the police asked us to go back a little bit from the station. re we re cars and ambulances coming. where were you cars and ambulances coming. where were you when you first heard that there was an incident unfolding?” was near tower bridge, about three orfour minutes from was near tower bridge, about three or four minutes from london was near tower bridge, about three orfour minutes from london bridge. i saw many people evacuating from london bridge. people were telling mei london bridge. people were telling me i could not go that way but then i went to the station where the me the police cut me off from the station. i walked back with all the people from london bridge. this part of log busy on sv-v: ii people been quite by how quickly they impressed by how quickly they responded. the area is busy. and there is a lot of traffic on london bridge. the driver was telling me that when he saw people on the ground he saw police already on the bridge and he called the police as well but the police said they were ready knew about it, an incident that had

the van. >> they say police arrested one and two fled the scene. lice won't say whether they're seeking the other suspects. >> video and pictures provided to cnn by witnesses on the scene show a man detained by police. the london metropolitan police have not released an image of the person they have arrested. >> this neighborhood is said to have a large muslim population, and the mosque once had links to the radical clark abu al masari. the muslim council of britain says worshippers were hit as they left the finsbury park mosque. one witness described what they saw. >> what happened is that usually some of the muslims when they finish their prayers in the mosque, they just gather in this little corner to talk for a bit, and i'm guessing -- i'm not sure, but i'm guessing now because it is ramadan, there was maybe more of them for a little bit, until a little bit later maybe because it was so hot today as well. so i'm guessing that maybe they were the victims because they were desperate. i saw so many of them crying, screaming, trying to get police an

but the police had the situation -- >> police were involved. they wanted to know what's going on. le dialled the police. here is what they say. >> some injuries. you said the t-shirts cut. this was down the hair. >> there were three of them, right? >> yes. >> held in there at the hot water for ten minutes. >> until the police came. >> describe that ten minutes. he was really shouting an aggressive words, so we didn't talk to him back. he was spitting on us and -- >> after that, no crowds covering around him. obviously he thinks people with arnold palmer. >> we made it just to not touch it like that. >> people are keeping us vur mourn. we were that the police would not come and they knew the police -- >> we wor worried the police didn't come and he's going to get out. >> i kind of -- i imagined what that was like to go through. looking back on that, what did you think what the at mos sphere was like. >> this was the last few days of ramadan and we're hear from anything else. you know how patient was looking at me. >>. >> reporter: they're not pleased with the way it's being covered

the police say that the operation is now over, but french counterterrorism police have taken over the investigation. there has been no declaration that it is terrorism, but counterterrorism police are on the case. >> police took action quickly. the image on the left is rather telling. soon after the attack took place, the police made their way inside. remember, this cathedral is a tourist destination, also an active place of worship. you can see people inside the church there raising their hands, following police request. the police obviously looking for other possible attackers. wanting to know what people have on them. to ali's point, the attacker used a hammer. they clearly want to know what else could be in the building. since then, nothing has happened. we've spoken to eyewitnesss on the scene who have said, while things are quiet, they do feel safe. i want to bring in kelly cobiella back in from our london bureau. you have more information? >> yeah, just one more quick item, stephanie. we understand from police that the people who are inside the cathedral will be allowed to slow

the statement from the police giving out the casualty numbers. and are market. police believed there were three attackers. six dead and three attackers. we know at least 20 people have been taken to know at least 20 people have been ta ken to about know at least 20 people have been taken to about half a dozen hospitals in the area. this attack that unfolded shortly after ten o'clock this evening local time on london bridge, we have been hearing from eyewitnesses there was a white van which did a u—turn and swerved a couple of times, maybe more, and hit pedestrians on london bridge. then the attackers, it seems three, according to the police, got out of the white van after it had crashed at the end of london bridge, and then ran out and started stabbing people in the area, just passers—by. and 20 people are in hospital, at least 20 people, and six dead, is the death toll we are now hearing in this latest terror attack to hit the united kingdom. we have an eyewitness we can talk to now on the line. richard semple. thank you for being with us. can y

