this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story... a truck attack in new york — eight people are killed, 12 injured as pedestrians and cyclists are run down in lower manhattan. police name the suspect and say he moved to the us from uzbekistan in 2010. new york's mayor says it was a deliberate and cowardly attack. based on the information we have at this moment, this was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror. president trump describes the attacker as ‘sick and deranged', tweeting the us must not allow the islamic state group to return or enter the country after being, as he put it, ‘defeated in the middle east'. in business briefing later — in the dock. silicon valley's social media giants defend their stance on political propaganda but will tighter regulation be enforced 7 a warm welcome to the programme —

briefing you on all you need to know in global news — business and sport. and we will of course bring you any updates on the new york attack as they happen during the programme. social media has been buzzing about the attack and you can use our hash tag tojoin in the the attack and you can use our hash tag to join in the conversation. president trump and leaders around the world have condemned an attack in new york that has killed eight people and left twelve more wounded. the driver of a pick—up truck appears to have driven deliberately

into cyclists on a route beside the hudson river in manhattan. he's been named as sayfullo saipov, a twenty—nine—year—old from uzbekistan. five of those killed were from argentina. this is the scene live in manhattan which shows the vehicle involved here's a full report now from sarah corker. man: oh, my god. oh, my god. ok, i need an ambulance right here! frantic scenes in new york city. a school bus partly crushed, with children still trapped inside. eyewitnesses said it was rammed by a truck driving at speed. moments earlier, on this bike path in lower manhattan, cyclists and pedestrians were mowed down. bodies and bikes strewn along the street. this city again the target of terror, a vehicle used as a weapon to kill. and dramatic footage filmed from a classroom shows what happened next. the driver of a white pick—up truck

emerged carrying two fake guns. he was shot by police and arrested. he was screaming in the street. he looked frustrated, panicked, and confused. i saw a couple of bodies laying on the bike path and when i was looking — seeing if there was anybody else, i heard gunshots. nine or ten shots went off, and i saw two cops were there. a lot of police running towards where i was. they were confused. there was a strong smell of gunshot to one man was lying on the ground and it looked like they he had been shot. the attack happened close to the school, and just yards from the 9/11 memorial. and, on the police scanner, the panic of the moment. police radio: central, be advised, we have multiple people on the ground, from chambers all the way up to houston. all the way from houston up to chambers. multiple people on the ground. the suspect has been named as sayfullo saipov. he came to the us from central asia.

authorities believe it was a lone wolf attack. it is a very painful day in our city, a horrible tragedy on the west side. let me be clear, based on the information we have, this was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror, aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea about what was going to hit them. and on twitter president trump wrote... at the moment, the authorities say there is no evidence of a wider terror plot. but why here, and why now, in the shadow of the new world trade center, and when children were coming out to celebrate

halloween? among the dead, five argentines and one belgian. as the investigation gets under way there remains a heavy police presence here. sarah corker, bbc news. as this map shows, the attack took place in lower manhattan on a pedestrian and bike path on the west side highway and on chambers street near west street. the bbc‘s michelle fleury is at the scene in new york and sent us this update. iam standing i am standing on the bypass on the west side highway, a couple of blocks from where what we know was a terror attack took place. this is now an active crime scene investigation. there are forensic experts who have cordoned off the

area and are combing through to try and piece together and find any clue that might help them understand what exactly that might help them understand what exa ctly too k that might help them understand what exactly took place here. what we do know so far is that a 29—year—old man from uzbekistan who had a driver ‘s licence from florida, sayfullo saipov, drove a vehicle onto a busy bicycle path into a crowd of people. we know that eight people have died and over a dozen people have been injured. there is still a lot that is unknown. what was his motive? what brought into this particular location on this particular day? halloween. it should be a festive time but instead it turned into a scene of carnage. the police commissioner came out and told an assembled crowd that there was no need for concern. they believed this was a lone wolf who was not part of a wider scheme. clearly there is a

lot more work to be done to find out who his associates may be and who he may have spoken to. who may have any kind of advance notice about this. and the president has been tweeting about this saying that he has instructed the department of homeland security to step up its extreme vetting programme, raising the spectre that people will not be allowed into the country. going on to say being politically correct is fine, for this. the travel ban would not have kept out this individual, uzbekistan is not on the list of countries that have been banned. still, for many people here, the focus is on how to move forward and resilience to the mayor said that this is a city that has been tested before. i am standing only a few blocks from the site of the world trade center. but new yorkers are doing their best to try and return to some kind of normal. that is

