of lockdown there now we can see the police behind you but this is affecting a fair old chunk of central london that still basically shuts off all the police investigate yeah. yeah actually fairly standard major crime scene type code and put them in places where traffic can easily divert and obviously keep protesting so i just to avoid getting under their feet it's more about them because there's any perceived danger i think if there was perceived to be any improvised explosive device we wouldn't be where we are here and we'd be further away yeah the police within an hour or two we're pretty quick to kind of link this suspicion of some terrorism being perpetrated here was the difference between investigation this investigated by the terrorism squad as opposed to the ordinary police squads to be investigating this is there a profound difference or not. there's not really a major difference in terms of what. bit of

a difference in terms of how to really stone hypertext by simply the same things that are done for any major investigation. the difference in practical terms is the counterterrorism command they've had their funding protected over the last few years in how to increase the facts and so if i have got the resources to throw in something like groups around the world related crime insulin for the murders of stubbins and problems that i struggle to get the resources that i have got the resources necessary to do this sort of thing all of that said they've got so many of these on the go now even i spoke starting to get stretched really in terms of the difference in practical terms at the beginning being a terroristic threat as a terrorist incident and that would be not necessarily because of any background knowledge just just because of what happened where appen and that would give there's additional powers in relation to the cause there in forcible holdings whether. how soon in something like this to the police kind of make their mind up or try to ascertain whether it's a deliberate incident or maybe just a car that got out it could. troll. well i don't forsee trying to send is possible

because the last thing you want to do is talk the counterterrorism come out with a traffic accident we got on if you remember there was an incident outside the science museum yeah. six months or so of god and not turned out to be a traffic collision although it looked very suspicious to start with. here the why things have gone i think if it was that we'd have known by now it certainly doesn't look like from what we've seen and. it looks deliberate ask why it was done there were various options available it could be some sort of aggravated protest although it would be unlikely that that would involve mowing down cyclists it could be some sort of road rage incident sort of buy into the saw explicit then went when a bit out of control and ended up crashing into the areas outside parliament or it could be well looks most likely a deliberate terrorist incident now that might be i want off single act or it might

be part of something bigger and that's what i but i'll be urgently trying to establish that thought so thing i was going to ask you next parliament is in recess so it's not that many and he's there's some getting on with their daily life there but it's not exactly going to be packed it seems they're full and all the venue if you want to carry out a terrorist attack to cause maximum damage to me to do more damage is driving down oxford street i guess what do you. mean yeah actually she's one of the most protected places in the in the country probably and so you're not going to get traffic areas or anyone that's still in the slightest bit of reconnaissance or even on google maps and having a look at street view i would know that they're not going to get very far beyond that but of course terrorists are weis want to cause maximum damage sometimes it's just a mike a statement and if you want to make a statement and parliament is about as good a price as any yeah. if challenge you found guilty i suppose this is going to be.

thus far thank heavens in britain things were reasonably quiet. but what you said just just now the police are holding a hold back but very little was perpetrated on the streets about nothing really of the u.k. so far this year so really could say that the security forces the scenes done a pretty good job. of the security services in the place fantastic job in terms of disrupting and intercepting planned attacks we've had dozens over the last few years. every now and then no one will get through it's impossible to protect against everything especially the single act of sort of things. if you look at the one the attack in. it was a guy from cardiff of all places with a drink problem that suddenly gets it he had to he's going to do that for you know why of interception that nobody knew nobody could have known nobody could have told

a place there's no why the police could have got ahead of that and so occasionally things like that will get through and sort of a bit counter-intuitive it's the less organized ones are more likely to get through yeah it does seem the police are pretty quick on the job which is a lot of police run up part of the world especially in the morning but it does seem the police were there at the scene pretty quickly maybe you got a better idea. quickly they turned up but it seemed to be within about ten minutes of a squad cars around there except for. not even terminix i don't think we saw the footage of paris to your channels that was from our journalist i happened to be nearby and we saw the armed response vehicles to an officer or three of them together and the officers then surrounded the vehicle and saw what we're trying to get at do you think i already been going to get i think they already had some sort of a tip off about him or was it just that they happened to be in the area to be able to get there quickly. no it doesn't give any indication at all that it was anybody

