this is bbc news. the headlines at apm: local media in spain is reporting that younes abu—yaaqoub — the driver of the van that killed 13 people in barcelona — has been arrested by police. ten us sailors are missing, after the collision of their warship with an oil tanker, in south east asia. tweeting abuse can be as devastating as shouting it. tough new guidelines to tackle aggressors on social media. we think far too often it's an under—reported crime. people think they have to put up with low—level hate and don't realise it's a crime. also in the next hour: across south asia, this season's monsoon rains have devastated huge areas. around eight hundred have died and more than a million others have had to leave their homes. how dash cams are helping make our roads safer, forcing people to be better drivers. and millions of americans rush to get a ringside seat as the sun rises ahead of a once—in—a—century coast—to—coast solar eclipse. i can't wait — it's

going to be amazing. being a physicist, people always talk about these events but you never get to see them because you're stuck in a lab. but being able to see a phenomenon like this? it's going to be amazing. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, catalan media are reporting that police have arrested the driver, suspected of killing 13 people, in last week's terror attack in barcelona. they say younes abuyaaqoub, was the only suspect still on the run, and he may have evaded capture by killing a man and stealing his car. local media say he was detained in sant sadurni d'anoia, a0 kilometres west of barcelona. police have confirmed an operation is under way.

they declined to confirm but did say an incident was under way, without giving further details. spain's el pais newspaper has obtained new cctv images of the 22—year—old from the day of the attack, where he's thought to have made his getaway on foot, walking through la boqueria market, and blending into the crowds wearing sunglasses leaving las ramblas. our correspondent gavin lee, has sent us this report from barcelona. this is younes abouyaaqoub, the suspect who drove into the crowd on las ramblas. abouyaaqoub appears to have been picked up on cctv, wearing sunglasses as he walked through the nearby la boqueria market, past others fleeing the scene. in a press conference this morning, police gave more details of the suspect. translation: we have identified the perpetrator of the incident at las ramblas. the investigation carried out

by catalan police and various lines of inquiry can confirm the perpetrator of the attack is younes abouyaaqoub, who is 22 years old. the rest of the terror cell is said to be dead or under arrest. eight of the 12 attackers came from the pyrenees village of ripoll. police believe this man, abdelbaki es satty, the local imam, recruited and organised the group. the day before the attack he is thought to have accidentally killed himself preparing home—made bombs. it led to an explosion at this hideout in the remote coastal town of alcanar. there are questions here as to whether the police could bear to have protected the citizens of las ramblas. plans for barriers are being rejected, claiming that you cannot fully protect the city. the death toll now stands at 15 after police confirmed that

abouyaaqoub stabbed and killed a spanish driver, pau perez, on the outskirts of the city, using his car to escape. news coming in since that report was filed in fact. we are hearing spanish police say there is an ongoing operation, amid reports in spain that the suspect who drove into crowds on las ramblas has been shot dead. no more details at the moment. that is coming from our correspondent in barcelona. one person injured. the condition of the person injured. the condition of the person at the heart of this operation is not clear. one report suggests she is injured, another suggesting that the person has been killed. no more details from police at the moment. this happening in the past hour. with catalan media

reporting that the man you can see on your screen, the man at the heart of this enquiry, has been arrested. we will bring you much more on that. gavin lee is at the moment talking to catalan police and we will be getting the latest from him shortly. rescue teams from malaysia, singapore and america, are searching for ten missing us sailors, after their warship collided with an oil tanker. the ussjohn s mccain, and a liberian—flagged vessel, hit each other near the straits of malacca. richard lister reports. the collision happened before dawn. guided missile destroyer uss john s mccain was holed at the water line as it steamed towards singapore for a routine visit. the us 7th fleet said several compartments were flooded including berths for crew members. ten sailors are missing, five were injured. a search and rescue operation is now under way involving ships from singapore and malaysia with air support from the us navy. four of the injured were airlifted to hospital in singapore, though their conditions are not said to be life—threatening.

in a tweet, president trump offered thoughts and prayers, as the rescue efforts continued. the other ship involved the liberian flagged tanker is bigger and heavier than the mccain, it continued to singapore with its cargo of fuel oil intact. such vessels cannot move quickly, raising questions as to who was to blame. it indicates that the destroyer could have turned across the front of the tanker which is an inadvisable thing to do in accordance with the rule of the road. it's not good seamanship. the collision happened in territory claimed by both singapore and malaysia and one of the busiest stretches of ocean in the world. the singapore strait carries around a third of all global shipping trade with ships arriving and leaving port in singapore every 2—3 minutes. the malaysian authorities say the crash happened just outside

a safety zone where shipping is separated into fixed lanes. we know the location of the incident. it is more or less at the entrance to the traffic separation, it is an area where no less than 80,000 vessels travel to the area per year. injune, the mccain's sister ship uss fitzgerald was involved in a remarkably similar incident, colliding with a container vessel off the coast of japan. seven american sailors died and the vessel almost sank, the 7th fleet blamed poor seamanship on both vessels and removed the fitzgerald's commanding officer. the mccain limped into a singapore naval base, but these warships are designed to respond to threats around them at all times and the us navy will be looking urgently at why two have now been involved in collisions injust two months. richard lister, bbc news.

