hello. this is breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. spanish police say they have shot dead five suspected terrorists, thought to be linked to the van attack in barcelona which killed at least 13 people. gunshots the suspects, who were wearing explosive belts, were killed in the seaside resort of cambrils overnight. police are still searching for the driver who carried out the attack at las ramblas. three days of mourning have been declared. good morning. it's friday, the 18th of august. we'll be live in spain for the latest shortly. our other headlines this morning: the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has personally apologised to the mother of a soldier killed in a snatch land rover

in iraq in 2005. a call to cut calories in pizzas, burgers and ready meals as the government tries to tackle child obesity in england. in sport, england shine under the test match lights. centuries forjoe root and alastair cook put england in control of the first day—night test against west indies. and matt has the weather. good morning. iam good morning. i am alongside i2 yachts which will start a 40,000 miles round the world trip and race on sunday. it is run by amateurs. i have the weather details and more on that. the day contained sunshine, showers and a fairly blustery wind. see you in 15 minutes. good morning. our main is those events in spain where overnight five suspected terrorists were shot dead by police in the costal town of cambrils. police say the men, who were wearing explosive belts, are linked to the attack in barcelona yesterday afternoon 13 people were killed there when a van

was driven into crowds in a popular tourist area called las ramblas. more than a 100 others were injured. it's believed 15 of those are in a critical condition. so far, two people have been arrested in connection with the attack in barcelona, but police say they're still searching for the driver of the van. the latest on the situation now from our reporter sarah corker. gunshots in the early hours of friday morning, a dramatic shootout in a holiday resort of cambrils, 120km south of barcelona. the authorities say five suspected terrorists wearing what appeared to be suicide belts were shot dead by police. police opened fire after the attackers drove a car at pedestrians. seven people were injured. the next thing, police arrived there, really quick.

then they started shouting at the guy and the next thing, theyjust shot him. the incident has been linked to the deadly than attacking the heart of barcelona just hours earlier. hundreds of holidaymakers, locals, shoppers ran for their lives. this white van ploughed into pedestrians on spain's most famous boulevard. i saw a white van with the side door open. we heard gunshots. whether it was on police or the van, i don't know, we didn't hang around for that. we ran into the burger king to not get shot. police released this photo of dreessen kabir whose documents were used to hide the van but latest

reports suggest he told police he is passport was stolen —— driss 0ukabir. 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 by jihadist terrorism. like other cities around the world before it. the authorities are now linking the attacks in barcelona and cambrils with an explosion on wednesday in the town of alcanar — where one person died. police police suspect that the house were preparing explosives. and as people anxiously wait for news of loved ones, the authorities have learnt dell might wa nt authorities have learnt dell might want the number of dead may rise. barcelona is just the latest european city to witness the terrible effects of a vehicle attack on pedestrians. the problem for the authorities is that such attacks are extremely difficult to prevent.

0ur security correspondent gordon corera has been looking at what more, if anything, can be done. barcelona is just the latest in a series of vehicle attacks, leaving a terrible but tragically now almost familiar scene on the streets of europe. the first major incident was in nice when a lorry ploughed into a crowd celebrating bastille dayjust over a year ago. it was a target and moment to maximise the casualties and the impact. then there was a lorry attack on a christmas market in berlin, and a van driven into the city centre of stockholm. and britain has not been immune from what's been dubbed low—tech terrorism. in march khalid massoud ploughed into people on westminster bridge before being shot dead as he approached the house of parliament with a knife. injune three men drove down london bridge before attacking people in borough market with knives. and later that month worshippers near finsbury park mosque were struck by a car. 0ne

worshippers near finsbury park mosque were struck by a car. one man died. the problem is that stopping these kind of attacks is hard. here at westminster bridge they have installed these barriers to stop the vehicle is ramming into pedestrians on the bridge. but an attacker could just pick a different crowded place. the authorities also looking at things like more checks on people making short notice rentals of vans. but the problem is these attacks require just everyday items, just a car, no guns or explosives, and with so little planning required it can be hard to spot them and stop them. new shock absorbing barriers like this one shown in a test may offer some protection but counterterrorism experts caution they cannot stop all attacks happening. it is an almost impossible thing to prevent completely, but you can try to make ita completely, but you can try to make it a little bit more difficult for the terrorist, and that to some extent is all that we can do. the way we stop this from happening is by preventing people from becoming

radicalised or by people being willing to come forward and saying, i know someone that might be going to do this because that is how to stop it. this is one of the man authorities believe responsible, and so—called islamic state said what it called its soldiers carried out the attack, responding to its call. but this does not always mean there was a direct link with the group. and one major concern for security services around the world is that these kind of attacks can be carried out with little or no training, direction or co—ordination. we'll have more updates on the investigation into that attack throughout the programme this morning. 0vernight of course we know that there were five suspected terrorists shot dead. this is the scene in cambrils. cambrils is a seaside resort around 100 kilometres from barcelona and those shootings overnight directly link police say two events in barcelona. and throughout the programme we will be in barcelona as well. we are hearing

stories and many will have heard them already of the terror as people fled. this van careered down the street, packed with pedestrians and tourists from all different parts of the world. and people hiding in restau ra nts, the world. and people hiding in restaurants, being given safe places to go to by residents as well. we will hear lots of different eyewitnesses talking to us here on the programme this morning and we will keep you up—to—date of course with that situation as well. as far as we understand they have still not found the driver of the van. we will keep you right up—to—date with the latest news as well he on breakfast. also in the news today: it's emerged that the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has personally apologised to the mother of a soldier killed in a lightly armoured snatch land rover in iraq. the bbc has seen the letter sent to sue smith, whose son private philip hewett died in a bombing in 2005. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. sue smith's some private hewitt was

killed while travelling in a lightly armoured snatch land rover in iraq july 2000 and five. seu hoped an inquest to last five days would provide answers about the smack and how philip died but it lasted just three alice —— 2005. she found an inability to get answers from the ministry of defence maddening —— hour. sometimes i thought theyjust wa nted hour. sometimes i thought theyjust wanted me to go away or die. i couldn't give up. in 2013 seu and two other families of soldiers killed in snatch land rover is one a landmark ruling at the supreme court enabling them to sue the mod because of the human rights act was deemed to apply to soldiers on the battlefield. it was the publication here injuly last battlefield. it was the publication here in july last year of the battlefield. it was the publication here injuly last year of the report into the enquiry into the iraq war by sirjohn chilcot that changed

everything. it gave a damning assessment of how for years the ministry of defence failed to replace the inadequate and lightly armoured snatch land rovers. almost armoured snatch land rovers. almost a year after the chilcott report, sue's case and two other families we re sue's case and two other families were settled. she received a letter of apology from the defence secretary, michael fallon, in which he wrote... it means that he didn't die for nothing, at the end of it all. that is something. that is the only thing i can say. sue's 12 year legal battle with the army that send her son to iraq is finally over, but her son to iraq is finally over, but her grief will endure. the uk has pledged £5 million to help the victims of the mud slide in the west african

state of sierra leone. 400 people are known to have died and 600 are still missing after torrential rain caused the side of a mountain to collapse, engulfing a suburb of the capital freetown. the international development secretary, priti patel, said the money would be used to provide food, water, shelter and clothing. portugal has declared a state of emergency so it can access funds to combat fires that are devastating some of the country's forests. thousands of firefighters have been tackling huge blazes in recent days and residents of several villages have been evacuated from their homes. food manufacturers will be told to reduce calories in products including pizzas, burgers and ready meals as part of the campaign to tackle childhood obesity in england. last year, the government asked companies to cut the sugar content in food. but charities and health campaigners say ministers "must try harder" to curb obesity levels. here's our health editor, hugh pym. food manufacturers and retailers

have already been told to cut sugar content have already been told to cut sugar co nte nt by have already been told to cut sugar content by one fifth by 2020. it is not compulsory but when the childhood obesity strategy was unveiled last year there were hints that if the industry didn't comply there would be legislation. now the same approach is to be adopted for calorie content in manufactured products including ready meals, pizza, curry, savoury snacks and sandwiches. this could mean smaller portions or reducing high calorie ingredients. no figures have yet been announced. an average man is said to need around 2500 calories a day to maintain a healthy body weight. for an average woman the figure is around 2000. for school—aged children it is anything between 1600 and 2500. health officials say people on average consume between 200 and 300 calories more than they should, so action has to be taken. we know through our work on salt that a voluntary

programme of salt reduction has worked. we are seeing very positive signs from the industry on sugar reduction. so we consider that a calorie reduction programme would be possible as well. the national 0besity forum said there was next to nothing to show for the government's last 12 months of work, and that was a serious disappointment. the british medical association said the government hadn't strengthened existing controls on how unhealthy food and in some marketed to children. —— drinks are marketed. we can return to our main story and spanish police say they've stopped a second terror attack, shooting and killing five people in the town of cambrils, south of barcelona. the operation's linked to yesterday's van attack that left 13 dead and more than 100 injured. 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee is in barcelona. gavin, you're overlooking las

ramblas, the scene of the attack. just tell us a little more of what we know what happened yesterday afternoon. well, the chronology of what police said happen, as you can see, the police have lifted the police caught him, this is where the van finished after 500 metres driving a long las ramblas at up to 50 miles an hour through the crowd of people —— police cordon. the whole place was packed. people said you couldn't move, it is the busiest, most famous promenade in the whole of spain. what the police are saying is after the car drove, use or scene where there were bodies lying in the street, some people we re lying in the street, some people were rushing to help, some 13 people killed. more than 80 people injured. 15 people currently in a critical condition in hospital. the driver of the car fled on foot. he condition in hospital. the driver of the carfled on foot. he hasn't

condition in hospital. the driver of the car fled on foot. he hasn't been seen the car fled on foot. he hasn't been seen since. the manhunt for him continues. what we know of a wider attack which the prime minister, trade minister rajoy, says is a jihadist attack, is two men 500 metres from here were arrested in connection with the attack, one of them, driss 0ukabir, is the man whose name was on the rental agreement. there was a firm mandate was shot dead by police after a car chase" in the city. there was a second attempted attack. 120 kilometres south of here in a town called cabrils on the coast five people injured after cabrils drove into them. some people in the car at the a to b wearing suicide vests. and the moment is these attacks are linked. we have six people dead, two questioned and a manhunt for the main suspect driver and no real sense of how big this attack is.

yes, gavin, as you take us through what is really now quite a complex pattern of events, all linked, as police are saying, really getting a sense of the sale of what happened, both there and now with the other link events. the thing to point out about this is you can probably hear and see behind me that people with suitcases just art into a pair with children who many of them overnight we re children who many of them overnight were waiting for some of them 9—10 hours in the dark, on the one hand to as police a evacuate the city, to keep away, on the other side tourist, thousands of them without hotels, people just arriving. tourist, thousands of them without hotels, peoplejustarriving. locals told to stay away and the bars and restau ra nts told to stay away and the bars and restaurants as well for five hours last night the supermarkets were all hidden and told to stay and keep quiet. the police went door—to—door to question people to find out whether one of those involved in the attack was still here. this is the biggest terrorist attack in spain

for more than ten years since the madrid bombings in 2004. and right now we are just at the start of this investigation. as we look at the street behind you a lot of that people from the uk will know barcelona well and they will have been to that place. they will be thinking themselves and security a nalysts thinking themselves and security analysts will be thinking about what protection could be in place and how in other big european cities precautions have been taken about those kind of areas where there are lots of pedestrians. and we look at the street and seek that now. uni un i spoke after the attack in nice, the attack on brussels, the truck attack in berlin, this has become a thing where big pedestrian areas are cordoned off. the other senses, according to the spanish media, the cia warned spanish officials two months ago to say that las ramblas was being targeted, to be prepared.