the police are still monitoring the scene. opter overhead circling around the same area. that tells us what is going on. it is circling the same area so going on. it is circling the same area so it does not look like this is an incident that is continuing. false alarms around the place, a few incidents that are not linked to this that just incidents that are not linked to this thatjust happened to occur on a busy saturday night in london. and, also, controlled explosions that we think, seem to be some bangs in the direction of the bridge, likely to be the police in dealing with banks that have been dropped during the incident as it develops and to be certain that there is nothing nasty in any of those items on the floor. we hear that the emergency committee will meet later today and, of course, the terror threat level was raised after the manchester attack to critical but then brought back down to severe. cobra meets to assess the security situation. the government has independent advisers that look what police say, look at the

they were the ones handing him over to police. s of casualties, could you see how many people had been hurt and injured? i saw it least three or four injured people on the pavement, being treated and helped by police, from my floor and my point of view there is the police van blocking my view, i saw it least two people on the floor. it didn't look good. they were giving them cardiac massage until the ambulance and paramedics arrived. it looked really bad but i hope they're fine. an incredibly distressing sight to witness, cynthia. what can you see now in terms of the police operation? the situation is pretty calm now there are many many police cars here still. i can't see if there are any ambulances left. there are still many police cars. the area is isolated and the road is completely closed so there is no traffic. there are at least, from what i can see... 15 police cars? maybe more. i can see police walking around, talking to people, probably trying to get witnesses, i guess. the people have dispersed. there's nobody outside the

we are looking at pictures of the police presence on the road. cars, from the latest pictures we have received. what can you now see from your window in terms of how big this operation is? the operation is definitely huge. i am looking out my window so you may hear a little more noise. just outside there are five police cars right outside my front door and at least 13 or 15 at the end of the cordon. if i look left can see the station and the entire road is backed up with police cars, ambulances, there were released five fire with police cars, ambulances, there were at least five fire trucks, the big ones, and, literally, from the station almost all the way down it is entirely ambulances, sirens, police cars and i know that the cordon is going off in the other direction because i now somebody who lives further down it was messaging me telling me that the cordon is going down in that direction as well. —— i know somebody. so it seems to be a significant part of seven sisters road. you are now looking at live pictures from finsbury park mosque. you

the police are working incredibly hard. ng for 13 months i am concerned about the resources the met police and others have. i have been lobbying for more resources. my message to the government, the plans you have to make further cuts of £400 million, do not do it. my message to the government, the plans to change the police funding formula so london loses more money, don't do it. we need to get the right level of funding for the capital city. i have been reassured by the commissioner and gold command, that the borough commanders in london will use lead from officers, including calling officers back off leave to make sure we have an increased presence across london. so all londoners can feel safe in this particular time. he will appreciate while —— why those in the islamic faith will feel uneasy. extra patrols for the muslim community? particularly where there are big muslim communities and masks. can you tell us communities and masks. can you tell us what this tells us new about the threat posed from islam phobia? is ita th

what did the police tell you to do? tage on a mobile phone of police coming and telling everybody to get down and the customers looking confused and hiding underneath tables. it was panic. in the first instance there was a van that arrived with two officers in the van and they did not appear to be armed. they were taking commands on the radio. they told me to wait there, they drove off and then a minute later, certainly no later than that, armed police arrived on the scene and told us to run away from the direction of london bridge. we took refuge in another restaurant. and you are safely back home? yes, i am. i am pleased to hear that. what a shocking thing to have seen. it was certainly shocking. this will not stop me from continuing to enjoy our way of life and not stop me from respecting and tolerating people of all religions and races. thank you very much, alex for talking to us about what you saw this evening for about what you saw this evening for a home affairs correspondent is an southwark street near borough ma

the road is blocked off by police. etting lots of eyewitness accounts through the night. cynthia vanzella also lives in the finsbury park area and has also been telling me about what she has been witnessing. when i went to the window from my bedroom it had already happened. i was in bed and i started to hear a lot of shouting outside. seven sisters road is incredibly noisy, so that is nothing new. but when the shouting got louder and louder i went to have a look at what was going on in the access road across my block of flats, with many people gathered outside. i don't have a good idea of numbers, possibly 200 people? many, many people, enough to block at least half of seven sisters road. as well as the access road. they were nervous and shouting very loud. there was no fighting at all. ididn't i didn't see a fight, at least. they were nervous and shouting and i could see that they were waving. later on i found out they were waving at a police car stuck in traffic further down. and in a matter of seconds the police car

