a man is tasered by police after several people were stabbed at the arndale shopping centre in manchester. turkish warplanes carry out more attacks in syria. tensa of thousands of civilians flee for their lives. tens of thousands of civilians flee for their lives. back in britain — the daughter of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the womanjailed in iran. and scotland take legal advice over the threatened cancellation of their make or break match in the rugby world cup. coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news... nike shut down the oregon project following the four—year athletic ban for the former head coach alberto salazar. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. european council president donald tusk says there are "promising signals" that a brexit deal is still possible. it follows yesterday's talks between the british and irish prime ministers, borisjohnson and leo varadkar, who said there's a "pathway to an agreement", ahead of next week's crucial eu summit. the european union has now given the green light for intensified talks known as "tunnel negotiations". our brus

it a ll started the arndale centre remains close. rted at 1115 this morning, when police were cultured at shopping centre to reports of one or possibly two men randomly attacking people in the starbucks cafe with damien arndale centre area. it is not sure how serious the people who are injured, or under them not sure how serious the people who are injured, or underthem is believed to be seriously injured with a stab winter. the condition of the other four are not known. they have been taking to hospital. eyewitnesses were told they were alerted to what was going on by screams and then there is a palin cannot support by running through the arndale centre. security shutters and some of the shop started to come down. police say that counterterrorism police are leading this investigation, but that you should not read into that that this is definitely a terrorist attack. but they are keeping all options open in terms of a potential motive at this stage. so, peter, what is the impact on the wider area? we can see behind you the police tape.

five people are injured in a knife attack in the arndale shopping centre, in manchester. counter terrorism police are investigating and have detained a man in his 40s. we'll have increased patrols, including armed patrol in the city centre this weekend. this is to reassure people, but we do not believe there is a wider threat, at this time. brexit talks intensify, between the uk and the eu but both sides say there's still a way to go. brexit is like climbing a mountain. we need vigilance, determination and patience. the un says 100,000 people have left their homes in northern syria following turkey's attack, on kurdish held areas. the nobel peace prize goes to the ethiopian prime minister for playing a key role in ending the 20 year war with neighbouring eritrea. england travel to prague, to take on the czech republic, a winter night would cement their place at euro 2020. news watch, as protesters make their presence felt again, has the bbc got the balance on reporting on climate change right? join us tonight at 7:45pm here on bbc news. five people have been injured, in a

three people have been stabbed at the arndale shopping centre, in manchester.e say a man in his 40s has been arrested, on suspicion of terrorism offence. two women and a man were taken to hospital with stab wounds; a third woman, who wasn't stabbed, was treated at the scene. 0ur correspondent richard galpin has this report. police, including from the counterterrorism unit, arrived quickly here at manchester's busy arndale centre. officers, racing to the scene, where a man was lunging at shoppers, with a large knife. just a few minutes later, the man, who is in his 405, was caught, and i5 who is in his 405, was caught, and is being held on suspicion of terrorist offences. it wasjust. .. panic, i think. terrorist offences. it wasjust. .. panic, ithink. nobody terrorist offences. it wasjust. .. panic, i think. nobody really knew what was going on. and... people 5ta rted what was going on. and... people 5tarted shutting the shutters on the shop and people were diving into the shops, it was scary. we were one floor up, so we didn't actually see it happen, we just sa

dropsy in the arndale centre opening up dropsy in the arndale centre opening upfor dropsy in the arndaleace went into lockdown yesterday when that man started randomly stabbing people here in the centre of the arndale centre. 0bviously, there was a lot of panic and concern but the emergency services were very quickly on the scene to arrest and detain that man, police keeping an open mind as to what his motivation might have been and have been treating it as a possible terrorist incident. the centre is open, the message seems to be business is open. all the staff are turning up, they will be tense and frightened, they will be tense and frightened, the security is all over the place. we are asking manchester to rally around and support staff today. manchester councillors will be here all day. a lot of praise for the emergency services yesterday and the speed with which they responded, armed police here within five minutes. manchester, with its past experiences, has a finely honed plan in place. you saw the planning that we do for all these emergencies yesterday and it was in place yesterda

