from london bridge, walking towards then they push people back and now they pushed it back even further to an area between london bridge and tower bridge. it is quieter now that i do not know if there are any other people there. there were people coming out from a club across the bridge but it looks like after what happened they asked people to leave the area rather than asking them to stay inside. thank you for talking to us in describing what you have been able to see. that was a journalist who lives close to london bridge. nowjulie was inside the building. yes, we have a view over the whole incident. it is far quieter, and we can tell you are indoors. you may have had quite of the view of the city around you. we have binoculars so we can see quite a lot of what is going on. when we first aware of something unfolding? the first incident on londong first aware of something unfolding? the 20 t incident on ltsz‘ttg first aware of something unfolding? the 20 t incident on its second 9 and qa'mifiutésaflo: the q 15 and qa'mifi

on the line is someone london bridge. on the line is someone who was london bridge.someone who was at london bridge. on the line is someone who was at the pub with friends underneath london bridge at the time of the first incident. i know that you are far away from their now, but what happened? i was there with my girlfriend and two other friends at around ten o'clock in the evening a woman in her early 20s staggered into the pub and she was bleeding heavily from the neck and from her mouth. it seemed to me and my friend that her throat had been cut. people went to her aid throat had been cut. people went to heraid and throat had been cut. people went to her aid and the pub was then closed. we saw police on the roads nearby and then as we were told to leave the area by armed police, as we were running away from their i could see to my left that another individual was having cpr performed on them by emergency services. how quickly did the paramedics arrived ? emergency services. how quickly did the paramedics arrived? at that point i don't know which emergency service

nearly two hours ago, when police received a call to london bridge, one of the bridges across the riversafety. safety is that way. you can see here police directing the people out and about on a saturday night in london. these are popular parts of the city. london bridge, borough high street with lots of

nearly two hours ago, when police received a call to london bridge, one of the bridges gci’oss londonridge, one of the bridges across the river thames in the heart of london. please move towards safety. safety is that way. you can see here police directing the people out and about on a saturday night in london. these are popular parts of the city. london bridge, borough high street with lots of restaurants and pubs that attract people on a pleasa nt and pubs that attract people on a pleasant and balmy summer evening. these are live pictures from london bridge. this was in the studio, a story that has developed into three locations. let's go back now to the first incident that happened. we heard just before 1030 that a white van had mounted the pavement on london but the bridge on the south bank and several pedestrians were it. we were told that police were on the scene and that the police helicopters and boats on the river thames. that was according to witnesses at the scene who said they saw at least five or six people struck by the van. afterwards we got reports of a disturbance at

you can see there london bridge. ve occurred as a result of the vehicle bearing on and off the road. spoke to a journalist with the spectator magazine that was heading across the bridge at that point. he said that he saw first one individual lying on the ground on the left of his taxi. and then another. i asked him whether or not it could be the case that this was an accident. he said that he did not believe it was so. we spoke with a man that lives very close to london bridge. he described tremendous gunfire. prolonged. in his view before the police were there in numbers. this is what has become rather complicated. the metropolitan police have confirmed that there was another incident that they were dealing with. reports of staffing that took place in the borough market. arms police responded, shots were fired. the police are unable to provide any more information and this may have been the gunfire that we were told about. and we have -- diligently providing pictures to us this evening. he spoke to a young man james

cameras out to get a photo of tower bridge from london bridge. noticed two taxis on the left—hand side and someone lying on the pavement. and we just assumed that perhaps that person may have been accidentally knocked over or something. as we continued along the bridge at a slow pace like we always do, we spotted another person lying on the pavement and we became a bit alarmed with that and then a third person and we started to think well, maybe it may have been a gang fight, because i know that area does have a few gangs. then when we saw a few more people lying down and people running up towards them we were quite concerned and eventually we had to stop the bus halfway across the bridge because the traffic had come to a stop. there were no police at the time we arrived. we are assuming it must have happened within two or three minutes prior to us arriving on the bridge. i attempted to call 999 and the police did arrive within about five minutes after we stopped the bus. and then sometime later there were lots and lots of police cars racing down

the initial calls about the attack on london bridge came through attack on london bridge came throughtime here in london. among those injured we were hearing from the assistant commissioner was a british transport police officer who was injured, although not suffering life—threatening injuries. that was one of the casualties, a british transport police officer. armed response teams then shot and killed the three suspects, the three assailants, who were wearing what appeared to be explosive vests of some kind but were actually hoax explosive vests. we saw one picture of one of the dead suspects lying on the ground with what appeared to be canisters strapped to his body, so that was described by the assistant commissioner as a hoax explosive vest. let's get more from andy moore. just after 10pm on the busy streets of london, police are responding to reports of an ongoing serious incident. what the hell is happening?‘ what the hell is happening? a white van has driven into pedestrians on london bridge. when it stopped its rear doors were flung open and several men ran out. they went into

