this is bbc news, i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 12pm. the manhunt continues. police mount a major operation to find younes abouyaaqoub, the man now believed to have driven a van into crowds in barcelona, killing 13 people. relatives of a seven—year—old boy, missing in in the city, have flown to spain to search for him. british bornjulian cadman became separated from his mother during the van attack. steve bannon, donald trump's former chief strategist, has vowed to go to war with the president's opponents, after being fired from his job. also in the next hour, we'll get the latest on major flooding across south asia, which has left as many as 500 dead. the situation is expected to worsen this weekend. and stars from stage and screen have continued to pay tribute to sir bruce forsyth who died yesterday at the age of 89. good afternoon, and

welcome to bbc news. spanish police say they are still looking for the man believed to have driven a van into crowds in barcelona, after earlier reports said he had been killed. and is involved in the attack. at a news c0 nfe re nce and is involved in the attack. at a news conference in the last hour, the spanish interior minister said a third level would stay at one notch below the maximum, meaning that police would stay in charge of security on the streets rather than the army. translation:. this

morning, i had the opportunity to attend a meeting with this security experts. with people who best though the risks and threats that we have been confronted by. at the meeting, although relative 40s were present, their pleas, this level guard, the national police. this centre against organised crime, the intelligence agency and the relevant police forces. it is of capital importance forces. it is of capital importance for our citizens that these experts carry out an evaluation of the consequences short and medium—term, and boot on the table the different results of the analysis to do with

this. we are being confronted with a meeting of experts and have analysed in detail what has taken place, what the consequences are for the spanish people with the information that we have at present, and we have also re—evaluated the level of maximum alert in relation to the terrorist threat, and the experts unanimously proposed and we have followed the advice that it will maintain a high risk of terrorist attack, number four out of five. reinforcing the present level with additional measures. clive myrie is in barcelona for us. the interior minister that making it

clear that the threat level is doing at category four, one notch below the hires. there must be police on the hires. there must be police on the streets of big cities across being... infact, that the streets of big cities across being... in fact, that is level was rude to level four at daddy battered van attacks in paris. barcelona is very busy today. it is a very welcoming city. of course, a bad i am standing, las ramblas, this scene of that horrific attack on wednesday nights, and is the area not far from that van ended up. behind me, all these tributes to those who died led bya these tributes to those who died led by a steady stream of people turning up by a steady stream of people turning up here all morning, leaving candles, tributes, flowers. lots of soft toys, a sign that a number of

children sadly lost their lives and that tragedy. that's get the latest on the police investigation now from simonjones. on the boulevard where, on thursday, bodies lay, last night a vigil. flowers and candles to mark the lives lost and those injured from 3a different countries. the disbelief and grief etched on people's faces. i was scared and nervous to come here. i didn't know what it would be like and if everybody was going to be kind of mourning and upset over what happened. it's good, though, to see everybody come together and just kind of remember what happened. through the window of a museum, new footage has emerged, appearing to show the van speeding along las ramblas. people ran for their lives. hours later, a car was driven into pedestrians in cambrils. five suspects were shot dead, four by a single officer. among them, moussa oukabir, the man believed to have rented the van used in the barcelona attack.

police say they are still looking for the man they now believe was driving it, younes abouyaaqoub. the task of identifying the dead and injured is continuing. fears are growing forjulian cadman, who is seven, and has dual british and australian citizenship. he was separated from his mother during the attack. he is now missing, much to the concern of his great aunt. of course, i am really worried. i can't hear anything with them, i want to hear what's happening. 15 people are in a critical condition in hospital. the mourning and the police operation continue. with beano is danny, who is a

barcelona resident. he had friends in the area when that they came barrelling down las ramblas. thank you for talking to us. you thought it was important for you to come and pay respects today. i think everyone that lives in barcelona feels it is important. it is happening everywhere, and we are knowing that some day it is going to happen here, because it is a very important city, very terrorist city. it is a target. but when these things happen near your home near the people that you. my your home near the people that you. my sister was having lunch here with her boyfriend one hour before all the things happened and all that. you had relatives who were in the area just before their vehicle came down? yes back. that is at. a lots

of friends are working here, and they were trapped in the chops, because the police told them not to go outside. daily feel safe in the city now? maybe not say five before... -- maybe not save like before... -- maybe not save like before. there are a lot of these alone. i feel safe in my city because, i don't know, it's my city, and the people are shouting all the time that we are not afraid about all this. you have to come to our lives and do normal lives and all of that. we don't have to let these things affect us. we have to fight against this. you can let the terrorists win. i have been here for the last two days, and that sense of defiance and strength is very evident. yeah, that is out. yesterday was massive. the minute of

