of smoke seen coming from the 18th century arts centre on the banks of the thames. 0ur reporter jack surfleetaged to put out the fire? while, apologies about the shotjust a moment ago. we arejust while, apologies about the shotjust a moment ago. we are just trying to move to the decidedly less crew do theirjob. as you can see behind me, theirjob. as you can see behind me, the crew arming from the additional response 50 more of an investigation to find out what caused the fire. i did get a little bit of information, to see if the fire is out, that is what it sees delay vaccines. you can still smell the smoke but as you can see from the aerial pictures, that smoke is not bailing out as earlier. they're not making any comments about that at the moment. 120 55 writers have been attending the scene at the moment. 25 fire engines from soho and islington. —— 125 firefighters have been attending the scene at the moment. we are told that no artwork has been damaged and earlier, we spoke to the director of the summerhouse trust and he told us although it is a worrying situation, the evacuating the live

jack surfleet has this report. an evening of celebration that ended in despair.e ten o'clock, crowds gathered in dam counselling and and a known perpetrator attacked several people with a knife before fleeing the scene. so lingen is a city in western germany 80 miles west of russell dorff. thousands were on the street celebrating its history when this tragic event unfolded. ., , ., ._ unfolded. people were running away from the scene. _ unfolded. people were running away from the scene. many _ unfolded. people were running away from the scene. many were - unfolded. people were running away from the scene. many were very - unfolded. people were running away i from the scene. many were very calm, so we didn't have a panic, but it was shocking and everybody who had to see that, i can't imagine what thatis to see that, i can't imagine what that is like. i track the incident prompted a huge initial response from emergency services with armed officers attending the scene, medical workers treating victims in the street, and the reported deployment of a0 tactical vehicle

. —— jack surfleet.ur serious injured and we are looking at live images of what appears to be a police press conference in solingen. we will bring you the latest we hear from authorities there in germany as soon as we get them. another top story. it's been a week dominated by the democratic national convention and kamala harris's acceptance of the party's nomination — but today, it's an andidate making headlines. robert f kenneder announced friday he is suspending his campaign. mr kennedy — or rfkjr as he's commonly known — said he is throwing his support behind republican candidate donald trump. mr kennedy is the nephew of former president john f kennedy and the son of former presidential candidate robert f kennedy. he initially launched his campaign for the democratic nomination, before switching to run as an independent. mr kennedy had been running on a message of economic populism, as well as criticism of the two major parties. and since the covid—i9 pandemic, he became known for his anti—vaccine sta

here's our reporter jack surfleet.ome details from the mayor of solingen, who has posted on social media. he says everyone who turned out to celebrate the city's anniversary was in a state of shock, horror and great grief. his message says the attack in solingen breaks his heart. he has thanked the emergency services. he adds that there are tears in his eyes for those who have died. he said he prayed for those still fighting for their lives and expresses his greatest sympathies for those who have had to experience this. these images must have been horrific. those who were attending the event, some have spoken to local media, again not verified by the bbc at the moment, but some are kind of talking about their confusion of finding out what was happening at the time. as you can imagine, thousands of people at the event in the market square of the city, lots of music playing, it must have been incredibly confusing, and then incredibly distressing for these people. we're talking about the statistics, but a human impact for

jack surfleet, bbc news.nd we'll get the latest from germany with our correspondent a little later in the programme. we have a live page up and running with the very latest on the manhunt in germany, after that knife attack left three people dead. you can find that on the bbc news website or app. next, let's update you on the latest on the british superyacht that sank near sicily on monday. prosecutors on the italian island will outline their initial finding of the investigation into the sinking on saturday. seven people died when the bayesian went down during a storm on monday. among those killed was the british tech entrepreneur, mike lynch, and his 18—year—old daughter, hannah. we daughter, hannah. will be live as soon as the prosecutor we will be live as soon as the prosecutor is that to speak insisted the. but first jessica parker reports. smiling and happy. mike lynch, a man who'd carved out a highly successful career in tech, his arm around his 18—year—old daughter, hannah. in tributes today, he was de

jack surfleet, bbc news.ple or eyewitnesses to contact them if they know anything at all or if they have any images or any footage which may help the investigation because, of course, the worry is that essentially the attacker is still at large. what is good, however, is that police suspect that this person appears to have been acting on their own. but it was a brutal act of violence according to the regions minister president. he said it was completely senseless and that is why the whole city is in shock right now as we heard in that report does now stop is there any further update on the condition of those who were wounded in the attack? well, eight people wounded in total, three have died and five people are seriously wounded. this is an ongoing situation and, of course, it is horrific for those involved and horrific for those involved and horrific for those who witnessed anything but it is also for the hull city, really, this is something that has shop the region. of course, this comes in the back of a br

with more on this, we can cross to the newsroom and our reporterjack surfleet. jacko we have? this jack, bring us up to date. what more details do we have?— details do we have? as you can imauine, details do we have? as you can imagine. we're _ details do we have? as you can imagine, we're getting - details do we have? as you can imagine, we're getting lines i details do we have? as you can i imagine, we're getting lines through every moment but still trying to stand some up. police say a number of people have been killed and injured in a knife attack in the german city of soligen. we're getting very few details, but local media in the area, the bild website, saying a man randomly stabbed passersby in the city centre. we have asked of that up directly. the city was reported to have been hosting a celebration, celebrating the history of soligen, 650 years of history. authorities have been advising people gathering to disperse and to leave the area. police as you would understand or setting up cordons. we're seeing emergency services attending the scene and treating pe