richard lister. reining in central london, let‘s see what the rest of the country is doing. and western areas but in the evening and overnight, showers going to the north and east as the rain band in the north works its way into the northern isles. later in the night, a new area of cloud, wind and rain across the south western quarter. quite a cold night, the wind will be a real feature as the rain moved north through the midlands and wales, blustery showers behind it. a much improved day for scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. not only warm, but this would be some sunshine. low pressure across the south—western corner on monday in the first part of the day. elsewhere, quite a bit of cloud, a fairamount of dry elsewhere, quite a bit of cloud, a fair amount of dry weather, most of the showers across the north and north—west. hello.

richard lister reports.g for a school photo at the age of 1a, adrian russell ajao who would change his name to khalid masood one day and launch a murderous attack in london. the questions for police are why and who helped? most of the arrests so far have come as a result of the police operation in birmingham where searches are understood to be continuing but this isa understood to be continuing but this is a wide—ranging inquiry. police we re is a wide—ranging inquiry. police were in stratford in london gathering evidence from a flat linked to masood. hundreds of officers are now involved in this investigation and they've made more arrests. in our continuing investigation and ongoing covert activity we have made two further significant arrests overnight, one in the west midlands, and one in the north—west. we now have nine people remaining in custody and one woman has been released on bail. scotland ya rd says has been released on bail. scotland yard says the investigation at parliament and the search of 16

richard lister reports.aordinary claim, that donald trump was bugged by gchq on the orders of barack obama, a claim that has ruffled feathers and led to strenuous denials from london. the allegation was first tweeted by president trump. president trump said his phone had been tapped before his inauguration. he said president obama was a bad or sick guy. the evidence? last night the republican—led senate intelligence committee said there was no evidence. the latest in a series of dismissals by senior republicans. that evidence remains the same, we do not have any evidence that took place. that's what i@ve said, we have cleared that up, we have seen no evidence of that. so where is the president getting the information about being hugged by gchq? = apparently from fox news. and probably did use a foreign intelligence service to get this ,, ., ,,. . ,, information for him. the probable culprit here is called gchq. yesterday the white house press spokesman read a transcript of that report in response to question

richard lister, bbc news. so what more do we know about khalid masood?ng of convictions, and recently had been living in birmingham. he spent the night before the attack at a hotel in brighton. daniel boettcher reports. a school photograph of the boy who later called himself khalid masood. 0ne later called himself khalid masood. one small detail at the centre of the piece, fast—moving investigation. what is emerging is the life of a man who used many names. who moved around the country and had a long criminal past. he was born adrian russell elms. he was born adrian russell elms, the surname was his mother's maiden name. he also used the name of his stepfather, ajao. his date of birth 1964, christmas day. he was entered onto the birth register in dartford, kent. when he hired the car he used for the attack, he gave his profession as a teacher. the bbc has confirmed he never worked as a qualified teacher in english state schools. his criminal record dates back to 1983. his first conviction for criminal damage. in 2000 he was jailed for two years after adm

richard lister has the latest.t by street, house by house, the fighters of the so—called islamic state are losing western mosul. this rare footage taken in the past couple days shows these militants under pressure. they are outgunned and outflanked, surrounded by iraqi troops, they are relying on mortars, car bombs and makeshift exposing drones. they are outgunned and outflanked, surrounded by iraqi troops, relying on mortars, car bombs, and exploding drones like this one. to try to hold the advancing forces back. it's not working. they've lost a third of their territory. but civilians are paying a terrible price. there is little to go back to. my entire family, they are gone, said omar. he is 17. more casualties arrive every day. in these two weeks, we have approximately 60, we get around ten cases every day. hundreds of thousands of people are thought to be in the city as the shelling continues. with all major escape routes cut off, the iraqis and their american allies believe the fight for the city is entering a

this report from richard lister.ol photo at the age of 1a, adrian russell ajao who would change his name to khalid masood one day and launch a murderous attack in london. the questions for police are why and who helped? searches are continuing around the country. birmingham has been a key focus. today police took a car from outside the house of a man arrested by armed officers yesterday. a neighbour at saw it happened. —— happen. police banged the door down and took him out. he had a smirk on his face and he was in handcuffs. police were in stratford in london gathering evidence from a flat linked to masood. hundreds of officers are now involved in this investigation and they've made more arrests. in our continuing investigation and ongoing covert activity we have made two further significant arrests overnight, one in the west midlands, and one in the north—west. we now have nine people remaining in custody and one woman has been released on bail. the investigation in westminster and the search of more than 20 addres