silence here. there was a lots of people here. in catalonia, ayatollah think about the different way of things. —— i always think about the different way of things. we are doing things right. i think that the police and politics and love that are trying to make people feel safe, andi are trying to make people feel safe, and i think that are doing it very well. thank you very much for joining us. a long—time residents of barcelona, and he says that he had relatives in the area just minutes before that vehicle came flying down that boulevard and led so many people dead, 13 at the moment. 15 are still critically ill in a hospital. loss of sound just one father pays piece of

information to add. we were seeing people coming to pay tribute and the virus, and a lot of thought with those killed, and also with those injured. with that in mind, the spanish king and green have been visiting the hospital where people have been taken for treatment. —— the spanish king and queen. you can see them shaking hands with staff at the hospital and expressing gratitude for all the hard work that has been done there. that taking place this morning and the hospital. police in finland say they are treating yesterday's stabbings in the southwestern city of turku as a terrorist attack. two people were killed and at least seven others injuredin the incident. injured in the incident. the attacker, who was shot in the leg, is being treated in intensive care. police say he's an

18—year—old moroccan. five people were arrested overnight in connection with the attack. just one piece of news coming from the phone at —— the venice police, saying that a british citizen was injured in that attack. just one line of copy there, so no more information, bad news that a british citizen was one of those injured in that attack in fenland. donald trump's former chief strategist, steve bannon, has vowed to go to war against the president's opponents, after being fired from his job at the white house. he's now returned to a senior role at the right—wing website, breitbart news. mr bannon is the latest in a string of departures from the white house in a turbulent few weeks. david willis has more. steve bannon, widely credited for helping steer donald trump to victory, he was one of the most powerful men in the white house. the driving force behind donald trump's nationalist ideology, his was the ethos of putting america first,

and taking back the country. as economic conditions get better, as morejobs get better, they will continue to fight. if you think they will give your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. every day — every day, it is going to be a fight. he is not a racist, i can tell you that. he is a good person. he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. but we'll will see what happens with mr bannon. by the time that donald trump had made that less than ringing endorsement of his special advisor this week, the die was cast. steve bannon's clashes with more moderate forces in the west wing, chief among them the president's son—in—law, jared kushner, and his daughter, ivanka, coupled with renewed accusations following the violence at charlottesville of white nationalist sympathies, sealed his fate. this profile in time magazine labelled bannon the "great

manipulator". he has now returned to right—wing website breitbart news, which he left to work for the trump campaigna yearago. he has said that he intends to keep fighting on the president's behalf, but in an interview with the conservative magazine the weekly standard, he has said that the troubled presidency that they fought for and won is now over. leading members of the white house inner circle shown here just seven months ago have now almost all been sacked or stepped down. all of which leaves the president and increasingly lonely and isolated figure. while steve bannon's departure is a victory for those who wanted to see an end to the more extreme elements in the west wing, whether it will lead to a better functioning white house remains to be seen. david willis, bbc news. we can discuss this in more detail

what the new york observer columnist whojoined me what the new york observer columnist who joined me and this what the new york observer columnist whojoined me and this idiot. he worked by steve bannon at right back for two years. give us a little insight on what kind of a guy he is. i used to work as a house of common staffer before i worked at breitbart, and i am used to people being very polite and friendly to your face being very polite and friendly to yourface and being very polite and friendly to your face and then stabbing you in the back. steve bannon is absolutely not like that. he is very direct, he is very focused. he seems to only sleep for 3a—mac as a knight, which is pretty incredible. i can how the washington establishment hated, because he is very direct, and because he is very direct, and because of the views he held. that directness and tata tea makes us think that tom would like that. we see him being a man who speaks like

that. what unravelled the relationship? not everybody within the white house ‘s ideological inside the steve bannon. there are people that steve bannon hits, and so people that steve bannon hits, and so he sometimes felt isolated within the white house, but he certainly feels, and i think he has good reason to feel this, that he is at the link between the people who got donald trump into the white house and donald trump themselves. one donald trump thought that steve bannon was getting too big for his bets, i don't know, but i would argue that song would never have had defined an evil —— had a phenomenal success without him. with the loss of steve bannon, do reno seek a change in tone? steve bannon himself said that the tram presidency that he voted for and supported was now dead. i think he means that there is no longer an automatic assumption