the london bridge, one of the most famous bridges in london if not the world. so those factors would suggest that this wasn't some random accident or a drunk driver. those factors would suggest there was an intent to do this. too early to say for sure from the initial reports. we don't who know is behind it or what the motivation may be. but there is an ongoing investigation related to manchester. sometimes people feel they're under pressure from law enforcement. others might feel that law enforcement is closing in on they will. this is speculation. and then they act as they start getting closer to individuals. we don't know if there's any connection to manchester. but sometimes when there is a lot, they might think they're going to get caught. you have cases of copycat. the group that was behind the manchester attack but was inspired by it based on seeing that attack happen recently in the u.k. and you have under fortunately, the huge manchester concert happening tomorrow. another big high profile event. also now, is terrorism going to be shaking once again by

i was driving south over london bridge. suddenly, on the left side of the bridge on the pavement there was someone down the pavement with a small crowd around them clearly concerned. to be on a single system collapsed on the floor. i wondered what was going on. we drove a little further southward across the bridge. there was another person on the right-hand side of the bridge. who was also none of the pavement this time but in the road itself. suddenly, - basically the traffic came to a standstill. the driver said something bad is happening here. and we looked around, we could hear sirens coming. and then suddenly another casualty was in the road. and then the traffic coming from the opposite direction. coming from the south stopped and a driver of a black cabinet said there has been a terrorist attack. i think the phrase he used was, it is westminster all over again. they said there were numerous people in the roads. then a second cabdriver stopped and said there has been a series of stabbings. i do not see myself so i cann

he had been in a taxing and crossing london bridge. this is what he saw. >> i think it was about ten past ten, i was in the bathroom -- suddenly on the left-hand side of the bridge on the pavement there was somebody down on the pavement with a small crowd around them. very concerned about their welfare. to be honest it look like somebody had collapsed and i wondered what was going on. we drove a little bit further southward across the bridge a notice there is another person on the right-hand side of the bridge. that person was also in the road itself. and suddenly realize something quite serious with happening. suddenly the traffic came to a standstill. and the driver said something bad is happening here and we could hear sirens coming in suddenly we noticed another in the road and then the traffic coming from the opposite direction from the south. they said there were numerous people in the roads and then a second cabdriver said there have been a series of stabbings. i did not see that myself. i cannot confirm that. at that is what the

sun newspaper, quoted by reuters, is reporting that a car, maybe a van, moved down passengers on london bridges what holly described, and she was there —— mowed. she said that there were more armed police arriving in the last few minutes. she could see police officers running across the bridge with their weapons. also police boats on the river thames, suggestions some people are injured with other pedestrians and they cannot be accounted for at the moment. we might be able to hear what holly told us in a second. these are live pictures of what appears to be happening. blue lights of various emergency service vehicles, as holly said, it will remind people of the appalling events remind people of the appalling eve nts o n remind people of the appalling events on westminster bridge a few weeks ago. a similar incident happened and we know it was terror related, but now it's too early to tell. a major incident is being described via the reuters news agency. various people reporting the same thing. managing editor of the spectator magazine spoke to reuters in the first instance, where we first got w

i'm at london bridge in central london were six people were killed last night. counter—terrorism police are still on the scene. in the first incident, a van swerved onto the pavement and ploughed into pedestrians, eyewitnesses say the driver seemed to be deliberately targeting people. get down! he and two other men left the van in nearby borough market, where several people were attacked with knives. they were running in. they were going into all the pubs. i cannot remember all of them. i was saying run, run, run. police responded within eight minutes. armed officers shot dead three attackers. the suspects were wearing what looked like explosive vests, but we re looked like explosive vests, but were hoaxes. the prime minister has left the campaign trail to return to london. she'll hold a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee in westminster later this morning. on breakfast this morning, we'll bring you the latest from the scene and keep you up—to—date with the investigation and reaction. good morning from central london, where six people have been

this is a tourist destination, london bridge, right? >> i can tell you that our hyperfocus from the counterterrorism perspectives, whether it's manhattan bridge, george washington bridge, lincoln tunnel, it's the same thing in london, in the uk. london bridge is like big bend or the royal palace. it's one of the most iconic landmarks that there are. so remember, when they do this, when the terrorists select a target, they want to be able to maximize the carnage but want the impact to be even bigger because they are going after a western icon and that's what london bridge is. >> we have fred pleitgen joining us on the phone en route to the bridge. it's filled with police cars and ambulances responding to what appears to be some kind of an incident. that's how they are describing it. the police in this area are tweeting out that they are dealing with an incident on london bridge. when we have more information, we'll update this twitter feed. there are officers on scene as they investigate exactly what happened. a number of witnesses have b