hate crimes committed online, are to be prosecuted as seriously as offences carried out face to face. new guidelines for england and wales mean the crown prosecution service will seek tougher penalties for abuse on social media, claiming the impact of tweeting abuse can be just as devastating as shouting it. here's our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani. rhodri colwyn philipps, the fourth viscount st davids, jailed last month for racially aggravated threats on facebook against gina miller, the businesswoman behind the brexit legal challenge. she said she felt violated by his shocking comments, just one of many online attacks she suffered. now, the crown prosecution service says these kinds of crimes must be dealt with as robustly as offences on the street. it's promising a tougher response, to build public confidence. there were more than 15,000 hate crime prosecutions in 2015—2016, the highest number ever, and a third of those convicted saw their sentence increased.

but the number of cases referred by police to prosecutors fell by almost io%, a drop the cps says it is investigating. i hope that the difference that the guidance and the public statements will make is that people will feel more confident to report hate crime, that they will understand they don't have to put up with the abuse that they might feel that they just have to because they're disabled, because of their religion, because of their sexuality, and that they will feel confident to come forward, knowing that we can support them, and that we will prosecute these crimes where we have sufficient evidence. online hate comes in many forms, as kaye medcalf knows. kaye is among transgender people who don't define themselves as either men or women, and it makes them more of a target for online abuse. people were messaging me into my inbox. people were saying horrible things about me, saying that i wanted a tranny loo, that i was an "it", using dehumanising language, calling me a lesbian,

purposely misgendering me, saying that i was mentally unwell... i think it has affected my self confidence, and it has made me find it difficult to trust other people. i get very nervous about what i put out online, and i get nervous when meeting new people, in case something awful is going to happen, and i think overall isolates you. from now on, prosecutors must give more consideration to complex cases like kaye's. some critics say police and prosecutors still move too slowly on hate crime, but the cps says it is determined to create the best possible chance of achieving justice for all victims. dominic casciani, bbc news. the police have been dealing with

hate crime for a very long time. the outcome and the behaviours of the same. what the cbs are saying today is that they want to give the same approach, the same seriousness to that. the police have been taking an average for some time. the difficulty is that many of the online attacks of this nature are anonymous, the cowards who do it hide behind that. does that mean that the level of investigation required is going to be so much greater, some will say this will be a waste of time? there are certainly challenges presented by people who hide behind a cloak of anonymity. there is also the opportunity that we have a link between the person who is abused and the person abusing. what we need to be able to do is, in those cases where we can solve the crime, that we get the right people involved, give them the right people involved, give them the right skills to be able to trace the people, and then that very link

creates an evidential line which again gives us an opportunity. on one hand it's very difficult, but on the other hand there are real opportunities and what the policing has got to be about is using everything we can to make people safer and make them feel safer. everything we can to make people safer and make them feel safetm there a resource issue here? you will need computers obviously for the sort of thing, and smart, skilled people to do it? clearly there is an issue around realisation. we need to make sure we use police resources in the best way we possibly can to make people safer. dealing with hate crime effectively is part of that agenda. we know that there has been quite a significant change in demand. the couege significant change in demand. the college of policing did some research recently showing a change in demand from typical inquisition all detective type work to other types of work. that takes better understanding of what goes on behind the scenes, a real deep understanding of not just the scenes, a real deep understanding of notjust dealing with the issue presented but what has gone on before. the college of

policing is trying to drive that level of professionalism along policing so we have much better understanding, when we can be more effective, using our resources in a better way. for the first time in nearly a hundred years, a total eclipse of the sun will cross coast to coast, across america. it will travel nearly two—and—a—half—thousand miles over ten states, from oregon in the west, through kansas, to south carolina in the east. millions of people have travelled to the us to see the eclipse for themselves. you can see pictures of the sun rising an oregon right now. it is the first total solar eclipse to make landfall exclusively in the united states since the country declared independence in 1776. it's

all getting very exciting. let's go to kentucky andile correspondent. excitement really is the word? absolutely. the word on everyone's mouth is a eclipse, wondering how they will react to nature ‘s most awe—inspiring moment. here in eclipse well, we have the best view of anyone else in the country. this has been designated by nasa as the point of greatest eclipse. exactly why people here from all across the country on the world have come to this small kentucky town. i'm joined by the press and family, because they are one of the groups that are here. i want to start by asking you, this has been a trip you plan six yea rs this has been a trip you plan six years ago? six years ago i was my first—ever astronomy class, and part of the class was looking at the solar eclipse for the next two years. i saw one going through the usa, soi years. i saw one going through the usa, so i asked my mum on the way home, in six years' time comey head to the us to see the eclipse? well

