this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 3pm: spanish authorities say the jihadist cell behind the two deadly attacks in catalonia has been broken up. however, a major man hunt is still under way to find younes abouyaaqoub, the man believed to have driven a van into crowds in barcelona, killing 13. president trump has thanked steve bannon for doing a greatjob, despite firing him as his chief strategist less than 2a hours ago. nearly 600 people have been killed and millions more affected, as major floods sweep across south asia. also in the next hour, we'll be looking at professor stephen hawking's claim that private health care policies in england are in danger of ruining the nhs. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. manchester united continue their great start to the season with a convincing win over swansea. ( click

will be here at 3. 30pm with your user—friendly guide to the latest technology news, issues, gadgets and apps. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. spain's interior minister says the terror cell behind the two vehicle attacks on thursday and friday, which left 1a people dead, has now been dismantled. officials believe the cell consisted of 12 young men, most of them moroccan nationals. however the hunt is still on for one man, younes abouyaaquob, who police believe may have been the driver of the van, which killed 13 people and injured 130 more in barcelona. james reynolds has sent this report.

this morning in barcelona, the mayor opens the book of condolences. the city has lost residents of its own and visitors from abroad. the attacks surprised barcelona. it is the first time the city has been hit in more than 30 years. barcelona now follows the same rhythm of mourning familiar to so many other cities on this continent. this footage from a museum security camera appears to show part of the attack. the van goes at great speed through las ramblas. passers—by run for their lives. the police type this attack to the one in the town of cambrils in which five suspects were shot dead. at first investigators believe that one of the cambrils suspects was also the barcelona attacker but now they are investigating the possibility that 22—year—old younes

abouyaaqoub from morocco may have carried out the attack. he is currently at large. seven—year—old julian cadman got separated from his mother, who was injured. his family are trying to find him. of course, i'm really worried. i wa nt to of course, i'm really worried. i want to — i cannot hear anything with them. i want to hear what's happening. the authorities are keeping victims‘ bodies at the medical institute. the king of spain has visited the injured recovering in hospitals. it may take some time for all those killed to be identified and publicly named. clive myrie is in barcelona for us. he's been finding out what impact that attack has had on the residents there. it's happening everywhere and we are knowing that someday it's

going to happen here, because it's a very, very important city, very tourist city. it's a very, well, it's a target, very clear target. when these things happen near your home or near the people that you love and all that, because my sister was having lunch here with her boyfriend one hour before all the things happened and all that. so you had relatives in the area just before that vehicle came down here? yeah, that's it. a lot of friends are working near here and they're trapped in the shops because the police told them not to go outside because it could be dangerous. do you feel safe in the city now? ifeel safe — well, maybe not safe like before. you're concerned, worried 7 maybe right now it's more safe because there's a lot of police around, a lot of investigations all that. people that this, well,

not that safe like before. well i feel safe in my city because, i don't know, it's my city and the people are shouting all the time, "we're not afraid". we have to come to our lives and do normal life and all that. we don't have to let these things affect us and all that. we have to fight against this. you can't let the terrorists win. i've been here for the last two or three days now. that sense of defiance and strength is very evident in everyone here. yeah, that's it. yesterday was massive. the minute of silence here, there was a lot of people here. i think it's in catalonia always think about the way of the things. i think we're doing things right. we're solving the problem very good. i don't know, i think that people, the police and the politics and all that are trying to make people feel safe. they're doing it very well.

that was clive myrie speaking to a resident in bars loanament the shot there on your screen —— barcelona, there on your screen —— barcelona, the shot there coming from the top of las ramblas. can you clearly there the tributes have been growing. people travelling to the site from outside barcelona also growing. 0n site from outside barcelona also growing. on friday, for example, candles were lit along las ramblas and also hearing that earlier today, king felipe and the queen had visited the injured in hospital. tributes continue to pour in for the 14 people who were killed as part of the attack that took place on thursday afternoon in las ramblas in barcelona. security officials in finland say a british citizen was injured in the knife attack in the city

of turku yesterday, in which two people were killed. police are treating it as a terrorist incident, saying the 18—year—old moroccan suspect appeared to have targeted women. he was shot and wounded by officers. four people have been arrested at an apartment. seven people have been wounded in a knife attack in the russian city of surgut. the attacker was then shot dead by police. the man, who apparently stabbed passers—by on the street at random, was shot dead by police. the islamic state militant group said on its official news channel that it was behind the attack. but russia's investigations committee said it would not comment on the possibility of terrorist motives, calling the attack "attempted murder". donald trump has thanked his former chief strategist, steve bannon, for his service, after he was fired from his job at the white house. mr bannon — who was seen as the architect of mr trump's right—wing agenda — has vowed to continue to fight