the first report we heard from an eyewitness on london bridge said very much that people were knockedis not what you say, though? it happened quite fast and the van smacked into the side of the bridge and people were thrown off into the road, jumping out of the way. i don't know if they were hit from the impact but certainly afterwards three men jumped from the impact but certainly afterwards three menjumped out from the impact but certainly afterwards three men jumped out of the van and that's when they started attacking people on the road. i forgot to mention that as they headed down the stairs when they we re headed down the stairs when they were running towards people they we re were running towards people they were shouting this is for allah and i sent a video through to you guys andi i sent a video through to you guys and i am not certain if you can hear it you can definitely see the people screaming. as far as the van is concerned, can screaming. as far as the van is concerned , can you screaming. as far as the van is concerned, can you tell how many people were in the van, how

p london bridge and borough market are thriving and booming on a saturday night. this is east london. east london is considered to be very much the kind of epicenter of cool and hip and young and there are a lot of bars, a lot of restaurants, a lot of people going out on a saturday night particularly in borough market, which is really -- has a very kind ofbianceambiance. in george bush, the place will be packed at that time. people finishing their dinners, hitting the bars, thinking about going clubbing. these are very popular areas and particularly popular, i would say, with young people. so make no mistake about it, this london bridge and borough market will have been buzzing with activity and that's precisely why, if they were targeted, that's why they would have been targeted. but as i said before, we're still trying to put together a picture here of whether this was coordinated, whether these were targetsed attacks and most importantly we still don't know from the police how many people have been hurt or injured or killed as a result of them. >> we heard from

this is london bridge this attack. this is london bridge this morning.ets of london on london bridge where people were ploughed into on the street and then they got out of the van with knives and began attacking people on the street. we understand that six people have been killed and many seriously injured. 48 people are in hospital being treated. the prime minister has left the campaign trailand treated. the prime minister has left the campaign trail and she will be chairing an emergency meeting later in whitehall with senior cabinet ministers. we will keep you up—to—date here on bbc breakfast. good morning, you're watching bbc breakfast. i'm at london bridge where six people were killed last night and almost 50 injured in two attacks just a few hundred metres apart. counter—terrorism police are still on the scene. in the first incident, a van swerved onto the pavement and ploughed into pedestrians, eyewitnesses say the driver seemed to be deliberately targeting people. he and two other men left the van in nearby borough market — where several people we

this is bbc news coverage of the latest terror attack here in the united kingdom at london bridge and borough market. it happened just after ten o'clock london time, around seven hours ago. we now know that six people have been killed and three suspected assailants have been shot dead. this is special coverage on bbc news channel and bbc world as well as bbc one. let's bring you up—to—date with the very latest as we have it. just after ten o'clock local time, a white van swerved off the road and ploughed into pedestrians on london bridge. then a number of stabbings were carried out at nearby borough market. assistant commissioner mark rowley from the metropolitan police has been briefing journalists on the latest picture. this is what he told us latest picture. this is what he told usa latest picture. this is what he told us a few minutes ago. the metropolitan police has been responding to incidents in london bridge and borough market areas of london. we're treating this as a terrorist incident and a full investigation is under way led by london's counterterrorism command. you will un

london bridge offers a lit up view of tower bridge in the distance. tourist are it isa it is a tourist attraction. many people's mice being ruined by this incident. london ambulance service, their resilience team are tweeting, saying that they are responding to this incident and more information will follow when we have it. they say that multiple resources are attending the incident at london bridge. they are urging people to avoid the area if possible. that bridge is closed to traffic. transport for london have closed the london bridge station. the london ambulance service are saying to only call 909 if you have a genuine emergency. “— call 909 if you have a genuine emergency. —— nine 99. they are having to divert as many resources as possible to this incident. for anyone switching on and joining us, you are watching bbc news. we are reporting an incident that unfolded about 20 minutes ago, that was when we first got warning via reuters. 0ur reporter greg dawson is here with us. i will speak to you again ina with us. i will speak to you again in a mom