richard lister, bbc news.s on bbc news: ina in a speech in scotland the prime minister said brexit is an opportunity to strengthen the ties between nations in the united kingdom. she will meet nicola sturgeon later. the family of the american tourist killed in the westminster attack said he would not have born ill will towards the attacker. police investigating the attacker. police investigating the attack believe khalid masood was driving up to 76 mph on westminster bridge, where three people were killed. the iraqi city of mosul has had an agonising weekend. the jihadists of so—called islamic state seem determined to fight to the death. it is now clear that at least 100 and maybe many more were killed in an air strike on the 17th of march. yalda hakim has been talking to some of the mosul residents who survived the militant snipers and coalition air strikes. they arrived with what little they could carry. these are the tired, desperate and hungry survivors of the caliphate. they've managed to flee notjust isi

richard lister, bbc news. is outside new scotland yard. we will talk a bit about to beat in the moment, but first the latest on the moment, but first the latest on the investigation as you understand it. quite interesting new lines are coming out of scotland yard tonight, one of them is going back to the messaging that richard was preparing to the end of that report, to say that there has been much speculation about who he was in contact with immediately prior to the attack, or we can say at this point was that his communications are a main line of enquiry. and if you had from him on the 22nd of march please come forward now, the information you have made prove important to establishing his state of mind. you can get the sense that people want to hear from those who had from khalid masood in the last few hours as an aid to building up a picture of his state of mind. going on, the police say there was no evidence that he was in bad glasgow prison in 2003, as has been suggested, —— that he was radicalised. and t

richard lister reports.to at the age 01:14, adrian russell ajao who would change his name to khalid masood one day and launch a murderous attack in london. the questions for police are why and who helped? searches are continuing around the country. birmingham has been a key focus. today police took a car from outside the house of a man arrested by armed officers yesterday. a neighbour at saw it happen. police banged the door down and took him out. he was in handcuffs and he had a smirk on his face. police were in stratford in london gathering evidence from a flat linked to masood. this morning a woman was arrested in manchester on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. she is the 11th person arrested in this enquiry. police say they still need more information about masood. we are appealing today is to the public to say, if, even in hindsight now you realise something about khalid masood, something about his associates, about his movements and planning now is the time to speak to our officers. the investigat

we can cross live now to richard lister who's at the rally. richard.0 bus—loads of people have come from all over england and wales for people to take pa rt england and wales for people to take part in this march down to parliament square where they will be addressed by a number of people including jeremy corbyn. hoping for a turnout in the tens of thousands. an anti—austerity march along similar lines last year saw something between 70000 and 150,000 people turn up. looking for similar figures this year. here with me at tavistock square in central london is one of the organisers, john rees. john, last year this was an anti—austerity march, this year the focus is on the nhs, why did you make that change? i think we realise the crisis in the nhs is not going away, it got worse than 2013, 2014, worse again the following year, worse again the following year, worse again the following year, worse again now. this is an absolute bedrock service that every working person who cannot afford private health care depends on for their health, livelihood and often t

richard lister reports.y house, the fighters of islamic state are losing more is all. this rare footage shows these militants under pressure. they are outgunned and outflanked, surrounded by iraqi troops, relying on marchers, car bombs, and exploding drones like this one. it's not working. they've lost a third of their territory. but civilians are paying a terrible price. there is little to go back to. my entire family, they are gone, said 0mar. he is 17. more casualties arrive every day. at this stage we have approximately 60, we get around ten cases every day. hundreds of thousands of people are thought to be in the city as the shelling continues. with all major escape routes cut off, the iraqis and their american allies believe the fight for the city is entering a decisive phase. any of the fighters left are going to die there because they are trapped. we are very committed to making sure these guys cannot escape. the narrow streets and crowded neighbourhoods make for a crowded neighbourhoods make for a c