five people have been injured in a knife attack at the arndale centre in manchester city centre.ing tasered by police. the counter—terrorism unit are now leading the investigation although police say they are keeping an open mind about the motive. 0ur correspondent danny savage is there. for much of today, this area around me was completely cordoned off after the multiple stabbing in the shopping centre behind me. police say they think it is an isolated incident and that nobody else was involved. a man has been arrested on suspicion of terror offences. whatever the motive, it was undoubtedly very frightening experience for everybody that in this area earlier today. pa: please leave the area immediately... late morning, in the main shopping area of central manchester. the arndale centre is being evacuated. inside, police are seen running towards the danger. some customers are locked in the shops, including one man, who was joined by a woman, who the attacker has just lashed out at. he was just going round, presumably stabbing random people. it wasn't until the police finally came

the headlines: five people are injured in a knife attack in the arndale shopping centre in manchester between the uk and the eu, but both sides say there is still a way to go. the un says 100,000 people have left their homes in northern syria following turkey's attack on kurdish held areas. the nobel peace prize goes to the ethiopian prime minister for his role in ending the conflict with neighbouring eritrea. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me i have political commentator and former labour party director of communications lance price, and the deputy political editor at the daily express, sam lister. lovely to see you both. before our chat, a quick look through the front pages. the mirror leads with a knife attack in manchester in which five people were hurt, the i going with the same story and reporting that an armed police confronted the attacker. the daily telegraph front page features the planned weekend of intensive talks between the european union and downing street. the ft also goes

centre was evacuated. five people have been stabbed, according to emergency services. —— the arndale shopping centre.me minister has said, shocked by the incident in manchester and my thoughts with the injured had all those affected. thank you to excellent emergency servers who have responded and are now investigating what happened. we know the counterterror police are investigating after those stabbings, some five people stabbed in the arndale shopping centre in manchester. diane abbott, the labour shadow home secretary, has tweeted to say she is very concerned by what has happened and is keeping abreast of developments. we will keep you posted. a number of deaths allegedly linked to e—cigarettes in the united states has been leading to concern over the safety of vaping. so today the industry is launching a campaign to try to reassure millions of vapours in the uk that it is a safe alternative to smoking. milwaukee's health department issued an alert telling people to stop using those e—cigarettes immediately. it is being described in america as an epidemic. that is now 27 deaths linked to vaping in

terry ashworth was in the arndale centre when the incident took place.o him earlier this evening as he talked us through the first moment he knew something was wrong. i was getting something for my little boy and as they came out, i noticed security running out and some police and i thought that there was an incident at at that it was the same thing happening. so just looking around and to the left of me, someone looking around and to the left of me, someone had just been stabbed and obviously, the guy had run out the centre. i asked my friend to ring the ambulance and by this time they're trying to keep us indoors and keep us safe. but i said to the security guard, let's all go in there. so as i left the area, people came running inside and think he's got a came running inside and think he's gota bomb, he's came running inside and think he's got a bomb, he's got a bomb. so obviously there was a lot of panic. as it turns out, this one stretch film and allowed police were there and amended a half and then obviously, dashed minute. the detained him straigh

moments earlier, police inside the arndale centre ran towards the danger.omers were locked inside the shops, including one man who was joined by a woman who the attacker had just lashed out at. he was just going round, presumably stabbing random people. it wasn't until the police finally came in, and they actually asked us if it was a real knife, and they confirmed it was a real knife, that she obviously flooded with tears. five people were injured by the attacker, as the shopping centre went into lockdown. people started shutting, like, the shutters in the shops, and folk were, like, diving into the shops. it was scary. announcement: please leave the area immediately. i mean, this fella just comes towards you, it is quite, you know, frightening. tonight, part of the shopping centre is still closed as the scene is examined in detail. police say the man they arrested has now been assessed by specialist doctors and being detained under the mental health act. this is a truly shocking incident, entering a number of people and deeply frightening more. he also sa

