-- forbury gardens?dens is the main sort of park area in reading. it is five minutes from the station, it is two minutes from the main shopping area, it is the place where people go, especially on a sunday like today, to sit and have lunch, during lockdown, to sit and socialise with friends. it's quite a large area, nicely enclosed, although it is in the centre of town very although it is in the centre of town m-u although it is in the centre of town very - police say that other very peaceful. police say that other emergency services also attended. how quickly did they all. there? emergency services also attended. how not kly did they all. there? emergency services also attended. how not sure id they all. there? emergency services also attended. how not sure exactly. ll. there? emergency services also attended. how not sure exactly. the | there? emergency services also attended. how not sure exactly. the air|ere? i am not sure exactly. the air ambulance was with us just after 7pm. there were sirens going

the home secretary came to the scene of the attack in forbury gardens to pay her respects.edding was the actions of one lone individual, we should bear that in mind. lee had that individual in custody, they are not looking for anybody else, we should all remain alert, we should all remain vigilant in terms of the fact that threats are all around us but we have to respond in the right kind of way and very mindful of the type of society that we live in. a second person who died in the attack has been named by his family in america asjoe ritchie—bennett, he'd been living in the uk for about 15 years. his family said they had lost a brilliant and loving son. civic and religious leaders from all parts of the multiethnic community came to lay flowers at the park. they said the attack was uniting the city in its grief. we are one united redding, we are not going to let something like this come into our community, any form of terrorism, we will stamp that out, we stand here to support and our thoughts and prayers are with the families and victims at this time. we are here to stand

witnesses reporting a lone man attacking random members of the public in forbury gardens. small park right in the centre of the berks town. it was busy with people relaxing in the sunshine on the longest day of the year. one witness described the sudden and savage nature of the assault. there was quite a lot of people in the park, all drinking with friends. and there was a group of about 8—10 people i think, middle—aged men, drinking in a circle. and suddenly, this one lone man started off the park of the rest —— of the park to the left, stabbed one, just once, went around to the next person, stabbed them, went around to the next person and managed to get three of them before anyone thought of realised. a local journalist who spoke to one of many witnesses said people scrambled to escape the scene. there was a waiter at a restau ra nt there was a waiter at a restaurant near to the gardens which are about 300 yards away who i spoke to around nine o'clock this evening, who said that he saw loads of people running away from the scene, he saw customers who were collecting orde

the incident happened in forbury gardens in reading town centre — at around 7 o'clock in the evening.hortly afterwards. armed police later carried out raids in a block of flats in another part of the city. john mcmanus reports from reading. 36—year—old james furlong, one of the three people who died in saturday evenings horrifying terror attack in the centre of reading, and the only one named so far. his parents, gary and janet, described him as a wonderful man who would live in their hearts forever. james was a teacher at the holt school in wokingham, where he was head of history. on sunday, the school released a statement, calling him... former students have also paid tribute, including molly collins. he was, like, one of the best teachers they've had, so passionate, enthusiastic, positive all the time. made the extra mile for everyone. always wanted people to be happy and included. and i don't think he knew how much of an impact he had on everyone's life. it's so, so sad. james furlong had been enjoying a summer evening here at forbury gardens when the stabbing attack began. police

i mean, forbury gardens is an important place in reading.of the motive? as you say, an entirely senseless and horrific at. we don't know anything more about the motive at the moment. there is an ongoing police investigation and i don't think it would be helpful to speculate further than that. what about the actual property itself, which took place i think later on that evening. i know a large area around there was also sealed off stop can you give us any more information about that? again, it's a matterfor you any more information about that? again, it's a matter for you to speak to the police. what i would say is for our part, at the council, we are offering our full support to police and emergency services. we all want to know and i'm quite sure the police, as more information is available, will be sharing that. we understand there was a black lives matter event but that was some hours earlier. as far as you are aware, no connection between the two incidents? absolutely no connection between them. the black lives matter event between them.

two casualties being treated there, so the latest we are hearing is this incident happened at forbury gardens in the area is urging people to stay away from the area, saying police are dealing with "a serious incident". i will try and bring you more on that in a few minutes' time here on bbc news. let's return to our top story now — in less then three hours, president trump is set to speak in front of a crowd of 19,000 people in tulsa, oklahoma. it's set to be one of the largest events in the united states since the coronavirus forced most parts the united states to enter a state of lockdown. this is the scene outside the bank of oklahoma center, where president trump is set to speak. critics say the event will help the coronavirus to spread. president trump's team say they had more than1 million requests for tickets. masks will be handed out to attendees, but the president will not wear one himself. well, let's get a sense of what it's like on the ground at the rally in tulsa. i spoke to tommy zegan — he's an ardent trump supporter and artist who's spent the last year building this, a six fo