the president's opponents. he'll return to a role at the ultra—conservative website, breitbart news. david willis reports. steve bannon, widely credited for helping steer donald trump to victory, he was one of the most powerful men in the white house. 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. steve bannon has now returned to right—wing website breitbart news, which he ran before leaving tojoin the trump campaign a year ago. 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 trump presidency that they fought for and won is now over. 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 see what

happens with mr bannon. by the time donald trump had made that less than ringing endorsement of his special adviser earlier this week the die was cast. steve bannon‘s clashes with more moderate forces in the west wing coupled with renewed accusations following the violence in charlottesville that he harboured white nationalist sympathies helped seal his fate. all of which leaves the president an 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. hundreds of police officers will be on the streets of boston in the coming hours, as a rally, calling itself a protest in support of "free speech", gets under way. it comes just a week after violence occurred during protests in virginia.

0ur correspondent aleem maqbool is in boston. is that boston common from where we're expecting the rally to take place? and also, what exactly is this rally all about? yes it gets under way in this rally all about? yes it gets underway ina this rally all about? yes it gets under way in a couple of hours. it's called a free speech rally. but a lot of the people attending and organising the rally, some of the speakers, have attended white nationalist rallies around the country in the past. so at the moment, there are none of those protesters here. the bandstand over there, there are police officers around there. that's where the so—called free speech rally is due to ta ke so—called free speech rally is due to take place. given what happened in cha rlottesville last to take place. given what happened in charlottesville last week, there isa in charlottesville last week, there is a great deal of security around. can you see the barriers around that area and all of these people here area and all of these people here are counterprotesters, those who are

against white supremecy. there are a lot of antiwhite supremecy slogans that have been shouted, you can hear a bit of singing going on here about love trumping hate. 0f a bit of singing going on here about love trumping hate. of course, the hate on boston is because of those events in cha rlottesville, hate on boston is because of those events in charlottesville, where that rally, attended by neo—nazis, white nationalists, white supremicists, we saw swastika flags, nazi salutes at that rally. 0f course, it ended up with violence and the killing of one protester, who was there as a counterprotester to that rally by those white supremicists, white nationalist elements. that is why the focus is on this. it's been a huge story here in america. notjust because of the violence, of course, but the fact that donald trump failed to unequivocally condemn those from the far right, who took to the streets that day. the organisers or the

people issuing the permits to this rally say they're expecting a couple of hundred. it turns out those figures could exceed 10,000 people. what sort of precautions have city officials put in place? i think we can see police in the background, in terms of security, what can we expect and what's been said ahead of this rally to those who think that they can or there will be some violence during the rally itself? yeah, in terms of the rally itself, there have been around 100 permits that have been issued for those who wa nt to that have been issued for those who want to come for that so—called "free speech" rally. they will be confined to that area around the bandstand. if it exceeds 100 people, if people in that rally demonstrate outside that area, the demonstration will be shut down. those huge numbers that you're talking about

are the counterprotesters who say they're due to come out, a lot of them, on a facebook group and now number around 4,500. who say they will come out to demonstrate against white supremecy, to show that boston rejects those — that kind of ideology. because of that, we've seen a lot of police presence not just here but in other parts of the centre of boston. there are barriers that have been put up. there are police on bikes right around this city. that protest is supposed to start from else wr. as you can see, there —— elsewhere, as you can see, there —— elsewhere, as you can see, there are a few antiwhite supremecy demonstrators milling around here as well. it's not just demonstrators milling around here as well. it's notjust here that this is going on, i should say. there are antifascists protests going on in dallas as well, in atlanta as well and there is a fear that there could be some tension, there could be some violence not just here be some tension, there could be some violence notjust here but in other parts of this country. that's why

there is a security presence on the streets in lots of cities in america today. 0k, thank you very much. 0ur headlines here. spanish police say they believe the driver of the van, which ploughed into pedestrians in barcelona, is still at large. an international manhunt is under way for the chief suspect, younes abouyaaquob. donald trump has thanked steve bannon for his role in getting him elected. the treat praising mr bannon comes less than 24 hours after he was fired by the president as his chief strategist. 0fficials president as his chief strategist. officials say more than 16 million people have now been affected by seasonal flooding across south asia. the floods in nepal, bangladesh and india are thought to have killed almost 600 people. in sport, manchester united hit four past swansea. pogba is amongst the

goal scorers, asjose past swansea. pogba is amongst the goal scorers, as jose mourinho's side signal their title attempts with a win. celtic remain unbeaten this season in all competitions. brendan rodgers made six changes to his side but they still won 2—0. three wickets and a run out from jimmy anderson put england firmly in charge in the first test against west indies. the tourists are 105—6 after england declared on 514—8. details on those stories at around 5.30pm. an update now on the story that broke earlier concerning a train crash that took place in india, in uttar pradesh. reuters are reporting at least ten people have been killed, following a derailment. we understand up to six carriagesjumped derailment. we understand up to six carriages jumped the rail. the incident happened

