what used to be the anti—terrorist branch that was rolled into one particular branch of the metropolitan policeof london. britain's police is still largely an unarmed force but given the nature of the terrorist threat and just to remind people what severe means is that a terrorist attack is thought highly - i attack is thought highly likely. i would reassure people by saying the chances of anyone of us as an individual being caught up in a terrorist incident is extremely small. the chance of another incident happening in britain is pretty high. but it is unlikely, you've got to be very unlucky to be caught up in it. lots of people passed through westminster minutes before and after the previous attack. ok, frank, do stay with us for now. frank gardner, our security correspondent bringing us up to speed on that developing news this afternoon, that a man has been arrested and armed officers were seen on arrested and armed officers were seen on whitehall after an incident where it appears knives were confiscated. but that incident now seems to have been contained. we're showing you live pictures o

from the metropolitan police specialist firearms command. an, aged in his late 20s according to police, arrested on suspicion of possession ofan arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism. police say knives have been recovered from him and he is being questioned in a south london police station. no immediate threat according to police and nobody hurt in that operation that happened some two hours ago in central london. we will have more from the centre of london as it unfolds. just one of a line of copy coming to us from the reuters news agency. reports are emerging from germany that a shot has been fired in a hospital in the kreuzberg area of berlin. police there saying they have shot and injured a man, in the lead, ata hospital in berlin. a spokesman confirmed the shooting but the circumstances and exact location of the incident are not clear. the accident and emergency department of the hospital in that district has been cordoned off. more

think we have a new normality really, particularly probably over the last five years, since the metropolitan policelly started the investigation. it has taken huge pressure off us individually and as a family. because before that you were trying to fight the case yourselves, trying to encourage the police to look for madeleine and get the portuguese police involved. yes. i think the key thing was the injustice of it and after the initial portuguese investigation closed, essentially nobody other than us was actually doing anything proactively to try and find madeleine, and i think every parent can understand that what you want and what we have aspired to is to have all the reasonable lines of inquiry followed to their logical conclusion, as far as you can do that. and that is incredibly frustrating. you talked at the time about what a blow that was. it was terrible, it was horrible, and as much as we tried and we were fortunate to have so many donations into madeleine's fund and to use that to try and investigate, your hands are tied. you don't have the powers that law enforcement have got. how much

hundreds of police officers around the country have taken part, along with the new head of the metropolitan policee reader of the national police chief counsel said officers from all over the country travelled to line the route, while others held two minute silences outside police stations at tpm. she said she doesn't think we've ever seen a funeral of this size. that is the service outside the cathedral as pc palmer is taken away for a private service with his family. you're watching bbc news, it is the 20 5pm. australia's great barrier reef is in danger of being destroyed. scientists say coral bleaching — which effectively kills the coral — now affects a 900 miles stretch of the reef. aerial surveys show the latest damage is concentrated in the middle section, whereas last year, bleaching hit mainly the north. experts now fear the severity of these two events will give damaged coral little chance to recover. that for the first time, mass bleaching had affected researchers say they were horrified when they discovered that for the first time, mass bleaching had affected the great barrier reef in c

the metropolitan police underlined that last week.eone who commits a crime like this. you try and think surely if they have done that, they would have done that, but you can't. but you must also look at cases like the case of ben needham who went missing in greece decades past. it is interesting that the people who have got the most experience, the national center for exploited children, in the us, one of the earlier things that stuck with me ever since, the younger at the time a child is taken, the more likely they have been taken to be kept, and that could equally apply to ben needham, who was younger than madeleine, and that is something that we have got to factor in actually. it could be a relief but in another way it is an unconscionable thought for you. of course. it is ten years. how much she has changed, what age she would be now. i think the key thing is to find madeleine. if she is still alive, recognise who she is. or we need to find the person or people responsible for taking her. you must have imagined over the years if y

the metropolitan police underlined that last week.omeone who commits a crime like this. you try and think surely if they have done that, they would have done that, but you can't. but you must also look at cases like the case of ben needham who went missing in recent decades past. it is interesting that the people who have got the most experience, the national centre for exploited children, in the us, one of the earlier things that stuck with me ever since, the younger at the time a child is taken, the more likely they have been taken to be kept, and that could equally apply to ben needham, who was younger than madeleine, and that is something that we have got to factor in actually. it could be a relief but in another way it is an unconscionable thought for you. in another way it is an unconscionable thought for youm course. it is ten years. how much she has changed, what age she would be now. ithink she has changed, what age she would be now. i think the she has changed, what age she would be now. ithink the key she has changed, what

