services. the queen unveils a memorial in london to service personnel and civilians who served and worked in iraqnd afghanistan. and on newsnight — pledges promises and vows. the fall out from the budget continues as david cameron's former director of communications tells us being perceived to have broken a manifesto promise over national insurance is very difficult for the government. good evening and

we do have new information here, and it's coming in from the london ambulance service. the london ambulance service says it's declaring a major incident. we have declared a major incident, and our priority is to assess patients and assure that they are treated and taken to hospital as soon as possible. according to the statement from the london ambulance service, that's what they're saying. also additional information, wolf. they are saying they were called at 2:40 p.m. local time london, 10:40 a.m. on the east coast there, to westminster bridge, to report an incident with the first crew arriving within six minutes. they were there, the ambulances, on scene within six minutes. again, more details here. we have sent a number of resources to the scene. we were talking about seeing that before. and our hazardous area response team. it's not sure if they believe there were hazardous materials involved in the scene. clearly sending it as a precaution. potentially dwoent know at this time what the police are discovering. the ambulance service saying they have sent their hazard

argue that if scotland remains in the eu, in the single market, they could take financial services from londonedinburgha new services from london and make edinburgh a new hub for that, but we haven't heard a lot about that from the scottish national party. that is the scottish national party. that is the big question for nicola sturgeon to answer. at the moment, it doesn't add up. a lot of questions and a lot of detail to be filled in, because it looks unlikely that the prime minister would agree to having this second independence referendum ahead of the brexit itself, so that poses a lot of uncertainty for voters in scotland, doesn't it? absolutely, and the key thing is that last time, it was the scottish government the decided the timing, format and question. last time, it was yes — no. what if it was leaving the lead and remain? that might change it in people's minds. i don't think theresa may will allow a referendum before the uk has left the eu, which means it would be 2019 or even later. there was lots of discussion last time round about head versus heart. given people's experience with

services. the queen unveils a memorial in london to service personnel and civilians who served and worked in iraqnd afghanistan. and on newsnight — pledges promises and vows. the fall out from the budget continues as david cameron's former director of communications tells us being perceived to have broken a manifesto promise over national insurance is very difficult for the government. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has insisted that the controversial change announced in the budget to increase national insurance for self employed workers is "simpler, fairer and more progressive". theresa may refused to accept that the government had broken a manifesto pledge saying the promise had only extended to one kind of national insurance. but the move has angered a number of conservative backbenchers and been roundly criticised by labour. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. brussels is rarely a place where british prime ministers can find a retreat, but theresa may entered discreetly into the summit, in a hurry for the talks. not for her the grand arrivals of her other

london with her partner, who was also hurt. in romania, a friend paid tribute to the emergency services in london.o thank the doctors and nurses, all the medical staff, for everything they are doing to help them. today at scotland yard, police officers who were part of the emergency response laid flowers in memory of their colleague, keith palmer, who they tried to help. june kelly, bbc news. more than 30 people have been hurt, two seriously, in a suspected gas explosion in merseyside. a building was destroyed in the new ferry area of birkenhead. these images show bricks and debris across the street. we'll bring you more details when we have them. president donald trump put on a brave face on saturday after accepting that he failed in his election promise to overhaul president 0bama's health reforms. he tweeted that 0bamacare would collapse, and vowed to put together a "great" replacement. republicans withdrew their health—care bill shortly before a vote in congress, after it became clear they didn't have enough votes to get it through. mr trump says he's learned a lot during the process. he blame

london. the service must be doing a good job., just over the river but it was bound to happen out some stage, i feel. river but it was bound to happen out some stage, ifeel. fluorescent flashers and wailing sirens remind those who were in london in 2005 of the aftermath of 7/7. extra police patrols, some with guns. but even they are relatively familiar sights in the capital. london was prepared for this. inside the cordon, a vast crime scene. london fw one is under forensic control. outside, the city carries on its business. for londoners, today has been disturbing and desperately sad. but the city remains calm and carries on. we will show you the scene now from westminster as it prepares for a new day. . the morning after the terror attacks. we will keep you right across all of the events as london prepares for a new day. good morning. we have an area of rain across central and southern parts of england that drifted sway further west through this morning and here we have temperatures reaching four, five, six degrees. rain in sou

