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hello, this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow ‘ the ‘the top of it mornin's papers in a moment. ii‘ul‘ei itsnv sn’f fit wurur cumin over the top of it bringing atla ntic cumin over the top of it bringing first, the atlantic air. some rain for the headlines. highlands and islands. some of the cloud will push its way the woman killed in the london bridge attack has been named over the irish sea. eventually with the sunshine hanging on after that frosty start. 6—7d once again, milder in northern scotland with the rain. ahead of that rain though, the risk of patchy frost and fog before it turns milder, wetter and windier.
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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: the woman killed in the london bridge attack has been named as 23—year—old saskia jones, a former student at cambridge university. herfamily described her as funny and kind, and the university's vice chancellor said he is devastated. new images reveal the bravery of members of the public tackling this is an attack on our community, in many ways, and it was intended as such. it was meant to produce a form of terror and sadness and it has clearly done that. new images reveal the bravery of members of the public tackling the convicted terrorist on the bridge and in the hall where his attack began. you have got andy lucas starting a fight back. they used fire extinguishers, chairs, they used
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these narwhal tusks are ripped off these narwhal tusks are ripped off the hall and heat of the moment and they took the game back to the nice man. “— they took the game back to the nice man. —— knifeman. police say they've arrested a man in stoke—on—trent following a review of the existing licence conditions of convicted terrorism offenders. it is not believed to be connected to the london bridge attack. malta's prime ministerjoseph muscat says he will resign following mass protests over the murder of an anti—corru ption journalist. and we'll be taking another look at the papers with rob merrick from the independent and katherine forster from the sunday times. stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the second victim killed in the london bridge attack has been named as 23—year—old saskia jones from stratford—upon—avon. a volunteer with the charity
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learning together, her family says she was a wonderful and positive influence, at the centre of many peoples lives. jack merritt, who was 25 and from cambridgeshire was also murdered, while three other people were injured. the attacker, usman khan, who was later shot dead by the police, was a convicted terrorist who'd served half of a 16—yearjail sentence. today the conservatives and labour blamed each other for his early release. more on that in a moment, but first for the latest on the investigation, here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. saskia jones, 23 years old, a cambridge graduate who wanted tojoin the police.
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herfamily said she had a passion for helping victims of injustice and would leave a void in their lives after she was named today as the second person murdered in friday's attack. a friend remembers a determined young woman. she would have stood her ground, which breaks my heart even more. she would have stood up for herself and i dread to think what would have happened, to be honest. it's just not fair. this world has changed, a 23—year—old girl dying like that, it should never have happened. it shouldn't come to that. running awayjust after killing saskia, usman khan on london bridge, pursued in an astonishing act of bravery by a man armed with a fire extinguisher and another wielding the tusk of a narwahl, an arctic whale. he's brought to the ground and held before armed officers arrive and realise he's wearing what looks like a suicide vest. what is going on? he's got a bomb! they shoot him dead. today, toby williamson, who runs the venue where the attack took place, was at the scene
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and told the bbc about the bravery of his staff, who had been assisting at this conference when the bloodshed began. this is an extraordinary thing that's happening, done by ordinary people. let me just bounce you round. in rece tion ou've got dawn and gareth — one trying to keep that door closed against a vicious knifeman, the other calmly placing emergency calls. and then famously, you get andy and lukasz starting a fightback. they used fire extinguishers, they used chairs, they used these narwhal tusks ripped off the wall in the heat of the moment and they took the game back to the knifeman. usman khan also stabbed jack merritt, another cambridge university graduate specialising in helping prisoners to reform. khan was one of the people he'd assisted after his release from an eight—year prison sentence
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for plotting terrorism, but he turned onjack merritt and killed him. this afternoon, some of jack's friends came to london bridge to mourn him, and the head of cambridge university paid him this tribute. well, we're devastated. i metjack only once but i must say that he impressed me as a person of tremendous charm but also extraordinary commitment. he really believed that the work that learning together is doing is fundamental for the future of our society. fishmongers‘ hall remains closed, a crime scene being pored over by counterterrorism detectives. because, although there won't be a trial, there will be a detailed inquest into the deaths of those who were killed here on friday afternoon. the investigation continued into the night. police gathering every piece of evidence to help the families of two young people understand exactly how they came to be killed. daniel sandford, bbc
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news, london bridge. well, borisjohnson has faced questions today over why usman khan we heard from jake partridge, a friend of the victim saskia jones in that report. he went on to pay tribute to her tonight and described how she always tried to help people. everybody knows her. if you look at her facebook page now, everybody knows her, leaving comments. she is everywhere, she is in london, stratford, doing something. she wa nted stratford, doing something. she wanted to make sure everybody was doing the right thing, everything was done the right way. yeah, she did. bless her. well, borisjohnson has faced questions today over why usman khan had been released early from prison. the prime minister blamed laws introduced 11 years ago by the labour government, and vowed that serious offenders would in future, serve their full sentences. however, labour claimed tory prison and probation cuts were responsible for what it described as "missed chances to intervene."
