside the muslim welfare house in finsbury park when the attack happened. thank you for being with us on the bbc news. can you describe what you saw and heard when you came out of the house? literally i was praying inside. in the middle of the prayer,
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i could hear a lot of shouting and screaming, and people were panicky. idid not screaming, and people were panicky. i did not pay massive attention because i thought there were some southern fights going on. when i finished my prayer, i looked around and offices of things going on, people were screaming. everyone was panicking. i rushed to the entrance. i was telling people to do the same thing, i listen to the police doctor. i could see people lying on the floor, blood, i could see people giving them cpr and everyone screaming. lots of shouting at the front. i made my way through the people and i got the front i saw when they got the man and held down on the ground. i handed it over to the police and the van drove off.” don't how much you saw of the exchanges that involved them asking people to calm down, and restraining but not attacking. do know what it
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is? people were not attacking him. they were holding in down to the ground and pushing, like they were trying to restrain him. he was struggling. he was moving quite a lot. trying to get away. trying to escape, trying to make it run for it. it wouldn't want him to do it. they grabbed his arms. i sort they twisted his arm. no one didn't anything to hurt him. there were a lot of people there. people were upset and shouting at him, why did you do this? he was screaming i want to kill all muslims. did you hear him say that? he was screaming at. screaming loud. he was angry, trying to get away from people, but he couldn't because there were so many people on top of them. two people on his legs, two people on his arms. how quickly did the police arrived? us back it was about a ten minute fight before the police arrived. a
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ten minute struggle. what was the mood afterwards? presumably, you hang around afterwards talking to people there? yes, the mood was crazy. everyone was in shock, upset, a horrific scene. people were angry, didn't know. it was confusing. coming out of a mosque at midnight and getting run over by a van. norms inspecting that to happen. think you very much for talking to us and describe what you saw. must‘ve been very disturbing. let's cross now to our wales correspondent tomos morgan, who is in the cardiff area, where the suspect is believed to have lived. there has been police activity wedded that begin? a few hours ago. north—east of cardiff where we
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understand or damaged darren osborne lived. he hired the van that you may have seen on social media and on the website. it says van cleaning. we were. . . website. it says van cleaning. we were... it is understood, we're not sure at the moment when, but he hired that vehicle. we have been speaking to people who live in a cul—de—sac here and they have been telling me mixed things. mostly that they were shocked. someone in their community could do something as horrific as what has happened in finsbury park. some saying that they kept themselves to themselves, him, his partner and his four children here. really, the senses a state of shock. —— the sense is. we understand as well that it was just
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yesterday that he was over at a neighbour's house, fixing a tap for them. the following day, we understand he has omitted this horrific crime in london. thank you very much for that update. the former children's tv presenter brian cant has died at the age of 83. he found fame as the host of many bbc programmes including play school and play away, and was honoured by bafta in 2010. his agent said he had been living with parkinson's disease. david sillitto looks back at his life. a house with a door. one, two, three, four. i'm judy, and i'm brian. ready to play, what's the
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day? hello. brian cant. familiar voice immediately invokes childhood. hugh, pugh,... in the early 60s, an audition in which he was asked to sit ina audition in which he was asked to sit in a cardboard box led to a new programme. do you know what that is? playschool. i had been called to go and do an audition forjoy whitby who was the producer. . she kicked the box out from under her desk and said get in that box. it's a fairly calm day. and i took some... i took some quells. it was a very similar box. i think i was a bit slimmer
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then. born in ipswich, he trained as a printer before having a go at acting. it's windy miller. hello, windy. his friendly voice was also perfect for another children's venture. neville wick green. trumpton fire station and be slightly more industrial chicory. it gives me great pleasure to unveil the biscuit fountain. if it sounds as though it was recorded in the cupboard, a's because it was. along with play away, pull bric—a—brac, he was part of children's tv for more than 20 years. he also wrote and appeared on stage, but more than anyone for many a much loved part of childhood. brian cant, who died
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today. they say you should never work with children or animals, but who should you not work with as a weather man? this talk about the weather because it has been a very hot day, temperatures around about 33 celsius, west of london. they are going to hover around 30 degrees in the south for a little while. about 11 o'clock, midnight, when most of it are going to be going to sleet, temperatures will still be around 25 across the south, 15 in newcastle and glasgow. 15 is quite warm, but thatis and glasgow. 15 is quite warm, but that is rather exceptional. it is been more than two decades since we have seen so many days with temperatures of 30 degrees or more.
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tomorrow, still some heat around, but it will be transferred further south and south—west. temperatures 39 or 30 degrees. eastern and areas. the freshers —— a bit fresher. another hot day on wednesday. welcome to 100 days plus. london faces its fourth terror attack in fourth months, with this one targeting muslims. meanwhile here in brussels brexit talks are under way. it is not about revenge or punishment says the eus chief negotiator but don't underestimate the consequences. a terrorist attack is a terrorist attack — says the prime minister — no matter which community is targeted or who perpetrates it. he was shouting, where are all muslims? i want to kill all muslims. literally he said that. arrested under terrorism laws — bystanders pinned down the suspect till the police arrived. he's understood to be 47—year—old darren osborne from the cardiff area. here in brussels, day one of the brexit talks. they have agreed a timetable
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