services. the queen unveils a memorial in london to service personnel and civilians who served and worked in iraqdges promises and vows. the fall out from the budget continues as david cameron's former director of communications tells us being perceived to have broken

london with her partner, who was also hurt. in remainiac, a friend paid tribute to the emergency services in london. —— in romania, a friend paide would especially like to thank the doctors and nurses, all the medical staff, for everything they are doing to help them. today at scotland yard, police officers who were part of the emergency response laid flowers in memory of their colleague, keith palmer, who they tried to help. june kelly, bbc news. and a man from eastbourne has claimed he was attacked by khalid masood14 years ago. danny smith described how he met masood, known then as adrian elms in 2003. i met him in a pub in eastbourne. seemed like a pretty decent fellow. had a few beers with him. a few days later we fell out. he tried his best to kill me. can you tell us what he did? he pulled a knife, held it to my face and i thought surely he's not going to hit me, surely he's not going to hit me with a knife, and he sort of flinched it to do it and ijust stood there, thinking, he isn't going to do it, and all of a sudden, he hit me with a knife, straight from my face and then it went through my nose, through my tongue, int

this memorial commemorates the lives and service of all who took part in operations in iraq and afghanistan. the queen unveils a memorial in londonrvice personnel and civilians who served and worked in iraq and afghanistan. the ceremony in victoria embankment gardens was followed a service for 2,500 veterans on horse guards parade. welcome. the chancellor philip hammond has defended his plan to raise national insurance contributions for self—employed people, saying the government faces "new challenges." mr hammond is facing criticism, including from his own backbenches, for apparently going back on a 2015 manifesto pledge not to raise tax or national insurance. the change, due to come in next year, will mean 1.6 million self—employed people paying, on average, an extra £240 a year. labour has accused the government of breaking its promise. here's our political correspondent eleanor garnier. voiceover: learning to solve technical problems at a college in dudley in the west midlands this morning. and after yesterday's budget the chancellor's the one looking for a nswers after criticism over his plans to hike up national insurance.

and the london ambulance service, as well as the fire brigade. it does look london fire brigade.of water. because they do not to cause undue alarm. want but having invited cameras here, the metropolitan police want to show that they are training for people that they are training for these events. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: fellow musicians have paid tribute to chuck berry, the rock and roll star who has died at his home in missouri, aged 90. a one—year—old boy dies injured in north london. and the metropolitan police, taking pa rt and the metropolitan police, taking part ina and the metropolitan police, taking part in a simulated terrorist attack ga rt in a simulated terrorist attack i gs rt in a simulated terrorist sttscki the ga rt in a simulated terrorist attack i the river thames. scotland yard on the river thames. scotland yard has said the training exercise is has said the training—exercisgé = in response to any specific not in response to any specific threat. we can cross for the good morning, "we're not perfect" — that, the simple assessment ended their unbeate

london with her partner, who was also hurt. in romania, a friend paid tribute to the emergency services in london.specially like to thank the doctors and nurses, all the medical staff, for everything they are doing to help them. today at scotland yard, police officers who were part of the emergency response laid flowers in memory of their colleague, keith palmer, who they tried to help. june kelly, bbc news. studio: those are the main stories this hour, i will be back with more atiopm. this hour, i will be back with more at 10pm. all this week across the bbc we have been running a series of stories and features as part of our state of sport week. it is time for the state of sports debate, hosted by our presenters. hello, and welcome to the emirates old trafford, home of lancashire cricket club, they have been here since 1857. with a very good throw, you can just about reach the other old trafford. we are in the sporting hub of a major sports city. this is the bbc‘s state of sport debate. we are tackling the main issues affecting sport today. and we have brought together a prominent panel of leader

