bring us up to date as to what you know so far and what we expect to hear from the metropolitan police at the press conference that should be apg any moment now? >> i'm about as close to the incident as we can get. we've been pushed back another 50 yards or so. there's a police helicopter hovering directly above me. we have seen police vehicles arriving by the dozen in the last hour or so. what we do know is that the police say this incident is being treated as if it were a terror incident. that's 90% the way to saying that they believe the man they have arrested a territory suspect. but they're not going all the way. it is being treated as if it were a terror incident, and we have to rely on the few statements we've had so far by the metropolitan police. the first being that at 1:58 this afternoon police were called to a stabbing at a building near london bridge, and then there was the incident on the bridge where a shot was fired, at least one shot was fired, possibly more. one man was arrested. a number of people have been injured. we understand that may be as many as five, some ser

the assistant commissioner for the london metropolitan police there briefing reporters, giving us thet on this incident on london bridge, saying that one male suspect was shot and killed by the police, adding that the suspect had what he called a hoax explosive device on his person. i want to go back to paul crookshank, your reaction. >> that was the scenario i was laying out to you a few minutes ago. why would the police shoot a man on the ground. one of the scenarios was that he had some kind of device. it turns out he had a hoax device. we've seen that before in terrorist attacks, saw that on this same bridge in june 2017, that attack on london bridge and borough market, three terrorists involved in that gun and vehicle -- sorry, knife and vehicle attack. and they were wearing fake suicide vests and were shot to death by police. why would you wear a fake suicide vest? one of the possible reasons is because you want to be killed in the attack. you don't want to survive the attack. from the jihadi point of view, we do not have confirmation this was a jihadi thing, but they want marty

for the nation's capital and metropolitan police, it was business as usual. as president nixon asked, the metropolitan police had performed its duties in a professional manner, dealing fairly with violators of the law. all visitors of the nation's capital were afforded the protection of the law. but there will be other demonstrations, other crises, as demonstrators and police alike discovered, there can be no tactical manual for a mayday. each incident is unique. each situation must be individually evaluated and acted upon. for in law enforcement today, the police officer is often the peacekeeper in events involving national and local issues for which he is not responsible nor empowered to resolve, yet he remains the crucial pivot around which education, racial, and other issues of the day revolve. (music) (music)

the city of london police and metropolitan police joining london police and metropolitan policejoiningrt in areas of central london, like london bridge, but this whole incident causing, as you'd expect, chaos. it isjust approaching rush—hour now. london bridge station is closed, no trains running through there. we have seen lots of people leaving work and looking pretty confused because it is quite hard to walk down any street without running into a police cordon. that is the latest from here at london bridge. ben brown, for now, thank you. the white house has said that president trump has been briefed on the attack at london bridge. that is a spokesperson for the president. we know that boris johnson is at number ten downing st, and being briefed on the incident by the head of uk counterterrorism policy and the assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police, neil basu. it is worth just reminding ourselves what he said. he said that there were fears that a man was wearing a bomb vest, an explosive device. and specialist officers when they attended the scene officers when they attend

please follow the metropolitan police twitterfeed. f any officer on the ground. as we were hearing from john there, the police were moving people back. but it is a very busy part of london. a very busy intersection. roads and rail and friday afternoon. i am joined now by andy moore. andy, we are seeing metropolitan police confirming that an incident has, is happening at london bridge, that they are dealing with. what more information do you have? i have spoken to the met police. i spoke to them about five to ten minutes ago. they were not able to tell me any more at that stage. as you said, we have got this very brief tweet from the police confirming an incident but not giving us any more detail. the basics, as we know from john, shots have been fired. it appears a man was restrained. from photographs and images at the scene we can see a lot of traffic. we can see one white truck that appears to be across the bridge. it may be simply that that truck is trying to reverse, to get out of traffic. we don't know if thatis out of traffic. we

the investigation into the offence, whilst the incident took place in the london area, the metropolitan policeorism investigations so you would have to ask the met about those aspects of the investigation, i could not comment. your officers will be stepping up police controls, there is a big police presence here so as there is a big police presence here so as well as this investigation, cressida dick said it was about ensuring the public. what is your message to them? london is a massively vibrant city with hundreds of thousands of people working here, business as usual. we will not let terrorism defeat is in this capital. my terrorism defeat is in this capital. my officers and i are working around the clock to protect the public and my message is, carry on your business as usual, be vigilant. if there is something unusual, reported to us or to somebody in authority, but we cannot let incidents like this to tear us from living our lives in london. there is an appeal for information, footage, images. are you processing those orders that the met? have you been overwhelmed in the last 2a hours? t