this man was also in forbury gardens and sally evening and saw a group of men come under attack first happen, to see anything like that. it is awful. i saw people die in front of me. it was crazy, i still can't really comprehend it. still a bit shocking. reading has been left shock by the weekend's events. my heart goes out to everybody affected by it. it is tragic, absolutely. it's something we're not going to forget for a long time here now. people will bea long time here now. people will be a bit tense and i think more watchful about the surroundings i guess. really shocked, a bit scared, just because it is very weird to see where you live on the news. this morning at 10am, the news. this morning at 10am, the town will pause to remember those who didn't make it through the weekend. john mcmanus, bbc news. nearly 50,000 people now have died from the coronavirus in brazil, where more than a million cases of the virus have also been confirmed. only the united states has recorded more deaths and cases. our correspondent katy watson has this report from sao paolo. it was just a little c

all six men were sitting on the grass in two separate groups in forbury gardens in reading on saturdayseven o'clock in the evening. the attack lasted less than two minutes. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. more than half a million people have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic, with the united states being the worst affected country. let's look at some of the day's other news. a new report says china is forcing women to be sterilised or fitted with contraceptive devices in xinjiang in an apparent attempt to limit the population of muslim uighurs. the report, by china scholar adrian zenz, has prompted calls for the united nations to investigate. china denies the allegations in the report, calling them "baseless". a serial killer known as the golden state killer has pleaded guilty to 13 counts of murder and kidnapping. a former police officer, joseph james deangelo jr, terrorised the state of california in the 1970s and 80s but was only identified and arrested in 2018 after police made a major dna breakthrough. deangelo jr also admitted to 62 counts of rape, w

laurence wort was also in forbury gardens on saturday evening and saw a group of men come under attackthing like that to — to see anything like that. it's awful. i saw people die in front of me. it's crazy. i still can't really comprehend it. it's still a bit shocking. reading has been left shock by the weekend's events. my heart goes out to everybody affected by it. it's tragic, absolutely. it's something we're not going to forget for a long time here now. people will be a bit tense and i think more watchful about their surroundings, i guess. really shocked, a bit scared, just because it is very weird to see where you live on the news. this morning at 10am, the town will pause to remember those who didn't make it through the weekend. john mcmanus, bbc news. john mcmanus is live in reading now. such a difficult day for everyone who lives there. morning. morning, louise. yes, ithink who lives there. morning. morning, louise. yes, i think that minute's silence at 10am this morning will be very widely observed here in reading and not just because very widely observed here in reading and n

he's suspected of attacking groups of complete strangers enjoying a summer evening in forbury gardenshe town centre, at around 7pm yesterday evening. a group of men was targeted first. he darted round anticlockwise the circle, got one, went to another, stabbed the next one, went to another, stabbed the next one. i still thought it was a scuffle, but i was watching, ‘cause i didn't want to get involved in anything. i was just watching, and then he stood up, and i saw a massive knife in his hand, probably at least five inches minimum. and then he turned and started looking towards us, and that's when ijust started shouting, "run!" and i heard a lot of screams in the park and a lot of people realised and started running away. one of those killed was 36—year—old james furlong. his parents said tonight he was a wonderful man who will live in their hearts forever. he was head of history at the holt school in wokingham, who was in the park with friends, which wrote in a letter to parents the school, "james was a very kind and gentle man. he had a real sense of duty and cared for each and eve

police were called to the scene in forbury gardens in the centre of reading around 7pm on friday eveningr—old man from the town was detained at the scene and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. 0ur news correspondent helena wilkinson reports from the scene in reading. thames valley police say that a man was arrested at the scene. the bbc understands that he is thought to be libyan. he is in custody at the moment. and, also, the prime minister, boris johnson, has responded to what happened here on saturday evening. he has said in a statement "my thoughts are with those affected" by what he describes as "an appalling incident in reading" and he goes on to thank the emergency services on the scene. and we spoke to one eyewitness who was in the park, he saw what happened. and he told us he saw a man go to a group of people, began stabbing people in the group, moved onto another group and did the same, and then left the park very quickly. now, officers clearly want to speak to anybody who was in the park when that incident happened. they are asking people, though, not to share what has

another member of our parliamentary family who, by chance, was at forbury gardens on saturday, ran courageously— his only focus to help the injured. mr speaker, i would like to pay particular tribute to james antell, a member of my own staff who not only used his own shirt to stem the bleeding of one victim, but continued resuscitation on a second victim until the paramedics arrived. the person who's been arrested suspected of these offences has been reported as being of interest to the security services as a potential terrorist sympathizer, and was released well before the end of his sentence from a prison — a mere 16 days before this murderous rampage took place. there have been newspaper reports of him engaging in alarming behaviour ahead of the incident. so, given these serious concerns, can the home secretary confirm for me that he was being supervised when he left prison under multi—agency arrangements for public protection, as would seem appropriate? and, if so, at what level? mr speaker, as i've already said, there is an investigation under way in relation to this incident. it would be

