let's ta ke let's take you live to the placa de catalu nya, let's take you live to the placa de catalunyaople gathered to mark the minute silence, king philip —— king philippe and others will be marking it. and the second incident, in which is five gunmen were shot dead by the authorities, happened overnight in cambrils, a town, south of barcelona. —— king felipe. it is thought that a second attack, potentially along the lines of the barcelona attack, was aborted. security forces intercepted a car that had armed men in it, also wearing fake suicide belts, it seems, seven injured, seven injured when that car was driven into them. the car overturned in a police chase and police shot dead five men from inside that car, also separately three men in custody after the attack on barcelona, these attacks separate but linked. investigators now trying to work out how many people were behind these attacks. eight involved, that is the scene live in barcelona, just at the top end of las ramblas, placa de catalu nya, end of las ramblas, placa de catalunya, is where they are preparing to hold a minutes

what would you say about the people you turned out here any placa de catalu nya you turned out here any placa de catalunyathe middle barcelona

the area around las ramblas and placa de catalu nya, area around las ramblas and placa de catalunya, where it area around las ramblas and placa de catalunya, where it took place, it is absolutely packed all through the day. during the summer months. in a way, it seems a fairly obvious target for terrorists and that may have explained why the response was so have explained why the response was so quick, with the medical services and ambulance services that arrived so and ambulance services that arrived so quickly. with catalan police and national police, they have been following these events and are on the scene. die, thank you. guy hedger —— guy hedger, thank you. jim joins us —— guy hedger, thank you. jim joins us now, —— guy hedger, thank you. jim joins us now, can you —— guy hedger, thank you. jim joins us now, can you explain where you are, and what you have been seeing and hearing? yes, iam standing are, and what you have been seeing and hearing? yes, i am standing at the base of las ramblas by the statue of christopher columbus immediately behind me. normally this is completely

some people said, they knew that placa de catalunya and las ramblas were the most important targets, they should have blocked the entrances of las ramblas or to placa de catalunya after the cia had alerted them, but the truth is if we agree to live in a fortress, they have won their battle. we have to go on living our life because we are stronger. this is our life, our city, our world. we cannot just protect ourselves by accepting that they are a threat that we cannot handle. i would say that the spanish authorities, the spanish anti—terrorists and the local police in barcelona have done a fantasticjob. unfortunately, you cannot prevent everything. the spanish government says the terror cell responsible for the attacks this week that left 14 people dead has been broken up. this evening the king and queen of spain laid flowers on las ramblas, where so many of the victims were killed and injured. new footage has emerged as the hunt continues for one suspect who may have driven the van. we'll be reporting from the small spanish town where many of the young men who carried out the attacks

. —— placa de catalunya. backpacks if you are there. —— placa de catalu nya. ing updated with developments. later we will be looking at how the story is being covered in the newspapers. all over major media outlets at the moment. it's been another busy week in the technology and political world. facebook‘s continous stellar revenue growth has made headlines as the firm revamps its video offering, creating a new, tv—like rival to youtube. meanwhile in the political world, us president donald trump troubling relationship with the media continues. to discuss it all is our media editor, amol rajan facebook, taking on competitors, trying to outdo netflix, youtube and the rest of them. facebook has a nice problem, its revenue growth is quite hard to get your head around, market capitalisation is 500 billion earlier this year, revenue growth growing by 70% year—on—year, this is a very wealthy company, but it faces a very wealthy company, but it faces a fundamental problem, it is running out of space to sell advertising, if you look at the facebook news feed, so many —

placa de catalu nya, a 12. some of them even in placa de catalunya, a a 12. , a very a 12. some of them even in placa de catalunya, a very symbolic important place. for a terrorist attack. u nfortu nately, place. for a terrorist attack. unfortunately, they only have to get it right once and this is what has happened. i just it right once and this is what has happened. ijust want it right once and this is what has happened. i just want to show our viewers the images on las ramblas. a remarkable scene, huge number of people who have been there all day and continue to be there all night. many coming to pay their respects laying candles and flowers. some shopping, others continuing with their holiday or their day in defiance of terrorism. are you saying that they are right not to be fea rful saying that they are right not to be fearful in las ramblas or anywhere else in spain and europe? absolutely. yes. some people said, they knew that placid catalunya and las ramblas were the most important targets, therefore they should have blocked the entrances of las ramblas

what would you say about the people you turned out here any placa de catalu nya you turned out here any placa de catalunyailence, to applaud, chant and show they are not afraid. is it important that they came ata afraid. is it important that they came at a show defiance today? yes, i think the message of the people being united together and just showing that very clear message to the terrorist group, which is, we're not afraid and we're not going to change our way of life, we really have to be together to fight for what we believe in, to fight for a values. 0ur what we believe in, to fight for a values. oui’ common what we believe in, to fight for a values. 0ur common values. i think it's a really important message. we know from our experience in fighting against eta that this is the most powerful tool we have against terrorism. we had to fight against eta and it was very important to have people in these streets praying for peace and saying, we're never going to be defeated by violence or by terrorist groups. this is the same. we have a very resilient and strong civil society in europe and in spain, and

