welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: spanish police say they have foiled a second terror attack, shooting and killing five people in the town of cambrils, south of barcelona. the operation is linked to thursday's deadly van attack in barcelona, that left 13 dead and more than 100 injured. i saw people falling to the ground, and i immediately sensed that it was a nice—like event. and people around it ran away, fled away, in panic. president trump says american history and culture are being ripped apart by the removal of confederate monuments. and playground propaganda. we meet some of the children schooled by is to become suicide bombers. hello.

spanish police say they have shot dead five suspected terrorists alleged to be linked to the truck attack in barcelona, which killed at least 13 people and injured more than 100 others. the suspects were killed in the town of cambrils, hours after a vehicle was deliberately driven into pedestrians in the las ramblas district of barcelona. two people have been arrested in connection with the attack in barcelona, although neither was the driver of the truck. sarah corker has the latest on the day's events. in the early hours of friday

morning, a dramatic gun battle on the streets of cambrils, a town 68 miles south of barcelona. catalan police shot dead four people, who they described as terrorists, and are believed to be linked to the earlier van attack in barcelona. the authorities say they foiled a second terror attack, but seven people, including a police officer, were injured when a car was driven at pedestrians. and hours earlier, in the heart of barcelona, hundreds of holidaymakers, locals, shoppers, ran for their lives. this white van ploughed into pedestrians on spain's most famous boulevard. for half a kilometre, the van weaved from side to side, a deliberate attack on innocent people, designed to kill, police said. i saw a white van, with the side door open. we heard gunshots, whether it was the police

or from the van, i don't know. didn't hang around for that. we ran into the burger king to get shelter. reporter: what was going to your mind when it was going on? were we going to survive? we were scared they were just going to get in there. they pulled all of the shutters down, just kept us safe, and that was it. i saw people falling to the ground, and that struck my eyes, rather than the car. and i immediately sensed that it was a nice—like event. and people around it ran away, fled away, in panic. then, the van driver abandoned the vehicle and ran away. armed officers searched the surrounding area. police have released a photo of this man, driss 0ukabir, born in morocco, whose documents were used to rent the van. however, latest reports suggest he has told police his passport was stolen. late into the night, the city centre was on lockdown. two people have been arrested,

a spaniard and a moroccan, but police say neither was the driver. the so—called islamic state group said it was behind the attack. translation: i want to express the solidarity of the whole of spain with barcelona, today hit byjihadist terrorism. like other cities around the world before it, cities like madrid, paris, nice, brussels, berlin and london, experienced the same pain and insecurity that the city of barcelona is feeling today. police are also linking another explosion in catalonia with the barcelona attack. 0ne explosion in catalonia with the barcelona attack. one person died. police believe those living in this

house were preparing explosives. and, as people anxiously wait for news of loved ones, the authorities have warned the numbers of dead may rise. let's ta ke let's take you to the scene live right now from cambrils. this is the live shot. a beachfront promenade just south of barcelona. police are saying in past few hours they have shot dead five suspected terrorist allegedly linked to the van attack earlier in las ramblas, in barcelona, which as you have heard killed at least 13 people and injured more than 100. before the shooting in cambrils, a vehicle was was also driven into pedestrians here. the bomb squad has been trying to establish whether the people they shot here were wearing explosive vest. there have been some controlled explosions. 0fficers vest. there have been some controlled explosions. officers are saying the situation here is now

under control. fitzroy davies was with his friends on a night out in cambrils when he got caught up in events. he spoke to me a short time ago. we was sitting at the bar and these girls ran in, ran into the bar. and some people started running past us, and then one of our friends looked down the street, and he says, run. the next thing, we see this guy come running at us. and then somebody shouted, call the police, call the police. and next thing, the police was right there. they was really quick. and then they started shouting at the guy, and then next thing, theyjust shot him. they shot him, and then he fell on the ground. then he got back up, and then... he, like, went towards the police, and then they shot him again, and that was it. but i'd just like to say that

everybody from there is ok. so there's a lot of people may be worried, but we're all 0k. that's the main thing i wanted to get across. and talking about being worried, fitzroy, some people described the man who was running as having an explosive vest on. was he running towards you? he ran — he was running away at first, and then he turned around, and then he came running up the street, and then he stopped. and then that's when the police car came, and then they were shouting at him. and then he was walking around in a circle, and then they shot him, and then he fell to the ground. then he came back up, and he stepped over the fence, and he was smiling at them. and then he came walking to the police, and was, like, taunting them, sort of thing. and then they shot him again, and that was it, and he went down. and fitzroy, you were very,