now we are here. she planned it all, ready to go, ready for the moon to do its thing. i'm buzzing. being an astrophysicist is going to be in a great opportunity. you actually experienced a total solar eclipse before in your hometown. we did, backin before in your hometown. we did, back in devon england. 1999. it was cloudy, but it was an amazing experience. watching the darkness mauling in across the landscape on us. mauling in across the landscape on us. we said then we would love to see it again in clear blue skies, looks like we will do that today. the weather is definitely cooperating. city officials were worried about that because that was one thing out of their control. anna, why you so excited to be here? it's one of those things which is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. finally i can cross the solar eclipse of my bucket less it's once—in—a—lifetime. eclipse of my bucket less it's once-in-a-lifetime. i know a lot of people are looking forward to crossing this software bucket list. iam crossing this software bucket list. i am excited, and brothers were not lucky enough to be here, nasa will

be, and they are streaming across the world. have you seen one of these things before? never! get a code. —— get a coat. it gets very cold. while that is the greatest pa rt cold. while that is the greatest part of being on the farm, it's so sunny, i think we will feel the effects right away. and you can watch live coverage of the solar eclipse at 6'clock tonight, on the bbc news channel. the headlines on bbc news: local media in spain is reporting that younes abu—yaaqoub — the driver of the van that killed 13 people in barcelona — has been arrested by police. unconfirmed reports that a man has been shot dead. ten us sailors are missing, after the collision of their warship with an oil tanker, in south east asia. tweeting abuse can be as devastating as shouting it. tough new guidelines to tackle aggressors on social media. and in sport...

it's been claimed female football fans were made to show their bras at a stevenage match on saturday. the english football league is investigating. hibernian steve whittaker has been recalled to the scotland squad after nearly a year and a half. he is one of five players back to the must win world qualifiers against lithuania and malta next month. and mo farah's glittering track career will come to an end over 5000 metres at the diamond league final in zurich on thursday. the prime minister is said to be confident that the uk will make enough progress in brexit talks by october — to move forward to the next phase. the government has released more ‘position papers' on the movement of goods and the handling of confidential documents. later this week one is expected on judicial co—operation, amid continued controversy over the role of the european court ofjustice.

earlier i spoke to our correspondent in brussels, adam fleming, and asked him to explain the detail of the paper. this is what i have been using, my new brexit binder. this is all the official documents relating to the brexit negotiations. starting with the instructions given to michel barnier by the european council, then moving onto the nine position papers that were published by the european commission on a whole range of legal issues to do with the brexit process. the second half of this massive folder is all the position papers that the uk has been publishing in the last couple of weeks. position papers are official documents, quite legalistic, quite detailed, which are actually on the table, in the negotiations metaphorically. in that michel barnier and his officials from the eu side and david davis and his officials from the uk side go through the documents, and they are the basis for the negotiations. they are looking for points of agreement and disagreement, and point of clarification. the two newest documents at the end of here are the ones

published by the uk today. one very technical one which is about confidentiality of eu and uk documents during and after this process. the most significant one is, to give it its technical name, goods on the market. that is what happens to products that are on sale in the eu and the uk, in the days and the run—up to brexit, to make sure they can continue to be on sale after brexit in the days, weeks and months after brexit. while it all sounds very technical and legalistic, the uk is trying to make quite a big political point with their document. they are trying to widen the scope of what is considered a "good" on the market, the commission want it to be products that are for sale at that point. the uk wants to make it a much more generous interpretation, to include things that have been manufactured. they are trying to get a little political point in by trying to talk about the future trade deal between the eu and the uk. the eu is not quite ready to talk about that yet. major developments in spain in the

last hour in connection with the hunt for the alleged driver of the band that killed 13 people in barcelona last week. let's go to our correspondent in barcelona. what is the latest information we have? police are saying right now there is an ongoing operation, they have told people to clear the area, a place called super rats. 25 miles west of where i am on las ramblas in barcelona. it is between here and the hideout where the 12 men are said to have been holding out for six months, working on bomb—making materials in a place called alcanar. they are saying there was a man wearing a suicide belt, kneeling on the floor, he had been spotted by a neighbour in the street. he has been shot dead. at the moment, spanish

media are reporting that this is in fa ct media are reporting that this is in fact the suspect, the driver who police are looking for who killed 13 people here in las ramblas, drove for 50 metres at 50 mph. younes abouyaaquoub, the 22 rob rock on. this is developing very quickly. go back a second. —— the 22—year—old moroccan. the spanish police said they believe it is just as likely he is within the region, being hidden by somebody as it is that has crossed the border. we are waiting to hear more from the police, but they do say people need to clear the area. are hovering in the skies, they are also concerned given that explosives have been found. they have said the disposal team in as well. thank you. across south asia, this season's monsoon rains have devastated huge areas, killing around eight hundred people. more than a million others have had to leave their homes, with food shortages and the threat

disease ever present. parts of nepal and india have been badly affected, and in bangladesh, the flooding is thought to be the worst for 30 years. sanjoy majumder has sent this report from northern bangladesh. the only way around northern bangladesh is by boat. all the roads have been washed away. with little sign of the water receding, people are settled on any patch of dry land they can find. a partially submerged bridge is now home to this family. they have been here for over a week. they have brought with them whatever possessions they could carry, and also their cattle. translation: the flood just washed away our home. we were able to quickly grab some things and our animals. many of bangladesh's major rivers flow through here, which is why it is the worst affected part of the country. this is the brahmaputra river, one of the world's largest. it flows into bangladesh from india. what's happened is because of heavy monsoon rain, it's breached its banks and the entire area around it is flooded. these people here have taken up the only sliver of land that's

