our news correspondent jane—frances kelly will join police.espondent jane—frances kelly willjoin us in a few moments with the latest on what is happening. we can now hear from we can now hearfrom an we can now hear from an eyewitness. when i went to the window from my bedroom it had already happened. i was in bed and i started to hear a lot of shouting outside. seven sisters road is incredibly noisy, so that's not news. but when the shouting got louder and louder i went to have a look at what was going at the windows and in the access road across my block of flats, with many people gathered outside. i don't have a good idea of numbers, maybe 200 people? i'm not sure. many, many people, enough to block at least half of seven sisters road. as well as the little access road. they were very nervous and shouting very loud. there was no fighting at all. they were nervous and shouting and i could see that they were waving. later on i found out they were waving at a police car stuck in traffic further down. and in a matter of seconds the police car ca

our news correspondent jane—frances kelly will join police. the latest on what is happening. we can now hear from we can now hearfrom an we can now hear from an eyewitness.

our news correspondent jane frances—kelly is at the scene.tnesses have told police that they think at least three people we re they think at least three people were injured. they are being treated on the ground near finsbury park mosque in north london. this was 20 past midnight london time that it was after evening prayers at the mosque. a lot of people in that area it isa mosque. a lot of people in that area it is a very, very busy route through north london. you can see the large crowd gathered. a big police operation was put into place, not only arresting that man but working with the crowd to keep the situation calm. that is according to an eyewitness speaking to bbc news. about ten past one this morning, i was coming from the shops. a band that was standing out by the traffic lights was the band that mode people down. a lot of people believe that the driver who was driving the van may have thought that could have been the entrance of the mosque but as you can see, the mosque is further up. it is a family who have been living there and t

that was jane—frances kelly reporting, these are live pictures just on 5:30am london time, police arepending to a major incident in north london. one man has been arrested after a van was involved in some kind of collision with a group of worshippers as they came out of a mosque. in between the finsbury park mosque and the muslim welfare house in north london. one person died at the scene, at least eight more have been taken to hospital with injuries and the prime minister, theresa may, is saying this is being treated as a potential terrorist attack. the mosque is located next to finsbury park station. as you can see, the whole area is cordoned off at the moment for obvious reasons, it's all so close to arsenal's emirates stadium, this is the london borough of islington, jeremy corbyn's constituency, the leader of the opposition party for those viewers watching us around the world. if we can show you the muslim welfare house website, you can get a sense of what the organisation is about, it is close to the mosque and you could describe it as a community centre for the muslim community

let's go to our reporter jane—frances kelly, she's at the scene and she's been speaking to eyewitnesses

we don't know but that is what we are being told by eyewitnesses. jane frances kelly, joining us on theseven “— joining us on the line from near seven —— seven sisters road. we have another eyewitness here. what are you learning from people at the mosque? i have spoken to people that it was a deliberate attack targeting muslims. it is obviously ramadan so prayers usually finish around 1215 when people were leaving the mosque. there was a lot of crowd. the van came towards them and deliberately knocked them over. if a deliberate act is confirmed, it is an act of terrorism which must be condemned by all people. within that muslim community or the far right, innocent people have lost their lives and my heart goes out to them. where are you getting your information from? is it the mosque or people on the ground? speaking to a number of people who were there and leaving the mosque. i have speak into the chairman of the local mosque as well in the last hour. most of the information is from people who were on the ground who witnessed the van coming towards them. obviously people are concerned.

let's talk to jane frances kelly in east ham. explain what is happening where you are?out all day. neighbours say at about 4.30 this morning they heard gunshots, a loud explosion and police saying get down, get down. armed police went into the property and the police have been searching it. there were reports earlier that six people were detained. we have talked to local people here that say they only knew a family of three. we're not sure how many were detained. earlier, iwas we're not sure how many were detained. earlier, i was at another location where there was an overnight raid in dagenham, beside the a13. neighbours say they heard gunshots and saw armed police going into a house next to a garage. at about eight o'clock, two individuals we re about eight o'clock, two individuals were detained. they covered their faces, so we do not know their sex or nationality. also at about eight, a woman was detained and taken away. as the met commissioner cressida dick says, it is a very fast—moving investigation and no doubt there will be further developments in coming days. t

jane frances kelly reports., 59 tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two us navy ships in the mediterranean. they were being targeted at a syrian airbase that in western homs for his province that america said had launched a deadly chemical weapons attack. several syrian soldiers are thought to have died at the airbase and president assad denied any involvement. it was the first direct us military action against forces commanded by syria's president. tonight, i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. it was these images that provoked president trump to act, demonstrating a break in his foreign policy. previously, his administration had said it had little interest in getting involved in syria. but the use of a nerve agent believed to be sarin or a substance like it, changed everything. over 80 people are thought to have died in the attack, many of them children, in the rebel—held town in idlib province. now the white house has issued a statement

the swiss franc has been stronger. jane: it has. n paper, the swiss franc has the best fundamentals, but the japanese yen is used as a safe haven because they swiss bank is that theyy threats will use intervention if necessary and because some of the threats regarding north korea, etc., but perhaps, the yen is a better medium. franc needs if it is to weaken as a stronger euro zone economy. we have been seeing those signs this year. ultimately, that should lead to a weaker swiss franc. mummy me ask you about british pounds. -- let me ask you about british pounds. are more bearish on the pound than any other currency. what are they worried about? there is a horrible dynamic here. there is political uncertainty, but you look at the economy, it is looking as if it could weaken noticeably. look at the data this week. there are really high inflation's, much weaker than expected earnings. we have very weak retail sales. people do not have the ability to increase their consumption with savings because they don't have very many and they canno

jane hill in downing street. that illustrates exactly why theresa may left number 10 when she did. not, as we thought, to head to france the beginning of a new parliament. crucially, as you have been reflecting, the election of a speaker. we are just discussing here whether it is indeed going to be john bercow again. we are not aware of anyone who is challenging him for the position. that is as much as i can say to you. it may well bejohn bercow. we will find out this afternoon. then after those formalities, there may well be more talks with the dup before theresa may willie bain does have to go, because she has a pre—arranged meeting with emmanuel macron in paris tonight. a meeting, a dinner, that was all arranged before the election. she will be heading off to paris at some point this evening, which means those talks with the democratic unionist party cannot continue indefinitely into the night, because those talks in france ta ke night, because those talks in france take precedence. just to bring you write up to date if you are not entirely clear what has been going on in number10 entirely clear what has been going