transport police officer who was in plain clothes, before armed officers from both the city and metropolitan policeacker and shot him. the actions of the police and the public are all the more remarkable as we now know the attacker was wearing what looked like a very convincing explosive device. thankfully, we now know that was a hoax device. today, this address where usman khan had recently been living was being intensely searched. but police say at this stage there is no evidence to suggest anybody else was involved in the attack. this way, please. which leaves the burning question, how was a convicted terrorist released from jail while still dangerous? and how did he, still wearing a tag, kill two people at a meeting focused on the rehabilitation of prisoners? daniel sanford, bbc news, london bridge. borisjohnson visited the scene of the attack this morning, and pledged to toughen up sentences. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn called for a full investigation into khan's early release from prison. our political correspondent jessica parker reports. hello, how are you doing? visiting the scene at lo

and mislead people as to exactly what is going on the met police metropolitan police which is london's police force are scums telling people 'd to come to the police twitter account social media accounts for more details of the monsoon that will so to speak and that the police directed ourselves to find out more details at the moment what the police main priority is to make sure that cordon remains in place that people are safe and that they can investigate exactly what is going on themselves as you 2 eyewitnesses get this this person who is partly on the ground still on the bridge we're not quite sure whether he's not dead or fatally injured or just not seriously injured at this point in time because we're so far away you can't directly see it anymore there's a lot the police have to work on the priority from the general public come to a certain extent the media as well to make sure that we're out of their way so they can do their work. we have been hearing from the police they have fire several people have been injured after a stabbing near london bridge and there are certain they we

he met cressida dick, the metropolitan police commissioner. ent katharine da costa is on the bridge now. there is still a large police cordon on the bridge and you can see a number of buses and cars that were abandoned yesterday during the chaos and they are yet to be cleared. police patrols have been stepped up across london and despite the public being told to avoid the area, there area large being told to avoid the area, there are a large number of visitors and tourists here today. this morning the prime minister borisjohnson met with the home secretary, the head of the city of london police, and with the city of london police, and with the head of the metropolitan police, cressida dick. in the last half and oui’ cressida dick. in the last half and our cressida dick spoke to reporters. she said the focus is very much on this investigation and she reassured the public. she thanked those who intervened in yesterday's attack and said london would be resilient and remains open for business. in the meantime, the public are being reminded to remai

no, the latest i've got is that -- and you may already have this, but the metropolitan police here, thehere are saying this isn't is being treated as if it were a terror incident. now, i assume that means that the strong suspicion is that it was a terror incident. at the minute, as we've been reporting, one man has been arrested. the police are simply saying a number of people have been injured. we believe at least five people have been injured. and there are a lot of details about this that we're not clear. for example, there is a very large white truck jackknifed across two lanes of london bridge. we're not quite sure what part that plays in this incident. what i can tell you is just even in the last few minutes, more police reinforcements have screamed in with their sirens wailing. if this incident is over, and i would stress we don't know that, the police certainly aren't treating it as if it's over. they are concerned, as we all have been over the last decade, about secondary attacks. so a first attack might happen. it might draw the police and the public into an area, and then a s

it has been classed as a terrorist incident by the metropolitan police. the public that are gathered around a man who was then shot dead by city of london police, who attended that. a man was seen running away from the scene, a member of the public who had managed to retrieve a knife from the suspect. more on this right here on bbc news. the time is a man is shot dead by police on london bridge. several people are stabbed and two members of the public have died. police call it a terrorist incident. the male suspect was wearing a hoax explosive device on his body. members of the public wrestled with the man carrying a knife and pulled him to the ground. a male suspect was shot by specialist officers and i can confirm that the suspect died at the scene. the prime minister will chair a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee shortly. earlier, he praised the public's response to the attack. i also want to pay tribute to the extraordinary bravery of those members of the public who physically intervened. to protect the lives of others. and for me,