it may explain why the eyewitnesses on the street say the police were rapid in their response. but still this morning no new details yet as to where this man—hunt is going, as the police continue their search. for the moment, thank you. we will be speaking to you throughout the morning. and some of the tourists caught up in the event, and we will be speaking to some of those caught up be speaking to some of those caught up in the event shortly. this is a shot taken from cambrils, where overnight there has been another incident which police in spain are saying was connected to barcelona. they have shot dead five suspected terrorists in the seaside resort of cambrils during the night, saying they were thwarting what they believed to have been an attack similarto believed to have been an attack similar to the one in barcelona

hours earlier. so lots of questions still to be answered about the connection between these two events, and connection between these two events, a nd exa ctly connection between these two events, and exactly what is going on. and as gavin was saying they are still searching and they haven't yet found the man who was driving the van in barcelona. we will try and get to the bottom of exactly what is going on, but the authorities at the moment are still investigating. so many things happening, we will keep you right up to date throughout the morning and speak the eyewitnesses as well. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather, and he is at the albert dock in liverpool. good morning. a very good morning to you as well. the reason we are here as this will be the start in finishing point of the clip around the world race. it is one of the world's longest ocean races, covering 40,000 nautical miles over 11 months, over six continents and six ocean crossings. there will only be one professional sailor, the rest

of the crew entirely made up of amateurs —— clipper round the world yacht race. 40% of the amateurs had never sailed before in their life. we will be talking to one of those later in the programme and to the founder later, in around half an hour's time. but here, at the moment, we have a shower pushing its way through and it is a sign of what is to come for many of you. taking a look at the forecast, it is a day once again across the uk of sunshine and showers but unlike yesterday and the day but all there will be a bit more in the web showers than we have seen. more in the web showers than we have seen. so hard pressed to completely avoid them. wet at the moment across parts scotland. showers will be pushing their way to the north—east, where they will become quite heavy and persistent, and this is where we could see around 50 millimetres, thatis could see around 50 millimetres, that is around two inches of rain, throughout the day. brightening up a little bit in western scotland compared to what we have at the moment. a bit of sunshine between the showers. heading further south across midlands, east anglia and the south—east, this is where we will have a few showers to start with. do

not leave your umbrella because there will be a few more developing, a greater chance of one or two coming your way compared to yesterday. blustery winds bringing the showers in, and that wind will be pretty lively at times towards the south—western and western parts of wales. you may be stubborn sunshine but showers will never be too far away, and some heavy showers working into northern ireland, especially pushing across southern parts. those showers really will get going. the most persistent rain will be in the of scotland. the showers could come with hail and thunder across england, wales and northern ireland. you would be completely ha rd ireland. you would be completely hard pressed to avoid them but there could be some sunshine around at times, and in the sunshine, especially in the south—east, you might get 20 degrees. through the day, temperatures for most of the teams. the winds could pick up into the evening across northern ireland, wales and england in particular. we could see further heavy showers working their way eastwards. improvements towards the north—east of scotla nd improvements towards the north—east of scotland overnight and because it stays blustery overnight, temperatures should not drop away

too much. maybe down into single figures through some rural parts for the weekend. as for saturday, but last three to begin with and a few showers around, especially across western areas. compared to today, fewer showers by and large in northern and eastern parts of scotla nd northern and eastern parts of scotland will have about the improved day. a lot more in the way of dry weather. temperatures similar to today's values but the winds eased down and touch it will feel a touch warmer. as we go into saturday night the showers continue to clear. we will see winds for that light is so we will see winds for that light is so probably a bit of a cool night to ta ke so probably a bit of a cool night to take us into sunday. competitions as we go into sunday. we have the re m na nts of we go into sunday. we have the remnants of what was hurricane gert. there is the chance of some heavy burst of rain working in from the south—west. and with that comes some slightly humid air as well. what i will say about sunday's forecast, if you have got plans to change them

yet, because that forecast could change. i will keep you updated. yet, because that forecast could change. i will keep you updatedm the very much, we will see you throughout the programme. we will look through the front pages. it is worth a word of caution that inevitably because of the events in barcelona, some of the photographs chosen contains some very grim images. unavoidable, i'm afraid. particular cell inside pages. on the front page of the times, they write simply evil strikes again. tourists and residents trying to help one of the victims of that attack in barcelona. 0n the front page of the daily mail, they call this a massacre and some of the images of the immediate aftermath, and inside more coverage. drawing attention amongst other things, many of the papers drawing attention to just how many people go to las ramblas. it is one of those places of an evening where so many people spend time.

during the afternoon we know it is absolutely packed, with many holidaymakers, are very, very famous place. it is the sort of mecca. and all of these victims coming from all over the world. it is very much a tourist destination, as well as people who live in barcelona, as well. the front page of the daily telegraph, more pictures. van ploughing into the crowd, killing at least 13 people. the vanjumping onto the pavement, and mowing down pedestrians in its way. so many stories about how people managed to escape. we will hear one of those now, actually. people fleeing the attack in barcelona yesterday were forced to take in restaurants and cafes. jessica tanner was shopping when the van hit a nearby market stall. we can speak to her now. jessica, good morning to you. i know you are ok, but tell us what happened. what did you see? my friend and i were shopping along las ramblas. we were actually where

the... the stall where the van first drove into, we were taking pictures of the street. and there was a shop across the road may friend wanted to go into. we crossed the street, and literally minutes later we hear a massive bang behind us. screaming, and crying. and instinctively we just ran with the crowd, and he had in some of the local shops. and they we re in some of the local shops. and they were trying to throw the shutters down and the police ran towards las ramblas. i think at first everyone was just praying it was just a road accident or collision. so we went back up to the main road to see if everything was ok, as it seemed safe at the time. the police were actually tapering off the area, and telling us that we needed to go away —— taping. and as we started to turn

we could hear people shouting that shots had been fired. so everybody ran shots had been fired. so everybody ra n towards shots had been fired. so everybody ran towards either a cafe or shop, and all the shutters were being thrown down and people were diving into the shutters. are clearly terrifying experience. how long did you have to take refuge for? we were in there for about two hours. the locals had been... i would say the emergency services and the locals have been wonderful. everyone has stuck together, they let us judge our phones, so that we could wring our phones, so that we could wring ourfamilies. they our phones, so that we could wring our families. they gave us drinks. people were offering to give people lifts home and taxis were offering to give lifts to tourists. but we we re to give lifts to tourists. but we were terrified, because there was banging on the shutters and voices saying that it was the police, and

it was just terrifying because eve ryo ne it was just terrifying because everyone in the cafe froze because we had no idea if it really was the police. and it took ages, and a lot of courage, before finally the cafe owner slowly opened the gates, and it was the police. they told us it was safe. jessica, are you 0k? yes, yes. well, absolutely heartbroken, but... well, i appreciate your time. thank you very much indeed for joining us and telling us about what was clearly a very terrifying experience for you. best of luck for the best of your travels, as well. we will keep you updated with the police investigation, which is ongoing. we know a number of terrorist suspects were shot overnight. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news.

i'm alice salfield. the night tube has been hailed a huge success by the mayor as it marks its one—year anniversary this weekend. sadiq khan said passenger numbers had far exceeded predictions, with nearly eight millionjourneys so far. figures released by transport for london also showed it had boosted london's economy by £171 million. really pleased. this has been a big success for london. i think the mayor would really like to thank all the staff who have made this possible, and certainly to say thank you to the passengers who have given itago you to the passengers who have given it a go and found it to be a very safe and convenient way to travel at night. detectives are still questioning an 18—year—old man over the murder of a teenager in croydon. 15—year—old jermaine goupall was attacked with knives and a machete while he was out with friends last week. police know some people witnessed the attack, and are urging them to come forward. three other people have been charged with murder.

thousands of music lovers will be heading to chelmsford this weekend for v festival. up to 100,000 people are expected to visit hylands park, with jay—z and p!nk headlining. essex police says it is putting on extra patrols for reassurance. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes, there are minor delays on the central line, westbound only, but a good service elsewhere. if we look at the roads, these are the queues northbound on the a102 tunnel approach at the blackwall tunnel, so the usual rush hour problems there. the m25 anticlockwise has one lane closed betweenjunctions 22 and 21a, because of an accident. and in feltham, hanworth road is closed between uxbridge road and hounslow road, after an incident outside the police station. let's have a check on the weather now. hello, good morning. yesterday temperatures reached a maximum of

around 25 celsius. today is not looking quite as warm, but it will bea looking quite as warm, but it will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. some of the showers to have the potential to be fairly heavy, but not everyone will see one. we will see some good spells of sunshine as we move through the day. the breeze having picked up from yesterday means that any showers will be fairly fast moving. don't ta ke will be fairly fast moving. don't take the positioning on the map to literally. temperatures could back and a maximum of 21 or perhaps 22 celsius. as we go through this evening, then, the chance of seeing a shower continues. and then we will see a ridge of high pressure pushing him into the second half of the night. so the showers fizzling out as we move into the early hours. 0vernight lows of between 13 and 15 celsius. tomorrow, then, a bright bow to the day. we will tend to see cloud bubbling up as we move through the day. there is a risk of seeing the day. there is a risk of seeing the odd isolated shower but i think they will be much more scattered than today, temperatures reaching a maximum of 22, perhaps 23 celsius, if anything a touch warmer. i will leave you with the outlook as we

move into sunday. a bit of uncertainty in the forecast is an area of low pressure moves in from the west. it does look like it will bea the west. it does look like it will be a bright start turning increasingly cloudy as we move through the day. fairly humid on monday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to charlie and louise. hello. this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. spanish police say they have shot dead five suspected terrorists thought to be linked to the van attack in barcelona which killed at least 13 people. the suspects, who were wearing explosive belts, were killed overnight in the resort of cambrils after they drove a car into pedestrians, injuring seven people. fitzroy davies was on holiday in the resort. some people started running past us, and then one of our friends look down the street and says, run. then the next thing we saw this guy

coming running at us. someone shouted, call the police, call the police. and then the next thing the police. and then the next thing the police were right there. it was really quick. and then they started shouting at the guy. and then the next thing they just shot shouting at the guy. and then the next thing theyjust shot him, they shot him and then he fell on the ground, and then he got back up and then... like, he went towards the police, and then they shot him again and then that was it. police are still searching for the driver who carried out the deadly attack at las ramblas in barcelona yesterday. more than 100 injured when a van was driven into crowds in the popular area of the city. so far, two people have been arrested in connection with the attack. i saw isawa 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. we didn't hang around

for that. we ran into the burger king to get shelter. joanis joan is visiting from amsterdam and was on las ramblas when the attack happened. i left a shop 50 metres from las ramblas, walking to las ramblas when i heard different bangs. it was not shooting, but accidental bangs, and then i saw people falling on the pavement, i think some six people. and then i was doubting what to do, to run towards, but it was very unclear, we we re towards, but it was very unclear, we were not sure what was going to happen. and then people ran towards the victims on the ground and then we thenl the victims on the ground and then we then i think half a minute or a minute there was police and ambulances. throughout breakfast this morning we will bring you up—to—date with the very latest. there seem to be two incidents. this is the scene live in cambrils where spanish police have shot dead five. six people were

injured as a car was driven into a crowd of people. four of the attackers in that event were shot dead at the scene. later confirming that a fifth person had died of their injuries. they say that about that event that they were carrying explosive belts. that is at the scene explosive belts. that is at the scene this morning. there is an ongoing investigation going on in the seaside town which will be filled with holidaymakers from spain and across the world. this is very much a seaside town where evidence happened overnight last night. in barcelona in las ramblas, this is the scene this morning. some parts of las ramblas, the barriers have been put down. we know that 13 people killed in the attack in las ramblas and we know up to 100 others have been injured, some of them seriously. we will have more on the

investigation of course throughout the programme this morning. actually, right now we can speak with a security specialist. it happens that you are in barcelona yesterday when this happened. what can you tell us? the situation evolved incredibly quickly. i was about one kilometre away from las ramblas, which is where i am right now. you can see it behind me. i was here a couple of hours before the incident took place. what we know, and certainly information has been confirmed by the local authorities, is obviously the attack took place here. and this is normally... at the moment it is the emptiest it has been. normally it is absolutely packed, rammed with tourists and foreign visitors and locals obviously to the city. yesterday was no different to any other day from what i have been told by my local contacts here. the development of this further attack overnight shows that there is very much an active cell operation, sells co—ordinating

with each other here in spain right now. and we are waiting on more information on last night's attack to see if there was any direct contact or whether it was simply triggered off the back of this attack in barcelona. so many questions to be answered — give us a sense of where you are. this is quite a heavily pedestrianised zone, isn't it? no, it is not. as you can see guide me, i will try not to move around much, this boulevard is quite small. it is quite narrow. there is one lane either side for vehicles and vehicles move up and down here quite quickly. and on this concourse in which i am standing in the middle of it, there are usually an awful lot of tourists and pedestrians, there are human statues, there are traders, so a lot of activity, not on the pavements on either side, in the centre. so making for the ideal prospect for a terrorist to attack. what can you tell us about the fact that, as far as i understand, there

we re that, as far as i understand, there were security warnings about the vulnerability of las ramblas? yes, indeed. las ramblas and also the beach promenade. yesterday, as i headed over here, i was about one kilometre away, the beaches are absolutely packed with visitors. this is peak season, after all. therefore there are a lot of people. we have seen guards around, quite visible around the city this week, but i think again spain has been on the same levels of alert pretty much as every other european city is because no other city is exempt from these kinds of threats. we know that these kinds of threats. we know that the police were on the scene quickly. what will their priorities be right now? at the moment they will be undertaking their investigation. when i got here there we re investigation. when i got here there were a lot of bluelight services, medics, guarda, plainclothes police officers, and they set up the