to arrive, police said they were at the scene inio police said they were at the scenen 10 minutes. police said they were at the scene inio minutes. a police said they were at the scene in 10 minutes. a ?48 man has been arrested, taken to hospital as a precaution. home secretary amber rudd says this is being treated as a terrorist incident. counterterrorism police officers are investigating. this was an attack on london and all londoners. we should all stand together against extremists whatever their calls. good morning, dojoin us live in france free park this morning, counter terrorism officers investigating an incident involving a vehicle being driven into a crowd of people on the streets of london. this happened just after the police cordoned behind me, behind us, is most —— muslim welfare house, on other side of the road is the mosque thatis other side of the road is the mosque that is i of the biggest in the country, finsbury park mosque and people had been praying inside there, people gathered in local cafes, this is ramadan, they were breaking the ramadan fast at

a huge response from the emergency services as well is the police, the armed police were quickly on thewful lot of medics and paramedics involved and now, of course, doctors, surgeons and nurses in the various hospitals where the casualties are being treated. let's show you a picture that we received overnight of one of the three suspected attackers having been shot dead, lying in the street and with these canisters strapped to his body. the assistant commissioner from the metropolitan police were saying that there were what looked like the explosive vests strapped to the bodies of the three attackers but these were actually hoaxes devices or hoax explosives vest we have been talking to a couple of eyewitnesses, robbie and joshua. we spoke to them during the night and asked them what they had seen as the atrocity unfolded. we were in the pub. my friend josh ordered a taxi. i left, crossed the road, got into the taxi and looked out of the window, josh has gone in to get our friend. five or ten seconds later i is the 20 or 30 people trying to run inside the pub, which i thought was rather

come along for the ride. six police officers have been injured in london for a protest against police brutality turned violent four people were arrested with the details here is probably. let's. have a. look at. it all started last night but it carried on into the early hours of the morning and protesters here were throwing break the mounted police station they were throwing a beer bottles as well and they were trying to access the building the reason they were so angry was they were demonstrating over the death of a twenty five year old local black man his name was federico. he was known as ed said he was a comic cannick he was pulled over by police when he was in his car earlier this month and campaigners say he was brutally beaten some reports even that he may have died as a result of his neck being broken and he died in hospital six days off to that initial incident with the police so the protest as that we had last night set was saying that all they want to know is how mr de costa died take a listen. also if we can

i've been briefed by senior officers on the firearms side of policing to have briefed us on the sheercifically trained to deal with this sort of incident. it used to be police were trained to approach a suspect and try to pull them out of any kind of incident and not use any kind of military tactics. what officers are now trying to do is use more types of incidents... techniques that the military might use. they have much more powerful weapons these days. they are trained to deal with cars that are moving. previously, as i said earlier, the guidance to officers was not to try to shoot at vehicles because an unguided vehicle is a dangerous weapon, that has changed since the westminster attack. i'm going to step aside because we have a convoy of police cars coming through here, i want to have a quick look at what's going on here. there's obviously a lot of cars going backwards and forwards and we obviously... we may get moved so just to warn you, that may happen in the near future. we will come back to you very soon, tom symonds, our home affairs correspondent in southwark just south of

up in that area between the police lines or if these are people authorities speaking to but the real police work is taking place a short distance up the road from where we are now. >> phil black reporting live in london. you've been watching cnn's coverage of the breaking coverage, a van striking a crowd of pedestrians causing a number of casualties. our live coverage continues now with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. have a great night. >>> hello and welcome. we're continuing breaking news coverage of an incident in north london. here is what we know at this time. a vehicle hit pedestrians on seven sisters road. authorities say there are a number of casualties. one person under arrest and a police spokesman says it's too early to tell if this is a terror attack. >> on twitter, the muslim counsel of britain says it was told a number of worshippers were hit. a section of the road is closed right now. police are not releasing any other information at this point. there are obvious concerns after vehicles were used in deadly terror attacks on westminster and london bridges. >>

