the met police counter terrorism said the packages were found at heathrow airport, waterloo railway station. let's take a closer look at today's events: the first device was found in the compass centre within the grounds of heathrow airport at 9:55am this morning. an area around waterloo station was cordoned off at around 11:40pm after a second package was found. and at 12:10pm this afternoon, staff were evacuated from city aviation house at london city airport after a third package was reported. and this evening, a statement from the irish police said they were assisting the met with their enquiries. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford gave this update from waterloo station. the first of these devices was discovered in the head office building at heathrow airportjust before 10am this morning, that is the device that went off, slightly melting the packaging. then a second device was discovered in the post room here at waterloo railway station just before 12pm, and a third device discovered just after midday at london city airport. neither of those devices was opened and neither w

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the met police counter terrorism said the packages were found at heathrow airport, waterloo train stationdon city airport earlier today. let's take a closer look at today's events: the first device was found in the compass centre within the grounds of heathrow airport at nine fifty five this morning an area around waterloo station was cordoned off at around eleven forty after a second package was found. and at ten past twelve this afternoon staff were evacuated from city aviation house at london city airport after a third package was reported. and this evening, a statement from the irish police said they were assisting the met with their enquiries. our correspondent, robert hall is outside london waterloo station. first of all, just how significant are these packages in terms of the kind of damage they could have cost? i think to keep things in perspective, of course anything like this is very worrying and the police we re this is very worrying and the police were treated very seriously and are doing so. we'll talk about that in a minute, but the one device which did go off, when staff op

goes with the investigation into the three packages containing explosives that were found at heathrow airporty airport and waterloo station. the telegraph also leads with that counter—terrorism investigation, with the paper detailing a possible link to irish dissidents. the ft leads on a warning issued by the head of the civil service in northern ireland that the country faces grave consequences if britain leaves the eu without a deal. the guardian details the findings of a parliamentary report which claims that the home office is still failing despite the windrush scandal. the daily mail has on its front page details of a case involving an eighteen year old man who has been given a suspended prision sentence for a second weapons offence. and the explosives sent to busy london transportation hubs is the mirror's lead. for you to enjoy tomorrow morning with cornflakes for you to enjoy tomorrow morning with cornfla kes or for you to enjoy tomorrow morning with cornflakes or induce or whatever you're having for brea kfast. whatever you're having for breakfast. bombs sent to airports came from ir

you have mentioned waterloo station, heathrow airport, city airport, three extremely busy transport hubslondon area. it could have caused serious chaos and harm if these had not been intercepted. but we come back to the crudest of this. for example, the 12 heathrow airport was compass house, slightly set away from terminal 5. —— the wanderer said to. it was not a threat to passengers. it was more ofa a threat to passengers. it was more of a threat to the staff who work for these organisations. it is alarming, but not in the nature of some of the terrorist attacks which have affected us as we go about our daily business. front pages for many papers in the uk. let us look at the stories since yesterday. it is this time yesterday that the court in tokyo announced that they had granted bail to carlos ghosn it was bail ofi billion yen, about 9 million us dollars. it sounds like he has managed to find the money and we are waiting to see him leave the jail, as it were. the japan times, this is huge in use, this story of this is huge in use, this story of this mogul, this car boss who sort of do

the met police counter terrorism command say packages were found at heathrow airport, london city airportng. let's get the latest from our correspondent robert hall at waterloo station. three locations, what more can you tell us? we got some sort of sense of the timetable. the first alert came in atjust before ten o'clock this morning that an office block near heathrow, the package in that case identical to the other two was ina case identical to the other two was in a white plastic envelope, crudely addressed to that office block, containing ajiffy addressed to that office block, containing a jiffy bad. addressed to that office block, containing ajiffy bad. inside addressed to that office block, containing a jiffy bad. inside the jiffy bag what specialists i was a viable device capable of starting a small fire within the package. at heathrow, that is what happens when a member of staff opened the package. here at waterloo an hour or so later, another package and the officers of network rail. and at lunchtime as third package at another location near london city airport. very worrying bec

the packages were improvised devices, discovered near heathrow airport, city airport, and waterloo stationalthough transport hubs continued to operate anyone was injured the counterterrorism command says the public should remain vigilant. we'll have the latest on this story, reports are coming in. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... there is a link between a rise in knife crime, and cuts in police numbers, according to the metropolitan police commissioner. i agree that there is some link between violent crime on the streets, obviously, and police numbers. of course there is, and i think everybody would see that. the labour party are facing fresh questions and complaints about allegations of anti—semitism. and former conservative chair, baroness warsi, accuses her party of being in denial about islamophobia. back to brussels for the brexit secretary and the attorney—general, as they try to negotiate legally—binding changes to theresa may's wihdrawal agreement. it's 5 o'clock. our main story is that in the past half hour, the metropolitan police counter terrorism command has confirmed