earlier our correspondent richard lister spoke to one of the rally organisersjohn rees from the people'sing away. it got worse, than 2013, in 2014, worse again the following year. worse again now. this is an absolute bedrock service that every working person, who can't afford private health care depends on for their health care depends on for their health and livelihood and often their lives. you can't ignore this. it's been prioritised, it's been cut. when do we ever hear of 19 whole hospitals being closed in one go? the government has to change course on this. the government have argued that another £10 million in real terms has been given to the nhs by the end of 2021. that these are straightened times and the money, unlimited versions of money are not available any more. the government has had enough money in successive budgets to reduce corporation tax in this country, so that it's the lowest in europe and lower now than when margaret thatcher was the prime minister. perhaps, if wejust put corporation tax back up to the level that margaret thatcher found acceptable, we could find so

we can cross live now to richard lister who's at the rally.tion is the mantra here. this rally has taken something like three months to organise. this morning 150 coaches from all across england and from wales descended on the centre of london for protesters to ta ke the centre of london for protesters to take part in this. whitehall, to my right, on the approach to parliament square, has been solid with people for about an hour now. they're still streaming into the square to hear the speeches that you can probably hear behind me, among the speakers will be senior union leaders and also, of course, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, will be speaking to crowd later. they will be hoping for tens of thousands of people here. it looks like they've probably got their wish. it's hard to say how many people have taken part. it's a substantial number. what they‘ re have taken part. it's a substantial number. what they're really concerned about is that perhaps the government eye has been taken from the ball a bit when it comes to the nhs because of what

our correspondent richard lister reports.oon of their wedding anniversary tour of europe. kurt and melissa cochrane were due to fly home the next day but in an insta nt to fly home the next day but in an instant he was killed and she was badly injured. today their families we re badly injured. today their families were in london, paying tribute to the man they lost. he was an amazing individual who loved everyone, and tried to make the world a better place. he left a legacy of generosity and service, that continues to inspire us. we are deeply saddened to lose him but grateful that the world is coming to know him, and be inspired by him. when khalid masood began his murderous drive across westminster bridge, the two americans were his first victims. kurt was thrown over the bridge rail. the family said they were determined not to hate his killer. last night we were speaking asa family killer. last night we were speaking as a family about this. it was a unanimous that none of us harbour any ill will or harsh feelings towards t

richard lister reports.inary claim, that donald trump was bugged by gchq on the orders of barack obama, a claim that has led to strenuous denials from london. it was first tweeted by president trump who said his phone had been tapped before his inauguration. he said president obama was a bad or sick guy. last night there was no evidence. the evidence remains the same, we do not have any evidence that took place. we have cleared that up, we have seen no evidence of that. so where is the president getting the information about being bugged by gchq? sources have told fox news that president obama could have done and probably did use foreign intelligence services to get this information. this morning this was read out in a transcript by sean spicer. these are merely pointing out that i think there is widespread reporting that throughout the election there was surveillance then on a variety of people. if the white house reporters were sceptical, gchq was even less impressed. the agency rarely comment on anything

richard lister is at those inquests. can you explain what is happening there?here doctor fiona wilcox began the inquest into the people killed by khalid massod last week. there were family members in the court and some emotional scenes where the leaves of leading investigations gave the causes of death. a married mother of two had suffered is head and chest injuries. lesley rhodes had died of head injuries. pc keith palmer was killed by a stab wound to the chest. more details were given about what happened on westminster bridge. khalid massod had mounted the pavement twice in order to target pedestrians, before mounting a pavement for a final time and hitting the gate at westminster. he then left the vehicle to attack pc keith palmer at the front of parliament and he confirmed that khalid massod was armed with two knives. the police investigation will continue, and there will be an inquest into khalid massod's death was open here tomorrow afternoon. thank you, richard. we will have more on the commemoration here in the next little while. for the next few minute

richard lister, bbc news.urity correspondent frank gardner told me why the intelligence agencies chose to speak on this occasion. they did not do this in isolation. this was a political decision. gchq reports to the foreign secretary borisjohnson, who is in africa, and for them to make this very public denial, to contradict the statement coming out of the white house, the centre of britain's most powerful and closest ally, would not have happened without a nod from number ten. my understanding is there was a meeting in downing street earlier this week to discuss concerns over this claim, which they felt was completely unfounded. probably people thought, let's hope it goes away, but then sean spicer repeated it on thursday, hence the very strongly worded statement which came out on thursday night. it is very unusual for this to be public. usually when there is an intelligence story, the agency say they never comment on intelligence issues. this is an intelligence issue and they have commented on it and they fee

