welcome to bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: the terror suspect shot dead on london bridge is named as 28—year—old usman khan. convicted seven years ago for terrorism offences, he had been released from prison in december last year. a man and a woman were killed in the attack. three others were injured and remain in hospital. growing pressure on malta's prime ministerjoseph muscat to resign, as police investigate the murder of a journalist. anti—government protesters in iraq celebrate as the prime minister announces he intends to quit. and rediscovered — a 42—page manuscript written by queen elizabeth i.

within the past hour police have named the terrorist who killed two people and injured several more in a terror attack in central london. officers shot dead usman khan on london bridge. he was convicted of terrorism offences in 2012 and had been released from prison on licence in december of last year. let's get the latest from our correspondent, simonjones. simon, what have the police said about usman khan? this was an attack that brought terror back to the streets of london. a man and a woman killed before the attacker was shot dead on friday afternoon on london bridge. now, during the night the police have named the man who was shot dead as usman khan. he was 28 yea rs old shot dead as usman khan. he was 28 years old from staffordshire in the midlands here in the uk. now, he is

a convicted terrorist. he was jailed backin a convicted terrorist. he was jailed back in 2012 for a plot to bomb the london stock exchange. he was initially given what was called an indeterminate sentence, meaning he could be —— be kept injailfor as long as was deemed necessary, for as long as was deemed necessary, for as long as was deemed necessary, for as long as was deemed he was a threat to the public. but he appealed that and then he was given a jail term of 16 years until he would have to serve half that i'm actually in jail and then could be released on license. it appears that's what happened. he was released in december of last year. now, under license means he should have been closely monitored, they should have been checked with the idea of rehabilitating him, making sure he wasn't a danger to the community. but the police are saying during the night that a clear line of enquiry 110w night that a clear line of enquiry now is to establish how he was able to conduct as attack. are the police looking for anyone else in relation to the attack? the police say they haven't got any other suspect they are looking for. they are doing asserting a property in staffordshi re asserting a property in staffordshire in the midlands are

linked to usman khan. at the moment they believe that he was acting alone. but what they want to do is make sure that was the case and make sure there isn't anyone linked to him. are there any updates on the casualties? we get figures in the headlines. we know a man and a woman we re headlines. we know a man and a woman were killed. we haven't had any more details about them. we are told three were injured, they are still in hospital. 0ne we are told is in a critical but stable condition. a second person is in a stable condition. 0n the third person was less seriously injured. has there been any discussion and analysis about the lease responsibly to excused against usman khan lizzie lowe —— police. it is interesting how quickly the police responded to this. it was in a window of around five minutes. the violence broke out at around two minutes to two. he was attending an event near london bridge. it was a criminaljustice event. he was there as a former prisoner talking about that

experience, we understand. there we re experience, we understand. there were academics and students from cambridge university there, we understand. he then began this attack. we understand that he stabbed one woman initially at the events, it then spilt out onto the street, onto the bridge stop usman khan was held down by a number of members of the public. we believe some people who had been attending that event. we understand that one person at the event took a task from a whale on the wall and use that to fend him. another had a fire extinguisher and was trying to spray that in the attacker was mcfeast to try to stop him. the police moving quickly and him dead. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford now looks back at how the day's events unfolded in london. 0nce once again 0nce againa once again a major bridge in central london is closed following a suspected terrorist attack that killed people. 0nce suspected terrorist attack that killed people. once again it involved knives and a fake bomb, and

once again police had to kill the suspect. the attack started at fishmongers hall what is thought to bea criminal fishmongers hall what is thought to be a criminaljustice event. in the main suspect is thought to have been a former prisoner attending that event. my report of the day contains some distressing details and pictures. it's a crisp winter afternoon in the city of london when, just before 2pm, the panic starts. passengers filming from a bus see armed officers pointing their weapons. there's a struggle on london bridge, and two of the officers go forward. beside the melee is a man standing with a knife, which he is taken from the suspect. he runs with it as armed officers shout, "get back". they pull away a man who is wrestling with the suspect... ..and then, open fire. gunshots. oh my god! there were two loud pops.

there was more firing — and the suspect, who the police say was wearing a hoax bomb, died at the scene. i can confirm at this time, we believe a device that was strapped to the body of the suspect was a hoax explosive device. the london ambulance service declared a major incident. at least five people who had been stabbed were taken to hospital, but two of them died. my heart goes out to their loved ones and to the three further injured victims who i understand are being treated in hospital, and of course to everybody who has been affected by today's terrible and mindless events. the attack started in fishmongers' hall. people attending a criminaljustice event there said at least one woman had been stabbed. shocked witnesses from the hall,

some of them with blood on their clothes, were ushered away and driven off in a bus commandeered by police. i think the message that we send to them and anyone associated with this type of attack is one that will be familiar and that is that this country will never be cowed or divided or intimidated by this sort of attack, and our values, our british values, will prevail. we have to remember that we live in a democratic society and those that would seek to silence us will not succeed. 0ur democracy must be alive and vibrant. a full—blown terrorism investigation is under way. 0vershadowing the whole thing tonight is the fact that this suspect is a former prisoner and i have had it confirmed, just in the last few minutes, he is a former prisoner convicted of a terrorism

offence still serving his license period after having been released from prison. and so questions already being asked about how we deal with former prisoners, not least of all by the prime minister himself, and as we get through the next few days, the question, how do you deal with former terrorist prisoners once they have been released, i think, prisoners once they have been released, ithink, is prisoners once they have been released, i think, is going to be hanging over the whole tragic affair. three and a half weeks ago the threat level was lowered from severe to substantial, but today, the city was reliving the horrors of the london bridge attack two and a half years ago. daniel sandford, bbc news at london bridge. let's get some of the day's other news. three people have been injured in an attack in a busy shopping street in the hague in the netherlands. dutch police say they are searching for the suspect. the incident happened at the hudson's bay store in the city's grote market which is the main market square area of the hague. a court in suriname, in south america, has sentenced president desi bouterse to 20 years in prison for the murder of 15

of his political opponents in 1982. mr bouterse is in china on an official visit and will have two weeks to appeal against the conviction. he has previously denied the accusations. chile's football federation has decided to cancel the rest of the season because of security concerns, following weeks of anti—government protests. all matches have been suspended since the unrest began six weeks ago, triggered by a hike in public transport fares. at least 26 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the violence. representatives from seven major uk political parties have taken part in a live televised debate. there were clashes over spending policies on immigration, the economy, and brexit. the politicians also shared their plans to tackle security issues in the uk after the london bridge attack. police in malta have released the businessman, yorgen fenech, after more than a week of questioning over the murder of the journalist, daphne ca ruana galizia, in a car bomb. he denies any wrongdoing.

a senior international politician monitoring the murder investigation has called on the maltese prime minister, joseph muscat, to resign. mr muscat has previously said he will only step down when those who ordered the killing are identified. at the time of her murder, miss ca ruana galizia was investigating a mysterious investment fund, which was identified in the leak of financial documents known as the panama papers. damian grammaticas has more from valletta. malta's richest man, yorgen fenech, emerging from court to shouts of "mafia". he's the focus of the murder investigation that has rocked malta. you've named many people close to the prime minister, are you going to name them? yes, of course. and these people are responsible? the truth will come out, i'm confident, i'm confident, and i'm determined. they are responsible for the death of daphne caruana galizia? i'm confident and determined that the truth will come out. and you are responsible for the death of daphne caruana galizia? i'm confident that the truth

will come out, sir, i'm confident. so you ordered her assassination? no, i didn't say that, i said i am confident that the truth will come out. yorgen fenech‘s claim is that the chief police investigator is biased against him and too close to senior political figures. why do you think he's biased? i have my reasons which are public, made public in our complaint and the courts are evaluating. we have trust in the courts. pursuing him down the street, protesters who want to see all those behind the killing of daphne caruana galizia prosecuted. this is just about justice for a murdered journalist who was doing herjob! if the prime minister resigns, does that help advanced things, do you think? of course, i m not saying change administration, i'm saying clean out the administration, start afresh. give hope to the people! daphne ca ruana galizia was assassinated two years ago, blown up by a bomb planted in her car. what's gripped malta is the question of who ordered her killing. this is yorgen fenech‘s luxury yacht.

he was arrested on it as he tried to leave malta early one morning last week. yorgen fenech was one of those written about a daphne caruana galizia. ms caruana galizia made it her mission to expose the shady connections of malta's rich and its powerful. many here worry that the corruption that's been allowed to exist on malta has corroded this island's institutions and from here can spread through the eu, that's why it's so important that her killers are brought tojustice. alongside mr fenech, she focused on others including konrad mizzi, one of two government ministers who quit this week, and keith schembri, the prime minister's chief of staff who also resigned. so has the prime minister who's overseen the murder investigation been trying to protect those close to him? he's under intense pressure to go. i want this case to close under my watch. i think the authorities have already delivered what many thought could not be delivered and that is major breakthroughs in the investigation.

myjob is to see this investigation concluded. but the calls for the prime minister to quit aren't letting up. yorgen fenech, the businessman, claims information about the murder enquiry was being leaked to the suspects. more claims of murky dealings and more reasons why many believe daphne caruana galizia was right about the rotten nature of malta's state. damian grammaticas, bbc news, malta. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: for the first time in more than a century, a manuscript featuring the writing of queen elizabeth i is discovered in lambeth palace. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately.

the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot—air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 19605. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the terror suspect shot dead on london bridge has been named as 28—year—old usman khan. he was convicted in 2012 for terrorism offences and released from prison in december 2018. the victims who were killed were a man and a woman. three others injured in the attack remain in hospital. anti—government protesters in iraq have been celebrating the prime minister's announcement he intends to resign. adel abdul mahdi said he'd step down a day after the security forces killed dozens of demonstrators in various cities. the country's leading shia cleric, ayatollah ali al—sistani, had condemned the bloodshed, and urged parliament to reconsider its support for the government. gareth barlow reports. the worst unrest iraq has seen for years has left the prime minister with no choice. this was the city of nasiriyah on friday, ordinary people running

for their lives as gunfire shattered the air. around 400 people have died in weeks of protests. on thursday, at least 25 people were killed in nasiriyah, when security forces opened fire. the violence and deaths continuing on friday. translation: these young men, what did they do? these are our children. i have a son lying in bed, he is injured. his life is over. why spill the blood of iraqis? enough with the shame, enough! you have destroyed the country. amid rising political pressure and criticism from the country's top shia cleric, mr abdul—mahdi has offered to step down, much to the joy of many iraqis who took to the streets in celebration. translation: this is the first phase, and it's the resignation of the government. the second one will be parliament resigning. we will not leave the square until the last corrupt person resigns.

therein though lies the issue for the government — protesters in cities across iraq are demanding more than a single resignation. amid calls for morejobs, better public services and an end to corruption, many also want an overhaul of all of those in power. gareth barlow, bbc news. we can now speak to michael rubin who's a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute, where he researches arab politics. he joins us from washington the prime minister said he will submit his resignation to parliament. does that mean he will pack his bags, right his memoirs and this will happen immediately? not at all. the prime minister is being a little too clever by half. if you really wa nted little too clever by half. if you really wanted to resign and institute a tech acre government, he would have resigned to the president

who would immediately have dismissed the government. instead, he sent a letter to the parliament so he basically said, i have every intention of resigning if you can find someone to take my place but keepin find someone to take my place but keep in mind that in iraqi politics that can be less about hours and days and more about months. so this could be a delay tactic? very much it could be a delaying tactic. if he is going to step down, there is a question whether someone from his own, if you will, block, is going to ta ke own, if you will, block, is going to take his place. that needs to have the president's approval if that person is going to take office. but the way the iraqi constitution is, there is a bit of a problem. in theory the largest block is a one thatis theory the largest block is a one that is able to appoint the prime minister but what becomes unclear is, after the elections, often times, you have shifting coalitions, shifting blocks and so different

blocks claim to be the one in charge. this could mean that we could have a stalemate for months. what role will the influential cleric ayatollah ali khamenei ali al—sistani play in all of this? ayatolla h al—sistani play in all of this? ayatollah ali khamenei ali al—sistani certainly appeared to withdraw any support from adil abdul—mahdi's government after the rise of the last few months and the lack of services but let's keep in mind that the biggest difference between the chack logic act in iran and in iraq is thatany between the chack logic act in iran and in iraq is that any run they ta ke and in iraq is that any run they take a much more activist approach —— she cleric. adil abdul—mahdi is not going to say this is the plan you are going to take and this is a man will appoint. —— ayatollah ali khamenei ali al—sistani. he is whole plan is to keep a separation between mosque and state and i would suspect

that every week we will have a sermon that every week we will have a sermon and it will try to push iraqi politicians closer to having some sort of reform, some sort of deal but, fundamentally, the system needs to be reformed. what role, if any, iran, the regional power and iraq's neighbour playing? the united states 01’ was neighbour playing? the united states or was underestimate the psychological importance of occupation in iran underestimates iraqi nationalism and so a lot of iraqi nationalism and so a lot of iraqi anger has been directed at iran. a lot of it is also about economics not just iran. a lot of it is also about economics notjust politics. thank you very much. thank you. now we continue our series exploring the rich history of the african continent. in the second episode, zeinab badawi travels to northern nigeria to visit kanno, one of the oldest states inhabitied by the hausa tribes. and she's granted a rare

audience with a local king. kanno, which was established at the foot of the heals based its wealth on agriculture, trade and manufacturing and was renowned for what became the biggest market in west africa. in the early 19th century, a major upheaval took place. there was an islamic revolution across west africa, including against the ruling dynasty is of the house estates, led by pious man, supported by the local populations, who resented the greed of their rulers. the new ruling dynasty ‘s were established and they became emirates. paying allegiance to the sultan of sokoto. they still enjoyed high status as i discovered

kanno's current premier. —— emir.|j have always considered this to be my dream job. we do not necessarily have a constitutional role. we continue to exert influence, positive influence. we continued to play the role ofjustice of the peace. people still come to us with cases, marital cases, civil, commercial cases. he regularly goes out to meet his subjects and to date he is setting out to a village. when the emir arrives, he hands out certificates to graduates of a erratic school, meticulously, one by

one, and along ceremony. —— koranic. he may not yield the power his predecessors once enjoyed, but the air is an embodiment of history. —— heirs. for the first time in more than a century, a manuscript featuring the writing of queen elizabeth the first has been discovered. a handwriting expert has pieced together clues from the document, after it was found in the library of lambeth palace. david sillito reports. so, giles, whatare we looking at here? it is a translation into english in a section of the work of the roman historian tacitus. it has been sitting here on a shelf at lambeth palace for hundreds of years, and no—one was very interested in it.

until a researcher when they started looking a bit more closely and realised this wasn't the work of a 16th century academics, but rather someone more famous. the thing that is really exciting discovery which hadn't been established by anybody before now is that its is written by and in some cases in the hand of queen elizabeth the first. so how do we know queen elizabeth's handwriting? well, the paper is a clue. it is the same as used in many state documents at the tudor court at the time. we also know that queen elizabeth did translations of tacitus. but the real clinching evidence is the handwriting. queen elizabeth's terrible handwriting. most of what we are looking at is the work of a scribe, but have a look at this little correction. that word "calm" with its rather eccentric floating e at the end. now compare it with this and this.

both proven examples of elizabeth i's very distinctive handwriting. it is the queen's translation, written out for her and then amended. you look quite excited by this? it is a very remarkable discovery, it tells us about the queen and about the cultural life of queen elizabeth and the court. so, a dusty old document has finally, after more than 400 years, revealed its royal secret. hope for anyone than with terrible handwriting. the top story: it has been confirmed the man who carried out the london attack was a former prisoner convicted of terrorism offences. a man and woman were killed and three people injured. 28—year—old usman khan, who was shot dead by police, was out of prison on

licence. this officers have been searching his address but are not looking for anyone else over what happened. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews hello again. many of us saw that sunny but cold weather work its way in yesterday. skies like these were pretty commonplace, not a great deal of cloud around and it wasn't too windy either. you've really got more of the same to come as we look forward to the weekend weather prospects as well. yes, it's going to be sunny, but it's also going to be cold. we have some sharp frost, and some fog patches around as well, but at least it will be dry for quite a few of us. now, if you're heading outside over the next few hours, we do have clear skies for many areas, although a few showers coming and going across northern scotland and cloud keeping the frost at bay as well across the south—west of england. otherwise it's a cold night, it could be the coldest of the autumn, actually. temperatures may well get down to —10 as we look at the first part of saturday morning.

those temperatures probably around six or seven in the morning. travel, that could well be affected by fog patches around. if there are a couple of things fog hates, its low cloud and strengthening winds, and that's what we'll have moving into the south—west early on saturday morning. that means the zone most at risk of seeing fog patches really stretches across the midlands into wales. here, there could be poor visibility, perhaps down to 100m or so in places. tricky travelling conditions to be expected first thing. and some of those fog patches may well linger even into the early afternoon. you can see the extent of the sunshine for most of us, a few showers coming and going across the north of scotland and in the afternoon we will see a weather fro, the far south—west, bringing out acts of rain, and strengthening winds which will make it cold here. a cold day for all of us, really, with temperatures for most around 2—8. through saturday evening it looks like we will continue to see a bit of rain into the far south—west of england,

the channel islands for a time. that's all associated with this area of low pressure which moves out of the way for sunday and then it's back to high pressure. there is a subtle change in the wind direction on sunday, so after a cold and frosty start again, we will see showers moving around the north sea and getting blown into the thames estuary, so we will see some of them coming into the north of kent. across northern scotland, if anything, the showers could well come together later on in the day to give some wetter weather right towards the end of the afternoon. on into monday, a bit more in the way of cloud in northern areas, and rains coming across the far north of scotland. otherwise a dry, cold, frosty start to the day, a few fog patches around but plenty of sunshine for most of us. those temperatures still struggling, although notice it is turning mild across the far north—west of scotland. that really is a trend we see later on in the week and it does turn a little bit milder in the north and west as the week goes on.

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the terror suspect shot dead on london bridge has been named as 28—year—old usman khan, who was convicted in 2012 for terrorism offences and released from prison in december 2018. police are searching a property in staffordshire in central england, but say they are "not actively seeking anyone else". the victims who were killed were a man and woman. three other injured people remain in hospital — one patient is in a critical but stable condition. borisjohnson has described the deaths as "heartbreaking". the prime minister has said there will be an "enhanced" police presence on the streets of london. anti—government protesters in the iraqi capital baghdad have been celebrating the prime minister's announcement that he intends to resign. adel abdul—mahdi said he'd step down a day after the security forces killed dozens of demonstrators in various cities, including najaf and nassariya.