. >> to recap what we know, london ambulance service said they treated at least when patients on the westminster bridge where a car ran into a bunch of pedestrians. the westminster bridge leads to parliament and seems if that car was driving towards parliament at the time. this is the nerve center of british power. it is the nerve center of their government, of constitutional power. you've g parliament on one side, and you're seeing video right now of what happened on that bridge, the aftermath and the car that hit the fencing on that bridge and struck pedestrians. you can see it looks to be an suv. but british parliament is on the left-hand side of that bridge, just down the road, on the right-hand side, less than half a mile, quarter mile, is ten downing street. that is the residence of the prime minister of the uk, theresa may. we're told that she is safe. and if you kept going straight down that bridge, you would run smack into the queen's residence, buckingham palace. this is where power in the uk lies, it is a significant attack, and even though british police officers do not g

thames and pulled alive from the river thames. 20 people injured in all, according to the london ambulance service, four dead, including the attacker. two people on the bridge and the police officer who was stabbed to death. in the last few minutes we have heard from british prime minister theresa may, who has chaired a meeting of the government's emergency committee, cobra. after that meeting she described the attack as sick and depraved but said british democracy would go one, people would live their lives as normal despite this attack and, indeed, at westminster, parliament will sit as normal tomorrow, both mps and peers. i have just chaired a meeting tomorrow, both mps and peers. i havejust chaired a meeting of tomorrow, both mps and peers. i have just chaired a meeting of the government emergency committee, cobra, following the second to depraved terrorist attack on the streets of our capital this afternoon. touch the sick and depraved. full details of what happened are still emerging, but having been updated by police and security officials i can confirm the appalling incident began when a s

we are working closely with the london service. i would like to repeat a request to the public to avoid the following areas: parliament -- >> shepard: that from the british police just a few moments ago. we have new video in. this is from a witness speaking to the bbc. we're playing this right off their website. we thank them. this is a witness, listen. >> bus stops and everybody started screaming, people came off the bus and seemed very upset, and then i saw what appeared to be a trainer by the side of the road than on the other side of the road was a body. when i looked further up, there was another body. when i look over the side of the bridge, there appeared to be a body in the water as well. >> reporter: what did you do then when you saw this going on? >> first of all, i checked to see whether people were looking after the other people on the ground, and then i just tried to help people coming onto the bridge because people were coming on him at that point we did not know what was happening so we just tried to push them back.

serious oral care made simple >>> this is a situation a lot of parents can relate memorial in london honoring servicers and civilians who served in the gulf wars and afghanistan. she came across a little boy being held by a woman in uniform. he was supposed to hand the queen a bouquet of flowers but the pressure of the moment was too much. the boy became bashful, wasn't having any of it. he did that limp baby move where you can't even stand him up. he becomes boneless. all in front of the queen, but she's a mom. she patiently waited for him to calm down with a little help and he eventually handed her the flowers. >> that video will never go away. >> i know. >>> in news for your health this morning, is your smart phone stressing you out? it could have something to do with how often you're checking it. the more often you look at your phone the more stressed you're likely to feel. some call it a behavioral addiction. the first step to overcoming this addiction is to set boundaries and to consider getting anac while. >> okay. take it away? >> apparently. >>> if you or someone you know is gluten free you'

london. that is a lot of areas, public service, transport, criminal justice. hat are the specifics? the specifics in relation to transport for example are when it comes to improving infrastructure projects in london we have a growing population. it will grow from 6 million up to 10 million by 2030 and we have to look at innovative ways to raise money to build new transport links. in business rates, local councils will be able to use the money raised and spend locally rather than civil servants in whitehall deciding how it is spent. in relation to the nhs we hope to signa in relation to the nhs we hope to sign a deal with the government so we have more say over how social services and the nhs are integrated to provide better services for local people. the simple point is if you compare the population of london it is greater than the population of scotla nd is greater than the population of scotland and wales combined and we have far less control over our services than scotland and wales. will that growing population you are talking about, will they have the oppo

services. he's been named as 52—year—old khalid masood. so—called islamic state claim he was one of its soldiers. overnight there were raids in birmingham and londoneople have been arrested. he was known to the services. so—called islamic state have claimed responsibility for the attack. if people have been arrested in overnight raids in birmingham and london. the police investigation continues. the third victim of the attack has been named today as curt cochran, a us tourist in london to celebrate his silver wedding anniversary. spanish teacher ayesha braid and pc keith palmer were also killed in the attack. mps and police have been holding a minute's silence. the prime minister said britain would not be cowed. we are not afraid. our resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism. and thousands of people are gathering in trafalgar square this evening for a vigilfor trafalgar square this evening for a vigil for those affected by the terror attack. good evening from westminster bridge. you can see people walking around just a day after the deadly attack that left people dead and injured on this bridge. 52—year—old khaled masood has been named by