during the service we will hear prayers read by the senior chaplain to the metropolitan police serviceto pc palmer read by chief inspector neil sawyer who has worked with him over a number of years and the service will end with the last post. daniela relph at southwark cathedral, thank you. and we'll have more on this story later in the programme. foreign ministers from the g7 group of leading economic nations are meeting in italy over the next two days as international tension mounts over the conflict in syria. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, is leading calls for russia's president, vladimir putin, to distance himself from president assad and open a path to a negotiated settlement of the civil war. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, will argue that president assad has no future. the meeting is taking place in the tuscan city of lucca, from where our diplomatic correspondent james robbins sent this report. america's secretary of state is in italy to turn up the international heat on syria's president assad and his russian backers. rex tillerson very deliberately joined an i

headed up active police investigation headed up by active police investigation headed up by the metropolitan police have looked into this now and they say they are now linking it with two other cases in this area, another one in portsmouth at the start of this month and one in the isle of wight which happened last summer. these cat killings were first picked up back in 2015. as i said, largely in the croydon area and the south london area. there have been some 200 cases now and they have gone to other parts of the country as well. there is a £10,000 reward being offered for information to catch this killer. thank you very much. more now on the labour leader jeremy corbyn who has vowed to "overturn the rigged system" by putting power and wealth back in the hands of "the people". in his first general election speech, he said june the 8th was not a "foregone conclusion" and that a labour government would not play by the rules of the establishment. but how much do party policies mean to voters or are they more interested in who is the party leader. to discuss this i'm joined from our central london stu

in a statement the club said it is cooperating with the metropolitan police's investigation and cannotust after 1am this morning when police say acid was sprayed inside this club in east london. we do know that emergency services sent down a hazard response unit. the fire brigade were also there. as you say, 12 people were injured and later treated in hospital. two men, both in their 20s, are in a serious but stable condition and others have been treated for minor burns. the metropolitan police have said they believe there was some kind of dispute between two groups of people. that resulted in one man throwing acid directly at another. 600 people were in the club at the time. it was evacuated. roads in the area were closed off. witnesses have described some scary scenes, in their words. they said they saw people pouring water over one person. police have said they haven't yet identified what this substance was, but they did do a ph paper test which showed it was strongly acidic. there was one officer here earlier in a protective suit, taking pictures and collecting evidence. police hav

well, very much the investigation is in the hands of the metropolitan police. re are some very credible lines of enquiry that the police are working on. and while there is no evidence to give us any negative news, you know, that hope is still there. it really is there, in your hearts? absolutely. that one day you will be reunited with your daughter? no parent is going to give up on their child unless they know for certain the child's dead, and we just don't have any evidence. our hope of madeleine being out there is no less than it was all those years ago. apart from those first 48 hours, nothing has actually changed since then. i think the difficult thing has always been, how will we find her? cos you're relying on the police doing everything they can, and you're relying on somebody with information coming forward. you can see the full version of that interview on panorama: madeleine mccann: ten years on. that's on wednesday night at 9pm on bbc one. and we'll be showing an extended version of fiona bruce's interview with kate and gerry mccann here on the bbc ne

the metropolitan police said a 21—year—old man has been charged with seven counts of grievous bodilyppear before thames magistrates tomorrow. keith doyle, bbc news. police in greater manchester are appealing for witnesses after bleach was thrown into the eyes of a pregnant woman the mother—to—be was walking with a man when the substance was thrown at them from someone in a passing car in openshaw on friday night. police say that while the victims suffered "severe discomfort" officers believe they suffered no lasting damage. a day of national mourning is being observed in afghanistan for victims of the taliban attack on a military base close to the northern city of mazar—i—sharif. dozens of soldiers were killed when militants — wearing army uniforms — fired on them in a canteen and as they left a mosque. some reports put the number of dead as high as 140. emergency teams have been despatched to contain an oil spill — on one of the canary islands, after a ferry crashed into a pier. a three—kilometre—long slick is threatening the coast around las pal—mas, on gran canaria, and telde. sar

