live from moscow this is our t. international visas are live pictures from the scene of the terror incident on london london's metropolitan police say they are treating an explosion on a london underground train as terrorism multiple people are confirmed to have been injured many of those with burns these are live pictures from the tube station armed officers on us you can see there are lots of emergency services right now the site as they have been for the past number of hours the incident took place parsons green station on the district line in the south west of the city during morning

rush hour witnesses say a white bucket in a plastic bag blew up creating a fireball in the car age no luck left passengers fleeing in terror as you can expect an investigation has been opened there is currently no word on who may have been responsive all police are hunting for this bucket bomber who tried to blow up this rush hour tube train in the latest attack to hit britain the fifth all of the year number five making it more this year in the u.k. since the start of the decade since twenty ten there have been for instance up to twenty seventeen this year alone there have been five while we're showing you images right now by the way of the train filmed in the immediate aftermath of the instant it was going towards central london from parsons green cheese. station in

the south west of the city where what appears to be a white bucket burning in a plastic bag is believed to be the source of the explosion you can just the bite seeing there on the edge of the seat at a number of other things right beside an open one hundred with a purse might be able to see in a few moments. also a number of bach packs well at pictures of appeared showing emergency services personnel taking the injured away from the scene we believe around eighteen people were taking to a local hospital in popping tin a little bit more into the center of london and many people look as though they have burns we've been hearing some really disturbing aspects of this burnt faces burnt arms really any kind of exposed pieces of skin that were in the vicinity that were in the actual car people being treated for

a major burns injuries we should reiterate at this point there have been no deaths in this confirmed terror attack well london's metropolitan police have given a statement saying it was an improvised explosive device that went off in the london underground cartridge very crude device but we have seen something similar before it's believed to have been a supermarket bucket perhaps something carrying mayonnaise possibly even cement that the builder might use that kind of book it stuff inside it were crude elements such as nails perhaps seen lots of different types perhaps pieces of old plugs and the kind of shrapnel that could cause as much damage as possible in that kind of small. confined area with fairy lights that you might see on

a christmas tree on top the reason for that it's quite easy to keep an improvised under control like that as you might put on the christmas lights on and off terrorists have been known to use that to to start an explosion as well so let's just take a look at what we have filmed over the past few hours from the london underground cartridge that was attacked. we now assess that this was a detonation of that imprimatur improvised explosive device. i should have seen the reports of eighteen injuries and i understand most of those to be flushed to. the scene current remains cordoned off and leave us to go she continues this investigation is supported by our colleagues from mit five and bringing their intelligence expertise to bear on the case. finally in terms of the police response

i would emphasize that london this particular could expect to see it hand police presence physically across transport system across the day. here this happened at eight twenty eight am rush hour of course going into central london the would have been a lot of people lot of people going to work perhaps even schoolchildren on the train just trying to get in for there at nine am starts into their school as well so as you can expect lots of their witnesses lots of people learn speaking to the media witnesses of the event and its aftermath have been at recalling what were chaotic scenes one woman spoke of seeing a baby in the car age where the explosion happened. just what is lasting memory of the baby in the past. and i just hate this area here as some. others feel. this place thinks that the little seeds of treatment so that

it is back to the state of things is the sound of explosions so i took my seat up on the issues the next to do tosha in the carriage i turned my head. and i saw my approach towards my side so i literally just said no and meanwhile the lady was screaming crying so i get out i'm fortunate people you know me. so i tricked as well and people on top of me so i when i get no it's very difficult to stand me about i just suddenly saw lots of people running towards me to panic mode i knew that something is it is it happened so i stood up the doors were open because we were coming into the station we just arrived and i just i dived out myself but not knowing what what i was running away from. you can just imagine the panic country of so many people going into work and to school let's get

into the details of what appears to be. terrorism device that has not gone off properly that's worth already said earlier we can go live to terrorism expert doug weeks for for more on this doug nice to have you on the program what do you make of this incident what's your immediate thank you. well i think you're showing i think the point. assessment you know some terrorist. certainly can do so the self clearly you're not functioning the manner in the words. to which was obviously a good thing my point. proximately eight people have been taken to hospital most men were burned so that suggests to me that the new mind it's.