but again, the metropolitan police counterterrorism policing is involved in a big investigation intoet another terrorist incident. there will be looking firstly i don't want to send a man's pockets, what can they tell about him from what can they tell about him from what they find on the scene. they will get cctv pictures together and then they were spread details out to see who knows this man, relatives, anyone who might have dealt with, talked this potential attack, and ta ke talked this potential attack, and take the investigation where it needs to go. so an awful lot of work to come in the days that follow. thank you very much. away from the attack at london bridge, and there's been another stabbing attack this evening with at least three people injured in an attack inside a department store in the hague. dutch police say they are searching for a man who they believe may be behind the attack. the incident happened at the hudson's bay store in the city's grote market which is the main market square area of the hague. images on social media showed emergency services at the scene am

the metropolitan police have given a timeline of the events. scribed how the event started at fishmongers' hall with the police receiving the first call at 158 this afternoon and then she said just five minutes later, city of london police had confronted the suspect. in terms of what is happening here this evening, counterterrorism detectives, she said, would be working around the clock to identify the victims and help their families, while at the same time working at full tilt, she said, to understand what happened and crucially, whether anyone else was involved. in practical terms, in london, this does mean that those cordons around london bridge will remain in place for some time. london of course very busy at the moment with shoppers and with tourists and as reassurance, the commissioner said people would expect to see more police on the streets, both armed and unarmed, and anyone with any information is asked to call the anti—terrorist hotline. with just under two weeks to go to the general election, the conservatives labour and the liberal

today, the metropolitan police also appealed for information from any witnesses, particularly anyone ‘s hall to contact the investigation team. thank you. london mayor sadiq khan said we can expect to see more police officers on the streets over the coming days. you will have seen, and londoners will have seen, visitors will see, today, tomorrow and over the course of the next few days, met police officers, the city of london police officers, some in uniform, some plainclothed, some with firearms. they are not there because there is a heightened risk or an increase in the threat level. they are there to reassure us, and reassure visitors, that london is safe, and can ijust say that we owe an enormous debt of gratitude, not just to our police, who responded so swiftly and so bravely, not knowing what they would confront, but also to members of the public who we have seen the videos of, who were so brave on the bridge. but also outside fishmonger's hall, there were many, many brave ordinary people who acted in an extraordinary manner, and i think all of us should be extremely proud of t

the head of metropolitan police, cressida dick, has also been addressing reporters.e thing to see. where people lost their lives and there was so much devastation and carnage. rest assured, our teams are incredibly professional, they have all the equipment and skills they need to find out exactly what happened here and indeed, what led up to the events here yesterday. i would like to thank people in the local area and londoners, in general, for, first of all, their perseverance in accepting that we must do ourjob properly at a scene like this and, although we have managed to release a lot of the roads, london bridge station is running, we will of course be here for some time to come, examining the crime scene. i also want to repeat my comments from yesterday, yesterday as well as all that horror, we witnessed the most extraordinary courage by members of the public and indeed the city of london and other police officers and emergency services. we saw some wonderful examples of professionalism, of quick thinking and, of course, of compassion. it is a terrible thing tha

he was shot dead by the metropolitan police here in london during the afternoon. that is after he stabbed two people to death and injured three others. he has been named as usman khan philipe was from staffordshire to hearin philipe was from staffordshire to hear in the uk. what is interesting is he was a convicted terrorist. he was jailed back in 2012 and part of a plot to bomb the london stock exchange and he was also plotting, according to the court, to set up as terrorist training camp in pakistan with the view of sending people from britain over there to be changed in that make trading terrorism. he was released in december he was released on licence which means he should have been under watch and police are acknowledging the main line of how he was able to carry out this attack. it took place in fishmongers' hall which is on the north side of the bridge of london bridge. there was an event taking place and there seems to be some reports that he could have been an attendee there. i suppose, maybe we don't know the answers to those questions but we definitely

the metropolitan police are appealing for anyone with information to contact the investigation team.a costa has the latest. terror returned to the streets of london. a man and woman killed, three others injured. the question is how was this allowed to happen? pictures filmed from a bus show police moving in on the attacker who had been held down by members of the public. a man takes a knife from the suspect and runs away. police pull away another man wrestling with the attacker and then open fire. this was the man shot dead — usman khan, 28 years old from staffordshire. he was jailed in 2012 for his part in a plot to bomb the london stock exchange, but released on licence last year. the prime minister was briefed on the case last night at a meeting of the government's emergency committee cobra. i have long argued that it is a mistake to allow serious and violent criminals to come out of prison and it is very important that the we get out of that habit and that we enforce the appropriate sentences for dangerous criminals, especially for a terrorist that i think the public want to see.