at the arndale centre today, a very public show of support and reassurance for the people of greateril's leader. greater manchester always does what it does best, which is to come together, bring things under control, reassure the public. that's what we're doing this morning. an enhanced police presence too, officers — some armed

at the arndale centre today, a very public show of support and reassurance for the people of greaterester always does what it does best, which is to come together, bring things under control, reassure the public. that's what we're doing this morning. an enhanced police presence too, officers — some armed with submachineguns — on patrol as shoppers went about their business. we had planned to come here all week anyway, so yesterday was no deterrent whatsoever for us. it'sjust going back to work, isn't it? just a normal day, nothing to worry about. we are going to get over it, we will be there together, we will stand for each other. every time we have had an incident in the past, that rich diversity of the city comes together as one, as mancunians, and says, we are going to get on with life. police say a man with a knife lunged at people in the shopping centre yesterday. three are being treated in hospital for stab wounds, two others were also hurt. a 40—year—old man from manchester was arrested on suspicion of terror offences, before being detained under the mental health act. one of

moments earlier, police inside the arndale centre ran towards the danger. some customers were locked inside the shops, including one man who was joined by a woman who the attacker had just lashed out at. he was just going round, presumably stabbing random people. it wasn't until the police finally came in, and they actually asked us if it was a real knife, and they confirmed it was a real knife, that she obviously flooded with tears. five people were injured by the attacker, as the shopping centre went into lockdown. people started shutting, like, the shutters in the shops, and folk were, like, diving into the shops. it was scary. announcement: please leave the area immediately. i mean, this fella just comes towards you, it is quite, you know, frightening. tonight, part of the shopping centre is still closed, as the scene is examined in detail. police say the man they arrested has now been assessed by specialist doctors and is being detained under the mental health act. this is a truly shocking incident, injuring a number of people and deeply frightening mo

moments earlier, police inside the arndale centre ran towards the danger.uding one man who was joined by a woman who the attacker had just lashed out at. he was just going round presumably stabbing random people. it wasn't until the police finally came in, and she asked us if it was a real knife and they confirmed it was a real knife, she then obviously flooded with tears. five people were injured by the attacker, as the shopping centre went into lockdown. people started shutting, like, the shutters in the shops, and folk were like diving into the shops. it was scary. announcement: please leave the area immediately. i mean, this fella comes towards you, it is quite, you know, frightening. tonight, part of the shopping centre is still closed as the scene is examined in detail. police say thankfully none of the injuries are life—threatening. he also said the incident was bound to bring back memories of the awful events at the manchester arena. danny savage, bbc news, manchester. mo farah says he feels let down by his former coach alberto salazar, who's been b

moments earlier, police inside the arndale centre ran towards the danger.ers were locked inside the shops, including one man who was joined by a woman who the attacker had just lashed out at. he was just going round, presumably stabbing random people. it wasn't until the police finally came in, and they actually asked us if it was a real knife, and they confirmed it was a real knife, that she obviously flooded with tears. five people were injured by the attacker, as the shopping centre went into lockdown. people started shutting, like, the shutters in the shops, and folk were, like, diving into the shops. it was scary. announcement: please leave the area immediately. i mean, this fella just comes towards you, it is quite, you know, frightening. tonight, part of the shopping centre is still closed, as the scene is examined in detail. police say the man they arrested has now been assessed by specialist doctors and is being detained under the mental health act. this is a truly shocking incident, injuring a number of people and deeply frightening more. he also

basically yesterday morning in the arndale centre behind me a man suddenly started lunging at people at people with a knife. obviously it took everyone by surprise and there was a certain amount of panic and distress at this and eyewitnesses said hejust appeared to be lunging at people randomly. in all, five people were hurt, three suffered stab wounds and the other two suffered more superficial injuries and thankfully none of those injuries were life—threatening. armed police were on the scene here within five minutes or so but before then, two unarmed community support officers actually attempted to tackle the man with a knife and he ended up chasing after them but as i say, armed officers on the scene very quickly and they brought him under control and they brought him under control and arrested him and he has now been detained as you say under the mental health act and this was treated as a potential terrorist incident because of the nature of the crime that was committed obviously, somebody running around with a knife in a shopping centre. of course shopping centres such as the