michelle, based in new york for as. professor max abrahms, a terrorism and security expert from northeastern university, joins me now from boston thank you for being with us. you are listening to all of that. could we have your take on this terror attack? what are your thoughts right now? ina attack? what are your thoughts right now? in a way this attack is not all that surprising. the caliphate, the stronghold of state in iraq and syria is shrinking. there has also been a heightened fear that the attacks are going to be more dispersed. the united states is the leading country in the anti— islamic state military coalition. new york as the capital was loads of media coverage. this attack, it turns out he is from uzbekistan which is a

region of the world that has quite a few radicals. so quite a large number of countries, —— fighters, foreign fighters from central asia have gone out to the caliphate. that is an indication that it least in that region of the world there are militant islamists. this guy in new york is a little different. i am not suggesting that he is a foreign fighter. he is called speccie and look back on track is on the radar asa look back on track is on the radar as a possible terrorism problem. for all of those reasons i'm not that surprised with what we are seeing i should also mention it is a vehicular attack. this is an attack using a truck and islamic state, as well as al qaeda, had been cooling since 2014 for these sorts of attacks. and so, that said, this is

the first lethal terrorist incident in new york city since 9/11. in a sense, you know, it is not normal. as you say, there are so many threads here that are similar to what we have seen elsewhere in the world, in london, france, berlin in the last year or so. just as they islamic state so far has not officially said it is responsible for this attack although law enforcement officers said he saw a detailed document in the truck referring to islamic state. the question is, how do you counter these kind of lone wolf attacks if thatis these kind of lone wolf attacks if that is what this one was?” these kind of lone wolf attacks if that is what this one was? i have a lwa ys that is what this one was? i have always thought that there were two kinds of islamic state threats that we are fighting against. there is the islamic state based on its stronghold in iraq and syria. 0ur

military does a very good job of crushing those organisations, especially when they have broad—based international support like we have had. however, the more international problem, the sporadic attacks beat directed by islamic state or inspired by them, the reality is we do not have an answer for this problem. i do not anticipate us... it is not as if this guy, you know, drew attention because he was trying to purchase bomb components. apparently he had a clea n bomb components. apparently he had a clean record. in the united states, for a long time. he used a vehicle and accelerated towards soft targets, civilians, tourists, it seems, on a bike path. how do you prevent that? there really is no good answer. can i ask you about

president trump's response so far? what do you make of his response and, also, the fact that, as you mentioned, the attacker from uzbekistan but he has been living in the us for some time. is from florida, really. not to be cynical but ina florida, really. not to be cynical but in a way this attack is from a purely political perspective is a gift for donald trump because at home he is under a huge amount of treasure and scrutiny over his alleged collusion with the russians in the election and what tends to happen is that there is a terrorist attack and there is a rally around the flag affect the public tends to defer more, especially to the executive. and so attacks like these strengthen the president here. he campaigned strongly on being strong

against terrorism. and i anticipate against terrorism. and i anticipate a very strong resolute response, although it is unclear what that will look like. thank you very much indeed. we will keep you across what is going on in new york throughout the programme and our website has full coverage of what is happening along with reaction from within the united states and around the world. just go to bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it,

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0ur headlines: at least eight people have been killed in new york by a man who drove a truck into pedestrians and cyclists in lower manhattan. he's been shot and is in custody. police sources have named the suspect as 29—year—old sayfullo saipov, who's thought to originally be from uzbekistan. he moved to america in 2010 and had been living in florida. let's stay with that now. let's get more analysis on that from our north america editor, jon sopel. it says, "our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of today's terrorist attack in new york city, and their families. my administration will provide its full support to the new york city police department, including through a joint investigation with the federal bureau of investigation. we offer our thanks to the first responders, who stopped the suspect and rendered immediate aid to the victims of this cowardly attack.