cordons very quickly. there are a lot of sidestreets, markets, squares off the side of las ramblas. they we re off the side of las ramblas. they were pushing back the cordon and extending it every 15— 20 minutes. at the moment forensically they will look at the incident itself and gathering as much evidence as they can. there are a lot of leads following up on. certainly the driver, who is still at large as we understand, and their identity is probably known to intelligence agencies. they will be looking for any agencies. they will be looking for a ny close agencies. they will be looking for any close associates that could create any other problems or attacks on the mainland. that isjust what they wanted to ask you as a final thought, because, as you say, it is peak tourist season, there are many tourist from all over the world including britain in spain at the moment. yes, certainly the hotels around the city, mine included, have taken some very good proportions. they have got a much more robust physical security presence, quite a lot of them, including mine, blocking off vehicle access with

large minivans to prevent vehicles coming up to the entrances of the hotel. so it is a very important thing for the city to try to settle back into it as much as it came in the wake of this horrific incident, which will be a challenge in itself. but especially to reassure the tourists and foreigners who are not only here, who are intending to travel here, that they have the situation in hand. and from what i am seeingi situation in hand. and from what i am seeing i feel confident that they are on their game right now. thank you very much. and i know you are with us through the programme. thank you. we will keep you up—to—date with everything in connection to the attack. reuters newsagency is a 26 french citizens are known to have been injured, that is from the french foreign ministry. and of course we are awaiting the identities of 13 confirmed dead so far. so more on that of course throughout the programme this morning. let's tell you about the other news as well. it's emerged that the defence

secretary, sir michael fallon, has personally apologised to the mother of a soldier killed in a lightly armoured snatch land rover in iraq. philip hewett died in a bombing in 2005. four years ago, his family won the right at the supreme court to sue the mod for negligence. in his letter, sir michael apologises for the delay in introducing protective vehicles which he says "could have saved lives". the uk has pledged £5 million to help the victims of the mud slide in the west african state of sierra leone. 400 people are known to have died and 600 are still missing after torrential rain caused the side of a mountain to collapse, engulfing a suburb of the capital freetown. the international development secretary, priti patel, said the money would be used to provide food, water, shelter and clothing. portugal has declared a state of emergency so it can access funds to combat fires that are devastating some of the country's forests. thousands of firefighters have been tackling huge blazes in recent days and residents of several villages have been evacuated

from their homes. food manufacturers will be told to reduce calories in products including pizzas, burgers and ready meals as part of the campaign to tackle childhood obesity in england. last year, the government asked companies to cut the sugar content in food. but charities and health campaigners say ministers "must try harder" to curb obesity levels. the new plans could see the size of products reduced or ingredients in food and drinks changed. you are right up—to—date with the latest news and we will be live in barcelona and also in cambrils through the programme to keep you up—to—date with the emerging stories coming out of there and we will speak with eyewitnesses as well. right now, though, jessica has the sport. talking cricket this morning to start with because obviously england against the west indies. much built up because it was the first day—night test in england and because it was played under floodlights there is talk of a pink

ball being used — will it be different, how would it feel? i think thejury is different, how would it feel? i think the jury is still very much out on the final decision. we will hear from the england out on the final decision. we will hearfrom the england captainjoe root in a second. the jury is out on whether it affects plate and whether it was any good for england to practise with this pink wall ahead of the ashes. yes, because the lights come on gradually as the natural light goes. they do. that is how it works in practice. and with cricket players in traditional white clothing, the ball would be lost, so they had to dye it. let's find out from joe root himself, whether it made any difference. day—night test cricket arrived in england for the first time, and england took to it quite nicely, closing the opening day of the first test against west indies on 348—3. after winning the toss, england lost early wickets but a partnership between skipper joe root and alastair cook put them in control. root struck 136.

cook, the last england captain, scored even more. he'll resume on 153 not out this afternoon, and england seem at ease with the controversial pink ball being used for this match. i think there were periods throughout the whole day really where, randomly, it started to move around, then it would go very quiet again. and i suppose trying to identify those quickly and playing accordingly is going to be very important. but we have a very skilful bowling unit that i am sure will be jumping at the skilful bowling unit that i am sure will bejumping at the bit skilful bowling unit that i am sure will be jumping at the bit to hopefully defend a very high first—innings lead. adam lyth hasn't been picked for england for a while, but he's scoring plenty of runs for yorkshire. last night he broke the record for the highest british domestic t20 score. he made 161 against northamptonshire at headingley. lyth hammered seven sixes and 20 fours as yorkshire reached 260—4, another british record. they went on to win by 124 runs. england will play france on tuesday

for a place in the final of the women's rugby world cup, after beating the usa by 47 points to 26. marlie packer crossed the line twice as the defending champions ran in seven tries, to win their last pool match and confirm their place in the last four. france made the semi—finals, thanks to a 21—5 win over hosts ireland in dublin. they were 21—0 up afterjust 30 minutes, and comfortably topped their group after three victories. wales couldn't make the semis, but still beat hong kong to win their final pool match with help from two sioned harries tries. the welsh won 39—15. in the super league, castleford beat wakefield 45—20 to win the league leaders shield. jake webster scored four of castleford's eight tries, as they finished top of the table for the first time

in their 91 year history. they did it with four games to spare. everton are in a strong position to reach the europa league group stage after a 2—0 first—leg win over hajduk split last night. but the match was overshadowed by crowd trouble. the croatian side's supporters surged towards the goodison park pitch, and threw objects, including seats, as play was stopped in the 33rd minute. moments earlier, michael keane had scored his first goal for the club, while idrissa gueye completed the victory. jo konta's us open preparations are going to plan, as she's into the quarter—finals of the cincinatti 0pen. she beat dominika cibulkova in straight sets and will now face second seed simona halep for a place in the last four. and she can be fairly confident, having beaten halep in the quarter—finals of wimbledon last month.

double track world champion and olympic silver—medallist becky james has retired from cycling. the welsh athlete, who's 25, says she intends to start a baking business. james won silver in the kierin and sprint races at last year's rio 0lympics. in a statement she says she's grateful for the success but that it was time to move on. this interesting to hear she is starting a baking business. i have been looking at some of her creations and they are absolutely fantastic. she is very good at wedding and birthday cakes. you talked about the light in connection with the cricket, it is that time of the year when you start noticing the evenings creeping in, don't you?” find it very disappointing. good morning to you, matt. —— good morning to you, matt. —— good morning to you, matt. —— good morning to you. we are at albert dockin

morning to you. we are at albert dock in liverpool, at the start and finish of the clipper round the world yacht race, which begins this sunday. some of the yachts taking place behind me. 40,000 nautical mile race around the world, mainly by amateurs. to tell us more about it, the first person to sail non—stop around the globe in 1968, thank you very much forjoining us. what made you want to set up this race? i think there is always an opening for adventure these days, but i was in greenland and they told me how much it costs to climb mount everest and i realised i could set up everest and i realised i could set up an opportunity for people to sail around the world for half the price. i put around the world for half the price. iput an around the world for half the price. i put an advert in the paper, got 8000 ounces and thought i'd had better do it. the crucial thing is it is mainly amateurs, the only professionals a re it is mainly amateurs, the only professionals are the skippers —— 8000 answers. it is difficult at the

start, people are not used to living ina camp start, people are not used to living in a camp isolated from the rest of the world, the nearest humans probably being the space station. so they have to get used to giving and taking and working together. i keep saying to people, why do the easy things in life. you will have much more to be proud of doing the tough things, you don't have to boast about it, but you can be proud of it. the hardest thing they have to face is that solitude away from the rest of the world. that's right, and having to put up with other people, cheek byjowl for having to put up with other people, cheek by jowl for weeks. if you are taking part in another one, what sort of person are you looking for? a person with enthusiasm and willingness. i will turn them into a sailor. good luck with the race, and the weather may play a part to begin with. let's see what you have to say! we could have the remnants of an old hurricane with us as we go

through the weekend. the day of sunshine and showers for the uk. unlike yesterday there will be a few more showers around, so a greater chance of getting wet at least at some point during the day. the wettest parts will be in north—east scotla nd wettest parts will be in north—east scotland where we have some hefty downpours in the west, pushing their way over the north sea. western scotla nd way over the north sea. western scotland should brighten up over the next few days and we should see a bit more sunshine at times. showers rattling across northern england on the breeze, sunshine in between. further south there are a few downpours across the south—east and east anglia. they were clear and the next big batch of showers will be later this afternoon. there will be a lot of dry and sunny weather around for your morning commute but don't be fooled. if you want to stick your umbrella in just in don't be fooled. if you want to stick your umbrella injust in in case, there will be more showers by the time you finish yourjourney later on. showers in south—east england and wales during the next few hours, some of those could become a little bit on the heavy side and it is around the showers the winds will be at their strongest. the showers properly quite persistent across southern parts of northern ireland in particular, working in the western

wales by the end of the afternoon. if you look at the chart through the day, notice that little clumps of blue, the showers, starting to appearjust blue, the showers, starting to appear just about anywhere. i blue, the showers, starting to appearjust about anywhere. i can't promise anywhere will stay com pletely promise anywhere will stay completely dry through the day. worst of all across the north—east of scotla nd worst of all across the north—east of scotland where we could see up to 50 millimetres, two inches of rain. the wind coming in from the west and very last resort will feel cooler than yesterday. the best of the temperatures towards east anglia and the south—east, probably into the low 20s here. it is going to remain and breezy, heavy with hail and thunder. and the wind could persist through the evening and overnight so if you are camping towards the south of the country in particular it is a night to really stamp down the tent pegs. those winds will be particularly gusty. the temperatures should not drop away too much given the breeze. it means for the weekend we start on a cool and blustery night out of anything saturday fewer showers than we have seen today. fewer showers across western areas, not many reaching the eastern part of the country. the eastern parts of scotland, similar to today's values

but a touch warmer given the wind easing down later. as the winds is down, saturday night will be a rather cool one. into sunday, a big publication as we start to see the re m na nts of publication as we start to see the remnants of what was hurricane gert coming away. mainly the moisture rather than the wind. it will be a blustery day for some across the south—west on sunday, but it is how far that ren gets. most will start dry with some sunshine, that will last into the north and east of the country, later turning more human. but if you haven't got any plans, don't change them yet. stay tuned to the forecast because it could change. i will have more details throughout the morning. back to charlie and louise. will do, and it isa charlie and louise. will do, and it is a lovely sunrise behind you. let's ta ke let's take you back to our main story, events in barcelona and spain overnight, and this is the scene in las ramblas, the scene of that devastating attack using a vehicle.

13 people were killed, and up to 100 others injured, some of them very seriously. it is interesting looking at this image, many people will have been to las ramblas, but you can see the stores already setting up and you get a sense of how busy this street is. even the day after this event, already many, many people using that street. 0bviously locals who use it to move around barcelona itself, but also the tourists, who of course flocked to las ramblas. that investigation ongoing, of course. and according to the catalan regional government, citizens of some 24 different countries were amongst those who were affected, killed or injured in this attack. we know that one belgian national is confirmed to have died in that attack. at the same time, overnight we have learned that spanish police have shot dead five suspect that terrorists in cambrils, which is about 100 kilometres south of barcelona. we will bring you up to

date throughout the morning, but a bit earlier we spoke to our europe correspondent, who is in barcelona, overlooking las ramblas, where the original attack took place. and this is where the white van finished, after 500m driving along las ramblas at up to 50 miles an hour through the crowd of people, it happened that 5pm yesterday afternoon. the whole place was packed, i was speaking to people yesterday and you couldn't move. this was the most famous promenade on the whole of spain. what the police are saying is after the car drove, you could see where there we re drove, you could see where there were bodies lying in the street, some people were rushing to help, 13 people killed, more than 18 people injured, 50 people currently in a critical condition in hospital, the driver of the car fled on foot. he has not been seen since. the man—hunt continues for him. what we know of the wider attack, which the

prime minister here, mariano rajoy, said isa prime minister here, mariano rajoy, said is a jihadist, prime minister here, mariano rajoy, said is ajihadist, islamist inspired attack, is that two men in a bar500m inspired attack, is that two men in a bar 500m from here were arrested in connection with the attack. 0ne of them, a man called driss 0ukabir, is the man whose name appears to have been on the rental agreement. another man was shot dead by police, there was a second attempted attack 100 kilometres south of here in a town called cambrils. this time, the police are claiming they shot five people dead, some of those in the car who appeared to have been wearing suicide vest and at the moment the main hypothesis from the police is that the two attacks are linked. we have six people dead, to make people being questioned and a man—hunt for this main suspect driver, and no real sense at the moment of how big this attack is. and as you take us through what is