the london ambulance service reported some "catastrophic injuries". 0ur correspondent sophie hutchinson thomases hospital just across the river from parliament. can you tell us what the authorities are saying about the condition of some of the people brought in today? this hospital has been right at the centre of things today, as you were saying, it is right opposite the houses of parliament, it is linked to it by westminster bridge were some of those terrible injuries, some of those terrible injuries, some of those catastrophic injuries took place today and staff rushed out of this hospital today to try to help those who were injured on the bridge. two people remain in a sta ble bridge. two people remain in a stable condition at saint thomases hospital and another eight were taken to kings hospital in south—east london. it's a major trauma centre used to dealing with major injuries from, for example, cars, road traffic incidents and that kind of thing. we know of those eight people six are in a stable condition but two people remained critically ill tonight. sophie, thank you very much

not just involving the police, but our other partners around the port of london and other blue light emergency services of all, to show that they are prepared for an attack. there is no specific intelligence about an attack to london or any other city or town in the uk, but there was a report at the tail end of last week that the event about security of last year that identified security on the river thames as something that could be improved, so i think the police wanted to show second, it is a reminder to us all that the terror threat level in the uk has been for the last 2.5 years at ‘severe', so an attack is highly likely. what happened yesterday at one of those paris airports, we saw that the threat to western cities and towns remains something that people need to be vigilant about. virtual reality technology is being trialled to help football club doctors detect concussion'withi'n'semnds':"" ””"'” " ' along with clinical assessments, the 0culus rift device could help prevent life—changing injuries by detecting concussion immediately on the side—lines, meaning players can get immediate treatment a

the new flight will connect london with oakland four days a week. the new service british airways the only european airline to operate from all three bay area airports. >>> the hawaiian airlines yet was forced to make an emergency landing. one person took this video of people getting off the plane when that jet made a safe landing. the 241 passengers were then booked onto the next flight to honolulu. we still don't know what caused that smoke. >>> just about an hour after the raiders received approval to leave town. shaf was joined by the president of the oakland a's. they raised the a's flag to kick off a's spirit week. the team has adopted the slogan rooted in oakland this year. it also hits home the message that the a's have zeroed in on oakland as a permanent side for a new stadium. they host the giants saturday afternoon in the bay bridge series. >>> coming up at 5:00. more on the raider's plan move to vegas. we're going to give you a live report. >> the condition of a 202-year-old was pulled from the water and why crews had to continue their search last night

we are working closely with the london ambulance service and the london fire brigade. i'd like to repeat our request for the public to avoid the following areas -- parliament square, white hall, westminster bridge, lamberth bridge, victoria street up to the junction with brod wei and victoria embankment up to embankment tube stations to allow emergency services to deal with this ongoing incident. there is an ongoing investigation being led by the counterterrorism command and we would ask anybody who has images or film of the incident to pass those to the police. we know there are a number of casualties, including police officers, but at this stage we cannot confirm numbers or the nature of these injuries. our response will be ongoing for some time, and it is important that we gather all possible information and evidence. public safety is our top priority, and we are reviewing our policing stance across london and throughout the capital this afternoon. there will be additional officers on duty and deployed across the capital. i would like to ask the public to remain vig

services. he's been named as 52—year—old khalid masood. so—called islamic state claim he was one of its soldiers. overnight there were raids in birmingham and londonand london. the police investigation continues. the third victim of the

london? some financial services companies are saying they are looking very seriously and even people to paris, frankfurt. how will the british people react to that? catherine: it is inevitable that that would happen. banks planning to move operations out of london. we should not be too hasty to say that the city of london will be the same anymore. i think that london will remain the financial capital despite all of this. the city of london was the city of london long before the european union. i cannot say that particularly changing. i think the loss of jobs to the e.u. is inevitable. people did know that. melinda: you implied that there might be a form of buyers remorse that eventually sits in. you also implied that you wish there would be no deal at all. is there any chance that this could be rolled back? catherine: i do see a chance. the main chance is really just if things seem to be going so badly with economic damage, if there is a political movement within the u.k. in favor of remaining were turning back all of this, at the moment that is not the case and the labour party is not in a p