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our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. another terror attack. more familiar now, but still a shock to the country, and this time the focus 00:08:23,1000 --> 00:08:24,339 of political controversy. and rapid election pledges and pointscoring from borisjohnson today, a promise of year minimumjail from borisjohnson today, a promise of year minimum jail terms for those convicted of serious terrorist crimes. i think it is ridiculous, convicted of serious terrorist crimes. ithink it is ridiculous, i think it is repulsive, but individuals as dangerous as this man should be allowed out after serving only eight years. and that's why we're going to change the law. on the early release of business, he was keen to blame labour market, but the story is not that simple. in 2008, labour changed the law. it meant offenders could be released
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early, halfway through their sentence. some dangerous prisoners, including lisbon khan in 2012, was still handed indeterminate terms. —— usman khan. but in 2013, the appeal court gave khan a fixed term of 16 yea rs, court gave khan a fixed term of 16 years, and he was automatically release halfway through it. and the tories have been in government, alone or in coalition, since 2010. the ten years you have done nothing to change the system.... the ten years you have done nothing to change the system. . .. crosstalk. i have been in office for 120 days. we are going to bring in tougher sentences for serious viole nt we are going to bring in tougher sentences for serious violent and sexual offenders. in york today, the labour leader focused on the sexual offenders. in york today, the labour leaderfocused on the impact of cuts to public services like probation and policing. windows public services are cut back, as they have been during the past of austerity, they leave behind huge gaps. —— when those public services. and that can lead to missed chances to intervene in the lives of people who go on to commit absolutely inexcusable acts. at south
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london's suffolk cathedral today, morning for the debt and sympathy for their families. a moment of quiet reflection in the midst of what has become a fierce political dispute. the west midlands counter terrorism unit have arrested a man following a review of the existing licence conditions of convicted terrorism offenders. the 34—year—old was arrested at his home in stoke—on—trent on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. the arrest is not believed to be connected to the london bridge attack. malta's prime minister, joseph muscat, says he will stand down in the new year once his governing labour party has chosen a successoi’. he made the announcement in a national television address. mr muscat had been under intense pressure to quit over an investigation into the murder of the anti—corru ption journalist, daphne ca ruana galizia. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports from malta.
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several thousand strong, they filled the heart of malta's capital this evening. there's real anger here that the prime minister, joseph muscat, is still in place. a woman murdered. angered at the prime ministerjoseph muscat is still in office. we are going to be a democracy! enough, enough! 0ut, out! the prime minister? joseph muscat, out, now! i am fed up of the injustice that has been going on. he murdered daphne. they murdered my friend. we want justice. murdered daphne. they murdered my friend. we wantjustice. daphne caruana galizia, and anticorruption campaigner, was blown up by a car bomb two years ago. she was disc that she discovered in the panama papers leak secret offshore companies linking senior political
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figures close to the prime minister to malta's richest man, juergen fenech. what precipitated this crisis was when, late on saturday, mr fenech was brought to court and charged with being part of the plot to murder the journalist. charged with being part of the plot to murder thejournalist. this was mr fenech just to murder thejournalist. this was mr fenechjust a to murder thejournalist. this was mr fenech just a day earlier, outside court as the net closed on him. among his close associates, the prime minister's chief of staff, who stood down last week. he said the key for —— chief of staff should also be under investigation. these people are responsible? the truth will come out, i am confident, i am confident. malta's prime minister was fatally compromised. he left his country residence this morning. pressure has finally told, and tonight he addressed the nation. joseph muscat said the businessman‘s arrest showed justice was being done, and he will now quit his post after a new party leader is chosen
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in january. shortly after a new party leader is chosen injanuary. shortly before he spoke, this was the scene outside his office. discussed at their prime minister. they believe malta has been sullied and corrupted on his watch, and there needs to be wholesale change to see justice for daphne caruana wholesale change to see justice for daphne ca ruana galizia. wholesale change to see justice for daphne caruana galizia. tonight the president has appealed to come. the prime minister's resignation may not be enough, though. many here want all those behind the killing of daphne caruana all those behind the killing of daphne ca ruana galizia all those behind the killing of daphne caruana galizia brought to justice, and all the corruption cases she was working on pursued to the end. earlier i spoke to alice taylor, a journalist for the shift news, that was set up after daphne caruana galizia was murdered. she also worked with her at the malta independent. i asked her if its enough that the prime minister has said that he'll step down. what was daphne like? she was the reason i became a journalist. he wanted to uncover the truth. she inspired me to continue in the pursuit ofjustice after her