so i thought was a statement from the metropolitan police say they express their heartfelt sympathies of course to everyone who's been affected by the incident and also that they'll give the information to their loved ones assumes that a much as they have confirmed that they will be treating it as a as a terror incident they confirmed that that is the case the device that was attacked that was attached to the attack was what they suspect to be a hoax explosive device but to to break out of the stone and give us the very latest is shot at woodstock who is right in london in the midst of all of it we just heard the statement what ousts to didn't come to light tell us a bit about. which continues to be on a complete lockdown we just heard from the assistant police commissioner saying he said this is being treated as a terror related as you just mentioned the the attachment on to the suspect was a hoax explosive he indeed was shocked at the scene on london bridge but of course as i say throughout the afternoon there's been various different reports coming out from the scene but we do unde

we have a few more details from the metropolitan police, via their twitter account. e and read it to you saying police were called at 1:58 p.m. to a stabbing at the premises near london bridge. emergency services attended including officers from the met marines had been detained by police. we believe a number of people have been injured. further info to follow. social media video from passer by passerbys showing three police officers with guns raised pointing at a man lying on the ground on the bridge. it's unclear at this moment exactly the sequence of events that precipitated that measure. it's very unusual to see police here in london raise their guns in that manner in such a public and iconic location. we understand that the entire bridge has been cordoned off, not allowing traffic across the bridge. not allowing passerbys as the situation develops again. we're waiting for mother information from the police. they say they will be providing that shortly. >> all right. erin, we'll stay connected to you throughout the hour and give us updates as soon as you can. erin

earlier, the prime minister wasjoined by the home secretary as well as the heads of the metropolitan policethey visited the crime scene on london bridge. they spoke to officers who had been on duty yesterday. they then visited borough market, just round the corner from borough market, just round the cornerfrom here. borough market, just round the corner from here. they borough market, just round the cornerfrom here. they spoke borough market, just round the corner from here. they spoke to traders and members of the public to reassure them that london is safe. cressida dick said london is resilient. she said it is business as usual. people are being told to remain vigilant but to carry on as normal. we also know in that update from the assistant commissioner earlier that a british transport police officer in plain clothes was one of those who intervened to confront the attacker, and their bravery and courage has been recognised. running towards danger, putting their lives at risk to save others, particularly as at the time they thought he was wearing an explosive device. we now know that tha

that is london metropolitan police headquarters. paton walsh on the scene with the latest. what do we know at

will be working to minimize any threat there may be out there. >> that is commissioner of the metropolitan police. she says that the event in london happened at 1:58 london time this afternoon at fish monger's hall. she says city of london police officers were able to respond and get to that scene at 2:03. just five minutes after it began. she did confirm what british police had been reporting. that two people have died. three others are injured. and the suspect is dead, as well. she said that fighting terrorism takes effort and determination from all of us. we're going to keep on this story as the day progresses. it is less than three months now after the president called off talks with the taliban. but now, donald trump says negotiations are open once again. >> the taliban wants to make a deal, we'll see if they make a deal. if they do, they do. and if they don't, they don't. that's fine. >> the president was short on details so it's not clear what exactly those negotiations might look like. but you will recall it was back in september when a previous attempt at an accord went sour. the preside

metropolitan police figures show around 400 protesters were arrested after the ban was imposed. mep. it's actually a really important case because it's about defending the right to assembly and public protest and those are fundamental cornerstones of a functioning democracy. so it's very important that we won today and i'm very happy. the police say their actions were reasonable and proportionate. but they accept the judgment. we are disappointed by the ruling but clearly we absolutely respect the court's decision and what we need to do now i think is in slow time carefully consider what it means for us and review our tactics in light of it. 0ur planet is in crisis... and extinction rebellion has not gone away. the actorjim carter is one of the celebrities in this new video campaign. but the ruling today means the next street protests will be harder for police to stop. richard lister, bbc news. the man accused of murdering the british backpacker grace millane in new zealand last year has gone on trial in auckland. the court has heard that the suspect, who can't be named for lega

well those who were arrested some $1800.00 or so protesters could potentially sue them on the metropolitan police for unlawful protest and obviously those who are charged there was a real fear on the $160.00 those charges would be dropped this isn't the final verdict in the sense that the police do have the choice if they so wish to appeal it's whether they'll do that or not we'll still wait and find out. a number of people have been stabbed in jordan the attack happened in the city of jeddah the victims include for tourists from mexico and switzerland for jordanians for among those injured one person has been arrested. he was heading towards the cafeteria and i was standing by the door behind me will the tourists a little into the cafeteria he passed in front of me and i link towards him i slipped and he stabbed me then backed away moving towards the policeman gave the policeman a slight step i tried to attack him from behind and i pushed him to the ground afterwards all the policemen came and took him iran is taking further steps away from the 2015 nuclear deal and says it will soon start activ

