john crilly talking there to our correspondent clive coleman.last couple of hours, military teams in new zealand have launched a dangerous operation to recover some of the bodies of those killed in monday's volcanic eruption. eight people are believed to be still on white island, all of them are presumed dead. police say the operation is extremely risky, with geologists putting the chance of a further eruption at up to 60% in the coming hours. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil sent this report from whakatane. eight bodies have been stuck on this island for four days, and now there is a chance that, finally, they could be recovered. members of new zealand's defence force will attempt to reach the volcano to get the job done. they will go on to the island, and they will make every effort to recover all of the bodies from the island. a lot has to go right for this to work. let there be no mistake, there is not a zero risk with regard to this plan. we are five nautical miles away from whakaari, or white island. there is a restriction zone around it,

john crilly speaking to our legal affairs correspondent, clive coleman.ts against a new bill which would fast track citizenship for immigrants from neighbouring countries unless they are muslim. 0pposition parties say the bill is another move by the hindu nationalist bjp party to marginalise the country's 200 million muslims. this report is from pratiksha ghildial, in delhi. anger on the streets of north—east india. the people here do not want immigrants from neighbouring countries to settle here. locals feel that their ethnic identity is under threat, and that the implementation of the new law will lead to demographic changes. but that's not the only reason this new law has divided india. rights groups are furious because the new law will not allow muslim migrants to become citizens. the government says it is not discriminatory, but aims to help minorities fleeing persecution in pakistan, afghanistan and bangladesh. all islamic countries. campaigners like these say that, by excluding muslims, the government is undermining the values on which india was fo

john crilly talking to our correspondent clive coleman.he polls close in the general election. party leaders were out early this morning to cast their votes. it's the third election in less than five years — and the first december poll for nearly a century. initial results are expected before midnight. here's our political correspondent ben wright — and a warning, his report includes some flashing images. voting began at seven o'clock this morning. and the prime minister, borisjohnson, had some canine company as he cast his ballot at this polling station in westminster. have you all got your pictures? are you all right? the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, posed for the cameras, too, after voting in his north london constituency. it was dawn in scotland when the liberal democrat leader, jo swinson, arrived at a polling station in her constituency. while in glasgow, the snp leader, nicola sturgeon, cast her ballot at a community hall, one of tens of thousands of polling stations across the uk. many people have already voted by post, including

that isjohn crilly that is john crilly speaking that isjohn crilly speaking to clive coleman.ve had days where it has been chilly and days where it has been milder, but today is another day when it is going to be chilly. in fact, across central and eastern parts of the uk this morning there is a touch of frost. so you may find you have to scrape your car windscreen before you head out. we also have rain spreading in from the east. another thing to watch out for this morning is nice. the met office have a yellow wanting out for that across scotland. as you can see, there has been a lot of showers falling over night and through the course of the night we have had the rain coming across northern ireland, wales and south—west england. and thatis wales and south—west england. and that is going to be pushing steadily eastwards through the day. a blustery day the wind will start to strengthen once again in the south—west and the english channel. so first thing this morning there will be some lovely sunrises. we've got some sunshine, a frosty start, but the rain moving from the west t

john crilly used a fire extinguisher to tackle usman khan, even though he thought he was wearing a suicidepeaking to our legal correspondent, clive coleman. nearly two weeks ago, ex—offender john crilly found himself at the centre of mayhem and butchery at a prison education event at fishmongers‘ hall, where his good friend jack merritt was murdered. yeah, just a very high pitched wail — like, a scream. john saw a woman sprawled on the stairs, bleeding, then usman khan, two knives out, wearing what looked like a suicide belt. john attacked him first with a wooden lectern, then a fire extinguisher, shouting at khan to blow his belt. he said he was waiting for the police... he said he was waiting for the police? before he blew it, yeah. i was prepared to lose my life, yeah, iwas. did it seem like he was targetting anyone in particular or any group? no, itjust seemed like anyone there was fair game. ijust assume now, he'd just seen a big target — a room full of...probably in his mind, and to a certain degree it's true, a roomful of establishment people. judges, police, security — they was all

john crilly used a fire extinguisher on usman kahn, even though he thought khan was wearing a live suicideas a hero? no. he says jack merritt, who died in the attack, was a hero, who helped him turn his life around. the other main stories here tonight: a dangerous operation is under way in new zealand to recover bodies from monday's volcano disaster — more eruptions are possible in the coming hours. this is as close as we can get. there's been quite a bit of volcanic activity in the area — toxic gases, ash, tremors and of course the risk