cameras out to get a photo of tower bridge from london bridge. idge the driver and i noticed two taxis on the side and somebody lying on the pavement. we just assumed that perhaps the person may have been accidentally knocked over or something. as we continued along the bridge at a very slow pace, like we always do, we spotted another person lying on the pavement and we became alarmed. and then a third person and we started to think well, maybe it may have been a gang fight, because i know that area does tend to have a few gangs. then when we saw a few more people lying down and people running towards them we became concerned and eventually we had to stop the bus halfway across the bridge because the traffic had come to a stop. there were no police at the time we arrived so we are assuming a must have happened within two or three minutes prior to us arriving on the bridge. i attempted to call my 99 and the police did arrive within about five minutes after we stopped the bus. sometime later there were lots and lots of police cars racing down to the

as we we re bridge from london bridge. r andi were coming the bridge the driver and i noticed two taxis on the left—hand side and someone lying on the pavement. and wejust left—hand side and someone lying on the pavement. and we just assumed that perhaps that person may have been accidentally knocked over or something. as we continued along the bridge at a slow pace like we always do we spotted another person lying on the pavement and we became a bit alarmed with that and then a third person and we started to think well, maybe it may have been a gang fight, because i know that area does have a few gangs. then when we saw a few more people lying down and people running up towards them we were quite concerned and eventually we had to stop the bus halfway across the bridge because the traffic had come to a stop. there were no police at the time we arrived. we are assuming it must have happened within two or three minutes prior to us within two or three minutes prior to us arriving on the bridge. i attempted to call 999 and the

the london bridge, you can see, is near the borough market. ng in fred who is joining us on the phone. he is one of our correspondents. he is in london. fred, what more are you learning? >> reporter: ana, i'm right now en route to where this incident apparently took place. and again, we only have the information the police has given us so far, that they are responding. to what they believe is a serious incident there, near london bridge. obviously a place where this time of night, it's about 10:00 p.m. here right now in london, where a lot of people would have been out there. and again, they are responding to this. unclear at this point in time what the nature of this incident is. they're obviously trying to find that out. they're going to keep providing information as they get it. they've already said they're going to do that via their twitter feed. but the early pictures we see coming in seem to indicate there are a lot of police vehicles out there on the scene. there are a lot of -- or a couple of ambulances, at least, on the scene. but agai

london bridge runs from the city, cross the river to a very, very busy london area, i come here oftene court. london bridge station is one of the busiest in the country and it is somewhere where people would have headed to to head home. the bridge around the corner around the corner from the bridge is borough market. there are cafes and food stalls in the daytime we understand, from eyewitnesses and, clearly, we have to have a little health warning there that witnesses think they see something and describe things in various ways that is not entirely accurate. what they seem to be centring on is a white van crashing into pedestrians at the southern end of the bridge, outside a pub there on the southern end. two, stream, maybe four men getting out of the van armed with knives and attacking people on the pavementjust near where the collision happened and then running into the borough market area. in that area are many pubs and cafes. i spoke to an eyewitness who i’u ns cafes. i spoke to an eyewitness who runs security for a number of establishments and he said he was getting reports by p

aerial shots of london bridge in central london.riefing, the death toll regrettably has risen. cressida dick telling journalists seven people died in the attack overnight. seven people died, a8 people were injured. the commissioner saying that the police do believe they have shot dead all of the attackers. she said they were three attackers, we believe, and three attackers, we believe, and three people were shot dead. the latest information from the metropolitan police. we will have much more in a moment. political reaction. returning to andrew marr in the studio. we heard a moment ago from david davis, brexit secretary, i am joined now by the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry. you are listening to cressida dick and you are of course a london mp yourself. to cressida dick and you are of course a london mp yourselflj to cressida dick and you are of course a london mp yourself. i did not get a lot of sleep. like a lot of londoners, we did not get a lot of londoners, we did not get a lot of sleep. it reminded us of 7/7 when we

one of them on the london bridge and the other right next to the london bridge. the timeline is as follows. just after 10:00 p.m. a white van traveling around 50 miles. hour swerved up on the sidewalk and plowed into a group of pedestrians. there are reports saying that as many as 20 people may have been hit but most of the reporting has a number between four-seven. police have not yet confirmed that number but as you can see, the images they are there are people scrambling from the scene and police escorting and yelling to get out of the way. and of course blocking the way to the bridge which they closed in. they were trying to get them away from them area. witnesses later reported as seen suspects jump out of the van carried 12-inch nice. moments later police responded to a unknown number of stabbings at borough market. this is a series of bars and restaurants that runs right along the south side of the london bridge. this, as you might imagine, peak time on a warm london night so the local businesses were packed with people. london police have told a number of