looking at the twitter account for the metropolitan police for the u.k. oviding live updates of the scene there. just to be clear going back and forth. the latest tweet uses as you did the word that the man has been detained by police. early reporting said not only detained but shot by police. do we know whether that took place or has been detained as in custody? >> we don't. with all the incidents you have so many different eyewitness accounts. sometimes the numbers are inflated. sometimes you hear from one person and another reporting the same situation. certainly armed units surrounded this man as he was on the ground on london bridge and you see what appear to be quite clear shots fired by the armed units. as i said earlier you do see him raise his hand shortly afterward. based on what we've seen from the social media footage he appears to have been shot but not killed. the police issued a statement also saying please use common sense when sharing your videos and pictures on social media because they want to make sure that some of the more graphic pict

metropolitan police said the attack has been declared an open quote terrorist incident." epresentative described how the situation unfolded good authorities say the suspect -- how the situation unfolded. authorities say the suspect to died was wearing a vest. boris johnson is calling the situation appalling and saying he's being kept updated. more on the story coming up. after returning to his office after the bridge incident, or as johnson got back to other business. he is promising tougher rules on foreign takeovers as well as state aid to help british companies in his election base. warnsnservative leader voters against complacency, saying he still needs their vote and says johnson's -- and says jeremy corbyn could still form a coalition government. the calls come despite paul's showing johnson with a clear lead over labor. while shoppers lined up

you know the metropolitan police well, you have worked closely with the royals, you think this wouldd have taken the decision not to go further?m isa the decision not to go further?m is a question i think legitimately asking now all this is coming up. the world is crying out for clarity on this matter. you tried your very best and succeeded in many ways but, in one sense, all you did was open the floodgates. there are so many other questions that need to be asked, but regularly of the prince but also some of his associates and those who advised him and possibly travel with him on some of these occasions. what on earth was going on? the met looked at the allegations and took them seriously and did not have enough evidence to proceed. let me ask you of some of the details or we learned, the pizza express , the details or we learned, the pizza express, alibi or defence, an explanation of prince andrew's whereabouts? i did not accepted for one moment. he knows perfectly well it does not open until 10:30pm and he says he did not know where the bar was and he has been going there and you c

he was shot dead by the metropolitan police here in london during the afternoon.

the cordon, but while i have been here in the last few minutes, i've seen vehicles from the metropolitan policere. and reports locally that police have been here since yesterday afternoon. now we do not know what connection if any there is to khan here, but there certainly is a very good deal of police activity. of course, khan was very much on the radar of the authorities here in staffordshire, following his conviction in 2012. and his release subsequently on licence. now i think there will be questions, notjust in london, asked, but also questions here asked in staffordshire about the terms of that licence and also how he was being monitored. that was liz copper. let's go now to borough market where we can speak to becky coletto and kate towers who have a stall there. good morning. are you open for your customers today? we are. and it has been astounding everyone has come down and we are back working. tell us down and we are back working. tell us what happened to you yesterday. we we re us what happened to you yesterday. we were trading as usual, it was a beautiful day, very busy in the marke

two people have died in what the metropolitan police are describing as a "terrorist incident" on londondge. the attacker was later shot dead. several members of the public managed to wrestle him to ground, and their bravery has been widely praised. police say the attack started here, in fishmongers‘ hall, at the northern end of the bridge. the alarm was raised just before 2pm this afternoon. the attacker then appears to have moved onto the bridge, where he was tackled and disarmed amid chaotic scenes. police then arrive at 2:03pm, five minutes after the first emergency call. armed officers then fire two shots, killing the suspect, fearing he was wearing an explosive vest. the prime minister, who is chairing a cobra meeting in downing street right now, said earlier that any accomplices to the attack will be "hunted down and brought to justice". the mayor of london, sadiq khan, praised what he called the "breath—taking heroism" shown by members of the public who tackled the suspect before police arrived. tonight, large parts of central london remain cordoned off, and police say extra patr

