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this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at apm: cambridge university confirms that the woman killed in the london bridge attack was a former student. the prime minister tells the bbc that 7a people jailed for terror offences and released early will have their licence conditions reviewed. i absolutely deplore the fact that this man was out on the streets. i think it is absolutely repulsive, and we are going to take... that repulsive thing happened under the conservatives. it was conservative legislation and a conservative regime. a failure to recruitment has left huge staffing shortfalls, posing again a serious risk to our security. you cannot keep people safe on the cheap.
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an irish woman who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group is arrested after arriving back in dublin with her two—year—old daughter. watford sack manager qu—que sanchez flores afterjust 85 days in the role. and as part of the bbc‘s crossing divides season we hear two perspectives on the 1979 iranian hostage crisis — that's in witness history in half an hour. the prime minister has told the bbc that 7a people who were jailed for terror offences — have been released before serving their full sentences. their cases are now being reviewed.
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it follows the attack on london bridge on friday in which the convicted terrorist usman khan killed two people and injured three others. khan had been released after serving half of a 16 year sentence. it's been announced that the woman who died in the attack was a former student at the university of cambridge. one of the three other people injured was a member of staff from the university. sarah corker reports. just metres from london bridge... a service at southwark cathedral remembering those killed and injured in friday's attack. we have to help bear their pain, but also speak into that pain with words of hope. 25—year—old jack merritt was leading a prisoner rehabilitation event when he was fatally stabbed. in the words of his father, he was a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. and floral tributes have been laid at cambridge university where jack worked.
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a woman who also died has not yet been named. three others were injured. mobile phone footage shows the moment usman khan was chased along the bridge. he sprayed with a fire extinguisher and another man lunges at him with what looks like a long task. moments later he is pinned to the ground, tour guide thomas gray was one of those he intervened. i saw that something was going on, so originally before even knowing what the incident was, i wanted to go and separate them and make sure that somebody was not getting beaten to a pulp. police arrived within minutes and he was shot dead. usman khan was a convicted terrorist, jailed for his part in a plot to blow up the london stock exchange. he served half of the 16 year sentence in prison and was released last year. in stafford, police have searched
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khan's top floor flat and taken away bags of evidence. friday's attack will raise questions about the de—radicalised, as well as the conditions of khan's license. he would have got permission to travel from stafford to london. there are questions about how closely he was being monitored once he left prison. the government has launched an urgent review into the licensing conditions under which terrorists are released. khan was wearing an electronic tag and attended friday's conference hosted by the organisation learning together and even appeared in a leaflet about their work with prisoners. the london bridge is still a crime scene as police continue to gather evidence today and questions for investigators will now focus on why khan turned on those trying to rehabilitate him. sarah corker, bbc news. toby williamson is the chief executive
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of the fishmongers' company who own fishmongers hall. he spoke to the bbc about the how events unfolded inside the hall and how his staff handled the stiuation. it turns into a game of pinball bomb without it nights. this is extraordinary things happening, done by ordinary people. let me just bounce you around. in reception, you have got don and gareth, one trying to keep that daughter closed against a vicious knifeman and the other calmly placing the emergency calls. peter and anne appear unseen, wrong time wrong place and make instant decisions as to who to protect and where to go. if you other members of staff are
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normally dealing with coats and serving coffees, they are now biting life moment, and then famously you get andy and lucas starting a fight back. they used fire extinguishers, these chairs, they used normal tusks ripped off the ball in the heat of the moment and to the... they followed out onto the knife—point, shouting at others to get back and join in. they know there is a bomb there and the rest i think you know is what happened on the television cameras. speaking about the bravery there of the staff and people attending the conference, as they try to prevent
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more serious violence approach and the stabbings that usman khan committed to before he himself was shot dead outside the hall after he had run out. as we soften the pictures we have been playing, people using barix tinctures and everything they could to try and restrain him and prevent him injuring or killing anybody else. borisjohnson has been facing questions about why usman khan had been released early from from prison. mrjohnson said he would introduce longer prison sentences, and blamed khan's release on legislation introduced 11 years ago by the last labour government. here's our political correspondent susanna mendonca. after visiting the scene of the london bridge terror attack yesterday, today the prime minister took to a tv studio to explain what his government was doing. i'm sure people can imagine what we are doing to ensure that the 7a other individuals who had been let out early on the basis of this labour change of legislation, they are being properly invigilated to ensure there is no threat.