cameras out to get a photo of tower bridge from london bridge. on to the bridge, the driver and i noticed two taxis on the left—hand side and someone lying on the pavement. and we just assumed that perhaps that person may have been accidentally knocked over or something. as we continued along the bridge at a slow pace, like we always do, we spotted another person lying on the pavement and we became a bit alarmed with that, and then a third person and we started to think, well, maybe it may have been a gang fight, because i know that area does have a few gangs. then when we saw a few more people lying down and people running up towards them and we were quite concerned and eventually, we had to stop the bus halfway across the bridge because the traffic had come to a stop. there were no police at the time we arrived. we are assuming it must have happened within two or three minutes prior to us arriving on the bridge. i attempted to call 999 and the police did arrive within about five minutes after we stopped the bus. and then sometime later there wer

the occu pa nts of casualties on london bridge. the occupants of the white van getting out of the vehicle and racing through to borough market, which is nearby, carrying out knife attacks. a number of casualties, we are hearing 20 people have been taken to six different hospitals nearby, 20 casualties taken to six different hospitals. there were reports of people being thrown over london bridge as that vehicle was driven at high speed. police river patrol boats looked for casualties in the water. this is one of the cordons being set up. there will be a cobra meeting, but theresa may, the british prime minister, has already said this is a potential terrorist attack. it comes not many days after the manchester attack were 22 were killed in the explosion at the magister arena but in this attack it appears to be a number of men in that vehicle in that white van, driving across london bridge, and then getting out of the vehicle and carrying out a knife attack. number of eyewitnesses have said they saw these men getting out of the van, m

from your window, then, can you see london bridge now? >> i cannot directly see london bridge. but i can hear several helicopters flying overhead. i've gone downstairs, and i've seen -- actually i'm quite scared right now, today my building doors have been broken and it's not able to lock me in and i know people are still loose. it's early on, nobody is claiming responsibility. even when responsibility is claimed, you're not quite sure if the group is claiming responsibility. >> do you remember roughly what time, joe, you heard those shots? was it about an hour ago? >> it was within the hour. i can tell you it was within the hour. i don't know exactly when. i can tell you it was within the hour. several rounds were fired. i can't tell you if it was the police officers firing towards the assailant or it was vice-versa. but i can tell you that -- hopefully it will be coming in more in order. there's likely people on the ground still loose. >> as you were moving away from the location, tell me what you saw, if you remember. was it a busy, busy area? did anybody fall? that's always

london bridge about two bridges down. as you mentioned, it's unclear whether these are the same or separate incidents, whether they were coordinated. seems as though they have to have been coordinated. 20 injured people now spread out around some six hospitals across the city. but as you said, the information is sparse. british police are trying to make sure they don't report incorrect facts but that hasn't stopped the media from coming up with their own version of the events. this was at borough market a popular restaurant with bashz. there are tons of people who saw this and lots of people who were actually sort of participating in deflecting this attack. witnesses said they were throwing bottles and chairs at some of these attackers. since this attack there's been at least three or four controlled explosions in the vicinity. that means the police are now fanning out, trying to find the perpetrators and suspects in the immediate area. i just spoke with a man who lives above borough market. he said he walked outside and

london bridge is not like new york bridges. they have a lot of pedestrian traffic. in this case it's a big london area that ends on the south side of the london bridge station. everybody gets out and walks across the river to the west end and into the city of london. there's always people on that bridge. narrow sidewalks and like the person who jumped, and i would not want to jump off one of those. there's no where to go but the river if you're those bridges. >> judge jeanine: what about the time of night? it appears to be a summer evening there. saturday night. >> this is a very lively part of the city. that whole london bridge and borough market area, at this time on a saturday night it is full of lots of hip, fashionable restaurants and pubs. it's a residential area. there is always people there. if you just want to go and stab a bunch of them. >> judge jeanine: now we are hearing about borough market. there were stabbings there as well. how far is borough market from the london bridge area? >> a couple of minutes way. it is a 1000-year-old market. part of the fab

this bunch of flowers almost the only sign of the carnage that was here at london bridge on saturday y morning but a huge police and security operation is continuing, trying to map the network of people behind the idea is that spawned mass murder of london's streets. bouquets at the border of what is now a huge crime scene. forensics officers gathering clues and evidence. this afternoon, the commission of the metropolitan police visited the area with the mayor of london. it is deeply, deeply chilling and horribly sad to see what we have just seen and to think about the barbarous a cts and to think about the barbarous acts on saturday night. we saw extraordinary courage, extraordinary professionalism and extraordinary compassion from our public servants. political and religious leaders, emergency service workers as well of thousands of ordinary londoners attended a vigil in a public park this evening just a short distance from where the attacks occurred. as a proud and patriotic british muslim, i say this, you do not commit these disgusting acts in my name. and you will never succeed i