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murder. not at all, what he has done today is enough to placate those calling for him to resign and yesterday the council of europe requested he resign as well. there are concerns because at the moment, constitutionally, joseph muscat is the head the police and judiciary and whilst we are at a very important stage in the murder investigation which implicates a number of staff and his cabinet, it's a huge conflict—of—interest for him to be sitting in his position in this role so people want him to resign right away so we can be confident that the inquiry into her murder will continue in an independent manner. people believe that while he is still prime minister until the 12th of january, that is not possible. does this go beyond, "this happened on your watch, you need to resign"? why are maltese people so angry with him and these events being described as "the greatest injustice in the history of malta"? daphne was assassinated two years ago and this labour party government, joseph muscat and his senior cabinet members, were the main subjects of many of her investigations and she was the one who uncovered many of the scandals which are still going on today
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and there has still not been justice for so there is not only that but his chief of staff was actually arrested and interrogated in relation to the murder. another minister has stepped down and another minister, economy minister, was questioned as well. the man yorgen fenech who has been arranged for conspiring for her assassination yesterday, he, according to reports from the times of malta, he has named joseph muscat as having a connection to the case. people see it as a huge co nflict—of— i nterest and they believe that he has protected members of his cabinet who are directly implicated in her murder. he has said it is in no way connected to the murder of daphne. how would you like to see the transfer of power to take place? because there could be snap elections and it doesn't sound like you have faith in
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thejustice being done. i think what needs to happen in malta is he needs to resign immediately, there needs to be a transitional government installed until a new party leader can be elected, then there should be snap elections, but then, obviously, this political instability could affect what is going on with the murder investigation. the headlines on bbc news: the woman killed in the london bridge attack has been named as 23—year—old saskia jones, a former student at cambridge university. police say they've arrested a man in stoke—on—trent, following a review of the existing licence conditions of convicted terrorism offenders. it is not believed to be connected to the london bridge attack. malta's prime ministerjoseph muscat, says he will resign — following mass protests over the murder of an
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anti—corru ption journalist. sport, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. formula 1 has been great today, tulsen tollett. good evening. the pressure really is piling on everton boss marco silva after a late stoppage time winnerfor leicester saw his side beaten 2—1 at the king power. everton are just a place above the relegation zone but for leicester, they're back up to 2nd with the late winner, which came after the intervention of var. austin halewood reports. there mightjust there might just be there mightjust be magic in the air once again at king power. the foxes are flying high but with everton in town, all eyes were on another. it feels like under fire manager marco silva is running out of time. his side misfiring all season but racking their manager when you needed them most. a bullet have
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—— header and everton with the lead. so far, so good. but lester had to play on the front foot now. their forwards in behind stop penalty. 0r was it? a var check confirming there wasn't any contact. still, the visitors stifling the usually free—flowing foxes but failing to extend their lead and whenjamie vardy‘s first chance came, of course he made them pay. after a quiet first hour, jamie vardy lept out of the shadows and into the thick of the shadows and into the thick of the action. moments later, he was inches away from another, almost. with seconds left to go, lester were in again. kelechi iheanacho with the winner. the flag up for off side. but the goal given by var. everton couldn't hold on for a point. now can marco silva hold onto hisjob? no—one can say nothing about the attitude of my players, about
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their commitment, about their ambition also to come here to show a reaction from the last game because the last name was not good enough. all of us know inside our dressing room. and they showed that, i have to say. not to be behind me, they know what we're going through but be —— to be behind the everton football club and they did it. elsewhere manchester united drew 2—2 at home to aston villa, while wolves drew 1—1 with sheffield united at molineaux. arsenal's match at norwich finished 2—2 as they twice came from behind to equalise at carrow road. the gunner's interim manager freddie ljunberg was in charge for the first time following the sacking of unai emery on friday. i think we started the game extremely well. i think we can create a bit better and at school —— score some goals when we play that well put ——. that is something of