that all of the policies that he wa nts to that all of the policies that he wants to pursue will necessarily being enacted. i think it is now on a case—by—case basis, and a guest will have to be made by the right of the republican party as it is made by the moderates in the republic party, and that is why use the balancing new has got his weapon back. he has the power to praise followed that agenda at right back. he will be galvanising people. he will be saying it is not tram, it is the people around him. i think they magazine the large a savage attack on people. they will not be impressed with most people though see as the swamp. i said earlier that the big problem is that donald trump was supposed to drain this one, not to drown steve bannon and this one. you said moderates and the republican party will be pleased to see the back of him. without a doubt. but then again, it has been quite difficult so far. they have

not got through the reform of obamacare, which is something the model and stifled. i think the writer of the republicans, are the rights of the trump movement, will be kicking back as well. having their standard—bearer, their chief of staff back at the magazine will be good for them. give us a sense of the power that he may now we'll been backin the power that he may now we'll been back in charge of something where he can bea back in charge of something where he can be a bit more freewheeling. the difference between breitbart and the bbc is not necessarily an issue of neutrality, there's more to do with the fact they had really big on social media. the other 13 small ship website on facebook, at which eclipses even the bbc. even a bbc doesn't have that sort of pallor. they write articles that talk about issues that people don't normally talk about, like immigration and terrorism. the ability to shape that message, and also to be pretty famous, as steve banning his knack,

will be significant. breitbart descended the most popular website in america, which makes it at leviathan. elliott, you are saying that steve bannon was back in two breitbart very speedily. he didn't have a holiday. he wanted to get his hands back on their pallor. he was robert mercer on wednesday night, one of the bigger shareholders in breitbart, so presumably if they we re breitbart, so presumably if they were talking on wednesday and he is back on friday, he was talking before he was fired to robert mercer. and probably there will be another big increase in breitbart‘s funding and power. really interesting. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: spanish police say they believe the driver of the van, which ploughed into pedestrians in barcelona, is still at large. an international manhunt

is now under way for chief suspect younes abouyaaqoub. donald trump's former chief strategist, steve bannon, has vowed to fight the president's opponents, despite being fired from his job at the white house. mr bannon was seen as the architect of mr trump's right wing agenda. tributes have continued today to sir bruce forsyth today, the veteran entertainer and presenter who has died aged 89. officials say more than 16 million people have been affected by severe flooding in parts of nepal, india and bangladesh. 500 people are thought to have been killed, with conditions expected to deteriorate further over the weekend. the red cross and red crescent say it is becoming one of the worst regional humanitarian crises in years. our correspondent sanjoy

majumder is in bangladesh. i am in the worst affected region as far as the floods are concerned. the reason for that is, this is where some of the rivers that flow from neighbouring india enter bangladesh, and the last few days, because of heavy rains on that side of the border, the levels of the rivers have been rising alarmingly. houses have been submerged, farmland, hundreds of thousands of people have been moved into temporary relief camps. in this area alone, 3000 schools have been shut down either because they are under water or they're badly damaged. the focus of the government and the international relief agencies is to try and get supplies of food, water and medicine as quickly to these affected people as is possible. many people are complaining that supplies simply aren't getting through, and one of the reasons for that is that in much of this

area, road and rail links have been affected, so the only way to get supplies across to them is by boat or from the air. the other big worry now is that even though this is the worst affected area, the focus is shifting to central bangladesh, where river levels are also rising. and the fear is, that is the place that could be affected next. just an update on events in finland following that stabbing attack. there has been a press conference going on in finland and various lines of information coming out of that. venice police say that they suspect the knife attacker seems to have chosen women as his targets. they have now declared this, as you know, as a terrorist attack. it seems that women were a specific target and they focus of his violent attack. in addition to the main

suspect, we are also hearing from finland's bureau of investigation, that four other men have been arrested as suspects. the involvement yet to be established, but an international warrant has been issued for one other suspect. clearly, they are broadening their focus. the main suspect has been shot down the lake and is being treated in hospital. four other men had been arrested and an international search warrant for one other. that is four moroccan citizens arrested, we believe, after that knife attack on friday. a small update there. the london palladium dimmed its lights last night in honour of sir bruce forsyth, who died yesterday at the age of 89. the former generation game host had been unwell for some time. tributes have been paid by his friends from the world of showbusiness. sir bruce's strictly come dancing co—host, tess daly, said she was "heartbroken". earlier i spoke to the broadcaster giles brandreth about sir bruce who told me how he first met him when he was a student at university more than 50 years ago.

