this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm... officials confirm that seven—year—old british boy, julian cadman, died in the attack in barcelona. his mother is still in hospital. police say the terror cell had collected more than 120 gas cannisters in the house which exploded in alcaner. here, cold—callers who scam people out of their pension could soon face fines of up to half a million pounds. 700 people have died in floods across south asia. the red cross say five million people are affected in bangladesh alone. also in the next hour... the countdown has begun to a total solar eclipse with millions of americans preparing to see this once—in—a—lifetime spectacle. it will be the first eclipse to cross the usa from coast to coast in 99 years. we have been talking about it for years, it has been building up this year, we are excited, this is wonderful, it really is.

the final sprint, the final chapter, the final win for mo farah. and farewell from farah in his final uk track race — more in sportsday in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. some breaking news. it has been reported that the comedienne jerry lewis has passed away. we understand that he was born in 1926 and he was

referred to as the king of comedy. he has passed away at the age of 91 from his long—time double act with dean martin in the 1950s. of course, he went on to a solo career in television and films and musicals and spent many years campaigning for research into muscular dystrophy, raising more than one and a half billion dollars. enjoy yourself. jerry billion dollars. enjoy yourself. jerry lewis' goofy comedies made him the world's best paid movie star. with their visual gags, the cartoonlike nature of his films left some people called but they were immensely popular. i wrote the dog thinking, would it not be marvellous if the elastic face that we have that can do so much, would it not be marvellous if our bodies were

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comedy performances whichjerry lewis will be best remembered for. just remembering jerry lewis who has passed away at the age of 91, that report coming from nikkei. jerry lewis, the comedy legend has died at the age of 91. moving on... it's been confirmed that a seven—year—old boy who'd been missing since the barcelona attack on thursday is among the dead. julian cadman, who held joint british and australian nationality, became separated from his mother when a van was driven into the crowds on las ramblas. his family said they would remember his smiles and hold his memory dear to their hearts. 1a people were killed in that attack and a second one in nearby cambrils. today the police revealed that extremists had planned to detonate three huge gas bombs. 0urfirst report is from james reynolds.

this morning, barcelona's sagrada familia basilica — monumental, unfinished — gave this city a place in which to mourn all the victims. renato was one of the first in the queue. it is... enormous sadness. it is incredible sadness. because this city is a symbol of freedom. of tolerance. between religions, races. what is happening is unbelievable. the people of barcelona now realise that they are as vulnerable as everyone else. and they now face a choice. change the way their city lives or carry on as before. the archbishop of barcelona asked the city to unite against fear.

and he offered consolation to the bereaved. the cadman family now mourns seven—year—old julian, the youngest named victim of the attack. he and his mother were together on las ramblas when they were struck. in a statement, his family says... the street in which he was struck has been taken back by residents, visitors and mourners.

the ramblas avenue has become its own memorial. james reynolds, bbc news, barcelona. the spanish police revealed today that the attackers had planned to detonate three huge bombs. they discovered more than 100 gas cannisters at the men's bomb factory near barcelona. the father of two of the men, who were shot dead by police on friday, told the bbc he blames the imam at their local mosque for their radicalisation. 0ur correspondent wyre davies reports from the town of rippol, where most of the plotters lived. captured by cctv and mobile phone, the horror and panic of the attack in barcelona. as a white van hurtles down las ramblas. killing 13 people and injuring more than 100. but we now know it could have been much worse. if the attackers had carried out their original plan to detonate three massive car bombs. this is the small town of ripoll in the foothills

of the spanish pyrenees, where at least eight, perhaps all 12, of those accused of being involved in the attacks came from. most were of moroccan origin and prayed at the local mosque. the name of the one attacker still at large, younes abouyaaqoub, written on the wall with others who contributed to mosque funding. police are asking if this man, the imam at the mosque, was the cell leader and mastermind of the attacks. this was his tiny flat at the top of the building in the town. his bedroom has since been emptied of everything by police. according to people at the mosque, he left two months ago to go on an extended journey to morocco but we know from his flatmate here and others in the town that he left as recently as last tuesday very suddenly. all that is left here is his small koran and his empty bedroom.