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the scene. from what we hear from police, no suspects at the scene. erson has died, eight injured and eyewitnesses are talking about police response time. we have spoken to police and they responded to calls within ten minutes. also confirming they are not looking for any other suspects is seen. as we have the prime minister will be chairing a meeting on cobra this morning. it is with grim frequency that the prime minister will be attending an emergency briefing after an overnight tragedy. i have spoken to downing street in the last couple of minutes confirming the prime minister is can describing this as a potential terrorist attack and she will chairan potential terrorist attack and she will chair an emergency meeting later this morning. her thoughts are with the victims, their families and emergency services at the scene. overnight tonight, we have also heard from jeremy corbyn, the labour leader. notjust the labour leader in this incident but also their local mp of islington in the area. he is totally shocked and has been in touch with the mosques

of police bands here. thehappened behind these police vans we think near the traffic lights —— vans. their our world media here and you might be able to see the arsenal football shop, not the stadium, the football shop, not the stadium, the football shop, not the stadium, the football shop as we are near the arsenal football club —— there are world media. the situation developed rapidly overnight with police saying one man was confirmed dead at the scene. eight people injured and taken to three separate hospitals. inaudible... taken to three separate hospitals. inaudible. .. the taken to three separate hospitals. inaudible... the police in london are carrying out this investigation. british prime minister theresa may also saying they are now considering this to be a suspected terrorist attack. it does come after a series of incidents where vehicles have been driven into members of the public in other parts of central london. this is the third time this has happened in as many months. but this of course is sign

we are looking at pictures of the police presence on the road. at can you now see from your window in terms of how big this operation is? the operation is definitely huge. i am looking out my window so you may hear a little more noise. just outside there are five police cars right outside my front door and at least 13 or 15 at the end of the cordon. if i look left can see the station and the entire road is backed up with police cars, ambulances, there were at least five fire trucks, the big ones, and, literally, from the station almost all the way down it is entirely ambulances, sirens, police cars and i know that the cordon is going off in the other direction because i know somebody who lives further down. they was messaging me telling me that the cordon is going down in that direction as well. so it seems to be a significant part of seven sisters road. that was an eyewitness speaking to mea that was an eyewitness speaking to me a short time ago. she lives over the road from the area we are looking at now is not a junction in north london near th

as you are seeing, they are moving the police vehicles around the line of police, backing up the police cordon, aed and they have been here since i have arrived about 30 minutes after the reported incident, and they have not moved since that time. >> and has the number of law enforcement of ambulances and medical personnel, has that increased or decreased? >> i have not seen any further ambulances moving into the area, richard. i have seen a number of police vehicles moving through the cordon and including a number of unmarked vehicles, and those may have been the crime scene investiga investigators and it is not clear to me what they were, and the police here, again, they are not giving much information, and they are patiently trying to explain to the crowds that unfortunately, they cannot pass and they don't have any further information to share with them at this time. >> as you have been looking down this road to the crime scene, what have you been able to see far ther down, much farther down? >> unfortunately, richard, it is difficult to to see much. there are a number of uniformed

what is the latest on the police investigation? larissa, the latest update from the police, they're making significant progress, the investigation is continuing a pace they know the identity of the three attackers. those 12 arrests of the property searchers have come in the east of london. they've not given an indication who the 12 people are they've arrested. if we compare this to the recent attacks, it is where they're stay original living with close friends in the recent weeks and months. there's no indication that isn't the case this time but the police are not confirming that at the moment. the police say they're making good progress and there is a lot more to do, it is fast paced and moving and this investigation is all about ascertaining the facts they have and the white ren novan was one of the attackers that entered london bridge last night and the police entering and killing the attackers within eight minutes of the police getting the call. it does seem there is a probability the attackers from east london. police are not