metropolitan police figures show around 400 protesters were arrested after the ban was imposed. the police. among them, an mep. it's actually a really important case because it's about defending the right to assembly and public protest and those are fundamental cornerstones of a functioning democracy. so it's very important that we won today and i'm very happy. the police say their actions were reasonable and proportionate. but they accept the judgment. we are disappointed by the ruling but clearly we absolutely respect the court's decision and what we need to do now i think is in slow time carefully consider what it means for us and review our tactics in light of it. 0ur planet is in crisis... and extinction rebellion has not gone away. the actorjim carter is one of the celebrities in this new video campaign. but the ruling today means the next street protests will be harder for police to stop. richard lister, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime... a cabinet minister resigns from government — on the day the general election campaign officially begins. and coming up, our assi

hospital and undergoing treatment but as i say this early stage of the incident reported by the metropolitan police it's very fast moving but still london bridge is on lockdown the police are joined also by the terrorism please though unconfirmed at this point that this has anything to do with terrorism also assisted by the fire brigade as well as i say it's a false musing moving incident that familiar scenes here at london bridge of course back in may 27000 very similar scenes indeed so understandably a lot of panic in the area. yeah well i'm sure going to return to you as more information comes available to us thank you chad with reporting from london bridge . donald trump chose to spend his thanksgiving paying his fast ever visit to afghanistan and greeting american troops based and he had a message for them revealing talks with the taliban are now back on despite being declared dead just 2 months ago. who can discuss this with. they call it a surprise visit but the motives behind it are rather clear as since day one day one of his presidency mr trump wanted to and the war in afghanistan this bl

the metropolitan police has defended its decision not to investigate claims by the american woman, whorginia roberts, now virginia giuffre, alleges she was brought to london 18 years ago by the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. 0ur royal correspondent, jonny dymond, reports on the story. they are saying that the trafficking is organised outside of british territory, epstein is dead, and as far as they are concerned there is no case to answer. now, you know, there are a host of allegations and questions around this, and of course there are a number of people who think that because there was the allegation that royalty was involved that this may or may not have affected the metropolitan police's investigation. they say it's nothing to do without. question of territory. about where a crime may or may not have been committed, it's nothing to do with them. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is... the british police commander on the day of the hillsborough football disaster thirty years ago has been cleared over the deaths of ninety five fans. anti—terro

they say that injuly 2015, metropolitan police.had received an allegation againstjeffrey epstein and british women. it related to events outside the uk is an allegation to trafficking into london. the metropolitan police say they take concerns about exploitation seriously. officers interviewed the complainant. following that, it was clear that any investigation would be largely focused on activities and relationships outside the united kingdom. we therefore concluded the metropolitan police was not the appropriate authority to conduct inquiries in these circumstances and in november 2016, decision was made that this matter would not proceed toa that this matter would not proceed to a full criminal investigation. the statement says, in august 2019, following the death ofjeffrey epstein, there was a review and the position remains unchanged. it says the metropolitan police service has liaised with other law enforcement organisations and has not received a formal request asking for assistance regarding this allegation. so this allegat

police on a london bridge which was the scene of another attack 2 years ago neil basu from the metropolitan police praised the actions of his offices and the public. the attacker of them left the building he ended up on love the bridge he was pursued with detained by members of the public as well as a british transport police officer who was employing quotas before armed officers for both the city and the metropolitan police arrived confronted the attacker shot through. the actions of the place in the public were all the more remarkable as we now know the attack was wearing what looked like a very convincing explosive device thankfully we now know that was a hoax device. the congolese army says it's killed a senior rebel leader in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo a mob is also reported to have lynched 2 suspected rebels in the town of benny. yemen's who the rebels have released video they say shows the shooting down of a saudi apache helicopter the group says it's behind the downing of the aircraft on friday and that 2 saudi pilots were killed there's been no confirmation from

activists known as extinction rebellion has won a court challenge against a ban imposed by london's metropolitan police high court judge found the restrictions on the group's protests were unlawful police imposed the ban in response to several days of demonstrations in october which disrupt the traffic of the streets those are the headlines that is continues here on al-jazeera off to witness next. asked or thought. she would do or you might check up on. told go to boy a while or circle. just as hard to choose just go or. just share. in our coverage don't argue or just just i just finished just. now. when the world is way down and not at all on the way out of the midst of the office as you. say. covered up watching. history. unfold a cold cold lard can kill scotch just trust. her die. hard case. one. she's. dance is still our match was done after die but yeah. not now. boy. then again right. now and sluices to a halt. because of that debra la distorted luck send us through in my neighborhood math and pop process time now we're just down the road that by divide day our. oil got a little. more in the book