but, guess, it draws millions of people every year and that central area in barcelona around placa de catalunya ramblas boulevard, which is connected to the placa de catalunya, where the attack took place, that is possibly the first place tourists head to when they go to barcelona. it is very famous in the architecture around there is well known, so they had there and it is a lwa ys known, so they had there and it is always full up, particularly in the summer always full up, particularly in the summer months. it is always heaving injuly and summer months. it is always heaving in july and august, summer months. it is always heaving injuly and august, so it would seem to be perhaps the logical place for a terrorist attack to take place. that might explain why we saw such a swift response from the police and the medical crews after the attack, that they were perhaps ready for this. you could say police forces across europe are on alert for this kind of incident but what would you say about security levels in spain germany? spain hasn't had a terrorist attack since 200a. germany? spain hasn't had a

about 100m from placa de catalu nya, situation right now? about 100m from placa de catalunyaot really far away from where the attack happened. the crowds were being directed out of this area up until maybe ten minutes ago. itjust shows what a massive population was in that area. because as we know, it is one of the most visited parts of barcelona. but panic still continues to be the mood. because a few minutes ago, the crowd suddenly got scared of something, we don't know what. they started running. behind them were police officers with guns, just right behind me, following, chasing, as if there was somebody in that crowd that they wanted to arrest. and then everybody dissipated. and it wasn't clear where it. did. but itjust gives you a sense of how worried the population is, how word gets out that something is happening. and it might bejust that something is happening. and it might be just a that something is happening. and it might bejust a mistake. but it creates panic. there are choppers overhead in the last few others. as you said, right behind here is the centre of wher

no traffic allowed near placa de catalunya. people cannot take the bus.e right now. we hope that you get home safely. thank you for talking to us. it is good of you to talk to us after what you have been through. thank you so much. we can talk to another man, in fact another american two wrist —— tourist. in the area. robert... tell us tourist. in the area. robert... tell us about your experience. tourist. in the area. robert... tell us about your experiencelj tourist. in the area. robert... tell us about your experience. i was in a store, about to purchase something and suddenly they said close the tills, close the tills, nobody can read. —— leave. and long story short, i was trying to make a purchase, they said no one can leave, and after five purchase, they said no one can leave, and afterfive minutes purchase, they said no one can leave, and after five minutes they said towards my general direction. i did a 180 turn. ran into a random apartment block. block of flats. ran up apartment block. block of flats. ran up some stairs. i thought it was probably

just walking up placa de catalunya to go into burger king, and you had a crush, didn't you?was a bomb. he dragged me into burger king and we hid under the tables, made sure everybody else got down and then that was it. we were held up in there until they've just let us out now. how long were you in there? a couple of hours. the police then escorted us down the road in groups. what was going through your mind when it was going on? erm. .. are we going to survive? yeah, they put all the shutters down and just kept safe and that's it. just two of the british tourists in barcelona this evening. earlier tonight, the foreign office in london offered fresh advice to visitors in the city saying it was urgently seeking more information. a statement says local authorities have advised people to stay a site —— inside and away from las ramblas. if you are in the immediate area you should take care and follow the advice of the local security authorities. press reports suggest public transport, particularly at metro, has been affected. about 15 minutes ago, catalan police said there was n

she was in the area when the attack beganlj was just walking to placa de catalu nya, to go was just walking to placa de catalunyables. held up in till they let us out. how long we re in till they let us out. how long were you in for? it was probably a couple of hours. and the police escorted us in groups. what was going through your mind? just happy to be alive. we were worried that they were going to get in. happy to be safe. that was a british tourist, who witnessed the events that barcelona. i have also been speaking to an american tourist, he described the moment he realised something was wrong. hi. this afternoon, i came in ona wrong. hi. this afternoon, i came in on a flight and i was in a taxi, coming on to las ramblas. possibly just a block from my hotel. i was looking at the boulevard, everybody was shopping. and then i heard this group of people scream, at the same time. you just do not think about this, naturally. iwould time. you just do not think about this, naturally. i would to my left hand side and i could see a white van, and it was going, i thought it was maybe just somebody working, driving, s

what would you say about the people who turned out here in placa de catalunya in the middle of barcelonahey came with a show defiance today? yes, i think the message of the people being united together and just showing that very clear message to the terrorist group, which is, we're not afraid and we're not going to change our way of life, we really have to be together to fight for what we believe in, to fight for our values. our common values. i think it's a really important message. we know from our experience in fighting against eta that this is the most powerful tool we have against terrorism. we had to fight against eta and it was very important to have people in the streets praying for peace and saying, we're never going to be defeated by violence or by terrorist groups. this is the same. we have a very resilient and strong civil society in europe and in spain, and we are showing the world that we are together and that we can be different in many ways but we share common values, common humanity. we rely on respect for life, respect for liberty, respect for freedom, respect for many