the police have not said that. all they are put out actually is very interesting tweet the run, hi, tell message that's put out in the event of masculine shootings urging people to run, hide if they can and to tell people if it's safe and took all the emergency services. clearly were dealing with an incident as far as the police and putting that message out there are still suspects at large. we understand at least one suspect may have been subdued. there's report somebody was shot by our place. again pictures circulating on social media that shown individual line on the ground with what appears to be canisters attached to his torso. temperatures not been authenticated but it is widely circulated now on social media showing someone it appears to be a suspect line on the ground with canisters attached to this alleged suspects torso. more than three hours after this incident unfolded just still an active incident with two crime scenes. one it borough market which is around the corner from where i am. the other at londo

we saw the police raiding the van with armed police, raiding the van.were shouting at us to get away from the scene. they seemed really unclear what was happening. we were cordoned off to about 200 meters. london bridge station was evacuated. we saw maybe a hundred people walking by, looking, you know, looking sad, looking shocked and crying. i overheard someone announcing that someone, that they may have lost a friend of theirs lost their lives. it was quite traumatic. >> what do you do when police tell you to get away from a scene like that? as matt bradley was explaining to us, borough market is not far from there. was it obvious to you? or did the police indicate where it was safe to go? the van was going south, which would be toward the bottom of the map. and then you can see the borough market is not far from there at all. were you able to get to a place that you determined to be safe, where there wasn't chaos around you? >> well, i mean, we were firstly about ten meters away from the van. and i don't think the police knew where to send us at the

the police, there on the board of the city of london police, they take care of the financial area of london which is really i mean, i do not know officially but it is essentially just over the bridge from london bridge. just over north of the river. and they will work very closely, in the past they have trained for events like this. the armed police response teams are supposed to be on the scene within minutes of something happening. and what we seen today suggests that they were. we can see now in the various pictures, armed police as well as you can see there, and that television picture - police in uniform keeping guard. there pushing back as the situation develops.it does not surprise me entirely that the scene at vauxhall looks as though it has turned out to be nothing. there is a certain logic to the geography. this is not that far from london bridge but if you took the three incidents that we knew of, london bridge, borough market and vauxhall, i think to a lot of people in london london bridge and borough market are essentially the same place. >> i would like to pause every s

central aim of the police is to keep the roads clear, to keep all pedestrians and cars off the roadsey are pushing... they are doing it again now. police officers are now running further up this road carrying shields and there's clearly an ongoing incident in front of us. one eyewitness i spoke to around 15 minutes ago said that he saw police officers shooting ata that he saw police officers shooting at a tapas restaurant called vindissi near borough and he was playing the audio from his mobile phone of that incident. we are 200 and is north of borough station. there are police officers with their shields and helmets shouting for us to get back and pushing us back very fast to borough underground station. this is a more aggressive push than we have seen. this is more aggressive than we have seen before. mark, we need to let you go and we will speak to you again when you are somewhere safe, mark lobel, a reporter at borough market were a second incident is still active it would seem. we have heard from scotla nd would seem. we have heard from scotland yard, the headquarters of the met

the police with the right resources and tools but all of us giving the police the information.ector to stop it being easy for preachers of hate to brainwash our young people. we will ta ke brainwash our young people. we will take one more. jeremy corbyn has said that, has called for theresa may's resignation over police funding, what your thoughts on that? that is news to me, i have been busy dealing with other issue, can i say this, we need to make sure that the police have all of our support as citizen, giving them information, but also, it is a fact that the more resources that police and experts have, the better job resources that police and experts have, the betterjob they can do. my concern about the police having the the resources they need to keep us safe, iam the resources they need to keep us safe, i am really pleased the police doa safe, i am really pleased the police do a fantasticjob, with the resources they have but it is just a fa ct resources they have but it is just a fact that over the last seven years, we asa fact that over the last seven years, we as a city

british media say this is the rental van. police say from there it drove to nearby borough market, panicked customers, running for their lives as witnesses say the attackers started stabbing people. uk police say six people were killed. we have some graphic pictures to show you from inside the market. you can see people with blood on their clothes lying on the ground and others as well tending to the wounded. authorities say more than 30 people have been taken to hospitals across london, some of them pretty badly injured. 80 medics responded to this scene, according to other figures we have, that authorities have shared with us. now, we have this picture taken by a witness which shows two men on the ground. now, we're not sure if they are the attackers, though we're presuming they are. they're wearing some sort of fake suicide belt. and listen to this testimony. >> our current belief is that there were three attackers, but this is early on. so we've still got some inquiries to work through to be xheetly confident about this. and our