very close to all of this, weren't you? wasn't one of your friends hit? yes, one of our friends, he got shrapnel in his leg. he's ok, it's like a surface wound, but i think we're going to go to the hospital with him tomorrow and get a tetanus shot, and things like that. and i understand that in cambrils, just before this, there had been, rather similar to the attack in las ramblas, in barcelona, there had been a car driven into a crowd again, and six civilians, i think one police officer, hurt. we didn't see that. we were just sitting in a bar with a group of friends what we hadn't seen for ages, so we didn't really see anything. the first thing we knew of it that was when we seen people running up the street. and that's all we know, that's all i can tell you. fitzroy, had you heard what had been going on already in barcelona? i mean, was there a nervousness there? there was, because we had a lot

of parents ringing up, because we were at a pub, and we had a lot of parents ringing up, and i wasjust making making sure to everybody that we were 0k, and things like that. so it was kind of calm, sort of thing. and some of the patrons went out, and we thought it was ok, everything's 0k, and then this happened. so we have to decide what we're going to do tomorrow. we will have much more later in the programme, and on our website. simply go to bbc.com/news, where you will also find a live page with the latest developments. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: us defence secretary james mattis has warned north korea of strong military consequences if it was to start hostilities. he was speaking after a meeting with japan's foreign and defence ministers in washington. the us and japan have announced they will increase their defence cooperation to deal with the threat from north korea. a ten—year—old rape victim in india

has given birth to a baby girl, weeks after a plea for an abortion was rejected by the country's highest court. the victim was allegedly raped by her uncle, who has been arrested. the supreme court turned down the request after a medical panel said her pregnancy was too far advanced, sparking protests. police have issued a red alert on south africa's border to prevent the zimbabwean first lady from fleeing the country. grace mugabe is accused of beating a 20—year—old model in a hotel room nearjohannesburg with an extension cord. police expected mrs mugabe to turn herself in on tuesday, but she failed to show up. president trump has criticised efforts in a number of us states to remove statues honouring civil war leaders who fought to defend slavery, saying that america's culture and history were being ripped apart. a 32—year—old woman was killed and 20 people were injured at the weekend, when violence broke out at a white nationalist protest against plans to take down one such statue in virginia. 0ur north america editorjon sopel reports from leesburg, in virginia. bell tolls

does this statute represent heritage or hate, dignity or division? last night, this monument to a confederate soldier, the army from the south in the us civil war, that fought to maintain slavery, was vandalised. today, as we filmed in leesburg, virginia, the local authorities decided it was time to install closed—circuit tv, to keep a watchful eye on the monument. and this famous landmark of a pretty town was dividing opinion, just as it is across the country. do you believe the statue should come down? no, i don't. why not? like i said, it's history. it's not good history, but it's a reminder of what not to repeat in the past. it's a shame, it's a darn shame, you know, that they have to nit—pick stuff like this. should these statues stay or go? i think they should go. i believe these statues should go.

it's a representation of past actions that have shackled and chained people both mentally and physically. but it is not only this vietnam vet saluting these monuments. today, donald trump entered the fray, tweeting. .. it was plans to dismantle the statue of general lee that sparked these hate—drenched scenes in charlottesville at the weekend, which left one person dead. no doubt these people will be cheering the president to the rafters for his comments today. but in durham, north carolina, those people who believe these statues are symbols of america's dark past are taking matters into their own hands. there are statues like this all across the southern

states of america. yes, they represent history and heritage. but that is only part of the story. they are also about the toxic state of race relations in america today, and the continuing search of african—americans to find equality and respect. an old soldier, who now seems to represent an america uncomfortable about its past, divided about its present, uncertain about the future. jon sopel, bbc news, leesburg, virginia. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: three years after his capture by so—called islamic state, a yazidi boy is reunited with his family in canada. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that

was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last 1ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we're all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc news. the latest headlines: spanish police

say they've foiled a second terror attack, shooting and killing five people in the town of cambrils, south of barcelona. the operation‘s linked to thursday's deadly van attack in barcelona that left 13 dead and more than 100 injured. let's stay with our main story now. i spoke to michael s smith, who's a terrorism analyst. he explained the apparent complexity of the attack. it says that you've got a pretty dynamic plot or set of plots that have been unfolding in spain today. so far what we can surmise is that people involved with this set of actions are in direct communication with people inside the islamic state so—called caliphate because you had an exceptionally quick claim of responsibility for this attack. the fact that it was exceptionally quick, what does that say? again, it says there is some level of interaction between the people involved and the people