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election campaigning had been paused after the events of friday, but only briefly. now the conservative leader has turned his attention to sentencing laws, attempting to lay the blame at labour's door and suggesting that he was not responsible for the actions of a tory government that he had been part of. it is absolutely repulsive and we are... it happened under the conservatives, it was conservative legislation and a conservative regime. would you like to apologise? let me repeat to you... the release was necessary under the law because of the automatic early release scheme, under which he was sentenced. in 2008, undera labour government, the criminaljustice and immigration act enabled more offenders to be released automatically, halfway three sentences, butjudges could still hand down prison sentences which have no fixed length for dangerous offenders. in 2012, usman khan pleaded guilty
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to a terror offence and was handed an indeterminate prison sentence which was to be a minimum of eight years. in the same year, under a conservative coalition government, a law passed in scrapping indeterminate sentences and reintroduced extended sentences of ten years or more. this time after two thirds of the sentence has passed. in 2013, the court of appeal ruled that indeterminate sentences should be substituted for a 16 year fixed term of which he should serve half in prison, amounting to eight years. the labour leader in another tv studio pointed to cuts to policing and the part privatisation of the probation service and he was pressed on whether it means terrorists should serve full sentences. it depends on the circumstances of the sentence, but crucially depends on what have done. not necessarily, no. there has to be an examination of how our prison services work and crucially what happens
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when someone is released from prison. the liberal democrat leader jo swinson said the whole system needed to be looked at. absolutely essential that anyone convicted of terror offences is properly assessed before they can ever be released and that hearing should happen with the parole board. that is what the law now states should happen. events often end up steering the direction of a general election and this one certainly has. well, you can watch the full interview of borisjohnson on the andrew marr show this morning over on the bbc iplayer. with me now is our home affairs correspondent sarah corker. sarah, we have had various condition updates. we now know a little bit more about the other victim who
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died. what has been the latest at this stage? as you say, more details are now emerging about those who are killed and injured on friday's event. it is about to say that we have started to get a better picture of what actually happened. the attack started inside the hall, at this event which was being run by cambridge university. usman khan was invited to that event, he knew many of those who were there and he came armed with knives and a big suicide vest. he turned on those trying to rehabilitate him. he killed the course leaderjack merritt amit now know that the woman he killed as a former cambridge university student, she is yet to be formally identified. he also entered three others, including a university staff member. here is what the vice chancellor said earlier. on behalf of the university of cambridge i
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wa nt of the university of cambridge i want to express our shock and horror at the events that unfolded last friday. of course, we condemn utterly all forms of violence and terrorism. i want to express our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims and to express our hopes for an early recovery for those who have been injured. colleagues across the university and with partner universities work tirelessly to provide opportunities for education for everybody. i want to thank them for everybody. i want to thank them for that. and finally, i want to express my admiration for the tremendous courage shown by participants at the conference and members of the public whose selfless actions likely prevented even greater tragedy last friday. he also paid tribute to jack merritt, he said the 25—year—old was committed to making the about a better place
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and also that he was really passionate about the work he did to try and educate prisoners. essentially, to help them integrate back into society. it echoes something his father put out on 20 yesterday, when he talked about him, not wanting this case to be used as an argument to increase sentences in an argument to increase sentences in a way that would not be appropriate. that is exactly the debate we have not moved on to. i conclude that post from jack because my father, he said my son would not wish his death to be used as the pretext for my draconian sentences were for detaining people unnecessarily. it is per se that the debate about sentencing and monitoring of convicted terrorists has really intensified over the weekend. various political parties over the yea rs have various political parties over the years have produced a set of rather confusing changes to sentences and that has effectively meant that usman khan was released midway through his 16 year sentence,
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without being properly assessed. sarah, thank you very much. let's talk to ian lawrence, general secretary of napo, the union that represents staff in the probation service. he's in biggin hill in kent. ian, thank you for being with us on bbc news. this is obviously a terrible story. but those who are injured and those who died and those affected by what happened on friday, but there is obviously quite an important question now about the sort of conditions under which michael chopra depend released early from his sentence and in the case of your members, what role the probation service place bunny have somebody who has been convicted of an offence is serious as a terrorist offence. the first thing i want to say is to extend my condolences to the victims and their families stop in terms of the managing of
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high—risk offenders, we call them clients, my understanding of and information that has reach me is the highest levels of supervision were in place by the perpetrator. and that unless those conditions had been breached, then there was no reason as i understand it for that person not to make the journey to london and take part in that conference. all of those things but have been assessed beforehand, with hindsight anything, you can see anything in hindsight, but the fact is our members actually practice the conditions of licence to make sure they are supervised properly. but it is about to say, isn't it, that since 2010 there has been a significant reduction in the amount of money available within the ministry ofjustice budget, which presumably include your services? when you talk about the highest level of supervision, what impractical terms nowadays does that mean? does it mean daily contact, doesn't mean telephone contact,