eyewitnesses a heavy police presence and quite a significant security cordon has been put in place the metropolitan police in the last couple of minutes have confirmed that one man has been shot by police as a precaution the responding see the incident as though it's is terror related but they are calling for common sense and restraint and certainly to restrain from from speculating so we will try to abide by that here on al-jazeera certainly an incident at london bridge a very heavy police presence but no word yet on malta if no word yet on any specifics as to the attack police confirming one man has been shot by police the london ambulance service have to clear it's a major incident and they are responding but we still have no confirmation on any. any fatalities or any injuries at this stage we will of course be dipping back in and out of our coverage in london to do stay with us here on out 0 but let's bring in some other world news in just a 2nd. there a series of killings has provokes more process demands in the army leave a town in the democratic republic of congo at least 28 people have been killed

the metropolitan police is to pay the former mp harvey proctor £900,000 in compensation and legal costs was wrongly accused of being part of a westminster paedophile ring. a manuscript written by elizabeth i is discovered — a translation of a book praising the monarchy, complete with her distinctive messy handwriting. unai emery is sacked as arsenal manager after 18 months in charge. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the energy firm npower is set to cut up to 4,500 jobs in the uk as it plans to restructure to make itself more profitable. unions have called the move a "cruel blow" for workers. the company, which is german owned, described the uk market as "particularly challenging". npower has a uk workforce of around 5,700 staff. they announced plans injanuary to cut 900 jobs. npower‘s owners, e.0n said that profit for the first nine months of its financial year fell 27% to two billion pounds. let's get more from our business correspondent theo leggett. this is a very complicated market. there are the six big players, but plenty of others. plenty of the smaller ones have gone

action taken by the metropolitan police to to prevent extinction rebellion activists protesting in centralal, according to the high court. the met now faces the prospect of hundreds of claims of compensaion after it enforced a blanket ban on protests of more than two people in an effort to curb the group's autumn uprising, as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford explains. for seven days, extinction rebellion protestors brought parts of london to a standstill. stretching police resources to the limit. on the eighth day, organisers adopted a tactic from the hong kong pro—democracy movement, in which protestors are told to be like water — to flood a site, and then when police arrive, quickly move on to another location, causing as much disruption as possible. at that point, the superintendent in charge banned all extinction rebellion protests in london, a decision the high court today ruled unlawful. we're delighted with today's result. it vindicates our belief that the police's blanket ban was an unprecedented, unlawful infringement on our right to protest. it also opens the way fo

services including ambulances were quickly at the scene moments ago a london metropolitan the metropolitan police gave this update. a male suspect was shot by specialist dog officers from the city of london place and i can confirm that this suspect died of the say. a number of other people received injuries during this incident as soon as we could provide further updates on their condition we well as you would expect due to the nature of the incident we responded as though this was terrorist related i'm now in a position to confirm that it has been declared a terrorist incident due to reports that the suspect may have have an explosive device specialist officers also attended the same and white cauldrons are in place to ensure there remains no further danger to the public however i can confirm at this time we believe that a device that was strapped to the body of the suspect is a hoax explosive device a very tense evening in the heart of london let's take you now to deal of user charlotte potts a who is closely following this developments there charlotte what more have you learned. well the polic

did not end until private security were there and sort of trying to hold them off until the metropolitan police come in and shoot them dead. also the attack in 2013, lesser known attack but two armed assailant beheaded. they waited to be shot to death and think confronted the police and wanted to be murdered. these individual weapon attacks we call them with knives have a profile themselves. the police could have immediately finger printed and identify this individual and see his id card and realize what we call as a lone wolf. a person who's extremist and have not done anything enough to get him on the radar but is known in that community and supporting other people verbal bli ly verballyverbally or online. for the most part, when they make a determination that they believe it is terrorism, they have good intelligence. >> malcolm nance and jim kavanaugh, thank you both for helping us understand this situation unfolding in london. >>> president trump's surprise visit to the troops in afghanistan in thanksgiving and a more surprising announcement about the taliban. we'll dig into 2020 and news t