inside the so—called caliphate. it may be that people have been deployed to spain to help co—ordinate the series of activities. that would not be without precedent. of course the man who was a key participant in the november 2015 attack in paris had been deployed into europe to co—ordinate attacks before that attack. he travelled back to syria and then travelled back to europe to participate in the terror plot. so that's one possibility. another is simply that a group of people in spain who are supportive of islamic state have heeded the call to execute attacks in europe, as the group has been calling for, and they reached out to group members on the internet or some sort of encrypted text on

or chat applications. there is a long list of tools that they are using to engage with people around the world. and they produced a video or something like that, that firmly attributes the attack to the group and the group is in possession of that link of attribution to the group. we get told that low tech attacks like this are relatively easy to carry out and a sign that the group is getting squeezed on the battlefield, but it is getting desperate. you discount that? i would say that's flimsy analysis. islamic state has been employing people in europe to execute attacks for a while. there was an attack in brussels before islamic state declared its caliphate in mid—201a, months before that, by somebody who was ostensibly sent into europe to do just that. and so while the loss of territorial holdings is problematic for the group, i think the efforts to execute attacks in the west and punish the so—called disbelievers, as they call us here, that's something that

in the strategic calculation of the group's leadership has always factored importantly in their capacity to build goodwill amongst the many jihadis around the world whom they are trying to move into their ranks, groups like al qaeda, which have refused to merge with it. will there be some alarm that there can be two such full throttle attacks like this so close together in spain? absolutely. one thing you have to keep in mind is the so—called theatre of terrorism. it's one thing for a horrible attack like the one that occurred earlier in the day, but if you can arrange for a cascading series of attacks that will certainly amplify the fear factor and that's an important ingredient in this larger recipe of their efforts to terrorise us here in the west. the terror attack in barcelona has been claimed by so—called islamic state, the latest they've carried out in europe this year. but on the battlefields in iraq and syria,

is has been collapsing as it's driven out of its strongholds. but as they go, they're leaving behind a deadly legacy — children schooled in hate and trained for combat. more than 2000 boys are thought to have graduated from is military training. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville has the second part of his report on what is calls its ‘lion cubs' of the caliphate. turning a child into a suicide bomber takes time and it might start here. in raqqa, they crowd round to watch a man, caged like an animal. the so—called islamic state charge sheet reads that he harassed a woman. his punishment is children's entertainment. war brutalises. growing up in conflict, destruction and violence become routine. mosul and elsewhere became fertile recruitment ground for the islamic state group. is didn'tjust concentrate its

attentions here on the battlefield. it also moved into homes and into classrooms and there they filled young minds full of tales ofjihad, of suicide bombers and of conquering the west. so even though the fighting has stopped, they've left behind a toxic legacy, a new generation of hate and that will be difficult to erase. and the songs from their propaganda videos soon made their way into playgrounds and children's mouths. this boy can't forget the songs, and he can't forget is. he says their education was aboutjihad and how to blow yourself up, and teaching them how to use weapons and how to take a gun apart. he says, "yes, they were scary, they cut off heads. we'd get 15 lashes for

a haircut like this." recruitment started here in the classroom. bashir is a tutor in mosul. translation: children are fertile ground. schools and curriculums are the way to train the students and brainwash them, until they're ready tojoin military training and take pa rt in battles. when is arrived, they destroyed the existing curriculum and created another. in words and pictures, they make war and destruction commonplace. kids learn to read the clock by looking at timebombs. in arabic, the differences between big and small, long and short, are shown with bazookas, bullets and rockets and gym class ends with lessons, a guide to stripping and cleaning a kalashnikov. 0ther armed groups have used children to fight before.

it's a war crime but is turned it into an efficient process. in turkey, i met maqmood. he faught with rebels in syria and then is. it's been a shattering experience for him and his family. translation: when i came back someone said to me, "you are a loser and if i were you i wouldn't have done what you have done, no human being should. this is called failure." ijust keep thinking of that word "loser." the islamic state was formed in a torment and it has destroyed more than just cities. it has ruined lives, warped and stalled the future of an entire generation. repairing that damage will be an even greater task than rebuilding these ruined streets. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.

the us navy says it has lost confidence in the commanding officer of a us warship and two of his senior colleagues, after a fatal collision off the coast of japan earlier this year. they are among 12 sailors to be disciplined after seven crew members were killed in a collision between the uss fitzgerald and a philippines cargo vessel in june. nobel prize winning activist malala yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the taliban for advocating education for girls in pakistan, has take to social media to reveal she has been accepted into oxford university. she'll study philosphy, politics and economics, starting this october. a 12—year—old yazidi boy has been reunited with his family, three years after being captured by so—called islamic state militants in iraq. his mother, who now lives in canada, only discovered her son was alive last month, as the bbc‘s adam mcilrick reports. his report contains some flash photography. flanked by family and photographers, this was a moment worth capturing. mother and son together again.