near muzzaffarnagar, in the northern state of uttar pradesh. up up to 150 people have been injured and rushed to local hospitals. rescue operations are under way. more on that as and when we get. it —— get it. nearly 600 people have been killed — and 16 million seriously affected— by floods in south asia. the monsoon storms have been sweeping across bangladesh, india and nepal. aid agencies say the region's facing it's worst humanitarian crisis for many years. andy moore reports. the aid agencies say these are the worst floods to hit south east asia in many years, a humanitarian crisis is feared. medicines and food are being taken by boat to the affected areas. the red cross said millions of people faced hunger and disease. the situation could get worse in the days and weeks ahead. in bangladesh more than a third of the country is under water. four million people are affected.

at least 56 have died. this woman said she had never seen such a flood. her house had been washed away and now there was no food. in india bridges have been destroyed making it difficult to reach those who need help. thousands are building makeshift shelters wherever they can on higher ground. save the children said the immediate situation was desperate and further heavy rain is forecast. the physicist, professor stephen hawking, has accused the health secretary, jeremy hunt, of "cherry—picking" evidence to support his policies. he has praised the nhs but attacked the provision of private health care in england. mr hunt has described the scientist's claims as wrong. here's our health correspondent, jane dreaper. he is one of the world's best—known scientists. professor stephen hawking

was diagnosed with motoneuron disease at the age of 21. he turned 75 at the start of this year. a milestone celebrated at a scientific conference last month. # happy birthday to you...# professor hawking says he wouldn't be alive without the large amount of high—quality nhs treatment he has received. but he is concerned about the future of the health service in england, defending it as the most efficient and cost—effective system. in a speech which describes his medical history and how he sometimes had to challenge doctors, professor hawking said: quoting the use of private agency staff as an example. he also accusesjeremy hunt of "cherry picking" research papers to support his case for changing weekend services. professor hawking says that while he wants more weekend services, he believes there has been

no due diligence done in the case of the so—called seven—day nhs. the government says it makes no apology for being the first to tackle what it describes as "unacceptable variation in care" across the week. and ministers believe patients in england should be able to access the best treatments based on the quality of care, rather than who's providing them. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news this afternoon. two men have appeared in court charged with murder, after the body of a woman was found in a burning car in sunderland earlier this week. 39—year—old stephen unwin, from houghton, and william mcfall, who's 50 and from blackpool, appeared at newcastle crown court this morning. they were remanded in custody. the nur of people in the uk ——

number of people in the uk who own a second property rose 30% between 2002 and 2014 to more than five million. analysis by the resolution foundation found the number of people without property also increased during the same period. the government says it's making £60 million a year available to communities most affected by second homeownership. vehicles have been left dangling from the edge of a multistorey car park in nottingham as part of a wall collapse. it fell away during the night. surrounding roads have been closed. no—one was injured. structural engineers have been checking the rest of the building. they're banned in scotland. labour pledged to abolish them elsewhere, and the lib dems have described their use as "an affront to basic human dignity". mixed—gender wards are highly controversial, and back in 2013, the health secretary,

jeremy hunt, announced they'd been "virtually eliminated" in england. despite this, bbc breakfast has found that in the last year alone, men and women were treated in the same room around 9,000 times. that's almost three times the figure from two years ago. john maguire has more. good morning, everyone. every morning, staff at yeovil hospital meet to plan the day ahead to determine what care patients receive and where. treatments and recovery are of course paramount, but separate areas for men and women are an important factor here. so this is ward 6a, our elective orthopaedic ward, and here we have bays of men and women, which have their toilet and bathroom within the bay, which means if you are in a male bay you can use the bathroom within the bay and you don't have to travel between the two. we also have side rooms where you can go if you need specific care or if we can't accommodate you in a male bay,

we can use side rooms, so you still have that privacy and dignity there. for the past six years, nhs hospitals in england have been fined £250 if a patient is in mixed accommodation. there hasn't been a breach in the system in yeovil since september. here, in the hospital's operations room, they monitor real—time information on patient admissions, discharges and whereabouts. we know that if patients are nursed by the right people at the right time in the right place that actually their length of stay does decrease and their risks to staying in hospital are minimised and reduced. in 2013, the health secretary told his party conference that mixed sex wards had virtually gone. the first time the breaches were measured was in december, 2010. that month alone there were 11,802 cases. the new government policy saw the number drop markedly. at its lowest point it was 2,431, not per month but for the whole year in 2014.