he's suspected of attacking groups of complete strangers enjoying a summer evening in forbury gardensright in the town centre, at around 7:00 yesterday evening. a group of men was targeted first. he darted round anticlockwise the circle, got one, went to another, stabbed the next one, went to another, stabbed the next one. i still thought it was a scuffle, but i was watching, ‘cause i didn't want to get involved in anything. i was just watching, and then he stood up, and i saw a massive knife in his hand, probably at least five inches minimum. and then he turned and started looking towards us, and that's when ijust started shouting, "run!" and i heard a lot of screams in the park and a lot of people realised and started running away. one of those killed was 36—year—old james furlong. his parents said tonight he was a wonderful man who would live in their hearts forever. he was head of history at the holt school in wokingham, who was in the park with friends, which wrote in a letter to parents the school, "james was a very kind and gentle man. he had a real sense of duty and cared for

yesterday evening with witnesses reporting a lone man attacking random members of the public in forbury gardensit's a small park right in the centre of the berkshire town, and it was busy with people relaxing in the sunshine on the longest day of the year. one witness described the savage nature of the assault. there were quite a few people in the park. there was a group of eight to ten people, middle—aged men drinking in a circle. suddenly this one lone man darted off the park to the left towards them. he stabbed one just once, went around to the next person, stabbed them, went around to the next person. he managed to get three of them before anyone sort of realise. a localjournalist who spoke to one of many witnesses said people scrambled to escape the scene. there was a waiter at a restaurant near to the garden who i spoke to at about nine o'clock this evening. he said he saw loads of people running away from the scene. he saw customers collecting orders telling staff at the restaurant that they'd seen loads of police cars go by. and they were forced to close the restaurant early as a safety

police were called to forbury gardens in reading at about 7pm on saturday following reports that a number armed police officers with shields were seen later that evening entering a block of flats in basingstoke road in the city at about iipm. from reading, our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford sent this report. this is thought to be the moment just minutes after the attack on saturday night that an armed police officers detained the man suspected officers detained the man suspected of killing the three friends. but the careful process of gathering and examining evidence for the investigation being run by counter—terrorism policing is still atan counter—terrorism policing is still at an early stage. nobody has yet been charged. the home secretary, priti patel, was in reading this morning to lay flowers, to meet the officers, some of them student officers, some of them student officers, that she said ran towards danger and to discuss what is known about the man in custody. we have to look at all aspects of this individuals history, which dates back over several years. i think we sh

police were called to forbury gardens at about 7pm on saturday, following reports that a number of people with shields were seen later that evening entering a block of flats in basingstoke road at about iipm. from reading, our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford sent this report. this is thought to be the moment, just minutes after the attack on saturday night, that unarmed police officers detained the man suspected of killing the three friends. but the careful process of gathering and examining evidence for the investigation, being run by counterterrorism policing, is still at an early stage. nobody has yet been charged. the home secretary, priti patel, was in reading this morning to lay flowers, to meet the officers, some of them student officers, that she said ran towards danger, and to discuss what is known about the man in custody. we have to look at all aspects of this individual‘s history, which dates back over several years. i think we should be clear about the origins, the information, that's part of the intelligence gathering and obviously the picture that has to be put t

atjust before 7pm, police were notified of a knife attack in forbury gardens, near reading town centre a block of flats in reading just after 11pm. the next morning, police said they were treating the incident as an act of terrorism. a few hours later the man understood to be the suspect was named as saadallah. nick aldworth is a former counter terrorism national coordinator at scotland yard. good morning. what do we read into the significance of the pack this individual had come to the attention of mis individual had come to the attention of m15 previously? it would imply that he has undertaken an act or someone that he has undertaken an act or someone has information about him, he wanted to do something that could have led to him being involved in an act of terrorism or planning an act of terrorism or supporting terrorism. i understand from the reports i've seen it relates to potential travel back to the country from which he originates, libya, we all know is a much troubled place at the moment. of course the security services deal with tens of thousands such reports every single yea

the home secretary came to the scene of the attack in forbury gardens to pay her respects.ing in reading was the actions of one lone individual, we should bear that in mind. the police have that individual in custody, they are not looking for anybody else, we should all remain alert, we should all remain vigilant in terms of the fact that threats are all around us, but we have to respond in the right kind of way and very mindful of the type of society that we live in. a second person who died in the attack has been named by his family in america asjoe ritchie—bennett, he'd been living in the uk for about 15 years. his family said they had lost a brilliant and loving son. civic and religious leaders from all parts of the multiethnic community came to lay flowers at the park. they said the attack was uniting the city in its grief. we are one united reading, we are not going to let something like this come into our community, any form of terrorism, we will stamp that out, we stand here to support and our thoughts and prayers are with the families and victims at this time. we a