today i spoke to the devastated father of two of the attackers from ripoll. mohamed and 0mar hychami. the last time i saw my youngest son, he told me, was at three o'clock on thursday, hours before the attack in barcelona and cambrils. he did not come back. he roundly blames the imam for radicalising his sons and the others. translation: he took these young, impressionable minds, messed around with their brains and now they are dead. my sons and the others, it is all the imam's fault. it is believed the imam was killed in the explosion that destroyed a bomb factory in the town of alca nar last wednesday. it was there that police found 120 large gas canisters, which they say were to be used to make three car bombs. but the explosion at the house forced the gang

to change their plans. here in ripoll, whose sons carried out these attacks, there is a determination that however brutal, what happened must not be allowed to tear apart this tolerant and peaceful community. wyre davies, bbc news. 0ur correspondent, gavin lee, is in barcelona with the latest. the shocking news tonight is that the seven—year—old julian cadman has been identified as one of those killed as a result of this attack. yes, there was a diminishing hope when he was known to be here on thursday night with his mother. he was here with the other members of his family for a wedding. his grandfather said on facebook on

friday morning as anyone could identify his whereabouts because his mother was taken to hospital, she remains there with serious leg injuries and today and this afternoon the british foreign office and the spanish authorities have said that they have confirmed he has died. the family has released a statement through the australian government and they have said that their son was someone who was bubbling with energy. he was cheeky, the light of their lives and they will never forget his smile and they have asked for some privacy given the incredible grief they are going through. today we heard that a belgian national, and the spanish national are amongst those identified. 1a people dead and that includes here at barcelona and in cambrils. the numbers in hospital has reduced to 51 that is down from 54 has reduced to 51 that is down from 5a yesterday were ten people in a critical condition. any idea as to why it is taking or has taken so

long to identifyjulian? why it is taking or has taken so long to identify julian?|j why it is taking or has taken so long to identify julian? i think pa rt long to identify julian? i think part of the reason is because his mother is in hospital and because his family have been in sydney and yesterday evening, his father flew out and was taken to the centre of justice where the resin mortuary and the identification process simply took that long as part of the procedure, the authorities wanted to make sure that it was not a case of misidentification. they had told reporters they had not found any other witnesses that had seen this boy and there were no signs of an injured child, that is why there was more hope. you can see how busy it is around me, it is the first time for i think two decades i have been told that this area has been closed off to traffic today. police have said it has been so busy on the streets. there has been a memorial at the local church attended by the king and queen of spain. they have closed off the streets to traffic

for the first time today and the investigation continues. we heard from those previous reports that the international manhunt continues. there is a suspicion from the police that this man may have fled to france and they are increasing their areas of investigation looking for younes abouyaaqoub. thank you for that, gavin. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the former fleet street editor, eve pollard, and thejournalist and columnist, yasmin alibhai—brown. companies selling and arranging pension plans are to be banned from making unsolicited phone calls and sending emails and text messages to prospective customers. the government says it's trying to tackle pension scams after fraudsters tricked elderly savers out of nearly £5 million in the first five months of this year.

here's our business correspondent, joe lynam. chas drew lives in the forest of dean. he invested his retirement savings into a fund which did not deliver what was promised. the company has gone bust and he doesn't know how much of his money he will ever get back. pretty sick. i don't think i'm stupid and yet you think, how could you have been sucked in? rather than having a pension that i knew i could rely on, i have a zero pension right now. what i am doing is managing to cash in one of the investments, the smaller one, but in little bits. which is giving me an income. since the restrictions on how we invest our pension savings were lifted three years ago, allowing people to spend their savings as they wished, 3000 people have been defrauded

by an average of £15,000. much of that arose from cold calls from bogus companies. £113 million worth of pensioners‘ funds were scammed since april 2014. that is a significant problem. it is preying on your parents, my parents, on the elderly and the vulnerable and we want to stop it. what the government wants to do is make it illegalfor companies to call you up cold to talk about your pension pot without prior permission. and even if you had agreed to the call, it has to be with an established company with regular, up—to—date accounts. so you can't hand over your savings to a bogus entity. this ban on cold calls can't and won't, though, apply to foreign companies. age uk welcomed the clamp—down on cold calls but said that the public should remain vigilant. their message is, if in doubt, hang—up. joe lynam, bbc news. the iraqi army has begun an offensive to retake the last

major city in the country held by the islamic state group. tal afar is a key strategic bastion, close to the border with syria and around 50 miles west of mosul, which was recaptured by government forces last month. iraq's prime minister said is fighters had a choice between surrender and death. well, we can speak now to haissam minkara, who is 0xfam's deputy country director in iraq. he joins us via webcam from erbil. thank you forjoining us this evening on bbc news. firstly, what are you saying on the ground, we understand people are trying to get out of the city. thousands of people are fleeing tal afar, like many of the towns and cities which have witnessed offences and are fighting between the iraqi forces and the