there's 30,000 people who cross that bridge by googling it and it's a national symbol in london. n't protected every bridge and every event. but you can certainly implore or lay down and i've been saying this for years, take a multilayer event. meani meaning, every layer would have to fail. eight minutes is good in any country. so hats off to those counterterrorism officers. london almost feels undersiege right now . there are security measures that can be done. we found out in israel over 25 years ago. these layers can be applied. and i think while british -- they're applying pressure overseas. the more they aply, the more defense we're going to have to be put on and an honest, realistic look has to be approached with targets, otherwise we're going to see more terror. >> it's a city of 8 million people with many landmarks, many high profile targets. millions of tourists in the uk as we speak. so obviously this is an area you might see those types of patrons and customers in those area. three assailants were killed by athorltuthorities authorities. so presumably if they got togeth

there is still a cordon towards london bridge area, the station is closed. f safety about being in london today? we live in london, we want to stay strong and show this is not going to impact is. it is scary we were so close. at the same time, it will not stop us. it is a sentiment being echoed a lot with many people. thank you very much. let us return to ben in the studio. we will keep you up—to—date from the scene just a few hundred metres from borough market and london bridge. the weather. a lot of rain in the forecast. in some places, it will pile up. today, the rain comes in the form of showers. heavy downpours but with drier weather and sunshine in between. this is how things have been shaping up so far. shower clouds already across western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england. the cloud bringing persistent rain in the first part of this morning in the south—west of england and wales. it moves east and it will break up into showers and there will be drier gaps in between. east anglia and the south—east staying dry for a good pa rt south—east s

jens stoltenberg tweeted "thoughts with those affected by the bruta london bridge attacks. getr witthe people of london." joined bygent bobby chacon in palm springs california. right now what are authorities doing? a few hours after these tragic attacks, what is k35k9ly is standard procedure right now? >> they're getting people's driver's licenses, passports, any kind of visas. if they're uk citizens, then they were born there. when they went to zoschool -- >> but at this stage -- >> yes. >> sorry. go ahead. finish your thought. >> so they're also searching their social media. they're looking at any associates, criminal histories, what were they arrested for, who were they arrested with. if they've traveled internationally, they're working with their international partners to try to find out where they traveled and when they traveled, what they did there, doing all that general background information similar to what we found out after manchester within eight hours to twelve hours we had the person's history, we know who his father was, his brother was. when he dame back from

in between london bridge and the borough market. s a great deal of police activity near the bridge. i don't know if we got you back, fred. are you there? okay, we don't have him but he was saying what he did see was a great deal of police activity, people leaving the cordoned off area, police leaving with their lights flashing, again, part of this we need to make clear there does appear to be an active manhunt. as far as we know there's no one in custody connected to this pair of incidents, again, a van mowing down people and a stabbing attack in the borough market. >> ka rcharissa ward is joining now from our london bureau. clarissa, we were discussing the timing of this is important given ramadan is coming right before the election in the uk and it's coming on the day before a manchester benefit concert that will will be happening a few hours northwest of london, and so there are multiple things that have raised the security across the country and have also made it a prime time for terrorists to do something just like this. >> that

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london bridge station is closed, we are asking people to avoid the area. isitors to oui’ ask all londoners and visitors to our city to remain calm and vigilant, please report anything suspicious to the police. we don't yet know the full details but sadiq khan says this was a deliberate and cowardly attack on innocent londoners and visitors to our city enjoying their saturday night. i condemn it in the strongest possible terms. there's nojustification whatever for such barbaric acts. that statement just in from the mayor of london, sadiq khan. so, i mean, tom, obviously we've had the westminster attack, we've had the manchester attack and now this. all different in many ways? i think the first and the third are similar in one obvious respect. a car attack followed by a knife attack. now, in this case we have a conspiracy, we have several men who appear on the eyewitness accounts we have so far to have planned this and carried it out together but the first of that, khalid masood, was on his own, a lone wolf and difficult for the police to detect. the middle a

i am jane hill at london bridge in central london. you're watching bbc news. i'mjane hill on london bridge where seven people have been killed and nearly 50 injured in a terrorist attack. a white van drove into pedestrians before three men jumped out and stabbed people in nearby streets. they run in and they were stabbing everyone and i was going to people run, run, run. distressing scenes as paramedics and the emergency services provided first aid. some of the injured are said to be in a critical condition in hospital. police placed several bars in lockdown — people were ordered to lay on the ground as officers checked there were no assailants present. police say that within eight minutes of receiving first reports of the attack they had shot dead the three assailants. senior officers say they believe the incident is under control. a large cordon remains in place. there are many officers on scene. we still need to carry out a thorough search of the area to ensure everyone is accounted for. the mayor of london joins an emergency cobra committee meeting, chaire