the queen has unveiled a memorial in london to service personnel and civilians who served and worked suffered a bit from whence morrison's supermarket said they we re morrison's supermarket said they were concerned about food prices because of the value of sterling. now its time for meet the author with rebecca jones. for much of her career, lionel shriver scribbled in obscurity, and those are her words, not mine. then her seventh novel hit the big time. we need to talk about kevin won the orange prize for fiction in 2005 and made her name. lionel shriver‘s latest book is called the mandibles, and it's set during a financial crisis in america during the near future. at its heart are four generations of a once wealthy family who must deal with the loss of their fortune and then learn to survive as the dollar collapses, inflation soars and the economy spirals out of control. lionel shriver, you wrote the mandibles in 2015, and the picture you paint of america is pretty bleak. revisiting it now as it comes out in paperback, what are your thoughts? well, it's bleaker now! one of the stri

the london ambulance service said it treated at least 10 people on the bridge at the time, and we now know that number is up to 20 and that is where one woman was killed. >>there's a 4 x 4 grail of silver. and the car speeded up, and past me. and i did not pay attention afterwards. after a few meters, then i knew something was going on. >>> a continued, but then after the bridge, i don't know what was happening. there were of course lots of people there. >>reddish port officials say they pulled the woman from the river of life that she suffered severe injuries. there are images of a car crash into the perimeter fence of parliament. members of parliament were locked in and told to stay away from the windows. president. donald trump reportedly called the british prime minister to offer you a support during the investigation. and and and the assailant has not yet been identified, and european cities were targeted by terrorists. he is also continuing the effort to push the healthcare bill. >>joe waldman reports. >> this bill was about peace of mind. peace of mind for americans. >> former

in financial services, the london financial services industry, international industry not a u.k. one. you have distributional impacts. if you look at the pattern in the brexit vote, a very different pattern of london voting compared to other parts, the northern part of the u.k.. i do not think that anyone is in that much doubt about the benefits from an economics perspective of immigration. tom: thank you so much. andrew balls with pimco. we will continue from london. ach coverage, including parliament that is open for business and working. we will perhaps hear from the prime minister of the united kingdom. kevin cirilli is with us twice join us.ny dwyer will an update on the reticence about the great bull market. from london and new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ guy: flags flying at half mast. you are looking at a live shot from the south side of westminster bridge, the waterloo end, looking back at the parliament. the bridge is closed as they continue their investigations into what happened. nine: 30, retail sales data, 10:30 we will get theresa may making a statement to parliame

we are working closely with the london ambulance service. i would like to repeat our request for the public to avoid the following areas. parliament square, westminster bridge, white hall, victoria street up to the junction with broadway and the victorian bank. this is to allow emergency services to deal with its own incident. there is an ongoing investigation being led by the counterterrorism group and we would ask anybody who has images or film of the incident to pass those to the police. we know there are a number of casualties including police officers but at this stage we cannot confirm numbers or the nature of these injuries. our response will be ongoing for some time. it is important that we gather all possible information and evidence. public safety is our top priority and we are reviewing across london and the capital this afternoon. there will be additional officers deployed across the capitca capit capital. i would like the public to remain vigilant and let us know if they see anything that causes them concern and dial 999 immedia

the queen has unveiled a memorial in london to service personnel and civilians who served and worked and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. as you can see, the ftse100 was down after the supermarket giant morrisons weighed heavily on the london market. warning of the impact of imported food prices if sterling stays at lower levels. the founder of a charity which supports people who were forcibly sent abroad as children without their parents has been giving evidence at the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. margaret humphreys said the deportation of thousands of children was the "most catastrophic child abuse legacy within living memory." tom symonds reports. margaret humphreys has worked most of her life for the british child migrants. her offices are covered with the pictures of those she's helped. today, 30 years after founding the child migrants trust, she finally got to give evidence to a british public inquiry, and she didn't hold back. without doubt this is the most catastrophic child—abuse legacy within our living memory. kidn

i worked in financial services. the london services industry is an international industry, not a u.k. one. you have distributional impacts. ,f you look at the brexit vote very different pattern of london voting compared with other parts of the northern part of the u.k. there are relevant distributional impacts. i do not think anyone is in that much doubt about the benefits from an economic perspective of immigration. >> you have a famous conclave a few weeks back to talk about the gravitational effect of the zero interest rates arena we found ourselves in for so long with the fed remarkable and getting away from that. what about everybody else? andrew: the u.s. outlook looks pretty good, as good as it has in a long time. from theas gone away zero bound expectation with three hikes this year and maybe next year with three height. normalization. of big uncertainty, the rest the world is not doing that well so to what extent can the u.s. normalized when the rest of the world is dragging them down? related to that, the trump admin