the cathedral choir, the metropolitan police choir, and then a consort of police officers who will singgod. three will be involved. tell us, because we are expecting many hundreds, possibly thousands, of police officer is to be part of the service, the ones to come to it, have you got special arrangements in place? huge arrangements have been put in place by the metropolitan police force all around south london, and lots and lots of screens have been put up so people who cannot get into the cathedral and cannot get into the cathedral and cannot get into the cathedral and cannot get into the immediate grounds can actually cherie on this occasion. and it is very clear listening to people, for example, those we heard from just now, that he was a very dedicated officer, wasn't he? that sounds to be entirely true. and his actions on the day when he was attacked, the way he did not run away from his duty, the way he did not run away, asi duty, the way he did not run away, as i might have done, but he actually approached the person who had entered into the yard, it shows what kind of police of

they have been supported by the chaplains of the metropolitan police. pa rt police. they have had their full part in helping to choose the hymns and the readings. the funeral is the funeral they would want for their husband and father. it turns a view of the dean, it is a poignant moment, the start of holy week, this service comes at moment, the start of holy week, this service comes at a moment, the start of holy week, this service comes at a poignant moment. we are leading up to remembering the death ofjesus, we are leading up to remembering the death of jesus, what looked hopeless, and on easter day a sign of great hope, as god raised him from the dead. that sense of the ultimate sacrifice that one person can make for another in laying down their life for people they know, and for people they do not know, that is what has touched the hearts of so many people about keith palmer's death, doing it on behalf of people he will never know. you had already mentioned there will be a moving passage from the gospel ofjohn that will be read. jesus said, no grea

there is an active police investigation headed up by the metropolitan police. ce have looked into this now and they say they are now linking it with two other cases in this area, another one in portsmouth at the start of this month, and one in the isle of wight which happened last summer. these cat killings were first picked up back in 2015. as i said, largely in the croydon area and the south london area. there have been some 200 cases now and they have gone to other parts of the country as well. there is a £10,000 reward being offered for information to catch this killer. is this the best way to live for longer? laura certainly hopes so. she cycles five miles to work in bristol every morning, and then five miles back home again. how do you feel cycling to work helps you? it wakes me up in the morning, gets me geared up for the day, puts me in a good mood. it's a good way to manage stress and things as well, because when we live in the city, busy lifestyles, getting on your bike in the morning is great. it gets rid of all that stress and adrenaline that can bui

the metropolitan police said a 21—year—old man has been charged with seven counts of grievous bodilynamed as andre phoenix, who will appear before thames magistrates tomorrow. keith doyle, bbc news. the mobile phone operator, three, has apologised for technical problems which prevented some of its 9.2 million customers from making calls and sending and receiving texts yesterday. some users took to twitter to complain that their messages had gone to the wrong people. the firm says calls can now be made and it's working to restore a full service. emergency teams have been despatched to contain an oil spill — on one of the canary islands, after a ferry crashed into a pier. a three—kilometre—long slick is threatening the coast around las palmas, on gran canaria, and telede. sarah corker has more. the ferry had just left port when it suddenly lost power. adrift and at the mercy of the sea, it crashed through the harbour wall. 140 passengers were on board the friday night crossing from las palmas to tenerife. after the ordeal, one woman is helped off the ship, but suddenly drops to the flo

in 1971 he took on the metropolitan police, the home office and special branch in a 55 day trial as oneaking on the police in the 70s at a time of enormous police racism and corruption was an incredibly courageous thing to do but he turned the tables on his accusers and won the tables on his accusers and won the case. not only did he win his own freedom but he exposed police racism and forced the first official acknowledgement of institutional racism in the uk as a result of that case. so yes, and he was also a remarkable organiser, he organised the black people's day of action in response to the new cross massacre. 20,000 black people and white allies took to the streets of london in a symbolic march to. he had a 30 year career in the media. he took the intelligent discussion of racism and multiculturalism to prime time and mainstream media. very quickly i know he is a survivor of prostate cancer, diagnosed back in 2007, do you have any idea how he died? i'm afraid not, as you say he did have prostate cancer and he was 7a so he was getting on, but all the way to the end he had enormous