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course for easy me as a coach and we need to work on it. disappointing but we know what to work on. there was another premier league sacking today. quique sanchez flores's second spell at watford lasting less than three months as he leaves them with the hornets at the bottom of the table. celtic are still top of the scottish premiership after co mforta bly beating ross county 4—1. ryan christie scored twice to give them a 2—1 halftime lead. in the second half, winger mikeyjohnston, completed the scoring with the pick of the goals, giving celtic their tenth win in a row in all competitions. hot on their heels are rangers though. they're still level on points with celtic after an emphatic 5—0 win over hearts. greg stewart scored two late goals so celtic are onlyjust ahead, by a single goal, on goal difference. he'd already wrapped up the formula one world driver's title for a sixth time — but lewis hamilton ensured he ended the season on a high with victory at sunday's abu dhabi grand prix. the mercedes driver led away from pole position, and cruised off in the distance, untroubled by anyone behind thereafter. red bull's max verstappen
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was second, charles leclerc‘s ferrari third, but the day belonged to hamilton who dominated throughout, to win the 84th grand prix of his career, moving him to within seven of michael schumacher‘s all time record. don't forget it's day 4 of the second and final test between new zealand and england in hamilton. a few moments ago england were 3113 for 5 — they trail. there's live commentary on radio 5 live sports extra and text commentary on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. but that's all the sport for now. politicians from seven parties have taken part in a two hour debate on itv this evening. the leaders of the snp, lib dems, plaid, greens and the brexit party have been answering questions. but borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn aren't taking part. they've been replaced by senior members of their parties instead. the panel began by discussing
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security issues in the wake of the london bridge attack. the facts are clear. under the rules in 2012, this person would not be out of present. —— out of prison. in 2012, this person would not be out of present. -- out of prison. we can't avoid asking tough questions in general about the conservative decision to cut more than 20,000 police, about the chaos in a prison system, whether a —— where there are more assaults on prison officers. no terrorist should be released without being properly assessed whether or not they still pose a risk to the public. i think these people should never ever be let out of prison u nless we never ever be let out of prison unless we are absolutely convinced they do not have the jihadi virus. can you honestly say, and i do emphasise the word honestly, that your brexit policy and your leadership will bring is deeply divided nation and moreover, this deeply divided union, back together again. the biggest coin is
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the slogan for the tories, that if they win the election, brexit gets done. we only move into the next and probably more chaotic part of the process and of course a no—deal brexit would be back on the horizon next year. brexit would not deliver the economicjust as we want! it will make matters worse! what it will make matters worse! what it will do to our economy, it will do what it has done to our politics, divide the poor. we have a majority of parties here who are committed to putting back the brexit question in a people's boat. i do believe the best way to finish it off is that.|j believe best way to finish it off is that.” believe the liberal democrat' policy to revoke, if they got into government, seeks to deepen divisions. it is not very liberal, it is not very democratic. (crosstalk). we are standing on election and saying what we will do in an election for top i think that
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is democratic. you haven't answered the question that they could be a brexit deal that is better than remaining in the european union. the point is, jo,... piazza's (laughs). it will take years to deliver and millions of people will be very upset. the question is, is it up and ready or are you going to go for a free trade wheel? nigel has been a tireless campaigner for leaving the eu. i have. the difference is, my party, the conservative party can actually deliver brexit. what are you going to deliver? crosstalk. what are you going to deliver? are you going for a treat —— free trade deal? as donald trump arise in the uk tomorrow for a nato summit,
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should the special relationship become more or less special?” should the special relationship become more or less special? i think the us is an important ally of ours and it will always remain that case. he wants to conspire with boris johnson and the leader of the brexit party in order to get his fatcat friends access to our national health service. let us have an nhs protection act to make sure it can never be on the table in a future trade deal. have you seen the footage of him boasting?” trade deal. have you seen the footage of him boasting? i have and it was crass, crude and wrong and men a dreadful thing sometimes! well, it is all right, then? it can never be acceptable for a man to talk about grabbing a woman's policy and if you —— if you think it is then... what i want to know is who is going to be polite —— paying for all of these pledges and ultimately, who will be worse off? there will be no income tax rise of the people in the top 5% of earners, that is about £80,000. it means tax rises for millions of married couples up and down the country, millions of