london tonight. an attack on the capital has been long feared, and despite the success of the security services in avertingies of plots, there have also been warnings of the likelihood of an attack. so how have people here been reacting? our home editor mark easton reports on london's response to the westminster terror attacks. on this painful day in the life of our nation and our city... sirens and prayers mixed together at the church of st martin—in—the—fields tonight. outside, the authorities have placed physical reassurance. police just being there to make people feel safe. and that is how people felt. a busker set up at his spot in trafalgar square as theatreland took to the stage this evening. chinatown thronged with people. if london was in shock, the crowds of locals and tourists suggested they were determined to ignore any anxieties. we had just arrived in london as it was all happening, so it was a bit worrying but it hasn't stopped us. i have faith that we're going to be ok. because i'm coming from turkey, actually, i'm used to these attacks in my country. once we let our families know we are al

it's already marketing itself as a prime landing spot for lucrative london-based financial services that may want to relocate to another english- speaking e.u. city with a legal system similar to britain's. >> i believe dublin offers opportunity in terms of a skilled workforce, in terms of a really nice place in which to set up business and trade. >> reporter: but economist edgar morgenroth says even financial services jobs and other f.d.i.-- foreign direct investment-- are unlikely to fully offset the blow brexit could deliver to ireland's economy >> we are going to pick up a reasonable slice of whatever might relocate. will that counterbalance the negative effects that come through trade? well, our estimates suggest that it won't, because we will only pick up some f.d.i., whereas we're going to lose quite a substantial amount through the trade impacts with the uk. >> reporter: so while dublin could see a brexit boon, back in the irish midlands, farmer michael guinan is bracing for hard times. >> it's the small people that suffer. the bigger people will probably always find a way around

london. in 2014, financial and insurance services contributed $159 billion to the uk economy, that's about 8% of the total. it employs almost 1.2 million people in uk. it also contributes a trade surplus of approximately $73 billion dollars to the uk's balance of payments, meaning it brings lots of money into the country. but the eu also relies on the uk. $6.6 trillion worth of financial assets are under management here in the uk. that's 37% of the european total. with me is dr angus armstrong, senior fellow from the group, the uk in a changing europe. thank you for coming in. we have highlighted the city of london because it is such a huge part of the uk economy. but for the whole, in terms of businesses, services, whatever, this is huge news. you are exactly right. this is a momentous day, perhaps even the most momentous since the second world war economically. we will change our economically. we will change our economic relationship with the biggest economic partner so far. that will change everything in the economy. the city in particular will be affected because of the prime minister's i

london with her partner, who was also hurt. in romania, a friend paid tribute to the emergency services in london.on: we would especially like to thank the doctors and nurses, all the medical staff, for everything they are doing to help them. today at scotland yard, police officers who were part of the emergency response laid flowers in memory of their colleague, keith palmer, who they tried to help. june kelly, bbc news. in breaking news — fire and rescue service in merseyside, in the north—west of england, dealing with the aftermath of a suspect that gas leak. a special rescue team working on the area, around 30 people have been treated with injuries. at least one was seriously injured. the building was flattened and train services were suspended. we will bring you updates on this story as we get them. the european union have stressed the need for unity. 27 countries signed a new declaration but the uk was absent. this gathering was the eu's concert to brexit. this gathering was the eu's answer to brexit. 27 leaders from across europe returning to rome, to where the first steps to the creation o

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she was in london with her partner, andrei burnaz, who was also hurt. in romania, a friend paid tribute to the emergency servicese to thank the doctors and nurses, all the medical staff, for everything they are doing to help them. today at scotland yard, police officers who were part of the emergency response laid flowers in memory of their colleague, keith palmer, who they tried to help. june kelly, bbc news. police in the belarusian capital, minsk, have arrested hundreds of people during the latest protests against a tax on the under—employed. thousands defied a government ban on demonstrations. the country's president insists the tax will not be scrapped. this report from greg dawson contains some violent scenes. the demonstrators call this freedom day, but there was little sign of any freedom to protest when the riot police arrived. the government had banned this march, and those defying the orders were swiftly removed from the streets. anyone resisting arrest was quickly beaten into submission. protesters young and old were dragged away. human rights groups say up to 400 were detained. this man directs his