counterterror police are investigating three packages containing explosives which were delivered to heathrow airportterloo railway station in london. detectives say the "small improvised explosive devices" were found in postal bags. irish detectives are assisting the metropolitan police, as all of the packages had republic of ireland stamps. one of the devices caught fire when staff opened the bag. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is at waterloo station. the latest on the days events, daniel? the first of these devices was discovered in the head office building at heathrow airportjust before ten o'clock this morning, and that's the device that went off, slightly melting the packaging. then a second device was discovered in the post room here at waterloo railway station just before 12. a third device was discovered just after midday at london city airport. neither of those devices was opened and neither went off but both seem to be designed to also cause a small fire. all three packages looked the same. white plastic postal envelopes of a4 size with a5 jiffy envelopes inside them with

it was here, near heathrow airport, where someone started to open one of the letter bombs, causing it to ignite. the building had to be evacuated, but no one was injured. officers from counterterrorism command have now launched an investigation. london's metropolitan police tweeting, "we're treating the incidents as a linked series." perhaps one clue -- each package appeared to have been mailed from a bus company in dublin, ireland. irish police now also helping. opportunity, counterterrorism warning people here at waterloo and elsewhere to be alert to further suspicious devices. meanwhile, the hunt goes on for who mailed these packages, and most importantly, why. david? >> ian pannell, thank you. >>> and of course, we are just back from alabama this evening. we have new reporting here after that horrific tornado that hit beauregard, alabama. it was an ef-4, winds 170 miles an hour, as we reported last night. 23 people killed there, including seven members of one family. and tonight here, we have just learned that that tornado was on the ground for a full hour and 16 minutes. abc's st

authorities are searching for whoever mailed this explosive device which went off when staff at heathrow airport when staff opened it this morning. the latest terror scare here, putting the city on edge. in all, three suspicious packages, containing improvised explosive devices, arrived in the mail at heathrow, london city airport and waterloo station. no one was injured, no flights or trains were delayed. london has been a frequent terror target, including a year and a half ago, when a homemade subway bomb injured more than 20. police say they're treating all three incidents as linked and keeping an open mind regarding motives. >> matt bradley in london, thank you. >>> still developing, california on edge tonight after the state's top law enforcement official announced there would be no criminal charges filed against the sacramento police officers involved in last year's shooting of an unarmed black man, stephon clark. >> reporter: after protests erupted overnight, today the family of stephan clark not getting the news they hoped to hear. no criminal charges against the officers involved -- >>

airport, kind of tucked into the middle of the city. so these are all major transport hubs for britain's capital. heathrow is the busiest airport in europe. but flights and most travel to waterloo train travel throughout these airports, they weren't affected. that's interesting, because that's nobody was killed or injured in these attempted attacks. one of the bombs sent to heathrow, the first one, actually kind of exploded and it did start a small fire. it is fought clear to scotland yard these bombs were capable of doing any more damage than just that. in their statement today, the police said the bombs appeared capable offic nighting just a small fire when opened. so it's not clear exactly what kind of damage this suspect wanted to try to achieve here. scotland yard said the bags were sent in small bags similar to ma little la envelopes. regardless of how small they are, you have to understand london is a city on edge, it's been struck by multiple deadly terrorist attacks over the past three years. officials here are on a constant state of near high alert. so today's events are likely to rattle them ev

counterterrorism police are investigating three explosive packages that were found yesterday at heathrow airportcity airport, and waterloo train station in central london nbc news's matt bradley filed this report late last night. >>> london authorities are searching for whoever mailed this explosive device, which went off when staff at heathrow airport opened this morning, causing a small fire the latest terror scare here putting the city on edge in all, three suspicious packages containing impro he viesed explosive devices arrived in the mail at heathrow, london city airport, and waterloo station. nobody was injured no flights or trains were delayed. london has been a frequent terror target, including a year and a half ago when a homemade subway bomb injured more than 20 >> police say they're treating all three incidents as linked and keeping an open mind regarding motives. >> that was matt bradley from nbc news reporting there >>> and in the run-up to international women's day on friday, we've been speaking about gender equality and female representation now, today we'll be looking at health,