that was being followed and if it was i wouldn't have allowed the cyclist to be mowed down so you know it's just the fact that it is in westminster there's loads of armed officers actually at the palace of westminster and response prices from where i understand recalls patrol very far away and so it's just a coincidence really being central under it was all social change over time and so the response for it would be concentrated rather than spread out across london we spoke just now that so far the u.k. has been lucky this year it's gone for most of twenty eighteen without too much terrorism too much trouble is that because there is less of a threat in twenty eighteen or is it because the security services of facing just as big as lord if you like says they've been more successful in holding it back i have the terror threat dropped in twenty eighty. and i don't think it has i don't think there's anything to suggest the terrorist threat from fundamentalist

extremist islamic priced terrorism i don't see anything to suggest that that threat would drop. perhaps increased if anything with was happened. isis in syria and the wider situation is developing. it's perhaps increased because they're desperate so you might grab mark elsewhere seen as they've lost their power base in syria and saw the suspects there's no indication the practice dropped it's just that as usual the place in the security services and on top of most of it. peter was good to get your educated experienced thoughts on this kind of thing peter kirk informant police officer thanks taking the time to brief us from the. taliban militants have overrun a military base in northern afghanistan killing seventeen soldiers that says the u.n. has confirmed over one hundred civilians were killed in the latest clashes between the taliban and afghan forces in the city of gosney. humanitarian colleagues have

reported that heavy fighting in gaza city in the past three days has resulted in more than one hundred civilian casualties communications networks and electricity supply are currently down in the city resulting in water shortages and food is also reportedly running low fighting there escalated on friday when the taliban attempted to storm it into a control because he's considered a strategic area that would allow the group therefore to link already captured areas close to the capital kabul it looks at how almost two decades of the american led war in afghanistan has thus far failed to make the country any safer. this is what's happening just a little more than one hundred kilometers from the capital kabul there's barely a camera in gaza any available to film this dreadful battle locals say there are stronger descriptions than simply the tele ben is back in action and if it wasn't

for us air strikes the afghan army could have been in far worse trouble so it makes you wonder do american diplomats and their military keep in touch there is nothing that precludes us from an gauging with the taliban we're doing everything we can to ensure that our actions help the taliban and the afghan government does the same table. everything they can only a few weeks ago the state department said talking with the taliban was a good idea and regardless of how hostile their actions the extremists say they're forward to this is what we wanted and were waiting for to sit with the us directly and discuss the withdrawal of foreign troops from afghanistan the rumor is there's already been some direct contact at least we know for sure alice wells went to qatar last month where the taliban's got a political office i'm confused the armed group has all but regained its might

which not so long ago are in them a reputation of outright islamist barbarians in america and pretty much all over the world we acted and the taliban no longer is in power in afghanistan which is not only good for the security of the free world it is incredibly good for the people who suffered in afghanistan on the barbaric rule time flies us administrations come and go fair enough but the things the people in charge say about insurgents today could be totally different tomorrow taliban this taliban that the taliban are fighting isis and we encourage that because isis needs to be destroyed. oh so they're good for something at least if it's about knocking out islamic state yet just a few months earlier general nicholson said the taliban's fight against dyess was

a piece of russian propaganda we see here a narrative that's being used that grossly exaggerates the number of isis fighters here this narrative then is used as a justification for the russians to legitimize the actions of the taliban and provide some degree of support complicated heart of ghana's stan business as usual and the american strategy for afghanistan see above the american strategy a strategy from the beginning of the so-called war on terror which was launched after the september eleventh attacks as chose us so as this war has turned out to be an utter failure. you know i was we all know taliban was in a stronger position than it ever was in two thousand and one. so hence i think it's proof that the u.s. has been pursuing a wrong strategy in defeating terrorism on the contrary i think that the u.s. involvement up until now when the focus on military force in the region has looked

to the growth of terrorism the taliban is not just pulling out a gun it's firing it it could be time for the pentagon and the state department to hunt for ideas together and be more precise. more than twenty five thousand refugees have returned to syria in the past four months authorities say that people have been coming back since victory of the terrorists was in and he goes down off that some of them. and the border between syria and lebanon which is literally some two kilometers away from here is expected to become a major flood gate for those whose home sickness has turned into something big going to the actual return home right now we are at one out of five ports of entry established by the syrian government as they welcome its citizens whole there were many things to run from terror. pointless and unspeakable brutality but now there's one homeland. we suffered from terrorism for three years and eight