you are watching bbc news, i am jane hill at london bridge in central london.ree men jumped a white van drove into pedestrians before three menjumped out a white van drove into pedestrians before three men jumped out and stabbed people in the streets nearby. they were running in, all of the pubs, all of the bars, i can't remember all of them. i was going to people, run, run, run. the prime minister has emerged from chairing an emergency cobra committee meeting. she said the time has come for things to change. there is,

good afternoon from london bridge in central london. i'm jane good afternoon from london bridge in central london. i'mjane hill, bringing you the aftermath of another terrorist attack in this country. following on from the huge attack in manchester just country. following on from the huge attack in manchesterjust a couple of weeks ago and the westminster bridge attack in march. seven people we re bridge attack in march. seven people were killed in this part of london overnight, and 48 injured. speaking in the last hour, the prime minister spoke outside downing street and talked about the single evil ideology of islamic extremism. she has called for it to be tackled head—on. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, has been praising the remarkable bravery of her police officers, both on duty and off duty. many of them risked their lives by running towards the attackers to confront them. let's just bring you up—to—date with what we know so far about this attack here in the capital on saturday, which has claimed the lives of se

now it was on the street on london bridge when the first attack happened. a van plowing into crowded pedestrians on the bridge. an eye witness telling us he saw people being plowed over. someone flying into the air. british prime minister teresa may calling these attacks terrible and she has attacked the london police to treat them as acts of terrorism. >> new developments. a hospital in london currently on lock down. they say quote due to the ongoing incident in central london, it's on lock down to keep patients and relatives safe. we'll bring you details as they keep coming in and they do keep coming in. here at the scene, nick, give uses a sense of what you're seeing. >> reporter: well, st. thomas's hospital is right across from the houses of parliament and across westminster bridge. what we're hearing from the ambulance athorts in the city here, they're calling this a major incident, a major operation. 20 people, they say have been taken to six different london hospitals for treatment. that's normal in a situation like this, they try to disperse the casu

police say it all started when a van plowed into a group of pedestrians on the london bridge. it happened just after 10:00 p.m. local time in london. you can see the pictures now from the scene showing the people who are running. police were blocking their way trying to get them off the bridge and escorting them in various directions, some of them had their hands up. the bridge has been closed for hours now in both directions and they have quartered off a vast portion of the area around the bridge. blocks and blocks. the van, suspect man, continued on to borough market where witnesses say that suspects jumped out of the car, carrying 12-inch nice. the attacks coming less than two weeks after the bombing of the manchester arena which killed 22 people and left more than 100 others injured. i want to bring back in former michigan congressman pete hoekstra is a former member of the, shared the house to tell the committee and congressman, we talked earlier about the weapon choice. the van and the nights. they were wearing these fake suicide bomb vest. what you make of that? >> clear

at the famed london bridge, where there are reports that a van has run into a number of pedestrians. nbc's lucy kafanov is in london with the latest. lucy? >> good evening, jose. this is obviously a developing situation, but we understand that a vehicle, a white van plowed into a crowd of people on london bridge. british police have said that they have deployed multiple resources to handle this incident. we've seen footage of ambulances rushing to the scene, armed police on location securing the area, helicopters flying overhead. there are reports of a number of injuries, including one witness who told reuters she saw three people with apparent knife wounds on london bridge. this has not been independently verified by nbc news, but this incident did take place at a busy time here in london, about 10:53 p.m. local time, an area that would have been full of people on a busy saturday night, enjoying the restaurants, the night life, we're also learning at this hour that british armed police responded to an incident at a nearby bolo market in addition to london bridge. we don't have any mo

from london bridge. as you can see, it's blocked off, most of the bridges in downtown london have been blocked off by the police because of this overwhelming police response to this incident. remember, we're talking about two different incidents. and this means now that the metropolitan police have declared them terrorist incidents, at i mentioned earlier, the drag net is going to be expanding and police are going to be hunting for potential accomplices and anyone else who might have been involved. i just spoke, since we last talked, i spoke with an american man who said he actually lives above borough market. that was the site of the second incident that occurred. police are saying that at borough market, there was a stabbing at one of the restaurants. he said that this gentleman said when he walked out of his apartment, he tried to shoot photos of what was going on and the police grabbed his camera and made him move across the bridge to this side of the river. and he said that he saw the police with lon