really now quite a complex pattern of events, we really are getting a sense of the scale of what happened yesterday, both they are, and now with those of other linked events. yes, and the thing to point out about this is, you may be able to hear, or perhaps see behind me, some of the people with suitcases starting to appear with children, many of whom overnight were waiting for nine, ten hours in the dark. the police evacuated the city, keeping people away. the other side of this is tourists. thousands of them were without hotels, locals living in their homes, told to stay away. and their homes, told to stay away. and the bars and restaurants down here as well, for five hours last night the supermarkets were all told to keep quiet, while the police went door—to—door to question people, to find out whether one of those involved in the attack was still here. but this is the biggest terrorist attack, charlie, in spain for more than ten years, since the madrid bombings back in 2004. and

right now we are just at the start of this investigation. and as we look at the street behind it are, a lot of people from the uk will no barcelona well and will have been to this place. and security analysts are thinking about what protection could be in place, and how in other big european cities precautions have been taken big european cities precautions have been ta ken about big european cities precautions have been taken about those kind of areas where you know there are a lot of austrians. and we look at that street and we inevitably think that now, don't we? -- a lot of pedestrians. this has become a common thing, where big pedestrian areas are cordoned off. can you think of a bigger famous pedestrian area than this, this and the champs—elysees are perhaps the biggest ones. the police awareness may explain why it, when we spoke to

some of the eyewitnesses, the police we re some of the eyewitnesses, the police were rabbit in their response. they we re were rabbit in their response. they were on the scene within minutes. but as i say, still this morning no new details yet as to where this man—hunt is going, as the police continue their search. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alice salfield. passenger numbers on the night tube have exceeded predictions by 15%, with nearly eight million journeys taken so far. the mayor has hailed the service a huge success as it marks its one—year anniversary this weekend. figures also showed it had boosted london's economy by £171 million. really pleased. this has been a big success for london. i think the mayor would really like to thank all the staff who've

made this possible, and certainly to say thank you to the passengers who've given it a go, and found it to be a very safe and convenient way to travel at night. detectives are still questioning an 18—year—old man over the murder of a teenager in croydon. 15—year—old jermaine goupall was attacked with knives and a machete while he was out with friends last week. police know some people witnessed the attack, and are urging them to come forward. three other people have been charged with murder. armed officers will be on patrol for this weekend's v festival in chelmsford, according to essex police. up to 100,000 people are expected to visit hylands park, with jay—z and pink headlining. police say the patrols are only for reassurance. a new company will take charge of one of the busiest railways in and out of london this weekend. south—western railway will replace south west trains this sunday. the new operator is promising a new fleet of 90 commuter trains designed for the driver to operate the doors. the move is likely to face opposition from unions, but the new company's first task will be dealing with the major refurbishment work

happening at waterloo. a look at the travel now: 0n the tubes, there are severe delays on the central line, westbound only, but a good service elsewhere. if we look at the roads, in neasden, two lanes are closed on the north circular northbound. that is at neasden interchange. it is because of an accident. it is also affecting neasden lane between west way and the north circular. and another accident is causing problems on the m25 anticlockwise. there is one lane closed there betweenjunctions 22 and 21a. let's have a check on the weather now, with lucy martin. hello, good morning. yesterday temperatures reached a maximum of around 25 celsius. today is not looking quite as warm, but it will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. some of those showers do have the potential to be fairly heavy, but not everyone will see one. we will see some good spells of sunshine as we move through the day. the breeze having picked up from yesterday means that any showers will be fairly fast—moving. don't take the positioning on the map too literally. temperatures clipped back at a maximum of 21 or perhaps 22 temperatures today clipped back on yesterday, a maximum of 21 or perhaps 22 celsius.

as we go through this evening, then, the chance of seeing a shower continues, and then we'll see a ridge of high pressure pushing in into the second half of the night. so those showers fizzling out as we move into the early hours. 0vernight lows of between 13 and 15 celsius. tomorrow, then, a bright start to the day. we will tend to see cloud bubbling up as we move through the day. there is a risk of seeing the odd isolated shower, but i think they'll be much more scattered than today. temperatures reaching a maximum of 22, perhaps 23 celsius, so feeling a touch warmer. i will leave you with the outlook as we move into sunday. a bit of uncertainty in the forecast, as an area of low pressure moves in from the west. it does look like it will be a bright start, but turning increasingly cloudy as we move through the day. fairly humid on monday. i'll be back with all the latest in half an hour. now, though, it is back to louise and charlie. see you soon. hello. this is breakfast with louise minchin and charlie stayt. spanish police say they have shot dead five suspected terrorists, thought to be linked to the van attack in barcelona which killed at least 13 people.

gunshots. the suspects, who were wearing explosive belts, were killed in the seaside resort of cambrils overnight. police are still searching for the driver who carried out the attack at las ramblas. three days of mourning have been declared. good morning. it's friday, the 18th of august. we'll be live in spain for the latest shortly. our other headlines this morning: the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has personally apologised to the mother of a soldier killed in a snatch land rover in iraq in 2005. a call to cut calories in pizzas, burgers and ready meals as the government tries to tackle child obesity in england. all this summer we've been talking to some of the uk's most inspiring most inspiring businesswomen. today i'm talking to a leader in one the uk's most important industries,

financial services, about tackling the gender pay gap. in sport, england shine under the test match lights. centuries forjoe root and alastair cook put england in control of the first day—night test against west indies. and matt has the weather. good morning. imagine being a complete amateur sailor about to face 40,000 nautical mile race around the world, that is what some of the crew in these yachts behind me will be doing on sunday, to any at the albert dock in liverpool for details on that and a full forecast today, which contains the mix of sunshine and showers. thank you. good morning. our main story is those events in spain where overnight five suspected terrorists were shot dead by police in the coastal town of cambrils. police say the men, some of whom were wearing explosive belts, are linked to the attack in barcelona yesterday afternoon 13 belts, are linked to the attack in barcelona yesterday afternoon.

13 people were killed there when a van was driven into crowds in a popular tourist area called las ramblas. more than 80 others were injured. it's believed 15 of those are in a critical condition. so far, two people have been arrested in connection with the attack in barcelona, but police say they're still searching for the driver of the van. the latest on the situation now from our reporter sarah corker. gunshots. in the early hours of friday morning, a dramatic shootout in a holiday resort of cambrils, 120km south of barcelona. the authorities say five suspected terrorists wearing what appeared to be suicide belts were shot dead by police. police opened fire after the attackers drove a car at pedestrians. seven people were injured. the next thing, police arrived there, really quick.

then they started shouting at the guy and the next thing, theyjust shot him. the incident in cambrils has been linked to the deadly than attacking in the heart of barcelona just hours earlier. hundreds of holidaymakers, locals, shoppers ran for their lives. this white van was used as a weapon to kill. for half a kilometre the vehicle ploughed into pedestrians on spain's most famous boulevard. i saw a white van with the side door open. we heard gunshots. whether it was on police or the van, i don't know, we didn't hang around for that. we ran into the burger king to not get shot. police released this photo of driss 0ukabir, born in morroco, whose documents were used to hide the van, but latest reports suggest he told police his passport was stolen. two people have been arrested

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. the authorities are now linking the attacks in barcelona and cambrils with an explosion on wednesday in the town of alcanar, one person died. police believe suspects at the house were preparing explosives. and, as people anxiously wait for news of loved ones, the authorities have warned the number of dead may rise. 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee is in barcelona overlooking las ramblas where the attack took place. this is an emerging story with many questions we don't know the answer

to. what can you update us on? in the last couple of minutes the police in spain confirmed that are looking at a wider terror cell. there is a bigger group of people based in barcelona. they were not on a terror watch list. they were not on the radar. if we go back to the events that we know. at 5pm yesterday a white van ploughed through the crowd of people 50 miles an hour half a kilometre for the first time las ramblas has been open for the last hour. we know the man fled on foot and hasn't been seen since. the main suspects in the attack which killed 13 people, left 88 injured, 15 in critical condition, is still on the run. two men have been arrested in a bar close to las ramblas. those we are told... 0ne close to las ramblas. those we are told... one of them is the man believed to have had signed out or rented the vehicle. a moroccan national living in spain by the name

of trees —— driss aloukbir. police ina of trees —— driss aloukbir. police in a separate town, there was another car attack, five pedestrians injured, two in critical condition, and that is where the five men in the car were shot dead. some are said to have been wearing suicide vests. they are looking at the incidence arrested. and further information. on wednesday night there was an explosion south of here in zahra. they found 20 bottles of butane gas and they found one person dead on the property. the manhunt after the biggest terror attack in spain since 2004 is under way. so many eyewitness reports as to what

happened with people fleeing and the rest of it. it seems the police were very quick on the scene. rapid. the fa ct very quick on the scene. rapid. the fact is to consider — spanish reports suggest the cia warned the spanish authorities two months before the attack to say that there was going to be something planned on las ramblas and to be alert. questions will start to come out about what was going on in terms of stopping people, stopping vehicles going the busiest, most famous pedestrian street in spain. we saw what happened in nice and before that. right now the focus is quickly on focusing the manhunt on the one suspect who drove through people here who is still missing. thank you very much. you are there through the morning to bring us the very latest. this is an ongoing situation that is changing all of the time and we will keep you right up—to—date. yes. the government is making reference to

this place called cambrils, a coastal town. just to give you a sense of the geography, this is a live shot looking out to sea, it is a coastal town 68 miles down the coast from barcelona. this is the scene of the second attack. we know that five suspected terrorists were shot dead at the scene as a vehicle tried to ram into people. we know that the number of civilians were caught up in the attack. two of them are in a serious condition. so, this is cambrils, the focus of a link part of the investigation over what happened in and around barcelona yesterday and more of that coming up. and we know that the attack happened in barcelona, and you can see already it only happened at 5pm local time yesterday afternoon, but already people are returning to the street, as definitely was saying, it isa street, as definitely was saying, it is a very busy popular tourist destination and this morning so many

people returning there. we understand from the spanish authorities that citizens of 24 countries were among those affected by yesterday's attack. and we will keep you right up—to—date. an ongoing situation. spanish police are looking at a wider terror cell linking this attack, what happened in cambrils and something, an explosion, which happened on wednesday night as well. we will keep you up—to—date with those emerging new signs as well. also in the news today: it's emerged that the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has personally apologised to the mother of a soldier killed in a lightly armoured snatch land rover in iraq. philip hewett, died in a bombing in 2005. four years ago, his family won the right at the supreme court to sue the mod for negligence. in his letter, sir michael apologises for the delay in introducing protective vehicles which he says "could have saved lives". injust over ten minutes we will speak to roger bacon, whose son major matthew bacon was killed on patrol in basra. the uk has pledged £5 million

to help the victims of the mud slide in the west african state of sierra leone. 400 people are known to have died and 600 are still missing after torrential rain caused the side of a mountain to collapse, engulfing a suburb of the capital freetown. the international development secretary, priti patel, said the money would be used to provide food, water, shelter and clothing. portugal has declared a state of emergency so it can access funds to combat fires that are devastating some of the country's forests. thousands of firefighters have been tackling huge blazes in recent days and residents of several villages have been evacuated from their homes. food manufacturers will be told to reduce calories in products including pizzas, burgers and ready meals as part of the campaign to tackle childhood obesity in england. last year, the government asked companies to cut the sugar content in food. but charities and health campaigners say ministers "must try harder"

to curb obesity levels. here's our health editor, hugh pym. food manufacturers and retailers have already been told to cut sugar content by one fifth by 2020. it's not compulsory but when the childhood obesity strategy was unveiled last year there were hints that if the industry didn't comply there would be legislation. now the same approach is to be adopted for calorie content in manufactured products, including ready meals, pizzas, curries, savoury snacks and sandwiches. this could mean smaller portions or reducing high calorie ingredients. no figures have yet been announced. an average man is said to need around 2,500 calories a day to maintain a healthy body weight. for an average woman the figure is around 2,000. for school—aged children it's anything between 1,600 and 2,500. health officials say people on average consume between 200 and 300 calories more than they should, so action has to be taken. we know through our work on salt that a voluntary programme of salt reduction has worked.