been left untouched. aid workers are trying their best to get relief to flood victims but there's a massive scramble, such is the need for something as basic as drinking water. and inevitably many are left out. this is one of the worst floods in bangladesh has experienced in many yea rs. bangladesh has experienced in many years. the communities are very much in need of food, emergency shelter, safe drinking water and clothing. in need of food, emergency shelter, safe drinking water and clothingm is now a race against time, to get to those affected before it's too late. the london fire brigade, the mayor of london and safety groups have warned that more people will die from fires started by faulty white goods, if the government doesn't implement guidelines, made more

than a year ago. they've sent a letter to theresa may in response to the grenfell tower fire, which it's thought was started in a fridge—freezer. it warns some products are still being sold with a flammable plastic backing. the letter also refers to a fire in august 2016 in shepherds bush, which began in a tumble dryer. earlier i spoke to the commissioner of the london fire brigade, dany cottam — who explained her frustration about the lack of advice available for people to find out whether their white goods are faulty. i hope that people will look at all of the fires that have been involved, we have had nine people lose their lives in fires that have involved faulty white goods. i hope that will focus peoples minds to understand this is a serious issue, this is something that can affect anybody. lots of people have got this product in their homes and are unaware they can potentially be the cause of a fire. i really hope the people now concentrate on the fact that we need to give people the reassurance and the ability to find

out that the goods, everyday goods we all have in our homes, our say. in our homes, are safe. for me, it's not a difficult task. it's a simple thing to have a central website where you can type in the manufacturer and the model of your product and check to see it safe. the government say it's already there. the consumer minister said the product recall website at one stop shop product recall, they already have that. that's what it's for? unfortunately that website does take you to a number of different other websites. i want a single website where one person can go to and type the details in, not to have to be redirected to other manufacturer's websites or look at other documents. i want it to be as simple as possible for everybody to gain the information and to keep them safe in their own homes. what can people look out for when they are buying these goods in the first place? is there a mark they can see that guarantees they are not buying something that could kill them? clearly, manufacturers don't sell products deliberately knowing they can kill people. the products that are on sale at the moment are generally safe. they are designed to be safe. it's if faults developed later on the manufacturer's

commitment subject to recall. for me there is a responsibility from manufacturers about how they produce those products. there are still some products now where they have plastic backing, so if there is a fault, anything like the installation inside catching fire, it will spread very quickly. it's easy to make products with noncombustible backing. i would urge all manufacturers to start looking at that now. it's their consumers, the members of the public they are selling to, it's their responsibility to ensure their products don't add to any danger for people in their own homes. the most powerful image conjured up when talking about this is grenfell tower. i just wonder, in the weeks, the months since, what changes have already been brought in by you and your colleagues to make, easier is the wrong word... but, to make your colleagues more able to deal with something like that in future?

as you will appreciate, everything that surrounded grenfell is now subject to a public enquiry and police investigation. i have been very clear to state that london fire brigade will look at what happened on the night. if there is anything we can do to change things immediately, we will not wait for the outcome of an enquiry. we will implement anything. we have looked at equipment and our procedures, obviously as things go forward there is new equipment available. we will look to all of those to ensure that the london firefighters have the best possible and are safe to carry on doing theirjobs in the future. here is darren bett. good afternoon. we have some warm, muddy, tropical air coming up from the south west today. here we will see the best of the temperatures because we have the best of the sunshine. cloud has been breaking up, boosting those temperatures. coming in behind this broadband

thick cloud, really depressing things today, bringing rain and rain and drizzle and pushing up towards the north—east, limiting the sunshine here. 2a, 20 5 degrees lightly in the south—west to end the day. this rain moving into the north—west, clearing away from northern ireland this evening, eventually heading overnight into scotland. and that, any breaks we have had will probably fill in with mist and fog and low cloud. it will be quite gloomy, particularly in the hills. a really warm night is what we are left with. lows of 15 and 16 degrees. that rain gets stuck across northern scotland but peters out. bringing up more widely across england and wales. a better chance of seeing some sunshine. one or two showers around, the wettest weather in northern ireland. temperatures 18 to 20 degrees, further south we get some sunshine, southern part in men and wales will see 26, 20 7 degrees not out of the question. for much of england and wales, it will be than it has been today. —— it will be warmer than it has been.