coalition and the isis groups and strips. so far more than 30,000 people have left tallaght for. in the last few days this has been escalating with an average of 3000 people fleeing over the last week with three dozen people leaving every day. what do you understand this happening at the moment in tal afar? the situation here is challenging since access to humanitarian organisations and other civilian access is limited. the city and the entire district is more or less under siege, surrounded by troops and fighters from the coalition forces, from the iraqi forces and the popular mobilisation forces. so, for those that are managing to leave tal afar, what

sort of stories have the toljan about the conditions that are leaving behind? they are getting out of tal afar but it is a challenging journey. reports indicate long hours of walking outside of the town and the surrounding areas towards the courses or the nearest screening sites. hours of walking in a desert climate, 50 celsius of temperature, direct sunlight, insecurity, it is a very challenging context. people are being received at the screening sites where 0xfam and other humanitarian actors are working to provide emergency food supplies and drinking water. is there enough room for them in these camps? inside the existing camps there has been a

recent trend of return, people who have left muscle earlier are now going back to where they come from 01’ going back to where they come from or to live with friends, so they are leaving these spaces in the camps. —— mosul. life in the camp is difficult, the desert context, high—temperature difficult, the desert context, high—temperatu re with difficult, the desert context, high—temperature with a difficult and dry summer. have you heard any stories confirming that so—called isis have been using the civilians as human shields? there have been previous reports but there is nothing recent that we have received about that. we call all parties of the conflict to respect the international and humanitarian laws and we definitely condemn using civilians as a human shield if that is happening. 0k, haissam minkara,

thank you very much for that at the moment. finland has observed a minute's silence for the victims of a stabbing attack in the city of turku, in which two women were killed and eight injured. investigators are treating it as the country's first terror attack. british paramedic, hassan zubier, was on holiday with his girlfriend when the attack took place. he was badly injured as he tried to save the life of one of the victims. he's been speaking to our correspondent anna holligan. this wasn't a typical tourist destination or a capital city. finland's first suspected islamist militant attacker brought terror to a market square in turku and chose women as the targets. two days ago, hassan was strolling on the cobbles. i heard a scream, a really heartbreaking scream. so i turned around and there was a man standing over her, stabbing her. the father of two was stabbed multiple times as he tried to defend his girlfriend and save a stranger's life. i ran immediately straight to her.

i tried to stop the blood. he tried to stab me and i kicked him off, he was standing opposite me and i kicked him off and he ran away. he came back and i did not see him. i just felt that someone hit me. and i thought, 0k, something has happened, i am stabbed. i told my girlfriend to get away, run off. he then gave me, i did not know if it was one or two stabbings, i went back to the girl but her injuries were too severe. some really bad cuts. yes, we lost her. the suspect, an 18—year—old asylum seeker from morocco who arrived in finland last year, was shot in the leg by police and is now in hospital. an attack described

by finland's president as shocking and cowardly has been met with courage and defiance. hassan‘s says he would do it again. i am not a hero, i am just a person who cannot look away. hassan zubier, speaking to our correspondent, anna holligan. hassan zubier, speaking to anna holligan. the countdown has begun to a total solar eclipse which takes place tomorrow with millions of americans preparing to see this once in a lifetime spectacle. it will be the first eclipse to cross the usa from coast to coast in 99 years. viewers in the uk will be able to see a partial eclipse at about 8pm tomorrow, as long as there are clear skies. the town of hopkinsville in kentucky has become the epicentre of eclipse viewing as thousands of people gather to enjoy the spectacle. here's what visitors and residents of the town think about the event... people used to say,

"where is hopkinsville? " but now nobody ever has to ask again because the greatest thing "where is hopkinsville? " cos the greatest thing that has happened in hopkinsville will happen this weekend. i love it. i think it is cool, it is bringing out the best in everybody and everybody is together and i love it. i am very excited. this is fine. i have lived here one year and this is awesome. i am going to be here in eclipseville. i am going to sit here and watch it. i am ok with that, i feel like i'm covered and whatever will happen, will happen. a solar eclipse. ijust want to see it and i am thankful to god that i am here with my daughter and able to see it. it is going to cover the sun. for two minutes and seven seconds. we have been talking about it for years, it has been building up this year, we are excited, this is wonderful, it really is. let's get an insight into the countdown with simon calder, travel editor of the independent. he is in grand tetons national park in wyoming for us now. hello to you simon. good evening. i