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doesn't mean telephone contact, doesn't mean telephone contact, doesn't mean face—to—face contact? i appreciate all conditions for each individual could be different, but boddily can you give us an overview? i would not have access to the supervision plan for the individual concerned. it is quite likely that typically an offender but that record which have been seen at least once a week, if not twice and were to instruct conditions about the activities they could undertake. but they are, i do not know. so, presumably the risk was assessed in terms of that person being free to travel to london. there may have been other conditions which again i do not know about. things like restricting the use of the internet, telephone contact and the like. of course, we understand the individual was wearing a gps monitoring electronic tag, so we have to ask questions about whether anybody had reason to believe there was a breach
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in the conditions. these are questions that need to be answered in the reviews that will be taking place i am sure. just to get people up place i am sure. just to get people up to speed, as it were, it has become, as you would know better than most, terribly complicated to work out what will happen. not least because the law kept changing. counterterrorism legislation changed and changed and changed again. specifically, though, mummy talk about somebody being unlicensed, it means effectively that they can still be recalled literally to present at a moment's notice if they are found to have breached the terms of their licence, is that correct? generally it is correct, again it depends on what the breaches. with a high—res client it is quite likely they were to be recalled straightaway address by the piece, each case is different. you raise the point about legislation, this
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individual of course appealed against the sentence he was under, the indeterminate sentence and was released on a fixed term. so, he did not see the parole board. now, of course people do see the parole board before release from prison, particularly in high risk instances. i think it was a conservative super the trigger on that, so there has been a lot of confused messages, quite right. some backstabber lost in translation over the weekend. ian, thanks for telling us what you have been able to today. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, and yet another busy weekend, here is all a foster. football managers must begin a quite nervous. we are in sacking season, there has been a new one, we will bring you details about that any moment. for matches
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and are primarily today. two days after arsenal their manager, his first match as interim manager ended ina draw first match as interim manager ended in a draw at norwich. they trailed twice,... a second equaliser was good timing into the second half, it finished to all. no it had some chances to win it. the gunners have not won in eight matches now. they match between worlds and sheffield united was also drawn. the visitors had a half—time lead, but an equaliser were scored half way through the second half. 0ne always the final score there. a couple more games kick off in about ten minutes' time. lester kitto back to second if they beat struggling everton. manchester united are at home to aston villa. so, what about that
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sacking? another one in the premier league in the space of ten or 11 days. what right have got rid of their manager, yesterday's defeat against southampton left them bottom of the table. it was his second speu of the table. it was his second spell at the club, this one only lasted three months. he replaced the former manager back in december. —— september. celtic have moved three points clear in the scottish premiership for now. they beat ross cou nty premiership for now. they beat ross county bought — one. ryan christie scored twice to give them a 2—1/2—time lead. in the second tap, the former manchester united winger completed the scoring. this was the pick of the goals. that has given celtic the tenth when in a row. in all competitions. rangers are going to move level with celtic on points, ebert of thought. they are playing
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at ibrox, they are 2—0 up. about 25 minutes left to play. things might not be not good for arsenal at the month, the man's team, but not more ofa month, the man's team, but not more of a contrast with the women's site. they recorded their biggest victory in the moment's stability today. 11-1 in the moment's stability today. 11—1 they beat bristol city. that dutch striker scored six of them, a double hat—trick. she assisted in four of the others, as well. that result ta ke four of the others, as well. that result take arsenal to the top of the table. they were champion lewis hamilton led from start to finish to ta ke hamilton led from start to finish to take the final formula 1 race of the season. he was really untroubled at the abu dhabi grand prix. finishing any 17 seconds clear of ed bill's racer. that was hamilton's11th race when of the season. the england
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cricket captain joe rich when of the season. the england cricket captainjoe rich has got his first test century in ten months. he batted for the whole day on day three of the second test as they look to level the series against new zealand. his last turn came in the caribbean back in february. his captaincy has been under the spotlight, he will resume on 114 later tonight in hamilton. really burns also scored a century. brain stoplight with england, 269 for five stops stoplight with england, 269 for five sto ps d ea lt stoplight with england, 269 for five stops dealt 106 runs behind new zealand's first ending. jerry will bea zealand's first ending. jerry will be a tall orderfor either zealand's first ending. jerry will be a tall order for either side, really. but the captain's return 24 and isa really. but the captain's return 24 and is a big positive for invent. really. but the captain's return 24 and is a big positive for inventm was due to a joke has had a tough year with about survive. there has been a lot of talk aboutjoe. when you come under the spotlight like that, to respond in a fashion that he has today shows a lot of character. he was very convincing right on the word go. his movements and footwork look really good, he