we're seeing very positive signs from the industry on sugar reduction. so we consider that a calorie reduction programme would be possible as well. but the national 0besity forum said there was next to nothing to show for the government's last 12 months of work, and that was a serious disappointment. the british medical association said the government hadn't strengthened existing controls on how unhealthy food and drinks are marketed to children. you are up—to—date with all of the latest news and the main story really is all about yesterday's attack in barcelona. yesterday's attack in barcelona happened at the height of the holiday season and in one of europe's top tourist destinations. the foreign office has issued advice to visitors to "stay inside and away from las ramblas" and wait for police to say it is safe to move. we can speak now to ethan spibey who is on holiday in barcelona and was caught up in

the aftermath of the attack. thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us this morning. just give us a sense of where you we re just give us a sense of where you were when things began to unfold. we we re were when things began to unfold. we were basically trying to find somewhere within one and half hours before we had crossed the main bit where the van hit and we were just looking for someone to relax with a glass of wine. we were sat on the cafe right on the corner and we have been there for about an hour. and i had my back towards the road and my partner was just facing towards it. and then there was just this almighty loud bang and it was the screams and then everybodyjust kept running. and then their worst tables, glasses everywhere. and my partner was just saying stay calm. it was like people had vanished and

everybody was just running everywhere. and then there was a second round which scared everybody out and then everybody started running. we were pushed inside this cafe that was on the corner. everyone was running everywhere just drive —— to try to hide. everyone was running everywhere just drive -- to try to hide. people can hear the emotion in your voice. i appreciate you taking us through what happened. how close were you from the van, how far? within 100 metres, within 50 — really close. when we turned around because the bodies on the floor. at first we wa nted bodies on the floor. at first we wanted to help everybody. but as my partner said, you have to call the police. the police were there so quickly. it was only an hour before when we were saying, there are so many people around. and then as soon as it happened, within seconds they

we re as it happened, within seconds they were surrounding, they were barricading the roads. they were really quick. you took shelter in a cafe, and you are there for quite some time, won't you, before you felt safe to emerge. yes, we got into a cafe, and they started putting the shutters down. and because of the loud bangs, all that was going through my head was i was remembering paris and london, obviously when the paris attackers we re obviously when the paris attackers were just obviously when the paris attackers werejust going into bars obviously when the paris attackers were just going into bars and restau ra nts, were just going into bars and restaurants, we were thinking we we re restaurants, we were thinking we were going to get shot, and everybody was rushing upstairs. we we re everybody was rushing upstairs. we were hiding in the corner, but because we were so were hiding in the corner, but because we were so close to where it happened, they opened the back door, so everyone happened, they opened the back door, so everyone escaped and ran up the road that way. and we were alljust pressed against the wall in case another car came up. but yes, we we re another car came up. but yes, we were there for some time. one of the

extraordinary things about this event, and you were so close to it, is that we have been showing the pictures of the area this morning, and some people will no las ramblas well. already people are on that street, the stalls which there are set up. people will go back, as they are this morning. it has been opened already. it is a very busy pedestrian zone, absolutely packed. presumably by 4pm yesterday afternoon this would have been absolutely packed with people. absolutely. when we were trying to find somewhere to sit, you couldn't even walk in a straight line, because there were so many people around. i had never been to barcelona before this trip, and i was saying to my partner how it is very touristy. it is quite nice, because everybody just very touristy. it is quite nice, because everybodyjust having fun,

no care in the world. and then something tragic like this happens, and it is really surreal. we are getting a sense this morning of the scale of this attack. we know that over 100 people injured, we know that 13 have been killed, and i am sure that your thoughts, as with those of a number of people, are with those who have been directly injured and killed. yes, absolutely. we couldn't sleep last night, because when we were walking back to the hotel, we didn't even want to walk anywhere, because i thought i just want to be where the police. seeing everybody on the roads, and hearing this morning about the second attack, my heart breaks for them. you kind of think, you don't ever think it is going to happen. you kind of give it a second thought, and i was saying to people yesterday, when you see these things

of the news and you see people running, you don't convert handed until it is in your life as well. it is an experience and a feeling that will last with me forever. and i just feel for everybody else who is involved. stephanie, we thank you for your time this morning, and we wish you well. i am so sorry you have been caught up in those events, but we wish you and your partner well. thank you for taking time for us well. thank you for taking time for us this morning. we have been speaking to a couple of eyewitnesses this morning, and so many of them speaking about the terror and fleeing and taking refuge in these shops. a programme of course this morning dominated by those events in spain. it is very much an emerging story as police are still searching for the man who drove that vehicle in barcelona. we know about events in cambrils overnight, where five suspected terrorists had been shot as well. we will keep you right up to date throughout the morning. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. he's at the albert

dock in liverpool. very good morning to you. i am in liverpool this morning. if you have not been with us all morning, the reason we are here is because on sunday began the clipper round the world yacht race. it is a biannual race which started in 1996. it is a 40,000 nautical mile race around the world, and the crew are mainly those formed of amateurs, believe it or not. behind me we have a bit of calm for your friday morning. a yoga session taking place. 0ne for your friday morning. a yoga session taking place. one of the crew members is a yoga instructor and is doing a little bit of a session for the rest of the cruise, just to give some muggy to unicef and to prepare them for what will be quite an arduous trip around the world. certainly braver souls than i am. they have some tough challenges ahead of them. but the challenge today weatherwise is going to be a case of dodging the showers. not just here but uk wide. looking at

the forecast, sunshine and showers really sums it up. not really what you want to see in august, there will be more showers around in recent days and the cool and blustery wind as well. heavy downpours across the west and south of scotland. they will push towards the north—east and in the north—east they will remain all day long, probably the wettest place today. south of that, showers rattling from west to east across northern england, with gaps in between across the midlands, east anglia, and southern england as well. a few showers at the moment but they will start to get going through the day. lively showers in the south—west england and wales once again and as we go through the day those could come with the odd rumble of thunder. some hail mixed in as well. blustery winds to go with the showers. in northern ireland some longer spells of rain this morning across the southern areas, but the showers have a bit ofa southern areas, but the showers have a bit of a shift to them because of the wind. they will not stay with you for too long before the sunshine returns. really, through the day, not many showers to begin with by and large but notice on the chart how little clumps of loose start to

develop. that is an indication that very few of you will completely mist out, i can't promise anyone will stay completely dry. the wettest spots are in scotland, where we could see as much as 50 millimetres, two inches of rainfall today. lottery winds keeping things cooler than recent days. temperatures in the mid—teens but towards the south and east into the low 20s at times, which will be nice enough. showers into the evening steel, heavy and with hail and thunder. south—west england and south and wales will probably see some of the strongest of those winds. winds keeping up through the night, but it does stop the temperatures from falling away too much, holding in the team were quite a few of you. a rather cool stuff august into the weekend. saturday the wind is there. also will ease down through the day. there will be showers tomorrow, mainly in the west. many eastern areas will stay dry for most of the day. temperatures on the face of it the same as today. it may feeljust that little bit nicer as the winds

ease down and if you avoid the showers. a bit of a competition as we go through saturday night in the sunday. it will be cool, dry, fairly clear to begin with as we go through the night. a cool start to sunday and at the moment it looks like most places will start dry on sunday. quite a bit of the north and east will get away with a dry and bright day. the question will be how much rain pushes in from the south—west. all coming from the remains of hurricane gert. how quickly that rain moves in could be crucial. do not make this the last forecast to see if you have plans for sunday. we will keep you updated not only for today but throughout the weekend as well. we will leave you free to join in the class behind. which i am sure you are about to do. thank you very much. 37 soldiers lost their lives in iraq and afghanistan while travelling in vehicles deemed by the chilcot inquiry to be inadequate. now letters of apology,

written by the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, to the families of three soldiers who died in the snatch land rover have been made public for the first time. we can speak now to roger bacon, whose son, major matthew baconm was killed on patrol in basra. thank you so much forjoining us. you haven't got one of these letters, but you have seen it. what do you think about it? well, i have seen do you think about it? well, i have seen the letter, and the first thing to say is that i am really pleased that sue smith and the other two have had this letter. their efforts to get some kind ofjustice for losses of their loved ones has worked. and... but it has only worked. and... but it has only worked because of the chilcot inquiry. they knew about this a long time ago. and when i read the letter, i thought, time ago. and when i read the letter, ithought, when time ago. and when i read the letter, i thought, when i read that

first line, we got to the end of the line and it says regret. and you just think to yourself that this is not enough. they should be saying they are really, really sorry about what has happened. to all those who died in iraq. it is... matthew died in the same year as philip, from the same thing. he was travelling in a snatch land rover, and he was killed by an ied. now, those snatch land rover are mobile coffins. that is what soldiers used to call them. they provided no protection whatsoever, and the military knew this, everybody knew this. that they we re this, everybody knew this. that they were no good. they were not fit for purpose. so it seems to me that this has only come about as a result of the chilcot inquiry. and it has taken a year for them from the publication of it to actually come

up publication of it to actually come up with the conclusion that chilcot was absolutely right, and that these vehicles were not fit for purpose. so to see it actually, as it were, ina so to see it actually, as it were, in a letter, admitting that they we re in a letter, admitting that they were wrong, is extremely good. but it just shows what the failings were at the time. i am wondering, from your point of view, what you would like to happen next. is it that you would like a similar letter, or what would like a similar letter, or what would you like to happen? yes indeed. it does seem to me that these letters have been written as a direct consequence of the fact that legal action was taken against the ministry of defence. but what about those other 34 families whose loved ones died in exactly the same kind of circumstances? shouldn't they also have received some kind of letter? from the ministry, showing that they were extremely sorry for what happened, and that it is

entirely due to the failings within the military machine that it has happened. appreciate your time here this morning. we you with that thought. we will have all the latest from barcelona, where 13 people have been killed and more than 100 injured following a terrorist attack, when we come back. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alice salfield. passenger numbers on the night tube have exceeded predictions by 15%, with nearly eight million journeys taken so far. the mayor has hailed the service a huge success as it marks its one—year anniversary this weekend. figures also showed it had boosted london's economy by £171 million. really pleased.

this has been a big success for london. i think the mayor would really like to thank all the staff who've made this possible, and certainly to say thank you to the passengers who've given it a go, and found it to be a very safe and convenient way to travel at night. detectives are still questioning an 18—year—old over the murder of a teenager in croydon. 15—year—old jermaine goupall was attacked with knives and a machete while he was out with friends last week. police say they know there were witnesses, and are urging them to come forward. armed officers will be on patrol for this weekend's v festival in chelmsford, according to essex police. up to 100,000 people are expected to visit hylands park, with jay—z and p!nk headlining. and a new company will take charge of one of the busiest railways in and out of london this weekend. south—western railway will replace south west trains. the operator is promising 90 new commuter trains. that takes us to the travel now. 0n the tubes, there are now minor delays on the central line,

westbound only, but a good service elsewhere. if we look at the roads, in neasden, two lanes are closed on the north circular northbound. that is at neasden interchange. it is because of an accident. a collision in the queues on the approach is also adding to the delays. and a broken—down vehicle is blocking a lane on the redbridge flyover northbound. let's have a check on the weather now, with lucy martin. hello, good morning. yesterday temperatures reached a maximum of around 25 celsius. today is not looking quite as warm, but it will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. some of those showers do have the potential to be fairly heavy, but not everyone will see one. we will see some good spells of sunshine as we move through the day. the breeze having picked up from yesterday means that any showers will be fairly fast—moving. don't take the positioning on the map too literally. temperatures today clipped back on yesterday, a maximum of 21 or perhaps 22 celsius. as we go through this evening, then, the chance of seeing a shower continues, and then we'll see a ridge of high pressure pushing

in into the second half of the night. so those showers fizzling out as we move into the early hours. 0vernight lows of between 13 and 15 degrees celsius. tomorrow, then, a bright start to the day. we will tend to see cloud bubbling up as we move through the day. there is a risk of seeing the odd isolated shower, but i think they'll be much more scattered than today. temperatures reaching a maximum of 22, perhaps 23 celsius, so feeling a touch warmer. i will leave you with the outlook as we move into sunday. a bit of uncertainty in the forecast, as an area of low pressure moves in from the west. it does look like it will be a bright start, but turning increasingly cloudy as we move through the day. fairly humid on monday. i'll be back with all the latest in half an hour. until then, there is plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to louise and charlie. see you soon. hello. this is breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. spanish police say they have shot dead five suspected terrorists, thought to be linked to the van

attack in barcelona which killed at least 13 people. the suspects, who were wearing explosive belts, were killed overnight in the resort of cambrils, after they drove a car into pedestrians, injuring seven people. fitzroy davies was on holiday in the resort. some people started running past us, and then one of our friends look down the street and he says, "run." then the next thing we saw this guy coming running at us. then someone shouted, "call the police, call the police." and then the next thing the police were right there. it was really quick. and then they started shouting at the guy. and then the next thing theyjust shot him, they shot him and then he fell on the ground, and then he got back up and then... like, he went towards the police, and then they shot him again and then that was it. police are still searching for the driver who carried out