metropolitan police said the attack has been declared an open quote terrorist incident." a police representative described how the situation unfolded good authorities say the suspect -- how the situation unfolded. authorities say the suspect to died was wearing a vest. boris johnson is calling the situation appalling and saying he's being kept updated. more on the story coming up. after returning to his office after the bridge incident, or as johnson got back to other business. he is promising tougher rules on foreign takeovers as well as state aid to help british companies in his election base. warnsnservative leader voters against complacency, saying he still needs their vote and says johnson's -- and says jeremy corbyn could still form a coalition government. the calls come despite paul's showing johnson with a clear lead over labor. while shoppers lined up for black friday discounts in france, dozens of anti-capitalist and environmental activist staged sit ins outside amazon's french headquarters northwest of paris. they blocked two depots before being cleared out by

let me read you a statement from the metropolitan police.ence presented to the crown prosecution service who made the decision to charge. a jury then convicted the defendants of a range of offences. it is completely wrong to suggest this serious matter involving possession of an indecent image of a child being sexually abused was pursued due to the ethnicity of the defendants. the met investigates without fear or favour every day and the public rightly expects us to act when allegations of crime are reported to us, even more so when those allegations involve a police officer. it would be entirely wrong for criminal allegations of this severity to be dealt with ‘internally‘." well, you know, i hear this all the time from the organisation, even in my case. integrity is non—negotiable, but you can see with certain white officers that there is a different view, a different lens compared to black officers. that is one of the reasons why the most senior black officers at the moment are under investigation for one thing or another. there is a defin

the metropolitan police have said they are treating this as a terrorist incident as a precaution.ional terror level remains at substantial. >> nina, thanks for that report. we'll continue to follow this story as we get new developments. we expect to hear from boris johnson soon. >>> up next, we'll turn to american politics. the president says the taliban talks are back on. wayfair's biggest black friday blowout ever is now on. yes! score unbelievable savings. like living room up to 70% off. storage solutions from $9.99. and area rugs up to 80% off. plus, tons of limited-time mystery flash deals. and free shipping on everything when you shop from thanksgiving through cyber monday. and we're just getting warmed up. our black friday blowout is happening now through december first. shop the event of the season, only at wayfair.com. ♪for the holidays you can't beat home sweet home.♪♪ we go the extra mile to bring your holidays home. these people did, thanks to somnapure. somnapure from force factor helps you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up feeling refreshed. don't b

politics, the climate campaign group extension rebellion has won illegal challenge against the metropolitan police band on their protest in london for some and a big fall in profits in marks & spencer after a drop in demand for clothes and home where. —— clothes and home where. in a moment, time for the sportsday but a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news and at 7pm we have beyond 100 days life from washington where democrats have announced that the hearings in the trumpian —— in the trump impeachment inquiry will go public next week for streams they will be televised was up at half past seven the premise or will be watching the conservative party fossa campaign in the west midwest. later at 10:a0pm and half past 11 just as number we will be taking a look at tomorrow's front pages with reviewers this evening charles cutting and my good fellow. that is all had on bbc news but right now, it is time for sportsday. hello. you're watching sportsday with me ben croucher. your top stories. the final bell for nicola adams‘ career. the double olympic champion retires from boxing at the a

emergency services attending including the metropolitan police. le suspect was shot by specialist armed officers from the city of london police and i can confirm that the suspect died at the scene. a number of other people received injuries during this incident. as soon as we can provide further updates on their condition. >> police continue to search the surrounding area for any other threats. this has basically shut down central london, so they're asking people, please avoid the location at this point. i want to bring in nbc's erin mclaughlin who has been on the scene following this very closely. what's been developing where you are? >> reporter: hey, chris. the situation here seems to be comparatively calm especially when you consider what was unfolding here a couple of hours ago as police were trying to clear this area. there are specialist police units rushing down the streets, bomb-sniffing dogs surveying the area. that seems to have been dialed back a bit. at this point we're seeing more emergency vehicles leave the scene than enter the scen

the city of london police and the metropolitan police came together at the end of the bridge there is an area targeted before in the past by other terror groups. the police presence and capability and capacity to move swiftly is well-known. in this case they were on the scene and taking care of the attacker within five minutes. it is substantial. there are other places that that attacker could have gone to that would have been perhaps harder for the police to reach for a number of reasons and that is not speculating about where they might be. they could have had a higher death toll. so i think in this case the attacker chose the wrong place and he chose the wrong place as well and i would add to that london, because it is very clear from what we saw today, not only are the police ready, but civilians on the street, passersby are ready to step in and take them down. >> the public stepping in. we'll continue our coverage of this breaking news. not just the stabbing attack in london but another in the netherlands just hours later. stay with us. i'm a verizon engineer, and i'm part of the