these brave men and women embody the true american spirit of resilience and courage. i will continue to follow developments closely." and you can be sure the president is being briefed by his law enforcement officials and national security chiefs on just what they know about this person. we heard michelle talking about it being a lone—wolf attacker. there are those in the white house who believe there is no such thing as a lone—wolf attacker, that the person must have been radicalised somewhere and they'll be doing their utmost to trace any threads that could lead to other people who may be planning something similar. in terms of the security, you can be sure that the fbi, in cooperation with friendly nations, will be doing their utmost to try to find out the maximum they can about this person. what his last movements were. who he's last been in contact with. and maybe — if you remember, the enormous lengths the fbi went to to get hold of the phone of the person involved in the san bernardino attacks, to see what they could get from a locked apple iphone.

and the kind of enormous legal battle that went on. there'll be absolute determination that they find out everything. and i'm sure an fbi field office, a special investigation team is already up and running and state department people will be looking at when he came from uzbekistan, who he knew in uzbekistan, who his family knew in uzbekistan. what he may have done in tampa. this will be a multi—agency investigation and it will be involving hundreds of people, you can be absolutely sure. that was our north american editor, jon sopel. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the spanish government has told the ousted catalan leader, carles puigdemont, that he must return to spain to answer charges of rebellion and sedition. he's now in brussels and says he will only go back if the spanish authorities drop the threat of a long prison sentence. puigdemont and his sacked cabinet have been ordered to testify before the spanish high court on thursday and friday.

an american nurse who was handcuffed and dragged to a police car after she refused to let officers take a blood sample from a patient has accepted a financial settlement of $500,000. the arrest of alex wubbels provoked widespread outrage when her lawyer released footage in august. the police officer was later sacked. the brazilian senate has approved a new law regulating ride—hailing apps like uber. the legislation requires them to obtain special permits from local authorities and face stricter oversight. but the senate dropped plans to force drivers to own their own cars. the bill will now return to the lower house of congress forfinal approval. it's been 100 years since the russian revolution. to look back on the historic period, our correspondent steve rosenberg is travelling through russia. he's been in st petersberg and moscow already, and today he reports from yekaterinburg,

and the russian orthodox church—on—the—blood, where the last tsar and the russian imperial romanov family were brutalised and killed following their downfall. if there is one place where heaven meets hale, it is here. —— hell. this is known as the church on the blood. murder was committed here, the victims now elevated to saints. tsar nicholas ii and his family. this church marks the spot where he and his servants and family were executed by the bolsheviks. they we re executed by the bolsheviks. they were shot and alienated. a bloody and writtle end to russia's last tsar. —— brutal. having murdered the

tsar the ball should explode to bury all memory of the monarchy. they failed. it took many years, but eventually a discovery was made here need ekaterinburg. —— near ekaterinburg. the remains of nicholas ii and his family. in 1988, the russian government confirmed there authenticity. nicholas ii, his wife alexandra, and their three daughters were laid to rest. later, more bones were found in the same forest, believed to be the tsar was mac two missing children. the church is not recognise the remains, but that may change. there are new investigations, using more advanced methods. the church participates in these investigations. there is a strong chance that the church will recognise the so—called remains as the bones of the royal family.

nicholas ii was a flawed leader, an inflexible autocrat with poor judgement. communists painted him as a bloody tyrant. today's russia strikes a different note. back at the church they have a rose tinted view of saint nicholas. the church they have a rose tinted view of saint nicholaslj the church they have a rose tinted view of saint nicholas. i always compare him with captain of big ship called russia, and he was on this ship to the end. and it is from tsarist russia that this ekaterinburg school draws its inspiration. but would they like a tsar running russia today? times change. we can't speak about the monarchy as it was earlier, but i suppose that our president is a kind of man who governs the way the tsar tried to govern, in a way. he is a real ruler, a real patriot. russia

is trying to remember its past, not recreate it. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. we start with russian president vladimir putin, who will be meeting with iran's president hassan rouhani in tehran this morning. they will also be joined by azerbaijan president ilham aliyev for trilateral talks on a north—south transport corridor connecting all three countries. later in washington, a final report will be delivered to president donald trump on how best to tackle the current opioid abuse epidemic in the united states. last week mr trump declared the situation a public health emergency. and keep an eye out for this later — social media giant facebook will be announcing its third quarter results at its headquarters in menlo park, california. now with news about the champions league and the rest of today's sport briefing, here's gavin ramjaun.