ken marsh, chairman of the metropolitan police association, thank you.thwark cathedral. as well as being a private family funeral, it was also a public memorial to the sacrifice of pc keith palmer. thank you very much. we're going to take you live to washington because president donald trump's supreme court appointee, neil gorsuch arch, is being sworn in. —— neil gorsuch. he took an oath earlier and he is taking part in a ceremony at the white house. neil gorsuch. ijust ceremony at the white house. neil gorsuch. i just want to congratulate you and your entire family. it's something so special. in fact, i've always heard that the most important thing that a president of the night it is to stores is a point people, hopefully great people like this appointment, to the united states supreme court. —— appoint people. and i can say this is a great honour. applause. and i got it done in the first 100 days! that's even nice. you think that's easy?! this ceremony has special meaning as the justices filling the cedar one of the greatest supreme courtjudges in amer

in her first public engagement in her new role, metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick honouredvery good—hearted, very hard—working, a very, very talented police officer. police constable keith palmer's name has been added to the national police roll of honour. the grief will lessen. his bravery will endure for generations to come. mark easton, bbc news, southwark. police in california say a teacher has been killed and two children wounded during a shooting in a primary school classroom. the gunman is also dead. police in the city of san berna rdino believe the teacher, a woman, was known to the gunman and say they're considering the incident as a murder—suicide. it's thought the two children, who are said to be critically injured, were not targeted by the killer. the american carrier, united airlines, has been heavily criticised after one of its passengers was dragged off a flight in chicago. the airline had overbooked the plane, and when no—one volunteered to leave, they selected the man and his travelling companion, at random. when he refused to get off the flight, he was dra

it is just with the metropolitan police. it isjust coming up with the metropolitan police.of the country, save for parts of north—west england, wales and central southern england. that stays fairly cloudy, particularly through the morning but even side of that there should be spells of sunshine. so if you step out this morning at eight a.m., perhaps just the light shower across wales down to south—west england, one of two towards the south—east. for london up towards east anglia in north—east england it is a fresh start to the morning but some dry and bright weather. by the cloudy skies across the north—west of england and ireland with a few showers in the west. should brighten up showers in the west. should brighten up later in the day. and for scotland, many places dry with a few showers in the west in the best of the sunshine across the eastern side of scotla nd the sunshine across the eastern side of scotland full of moving through today will keep this zone draped north to south across the country. cloud ahead with your shower around. either side of our more on the way

for six years, with government money, the metropolitan police have been reviewing everything from scratch said it still had critical leads to follow. i know we have a significant line of inquiry, which is worth pursuing. and, because it's worth pursuing, it could provide an answer. but, until we've gone through it, i won't know whether we're going to get there or not. and that is all the police are saying. this investigation was once pursued by up to 30 officers. now there are just four on the case, and a handful of leads. but, while there is still something to investigate, there is still hope. in the last decade, suspects have been discounted, including a man seen carrying a child that night. madeleine's face has become known across the world, endless possible sightings have been followed up. the police say, while there are leads, they will continue. i so wish i could say we could definitely solve it, but a small number of cases, sadly, don't get solved. what i've always said on this case, and i've said it to kate and gerry as well, we will do everything reasonably possible to try and fi

during the funeral service itself we will hear a poem read by the new commissioner of the metropolitan police service and there will also be a reading from there will also be a reading from the gospel ofjohn, which talks of laying down one's life for one's friends. thank you very much. yesterday we had a taste of early summer yesterday we had a taste of early summer with temperatures soaring away. we had the warmest day of the year so far with temperatures climbing up to 25.5 celsius in cambridge. the summer heat is ebbing away. things are cooling down. yesterday's 25 degrees across a number of spots. today, temperatures round about 12 celsius lower. not all doom and gloom. north—westerly winds pushing the air away. the north—westerly winds are bringing relatively clear skies. cool air but heated by the relatively strong april sun was that that is where we are seeing the cloud bubbling up. you can see some patchy cloud in wales. a few sunny spells getting through that layer of cloud. it is one of those days where in the breeze out of the sun it will feel on the cool side. in the sunshine it w

the metropolitan police say they are trying to contain a growing number of threats. 0ur trying to contain number of threats. our home affairs correspondent reports. just before 7pm last night... gunshot. ..masked armed police officers at a north london flat... gunshots. ..firing cs gas canisters into the front window. i ran to my partner in the kitchen and was like, "quick, quick, there's armed officers outside, armed officers. at that point you heard another bang, and another bang. video obtained by the sun shows some of those arrested in the flat being led away, and then a woman who was shot by police during the counter—terrorism raid being treated on the pavement. there was a woman brought out of the house. she was on the ground, face down, officers on top of her, ambulance officers around. she was screaming incredibly loud. it was quite awful. and the police were just saying, if you could just stay still, we'll help you. you just need to be still and we'll help you. police said the flat had been under observation in an investigation into a suspected plot against the uk. the armed entr