authorities say a man started stabbing people at random inside the crowded the forbury gardens park ineople died and at least 12 others are hurt, three of them in critical condition. the suspect is behind bars. >>> the new york attorney, jennifer berman announcing he's leaving office just hours after u.s. attorney general william barr said president trump fired him. it comes after berman disputed barr's earlier claim that he was stepping down. in a letter to berman, barr says quote, "because you have declared that you have no intention of resigning, i have asked the president to remove you as. as of today he has done so." senator lindsey graham says he won't move forward with placing berman unless he receives cooperation from chuck schumer and gillibrand. >>> in today's nascar race in alabama, the talladega super speedway 500, it's 3 p.m. eastern on fox. great to have fans back. those are your headlines. pete? pete: thank you, griff. moving on in the show, a district attorney bringing charges against the two atlanta officers involved in the fatal shooting of rayshard brooks before the

james furlong, joe ritchie—bennett and david wails were killed as they sat with friends in forbury gardensher people were injured. suspect khairi saadallah is due to appear at westminster magistrates‘ court on monday. the family and friends of the victims gathered at a vigil in reading this evening to light candles. people around the uk were also encouraged to light candles in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the attack. let's cross to our correspondent caroline davies, who is there. let's start with the visual first of all. a very emotional moment. but also a quiet moment because it had to be socially distant. of course and most of the chairs here are all spaced out at a social distance. you can see behind me the three lanterns that were lit each members of the families of each of the three men who died and it is only a few yards away about two minutes walk here where they were enjoying a june evening in forbury gardens along with many other people. according to eyewitnesses, there was a lone attacker armed with a knife who then shouted unintelligible words and then came towar

police were called to the scene in forbury gardens earlier this evening, at about 7pm.f the incident are still sketchy, but one person is now under arrest. lawrence wort was in the park when the incident occured. he's been speaking to my colleague martine croxall. so, there was quite a lot of people in the park, all drinking with friends in large groups. and there was a group of about 8—10 people, ithink, middle—aged men drinking in a circle. suddenly, this one loan man darted off the path to the left towards them. stabbed one, went off to the next person, stabbed them, and managed to get three of them before anyone sort of realised, and ran away. and then, those three turned around and looked for another group. so he locked eyes on me and the person i was with. he he started coming towards us, and we ran. when he realised he couldn't catch up for us, he turned around and went after another group. they hadn't realised or reacted yet. he stabbed one of them in the back of the neck before they realised and ran away. and when he realised everyone had started running and he

the home secretary came to the scene of the attack in forbury gardens to pay her respects.urday evening in reading was the actions of one lone individual, we should bear that in mind. the police have that individual in custody, they are not looking for anybody else. we should all remain alert, we should all remain vigilant in terms of the fact that threats are all around us but we‘ve just got to respond in the right kind of way and be very mindful of the type of society that we live in. a second person who died in the attack has been named by his family in america asjoe ritchie—bennett. he‘d been living in the uk for about 15 years. his family said they had lost a brilliant and loving son. civic and religious leaders from all parts of reading‘s multiethnic community came to lay flowers at the park. they said the attack was uniting the city in its grief. we are one united reading. we are not going to let something like this come into our communities. any form of terrorism, any form it takes, we will stamp that out. we stand here to support and obviously our thoughts and pray

this happened in for aubrey gardens in the centre of the town, a place where people relax, —— forbury gardensfor people there. you're right, it is a quiet park in the town centre, a very beautiful victorian gardens which are much used by families for picnics and for people in the evening and it has been a genuine shock for local people, and quite distressing. there has been a huge outpouring of support for those affected. how quickly where the police and emergency services able to respond to this attack?|j to respond to this attack?” understand the police were at the scene very quickly, and i have been told but not had it confirmed officially that some police officers may have shown incredible bravery in tackling the attacker, and i would like to pay tribute to the work that they've done, and i think the police and emergency services should be commended for the credible way they responded to this awful incident. and still in

all six men were sitting on the grass in two separate groups at forbury gardens in reading on saturdayed less than two minutes. khairi saadallah's lawyer said he wouldn't be indicating any plea at this stage and he was remanded in custody and will next appear at the old bailey on wednesday. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren it will remain very unsubtle through the rest of this week, disappointing temperatures this afternoon. these are the numbers by the end of the afternoon into the early evening and we have rain mainly affecting the northern half of the uk. but some sunshine as well for southern england and wales and some showers. heavy showers for the north—east of scotland. elsewhere, strong and blustery winds making it feel cool. those winds will ease overnight, not as windy tomorrow. showers become fewer in scotland, we see rain pushing back into northern ireland and the south—west of england by the end of the night, by which time temperatures are around 12 or 13 degrees. brighter skies tomorrow, some rain affecting northern ireland, and also into the south—west.