the london ambulance service has described this as a major incident. >> for now, we'll say thank you. it just to underline what mark was saying, there was a someone with a vehicle and a knife able to generate headlines around the world. at the u.s. state department in washington says it is closely following the "concerning situation outside the u.k. parliament." >> let's talk to an mp who is inside parliament which is on lockdown since this incident happened this afternoon. what was the first you knew of this? >> the first i knew was that the parliament members really shout. they were shouting coming on the escalator. as i got to the bottom of the escalator, we the people running towards me. i obviously returned to my office. we were all thinking of the injured people and marveling at the police and ambulance services. we are staying in our offices with the doors shut. >> how fearful are you? >> we not fearful at all. we have all the faith and the police. or watching sky news and we think you're doing externally well. >> it appears as person is able to get inside the perimeter, that's

what could all this mean forjobs in london, for the financial services sector?ing that is realistic? it is hard to say the exact number. we will see announcements from companies moving jobs out of the uk asa plan companies moving jobs out of the uk as a plan foray are brexit. the truth is, it is more complicated than that. companies have been looking at how the organisations should be organised and, therefore, i think that the net number will be quite different and we have to wait and see as we go to negotiations how companies decide that they are best organise, to deal with brexit. companies decide that they are best organise, to dealwith brexit. you do financial services, you help clients like banks plan their businesses. you have been helping them with contingency plans since them with contingency plans since the brexit vote, and now that brexit is happening, what are they concerned about? they can -- they are concerned that they will lack access that they have enjoyed for many years to the european markets. since the referendum announcement they'd been plann

after the terror attack in london, britain says intelligence services must have access to a encryptedessages. and down—to—earth dressing, two girls grounded by united airlines for wearing leggings. hello and good to have you with us. the united states has condemned the arrest of hundreds of protesters in russia who have been taking part in anticorruption demonstrations. russia who have been taking part in anticorru ption demonstrations. they included the opposition leader who organised the main rally in moscow. thousands of people joined the demonstrations across the nation, calling for the resignation of the prime minister over corruption allegations. there were moments when moscow resembled a battlefield. russian riot police broke up an anti—government protest, on what was a day of demonstrations across russia. in moscow, they detained more than 500 people. earlier, police had poured into the city centre, warning that the protest was illegal. still, thousands of people packed into pushkin square, to accuse the russian government of corruption. the level of corruption is too high in

london with her partner, who was also hurt. in romania, a friend paid tribute to the emergency services in london.we would especially like to thank the doctors and nurses, all the medical staff, for everything they are doing to help them. today at scotland yard, police officers who were part of the emergency response laid flowers in memory of their colleague, keith palmer, who they tried to help. june kelly, bbc news. pc keith palmer's family have issued a statement. "we have been overwhelmed by the love and support for ourfamily, and most especially, the outpouring of love and respect for our keith. we want to thank everyone who has reached out to us over the past few days for their kindness and generosity. the police have been a constant, unwavering support at this very difficult time. it has made us realise what a caring, strong and supportive family keith was part of during his career with the police. we can't thank them enough. we would also like to express our gratitude to the people who were with keith in his last moments and who were working that day. there was nothing more you could have

london with her partner, who was also hurt. in romania, a friend paid tribute to the emergency services in london.o thank the doctors and nurses, all the medical staff, for everything they are doing to help them. today at scotland yard, police officers who were part of the emergency response laid flowers in memory of their colleague, keith palmer, who they tried to help. june kelly, bbc news. studio: meanwhile, a man from eastbourne has claimed he was attacked by khalid masood 14 years ago. danny smith described how he met masood, known then as adrian elms, in 2003. i met imet him i met him in a pub in eastbourne, seemed like a pretty decent fellow, had a feud beers with him. they few days later, we fell out, he tried his best to kill me. he pulled a knife, held it in my face, and i thought, surely, he is not going to hit me, punch me, with the knife. he sought or flinch to do it, and i stood there thinking, he ain't going to do it. then all of a sudden, hit me with a knife. straight through my face me with a knife. straight through my fa ce we nt me with a knife. straight through my face went thr

