they overpowered ayoub el—khazzani on the amsterdam to paris express train. to alek skarlatos, former us army national guard soldier who, along with fellow americans spencer stone and anthony sadler, overpowered the gunman. i asked his reaction to the life in prison sentence for el—khazzani. honestly, i'm just glad that he got the maximum allowed under french law. it's a huge relief that he will at least be locked up for the foreseeable future, anyway. and large part of that of course thanks to your efforts, you and your friends on that train in those moments. if it's ok, just take us back to that moment when you first realised what was going on, a man with a gun in your train carriage, what happened next? well, ijust heard a gunshot and breaking glass and a train employee running away from the noise and i looked back to see what he was running from and there was a shirtless man with an ak—47. i ducked down behind my seat, spencer stone was on the aisle seat next to me, waking up from a dead sleep, he turned around and saw the terrorist and ducked next to me

they overpowered ayoub el khazzani on the amsterdam to paris express train.alek skarlatos former us army national guard soldier who, along with fellow americans spencer stone and anthony sadler, overpowered the gunman. thank you so much for coming on the programme and talking to us. the programme and talking to us. of course, thanks for having me stop eia appreciated it must be a strange day for you today but what was your reaction to hearing that present? honestly i am just glad that he got the maximum allowed under french law. it is allowed under french law. it is a huge relief that he will at least be locked up for the foreseeable future, anyway. and large part of that of course thanks to your efforts, you and your friends thanks to your efforts, you and yourfriends on thanks to your efforts, you and your friends on that train in those moments. if it is ok, just take us back to that moment where you first realised what was going on, a man with a gun in yourtrain what was going on, a man with a gun in your train carriage, what happened next?” gun in your tr

and he did that was with ayoub el khazzani, and it failed. was being planned and, how he got to europe, the islamic state plot. but he didn't, and that's why it is an important trial and you got a sentence, because he made absolutely no attempt to draw any attention to what was to come. and what was to come was the bataclan and other attacks in paris which were so deadly. hugh, who have to leave it there. thank you very much in the, i'll be a couple minutes' time. hello there. earlier on today, we had a respite from this wet and windy theme, but we have seen the cloud increasing, thickening up, moving and very rapidly from the atlantic, it brought rain in some places. these weather fronts will take the rain across northern ireland, scotland and push it further into england and wales. for a while, that rain will be heavy as well. it will eventually push down towards the southeast of england, other areas away from here becoming drier later on in the night. but there is a lot of cloud around, and it's quite blowy out there as well. so it's going

ayoub el—khazzani was overpowered by passengers, including three off—duty american soldiers.ident was later turned into a hollywood film. us cybersecurity experts say a major hacking campaign uncovered this week posed a "grave risk" to the government's nuclear stockpile. the treasury and commerce department was also the subject of an attempted attack. now on bbc news: the travel show. on the show this week... the panto survivors keeping the show on the road. the native american woman making waves in the grand canyon. the roman empire's sunken party town. and how to run up a sand dune. it's tough. ijust keep thinking, relentless forward motion, just one step in front of the other. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you from the festive windsor. now, in spite of the glimmers of hope we are hearing on the news, for many of us, travel is still impractical. but never fear, because we are here to bring you inspiration amid all these dark and gloomy nights. first, though... for britain's theatres, christmas can only mean one thing — panto! singing, dancing, comedy, rom

ayoub el khazzani opened fire in a carriage, but was foiled when his automatic gun jammed.ding two off—duty american servicemen. india's supreme court has refused to block large—scale farmers' demonstrations, saying they have the right to protest, so long as there's no violence. the court was responding to petions compaining about closed roads. thousands of farmers have been protesting for three weeks against new laws they say will hurt their profits. borisjohnson has spoken to the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen on the phone as uk and eu negotiators continue to try to thrash out a post—brexit trade deal. mrjohnson says the talks are in a very serious situation with time running out. meanwhile the chief executive at the port of dover, europe's busiest trucking port, says he's expecting disruption when britain finally pulls away from the eu's trading rules at the start of next year. from dover, simonjack, reports. radio: there are long, long delays because of lorries waiting to get into the docks into dover. this might be the most important trade r

ayoub el—khazzani was overpowered by passengers, including three off—duty american soldiers.ident was later turned into a hollywood film. us cyber—security experts say a major hacking campaign uncovered this week posed a "grave risk" to the government's nuclear stockpile. the treasury and commerce department was also the subject —— the treasury and commerce department were also the subject of an attempted attack. several politicians have blamed the russian government but moscow says the claims are "baseless". now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. with me, zina badawi. there are not many elections where the two candidates are an incumbent president of 3a years‘ standing and a pop star turned politician. campaigning is under way for next month's presidential election in uganda and my guest at the leading opposition figure in uganda, robert kyagula nyi, better known as bobi wine. in november, more than 50 of his supporters were killed by security forces during a rally which the authorities said violated covid—19 restrictions. bobi wine has been badly assa

ayoub el khazzani was overpowered by passengers, including three off—duty american soldiers.ncident was later turned into a hollywood film. us cyber—security experts say a major hacking campaign, uncovered this week, posed a grave risk to the government's nuclear stockpile. the treasury and commerce department was also the subject of an attempted attack. several politicians have blamed the russian government, but moscow says the claims are baseless. now on bbc news, on the 70th anniversary of one of her career—defining films all about eve, talking movies looks back at the life and times of bette davis. hello from new york. i'm tom brook, and welcome to this special edition of talking movies, in which we pay tribute to one of the greatest actresses of 20th—century american cinema, bette davis. many people know her because of her famous lines, "fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night" from her picture, all about eve, or, "i would "kiss you but i've just washed my hair" from the cabin in the cotton. she was a real survivor, born in 1908, she made some 100 movies o

ayoub el khazzani was overpowered by passengers, including three off—duty american soldiers.ncident was later turned into a hollywood film. us cyber—security experts say a major hacking campaign, uncovered this week, posed a "grave risk" to the government's nuclear stockpile. the treasury and commerce department was also the subject of an attempted attack. several politicians have blamed the russian government but moscow says the claims are baseless. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament — where labour says borisjohnson shouldn't ignore medical worries about relaxing covid restrictions for christmas. can he tell us what is the assessment, and has it been done of the impact that it will have on infection rates and increased pressure on the nhs? i wish he had the gutsjust to say what he really wants to do, which is to cancel the plans that people have made and cancel christmas. that's really... i think that's what he's driving at. also on this programme: scotland's first minister comes under pressure over a record number of

ayoub el khazzani was overpowered by passengers after opening fire.lo, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are former fleet street editor eve pollard and the uk trade and economics correspondent at politico, anna isaac. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the sun leads with news that beatles legend sir paul mccartney has said he will have the vaccine for coronavirus as soon as he is allowed. that comes on the day two thirds of england ended up in the toughest tier 3 restrictions. "tiers before bedlam" is the mirror's headline. it says, "38 million under toughest rules until christmas free—for—all four days later." the daily mail calls it "the bleakest midwinter" and writes that britain faces a third national lockdown after christmas. the guardian leads with something a little different. they reveal that growing numbers of hospitals are running short of beds. sticking with health, "just scraps for carers" leads the metro. they report that 39% of nurses say they have missed meals because they're s