safaa boular was 17 when she was arrested.oman cell, along with her sister and mother. they were planning two separate attacks. shots fired this was when armed officers moved in on the uk's first all—female terror cell. firing cs gas canisters into a flat in north—west london. in the mayhem, one of the women, rizlaine boular, was shot by police. she had been hours away from causing carnage on the streets of london. also detained was her mother, mina dich. her younger sister safaa had already been arrested for planning her own separate attack. we believe that they were going to attack members of the public at random, using knives, with a view to inflicting injury or certainly killing individuals. so we intervened, at an early stage, with a view to frustrating that terrorist plot. mina dich with her daughters when they were growing up, rizlaine at the back, safaa at the front. all three went on to embrace violent extremism and, by the age of 16, safaa boular was trying to marry an is fighter in syria. she had never met navid hus

rizlaine at the back, safaa at the front.and, by the age of 16, safaa boular was trying to marry an is fighter in syria. she had never met naweed hussain. theirs was an online relationship. when he was killed, she was distraught. the couple had talked about how safaa boular could carry out an attack here in the area around the british museum in central london. they discussed an ambush involving guns or grenades and using a car and a knife. safaa boular was arrested but she then encouraged her sister to carry out her own attack. in court, safaa boular wore western clothing and during the trial she said she now rejected islamist extremism. the jury heard a recording of a phone call she made from prison to her sister who was on the outside. during that conversation, her sister rizlaine spoke of her plans to hold a mad hatter‘s tea party, which the prosecution said was code for a terror attack. it's going to be on thursday. we're going to have the party. this thursday? yeah. you serious? yeah. mate! there's a party without me?! s

safaa boular disappointed that she couldn'tjoin in.tminster by their mother scouting targets. mother and daughter then went on a shopping trip to sainsbury‘s to buy knives for their attack. they paid for them with the rest of their shopping. it was the daughter rizlaine that was going to be the killer. the women were arrested the next day. zach tye was at school with rizlaine boular. rizlaine was a very outgoing person, she was very lovely to talk to, always smiling, very, you know, very intelligent, i would say and all—round just a regular teenager. it is just strange to hear that in her adulthood, she became such a monster, i guess. she and her mother mina dich had already pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. today, her sister safaa, the youngest member of this family terror cell, was convicted by a jury. all three women will be sentenced later. june kelly, bbc news. we're getting more details about next week's summit between president trump and north korea's kimjong—un. the white house says it will start at 9am in singapore, on tues

the conviction today of safaa boular, the conviction today of safaa boular came as the government launched wider sharing of intelligence by the security services. and private companies will be better able to alert authorities to suspicious activity. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner is outside mis‘s headquarters in central london. frank, what difference will be strategy make in your view?|j frank, what difference will be strategy make in your view? i think it will make quite a lot of difference, because it comes on the back of a massive operational review into how the police and m15 tried to track suspects and that of course follows la5t yea r‘s track suspects and that of course follows last year's di5astrou5 year of terrorist attacks here in britain. but behind me, m15, the security service, are going to declassify quite a lot of their secret intelligence held on a list of well over 100 5u5pects, part of a li5t of well over 100 5u5pects, part of a list of several thousand, and share it more widely, right down to local government level. the idea being that more people will have an i

rizlaine at the back, safaa at the front.tremism and, by the age of 16, safaa boular was trying to marry an is fighter in syria. she had never met naweed hussain. theirs was an online relationship. when he was killed, she was distraught. the couple had talked about how safaa boular could carry out an attack here in the area around the british museum in central london. they discussed an ambush involving guns or grenades and using a car and a knife. safaa boular was arrested but she then encouraged her sister to carry out her own attack. in court, safaa boular wore western clothing and during the trial she said she now rejected islamist extremism. the jury heard a recording of a phone call she made from prison to her sister who was on the outside. during that conversation, her sister rizlaine spoke of her plans to hold a mad hatter‘s tea party, which the prosecution said was code for a terror attack. safaa boular disappointed that she couldn'tjoin in. the following evening, rizlaine was being driven around westminster by their

boular to join out in syria tries to attract safaa boular tojoin him out in syria tries to attract safaawice her age and also suggestions that her mother was chaotic and violent and vindictive and this led to a unstable family background, but the jury were clear that safaa boular took the steps herself that led to her being in the dock. 0ne herself that led to her being in the dock. one of the clear things is the transformation of safaa boular, when she was first arrested she was fully veiled up and not showing herself to the world, but throughout the case she appeared as your average 18—year—old student wearing ordinary clothes, her hair was slightly died, being very polite and easy—going with thejudge being very polite and easy—going with the judge and she presented herself as changed but that was not good enough for the jury and they believed she was still guilty of these acts are preparing for acts of terrorism and she is now facing a very substantial prison sentence. thanks forjoining us. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. experts tell the grenfell tower inquir

at the front is rizlaine's younger sister safaa.e had become more religious. all three then embraced violent extremism. in the same month that safaa boular got her gcse results, she was trying to marry an is fighter in syria, naweed hussain, over the internet. she never met him — theirs was an online relationship — and he was in his 30s. when he was killed, she was distraught. the couple had talked about how safaa boular could carry out an attack here in the area around the british museum in central london, and they discussed an ambush involving guns or grenades and using a car and a knife. safaa boular was arrested, but she then encouraged her sister to carry out her own attack. during safaa's trial, in which she wore western clothing, the jury heard recordings of prison phone conversations where she and her sister discussed the new plot. rizlaine spoke of her plans to hold a "mad hatter‘s tea party", which the prosecution said was code for a terror attack. safaa boular disappointed that she couldn'tjoin in. the following evening r