hello, this is bbc news with the headlines. local media in spain is reporting that younes abuyaaqoub the driver of the van that killed 13 people in barcelona has been arrested by police in san serdoornt de noyer, forty kilometres west of barcelona. ten us navy sailors are missing and five have been injured after a us destroyer and an oil tanker collided near singapore. the guided missile destroyer was preparing to stop in a port when the collision with the liberian—flagged vessel occurred. online hate crimes should be treated as seriously as abuse committed face—to—face according to the crown prosecution service. for the first time, its guidelines for prosecutors in england and wales includes offences against bisexual people. skywatchers in the united states are preparing for the spectacular sight of a solar eclipse. it's expected to be the most observed and most photographed eclipse in history and it is the first solar eclipse to make landfall exclusively in the us since independence in 1776. now the sport. good afternoon. it's been claimed that female football fa ns were been claimed that female football fans were made to show their bras at

security before the stevenage grimsby town match in league two on saturday. simon stone is here to tell us more. this seems pretty odd, what exactly happened ? tell us more. this seems pretty odd, what exactly happened? well, there we re what exactly happened? well, there were about 800 grimsby fans at steve na g e were about 800 grimsby fans at stevenage on saturday. i'm told they we re stevenage on saturday. i'm told they were subjected to airport—style security searches. this was for children as young as five years old. and yes, with some of the women, at least ten women i'm told, they were asked to raise their tops so female security staff could feel under their bra, the underwiring of their bra. now, the female supporters involved, one of whom was 70 years of age actually refused to do this, but clearly it's a bizarre situation. what happens next, will there be any sort of action taken? i'm told a lot of the fans are distressed about this and they're considering their

next action. the mariners trust, the grimsby fans next action. the mariners trust, the grimsbyfans group, next action. the mariners trust, the grimsby fans group, have written to steve na g e to grimsby fans group, have written to stevenage to ask for an explanation. we have spoken to city evenage, they say they are investigating the matter, but we don't know what will happen at the moment. —— stevenage. thank you very much. the scotland manager gordon strachan has handed recalls to five players including matt richie and grant handley for the qualifier next month. stephen whittaker is back after a year—and—a—half and there is a first call up forjordan archer for the must—win group f fixtures. call up forjordan archer for the must-win group f fixtures. we have got to try to win both games. i don't think we ever really set out to draw a game. we set out to win. if we get a draw, we get out a draw, but we set out to win, that's for sure, whether it be germany away. we

did it at england. we got beat there, 3—0, but we tried to win. we don't have the physical capability to sit back and take long periods of being under intense pressure. sarah hunter says more changes to the starting line—up will not affect england for the rugby world cup semi—final with france tomorrow. simon millton's made two changes to the side for the match as lydia thompsoncologies in on the wing and rachel burford re returns inside centre. since january, we have had time with combination s so we know each other well. so what he wa nted we know each other well. so what he wanted to do was to ensure that people aren't worn out by playing the same 15, 23 for every minute of every game. so when it comes to the knockout places, people feel fresh and ready to go. that can be done when you have a squad of 28. england are playing their second match in

the euro hockey hundredships in the netherlands, taking on germany hoping to make it two out of two wins. so far they haven't got the start they wanted. they're trailing 2-1, start they wanted. they're trailing 2—1, approaching the second half. earlier ireland got their first win, beating poland 7—1. mo farah's track career will end over 5,000 metres at the diamond league final in zurich on saturday. yesterday he won his last ever track race with the 3,000 metres at the birmingham diamond league meeting. he hasn't announced when he'll hit the road for marathons yet. that is all the sport for now. see you soon. an update on what is happening in spain. spanish police say they've shot down a person who appeared to be wearing an explosive belt and spanish public television says the man was the suspected perpetrator of

last week's barcelona van attack in which 13 people were killed. that man, younes abuyaaqoub who police named earlier today as the driver of the van that killed those people on the van that killed those people on the las ramblas boulevard in barcelona last week. we are hearing from royalers that the spanish bomb squashed is using a robot to get closer to the man who has been shot —— we are hearing from reuters. these pictures coming in from the area west of barcelona where this incident has taken place. catalan police at the moment declining to say if the man who was shot in subirats in barcelona was shot dead or wounded. conflicting reports. some saying the man shot has been killed, some saying he has been injured. younes abuyaaqoub is

thought to have killed another person and taken their car which resulted in the hunt for him being widened across europe but it would appear that he stayed very close to the location of the attacks of last week. reportedly he was spotted by a woman and, when she asked him whether he was younes, he started running towards a vineyard. when police got there, he claimed he had an explosive belt. police then shot him and the bomb squad are now using a robot to see his physical condition. this is the picture of him melting into the crowd in las ramblas, when he headed to the north of the city

and stole a man's car. in the last hour, reportles that a man, two independent sources suggesting it is in fact independent sources suggesting it is infact him, independent sources suggesting it is in fact him, had been shot by police. it is a developing story and we'll keep you updated with developments on that throughout the afternoon. more now on that search operation for ten crew missing from a us warship, which collided with an oil tanker off the coast of singapore. earlier i spoke to the us navy veteran, david la rter and i asked him who he thought was responsible for the collision. when i was taught to navigate ships, i was taught that if it's a bigger less manoeuvrable ship, the onus is on the bigger vessel to get out of the way. we don't know what happened or what string of events led to this. we don't know if thejohn s