richard lister has the latest.ts under pressure. they are outgunned and outflanked, surrounded by iraqi troops, relying on mortars, car bombs, and exploding drones like this one. it's not working. they've lost a third of their territory. but civilians are paying a terrible price. some are taken back to the city of irbil, but there is little to go back to. "my entire family, they are gone," said 0mar. he is 17. more casualties arrive every day. at this stage we have approximately 60, we get around ten cases every day. hundreds of thousands of people are thought to be in the city as the shelling continues. with all major escape routes cut off, the iraqis and their american allies believe the fight for the city is entering a decisive phase. any of the fighters left are going to die there, because they are trapped. we are very committed to making sure these guys cannot escape. the narrow streets and crowded neighbourhoods make for a nightmarish battle ground. thousands have fled since february. many more will make this

it's their last stronghold in the country. 0ur correspondent richard lister reports. islamic state are losing western mosul. this rare footage shows these militants under pressure. they are outgunned and outflanked, surrounded by iraqi troops, relying on mortars, car bombs, and exploding drones like this one. too tried to hold the advancing forces back. it's not working. they've lost a third of their territory. but civilians are paying a terrible price. there is little to go back to. my entire family, they are gone, said 0mar. he is 17. more casualties arrive every day. at this stage we have approximately 60, we get around ten cases every day. hundreds of thousands of people are thought to be in the city as the shelling continues. with all major escape routes cut off, the iraqis and their american allies believe the fight for the city is entering a decisive phase. any of the fighters left are going to die there because they are trapped. we are very committed to making sure these guys cannot escape. the narrow streets and crowded neighbourhoods make for a nightmarish b

when they were struck on westminster bridge by a car driven by khalid masood. 0ur correspondent richard listerarned that the car was travelling at up to 75 mph on westminster bridge when it hit and killed pedestrians will it was the last afternoon of their wedding anniversary tour of europe. anniversary tour of europe. kurt and melissa cochran were due to fly home the next day, but in an instant he was killed and she was badly injured. today their families were in london, paying tribute to the man they lost. he was an amazing individual who loved everyone, and tried to make the world a better place. he left a legacy of generosity and service that continues to inspire us. we are deeply saddened to lose him, but grateful that the world is coming to know him, and be inspired by him. when khalid masood began his murderous drive across westminster bridge, the two americans were his first victims. kurt was thrown over the bridge rail. the family said they were determined not to hate his killer. last night we were speaking as a family about this. it was unanimous that none of us harbour any ill will

says that claims first made on fox news and repeated by the white house our news correspondent richard listerth me. richard, tell us first of all how it came about that gchq was in the frame. i suppose we should go back to the original allegation which came from president trump, who said on the 4th of march, terrible, just found out obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just found out obama had my wires tapped in trump towerjust before the victory, nothing found,, so immediately, of course, the white house press corps were trying to get to the bottom of this, what evidence was there of any tapping also bailing of the campaign? this was never really and said by the white house, who pointed to various media sources but gave no specifics. —— answered. the senate intelligence committee said there was no evidence of surveillance, and that was put back to sean spicer, and he said the president stood by those claims gresident stood.b¥,,those,.claim§= he said, it was reported on because, he said, it was reported on fox news by a commentator, and the report says, sources have told fox news that pre

richard lister reports.n extraordinary claim, that donald trump was bugged by gchq on the orders of barack obama, a claim that has ruffled feathers and led to strenuous denials from london. these worthy tweets that set the ball rolling. who said his phone had been tapped before his inauguration. he said president obama was a bad or sick guy. the evidence? last night—ihéfiéfiublifinfiéé—eéfiété= intelligence committee said there was no evidence. the latest in a series of dismissals by senior republicans. the evidence remains the same, we do not have any evidence that took place. we have cleared that up, we have seen no evidence of that. about being bugged by gchq? apparently from fox news. and probably did use a foreign intelligence service to get this information for him. the probable culprit here is called gchq. yesterday the white house press spokesman read a transcript of that report in response to questions about the wire tap claim. these are merely pointing out that i think there is widespread reporting tha