three people are stabbed in a knife attack at the arndale shopping centre in manchester. police arrest a man in his 40s on suspicion of terrorism. we will have increased patrols including armed patrols this weekend. this is to reassure people but we don't believe there is a wider threat. eu countries agreed to intensify brexit talks with the uk but both sides say more work is needed to get a deal. turkey's offensive against the kurds continues, the un says 100,000 people have now fled their homes in northern syria. and the five—year—old daughter of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british woman jailed in iran, returns to britain. ina in a moment it's going to be sportsday but first let's take a look at what else is coming up on bbc news. at 7:15pm, we will speak to professor laura hammond about the nobel peace prize awarded today to the ethiopian prime minister. and that 7:20 p m we are going to be discussing matters with the met police deputy assistant commissioner lawrence taylor after the met revealed extension rebellion protests have stretched police forces in london. a

five people are injured in a knife attack in the arndale shopping centre in manchester.ating and have detained a man in his 405. we'll have increased patrols including armed patrol in the city centre this weekend. this is to reassure people but we do not believe there is a wider threat at this time. brexit talks intensify between the uk and the eu tonight the president of the european council says that hope for a deal is bigger and more tangible. the un says one hundred thousand people have left their homes in northern syria following turkey's attack on kurdish held areas. and the nobel peace prize goes to the ethiopian prime minister. he played a key role in ending the 20 year war

the headlines at 11pm: five people are injured in a knife attack in the arndale shopping centre in manchester in his 40s. we will have increased patrols including armed patrols in the city centre this weekend. this is to reassure people. but we do not believe that there is a wider threat at this time. brexit talks intensified between the uk and the eu, but both sides say there is still a way to go. brexit is like climbing a mountain. we need vigilance, determination and patience. the un says 100,000 people have left their homes

centre of manchester yesterday. three of the victims were treated for stab wounds following the incident at the arndale shopping centreact. four major payments firms — including mastercard and visa — have pulled out of facebook‘s project to launch its own cryptocurrency. the scheme — called libra — has been strongly criticised by american regulators, who worry it could be used for money laundering. the government is planning to change the law to reduce disruption to passengers when an airline goes into administration. the announcement, due in the queen's speech on monday, follows the collapse of monarch and thomas cook — which triggered huge repatriation operations. our business correspondent, katie prescott, has more. when thomas cook and monarch went under, the airline regulator, the civil aviation authority, had to cobble together aeroplanes from around the world to bring stranded holiday—makers home. even though many passengers were not covered by the industry's atol scheme, a decision was taken to repatriate them to avoid people facing long waits to get back. in effect, they built a shadow airline recreating trav

public are praised for helping to stop a suspect who stabbed three people in manchester's arndale shopping centre

public are praised for helping to stop a suspect who stabbed three people in manchester's arndale shopping centreer samoa. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there've been fierce clashes between turkish troops and kurdish militia in north—eastern syria. much of the fighting has been in the border area near ras al—ain. turkey claims its military has entered the town, but the kurdish—led syrian democratic forces dispute this. since fighting broke out on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are believed to have been killed and more than 100,000 people have fled their homes. ankara says it wants to establish a 20—mile deep buffer zone,

public are praised for helping to stop a suspect who stabbed three people in manchester's arndale shopping centreesterday. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, joe twyman and yasmin alibhai—brown. stay with us for that. good evening. there have been fierce clashes between turkish troops and kurdish forces in northeastern syria. since hostilities began on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are thought to have died on both sides of the frontier, and more than a hundred thousand people have fled their homes. much of today's fighting has been in the border area near ras al—ain. the turkish military have entered the strategically important town, but they're facing stiff resistance from the kurdish—led, syrian democratic forces. ankara says it wants to establish a 20 mile deep buffer zone across the frontier with syria, to keep out kurdish militias and resettle syrian refugees. from the turkish side of the border, here's our international correspondent orla guerin, and a warning, her report does contain some distressing images. the front line in a conflict that is spreadin