the deadly attack at las ramblas in barcelona yesterday. more than 80 people were injured when a van was driven into crowds in the popular area of the city. so far, two people have been arrested in connection with the attack. and in the last moments spanish radio has reported a 30 rest and we will bring you up—to—date on that will bring you up—to—date on that will be happening more information. earlier we spoke with stephanie walton visiting barcelona to celebrate her partner's birthday. we were really close and when we turned around because the bodies everywhere on the floor and obviously at first we wa nted floor and obviously at first we wanted to help everybody. but my partner said, you have to call the police. they were there so quickly. it was only one hour before when we we re it was only one hour before when we were like, there are so many police around, you know, why? then as soon

as it happened they were surrounded, barricading the road, they were really quick. it was really close. you took shelter in a cafe. you were there for quite sometime before you felt safe to emerge. yeah. when we got into the cafe, they started putting the shutters down. and because of the loud bang, all that was going through my head was you know like in paris and london, i thought, god, we are going to get shot. everyone was rushing upstairs and we were hiding in the corner. but because we were so close to where it happened, they opened the back door so everybody escaped up the road and ran up the road that way. so many eyewitnesses talking about taking refuge. and there is a link between three different incidents. i

wa nt to ta ke between three different incidents. i want to take you live to the shot of cambrils. you can see quite quickly a car in the centre of the street. and behind the car is the sea. 0vernight spanish police shot dead five suspected terrorists. they say some of the people... another car drove into a crowd. some of the people they shot dead were wearing explosive belts. people were injured in that attack and they are connecting that attack to what happened in barcelona and also another event that happened in alcanar. the another event that happened in alca nar. the spanish another event that happened in alcanar. the spanish police are talking right now of a wider terror cell. they say none of the people arrested on what was called a terror watch list. they are linking these three different events over the last couple of days in spain. we have seen couple of days in spain. we have seen these images, and we assume at this stage it was the car that was

used in the town of cambrils. just to give you a sense of the geography. cambrils is 68 miles down the coast from barcelona itself, so, some distance away. what is emerging this morning, you can see the removal truck is taking that car away. this morning you can see the sheer scale of the investigation the spanish police are involved in. we have heard more about that and some more details about the injuries of those involved in the original barcelona attack as well. we will keep you right up—to—date on brea kfast. keep you right up—to—date on breakfast. and we want to tell you about other news as well this morning. it's emerged that the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has personally apologised to the mother of a soldier killed in a lightly armoured snatch land rover in iraq. philip hewett, died in a bombing in 2005. four years ago, his family won the right at the supreme court to sue the mod for negligence.

in his letter, sir michael apologises for the delay in introducing protective vehicles which he says "could have saved lives". the uk has pledged £5 million to help the victims of the mud slide in the west african state of sierra leone. 400 people are known to have died and 600 are still missing after torrential rain caused the side of a mountain to collapse, engulfing a suburb of the capital freetown. the international development secretary, priti patel, said the money would be used to provide food, water, shelter and clothing. food manufacturers will be told to reduce calories in products including pizzas, burgers and ready meals as part of the campaign to tackle childhood obesity in england. last year, the government asked companies to cut the sugar content in food. but charities and health campaigners say ministers "must try harder" to curb obesity levels. the new plans could see the size of products reduced or ingredients in food and drinks changed. portugal has declared a state of emergency so it can access funds to combat fires that are devastating some of the country's forests.

thousands of firefighters have been tackling huge blazes in recent days and residents of several villages have been evacuated from their homes. exports of food and drink from britain reached a record high over the last six months. the biggest sellers were whisky, salmon and beer, which has overtaken chocolate to be our third biggest seller abroad, helped by a growing taste for british craft beer in asia. but while the weak pound has helped exports, it's meant that shoppers here are seeing prices rising. coming up on the programme. we will keep you up—to—date with events in spain. we will be live in barcelona this morning on breakfast. day—night test cricket, which is new to us. it was yesterday, starting today and ru ns it was yesterday, starting today and runs into the evening when the sun

goes down and they play on the floodlights. very interesting. interesting to talk about how difficult it will be to play with. and i can tell you, good morning everyone, that england took to it quite nicely. day—night test cricket arrived in england for the first time, and england took to it quite nicely, closing the opening day of the first test against west indies on 348—3. after winning the toss, england lost early wickets but a partnership between skipper joe root and alastair cook put them in control. root struck 136. cook, the last england captain, scored even more. he'll resume on 153 not out this afternoon, and england seem at ease with the controversial pink ball being used for this match. i think there were periods throughout the whole day really where, randomly, it started to move around, then it would go very quiet again. and i suppose trying to identify those quickly and playing accordingly is going to be very important. but we have a very skilful bowling unit that i am sure will be chomping at the bit to hopefully defend a very high first—innings lead. adam lyth hasn't been picked for england for a while,

but he's scoring plenty of runs for yorkshire. last night he broke the record for the highest british domestic t20 score. he made 161 against northamptonshire at headingley. lyth hammered seven sixes and 20 fours as yorkshire reached 260—4, another british record. they went on to win by 124 runs. england will play france on tuesday for a place in the final of the women's rugby world cup, after beating the usa by 47 points to 26. marlie packer crossed the line twice as the defending champions ran in seven tries, to win their last pool match and confirm their place in the last four. in the super league, castleford beat wakefield 45—20 to win the league leaders shield. jake webster scored four of castleford's eight tries, as they finished top of the table for the first time in their 91 year history. they did it with four games to spare. everton are in a strong position

to reach the europa league group stage after a 2—0 first—leg win over hajduk split last night. but the match was overshadowed by crowd trouble. the croatian side's supporters surged towards the goodison park pitch, and threw objects, including seats, as play was stopped in the 33rd minute. moments earlier, michael keane had scored his first goal for the club, while idrissa gueye completed the victory. jo konta's us open preparations are going to plan, as she's into the quarter—finals of the cincinatti 0pen. she beat dominika cibulkova in straight sets and will now face second seed simona halep for a place in the last four. and she can be fairly confident, having beaten halep in the quarter—finals of wimbledon last month. brilliant to see johanna konta brilliant to seejohanna konta in such good form. very good, thank you very much. we wa nt we want to keep you up—to—date with

what is going on in spain and we can show you the live shot we have at the moment of cambrils, a seaside resort south of barcelona. and overnight we know that spanish police have shot dead while they are saying our five suspected terrorists after they drove again a car, and we presume this might be the car, into a crowd of people last night. six people according to el pais newspaper, injured in that incident, three of them police, and they shot dead five suspected terrorists and some of them appeared to be wearing a suicide bomb vest as well. this is an ongoing situation and police have many questions to answer this morning. we are picking up more information in connection with the original attack in barcelona as well in terms of those killed and injured. at this stage 13 people we know to be killed in that attack. those injured, the figures have been updated slightly. they say 88 people

injured and citizens of 24 countries in all among those killed and the french foreign ministry this morning confirming of those injured, 26 were french nationals, so that information coming from the french foreign ministry. we have been speaking to eyewitnesses described what happened when the van drove through the crowds barcelona in las ramblas. jessica was shopping when the van hit a nearby market stall. my the van hit a nearby market stall. my friend and i was shopping along las ramblas, we were actually where the first stall, where the van had driven into, we were taking pictures of the streets and my friend noticed a shot across the road that she wa nted a shot across the road that she wanted to go into. we crossed the street and literally minutes later we heard a massive bang behind us and three men were crying and instinctively we just ran with the crowd and heat in some of the local

shops and they were trying to throw the shutters down and the police ran towards las ramblas. then i think at first everyone was just praying it was a road accident. so we had walked back up to the main road to see if everything was ok. everything was safe at the time. the police we re was safe at the time. the police were taking up the area and telling us were taking up the area and telling us that we need to go away. and then as we did, we could hear people shouting that shots had been fired, so shouting that shots had been fired, so everybody rants toward —— ran toward a cafe or a shop. people were diving under the shutters. a clearly terrifying experience for you. how long did you then have to take refuge? we were in there for about two hours. the locals, i would say,

the emergency services and the locals — it has been wonderful. everyone has stuck together. they let us charge phones so we could call family. they gave us drinks. people were offering to give lifts home and taxis were offering to give less to tourists. we were terrified because we heard banging on the shutters, voices saying that it was the police and it was just terrifying because everyone in the cafe just froze because we had no idea if it was the police. and it took ages and a lot of courage before finally the cafe owner slowly opened the gates and it was the police who told us it was safe to leave the cafe. jessica, are you ok? yes, yes. absolutely heartbroken. yes, yes. absolutely heartbroken.

yes, we've been hearing from a number of eyewitnesses this morning. that was one of those who witnessed the events. emergency services on the events. emergency services on the scene within minutes as we have heard. we arejoined now we are joined now by a security specialist. you are right on the street where this happens, las ramblas, and we can see quite a few people behind you but what is emerging is the scale of attacks being anticipated by spanish police. give us a sense of what they are dealing with. certainly the spanish authorities have been very forthcoming in very quick to release information and intelligence, which is essential in the wake of such horrific events, to give reassurance to the general public, but also to tourists. as you can see behind me on las ramblas, they need reassurance that they have the situation under control but what seems to be becoming more and more apparent is that they have been his dormant cells, intelligence agencies

telling us they were to some degree under surveillance and they have now come out of hibernation and have carried out these attacks and what we will be waiting for is to see what kind ofjoin up there is between these various groups, if any at all, or whether they were working in isolation. we can hopefully show our view is that pictures coming from cambrils, which is around 68 miles away, a seaside town around 68 miles away, a seaside town around 68 miles away, a seaside town around 68 miles away from where you are, where they are removing a vehicle, we assume it is the vehicle which was used in another car attack, a number of pedestrians injured they are, and we know that overnight five suspected terrorists were shot dead on that occasion, and that has been directly linked to events in barcelona. yes, absolutely. certainly in terms of these individuals what is most concerning is that they allegedly had bomb belts actually on them, and these are five individuals. so what we are seeing is the marauding terrace type

of scenario, that those in the counterterrorism industry and those providing that service are most worried about, which is where we things similar to what we saw in london bridge and borough market where there are different phases in the attack cycle, starting off with a vehicle and then moving to another form of attack, whether that be ied or using knives, as we saw in london. well, this is your area of expertise, and often in these attacks we hear information emerging about some warnings in the areas. and we are hearing some suggestions that the spanish authorities had been warned of an escalation, the risk of some form of attack. what do you know about that? well, a couple of things. i hear rumours that there was a plot which was foiled earlier this year in barcelona. but also, because there is quite a bohemian culture in barcelona, the viewers who have been here will know that it has a very liberal, bohemian, kind of hippie, if you like, culture that

prevails. which in itself also presents potential grounds for radicalisation to foment. and there is allegedly, according to some of my sources, a number of cells have come out of barcelona from those trying to cause radicalisation. i don't think it is a massive surprise to authorities that something was going to happen. it was certainly a question of when. thank you very much. and we will catch up with will in the next half—hour or so. right now we are going to have a look at the weather. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. he's at the albert dock in liverpool. the sail area of one of these yachts is equal to three premier league football pitches. it needs a lot of wind and we have that in the forecast today. it is a blustery day across the board, and the day of sunshine and showers. unlike yesterday, there are probably more

showers around so you will be com pletely showers around so you will be completely hard pressed to avoid them. one or two will, but i can't guarantee any one place will stay dry. those in scotland have some lively downpours working their way north and east was at the moment. they will become more confined to the north—east of scotland. having done across the uk, one or two showers across england and wales at present. already the odd heavy one about. you will get off to a dry start to your friday and heading to work dry but i can't guarantee you will stay that way as you head home. the winds getting close to gale force at times will be most noticeable in and around the coasts and some longer burst of rain in southern parts of northern ireland, which will quickly rattled through the irish sea towards western parts of wales later. certainly if you look at the charge through the rest of the day you will notice little blobs of blue at appearing quite widely across the uk. showers much more widespread than they were yesterday. northern ireland, england and wales are more likely to see some rumbles of with the winds especially gusty. the wettest spot

the ball in parts of north—east scotland. we could see up to 50 millimetres, two inches, of rain. that will leave a lot of surface water around and in the breeze, temperatures in the teams but we could see low 20s were some across east anglia and the south—east. that sun will have some strength and warmed to it. a fairly cool night in store, but was blustery winds, still a few heavy and thundery showers around. it. the temperatures from dropping too much, most places staying in double figures through the morning. rural areas down into single figures as we start saturday. a fairly cool start to your weekend given it is august. the wind still blustery to begin with, still easing down through the day. effectively tomorrow, sunshine and showers again but fewer showers around. those showers mainly in the west. more of you will spend the day if not largely dry, completely dry. temperatures similar today, but warmer given that the winds will fall lighter. those winds will continue into saturday night and temperatures are likely to fall into