am at one of the official eclipse viewing sites just north of the city of jackson, viewing sites just north of the city ofjackson, wyoming. viewing sites just north of the city of jackson, wyoming. there viewing sites just north of the city ofjackson, wyoming. there is intense excitement here because this is the great cosmic coincidence, the total solar eclipse of 2017. sorry that it total solar eclipse of 2017. sorry thatitis total solar eclipse of 2017. sorry that it is passing over one country, the united states as a total eclipse, this has been called the great american eclipse. as we heard from kentucky, iam great american eclipse. as we heard from kentucky, i am afraid that these guys are not looking as clear here, one reason that part of the us is so popular with eclipse porters and they are gathering in their tens of thousands is because of the weather data for the third week in august shows that it has a good chance of clear skies. anyone who was in cornwall in 1999 will realise thatis was in cornwall in 1999 will realise that is an essential ingredient. so,

by this time tomorrow the eclipse will just be leaving by this time tomorrow the eclipse willjust be leaving us territory after speaking across the nation with 0regon on the specific course and charleston south carolina, i think it will bring america to a standstill, people will watch either on tv or online or indeed in person. simon, we have heard in the build—up to this that the traffic has been terrible because a lot of these sites are very remote and rural, what have you experienced? yes, it will be really bad tomorrow, that is what the authorities are seeing everywhere. some examples, in st louis, missouri, which is on the line of totality, one of the bigger cities, they are expecting dreadlock and they are taking special precautions to try to make sure that ambulances can get through, but they are basically telling people it will be awful. and the rocky mountains, where so many people are going to be

converging, it would ordinarily be pretty busy at this particular time of august and they are telling people if you do not need to drive one eclipse we, please do not and people are allowing many hours to get to the line of totality, this narrow band of 70 miles that sweeps across the country. so it could be mayhem and they are also expecting mobile phone networks to be overwhelmed because so many people will be wanting to witness and speak about this first total eclipse in america and there will be so much content being uploaded. but with all of these great events, nobody knows exactly what is going to happen. effectively it is all over any quick moment and by this time tomorrow i hope there will be seven, maybe 8 million, that is the estimate the number of people to gather specifically to watch this. samling, have you ever experienced a solar eclipse? there are so many different

people, you have the eclipse chasers, those that are very superstitious because it is tied to a lot of dark magic, if you have, what is it like? it is an extraordinary experience. the only one that i saw the clear skies was 22 years ago in india close to the huge city. that was an extraordinary experience because suddenly, it begins to darken and for the length of totality this is the one time in your life that you can look up at the sun, which is completely blotted out by the moon. just this amazing cosmic once this that is given because the moon ‘s diameter is one 400th of that of the sun and one 400th of that of the sun and one 400th of that of the distance to the sun, so the birds to fall silent and everything takes on the most strange look for a few minutes and in that

time it is genuinely a cosmic experience that make you shiver, even just with the memory of what, 22 years on? so i am very excited about this and there are thousands of british people in town, they are all converging here, some have special eclipse viewing sites to go to, others are just going to be taking their chances on the day and hoping, praying, ithink, for clear skies. i can see little wisp of cloud and i hope that will be gone this time tomorrow. 0k, fingers crossed for you. simon calder in joint that, hopefully, they solar eclipse in america tomorrow. norfolk police have increased patrols in the seaside town of cromer after an outbreak of what they have described as low—level disorder over the weekend. last night, pubs and bars decided to shut because of the trouble. the local council says it is trying to get a group of travellers to leave an illegal campsite in a public car park.

jenny kirk reports. a busy saturday night at the masala twist indian restaurant turned into a terrifying experience for the owner's family and customers. a group of 35 people running around, being abusive, refusing to leave and stealing bottles of alcohol. i don't want them to intimidate the customers in any way and especially there was a couple of people with little kids. and they were really shaken. what do you think about the people who did this? i don't want to compare them with animals, because animals are a lot more well—behaved than they are. his wife, nephew and daughter tried to get them to leave. his wife claimed six women pinned her behind the door, shouting abuse, as she screamed that they were breaking her arm. other businesses reported the group causing problems as well and today some were choosing not to open. local people claim the group were travellers, camping illegally in a car park. we have had some problem with travellers before but not on this scale. saddened for the businesses that are closed today. this is the height

of the summer season. we need the tourists to come here to keep cromer going. footage taken last night shows a large police presence where the travellers were parked. earlier, the final parade for the cromer carnival had gone right past the site. the children of these travellers were throwing objects. i understand some cases bottles at them. well, we don't need that. the council served eviction notices on 23 caravans on the site on saturday. by this afternoon, most had left, as did the extra police. norfolk police say they received reports of theft, shoplifting and of a large group of people refusing to pay for their drinks in bars and restaurants.