months all kinds of weapons were used against us but we stood firm and did not give up and kept fighting until we were transferred here the terrorists who are against life itself against peaceful citizens women and children it was very difficult for us to live but the terrorists were living in good conditions come to the terrorists left my city so i decided to return because it is safe there now i learned my town in syria is safe and that is why i decided to return with my family the government has promised to restore infrastructure in amman scale from hospitals to schools judging by the rules in this school there's a new subject on the curriculum and it's called survival from different types of landmines to improvised explosive devices and to simply objects that kids should be aware of this is what children in this school will be taught about when it opens this september but not everyone will be welcomed back to revive

a peaceful existence here like the white helmet hailed as a rescue organization by the west damascus isn't looking forward to their return syria's living abroad who have committed nothing against their i mean citizens should the sheer or nothing at all the government will ensure their safety and those who chose to flee the country should have committed a heinous crime this. which made them very afraid of staying in the country so the white helmets are criminals and they should be treated this way there are many displaced syrians who are being warned against getting ready to come home just yet we think that it's premature to promote return us syria feel very secure there's still a lot of war going on in syria even though out of the seven million people that escaped the conflict almost equal to rob them to come. breaking into that

you're going to take you straight to new scotland yard press conference happening right now about that instead this morning in front of parliament let's listen in. that vehicle collided with cyclists and pedestrians before hitting a barrier and coming to a stop two people have been taken to hospital while mom has already been discharged and one woman remains in big trees in serious but thankfully non-life threatening injuries another man was also treated at the sea but didn't require hospital treatment. the driver of the fiesta who was alone in the vehicle was arrested at the scene by armed officers who were already laid down. the man is in his late twenty's and he's been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses and has been taken to a south london police station where he remains in custody. given that this appears to be a deliberate act the method and this being an iconic site we are treating it as

a terrorist incident and the investigation is being led by officers from the counterterrorism. office is a search of a vehicle and no other weapons have been found of this time. at this early stage of the investigation no other suspects of the same have been identified or reported to police there is no intelligence at this time of third a danger to london as all the rest of the u.k. connected to this incident. top priority now is to formally establish the identity of the suspect under stablish his motivation if we can. he is not currently cooperating. however as you would expect detectives from the counterterrorism command are making various other urgent inquiries to ensure that there is no outstanding risk to the public. can i add to anyone who thinks that they may have information that criticise the investigation to callers on i weigh two hundred seven eight nine three two walnuts i weigh two hundred seven eight nine three two

one and frankly for the many people who've already come forward similarly if you've captured footage or images of this incident you can download those to us bar where . u.k. police image of pale dot co dot u.k. that's u.k. image of pale don't kowtow you trashed. clearly we are treating the scene and parliament square as a crime scene so called and a lot needs to be in place for some sign as the investigation team continues to carry out important work to establish exactly what happened. i can appreciate this is cause a great deal of disruption this morning to those who live work for visiting this area thank you to the public for their patience and understanding whilst we deal with the incident we will be working as quickly and diligently as possible in order to reopen the area but in the meantime i'd offer the public trying to avoid parliament square and westminster at this time. the safety of the public is always

our top priority and the met police will continue to do all that we can to protect the people of london as always the public should remain vigilant and if you see anything suspicious or something that causes you concern of course please dial nine nine nine. i'm happy to take a couple of questions this is going to be great to be a week like selling these things or you get. pretty peeved no point. going to fall asleep no matter how this morning there wasn't a police car and proceeds of the vehicle i believe it was an ambulance on a completely unrelated call it wasn't me that the vehicle has the right to do for you to stop to see does it look as if the driver was talking to the folks who specifically say that at this time i mean it certainly appears to be a deliberate act or what the motivation is with council which if somebody does counter-terrorism resurfaces where the council seems network is where they were