for six years, with government money, the metropolitan police have been reviewing everything...ard said it still had critical leads to follow. i know we have a significant line of inquiry which is worth pursuing and, because it's worth pursuing, it could provide an answer. but until we've gone through it, i won't know whether we're going to get there or not. and that's all the police are saying. this investigation was once pursued by up to 30 officers, now there are just four on the case and a handful of leads. but while there is still something to investigate, there is still hope. in the last decade suspects have been discounted, including a man seen carrying a child that night. madeleine's face has become known across the world, endless possible sightings have been followed up. the police say while there are leads, they will continue. i so wish i could say we could definitely solve it, but a small number of cases, sadly, don't get solved. what i've always said on this case, and i've said it to kate and gerry as well, we will do everything reasonably possible to try and find an

yes will stop there has been lots of decline imbalance crime and the metropolitan police have reportedlondon centric story, but important. good crime has gone up 43%, sex crimes, they have all increased. the met says this is because they do not have enough resources , because they do not have enough resources, they say they cannot do anything, they have to deal with mental health cases because of problems in the nhs, more people are ill and on the street, more people are homeless, and also because child protection issues, there has been in the wake of thejimmy savile is there's been more will put an claims. critics are saying comic you have also spent £25 million chasing journalists who paid sources, not one of whom was found to have done any wrong doing, you spent years going at the bone hacking, going after westminster paedophiles that don't appear to have existed. you are currently going after ed heath who is dead, whether he is a paedophile or not will not affect anyone in the future. you are not spending your resources on the right thing. the issue is, does the police need more mo

prompted by these flyers of young, missing faces that many might not have ever seen until the metropolitan police department put them on social media. >> do you think that social media getting more eyes on this has awakened a lot of people? >> without a doubt. without a doubt. we're glad to have that attention brought to it. >> reporter: the thought, the more eyes, the higher the odds the missing would be found, though many came home on their own. >> we are focusing on it. that's great. that helps us out. >> reporter: but then the social media outreach was obstructed. viral postings claiming girls of color were disappearing in droves, their cases overlooked. those claims were proven false. npd counts 2,243 missing almost 200 reports from 2015. >> it's about 50/50 between boys and girls and i think that one of the misconceptions is that it suddenly became this big deal. where it's been a big deal for us all along. >> reporter: in the district, the hope is that soon no child is left to fend for him or herself. justin finch, news4. >>> well, we posted about the facts behind the story on the nbc wash

well, very much the investigation is in the hands of the metropolitan police. . they have come a long way, and there is progress. there are some very credible lines of enquiry that the police are working on. and while there is no evidence to give us any negative news, you know, that hope is still there. it really is there, in your hearts? absolutely. that one day you will be reunited with your daughter? no parent is going to give up on their child unless they know for certain the child's dead, and we just don't have any evidence. our hope of madeleine being out there is no less than it was all those years ago. apart from the first a8 hours, nothing has actually changed since then. i think the difficult thing has always been, how will we find her? ‘cause you're relying on the police doing everything they can, and you relied on somebody with information coming forward. you can see an extended version of fiona bruce's interview with kate and gerry mccann on the bbc news channel at 10:30am. here is sarah with a look at this morning's weather. hello there. well, it i

the metropolitan police said a 21—year—old man has been charged with seven counts of grievous bodilyident. he has been named as andre phoenix, who will appear before thames magistrates tomorrow. keith doyle, bbc news. polling stations across france have opened in the last hour for the first round of the country's presidential election. 11 candidates are running for office, with the race between the top four contenders considered too close to call ahead of the vote. 0ur europe reporter gavin lee is in paris for us this morning. 0ne one of the most unpredictable elections in french history. it really is. and in the last hour, the polling stations opened. if you early birds casting therefore this morning. some people have said, given the terrorist attacks, they didn't want to be on the streets later, but those are few and far between. already in australia, already in the french american territories, already in hong kong, french voters who have the right to vote, have started casting their forward. the interesting system they have, the first projection to come m, have, the first projecti