intact. obviously function as it was. can you do so now with regards to the police and what they are actually doing at the moment i think the reason one can conclude that one of the things that they are obviously concerned about is making sure that there are not other in the minds of those on the trains and so i wonder in the hours to come that you will see fairly significant points for most of the london transport. nations so right now i think that nerves and limited amount of information and. a whole lot beyond that that certainly seems to be the case at the moment yeah absolutely you've got the usual question straight after an attack who planted that word has that person or persons gone. what kind of damage could have been cardiod

if this explosion went he she or they had planned. so from what authorities are giving us the information they have given it does seem to have been somewhat of a failed attack from looking at the pictures this. bucket shop bill perhaps inside the fairy lights or the christmas lights that are on top kind of controlling it do you think that the damage could have been much worse in such a compressed area. absolutely the science in that bucket would be. certainly adequate. and the only function that it was intended in. a market size one to hold and. continue considerable damage and so they

were. not function as intended to do so certainly. there were some injuries. but i do think. that one of the things that. continues to in terms of the overall assessment is. in many ways the crackdown by the authorities have. more some question. in the minds of those or method i mean years and and this particular case i think another example on the other side of things though i think one house to kind of question one of those coing in. this i think no matter how many police or security personnel that you have to try and protect me the science of london things like this aren't going to continue to be and will

can be a fact employing a point that i think it is the big concern going forward that is the huge concern because as you say it's a major metropolitan city one of the biggest cities in the world close to ten million people you cannot. immediately after and you can't shut down a city is what i'm saying how safe would you suggest that the area is at the moment because you know we've heard so much that could be a second at tucker there we don't know where the initial attack or how it's gone or tuck ers so there's a lot of questions in there in the immediate aftermath of something like this not least of all how to protect citizens in the area. right well i think the police won't interfere no one and i think. when you have a device like this especially if something is obviously identifying at this point

in the pocket of the christmas lights and all that you will certainly review all the c.c.t.v. and fairly rapidly be able to start the new term and who what where or rottnest advice on to the train and they will start tracking those individuals down now where that will be in the future is anybody's guess as early as yesterday there was a report that arrests in the u.k. are up by sixty eight percent following the attacks the sheer. and relatively short duration so the i think it is one that purely from a security point of view. and the police and the government are really struggling to try and get their hands on this to contain it and something that is potentially not. not containable at least without some very

serious security measures in place but as you said before you can bring a semi like london to its means and stop everything that goes along here is just is not land so i think when we start thinking about taxing the wall and term i think we need to start looking at actually more. solutions rather than some kind of nation that mean primarily and one of our social nature and where we can hopefully start swinging some of these individuals from carrying out the attacks in new. absolutely he can see the pressure just as you're talking doug we're looking at pictures of the of the aftermath of that. we also saw the emergency services get there very fast indeed around i believe thirty minutes afterwards they had completely shut down in the area people were being taken to

hospitals in a city at rush hour you know we have to give credit to the services for doing that but the overall picture just to expand on what you're saying there have been five attacks terror attacks in the u.k. this year alone there had only been four prior to twenty ten up to twenty seventeen so there are more this year than there have been since the start of the decade puts a lot of pressure on services on a thorough except there but. how do you think british authorities in general are coping with this what is clearly a threat at the moment. well i think they're doing the best they can and i certainly give them credit for the team to try and turn to. some went and and when they do occur. their response. appropriate quick. they walk down the area in the

vacuum we are in turn and so in those regards i think doing a very good job the problem though is that if you look at the attacks especially bowed to share. all bone that much of what. the. potential individuals coming back from you know flying overseas. and then carrying out attacks here so far that has not really. be what we're seeing. in terms of these attacks what we are seeing is a manifestation where in the attacks are occurring. a very very small her who often have very little if any contact with the.

one. being the problem the possible exception of that certainly was in the manchester attacker of being where he did have. association with. other parts of the world but when you look at virtually all the others who are and it will be interesting to see what comes out of this attack once they identify who the perpetrators are. is whether or not this was another case of individuals acting for the. top moments interaction yeah that's the thing there is an investigation of course and i might add i mean when that happens . yeah i might add one when that happens i mean that makes it even more complex for the authorities to enter there. is

a huge challenge just one point in this we have spoken after a number of terror attacks in the past that one of the questions that is constantly raised is the issue of security more security surveillance except for it's going to be a huge beating point here of course you can't shut done an entire city you can't make everything full proof in terms of safety but when you look up to london when you look at somewhere that's so. so many people crossing through rush hour it does seem to be one of those targets that terrorists pick to commit as much damage as possible are we looking perhaps at extra measures now being taken to boost security that has to be done on the london underground and indeed other metro stations where people congregate around the world. well