a man arrested on suspicion of stabbing shoppers at the arndale shopping centre in manchester has beens held on suspicion of committing a terrorism offence before being assessed by specialist doctors. let's get the latest now from our reporter dave guest, who is in manchester city centre for us today. tell us what happened, because for a long time, actually, the centre was shut as people were told to leave for their safety. that's right, yes. 0bviously shopping centres do have emergency procedures planned ahead of anything like this happening, and what happened at the arndale yesterday was as soon as this incident began, the shop started putting down the shutters. shoppers who were in the shops were told to go to the back of the stores for their own safety while the police came to deal with the incident. the police very quickly on the scene after this man apparently started lunging randomly at people passing by. three people suffered stab wounds. thankfully none of those we re wounds. thankfully none of those were life changing or life—threatening injuries. another two people suffered

police are continuing to investigate the events at manchester's arndale shopping centre yesterday aftermental health act. a former army chief — lord dannatt — has expressed his disappointment that a proposed law designed to increase legal protection for military veterans who served in northern ireland has not been included in monday's queen's speech. the prime minister had previously pledged to introduce the law before the next general election. new research suggests people in their 40s who are fast walkers are aging more slowly. using a simple test scientists found that the bodies of slower walkers' were ageing more quickly, their brains were smaller and their faces looked older. the biggest storm to hitjapan for 60 years has made landfall, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain to the west coast. two people have been killed. millions of people have been urged to leave their homes ahead of the arrival of typhoon hagibis. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. this is the hii river near mount fuji. usually it is a clear mountain stream. today, it was turned into a raging, boil

a man arrested on suspicion of stabbing shoppers at the arndale shopping centre in manchester has beenealth act. the man in his 40s was held on suspicion of committing a terrorism offence before being assessed by specialist doctors. three people were taken to hospital. two others received treatment at the scene. british and eu officials will continue brexit talks this weekend, amid rising speculation a deal is on the cards which could break the deadlock over the irish border. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier gave the green light yesterday for intensive discussions between officials to start. a french man who went on the run after his family was murdered eight years ago has been arrested at glasgow airport. xavier dupont de ligonnes had been at large since his wife and four children were found buried in the garden of their home in nantes in western france. jane fonda has been arrested at a climate change protest in washington after she refused to leave the steps of the capitol building and was led away by police in handcuffs. 16 others were arrested at the event which is held we

tears by a thank you note from a young boy following last week's knife attack in manchester's arndale centreg from bbc london, i'm tarah welsh. trafalgar square has been cleared of climate change activists after the police issued a london—wide ban on the group's protests. extinction rebellion had been lawfully camped in the area since last monday. more than 1,400 people have been arrested during eight days of disruption across the capital. police have told protestors to stop their action immediately or face arrest. the queen will attend a service at westminster abbey today to mark its 750th anniversary. the church was originally built by edward the confessor, but in 1269 it was replaced with the grand gothic structure that stands on the site today. he is one of the uk's most famous artists, and now work from antony gormley‘s 45—year career is going on display at the royal academy. the exhibition combines old and new work from the sculptor. the installation is being described as his most ambitious project for a decade. i think that creativity, in a world which is becoming incredibly informati

now we need to review on the situation at the arndale shopping centre in manchester where there is ansponding to an incident as they put it. as you can see, the picture there, a man held down by one police officer with another police officer holding a taser and pointing it at him. reports from the scene suggest large numbers of police and ambulance paramedics, so a fast moving situation in manchester in the last few moments. we will go back to that as soon as we have more. now back to the politics. there have been talks this morning between the brexit secretary and the eu chief negotiator. let's get more from jonathan blake, who is in westminster. where do you see it now? if you look at the noises from brussels in the last few hours, things are looking positive in terms of both sides working towards the basis of a deal. michel barnier met the brexit secretary this morning, describing that conversation as constructive, and then going off to brief the diplomats from all the different member states. we had donald tusk earlier this morning, the president of the eu council describing the s