the youngest member of the terror cell is her sister safaa boular, just 18.l be sentenced later. the court heard that the women spoke in code when planning attacks and used the phrase "a mad hatter ‘s tea pa rty". the phrase "a mad hatter ‘s tea party". today the phrase "a mad hatter ‘s tea pa rty". today two the phrase "a mad hatter ‘s tea party". today two members of the cell will be sentenced, sufferable will be sentenced later. jim kelly at the old bailey. binyamin it is reported that saudi led coalition forces have the entrance to the airport in the city which lies on the red sea, the main port in yemen, last night the un security council warned a full—blown offensive in the town could be disastrous. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner has followed developments. the entire operation has been run from abu dhabi the capital of the united arab emirates. the uae has forces on the ground, with advancing yemeni forces, we were told there we re yemeni forces, we were told there were three forces on the ground and the city. they also have a reserve force wa

safaa boular was 16 when she was first investigated by the police. and mother have already pleaded guilty to terror offences. let's speak now to drjoana cook, who is an expert on the radicalisation of women at the international centre for the study of radicalisation at kings college. we are billing this as the first all—female cell, is that your understanding? in the uk, correct, but not the first one we have seen. in 2016, there was one in paris, a car bomb plot, and also a pair of women that were implicated in another plot in 2016 as well. it is the first one in the uk that i am aware of, particularly in relation to islamic state, but not the first one more broadly. is it more likely than not that in this particular case it was the mother who was influencing the two younger kids, and not the other way around? is that probably what happened, in your opinion? i think de-radicalisation of women is generally viewed... women are generally viewed as being manipulated into participating in these groups, and in some cases this is true. we have to be very c

safaa boular, who was 17 when she was arrested, was part of britain's first all—woman cell, along withanning two separate attacks. the verdict comes as the home secretary, sajid javid, told the security services that they must change their approach to tackling terrorism in the wake of last year's attacks in manchester and london. he was outlining the government's new counter—terrorism strategy, which put greater emphasis on information—sharing and disrupting plots sooner. the way terrorist attacks are now planned and conducted has changed. people are increasingly radicalised via their computers and smart phones. they're using everyday objects, such as knives and cars, as weapons. and the length of time between radicalisation and the attack is getting shorter. the threats are evolving, we must evolve too. the transport secretary, chris grayling, has ordered an independent inquiry into the chaotic introduction of new rail timetables, which has disrupted parts of the network. he blamed network rail and the rail companies involved but labour said chris grayling should resign. govia thamesl

the youngest member of this terror cell is her sister safaa boular.n code and used the phrase the mad hatter ‘s tea party. two members of the same cell will be sentenced later. an army sergeant who tried to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute has been told he‘ll serve at least eighteen years in prison. emile cilliers‘ wife, victoria, suffered life—threatening injuries when both her main and reserve parachutes failed during a jump in 2015. a message of peace and hope from professor stephen hawking has been beamed towards the nearest black hole in space as this remains were laid to hole in space as this remains were la id to rest hole in space as this remains were laid to rest at westminster abbey. a memorial service has been held in which his ashes were placed along other great people of british science like charles darwin and sir isaac newton. richard galpin reports. westminster abbey was packed today with stars from many walks of life along with members of the public including students. this memorial service one of the most influential an

safaa boular was 17 when she was arrested and who was part of britain's all woman cell, along with her. —— two separate attacks. mention the term lobbyist, and you probably think of shady deals in back rooms. but kayla mckewan is definitely breaking that mould. she is the first person who has downs syndrome to be given the right to lobby in washington. we caught up with her on capitol hill. here's her story. kayla mckewan there on capitol hill. if you've ever fancied the idea of buying your very own dinosaur, and you've a spare $2 million, you're too late i'm afraid. it's the price this dinosaur skeleton fetched at auction in paris just a few hours ago. it dates from 150 million years ago and it was found in wyoming in the united states. it could be a new species of therapod, related to tyrannosaurus rex. but there has also been criticism of the auction. many palaeontologists feel sales to private buyers mean valuable fossils are being lost to science. while there are many fossil specimens that are coming out of private lands like this, and this specimen, as far as we can tell, was leg

her younger sister, safaa boular, who‘s 18, was convicted last week of planning a separate terror attackith a minimum of 15 years. our mother who is 44 has been told she will serve six years, nine months and thatis serve six years, nine months and that is for helping her daughter. her daughter was funny to carry out the sniper attack in the area around the sniper attack in the area around the house of the parliament. —— was funny too. they want on a hostile reconnaissance mission around westminster, scouting targets. they then went on a shopping trip to sainsbury‘s and bob knight. in addition, boular was heard on a boat that have been put in the property and heard practising the knife. when she was arrested, boular was shot by police and today for the first time that details how she came to be shot. it was that of course it was a practising wielding the knife. when she was arrested, boular was shot by police and today for the first time that details how she came to be shot. it was that of course he was and she moves her hand and such a way that he believed she had something and he opened