mccain was disabled, if they had a steering casualty they couldn't recover from. we don't know. this steering casualty they couldn't recoverfrom. we don't know. this is under investigation and the events like this tend to be rare which is why it's so shocking there's been two just this summer. so the number of things that have to go wrong in any given incident, it tends to be a long string of events and it's hard to puzzle out. that is why the navy does thorough investigations, to learn the lessons. you are not going to be able to say these thingses for much longer are you, because what is going on? it's a good question, you know. quite frankly that, is a question that if you are the navy‘s chief naval offer or the seventh fleet commander, a three—star admiral, you have to be asking yourselves that question. if you are not, that is malpractice because this is an unbelievable string of events, the fourth incident

involving navigation safetyjust this year. there's been another collision, a smaller one with a korean fishing boat in the sea of japan and the cruiser antidum was grounded in tokyo bay, all this year. so you are absolutely right, we may not be able to say it's rare because it's happening with alarming frequency. you mentioned a korean fishing boat. all this going on, us and south korean fleet naval exercises. kimjong and south korean fleet naval exercises. kim jong un and south korean fleet naval exercises. kimjong un looking on would look at this and may wonder just how strong the american military really is? certainly that isa military really is? certainly that is a concern. i will say that there area is a concern. i will say that there are a lot of assets that the us has in the pacific but it is a blow to have two ballistic missile defence capable ships sidelined by accidents in one year. though there are a handful of other ships that are ballistic missile defence capable, injapan, there are some in pearl

harbour but there is no mistaking it, this is a disaster, no dressing up it, this is a disaster, no dressing up or putting lipstick on it, this isa up or putting lipstick on it, this is a disaster upon a disaster and the navy is going to have to figure out ina the navy is going to have to figure out in a broader context what is going on and how the fix it. what is the worst part of this, you call it a disaster, is it the embarrassment factor? clearly, the disaster factor is the loss of life that we saw in the fitzgerald, seven sailors, ten missing now. that is absolutely a disaster. these are highly trained, capable people and they all have families and that's obviously the primary concern. the other concern is clearly the ship. these are expensive ships, the congress puts out a lot of money to maintain, build and equip them and it's not a cce pta ble build and equip them and it's not acceptable to have these things happen in accidents. we are supposed to be professional mariners in the us navy. america and south korea, have begun annualjoint military exercises, given added significance this year,

following developments in north korea's ballistic and nuclear weapons programmes. recent highly charged rhetoric between pyongyang and washington, has raised the threat of conflict on the korean peninsula, to levels not seen since the cold war. the exercises infuriate the north, and it's a group of european personnel, tasked with overseeing them, as yogita limaye reports. it's a little bit like being in the eye of the hurricane. so everything is very tense around, but here it's calm and nice and peaceful. it's a little bit strange, the situation, sometimes. between the border in north and south korea, these are the men guarding the ceasefire between the two countries. the korean war which started injune 1950 and 27thjuly 1953 ended with an armistice agreement. 1950 and 27thjuly1953 ended that is the same armistice agreement that is valid here today. there is no peace between the country.

they're technically at war. south korea chose sweden and switzerland while the north chose poland and czechoslovakia and neutral nations to monitor the armistice. in the 1990s, pyongyang expelled the commission from each side. so now, only swedish and swiss officers remain in south korea. even though north and south korean soldiers stand face—to—face at the border, there is no communication between the two sides. in recent days, harsh threats have been coming from pyongyang. but these have come to be expected. what is new now is that there are talks from north korea, they've met rhetoric from an american leader which is a bit different then of course it goes a little higher. i wouldn't say they are more scared than normal, but you never know. this contingent also monitors the military drills conducted every year by the us and south korean forces to ensure they don't violate the ceasefire.

what was meant to be a temporary camp until a peace agreement was signed has now been here for 64 years. of course we all hoped that we could close down here and go home because there is a peace treaty. but as long as north korea presses on with its nuclear programme, there can be no peace agreement here. tomorrow marks three months, since the terror attack at the manchester arena, which left 22 people dead, and many more injured. around £18 million has been raised to help survivors and victims families, and the image of the worker bee, long associated with manchester, has become a symbol of unity and strength for the city, after the tragedy. john maguire reports. i'm hailing a london black cab, but this one is manchester through and through. behind the wheel isjohn constadine, he's deeply passionate

about his home city. with it being the world's first industrial city, the busy worker bee is now representing that support, that standing in solidarity against anyone who tries to sort of affect our way of life. it's really poignant at the moment that the bee's come right through. the worker bee has long been one of the city's emblems, symbolising the industriousness of its past and its people. russell meehan has been adorning manchester's walls with bees for years but now he's receiving more commissions than ever. on this wall, 22 bees to honour the 22 victims of the arena bombing. it's a prominent spot so a lot of people will see it. itjust means people won't forget about what's happened, even though we get over things that happen, you know, the people will see it and still remember.

