italy mourns it's dead at a state funeral after the motorway bridge collapse in genoa. 29—year—old salih kharterarged with attempted murder after driving a van into westminster on tuesday. also coming up this hour — ministers plan a new tax on disposable plastics, including takeaway boxes and coffee cups hms queen elizabeth has set sail from portsmouth to the us where fighterjets will from portsmouth to the us where fighter jets will land on from portsmouth to the us where fighterjets will land on its decks for the first time. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — playwright and writer for the new european, bonnie greer, and rachel cunliffe, who's the comment and features editor for cityam. stay with us for that. good evening. tributes from around the world have been paid to the former secretary—general of the united nations, kofi annan, who's died at the age of 80. theresa may described him as a "great leader and reformer of the un," while angela merkel said he was an "exceptional statesman." kofi annan led the organisation for ten years and won the n

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within the last hour, salih kharter, the man accused of driving a car at pedestrians and the police outside parliament, has been charged with attempted murder. 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo, is here. what do we know? this is in connection with that incident in westminster on tuesday when a vehicle swerved into cyclists and pedestrians early in the morning before crashing into security barriers outside parliament. two people were taken to hospital with injuries and tonight the metropolitan police said that salih khater, a british citizen, has been charged with the attempted murder of both members of the public and police officers. police say that prosecutors are treating this as a terrorism case because of what they describe as the methodology, the location and the alleged targeting of members of the public and police. he will appear at westminster magistrates‘ court on monday. many thanks. the indian government is stepping up efforts to rescue thousands of people stranded by heavy flooding in the southern state of kerala. the prime minister, narendra modi, has been seeing for hi