single figures. in rural areas it will be a cool night was partly clear skies. showers will be a cool night was partly clearskies. showers fading, will be a cool night was partly clear skies. showers fading, a few mist and fog patches into the start of sunday. sunday's forecast gives usa of sunday. sunday's forecast gives us a few issues at the moment. what is happening is hurricane gert added the atlantic is starting to interfere with weather patterns in the uk. the question will be how dry it says across the country. it should be a largely fine day for many, with sunny spells for the vast majority and fairly pleasant in that sunshine as well. but we will see some rain spread in from the south—west. how quickly that happens we will keep monitoring for you but stay tuned to the forecast the rest of the and throughout the weekend. we will, it looks very beautiful out there. all this summer we have been talking to some of the uk's most inspiring businesswomen. today, colletta is speaking to a leader in one the uk's most important industries, financial services. they have proved very interesting. we have talked to women at the top

of advertising, technology, online commerce amongst others. my guest today is a leader in one of the uk's biggest industries, financial services. michelle quest is head of tax, pensions and legal services at kpmg. that makes her the head of a department employing 3,500 people. so it is a big job, with a lot of responsibility. but you have been working in this city, and the financial services sector, for more than 20 years. how have things changed, in terms of how they look, over the last 20 years? in terms of diversity, and having more women around? i think things over the yea rs have around? i think things over the years have definitely improved. there is no doubt about it. and when i started at kpmg, i would look around me, particularly at senior levels, and see a lot of senior men and feel that sometimes i didn't quite fit in so i sometimes used to try to project a more mail image, if you know what they mean. but i think that has changed over time. there are far more women and it feels like it is more comfortable. you can look around and see... your role models

don't have to be women, but you see people and think i can do what you can do. it feels like things have changed over time but there are still a lot to be done, i think. and how have mentors in your career, perhaps other more senior women, helped you through those 20 years?” have had senior women mentors. i have had senior women mentors. i have also had some good mail mentors. they don't have to be female. harvard has looked at this. the thing to get on in business is really to have sponsors in the business. they can be mail or female. so the man touring has been really helpful, but actually what i think has helped me through my career as having sponsors that work close to me, know what i do, give me the right work, encourage me and motivate me. and that is what has been really important, and they have been really important, and they have been mail and female. and as charlie was saying we have spoken to a lot of women over the last couple of weeks. interestingly a lot of them felt that they had to leave and set up felt that they had to leave and set up their own company in order to succeed in business and get to the top. iam interested in

succeed in business and get to the top. i am interested in how you have managed to get to the top of kpmg, within such a big organisation, and stay within that organisation? when i started i thought that would happen. i thought i would go in, fight a bit about business and get —— find out a bit about business and get my qualification. at the work is really interesting. the client are fantastic. i get to travel, i get to use my brain, it is a fantasticjob for that. and all are entrepreneurial. i get to go out and sell and partly that is because i am kpmg, but partly people are buying me as well. even in a large organisation, to get on you have to be entrepreneurial as well.“ organisation, to get on you have to be entrepreneurial as well. if i can ask about brexit, the city have raised a lot of concerns with government about how things will look for the next couple of years and beyond. do you feel that within kpmg or otherfinancial and beyond. do you feel that within kpmg or other financial services organisations that jobs kpmg or other financial services organisations thatjobs will move out of the uk? it is a worry, we look at our organisations, kpmg, the bbc, the nhs. .. look at our organisations, kpmg, the

bbc, the nhs... we employ a lot of people from the eu and there is concern that with the uncertainty people will start to go back and it is hard to get them back into the uk again. so there is undoubtedly uncertainty across a lot of business because of that. and another controversial hot potato when it comes to getting women into senior posts is quotas. do you think it is good to have quotas that people have to stick to? quotas is difficult, because unless your culture really says we want more senior because unless your culture really says we want more senior women, because unless your culture really says we want more senior women, i think quotas can be unhelpful or even harmful to that. but you know, all big business that we talked to, andi all big business that we talked to, and i see it in our own business, we are desperate to get more women through and we put a lot of programmes in place to really encourage women to go through the senior ranks. and when we go out and recruit, as well, we go to our recruiters and asked them to put together a diverse list, notjust across gender, but all sorts of

diversity measures, so that we really are recruiting from a big pool of people. thank you very much for joining pool of people. thank you very much forjoining us. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alice salfield. passenger numbers on the night tube have exceeded predictions by 15%, with nearly eight million journeys taken so far. the mayor has hailed the service a huge success as it marks its one—year anniversary this weekend. figures also showed it had boosted london's economy by £171 million. really pleased. this has been a big success for london. i think the mayor would really like to thank all the staff who've made this possible, and certainly to say thank you to the passengers, who've given it a go,

and found it to be a very safe and convenient way to travel at night. detectives are still questioning an 18—year—old over the murder of a teenager in croydon. 15—year—old jermaine goupall was attacked with knives and a machete while he was out with friends last week. police say they know there were witnesses, and are urging them to come forward. armed officers will be on patrol for this weekend's v festival, in chelmsford, according to essex police. up to 100,000 people are expected to visit hylands park, with jay—z and p!nk headlining. police say the patrols are only for reassurance. and a new company will take charge of one of the busiest railways in and out of london this weekend. south—western railway will replace south west trains. the operator is promising 90 new commuter trains. that takes us to the travel. 0n the tubes, there are now severe delays on the central line, westbound only, but a good

service elsewhere. this is the north circular at redbridge. it is partially blocked northbound at the redbridge flyover, because of the accident you can see here. there are queues back to ilford hill. and in neasden, two lanes are closed on the north circular northbound at neasden interchange. let's have a check on the weather now, with lucy martin. hello, good morning. yesterday temperatures reached a maximum of around 25 degrees celsius. today is not looking quite as warm, but it will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. some of those showers do have the potential to be fairly heavy, but not everybody will see one. we will see some good spells of sunshine as we move through the day. the breeze having picked up from yesterday means that any showers will be fairly fast—moving. don't take the positioning on the map too literally. temperatures today clipped back on yesterday, though. a maximum of 21 or perhaps 22 celsius. as we go through this evening, then, the chance of seeing a shower continues, and then we'll see a ridge of high pressure pushing in into the second half of the night. so those showers fizzling out as we move into the early hours. 0vernight lows of between 13

and 15 degrees celsius. tomorrow, then, a bright start to the day. we will tend to see cloud bubbling up as we move through the day. there is the risk of seeing the odd isolated shower, but i think they'll be much more scattered than today. temperatures reaching a maximum of around 22, perhaps 23 degrees celsius, so feeling a touch warmer. i'll leave you with the outlook, then, as we move into sunday. a bit of uncertainty in the forecast, as an area of low pressure moves in from the west. it does look like it will be a bright start, but turning increasingly cloudy as we move through the day. fairly humid on monday. i will be back with all the latest in half an hour. see you soon. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and charlie stayt.

spanish police say they have shot dead five suspected terrorists thought to be linked to the van attack in barcelona which killed at least 13 people. the suspects — some of whom were wearing explosive vests — were killed in the seaside resort of cambrils overnight. police are still searching for the driver who carried out the deadly attack at las ramblas in barcelona. three days of mourning have been declared. good morning, it's friday the 18th of august. we'll be live in spain for the latest shortly. our other headlines this morning... the defence secretary sir michael fallon has personally apologised to the mother of a soldier killed in a snatch land rover in iraq in 2005. a call to cut calories in pizzas,

burgers and ready meals as the government tries to tackle child obesity in england. in sport, england shine under the test match lights. centuries forjoe root and alastair cook put england in control of the first, day—night test against west indies. and matt has the weather. good morning. iam good morning. i am at albert dock in liverpool and imagine never having set foot on a boat until seven months ago and about to be barking ona 40,000 months ago and about to be barking on a 40,000 nautical mile round the world yacht race. i will be speaking to one such person in the next hour, and bringing you the forecast. a blustery day today with sunshine and showers. details for that and the weekend in 15 minutes. our main story is those events in spain where overnight five suspected terrorists were shot dead by police in the coastal town of cambrils. police say the men — some of whom were wearing explosive belts — are linked to the attack in barcelona yesterday afternoon.

13 people were killed there when a van was driven into crowds in a popular tourist area called las ramblas. more than 80 others were injured. it's believed 15 of those are in a critical condition. so far, two people have been arrested in connection with the attack in barcelona, but police say they're still searching for the driver of the van. spanish media are reporting another arrest this morning. the latest on the situation now from our reporter sarah corker. gunshots. in the early hours of friday morning, a dramatic shoot out in a holiday resort of cambrils. the authorities say five suspected terrorists wearing what appeared to be suicide belts were shot dead by police. police opened fire after the attackers drove a car at pedestrians. seven people were injured. the next thing, police arrived there, really quick.

then they started shouting at the guy and the next thing, theyjust shot him. the incident in cambrils has been linked to the deadly attack in the heart of barcelona just hours earlier. and less than 100 miles away. hundreds of holiday—makers, locals, shoppers ran for their lives. this white van was used as a weapon to kill. for half a kilometre the vehicle ploughed into pedestrians on spain's most famous boulevard. i saw a white van with the side door open. we heard gunshots. whether it was on police or the van, i don't know, we didn't hang around for that. we ran into the burger king to not get shot. —— to get shelter. police released this photo of driss 0ukabir, born in morroco, whose documents were used to hide the van, but latest reports

suggest he told police his passport was stolen. two people have been arrested 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. the authorities are now linking the attacks in barcelona and cambrils with an explosion on wednesday in the town of alcanar. one person died. police believe suspects at the house were preparing explosives. and, as people anxiously wait for news of loved ones, the authorities have warned the number of dead may rise. barcelona is just the latest european city to witness the terrible effects of a vehicle attack

on pedestrians. the problems for the authorities is that such attacks are difficult to x... prevent. gordon corera reports. barcelona is just the latest in a series of vehicle attacks, leaving a terrible but tragically now almost familiar scene on the streets of europe. the first major incident was in nice, when a lorry ploughed into a crowd celebrating bastille dayjust over a year ago. it was a target, and moment, to maximise the casualties and the impact. then there was a lorry attack on a christmas market in berlin, and a van driven into the city centre of stockholm. and britain has not been immune from what's been dubbed low—tech terrorism. in march, khalid massoud ploughed into people on westminster bridge, before being shot dead as he approached the house of parliament with a knife. injune, three men drove down london bridge, before attacking people in borough market with knives. and later that month, worshippers near finsbury park mosque were struck by a car. one man died. the problem is that stopping these kind of attacks is hard. here at westminster bridge,

they have installed these barriers to stop the vehicle is ramming into pedestrians on the bridge. but an attacker could just pick a different crowded place. the authorities also looking at things like more checks on people making short—notice rentals of vans. but the problem is these attacks require just everyday items, just a car, no guns or explosives, and with so little planning required it can be hard to spot them and stop them. new shock absorbing barriers like this one shown in a test may offer some protection, but counterterrorism experts caution they cannot stop all attacks happening. it is an almost impossible thing to prevent completely, but you can try to make it a little bit more difficult for the terrorist, and that to some extent is all that we can do. the way we stop this from happening is by preventing people from becoming radicalised or by people being willing to come forward and saying, i know someone that might be

going to do this because that is how to stop it. this is one of the man authorities believe responsible, and so—called islamic state said what it called its soldiers carried out the attack, responding to its call. but this does not always mean there was a direct link with the group. and one major concern for security services around the world is that these kind of attacks can be carried out with little or no training, direction or co—ordination. we can go straight to barcelona, our correspondent gavin lee is on las ramblas for us this morning. good morning. a couple of things spring to mind, we can see how busy las ramblas is, not just to mind, we can see how busy las ramblas is, notjust reporters but lots of people. this morning we are getting a sense of the scale of the investigation? first of all, in the past hour or so the court and has been lifted for

the court and has been lifted for the first times people have started to make their way back, as well as the reporters you have crowds moving very slowly with suitcases, people who throughout the night were told to stay away by the police, there is a manhunt on going, they are slowly starting, probably dazed and confused, to find out where they are staying and people who live here as well. people on the market, the stalls, the famous promenade, setting up this morning. i spoke to a woman called maria who has a gift shop, she had three dead people in front of was crying. she told she had to open up today. there are two separate attacks, one here at 5pm, a white van driving at 50 mph, about half a kilometre through las ramblas, it was packed, there were bodies on the floor, people rushed to help. 13 people killed, 15 in critical condition, 88 people being treated. after that, we know the driver fled at foot. the manhunt for them is

still ongoing. 120 kilometres south from here in a political cambrils, —— in a village called cambrils, there was a second attack with an audi a three car which drove into a group of people, injuring five. five people in the car were shot dead by police, three said to be wearing suicide vests at the time. in the thick of a manhunt at the moment. and we're hearing of a separate fan which police say they are searching for two men, no other details so far but there is a manhunt which is developing as we speak. another fan right now is being looked for and monitored. thank you, gavin. we will come back to you later. we'll keep you up to date with that story throughout the programme this morning. we will take a break and talk about the other main news for you. it's emerged that the defence secretary sir michael fallon has personally apologised to the mother of a soldier killed in a lightly—armoured snatch land rover in iraq. the bbc has sent a letter to sue

smith, whose son private phillip hewett died in a bombing in 2005. clive coleman reports. sue smith's son private hewett was killed while travelling in a lightly armoured snatch land rover in iraq, july 2005. sue hoped an inquest to last five days would provide answers about the snatch, and how philip died, but it lasted just three hours. she found an inability to get answers from the ministry of defence maddening. sometimes i thought theyjust wanted me to go away or die. i couldn't give up. in 2013, sue and two other families of soldiers killed in snatch land rovers won a landmark ruling at the supreme court, enabling them to sue the mod because the human rights act was deemed to apply to soldiers on the battlefield. it was the publication here injuly last year of the report

into the enquiry into the iraq war by sirjohn chilcot that changed everything. it gave a damning assessment of how for years the ministry of defence failed to replace the inadequate and lightly armoured snatch land rovers. almost a year after the chilcot report, sue's case and two other families' were settled. she received a letter of apology from the defence secretary, michael fallon, in which he wrote... it means that he didn't die for nothing, at the end of it all. that is something. that is the only thing i can say. sue's 12 year legal battle with the army that sent her son to iraq is finally over, but her grief will endure.