it will be a lasting kind of monument in a way. permanence in paint and also in ink as tattoo artists have raised money for the victims' families. at the city's children's hospital, the largest in the uk, i meet a consultant, one of the team that fought to save young lives after the attack. an amazing feeling of team work and community, all those things came together at one time so i've never seen the hospital quite so busy in terms of all the activity. dr fortune wanted to show his support and solidarity. i was chatting to some of any nursing colleagues and said i might i was chatting to some of my nursing colleagues and said i might get a bee t—shirt or something, to which a distinct face was pull and after a bit of conversation, i said well, do you know what, if someone sponsors me maybe i'll go for it and really one thing led to another. i put it onjust giving and i hoped to raise about £2,500 but i hit that within a couple of days so i doubled my target to £5,000 an right now it stands at £5,500

and it's still open if anyone wants to donate. the money will go to the children's hospital. last month the funeral of the youngest person to die was held at manchester cathedral. saffie roussos just eight years old, described by her father during the service as a superstar in the making, a 22nd bee is to be added to the children's choir stalls in memory of those killed. this is to remind us of the tragedy, but also it's to remind us that this place stands for a variety of things, but it's also a place of hope. one evil cowardly act that night three months ago was the catalyst for so much good. the we love manchester emergency fund has raised more than £18 million and counting. as for the city and its celebrated symbol, the worker bees are as busy as ever.

john maguire, bbc news, manchester. local media in spain is reporting that younes abuyaaqoub the driver of the van that killed 13 people in barcelona has been arrested by police. there are reports that he has been shot and killed. ten us sailors are missing, after the collision of their warship with an oil tanker, in south east asia. tweeting abuse can be as devastating as shouting it. tough new guidelines to tackle aggressors on social media. hello, i'm egon cossou with a look at how the markets have have been doing. it's been a day of losses here in london. financial stocks like ba rclays and rbs have suffered. losses also in europe and thin trade in the us. news of big mergers have failed to inspire investors. here are some of the stories that have been causing a stir. lots of attention to the latest

results coming out from the mining giant bhp billiton, those come out in a few hours time we've also had in a few hours time. we've also had news that we've been spending a lot more on our credit and debit cards this year, transactions are up by 12% on last year. and the chinese car company "great wall motor " says it's interested in buying some or all of american carmaker fiat chrysler. the two sides have already reportedly held talks about chrysler'sjeep brand. for more on this let's talk to helal miah, investment analyst at the share centre. tlawk forjoining us. tlawk for joining us. let's tlawk forjoining us. let's take stock. this is a significant development. it's a significant development. it's a significant development. the chinese are interested in western brands. for great wall themselves, they're a

specialist in manufacturing suvs which have done well in china but not abroad and what they want to do is take their brand upmarket. but there are quite a few questions being asked about this deal. first of all, will it be able to overcome all the political hurdles, we know that mr trump is very anti—china at the moment. it has very protectionist ideaology there. in terms of the financing, the companies are valued roughly at the same amount in terms of market cap and questions are being asked as to whether great wall can finance this. let us talk about finance closer to home now and the credit card bills are home now and the credit card bills a re really home now and the credit card bills are really mounting up. why are we spending so much on credit and debit cards do you think? i think partly down to the fact that interest rates are fairly low, but also the fact that it's relatively easy to take out credit and we've seen spending

on credit cards and consumer finance in general increase in double digits over the last year or so. i guess there are some concerns that we could in theory, if the economy slows down, see an increase in default rates but i think at the moment nobody‘s really concerned that we are going to see another financial crisis—style impact as we have seen with the banks. but still, relatively concerning and the bank of england has got involved in this and it's been pretty much asking lenders to be a bit more cautious and doa lenders to be a bit more cautious and do a bit more due diligence on consumers. do you think the bank of england is doing enough to make sure we don't see another credit boom? well, i think this time round it's much more focussed to specific financial companies, so companies who lend to the consumer. what they have done in the past is asked banks to increase the capital buffers so that while times are good, more capital is set aside just in case the economy does turn in which case they have more capital in reserve so

they have more capital in reserve so they don't have to come to the public or the government to ask for more capital again. thank you very much indeed. that is it from me. back to you. at midday today this familiar sound rung out across westminster for the last time before work begins. big ben chimes. big ben isn't due to chime again except for special occasions until 2021. it's part of a major refurbishment at the houses of parliament, which will see the elizabeth tower, the clock and the bell frame are repaired and cleaned. our political correspondent emma vardy, has been

outside parliament today. earlier she told us about the controversy surrounding the silencing of the bells. there was a bit of controversy last week when this news was announced that it would be silenced for four yea rs, that it would be silenced for four years, apart from special occasions. so let us here what peter bone conservative mp thinks about this. what was your reaction?” conservative mp thinks about this. what was your reaction? i thought it was a silly season story, i didn't believe it. parliament hasn't it is can yoused this and the committee, apparently, that allegedly made the decision didn't even know that the bells would be silenced for your years. you cannot have urgent repairs that take four years, it doesn't make any sense. what i think will happen is the commission, the authorities will look at this in septemberand authorities will look at this in september and say, we need to find a different solution and maybe big ben will be silenced for a little while, maybe just until the end of the year, something like that. it's been doing its best for over 150 year, it's probably not surprising it