she was in london with her partner, andrei burnaz, who was also hurt. in romania, a friend paid tribute to the emergency servicesnk the doctors and nurses, all the medical staff for everything they're doing to help them. and today at scotland yard, police officers who were part of the emergency response laid flowers in memory of their colleague keith palmer who they tried to help. june kelly, bbc news. there's growing concern about the fate of civilians in the iraqi city of mosul where government forces are trying to drive out so—called islamic state. the united nations has warned of a terrible loss of life, and tonight the us—led coalition said it was behind an airstrike which is believed to have killed dozens of civilians two weeks ago. our middle east editorjeremy bowen is in western mosul. thousands of people have arrived, have walked out of those parts of mosul still controlled by islamic state and it's a big area, in the last couple of days and they've arrived really with just the clothes they're standing up in and maybe a few spare odds and ends. they need food, they need water, they need shelter. as the

notjust involving the police but other partners around the port of london and other blue light emergency servicesttack. i think the police wanted to - the cameras police wanted to allow the cameras to film what was going on today for two reasons. first ball, to show that they are prepared for an attack. no specific intelligence about an attack to london or any other city or town in the uk, but there was a {12 at other city or town in the uk, but there was a g at the = other city or town in the uk, but there was a g at the tail= other city or town in the uk, but there was a g at the tail end there was a report at the tail end last week that the event about security on the river thames as something that could be improved, so i think that please wanted to show us i think that please wanted to show us they do have a response in place. second,it us they do have a response in place. second, it is a reminder to solve the threat second, it is a reminder to solve the - threat level in the uk the terror threat level in the uk has been at the last 2.5 years as severe, so an has been at the last 2.5 years as

us, senior joins research fellow at the royal united services institute in london. thank you very much for joining us. the perpetrator of this attack, 52-year-old colleague massoud, -- kelly massoud -- khalid masood. theegrown terrorism" is phrase that comes to mind. a real and pressing problem now. , i hope you can hear me. i will put the question to you again. the issue of homegrown terrorism is what we are talking about. >> i got the question. this is a major concern. it is something that we would casewasn't going to be the , but all the hallmarks of -- erday's attacks we have the public symbolism, the mass casualties using everyday items, such as cars, in this case. >> indeed, cars, trucks. comes tok in nice mind. this kind of weapon, let's put it that way, has been called for by senior isis members over the past couple of years. that is the inspiration and the command chain in some way. it begs the question, of course, how can you act to stop this kind of event? seems impossible. however, with each lone wolf attack like this, it then emerges there are a number

in terms of some of the other details, an air ambulance has arrived and the london ambulance serviceg that a number of other ambulances had been sent to the scene. you can see in those yellow van-type buildings in that shot -- van-type shapes in that shot there. parliament haey square has been cleared of all traffic. you can see parliamentary square there. and what would be 500 to 1,000 typical people walking through there, tourists and others at this time, they have been cleared of the area. westminster tube station has been shut. now, to recap what we believe has happened based on reuters, sky news, and other sources, is that an suv drove along the pavement of westminster bridge, that a number of people were injured during that process. that is the shot of the suv that crashed into the barrier outside of parliament. there have been a number of separate shots that show ambulances and people being treated on the pavement of westminster bridge. this, of course, the separate shot of where it crashed and ended its journey. a man wielding a knife then stepped out of -- a human, sorry, wi

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after london's terror attack, britain says intelligence services must have access to encrypted messages.

meanwhile, the liberal democrat leader brought up the forthcoming service in london to dedicate the unveilingard that hundreds of families of soldiers who died in iraq and afghanistan have been denied seating at tomorrow's unveiling of the memorial to our fallen troops. inviting a relative of each of those killed in iraq and afghanistan would have taken up fewer than one—third of the 2,500 seats. will she now apologise to those families for what, i assume, is a careless oversight, and rectify the mistake immediately, so that bereaved families can come and pay their respects to their fallen loved ones? over half of those attending tomorrow are either current or former members of the armed forces. no—one from the bereaved community has been turned away. every one of those who had applied for a ticket has been successful. but i have been reassured that, if there are any bereaved families who wish to attend, then the ministry of defence will make every effort to ensure that they are able to do so. theresa may. we were hearing earlier about the change of heart from surrey county council on its pla