i can assure him, my right honorable friend, and the metropolitan police on the investigation taking place in the attack last week and looking forward to security arrangements, they have the resources to carry out their vital work. >> jeremy corbin. >> we all pay tribute, but there are problems between 2015, and 2018, real terms in government funding for police forces, 330 million. can the prime minister assure the house police all over the country have necessary resources to do the job. >> prime minister? >> it reminds me the what we have done is protected the budget and the former secretary, prior to the 2015 labour party complex that savings can be found, 5 to 10% is just about doable. we protected the police budget. i have been speaking to police forces and they are very clear, the word they are doing his resources they need. >> the police federation survey recently undertaken reveals 55% of serving police officers, the way in which their funding has been treated. since 2010, and the front line. and will she think again about cuts to policing and guarantee policing on the front l

also the acting commissioner of the metropolitan police force, craig mackey.r london, the representative of the lord mayor of london. and also being introduced is lord fowler, the lord speaker. today‘s service is being written by the reverend christopher stoltz. it will last about a5 minutes from the beginning to the end. in that, john hall will be setting out why the servers with being hall —— being held and who is being remembered. those four people who were killed in the attack. and 50 people injured who are still being treated for their injuries in hospitals around london. they will be two well—known hymns. the duke and justice of cambridge, the royal highness prince henry of wales, they have been deceived by the dean of westminster. —— the duke and duchess of cambridge. and the choir walk up the aisle for the start of the service. the service of hope following the terrorist attack in london. as on so many events of national importance, westminster abbey as the focus of the nation‘s thoughts and prayers. it is a multi—faith service at the heart of what we

alison: when the metropolitan police department came to dickerson's d.c. high school for an assembly on the police cadet program she never looked back. >> i got her to sign that. that was something great. >> so at 17, she signed up. now she the commander of the service division. she noticed the large number of the missing girls in the city. >> thigh look like me. i went to be in the 12 -year-old. >> they had discretion of which cases to sublyize. she wanted that to change and she posted each on the social media. many were run-aways returning home in a short period of time. >> the volume of the young girls that are going missing there is a deeper issue. if i can save one, it's worth it for me. >> but it caught attenti about it. and along with that, the misperception that the girls were kidnapped, taken or lured by the traffickers. it brought attention to the commander. >> i will never regret it. it's a concern. this is an issue. >> most of the girls are the run-aways but they are at risk to be victimized. listen to the children. know the e-mail addresses, pa

london metropolitan police are concerned that the five deceased include one police officer, three civilians, and the attacker. while the investigation is still ongoing, british authorities are concerned that currently operating on the belief that this attack is a result of islamic terrorism. i am sorry to have to tell the senate that the country were reporting is an australia resident has been hospitalized in london with injuries sustained from the attack. as prime minister said this morning the attack on british parliament is an attack on parliaments, freedom and democracy everywhere. we can are saddened by the loss of innocent lives. it was rightly described as sick and depraved and we think for the police for their bravery who risk their lives to keep their citizens safe. we stand in solidarity with the people of the united kingdom and our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time. in the face of such strategy, australians can be reassured that our agencies and police forces are working relentlessly to keep us safe. i conclude by echoing the words of the prime minister's morning, w

as a mark of respect, the metropolitan police have retired pc palmer's shoulder number. an has suffered what police say are life—changing injuries, after acid was thrown at him in north london. his wife and their two year old son suffered minor burns in the attack, which happened at around i o'clock yesterday afternoon near caledonian road in islington. police say they want to hear from anyone who saw what happened. investigations are continuing into the cause of a fire at care home for the elderly in hertfordshire — in which two people died. the blaze started at the newgrange care home in cheshunt early yesterday morning, causing part of the roof to collapse. firefighters rescued thirty—three people. local authorities are working with the nhs to arrange alternative accommodation for the residents. more than 20 thousand people, including princes charles, william and harry, will gather in northern france today to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. thousands of scottish and canadian troops died in four days of fighting in the battle o

butjust days ago, the metropolitan police said they are pursuing a significant line of enquiry.er twin siblings, who are now 12, were in the room with her the night she went missing. the mccanns have tried to protect them from online abuse. people are writing things that are untrue and they need to be aware of that. both of us realise we owe it to the twins to make sure their life is fulfilling, as they deserve. we have tried our best to achieve that. as a family, the mccanns vow to never give up hope. you can see the full version of that interview on panorama: madeleine mccann ten years on. that's on wednesday night at 9pm on bbc one. anthonyjoshua's being hailed as one of the biggest stars in boxing after a sensational win over wladimir klitschko to lift the world heavyweight title. the stoppage time victory was watched by a crowd of 90,000 at wembley last night. joshua was knocked down in the sixth round but fought back and floored the 41—year—old ukrainian with a flurry of punches in the 11th. the win meansjoshua adds two belts to his ibf world title and remains undefeated a