going i'm sure you haven't you haven't formally identified him yet so it's too early to make that judgement on the details that we have at the moment we don't believe this person whose names are. my five counterterrorism police and a lot of pleasure very much too precious to see you back for the truck when. we take you live to the assistant commissioner for the met the neil basso giving an update on what we pretty much knew already seven thirty seven this morning just middle of rush hour in london a silver ford fiesta colliding with a number of cyclists and pedestrians before then crashing into barriers outside the houses of parliament must be said the parliament on summer recess at the moment the driver of the car guy in his twenty's very quickly arrested at the scene by armed officers as we just heard he's been taken to a south london police station he remains in custody he's been arrested on suspicion of terrorist offenses no charges brought as of yet nobody else we're hearing two in the vehicle vehicle the silver car that's pretty much smashed up at the front you

seeing there from those earlier pictures remains at the scene it's being searched no weapons we hear recovered at this stage number of people taken to hospital nothing too serious thankfully. still another guy discharged no injuries to be clear life threatening the whole area around millbank the parliament in a state of lockdown still as the police carry out their investigations it's causing obviously it's going to cause a fair bit of disruption run a busy part of town but we heard earlier on from a former police officer saying when they do this kind of thing they try and cordon off at junctions to try and keep the traffic disruption to a minimum by the way the headline is that driver of a ford fiesta was alone in the car and is being held on suspicion of terrorism offenses he's being held in a south london police station. my thoughts are with those injured in the incident in westminster and my thanks to the emergency services for the immediate

in courageous response i'm in close contact with the police u.k. commissioner about the incident at parliament square thank you to the first responders who are. the scene so quickly inquiries are continuing westminster station is closed huge thanks to our emergency services for their rapid reaction to the incident in westminster this morning my thoughts are with those injured. some reaction that's coming already this morning closing from to resume a. imus international has launched to external events to gay sions into the suicide of two employees the death sparked an internal crisis about working conditions within that he will rights organization case in point first off let me call ross mcgregor she was twenty eight when she took her life earlier this summer an intern of amnesty she worked in geneva according to her father she developed health problems because of stress and then committed suicide just a few days of returning home now that happened five weeks after another suicide

within the organization this time a veteran i guess you could call him a sixty five year old guy called gator and moto veteran a search had spent thirty years in west africa he was found dead in amnesty's perry office and he left a suicide note in which he described pressure at work and the lack of management support a former employee shared their experience with us. as the former researcher for israel and palestine based in jerusalem i resigned in two thousand and eighteen due to security and safety issues as well as lack of support from management when it came to dealing with the stress i was basically put in danger and my family was put in danger because of the work that i was doing with amnesty because anas didn't even take the necessary precautions to protect the staff before having the office opened the program that amnesty had apparently had and i think it's still in place is you receive three phone calls to an external facility just to listen to you and i try to explain to them that for me this doesn't weigh and sadly i didn't even get

support when it came to health insurance and medical and medical assistance that i needed there due to the stress that i was under. promised full and independent inquiries into the deaths. of four hundred staff demanded an investigation and an open letter. to the existence of support programs for employees and promises to learn from the progress it says is sheer ramadan again those people working for reuters groups need to be protected to a lot of the journalists and a lot of human rights workers deal with these issues usually but with support from the organization i think the problem with with amnesty is there was a failure in the system in understanding the importance of mental health and resilience program within the institution itself you're talking about one of the biggest human rights organizations you're sending people to the field you're sending people to document human rights violations the priority is also ensuring that these field workers and human rights activists and personnel are safe themselves before having having them report on the violations is given only remorse

going to leave it how do you have a good friend you need to take you through the afternoon he'll bring you up to speed nor the latest coming from london crush car this morning just outside parliament in central london that police are treating it as a terror incident it's more details on that to come plus all the rest of the news and don't forget if you're out there your mobile download all the latest from our site so much on the straight to your mobile device for me. good afternoon. the.

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ah. this hour's breaking news from the u.k. london police confirm it is treating a car crash in westminster as a terrorist incident after a vehicle crashes into security barriers in the u.k. parliament during morning rush hour. also ahead this hour washington gets the cold shoulder from posing sanctions on middle east nations with a run saying there will be no negotiations with the u.s. and turkey likewise condemning its nato ally. the latest clashes between the afghan government and the taliban have killed over a hundred civilians with washington apartment.