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was resolute in his defence and it was resolute in his defence and it was a traditional test match innings. england pass back netball those have lost the final test against south africa in cape town. the roses had already won the series 16-10 the roses had already won the series 16—10 down after the first quarter. they never quite recovered, they lost the match 54—48. that is the first defeat in six matches for the new coach. two games in rugby and in's premiership, but still can't go back to the top of the table if they beat london irish. —— bristol can go back to the top of the table. all the details on the bbc sport website. we will have my pm in a sour, see you then. thank you, 0llie. let me bring you some breaking news, and identification for the second
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victim of usman khan. the woman was named today by the metropolitan police who have confirmed that she is saskia jones. both saskia jones and jack merritt were involved in the learning together programme. we heard earlier from the vice chancellor talking about programme. both gadgets involved in the programme, jack was a coordinator and saskia jones was able and tear on the programme. theirfamilies and saskia jones was able and tear on the programme. their families are receiving support from family liaison officers. i willjust try and give you a quick flavour of the statement that the families have put out. but one concern jack merritt‘s family. they describe jack as a
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beautiful and talented boy who died doing what he loves, surrounded by people he loved and who loved him. he let up our lives and the lives of his many friends and colleagues and we will miss him terribly. jack left his principles, he believed in retention and rehabilitation, not revenge. he always took to the side of the underdog. he was intelligent, but what a pathetic. he was looking forward to the future with his girlfriend and making a career and the justice system. he would not wa nt the justice system. he would not want this terrible and isolated incident to be used as a pretext by the government for introducing if much of conan sentences on prisoners or detaining them in prison for longer than necessary. they thoughts go out to the colleague saskia jones. the family asked for privacy, to be allowed to grieve in private. saskia jones's family have issued a statement this afternoon, published
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by the metropolitan police. they say saskia was a positive influence with a sense of fun and mischief. she a lwa ys a sense of fun and mischief. she always wanted to see the best know people. she was intent on living life to the full and her wonderful thirst for knowledge enabled her to be the best she could be. there is a photograph of saskia that is just in venice. she had a great passion for providing support to... this is an extremely graduate painful time for the family, saskia would leave a huge void in our lives and we request our privacy is fairly respected. just an update on the three people who had been in hospital as a result of being stabbed on friday, one of those people has now been released from hospital. two people be me and in a sta ble hospital. two people be me and in a stable condition in hospital. saskia
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jones and jack merritt, the decadence of the attack on friday. another cold and frosty night for england and wales. for scotland and northern ireland, something in it a bit different. cloud increasing from the north and the west, that will bring some outbreaks of rain. mainly into northern scotland, as the night wears on. the cloud cover keeping temperatures above blazing for northern ireland, but mainly dry here. we could just see the odd pocket of frost across southern scotland before the cloud starts to increase later in the night. widespread frost for england and wales, —3 orfour celsius here. much milder for the far north and west of scotland. more rain to come here through the day tomorrow, becoming patchier on its journey eastwards. could see some rain in the central belt and far south of scotland by the afternoon. cloudy, but mainly driver northern ireland. a good deal of sunshine for england and wales, before the cloud increases across northern england and north wales later in the day. another cool day here, milder for the north and west of scotland. to sum up the week ahead, called at
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first and milder from the sum up the week ahead, called at first and milderfrom the north. by that risk of bulk and wetter and windier per all the best by friday. goodbye. you are watching bbc news. the headlines. but then the last three minutes the woman killed in the london bridge attack has been named as saskia jones, he was 23. a former student who had hoped tojoin as saskia jones, he was 23. a former student who had hoped to join the police. the prime and so tells the bbc that 74 people jailed for terror offences and released early as usman khan was but now had their licence conditions reviewed. i absolutely deplore the fact that this man was out on the streets. i think it is absolutely repulsive, and we are going to take... that repulsive thing happened under the conservatives. it was conservative legislation and a conservative regime. a failure to recruitment has left huge staffing shortfalls, posing again a serious risk to our security. you cannot keep people
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safe on the cheap. an irish woman who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group is arrested after arriving back in dublin with her two—year—old daughter. now on bbc news, witness history comes from the royal academy in london, with razia iqbal. as part of the bbc‘s crossing divides season we hear two perspectives on the 1979 iranian hostage crisis. hello and welcome to witness history with me, razia iqbal, here at the royal academy in london, as we present five extraordinary moments from history as told to us by people who were there. coming up: the peaceful
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demonstrations which started the fall of the berlin wall. the fight online against the islamic state group in mosul. and the dancers who broke down barriers to become the first black classical ballet com pa ny. but first, as part of the bbc‘s crossing divides season, we bring you two perspectives on an historic moment in the relationship between the us and iran. in 1979, a group of iranian students overran the us embassy in tehran and took the americans inside hostage. massoumeh ebtekar was the spokesperson and translator for the revolutionary students. we had an opportunity to convey the message of the iranian people to the world, and we had to make the best of this opportunity.

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