needs some major renovation work, shouldn't we just sort of accept this is the work that needs to take place? if there is urgent work, it should be done but quickly. pardon the pun, round—the—clock if necessary, to get it done. you saw the numberof necessary, to get it done. you saw the number of people that turned out here to come and listen to big ben strike 12 for the last time allegedly for four years. all the world's media was here. big ben, the palace of westminster, is iconic feature of britain and we need toe ensure that that stays in prominence. we really don't need four years to repair prominence. we really don't need fouryears to repaira prominence. we really don't need four years to repair a clock. it's quite a bit of work though to disconnect the hammers and reconnect them again, you know, are wejust asking a bit too much of the workmen here just asking a bit too much of the workmen herejust for asking a bit too much of the workmen here just for the sake of, you know, the bongs? well, we know that they are saying that they can, the clock can strike, ben will be able to bong on special occasions so it clearly can be done. what i'm saying is yes if there is urgent work let's

absolutely if you need to, keep big ben silent for that period, get that urgent work done. then start big ben again and the rest of the work that is out of hereby shot can continue. ijust do not think it takes four years to do urgent works and you should not be silencing the chimes of big ben for that period. so how on earth did this get signed off with mps completely unaware? yes. well these things are done by committee and the committee obviously sat. i gets what happened, a report came through saying it's going to take four years to repair elizabeth tower and big ben but nobody seemed to mention to anyone that we were going to turn big ben off. from the prime minister downwards, there's been surprise. this will definitely be a feature when we come back in a couple of weeks andl when we come back in a couple of weeks and i hope the authorities find a solution quickly. thank you very much. there you go! there are lots of questions now about whether

that period of silence will take place. we'll wait an see whether the pressure from mps and the public make any difference. let us bring you the latest. police have shot a man to the west of barcelona. he appeared to be wearing an explosive belt, according to spanish media. the shooting is said to have happened on a road in the subirats area. police confirmed they we re subirats area. police confirmed they were hunting for younes abuyaaqoub who shot people dead in las ramblas. some reporting that he has been killed, some saying that a man has been injured. spanish police are yet to confirm either of these reports. quoting police sources, they say the man targeted in subirats shouted

ala—akbar when accosted. an extensive manhunt has been under way for this man since the attack took place last week. the el mundo are saying that the police were alerted toa man saying that the police were alerted to a man fitting his description near a petrol station. bomb disposal officers attended because of reports that a bomb vest was also involved. we were hearing reports that robots we re we were hearing reports that robots were being used to examine the injured man as he lay on the ground. now, we are still awaiting confirmation of the condition of the man at the centre of this police operation with police at the moment only saying that an operation has been under way. so, police hunting the chief suspect

in the barcelona van attack, have shot a man to the west of the city, his condition not confirmed at this stage. clive will bring you more on that story at 5. before then though, let us get a weather update and darren is there. thank you, simon. good afternoon. there's been some sunshine in the uk. clearer skies across the pond in the us, more important for anybody hoping to see the eclipse. it all sta rts hoping to see the eclipse. it all starts in the pacific north—west, of course where we have clearer skies though there have been some wildfires here. you can see the eclipse moves across the rocky skies. we start to see more cloud, the chance of a shower or two as well. as we head east, later in the day, there is a chance of it warming up, potentially some showers or particularly around the carolinas. mixed fortunes. most people will be able to see it. we see some sunshine

here across the south—west, boosting temperatures to 2a or so. a different story here for example at leek in staffordshire underneath a grey cloud. you can see the difference when i put the breaks in the cloud on the map. the thicker band of cloud works its way northwards. it's a weather front and it's bringing rain and drizzle. to the south, warm and muggy air, hence the higher temperatures, especially where we have seen the sunshine. it will turn misty and murky overnight in many areas where we have had patchy fog breaks. a very warm night away from the northern isles. temperatures 15 or 16. this rain peters out in scotland and brightens up more across england and brightens up more across england and wales. we could trigger one or two showers here. the main focus of the wet weather as we head into the

afternoon will be in northern ireland. a bit more sunshine around on offer in england. temperatures in the south could be up to 27. it gets a little cooler as you head further north, particularly in the far north of scotland. for most, we are into the warm, muggy air as we head into tuesday. it won't last too long. this weather front here on wednesday will push all of that humidity away and introduce some fresher air from the near continent, from the atlantic, rather. this cloud marks the difference. that is the weather front showing more readily in the north. sol warmth for a while in east anglia and the south—east. the cooler fresher air with sunshine and showers is following on. as we head into thursday, we have still got low pressure around to the north—west but this time it's getting closer to northern ireland, so turning wetter. across northern parts of the uk, we'll see some sunshine and showers, whereas further south it should be fine and dry but not quite as warm. today at 5, it's being reported

that the man suspected of carrying out the barcelona terror attack, has been shot by police. the 22—year—old moroccan, is believed to have driven the van into crowds on the las ramblas last thursday, that killed 13 people, and injured more than 100. we'll have the latest live from barcelona. the other main stories on the bbc news at 5: millions in america rush to get a ringside seat, for the first total eclipse over the us, in more than 100 years. i can't wait — it's going to be amazing. being a physicist, people always talk about these events but you never get to see them because you're stuck in a lab.

but being able to see a phenomenon like this?