the metropolitan police say they are trying to contain a "growing number of threats". masked armed police officers at a north london flat. gunshots firing cs gas canisters into the front window. i ran to my partner in the kitchen and was like, "quick, quick, "there's armed officers outside, armed officers". at that point you heard another bang, and another bang. video obtained by the sun shows some of those arrested in the flat being led away, and then a woman who was shot by police during the counter—terrorism raid being treated on the pavement. there was a woman brought out of the house. she was on the ground, face down, officers on top of her, ambulance officers around. she was screaming incredibly loud. it was quite awful. and the police were just saying, "if you could just stay still, we'll help you. "you just need to be still and we'll help you". police said the flat had been under observation in an investigation into a suspected plot against the uk. the armed entry was necessary due to the nature of the intelligence we were dealing with, and involved armed offic

in her first public engagement in her new role, metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick honouredkind, very good—hearted, very hard—working, a very, very talented police officer. police constable keith palmer's name has been added to the national police roll of honour. the grief will lessen. his bravery will endure for generations to come. mark easton, bbc news, southwark. the united states, canada and mexico have announced a joint bid to stage the football world cup in 2026. if successful it would be the first time three nations have jointly hosted a fifa competition. at a news conference, the president of the us soccer federation said president trump's controversial comments about mexico wouldn'tjeopardise the bid. we have the full support of the us government. the president of the united states is fully supportive and encouraged us to have this bid. he's especially pleased that mexico is part of this bid and that in an last few days that we've had we aren't at all concerned about some of the issues others have raised. we looked at bidding alone and decided we wanted to bid with

metropolitan police deputy assistant commissioner neil basu says six people have now been arrested. rvices across the country and we are making arrests on a nearly daily basis. you saw some of that, yesterday. this is the scene live at new scotla nd this is the scene live at new scotland yard where the met police say they are hopeful they have contained the threat. also today: a huge waste of money. the billion pound cancer drugs fund that was set up to give patients expensive treatments not available on the nhs could even have caused

in her first public engagement in her new role, metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick honouredworking, a very, very talented police officer. police constable keith palmer's name has been added to the national police roll of honour. the grief will lessen, his bravery will endure for generations to come. mark easton, bbc news, southwark. let's get more from california or the news that two people have died and at least two others have been injured after a shooting at the school in the town of san bernardino. 0n the line is a crime and safety reporter in san berna rdino and safety reporter in san bernardino county for the southern california newsgroup. could you take us california newsgroup. could you take us through what you believe happened at the school today? from what we understand, around 10:30am, somebody came on campus, and active shooter and started shooting at the school, naughton park elementary. four people were wounded and two adults and two children. —— north park. people were wounded and two adults and two children. -- north park. two people died, two others are inju

in her first public engagement in her new role metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick honoured was clearly very kind, very good—hearted, very hard—working, a very, very talented police officer. police constable keith palmer's name has been added to the national police roll of honour, the grief will lessen, his bravery will endure for generations to come. mark easton, bbc news, southwark. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has warned that russian and syrian military officers could face international sanctions, in the wake of the chemical attack in northern syria. mrjohnson was speaking in italy, where foreign ministers are considering what further action to take against president assad, following president trump's cruise missile strike last week. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins reports. america's secretary of state is in italy to turn up the international heat on syria's president assad and his russian backers. rex tillerson, very deliberately joined his russian backers. rex tillerson, very deliberatelyjoined an international wreath laying at the memorial to a nazi a

the metropolitan police are saying that this afternoon she was discharged from hospital and arrested n or instigation of acts of terrorism. she has been taken into custody after police in south london. six other people were arrested on those charges in that operation on thursday evening. that is the latest common to us from the police on that investigation. mps are calling for best—before dates on food to be scrapped, saying they‘ re unnecessary and contribute towards unacceptable levels of food waste. in a report published today the environment, food and rural affairs committee also believes that supermarkets should sell more wonky vegetables, as claire marshall reports. mixed in with other waste, we throw more than £10 billion worth of food away every year. the committee calls it a scandal. councils have to raise bills to dispose of it. and this is happening while food bank use is at a record high. mps say the best before date should be abolished. on packaging, it only refers to quality. it is perfectly safe to eat afterwards, but the food may not be at its best. industry experts to