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we have photos of two packages, addressed to the heathrow airport and waterloo station. both had similar republic of ireland stamps. the one made out to heathrow was opened and caught on fire. it arrived at an office building near the airport which was evacuated as a precaution. flights were not affected. the third package found at london city airport. no one was hurt. >>> president trump will visit alabama, friday to meet with victims of the deadliest tornado outbreak in nearly six years. the ef4 twister that ravaged the area, track 70 miles into georgia. was one of at least 18 tornadoes that touched down, killing 23 people. search and rescue crews trying to find several people still missing. >> a lot of heavy equipment coming in two areas using to pick up big portions of debriefs. authorities say the death toll could have been higher. crews alabama residents at least an eight minute warning. >>> the house pushing backon house democrats' new investigation cohen them disgraceful and abusive. the house judiciary committee requesting documents from 81 individuals and entiti

goes with the investigation into the three packages containing explosives that were found at heathrow airportion. the telegraph also leads with that counter—terrorism investigation, with the paper detailing a possible link to irish dissidents. the ft leads on a warning issued by the head of the civil service in northern ireland that the country faces "grave" consequences if britain leaves the eu without a deal. the guardian details the findings of a parliamentary report which claims that the home office is still failing despite the windrush scandal. the daily mail has on its front page details of a case involving an 18—year—old man who has been given a suspended prision sentence for a second weapons offence. the explosives sent to busy london hubs is the mirror's lead, with the paper detailing how the irish dissident group the new ira could be responsible. that is where we start. daisy, bombs sent to airports came from ireland, explosive devices found at three major transport hubs. the first thing that jumped out major transport hubs. the first thing thatjumped out to me over the story was th

authorities say three padded envelopes containing explosive devices were found near heathrow airport, london city airport and waterloo station yesterday. one of them o went when a staff member opened it causing a small fire. no one was injured and no flights or trains were delayed. police believe all three incidents may be connected. >>> well this morning, amazon faces controversy over a book that is climbing the best seller list. >> the book pushes outlandish and dangerous nspiracies. the dark web movement called q anonwas was only available on fringe parts of internet and now it's on amazon's best selling book list. the anonymously written book contains a compilation of unproven radical conspiracy theories such as claiming the government created aids the book currently averages five stars on amazon.on am algorithm seems to unintentional reward that by pushing the book up the best seller list. >>> 4:43 b turnk to chuck bell. >> all right. dry weather. it is eezing cold and windy outside but it's dry the next couple days. you still can get the car washed. however higher rain chances o

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sent explosive packages to addresses in london and scotland the parcel deliveries were found at heathrow airport london city airport waterloo station and glasgow university causing major disruptions one of the powerful hasn't been found there is no confirmation though that the ira is actually behind the incidents it has been thirty years since the creation of the first web page the internet is of course developed rapidly since the idea was first suggested by the british scientist and inventor tim berners lee but so many people now develop benefiting from his development he is stressing the use the importance of enabling where web access to all of the world's population thirty years ago i submitted a vague but exciting proposal for a free open permission a space for all of humanity to share knowledge and ideas. today half the world's population is still unconnected and those of us who are alive feel that our rights and freedoms are not fully protected and respected well china has the world's largest number of internet users around eight hundred twenty nine million according to the chinese governm

when there were devices discovered at london's waterloo station which is quite central near heathrow airport and in the area of london city airport as well as on march sixth in glasgow at the university of glasgow now to be clear. authorities handled those devices and there were no injuries however the police are now taking these incidents of course very seriously and looking into them this is what they had to say. given the packages received last week bore similarities to devices sent in the past which willing to dissident groups associated with northern ireland related terrorism officers were already looking at this as a line of inquiry. but we have to be clear that those claiming responsibility have indicated that five devices were planted so now with the discovery of four so far the public and businesses have been instructed to remain vigilant while police investigate and they have said that no rests have been made in connection to these incidents so far to see if you're going to guess right off the dates on that developing story thanks rusty. ok moving on to more world news this hour ve

investigators say three devices were sent in small packages to buildings at or near heathrow airport,ondon city airport, and waterloo train station. in one instance, a package burst into flames when it was opened. no one was hurt, though. flights were not affected, and police are taking this very seriously. >> fairly unsophisticated at the moment. counterterror command will be investigating this. i think i've said already, keep an open mind on this. >> scotland yard believes the incidents are linked and are working with police. >>> michael cohen returns to capitol hill today testifying in private before the house intelligence committee. this will be the fourth day president trump's former lawyer has gone before lawmakers. house democrats are pursuing investigations related to the white house, the president's businesses, and his 2016 campaign. during testimony last week, cohen called mr. trump a con man and a cheat. >>> new york state regulators have subpoenaed president trump's insurance broker following testimony from michael cohen. cohen claimed mr. trump exaggerated his wealth to i

the british government will face a judicial review of its plans for the expansion of heathrow airportbeing brought by environmental groups, local authorities and residents, who oppose the building of a third runway. western—backed fighters beseiging the last patch of territory in syria occupied by islamic state, say they have now reached the middle of a camp once controlled by the militant group. is once had dreams of a global caliphate, but most of the group's die—hard supporters have now surrendered to kurdish forces and the remaining jihadists are now confined to a tiny piece of land under a mountain outside the village of baghouz. earlier, the bbc was given an exclusive look inside baghouz. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville, and cameraman jewan abdi, sent this report. this is the end of the road. beyond here, we were given a first look inside all that remains of the islamic state group's caliphate. is are close enough to shoot. under their black flag — it was raised only the day before — the diehards hold firm. improvised bombs are left behind, but the caliphate is