the uk has pledged £5 million to help the victims of the mudslide in the west african state of sierra leone. 400 people are known to have died and 600 are still missing after torrential rain caused the side of a mountain to collapse, engulfing a suburb of the capital freetown. the international development secretary priti patel said the money would be used to provide food, water, shelter and clothing. portugal has declared a state of emergency so it can access funds to combat fires that are devastating some of the country's forests. thousands of firefighters have been tackling huge blazes in recent days and residents of several villages have been evacuated from their homes. food manufacturers will be told to reduce calories in products including pizzas, burgers and ready meals as part of the campaign to tackle childhood obesity in england. last year, the government asked companies to cut the sugar content in food.

but charities and health campaigners say ministers must try harder to curb obesity levels. the new plans could see the size of products reduced all ingredients in food and drink change. you are up to date with the latest news. much of our news coverage dominated by events in spain yesterday and overnight, a number of significant developments. senior police officials say the attack in barcelona was clearly intended to kill as many people as possible. eyewitnesses described how people tried to run to safety as the van weaved left and right as it travelled at speed down las rambles. we can speak now to aamer anwar, a human rights lawyer who is in barcelona for work. apologies before i speak to him, we're having some problems with online, but just bear we're having some problems with online, butjust bear with us. tell us what you could see at the time?”

was literally on low ramblers, it was literally on low ramblers, it was really busy, thousands of people from every race, colour, creed, religion —— i was literally on las ramblas. i was going to stop that it was time being crowded so i decided to walk, i had only walked ten seconds and i heard a crash, screams, i turned around and saw what felt like an avalanche of people instinctively running in the same direction, i started to run as well and stopped ten seconds later and weather had previously been thousands of people that part was cleared and you could see a van, people were screaming. ijust remember a woman next to me who was hysterical, screaming, she had a young child in front of me and i could not make out the language but it was pretty obvious she was screaming because she could not find her children. another man i spoke to next to me, a bengali shopkeeper, told me he saw the van plough into people, going down las ramblas and he saw five or six people seriously

injured, thought they were dead. i moved backjudge yards and another 100. the emergency services' response was tremendous, as it was in london manchester. police, ambulance, fire brigade running in the direction of danger. they had the direction of danger. they had the place in lockdown, got people to safety literally within minutes. there were hundreds of police officers, armed officers, ambulance drivers, fire brigade. i stopped counting the ambulances after 30. we know now 13 people are dead and over 100 injured. you say that you saw the van, you could see it was deliberately trying to run people over? i did not see it, i heard the screeching, the crashing noise, and started to run, it is when i had the opportunity to stop ten minutes later, i could see the van in the distance, we were shoved back after that. standing at the spot. a few hundred meters away from where the van came to stop. you talk about so

many people being there at the time, this is very much a tourist destination, as well as people who live in barcelona. yes, it is, jam—packed, they call it a tourist trap but i came along, i thought, i need to go to las ramblas, because it isa need to go to las ramblas, because it is a sea of humanity, as i say, every ra ce , it is a sea of humanity, as i say, every race, creed, religion represented, every international language, culture, it is an amazing place. that is probably why the terrorists attacked it, this is what they hate, they hate freedom of expression, music, culture, they hate the fact that global culture comes together in this one spot and thatis comes together in this one spot and that is what they want to destroy. i have to say, i'm surprised, life is very quickly moved back to normality, shopkeeper, market owners, they need to survive, tourists are back, people walking down the streets. extremely high police presence, literally every 20 metres, armed officers. it was

terrifying. i'm shaken. what i am one of the lucky ones, my thoughts are with those families who have lost their loved ones on people desperate try to find out whether they are safe or not, took me five hours to get to my hotel, something that usually would have taken only five minutes, because the city was in lockdown. the police had a priority to catch the terrorists. five people were shot dead just outside barcelona, i understand. thank you very much for your time, we used a in spain, will exchange plans? i was here for an international conference, on human rights, so i am supposed to be leaving barcelona today to go to france, the conference is still going on but i need to check on what is happening. then come back to glasgow on sunday. thank you very much for your time. tried to give you a sense of the

various developments overnight. if we show you these live images, this is the seaside town of cabrils, just in terms of geography, 68 miles down the coast from barcelona, this is the coast from barcelona, this is the scene of what happened overnight, we know that five suspected terrorists were shot dead. an hour so ago... the scene you can see, looking out to sea, cordoned off area, vehicle overturned, which we assumed was a vehicle used in an attack, on the restaurant there. we know that six civilians were hurt. it has now emerged, initially, local police were saying those who were shot dead were wearing explosive belts, but we get various pieces of information, some agencies now reporting from the catalan regional security chief saying these bloated belts worn by the attackers were

actually fake. as you can see, that is the scene. such a juxtaposition, as we have seen in las ramblas, people already out on the streets, this is one of those scenes that people will feel is so familiar from spain, this is where the second attack happened. what we are trying to do, it is an emerging story and a very wide police investigation, we are trying to work out the sequence of events. we know that there was the attack in cabrils, there was the attack at las ramblas, and police in spain are linking the attacks and also to another explosion which happened on wednesday night, in a house,in happened on wednesday night, in a house, in alcan are —— alcanar. 0ne person was killed and six injured. the police investigation is looking ata the police investigation is looking at a wider terror cell, very much a live ongoing investigation. that story dominating our news coverage. we will pause for a moment and we

will look at the weather, matt is at the albert dock in liverpool. world yachts all set to head off on the clip around the world yacht race, 40,000 nautical miles around the world, and most of the crew, thatis, the world, and most of the crew, that is, our complete amateurs, we will be talking to one of them in the next half hour. sunshine out here at the moment, some shower so far, and a few more to come during the day, real storm, for most of the uk, nota the day, real storm, for most of the uk, not a typical august day, it is, compared to what we have had so far this month. sunshine and showers, blustery wind for many of you, showers will be confined to the north and east later on, where they will remain all day long, thoroughly wet day here, showers rattling across northern england, quite sharply, sunshine, when the showers come through it could be on the heavy side. not too

many showers around, that will change, if you are looking out to work with blue skies overhead, there isa work with blue skies overhead, there is a greater chance of a view showers heading your way today compared with the past few days. —— heading out to work. a few burst across the south—west of england, could get close to gale force at times, later on, showers could become heavy and thundery, and northern ireland, longer spells of rainfora time, northern ireland, longer spells of rain for a time, pushing across southern areas but there will be sunshine back quite quickly if it is wet at the moment. every burst in southern parts of northern ireland, heading to western parts of wales. some blue in the child, that is an indication showers become more widespread than they were yesterday, cannot promise anywhere will stay com pletely cannot promise anywhere will stay completely dry, wettest of all will be the north of scotland, where we could see 15 millimetres. temperatures, most places in the teams. sunwolves, could hit the low 20s across parts of england and east

anglia in particular. easing down a touch overnight, blustery, that will stop temperatures from dropping away too much, all in all, call start of the weekend, with gusty wind, and a story of sunshine and showers again tomorrow but saturday, fewer showers around, showers most likely in western areas, more of you will spend the day if not completely dry then drive for the bulk of the day, and temperatures similar to today but will feel warm as it gets lighter. at other compensation as we go through saturday night into sunday, most places dry, clear skies, dry and bright with sunshine, mist and fog patches here and there, but a chance we could see some heavy rain moving from the south—west, thatis rain moving from the south—west, that is all complicated by the fact we do have an ex—hurricane getting very close to our shores. as we set

off from here, they will face that as well. as you can see on board, one of the arts. we will have more in the next half hour, including one of the complete novices about to set off on this big adventure. good luck to him. the programme this morning very much dominated by what is going on in spain over the last 24 hours, there was an attack on las ramblas, a tourist destination, at 5pm, last night, police in spain still looking for the driver of that vehicle, and then, another event last night, early hours of this morning, cambrils, five suspected terrorists shot dead. we can speak with a lady who was there with her boyfriend in cambrils. thank you very much for your time. what did you see? we were walking down from the pier,

about 20 yards in front of us, we saw a car speeding into the station, the police car, and apart from that we did not see anything. we turned around, we saw it hopped over, and a couple lie down, and then we heard gunshots immediately. tell us about the vehicle that you saw, a little earlier we saw a vehicle removed that had been turned over, near the seafront what can you tell us about this car? small dark blue or black car, we did not see anybody driving it, happened very fast, we were not able to process it. it took out the police officer that we saw. were their shots fired? yes, shots fired immediately, as we got laid down, and they rang out for a good 20

minutes, then quite silent for a while, all we could hear was the spanish police, or the terrorists, we could not hear either or, and then there were some more shots ringing out. so that is really quite an extended period of time, you are saying for 20 minutes you were hearing gunfire? on and off gunfire. yes. sounds like an extended gun battle of sorts, we understand the latest figures are that there were six civilians caught up in that attack, were you aware of people being injured? not in the present, we knew the police officers were injured, as we saw the car driving, we we re injured, as we saw the car driving, we were not aware of other civilians injured. we kind ofjust got on the boat, laid down and hope for the best, really. we could not see anything because we had to lay low and keep out of things. you are with family? i am with my partner at the

moment on holiday, we stopped with his family for a week and then came down to cambrils, camping, for a week. we have spoken with a number of eyewitnesses, it must have shaken you up, you are in a tourist resort, very popular, and then something like this happens right in front of you. we are still kind of in shock, at the moment, you just want a moment to breathe, and understand what is going on, but you don't get that moment, and then eventually, when the police came along, and shouted surrender at us, and hands up... we know it is over, we are going to be ok. thank you for taking the time, we are glad that your partner is safe and well and you are too. we will have all the latest from barcelona in the next half—hour or so it here on bbc brea kfast. time now to get the news, travel and

weather where you good morning. a showery day across the uk today, probably more showers compared to yesterday. at some point we are all probably catching one of the showers. there will be some sunny spells in between. this morning starts fairly dry and sunny but those showers quickly developing across england and wales, one of two on the heavy side. for the north—east of scotland it will remain very wet well into the afternoon, which could lead to a few problems. some localised flooding up to 40 or 50 millimetres of rain by

the end of the day and quite a blustery winds, making it feel quite fresh. fresh compared to yesterday, the wind direction coming in from the wind direction coming in from the west to the north—westerly direction, temperatures dipping down quite a bit. as you can see for much of england and wales, it will be a mixture of sunshine and passing showers. through this evening, further showers across central areas, the rain eventually clearing from the far north—east of scotland and turning much drier into saturday morning, temperatures down to 12 or 13, perhaps 14 degrees. it could be a tad chilly in the countryside, probably chillier than this morning. a largely fine for saturday, lots of sunshine, some showers into the afternoon but not as frequent as today. in the sunshine, temperatures 18 to 22 degrees in the south, 16, 17 in the north. as for sunday, we have an area of low pressure, this is the remnants

of former hurricane gert. some of the rain could be heavy as it moves northward eastwards, staying largely dry towards the north—east of the uk during sunday. more details are available on the website. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with alice baxter and ben bland. promises, promises — we take a look at which campaign pledges president trump has kept and which he has not, at least so far... live from london, that's our top story on friday august 18th. plans for an infrastructure council dropped, two advisory boards ditched —

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