yesterday afternoon a white fiat van veers off the road and into a crowd outside the placa de catalunyaen continues its path down las ramblas, the pede5terian 5treet which was packed with tourists. the driver then fled the scene. then at1 o'clock this morning there was a second attack in cambrils when a car rammed into pedestrians. one person died. the five men shot dead who were wearing what turned out to be fake suicide belts. the first of our report5 tonight looks at the attacks and those who were caught up in the horror. a shared silence. across another european city touched by terror, one minute of stillne55 filled the space that woods could not. a void with a 5ingle burning question, why? then, a5 5ingle burning question, why? then, as king felipe and the prime minister looked on, applause and defiance. we are not afraid, they chanted. but the previous 24 hours of violence we re the previous 24 hours of violence were shocking. this, a street in the coastal town of cambrils. a terror suspect is cornered and i5 of cambrils. a terror suspect is cornered and is wearing what police bel

yesterday afternoon a white fiat van veers off the road and into a crowd outside the placa de catalunyalas ramblas, a pedesterian street that was packed with people. the driver then fled the scene. and at1 o'clock this morning there was a second attack in cambrils when a car rammed into pedestrians. one person died. police shot dead the five attackers, who were wearing what turned out to be fake suicide belts. the first of our reports tonight looks at the attacks and those caught up in the horror. a shared silence. across another european city touched by terror, one minute of stillness filled the space that words could not. a void with a single burning question — why? then, as king felipe and prime minister rajoy looked on, applause and defiance. no tinc por! "we are not afraid", they chanted. but the previous 2a hours of violence were shocking. gunfire this, a street in the coastal town of cambrils. a terror suspect is cornered and is wearing what police believe is a suicide belt. they decide there is only one course of action. the dead man was one of five who tried to mow people down

earlier on, it is about 50 metres towards pla ca from earlier on, it is about 50 metres towards placa de catalunyaators. john, we will leave you there. we are coming to the end of our coverage on bbc world news for now. but let me give you the key bits, as we continue to see the key pictures and key information, the news co nfe re nce pictures and key information, the news conference from police in the last little while confirming one dead, 32 injured and ten of those seriously injured. they are continuing to search for the perpetrators. let's get more now from my colleague, jane hill. she spoke to an american tourist called tom markwell, he was in barcelona. this afternoon, i came in on a flight, this afternoon, i came in on a flight, and i was in a taxi, just turning on to las ramblas. maybe just a block and a half from my hotel. i was looking at the boulevard from the back of the taxi andi boulevard from the back of the taxi and i heard this group of people screaming at the same time. you just do not think that naturally. then, i looked to my left and i saw a white van with its front looking lik

it started at placa de catalunya. a pedestrian only walkway. it finally came to a stop near a popular food market at la boqueria. >> when we have other updates we will post it. >>> locally, b.a.r.t. police continued their crackdown on fare jumpers. if you watch "today in the bay" you probably know officers this week are citing fare evaders at stations on both sides of the bay. dozens have been caught without proper fare and now they're facing fines. police cited about a dozen people at the berkeley station. three more received warnings. it's 6:07. >>> we're seeing clouds along the coast as you wake up and get ready to head out the door. partly cloudy skies. now a look at the live camera, temperatures are in the upper 50s to lower 60s. upper 80s, even 90s for concord and livermore. up to 90 degrees there. san jose, 83 degrees. palo alto a high of 78 degrees and mid-60s for san francisco. santa rosa a high of 85. slightly warmer today than it was yesterday. and coming up in about four minutes i'll have a look at san jose's trend as we head over t

a busy square placa de catalunya and spread down las ramblas, a pedestrian only walkway. it came to a stop near a popular food market. our coverage continues online as well. it's a story that is constantly being updated as it is changing. we'll post updates at nbcbayarea.com. >>> b.a.r.t. police continued their crackdown on fare jumpers. if you watched "today in the bay" you know those officers this week are citing fare evaders at stations on both sides of the bay. dozens of riders have been caught without proper fare and now face fines. police at berkeley station yesterday morning cited a dozen people. three more received warnings. >>> palo alto police investigating a purse sthachg at stanford's shopping center. says two young women joined and three people disappeared by the time officers arrived. >>> a deputy will be sentenced for pulling a gun on a fast food worker. benjamin lee was convicted. in 2016 he pulled a gun on an employee at a jack-in-the-box. investigators say he was drunk. according to "the mercury news" lee has been out of jail since his arrest. he face as

way from the port and the aquarium area where cruise ships come in and goes all the way up to placa de catalunya. and as we analyze the vehicle and its location after the attack was over, it's pretty clear that he went off the roadway and drove completely up the middle of the pedestrian walkway. and now we're confirming that this is a terrorist attack. it was a vehicle as weapon attack, like we just saw in charlottesville, like we saw in the last attack, which was in stockholm in april which killed four. this may have had many, many more casualties. >> as you've been talking, we've been able to con firm with police there, so far at least one person dead, 32 hurt after the massive van crash. again, at this point, local police saying one dead, 32 hurt. kelly cobiella is standing by. kelly, that news conference that just wrapped, what were we able to glean from that, if anything? >> reporter: a very brief news conference there, craig. we understand from police they have confirmed, as you mentioned, one dead, 32 injured. they did say the number of fatalities could rise, could likely rise. so that's