have been found at london's waterloo station which is very central another in the vicinity of heathrow airport and another at london's in the london city airport area and on march say sixth at the university of glasgow another package now to be clear all of those were handled by authorities nobody was injured and the police are now saying they are of course investigating these incidents but they're saying they have seen similarities to previous ira related activity. given the packages received last week before similarities to devices sent in the past which ruling to distil groups associated with northern ireland relate to terrorism. one of inquiry. well these claims of responsibility were apparently received by a media outlet in northern ireland using a recognised code word and importantly the police have reiterated this is well those claiming responsibility have indicated that five devices were sent but of course as you see as we have just discussed there were four devices found last week so the public and businesses have been called on to remain village vigilant as police investigate this an

yesterday we've seen reports of three packages containing explosive devices found city airport heathrow airport and also waterloo train station now police have deemed those packages weren't aiming to kill but were. explosives they were upon being over. and by staff at those locations they caught fire and it's thought that they had these two of them had stamps or some kind of indication that they were sent from ireland but police are keeping an open mind and they're not concluding in any way that this is linked to any irish groups or anything to do with the well now finish conflict there but of course that remains one of the possibilities and also two universities the university of glasgow up in scotland at the university of essex also having some of their buildings and faculties being evacuated as well as a result of suspicious items so all of these seemingly to come together we've heard from the mayor of london saw the car and he says that authorities are treating them as a linked series and although again the motive is known but it will only really heighten the sense of security here we saw t

the one at heathrow airport did detonate, but no one was injured. the others were sent to city airport and the waterloo train station. two of the mailings had irish stamps prompting irish police to now help with the rnlama have been i enfied. they include ten members of a single family. at least seven people are still missing. the funeral for one of the youngest victims, 10-year-old taylor thornton, will be held on friday, the same day president trump plans to visit the area. he's already signed a disaster declaration and ordered federal aid. >>> about 3,000 residents of california's santa barbara county are out of their homes overnight. a new storm is bringing heavy rain to practically the entire california coast. and there are fears that will trigger mudslides in areas burned by last year's massive wildfires. the storms have just produced an incredible light show over santa barbara. take a look there. >>> time now for a look at your weather for this wednesday morning. >>> good morning. we're looking for stormy conditions along the west coast. we'r

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counter—terror police are investigating three packages containing explosives, which were delivered to heathrow airportort and waterloo railway station in london. detectives say the small improvised explosive devices were found in postal bags. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports from waterloo station. the first of these devices was discovered in the head office building at heathrow airportjust before 10am this morning. that's the device that went off, slightly melting the packaging. then a second device was discovered in the post room here at waterloo railway station just before 12pm. and a third device discovered just after midday at london city airport. neither of those devices was opened and neither went off, but both seemed to be designed to also cause a small fire. all three packages looked the same, they were white plastic postal envelopes of a4 size with a5—sized brown jiffy bags inside them containing the device. and all three of them had two postage stamps on with—heart motifs that come from the republic of ireland. and, not surprisingly, counterterrorism and the police are

appears to show the package with heart- shaped stamps and a dublin return address mailed to a heathrow airportice. it ignited, police say, when staff opened it this morning. they say a similar package was discovered almost two hours later in the mailroom at london's waterloo train station, and a third a half hour later in an office at london city airport. authorities say no one was injured by the small improvised explosive devices inside, and only one train line was briefly suspended. but transport police did say that passengers, like the ones here at waterloo station, are the eyes and ears of the network and asked them to report back if they see anything suspicious. scotland yard believes the three incidents are linked, and they're working with the irish police. >> they are collaborating together to try and determine who sent these packages, and what was the purpose of them being sent to these destinations. this is not the acts of a hobbyist or an amateur. >> reporter: police say they're keeping an open mind about the motives. roxana saberi, cbs news, london. >> glor: house democrats vote thi

the first of these devices was discovered in their head office building at heathrow airport just beforece building at heathrow airportjust before ten o'clock this morning. that's the device that went off, slightly melting the packaging and a second device was discovered in the postroom here at waterloo railway station just before 12, and a third device discovered just after midday at london city airport. neither of those devices was opened and neither went off the boat seemed designed to also caused a small fire. all prepackages looked at the same, they we re prepackages looked at the same, they were white plastic postal envelopes of a4 size with a five size brown jiffy bags inside them containing the device and all three of them had to postage stamps on them with heart motifs which come from the republic of ireland and not surprisingly counterterrorism police are linking all prepackages survey say they are keeping an open mind about motivation at this stage. it is worth remembering that in every 2014, seven letter bombs were sent to army recruiting officers, some of which were posted i