since then, though, they've risen. the latest annual figure was 9,003. mixed sex wards have been banned in scotland for 12 years and in wales rules state separate facilities should be provided wherever possible. neither publish their data centrally. the breaches increase when hospitals are under the most pressure. figures for mental health trust are far lower, as there are fewer hospitals. but the health watchdog, the care quality commission, found some hospitals in the sector are not following the rules. this woman has bipolar disorder and was placed in mixed accommodation when she was admitted. she has asked to remain anonymous. i've had incidents where males have tried to pursue me, pushing notes under my door. with shared bathrooms, shared lounge facilities and dining facilities, there's no way you can be private as a female. especially if the males are unwell themselves. following you around and encouraging you to leave the ward with them.

that's my experience. being encouraged whilst unwell to escape the wards. the figures only measure beds, not shared bathrooms or other rooms such as lounges, so campaigners argue the problem is underreported. if there's just one person who is in a mixed sex setting, where their privacy or dignity is compromised, or where they feel unsafe or where they are unsafe, that's one person too many. this is the 21st century. we ought to be able to provide at the very least a setting for somebody that's safe and therapeutic. smaller bays of beds or single ensuite rooms are becoming more commonplace. the health regulator, nhs improvement, says: but the pressure to cope in extremely busy hospitals means beds of whatever type will always be in high demand. the pressure to cope in extremely

busy hospitals means army medics from hampshire are leaving for east africa this weekend to help a united nations force trying to restore peace to war—torn south sudan. members of 3—3—field hospital based in gosport will be providing medical services for nearly 2,000 un troops. steve humphrey reports. the army's medics have plenty of experience of using their skills to save lives in the world's trouble spots. back in 2009, bbc south today filmed with gosport‘s 3—3 field hospital. when they were in afghanistan, running the busy medicalfacilities at afghanistan, running the busy medical facilities at camp bastian. they were dealing with horrific battlefield injuries. now they're going to south sudan. they'll be pa rt going to south sudan. they'll be part of the un peace keeping force. there's definitely a level of excitement. it's been a long time

coming. we've been training for this 110w coming. we've been training for this now for nine months. for many, this is their first deployment. it's an exciting opportunity to support the un mission. from their base in gosport, 78 members are travelling to south sudan. the conflict in the country has cost thousands of lives. 0ver country has cost thousands of lives. over two million refugees have fled to neighbouring countries. the field hospital team will include surgeons, doctors, nurses and combat medics, so doctors, nurses and combat medics, so they can cope with all evergeualities. —— eventualities. so they can cope with all evergeualities. -- eventualities. we have up to two theatre tables that will be manned 24 hours a day. we have stocks of blood, a small ct scanner. have stocks of blood, a small ct scanner. we are a have stocks of blood, a small ct scanner. we are a very have stocks of blood, a small ct scanner. we are a very highly developed tented hospital. to prepare for the mission in south sudan, there has been months of preparation. with medical teams put through their paces in a variety of

scenarios. the regiment is well trained and well rehearsed. we know exactly what to expect. we have a lot of specialists going out to south sudan, people who've worked with the nhs, people who've deployed to afghanistan on a number of occasions. i think we're well prepared. the medics fly out this weekend and they'll be running the field hospital in south sudan until january. it was a glorious start for many, a bit cool, but alena will tell us how the weather is looking. hi there. it's another fairly showery day. plenty of showers around but fewer across southern and eastern areas now and late spells of sunshine. but still showers into wales, northern england and scotland. blowing through on a strong and gus i westerly —— gusty westerly wind. showers around this evening but with time they will

start to fade and the night becomes mainly dry. a few showers in north—west england and parts of scotland. clearer skies. in north—west england and parts of scotland. clearerskies. in the centre of town, temperatures 12 or 13 celsius. 0ut centre of town, temperatures 12 or 13 celsius. out in the countryside, they could be as low as five or six. a chilly start to the day tomorrow. across south—west england, it will bea across south—west england, it will be a fairly cloudy start, as this system pushes towards the uk. slowly increasing the cloud and bringing outbreaks of rain through the morning. that will start to extend into southern parts of wales, through the afternoon, eventually into northern ireland by the afternoon as well. for much of the country, for much of the day, it'll be dry, good spells of sunshine. with lighter winds, it should feel a bit warmer tomorrow.. bye—bye. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak the headlines at 3:30pm: spain is tightening security at busy tourist areas after the deadly vehicle attacks in barcelona and cambrils. a manhunt is still underway for younes abouyaaqoub, the man the police say may have driven the van into crowds on las ramblas.

the prime minister of finland says the country has experienced it's first ever terror attack. police in the country say a british citizen was among eight people wounded in the knife attack which resulted in two people dying. an 18—year—old moroccan suspect was shot in the leg donald trump has thanked steve bannon for his service during his election campaign. he tweeted that having mr bannon on his campaign against hilary clinton had been great. mr bannon was sacked by the president as his chief strategist yesterday. aid officials say more than 16 million people have been affected by seasonal flooding across south asia.