here's what we're looking forward to at the bbc sport centre this wednesday. it's all about the european champions league. the knockout stages are looming. and it's exactly 100 days to the start of the winter olympics in south korea! first though, we now know the first teams to qualify for the knockout stage of the champions league and we should find out some more later on. psg are through. a hat—trick from their left back gave them a 5—0 win over anderlecht. they could still be caught for top spot like a munich, who also qualify after beating celtic 2—1. manchester united were heading through with a 2—0 win over benfica but a late win fourth cska moscow over basil means they need one more point. barcelona are in a similar position as they can only

draw onjack frost, as did juventus and sporting lisbon. it is all still to play for in groups e. roma go top, beating chelsea 3—0. third placed atletico madrid need to beat both. reigning champions real madrid could qualify if they win at tottenham and other results go their way. pressure is mounting on real coach zinedine zidane as defeat at the weekend left them eight points behind barcelona in the spanish primera division. the frenchman says he's up for the challenge. and, while their opponents aren't taking anything for granted, spurs will be heartened by their draw in madrid last time round. real madrid is the best team in the world. at the same time, when i price real madrid, i have the belief that we can win. awinfor a win for english premier league leaders manchester city at napoli would see them into the knockout stages. they beat them 2—1 two weeks ago, and though a point would be a big step towards qualifying, pep

guardiola says they'll be going for another win. why do you have to play for a draw when you can play a win? we are going to try to win the game. they are athletes. when they play a game, they want to win. stay with me on bbc news. i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. and we will keep you right up—to—date with what is going on in new york. i can show you live pictures right now of the scene. a man has deliberately driven a pick—up truck into cyclists and pedestrians in new york, killing at least eight people and injuring 12 others. officials have described it as a terrorist act. police sources have named the suspect as 29—year—old sayfullo saipov, from uzbekistan, who moved to america in 2010. he was shot by police as he left his vehicle and is now in hospital. the argentine foreign ministry says five of those killed in the manhattan attack were from argentina.

hello there. mixed fortunes in our weather during the day ahead. southern areas should see more in the way of sunshine than they did during tuesday. a feed of drier air from the near continent around this area of high pressure. but up to the north, it is all about this weather front, a weather front which will bring a slow—moving band of rain, heavy rain for a time, across southern and south—western scotland, particularly during the first part of the morning. to the north of the frontal system, there'll be a mixture of sunny spells and heavy showers. but it's this rain around the glasgow area, for instance, stretching eastwards towards edinburgh, that could actually cause some spot issues and persistent heavy rain during the morning rush hour. into the midlands and east anglia and the south—east, there'll be the odd fog patch through the first part of the morning. fog tending to clear, though, and it'll be a fairly bright day with increasing amounts of sunshine. the south—west of england starting off on a bright note. again, there could be the odd fog patch. similar story across parts of wales. temperatures 9 degrees in cardiff at 8:00am in the morning. more cloud in northern ireland,

and here's our weather front again, just beginning to fringe in towards the north coast at this stage. as we go on through the day, our frontal system will only move very slowly southwards, although the rain along it will tend to ease. to the north, it's a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. to the south, certainly for much of england and wales, we're looking at a dry day and an increasingly bright one. there should be some spells of sunshine into the afternoon. 16 in london. that won't feel too bad if the skies are blue. now, during wednesday night, our frontal system finally gets a move on and pushes its way southwards. at this stage, really, just a band of cloud and some spots of drizzle. underneath the cloud, it will be fairly mild, but to the north and south, it will be chilly, and certainly across southern areas of england, could be some fog around on thursday morning. now, on thursday, this area of cloud from our old weather front, with some spots of patchy rain and drizzle, will drift slowly southwards. further north, sunny skies, but generally a dip in the temperatures. 8 degrees in aberdeen, 12 in cardiff. friday will be dry and bright enough for many of us. but a change up here

to the north—west, another weather front sinking in, initially a fairly weak affair. but as we go through friday night, that frontal system is likely to bump into some warm air pushing in temporarily from the continent. that will drive some heavy rain across england and wales, and then once all of that clears away, some really cold air for the weekend, the air coming all the way from the arctic. so, yes, there will be some sunny spells, but also some showers too, perhaps wintry over high ground in the north, and for all of us, a chilly wind. this is business briefing. i'm sally bundock. in the dock — silicon valley's social media giants defend their stance on political propaganda — but will tighter regulation be enforced ? markets are awaiting the latest interest rate decision from the us central bank. tomorrow donald trump will announce his choice for head of the federal reserve. and share markets in asia start the month of november on a high as traders prepare for the latest

decision from the us central bank.