john crilly speaking to clive coleman.concluded the army acted with genocidal intent during a security crackdown two years ago which forced 700,000 rohingyas to flee across the border into bangladesh. our correspondent ana holligan gave us the latest from outside the hague, shortly after aung san suu kyi had walked out of the court. she ducked, literally, the questions thrown by reporters about whether she would ever apologise for these allegations of genocide. she got into her car, drove off. we have had the morning session with gambia once again going to their arguments, to remind you what they are. on day one, gambia said the situation in rakhine state has all the hallmarks of genocide. the firing squad, the best gang rapes, the baby thrown into burning buildings. —— the mass gang rapes. the babies thrown into burning buildings. so gambia says that world judges need to intervene with emergency measures to protect the rohingya muslim. aung san suu kyi stood yesterday and said, it is more complicated than that. this is an

john crilly used a fire extinguisher to tackle usman khan, even though he thought he was wearing a suicideen speaking to our legal correspondent, clive coleman. nearly two weeks ago, ex—offenderjohn crilly found himself at the centre of mayhem and butchery at a prison education event at fishmongers' hall, where his good friend jack merritt was murdered. yeah, just a very high pitched wail — like, a scream. john saw a woman sprawled on the stairs, bleeding, then usman khan, two knives out, wearing what looked like a suicide belt. john attacked him first with a wooden lectern, then a fire extinguisher, shouting at khan to blow his belt. he said he was waiting for the police... he said he was waiting for the police? before he blew it, yeah. i was prepared to lose my life, yeah, iwas. did it seem like he was targetting anyone in particular or any group? no, itjust seemed like anyone there was fair game. ijust assume now, he'd just seen a big target — a room full of...probably in his mind, and to a certain degree it's true, a room full of establishment people. judges, police, security — they wa

this is john crilly.n with a fire extinguisher two weeks ago. he told the bbc that he was prepared to die to protect others. mr crilly, an ex—offender and friend ofjack merritt ? one of the two cambridge graduates killed in the attack ? has been speaking exclusively to our legal correspondent clive coleman. nearly two weeks ago, he was at a prison education event at fishmongers' hall, attended by cambridge graduate saskia jones and his friend jack merritt, when he heard something odd. was it a scream, or was it laughter, or girls laughing, screaming, sort of thing, i wasn't sure? a couple of seconds later, itjust got proper, a lot louder, and a lot more intense, and it was obvious something was kicking off. you came down the stairs, round the corner of the stairs, presumably. a couple of stairs down, on that flat landing, saskia was lying there. she was just basically sprawled across the stairs, her arms out, just lying there. as soon as i encountered her, i can clearly see usman isjust at the bottom of t

the reformed killer who fought the london bridge attacker with a fire extinguisher, john crilly, hased to die to protect others. mr crilly, a friend ofjack merritt — one of the two cambridge graduates killed in the attack — has been speaking exclusively to our legal correspondent clive coleman. nearly two weeks ago, ex—offenderjohn crilly found himself at the centre of mayhem and butchery at a prison education event at fishmongers' hall where his good friend jack merritt was murdered. and what was the first thing that sort of made you think, hang on, something is going on here? just a very high—pitched girl's — not to be sexist, and that, but a very high—pitched girl's scream. so, i thought, was that girls messing about? was it screaming or laughter? girls laughing or screaming, i wasn't sure. and for a second, itjust got proper, a lot louder, a lot more intense. it was obvious something was kicking off. you came down the stairs, around the corner of the stairs, presumably. she was lying sprawled at the foot of the stairs. as soon as i came out of there, i could clearly see usman at

john crilly, who was jailed for murder after a burglary went wrong, said he believed usman khan was wearinghe bbc‘s clive coleman. i'm just basically screaming at him to blow it. you're asking him to blow it up? i was screaming, calling his bluff, sort of thing, saying you haven't got the balls to blow it. he said, i'm waiting for the police. he said he was waiting for the police? before he blew it, yeah. i was prepared to probably lose my life, yeah. yeah, i was. he is struggling, he cannot see what is doing with it, so he was spraying him, who else was going to be able taken from the side behind whatever? that is exactly what ended up happening. the spray distracted him and the guy with the task given abroad. it seemed like ages before they shot him. the proper took the time. to the point where i did scream time. to the point where i did scream to shoot him. you scream to shoot him? yeah. why? just in case he blew the belt. people think if he isa he blew the belt. people think if he is a hero, do you think of yourself asa is a hero, do you think of yourself as a hero? hero? no. jack give