i think that me a actual response my knee authorities to knew that but. at the other hand if you look at the five attacks on the kurds in britain the sheer you have basically three mall vehicles one. a. venue and now a bomb or other to my on station so i think that is. difficult to try and cover the number of potential sites that somebody may choose can try and engage in a terrorist act that says certainly transport as man one mi location that not only in britain but across the world attract and a large number of parent facts and so one of the things that i think would be

appropriate can do well potentially be increased security at various transportation sites and i'm going to test and paint that may be a response by government as we move forward from here but at the same token you have a mice that is quite large in this particular case the size of orange in phuket that you can certainly easily build. actually smaller that would carry perhaps not the same impact certainly here in the same message so that becomes an even greater challenge you mentioned briefly about. me thinking tb is a great resource and looking at events after they occur and there is. in terms of. recognition came from goal clean where you can walk or interact.

if you know who you're looking for. that kind of amount and limit point honestly. what we can get can be dug always great to have you on the show explaining the ins and outs essentially of what we saw there some hours ago in the city that you're talking to us from now doug weeks terror expert from london thank you well the. chief has said there are as many as twenty five followers been radicalized muslims in britain more than any other european country by three thousand of them are considered a direct threat to the u.k. by intelligence agency m i five at five hundred her under constant surveillance just yesterday the u.k. home office said that the number of terrorist arrests in britain roos quite stylish in the months sixty eight percent between june twenty sixth and june this year the

figures include arrests made after previous u.k. terror attacks that we've just been speaking about in london two of those also in munch yesterday already on the ground a concert this is the fifth terror attack this year alone in the united kingdom. at.

the pictures hell of a period showing the emergency services thinking injured people away from the scene to nearby hospitals as you can see one person on the able to walk there appears to have well also woman here her head bandaged pictures of people with her burnt have been appearing online as well really disturbing pictures all through the morning here well the residents of the parson's green the chub station where the attack occurred say they have always considered the area safe utterly shocked by the truth but i. have to run several miles off the train just ran for a life this is it she wanted and i saw the first. of that stuff. just so. much saying this is such. that i will come around to let

him know i'm safe and now let's just leave that. parties nikki are and has been sitting with me watching the same pictures. and to do over the past year. we've talked before about numerous incidents this itself is particularly worrisome about the time rush hour in london in the tube station kids back to school after the summer holidays the middle of september. but looks as if this device did not cause the terrorists had planned it could have been much worse absolutely but the fear is and i'm sure this is going to be the priority of the police now is to find this person or people who are responsible for this in case another attack is being planned something that has been stayed with me all morning when we spoke to chris hunter a former u.k.

army intelligence and terrorism experts he told me when he saw the image of this crudely made makeshift homemade bomb if you like the bucket inside the carrier bag with the light wires and the the cloth he said he said shivers down his spine because they looked almost identical to the homemade devices used in the lead in two bombings back in two thousand and five so just bear in mind that this what we're looking at now could have been a huge catastrophe exactly so thankfully it wasn't. ground eighteen people have been injured we believe that their injuries aren't life threatening very concerned to hear that there are children and babies on the tube as i'm sure everybody was so well praying and hoping that they're all well but yes police cordoning off the areas that telling residents to evacuate their homes if

they're nearby local schools are on lockdown because the priority now is to find this person. ok nikki bring us up to date what we know really some disturbing details coming into us right throughout the hours here with the same babies and children. eighteen people injured we're waiting to hear more on what there are injuries are like nikki are in thanks for. ok well we'll be keeping a very close eye on developments from london west of london as they day progresses as the investigation progresses into the chub attack as we were saying eighteen people injured is the latest figures that we have we will be keeping abreast of all the latest news wires coming into us here on our this is our international stay

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and roughly mid july the cia would. no longer be funneling arms to the syrian rebels remember remember that yeah it was kind of a kind of a big deal back then well according to a new investigation the pentagon never got that memo in fact it's recently been discovered that the pentagon has racked up over two billion dollars worth of receipts running guns into syria in a joint report published this week by the organized crime and corruption reporting project of the balkan investigative reporting network they claim that the defense the department of defense has delivered two point two billion dollars worth of soviet era weapons to various rebel groups within syria like the kurdish peoples protection units or why p.g. and these substyles syrian democratic forces the investigation alleges that not only is the pentagon circumventing established checks on international arms trafficking but that they are also reportedly removing documentary evidence of just

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