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pension and is on modest incomes and millions of small businesses, it is not rich people and companies that will just pay the not rich people and companies that willjust pay the higher taxes under labour, it is everyone. the resolution foundation said the tory manifested could take levels of child policy in the uk to record levels was not how can you defend that? already children living in policy —— that? already children living in policy — — poverty, that? already children living in policy —— poverty, your policies will take more children into poverty. how can you stand here and defend the manifesto that would do that? i can defend our record which is clear, 400,000 fewer people are in poverty today... child poverty is higher. it has increased. the key thing about our plans is they are long—term and pay for themselves. they bring money back in in warmer homes, cleaner air, less they bring money back in in warmer homes, cleanerair, less burden they bring money back in in warmer homes, cleaner air, less burden on oui’ homes, cleaner air, less burden on our health service. i think the independent institute for fiscal studies have said the proposals
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are radical. something we agree on, tackling the climate emergency, it is very significant. and just a reminder that throughout the general election campaign we'll be putting your questions to all of the main parties. martin daubney from the brexit party will be taking your questions at half past eleven tomorrow morning. send us your questions on twitter using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or you can email them to to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. it's been revealed that a loud bang, heard by people living in parts of south east england overnight, was a sonic boom from two rafjets. hundreds of people across north london and the home counties, were woken up by the explosive sound. the noise was generated by two royal air force typhoons —
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which had launched from coningsby in lincolnshire — as they intercepted an unresponsive aircraft which later re—established contact. let's have a listen to recordings viewers have sent in. boom. let us find out how the weather is going. it is rather nippy out there, darren? you could say that. last night was probably colder than tonight. in highland scotland, it was down to -10 highland scotland, it was down to —10 celsius. it is the coldest it has been in the uk since early february. at the moment the temperature in tollett bridge is 1.1 degrees above freezing. we are seeing a change in the weather for northern parts of the uk, a bit more cloud coming in. a bit more rain coming into the north and north—west of scotla nd
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coming into the north and north—west of scotland but it is across england and wales where we have a clearest quys and wales where we have a clearest guys that we will find a more widespread frost. these are the temperatures come the end of the night. nowhere near as cold as it was last night across scotland. for most parts of the country, sitting underneath this cold area of high pressure. it is slipping a bit further south so it is allowing the mild atlanticare to topple around that pressure into scotland and northern ireland. we are continuing to see cloud tomorrow. a bit more rain, particularly the highlands in ireland. a bit more cloud coming into the northern parts of england and wales during the day. still sunny further south and east. a chilly day again, a bit milderfor northern scotland. here we have cloud, rain, it is on that weather front that should push its way awake during tomorrow evening because of high pressure still in charge. there skies, light wins for england and wales and a bit more moisture brings an increased risk of mist fog forming. i could hang around
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into tuesday. particularly towards the south—east of england. also across parts of wales, east wales. for scotland, a dry day this time and we will have sunshine as we will for northern ireland. and for most of england and wales as well. temperatures still 6—8d. it is just around the edges where we have things a little bit milder. head towards the middle part of the week and a weakening weather front arrives into the north—west. high pressure still sort of hanging on across england and wales and still some mist and fog and low cloud, probably a bit more of that around for england and wales on wednesday. it could stay a bit grey all day and quite cold, too. a bit of rain coming away for northern ireland and scotla nd coming away for northern ireland and scotland towards the north—west of england was up showers following. damages here around nine or 10 degrees but where we keep that grey, misty, murky weather, it may only be four or five degrees. that should blow away, though, i think, as we head into the day. instead, stronger winds coming in from the atlantic and that weather front arriving very quickly as well the top that will bring a brace of rain. as we sum up
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the week ahead, a cold start, it will be turning milder from the north but ahead of that, there is still the week —— risk of frost and fog before it turns what milder, wet 00:31:10,932 --> 613566586:37:13,575 and 613566586:37:13,575 --> 1227133172:43:16,217 windy 1227133172:43:16,217 --> 1840699758:49:18,859 offer 1840699758:49:18,859 --> 2454266344:55:21,502 later 2454266344:55:21,502 --> 3067832931:01:24,145 in 3067832931:01:24,145 --> 3681399517:07:26,787 the 3681399517:07:26,787 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 week.

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