12—year—old yazidi boy emad mishko tamm was given a hero's welcome to what is now his new home in winnipeg, canada. translation: i am happy and very thankful to everybody who had anything to do with helping to reunite me with my mother. emad reserved special thanks for his uncle, steve, and the canadian government for making this all possible, a day few thought would ever come. emad and his family were captured by so—called islamic state in 2014, when the militants took control of their town in northern iraq. two years later, his mother and four of her six children escaped to a refugee camp before they were granted asylum in canada. as for emad, he was later found by iraqi forces and sent to stay

with one of his uncles, where he recovered from his ordeal. this photo of the boy was taken just after his rescue. the image was shared on social media and discovered by his mother last month. only then did she know her son was still alive. translation: i am very happy and thankful and thank god that he got here safe and sound. the end of an incredible journey and a new one, in a new country, about to begin. let's go back to the main story. in the spanish coastal town of cambrils, this is the scene. police say in the last few hours they have shot dead five suspected terrorists, allegedly linked to the attack earlier in las ramblas, which killed at least 13 people and injured more than 100. more at any time on the

bbc website. thanks for watching. hello there. friday is looking a bit cooler across the board, and there'll plenty of showers around, too, some of them merging together to produce longer spells of rain, particularly across the north and the west of the uk. we start the morning off, though, with sunshine and dry in the south and eastern areas. there will be plenty of showers from the word go, particularly across scotland. some merging together to bring longer spells of rain in the north—west and eastern areas as well. a little bit of sunshine to the south. some sunshine and one or two showers for northern ireland. temperatures around 12 degrees in belfast to start the day. england and wales, most of the showers in northern and western areas. whereas for the midlands eastwards, it should be a largely dry start. temperatures around 15—17 degrees, but quite breezy, particularly close to the irish sea. in fact, irish sea coasts will be windy through the day. it'll remain wet in the northern half of scotland.

and this feature across ireland will push towards wales and western parts of england later in the day, to bring more prolonged rain here, too. the south—east should see plenty of dry weather. top temperatures — 21 or 22 degrees, so cooler than what we saw on thursday, certainly across northern and western areas. during friday night, it stays blustery, further pulses of rain, showers moving through. but it does tend to turn a little bit dryer by the end of the night. and a few cooler spots, as well, in rural places, central and northern parts. saturday starts off fine and dry. in fact, we're in between weather systems, so it's looking pretty good through the country. still quite a windy day, but far fewer showers, and they'll be much lighter, as well. staying dry, especially in northern and western areas. 20 or 22 the high, around the mid—to—upper teens celsius across the north. this area of low pressure hurtling across the atlantic towards our shores will contain the remnants of what was hurricane gert.

so it's going to bring a surge of rain, strengthening winds to south—western areas on sunday. northern and eastern areas actually starting off dry, with some sunshine. a bit of uncertainty as to how far and heavy this rain will spread north and east. but what it will do is also introduce a brief surge of warmer and more humid air to southern parts of britain as we head on in towards the start of next week. but, again, a bit of uncertainty depending on how much sunshine there will be. we could be looking at temperatures reaching the mid—20s. but cool air lurks behind that weather front, where we could see rain as it slowly starts to spread southwards. this is bbc news. the headlines: police in spain believe they've foiled a second attempted terror attack in the town of cambrils, south of barcelona. five suspected terrorists wearing what appeared to be suicide belts were shot and killed. the operation‘s linked to thursday's deadly van attack in barcelona that left 13 dead and more than 100 injured.

spain's prime minister, mariano rajoy, said jihadist terrorism was to blame for the attack. spanish officials have said that the victims of the rampage came from at least 18 different nationalities. president trump has criticised efforts in several us states to remove statues honouring civil war leaders who fought to defend slavery, saying that america's culture and history were being ripped apart. he said the controversial monuments were beautiful would be "greatly missed". now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur.