welcome to bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: the first victim of the london bridge terror attack to be named is jack merritt, killed while running a prisoner rehabilitation conference to which his assailant was invited. the attacker, usman khan, was jailed seven years ago for terrorism offences but freed last year. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the first of the victims of friday's terror attack in central london has been named as jack merritt, a cambridge graduate who was helping coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation near london bridge.

he was one of two people killed by 28—year—old usman khan, a former prisoner who'd been convicted of terrorism offences, and released from prison on licence last year. khan, who'd been invited to the conference, was shot dead by police after members of the public tackled him. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. 25 years old and with the sense of adventure, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. his father said today he was a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that he'd helped organise. his killer was taken on by people from the same conference, including otherformer prisoners and by a passing policeman in civilian clothes, before being shot dead by firearms officers. the attacker, usman khan, was automatically released from prison last december, half way through a 16—year sentence for plotting to bomb the london stock exchange. 11 years ago he told the bbc

he was no terrorist. i have been born and bred in england, in stoke—on—trent, in cobridge, and all the community knows me, and they will know, if you ask them, they will know, like, these labels they are putting on me, like "terrorist", this, that, they will know i am no terrorist. his lawyer insisted his client had tried to access de—radicalisation while in prison but had not got the right kind of help. he requested assistance with addressing some of his flawed thinking. he recognised that his extreme violent ideology was wrong. he wanted to correct himself, he wanted to move on. since its release, usman khan had been helped byjack merritt‘s prisoner education scheme, learning together, who had organised a computer for him, which because of the conditions of his release did not have an internet connection. a police forensic tent marks the place where

usman khan was shot dead by police. but the building where he carried out his attack is just on this side of the bridge. that was where he was attending a conference on prisoner rehabilitation, a conference at which he turned on some of those who had invited him and killed them. this picture was taken just before the attack at the conference in fishmongers‘ hall where usman khan also stabbed a woman to death. he seriously injured three other people. all are now stable. the attacker then left the building, he ended up on london bridge. he was pursued and detained by members of the public, as well as a british transport police officer who was in plain clothes, before armed officers from both the city and metropolitan police arrived, confronted the attacker and shot him. the actions of the police and the public are all the more remarkable as we now know the attacker was wearing what looked like a very convincing explosive device.

thankfully, we now know that was a hoax device. today, this address in stafford where usman khan had recently been living was being intensely searched. detectives say at this stage there is no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved in the attack. move that way. clear, please. which leaves the burning question, how was a convicted terrorist released from jail while still dangerous? and how did he, still wearing a tag, kill two people at a meeting focused on the rehabilitation of prisoners? daniel sandford, bbc news, london bridge. a maltese businessman has been charged with complicity in the murder of the journalist daphne caruana galizia in 2017. yorgen fenech was arrested last week as he attempted to leave malta on his yacht. he has pleaded not guilty to the charge. damian grammaticas reports. under police guard, the richest man in malta arrived to be charged the courthouse here in the letter was open especially late on saturday evening for this hearing. yorgen fenech, one of multiple‘s which is

in osman, was brought here to be charged on complicity of the murder of daphne caruana galizia. this is where her supporters have brought candles, pictures, every day since she was assassinated in the car bombing two years ago. in court, mr fenech was charged with complicity to murder, membership of a criminal organisation and also complicity to cause an explosion. he denied those charges and was then led away under police custody. her family, charges and was then led away under police custody. herfamily, daphne caruana galizia's police custody. herfamily, daphne ca ruana galizia's family, police custody. herfamily, daphne caruana galizia's family, were in court. her sister, her three caruana galizia's family, were in court. hersister, herthree sons, her husband, her parents. they listened to all about and when they came out they made a statement saying they believe it is time for multiples my prime minister, joseph muscat, to step aside. —— malta's prime minister. daphne caruana galizia was a journalist working to expose corruption in malta when she was assassinated in that car bombing two years ago. in the process of the

court hearings here in the last few days, fenech‘s lawyers have alleged that the chief of staff to the prime minister here in malta should also be under investigation, because they say he was making details of the police investigation as it was going along. police questioned the chief of staff, keith schembri, and released him. but there are many in malta who now believe that the prime minister, joseph muscat, should step aside so that a full and free police investigation can go ahead. dutch police have arrested a 35—year—old man in connection with a stabbing in the hague on friday. two 15—year—old girls and a 13—year—old boy who were injured in the attack have since been released from hospital. local media is reporting that none of the victims knew each other. police say it's too early to suggest a motive. officials in afghanistan say a senior army commander has been killed in a roadside bomb attack in the southern province of helmand. the head of the military‘s border forces, brigadier general zahir gul muqbil, was leading a convoy of soldiers and local journalists to marjah district when his vehicle hit a mine. no group has yet admitted it carried out the attack. clashes have continued between anti—government protesters and security forces in the iraqi capital,

baghdad, following the prime minister's announcement that he intends to resign. adel abdul mahdi said he'd step down after dozens of demonstrators were killed in various cities, including najaf and nassariya. more now on our top story, and it's been confirmed that the licence conditions of every convicted terrorist released from prison in england and wales are to be reviewed, following the latest london bridge attack. here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. hello, how are you doing? visiting the scene earlier, the prime minister, alongside the met police chief, cressida dick, as people try to take in what has happened and understand what lessons can be learned. from borisjohnson, a call for tougher sentencing. i have said for a long time now that i think that the practice of automatic early release, where you cut a sentence in half and let really serious violent offenders out early, simply isn't working and i think you have had

some very good evidence of how that isn't working, i am afraid, with this case. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has said that while criminality cannot be excused, he believed police cuts under the conservative and coalition governments have had consequences. and the labour leader warned of understaffing in prisons as he called for a full investigation into usman khan's case. clearly, there has been a complete disaster in that lives have been lost because of his behaviour and i think there is also a question about what the probation service were doing, were they involved at all and whether the parole board should have been involved in deciding whether or not he should have been allowed to be released from prison in the first place. but overall, general election campaigning has been more muted today with the focus on the families affected and tributes to those who rushed to the scene. our emergency services, as always, rise to the challenge, so you know, we need to make sure

there is a robust response to incidents like this, that any lessons that need to be learned are learned, but at the moment i think everybody‘s thoughts are with everybody who has been affected. there are clearly questions that need to be asked and answers found as to how this happened and the process for that is very important. i think today, that the focus is on those who are mourning. during the 2017 general election campaign there were two terror attacks, at manchester arena and another at london bridge. it can lead to a greater political focus on security issues, parties‘ records and their future plans for keeping people safe. but for some, at this stage, those conversations may be for another day. jessica parker, bbc news. hudnreds of climate campaigners in eastern germany have occupied several opencast coal mines to demand their closure. the protesters have rejected the government's plan to phase out coal mining by 2038, and instead want the industry be closed down immediately.

gareth barlow has more. activists poor in where the coal pours out. dressed in white overalls and wearing masks, the protesters occupied several mines across the states of saxony and brandenburg. they say the german government's pledged to phase out coal by 2038 is not enough. translation: we are here, activists for the climate, sitting here in front of the inaction of our government. this is for the climate, for a future with renewable energies. saturday's protests are renewable energies. saturday's protests a re not renewable energies. saturday's protests are not the first such demonstrations. in june, hundreds protests are not the first such demonstrations. injune, hundreds of activists blocked and my near cologne for several days. seven of the top ten carbon emitters in the eur german coal—fired power stations. the sector provides thousands of jobs and

stations. the sector provides thousands ofjobs and a small cut —— small protocol rally sought to highlight the fossil fuel‘s importance. but activists say greater action is needed to protect the environment. an extraction of millions of tons of coal must stop immediately. brazil's president jair bolsonaro has accused the actor leonardo dicaprio of "giving money to set the amazon on fire", although he gave no evidence for his allegation. in an instagram post, mr dicaprio, who has pledged $5 million for the defence of the amazon, denied mr bolsonaro's claim, saying, "we did not fund the organisations targeted." the brazilian president has previously accused some ngos of starting the fires that broke out earlier this year, in order to receive more money. several people have been arrested, including four volunteer firefighters, amid allegations they started fires to generate ngo donations. dom phillips is a freelance reporter for the guardian newspaper based in rio dejaneiro. he says the accusations against mr dicaprio are part of a wider narrative. i think they fit into a wider context that bolsonaro has been making unfounded accusations pretty much since figures showing increasing deforestation figures

in the amazon began to emerge. back then, he said that foreigners were manipulating numbers at the space research institute that provides the data and sacked its director. when the amazon fire crisis really began to explode in august he started saying that foreign ngos were responsible for setting the fires. he's never provided any evidence. and this case has come under a lot of criticism here in brazil. the detective originally leading the investigation told me on tuesday that they had video evidence of the firefighters lighting fires. but the video he sent me, from youtube, just shows fires in a forest and a car on a dirt road. it wasn't conclusive of anything at all. he's been replaced by another detective. the state government moved to replace him. the investigative site, the intercept brasil, got hold of the investigation and tore it apart in a damning article. it's an ngo with over 30 years of activity in the amazon. what it principally does the ngo, that one of these firefighters

worked for, and it was also raided on tuesday, is as a hospital boat visiting isolated communities in the amazon. and i really think this is about the fake news battle in brazil with bolsonaro and his supporters looking to blame people for rising deforestation and fires in the amazon rather than admit that his own rhetoric has a role to play. dom phillips there. rail passenger groups in the uk have criticised a decision by train companies to increase fares by an average of 2.7% injanuary. it means some commuters face rises of more than £100 in the cost of their season tickets. rail firms say the extra money will pay for improvements to the network. here's our business correspondent katie prescott. christmas is coming and for commuters on south western railway that means almost a month of scenes like these as strikes on the line start on monday. so the news that train fares will rise again next year, above the standard rate of inflation, has not gone down well

with these passengers in bristol. i think the rail service probably needs to be improved nationwide before they can think about putting up fares. i've just come over from cambridge and it would have been cheaper for me to go to paris. today's announcement means many commuters face an increase of more than £100 in the annual cost of getting to work. for example, a season ticket from eastbourne to london goes up £136, tipping it over the £5,000 mark. a season ticket between glasgow and edinburgh will set you back by £4,200 a year, up £116. but the rail industry defends the increases, saying 98 pence from every pound spent on fares goes into running the railway. at the moment we're going through a record splurge on the railway network, more money is being put

onto the network now than at any other time since the victorian era. so, we are replacing half of the entire nation's fleet, but we are also putting money elsewhere, by adding extra services where they are really needed. train companies and passengers say they would like to see a new, more flexible system for tickets put in place. but the future of fares and indeed the railways will be in the hands of whoever wins the election. this is bbc news, the headlines: the first victim of friday's london bridge attack has been named as 25—year—old jack merritt. let's stay with that story now. london's mayor, sadiq khan, has visited the scene of the attack and pledged to do everything in his power to ensure that people feel safe on the capital's streets. london will see, today, tomorrow, and over the course of the next few days, police officers, some in uniform, some plain clothed, some

with firearms. they are not there because there is a heightened risk 01’ because there is a heightened risk or there is an increased threat level. they are there to reassure us and reassure visitors that london is safe, and can i'd just say, a huge thank you not just to our safe, and can i'd just say, a huge thank you notjust to our police who responded so swiftly and so bravely, but also the members of the public who were so brave on the bridge and also inside fishmonger‘s hall. so many brave ordinary people acting in an extraordinary manner. we should be so incredibly proud of not only the police but londoners who show not only the best of us and the best of humanity. a new law comes in two china four people to submit to facial

recognition technology. so you want to get a new sim card for your phone, you will have a go to the telecommunications carrier branch and verify your real name identification, and that would subject you to a facial recognition scan to verify that your face matches the one that is stored. this isa matches the one that is stored. this is a drive to essentially root out anonymity on the web. the concern is that having anonymous free expression on the web is vital to deliberative democracy, it is vital to free speech, it is vital to checks and balances, and routeing that out could derail all those things. there has been some pushback to facial recognition by chinese scholars, the chinese public. they view it as invasive. there have been cases where people's roommates have stolen their mobile payment information, because used facial recognition to unlock it and they

we re recognition to unlock it and they were able to unlock their roommates at when they were sleeping, so there area at when they were sleeping, so there are a whole lot of holes and problems and this seems to be a growing wave of discontent and opposition to the increasingly invasive uses of facial recognition. for decades, lyons teashops were famous in britain for providing tea and cakes to the masses. but lyons was also the first company to use computers in a commercial office setting. leo or the lyons electric office was launched in 1951 and was the first business computer in the world. our colleagues at witness history have been speaking to mary coombs who the first woman to work as a programmer on leo. newsreel: electronic computers are not new, but leo was the first designed for office work. leo is fast and flexible. the first automatic office in the world. leo stands for lyons electronic office.

it took the idea of an ordinary mechanical calculating machine and decided to turn it into electronics. when we started we were about five years ahead of any other firm. we were all pioneers in programming. itjust happens i was the first woman who was involved in commercial programming. lyons manufactured a lot of bakery goods, they had hotels, they had tea shops, they had restaurants. they were always very go ahead in introducing new systems that would make for greater efficiency. i got involved with payroll straightaway. newsreel: the programme is fed first. laying down the sequence for the multiplicity of calculations leo will perform.

next the standing orders and the telephone revisions, tea shop by tea shop, are fed in. with the overriding variations on the paper tape. the computer itself was on a raised platform, because under the racks there were the mercury delay lines. there was a lot of air—conditioning. it would take months to write a programme. you couldn't do it quickly. newsreel: immediately, packing notes begin to print, ten shops at a time. at the same time, charges to tea shops and sales so statistics are being recorded. the results came out on teleprinter tape and then had to be printed. now a modern computer has a huge store of umpteen gigabytes, leo 1 was 2k. we all got on well. there were quite a lot of marriages — including mine. and we had quite a lot of social time because of working

such long hours. we would lunch together or we'd go out in the evening together. very exciting atmosphere — yes. leo 1 was used for quite a lot of scientific work. we did the tax tables for the inland revenue one year. we did some work for the met office. we did some ballistics work for the army. the longer we went on the more likely it was that some of our staff would leave and join other firms. american companies, of course, were quite big in the uk as well. people like ibm. but obviously they all caught up. working in the ‘50s, i don't think you would have dreamt of anything like what has happened. i mean, it's so much a part of everyday life now, isn't it?

it's quite interesting to be able to google your name on the computer. i definitely feel proud of being involved. oh yes. it's made life much more interesting. the draw‘s been made for next summer's european championship. england and wales, the two home nations sure of being at euro 2020, will have some tough opponents, but it could have been a lot worse. our sports correspondentjohn watson reports from bucharest. england head coach gareth southgate and wales manager ryan giggs arriving for tonight because my draw hoping for a favourable outcome. england face familiar foes and open the tournament against croatia, who knocked them out of the semifinals at the world cup. scotland willjoin them if they qualify through the play—offs, while the czech republic complete group d. with the tournament staged throughout europe for the first time, england will benefit from playing all their group games at wembley, a massive advantage

for gareth southgate as they look to replicate the run in russia last summer. we have played at least two of the teams before. for us to be playing at wembley is something very special so we are really looking forward to the tournament. wales have drawn switzerland and turkey in their opening group games and face the long trip to azerbaijan, with baku staging their first two games before their final group match with italy in rome. wales produced an equally impressive run of their own, losing to the reigning champions portugal and france three years ago. ryan giggs all too aware success this time will rely on keeping his star players fit. you hope that when you come around tojune you have a healthy group of players to pick from. if we have got that we are a match for everyone. the tournament kicks off onjimmy 12th with italy taking on turkey in rome. matches will be played in 12 host cities across europe with wembley also staging the semifinals and final, which means england

could play at least five matches at home if they make it that far. england head into the tournament as genuine contenders and wales will be hopeful of another strong showing after reaching the semifinals last time out. with scotland and northern ireland, it is still possible they could join them there, and there remains interest for all home nations. john watson, bbc news. the annual christmas tree lighting ceremony in bethlehem's manger square has taken place. the tree is outside the church of the nativity — where christians believe jesus was born. the tree lighting coincides with the beginning of advent and the four week run up to christmas. and staying in bethlehem, a tiny wooden relic, believed by christians to be from jesus‘s manger, has been returned to the town after more than a thousand years in rome. it was briefly put on display injerusalem on friday before continuing itsjourney to bethlehem

on the orders of pope francis. a reminder of our main news this hours. the government says the license conditions of every convicted terrorist released from prison in england and wales ought to be reviewed stopping the ministry of justice said the decision taken the day after the london bridge terror attack was to guarantee public safety rather than any particular concern. and a wealthy maltese businessmen has been charged with involvement in the murder of journalist in 2017. the killing of ms caruana galizia in a car bomb two years ago has rocked the country and caused a political scandal. let's look at the weather now. hello there. good morning. signs of change towards the end of the coming week. but new month, same old cold air across the uk. we're dominated by this cold area of high pressure. the last of the mild air that was towards the south—west and the channel islands, together with that weather front which brought some pockets of light rain, that's moving away now, getting blown away by the breeze.

head further north, though, there are still some patches of fog through the midlands, east wales, maybe the vale of york, around the solway firth, and into the central belt of scotland. a few showers around the coasts of northern ireland and the far north of scotland, but generally the northern half of the uk starting cold and frosty widely. there's more patchy frost further south where we've got that breeze. and that will tend to lift the mist and fog through the midlands and wales much more quickly. further north, a few patches may linger until the middle part of the day, at least. but generally it becomes dry and sunny. got a few showers on that keener breeze across the north of scotland, down those north sea coasts, and particularly later into kent. these are the temperatures for the first day of december. similar to what we had on saturday. not quite as chilly as it was, though, perhaps, through the midlands with more sunshine here as there will be in the south—west of england where it's going to be dry. high pressure, cold air continues overnight as we head into monday. but signs of change into the north—west. our air beginning to come in from the atlantic. so while there'll be a patchy frost

for scotland and northern ireland on monday morning it won't be as cold, with the frost more widely for england and wales. after a starry night we're going to have plenty of sunshine on monday and lighter winds. south—westerly breezes will blow a bit more cloud into northern ireland and particularly into scotland, where we'll see some pockets of rain, especially in the north of the country, where temperatures may actually get into double figures. for many, temperatures are going to be at sixes and sevens. we've got high pressure dominating then at the moment. gradually, as we head into tuesday and wednesday, it slips away into continental europe, getting eroded by these milder atlantic winds. with higher pressure close to southern parts of england where the winds are lighter, skies clear, we've got to maybe worry about some mist, fog, and low cloud in the morning. that could linger, actually, until around about lunchtime before tending to lift and breakup. it should be a dry day on tuesday, even across the north of scotland. some sunshine for northern ireland. and those temperatures typically at sixes and sevens once again. another chilly sort of day, i think, on wednesday.

gradually, later on in the week, it turns milder, it turns windier, and we'll see some patchy rain, mainly in the north and west.

this is bbc news, the headlines: it's been revealed that one of the two people stabbed to death in friday's terror attack in london was helping lead a course for prisoners, that his killer was attending. jack merritt was criminology graduate with an interest in rehabilitating prisoners. a maltese businessman has been charged with complicity in the murder of the journalist daphne ca ruana galizia. yorgen fenech was arrested last week as he attempted to leave malta on his yacht. he has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

the draw for the euro 2020 football tournament has been made, placing the defending champions portugal in the same group as world champions, france, and germany. the world cup finalists, croatia, have been drawn in a group which includes england. rail passenger groups in the uk have criticised a decision by train companies to increase fares by an average of 2.7% injanuary. it means some commuters face a rise of more than £100 and the cost of their season tickets. railfirm than £100 and the cost of their season tickets. rail firm say the extra money will pay for improvements to the network. christmas is coming and for commuters on south western railway that means almost a month of scenes like these as strikes on the line start on monday. so the news that train fares will rise again next year, above the standard rate of inflation, has not gone down well with these passengers in bristol. i think the rail service probably needs to be improved nationwide before they can think about putting up fares. i've just come over from cambridge

and it would have been cheaper