the metropolitan police have said they believe there was some kind of dispute between two groups of peopleer. 600 people were in the club at the time. it was evacuated. roads in the area were closed off. witnesses have described some scary scenes, in their words. they said they saw people pouring water over one person. police have said they haven't yet identified what this substance was, but they did do a ph paper test which showed it was strongly acidic. there was one officer here earlier in a protective suit, taking pictures and collecting evidence. police have said there have been no arrests but there was nothing to suggest this was gang—related. they have asked anyone for any information about what happened here to contact hackney cid on the 101 number. police in the us state of ohio are hunting a man suspected of posting a video on social media of him fatally shooting a stranger. officers in the city of cleveland say the suspect steve stephens claimed to have killed 12 other people in a later video on facebook, but the city's police chief said they did not know of any other victims. j

butjust days ago, the metropolitan police said they are pursuing a significant line of enquiry.n may. her twin siblings, who are now 12, were in the room with her the night she went missing. the mccanns have tried to protect them from online abuse. people are writing things that are untrue and they need to be aware of that. both of us realise we owe it to the twins to make sure their life is fulfilling, as they deserve. we have tried our best to achieve that. as a family, the mccanns vow to never give up hope. laura trant, bbc news. you can see the full version of that interview on panorama: madeleine mccann: 10 years on. that's on wednesday night at 9pm on bbc one. and we'll be showing an extended version of fiona bruce's interview with kate and gerry mccann here on the bbc news channel at 10.30am. theresa may says the conservative party has no current plans to raise tax —— but stopped short of promising not to raise income tax, national insurance or vat if she wins the general election. speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, she also said pensions would continue to rise but wouldn

our thoughts will be in particular with the metropolitan police, as they mourn their colleague, pc keithn office minister, tobias ellwood, has received widespread tributes for coming to the aid of pc keith palmer. mr ellwood has said he is heartbroken that the police police officer died. foreign office question time was the first occasion since the attack on which tobias ellwood has appeared on the front front bench. labour's shadow foreign secretary took the opportunity to praise him. may i start by paying tribute to the member for bournemouth east, for his extraordinary courage last wednesday. as pc keith palmer's family said this weekend to the minister and to others who rushed to help, there was nothing more you could have done. you did your best and we are just grateful that he was not alone. i'm very grateful for her kind remarks. i will make it clear that i was one of many that stepped forward on that dark day, and our thoughts and prayers remain with those families and friends of the victims, including our own pc keith palmer. tobias ellwood. the activation of article 50 came on

london metropolitan police -- the five deceased include one police officer, three civilians and the attackerle the investigation is still ongoing, british authorities -- operativoperatively this attacks result of islamist relator terrorism. i'm sorry to have to tell the senate that contrary to earlier reporting, and australian permanent resident has been hospitalized in london with injuries sustained in the attack. and our staff in london are offering assistance. as prime minister turnbull said, the attack on the british parliament is an attack on parliaments, freedom and democracy everywhere. we condemned the attack and are deeply saddened by the loss of innocent lives. prime minister may rightly described the attack as sick and depraved, and condemned -- police and secret he services who continually risk their lives to keep their citizens safe. we stand in solidarity with the people of the united kingdom, and our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time. in the face of such tragedy australians can be reassured that our agencies and police forces are working relentlessly to keep us s

the green party peer and london assembly member, ladyjones, discovered her name featured on a metropolitan police "domestic extremists." ladyjones had taken part in environmental protests and spoken at a stop the war rally. at question time in the lords, ladyjones criticised the compiling of such a database, believing police resources could be better deployed. a point she put to the minister. the definition of domestic extremism used by the police is not statutory. questions about the police definition and their work on domestic extremism are matters for the police. i thank the noble lady and minister for her evasive answer. quite honestly, of course it's a matter for the home office as to whether the police are misusing theirtime. there's now incontrovertible and huge amounts of evidence that says that the police are watching peaceful, non—violent campaigners, environmental campaigners, and, therefore, they are utterly wasting their time and not concentrating on the people who can actually cause terrorism. will the home office take this responsibility seriously about preventing serious crime and