he was appearing in the pantomime, i know when to interview him for the student magazine. the first thing that surprised me was he told me how much he hated pantomime. you'd think he was a natural pantomime entertainer. he didn't like having to stick to the plot. he wanted to be free to do what he wanted to do with his audience. he also told me that you have to face facts as an entertainer. half the audience won't like you. you except that and play to the half that does. you keep going. he certainly kept going. he was known as a mighty atom. it was all to do with energy. he made his first television appearance at ten yea rs first television appearance at ten years old. a bbc trial programme before the second world war. bruce

thought, i am going to go, and at the beginning he was one of the first people to appeared on bbc television, and he sustained at over 70 years. and this is interesting that you see he was always very aware perhaps of where his passing lake, and what format work for him and what he enjoyed. he was. he was a, timid professional. he knew his wife. he knew what it get out. —— he was a consummate professional. headphones didn't take off because he didn't have an audience. uniquely in television, he brought the variety stage into a stage, and he behaved like a variety entertainer and a studio. sometimes he told me he found the configuration of the stage constantly come dancing as frustrating. he liked to be with the audience. he was the ultimate person

for connecting with an audience. people didn't want to hear —— people that want to hear those catchphrases. he was likeable. i talked to a person nma cup department who worked with him 30 yea rs department who worked with him 30 years ago, and on the day of hard time, he came and delivered flowers and made a speech. if you can make up, you know that the entertainers don't usually borrow to do that. he really was a lovely person. was he in person this same person. was he larger than life? no, in person this same person. was he largerthan life? no, he in person this same person. was he larger than life? no, he wasn't quite as bad. as he got to the stage, it happen. —— he wasn't quite as big. he was quite colleges of what he was doing. it wasn't an accident. he did walk on a funny, but it was all craft, energy, and a

brave talent. and you say, given that he was in job as for so long, it is slightly misleading to say they weren't downs as well as arts. there were lots of downs. he often gave things up when he was at the height of it. saturday night at the london palladium came about by chance. it was possiblyjust for a if you weeks, but it was also says we re if you weeks, but it was also says were he was there for five years. he chose to come out. time and again... the first time he left the generation game he chose to leave, because he wanted to do something else. he always fully wanted to get back to theatre. he wanted a huge musical head. he tried several. he was reasonably successful, and he wa nted was reasonably successful, and he wanted to be ultimately the great song and dance man. one thing he didn't achieve, he halted the as big as his friend sammy davisjunior as an entertainer in america. the

audiences and appreciated his skill but because he was english, and empathy with the audience was everything, it didn't quite happen. he was fortunate that has love and song and dance did not get consent has silly, because formats on. suddenly certainly come dancing came on, and it was idealfor him. suddenly certainly come dancing came on, and it was ideal for him. yes. and the broadcasters often indulge them, because they wanted him to do his thing. believe what they love was the way he ran the game shows. a lovely max was finding trip they come dancing where he could do both, he could do everything. he was a ultimate mr saturday night, because he was the complete family entertainer. you could set them at your grandchildren are your grandmother and he says what you knew that he would bring you and and not let you go. he was cheeky and wonderful. charles band with talking about sir bruce forsyth who has died

at age 80 nine. get a little update from spain. spanish police have been giving a press conference, and one piece of information that has it concerns the key suspect that they are hunting. the art confirming that they are looking urgently for younes abouyaaqoub, but they cannot confirm that he was the driver of the white van driven into the crowds in las ramblas boulevard. they have meanwhile, police and security forces, say they have raided nine properties across catalonia in a 48 hour period after that attack. special patrols are being set up for the two football matches to date, one in barcelona, and one injured one. as part of raising the security level, they are setting up police controls at the two big fibber matches in spain today. generals will be few and far between

and lighter as well. some across the south and south—east will avoid the showers altogether. it will be a bright idea across northern and eastern areas compared with yesterday, and feeling that that's a bit warmer. highs of 22 degrees. showers will be confined to the north of scotland and well winds will be light elsewhere. it will be hla night, their bridges in the countryside, dry to single figures. it will be a fresh start to sunday, but a lovely bright one. good sunny spells clouding over from but a lovely bright one. good sunny spells clouding overfrom us, gradually, but it will be cloudy and south—west england, wales and northern ireland. misty and wendy house. it will feel warmer than today given lighter ones, but that

rumour spread into other parts of southern england. bye for now. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 12:30pm... police in spain are searching for three members of the jihadist group which carried out the attacks in barcelona and cambrils. they include younes abouyaaqoub, the man the police now believe drove the van into crowds on las ramblas. the family of a young boy with dual british—australian nationality — who went missing during the barcelona attack — have flown to spain to try to find him. seven—year—old julian cadman became separated from his mother in las ramblas on thursday. steve bannon says he will continue to take on president trump's opponents despite being sacked as his chief strategist. mr bannon said he would take on the powers—that—be in politics, the media and business.