our top stories: police say one of the three london bridge attackers was a well—known supporter of anslamist extremist group. president trump attacks the mayor of london again on twitter. the white house says he is not picking a fight. australian police are treating a deadly siege in melbourne as a terrorist incident. america's biggest celebrity court case for decades. bill cosby faces charges he used power and fame to drug and sexually assault a helpless woman. two of the three men who carried out saturday's terror attack in london have been named by police. khuram butt was 27, a british pakistani living in east london and was well known to police and mi5. the second attacker was rachid redouane, 30 years old, also from east london. this report from our home editor mark easton. they knew him. one of the three men who murdered seven people in london on saturday night was well known to police and mi5 as an extremist. documentary voiceover: the group display the black flag of islam. khuram butt, featured in a channel 4 documentary last year on radical islamists in britain. its title — t

this is the scene on london bridge. campaigning in the general election has been suspended for today by both the conservatives and labour. it's important to give a message that democracy must prevail. if we allow these attacks to disrupt our democratic process then we all lose. hello from central london. we are close to london bridge. we are right on the police called in. a large cordon in light of yesterday's terrorist attack. 12 people are now under arrest in light of that attack. that news has come through in the last hour, and there are police raids taking place in east london. let us bring you up to date first of all with events as they unfolded here in central london and what we know so far. officers were called to reports of a vehicle ploughing into pedestrians on london bridge shortly after 10pm. the vehicle crashed and was abandoned. the attackers then moved a short way down the road, to nearby borough market where they began stabbing people. within eight minutes all three attackers were shot and killed by poli

welcome back to close to london bridge. night. we are at the edge of the cordon, has closed to london bridge as we can get. seven people died, as we know. 48 we re seven people died, as we know. 48 were injured. we hear that 18 of those injured are still receiving critical care, a slight reduction in that number. 18 people still receiving critical care is what we are hearing at the moment. there has been a series of raids, various parts of east london, barking, east ham, we will have more from one of those areas in the next few minutes. first, this update on the investigation overall, strom richard galpin. jay borough market in the midst of the attack. it is being filmed by a romanian. but instead of running to safety, he attacks the men starving people in front of him. translation: i really thought i was in danger, so i threw a crate at one of the attackers. i saw he was going to dodge it, so i hit him on the head with another trait. he also sheltered to 20 people in the bakery where he works. they, and many others, descri

the president originally hit out at mr khan hours after the events on london bridge. world was commit a rating with london, the president was going after the mayor, suggesting there was no reason to be alarmed about the terror attacks, but that was taking the words out of context. sadiq khan had said there was no reason to be alarmed by the additional armed police. reason to be alarmed by the additionalarmed police. forward reason to be alarmed by the additional armed police. forward 24 hours and was the president apologising? not a bit of it. he was intensifying the attack. he wrote... this evening at the vigil for those killed and injured in saturday's attack, the mayor responded in this way. we have to recognise some people want to divide our communities, some people thrive on bute and division. that's not me or anyone i know. we want allow anyone to divide our communities. and there was solidarity among city mayors.|j don't understand why donald trump is trying to undermine a man who is trying to undermine a man who is trying to undermine a man who is trying to pro

i've talked to several eyewitnesss tonight, first on london bridge and then folks in the borough market who actually witnessed these assailants during the height of the chaos and confusion and terror in this part of london. we spoke with a man named jack appleby whoas tre when it occurred. let's listen. >> so we were just outside with a few friends and it was crazy. people kept just running down the street and this one girl saying that they are stabbing everyone, they are stabbing people and i turned around and i said, everyone to the back. to the back. i was trying to keep it as quick as we can and everyone got off their seat and rushed to the back and you don't really think at the time. just sort of went to go grab the keys and i literally turned back around and there were these three men standing there, one with a machete and they had this sort of belt on. we didn't really -- they just looked at us and i didn't really know what to do. everyone was in the back of the restaurant and they carried ongoing back down towards the street and me and a colleague ran to the front and he kept a

i'mjane hill live in london bridge. rse kirsty boden, who ran to help people on the bridge, is the third person to be named among the dead. at 11 o'clock, a minute's silence across the uk, to remember the victims and all those affected by the attack. the political row over police numbers intensifies, as the mayor of london warns that planned cuts will make it harder to protect against future attacks. having more police officers, having community police in, restoring neighbourhood police in means, members of the public have confidence to report things to them. the police can do theirjob in the communities, which ultimately, keeps us safer. police numbers in london have remained high. and secondly, we protected police budgets in 2015. and the labour party, as i recall, actually wanted to cut them by 10%. rbs reaches a settlement with investors who claimed they were duped into handing over £12 billion to the bank during the financial crisis. and qatar calls for talks to end a diplomatic dispute with neighbouring states, sau