of police numbers and the reduction of police numbers in the last five yea rs. police numbers in the numbers and she accused the labour leader of opposing shoot to kill policy. less than 72 hours to go before the election, party leaders have returned to the campaign trail after the electioneering was briefly suspended because of the london bridge attack in which seven people died. we return tojeremy corbyn, and alex forsyth is accompanying him. we will get reaction later on. the first funeral of a victim of the manchester arena attack is taking place on the island of barra in the outer hebrides. eilidh macleod was on a school outing to the ariana grande concert when a suicide bomber killed 22 people. herfriend, 15—year—old laura macintyre, remains in hospital. from barra, our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. under grey atlantic skies, eilidh macleod was returned to her island home. slowly, gently, her coffin carried across the sand as a piper played music the teenager had been learning. this small community on the peaceful island where eilidh lived has been in shock at he

we have seen the police -- i'll get out of the way here now. you can see that there's a gigantic police presence back there just about 70 to 80 yards down the road with a lot of police officers on the scene there. again, we've seen people again and again running out of the area. ana, a couple of minutes ago, i would say about ten minutes ago, there was several loud bangs that we heard in the area and now we're seeing police back there. they are running towards the scene and also apparently moving very quickly. those are armed police officers back there that are moving into that scene right now. again, about 70 to 80 yards from where we are right now, still securing the scene and still also getting people out of that area. it was just a couple of minutes ago that we did see several people evacuate the area. again, we heard about five or six loud bangs. not clear what that was, whether that was gunfire or whether it was stun grenades or something like that. we certainly heard that take place. it seems as though whatever happened here, that there m

caused the fire. police will consider manslaughter charges as part of the investigation into the grenfell tower disaster. preliminary tests on the insulation samples from grenfell tower showed that they combusted soon after the test started. the initial test on the cladding tiles also failed the safety tests. eleven tower blocks are found with cladding which raises safety concerns in the wake of the grenfell tower fire disaster. theresa may's offer to guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk doesn't go far enough — according to the president of the european commission. i want to reassure all those eu citizens who are in the uk, who've made their lives and homes in the uk, that no one will have to leave. we won't be seeing families split apart. this is a fair and serious offer. that is a first step but this step is not sufficient. the development of the new nuclear power station at hinckley point in somerset is described as "risky and expensive" by the public spending watchdog. also: a strain on police a

let's recap the police statement we have heard in the last few minutes from the metropolitan police. itan police has been responding to incidents in london bridge and borough market areas of london. we're treating this as a terrorist incident and they pulled investigation is under way led by london's counterterrorism command. you understand our knowledge of the incident is still growing but at the moment what we understand is as follows. at 10:08pm last night we began to receive reports a vehicle had struck pedestrians on london bridge. the vehicle continued to drive them from london bridge to borough market. the suspects left the vehicle, attempting to stay number of people, including an on duty british transport police officer who was responding to the incident and he risk received serious injuries, fortunately not life—threatening. his family has been informed. armed response officers then responded very quickly and bravely and confronted the three male suspects, who were shot and killed in borough market. the suspects had been confronted and shot by police within eight minutes of

the police are also saying they will be reviewing police operations in and around the capital in the re, looking to strengthen their policing. not surprisingly, with additional offices. we know the government's emergency committee probe rob will be meeting under the chairmanship of the prime minister in the coming hours. —— committee cobra. we were talking to a home affairs corresponded tom symons with his thoughts on the latest terror atrocity to hit the uk. it's important to understand the geography, people who don't know london won't know this area but london won't know this area but london bridge runs across the city through this area to the area of london and i go here to go to the court a lot, london bridge station is one of the busiest in the country, and it is somewhere where people would have been heading to go home after the pub. the bridge, around the corner from the bridge, is borough market which is an area where there are cafes, in the daytime food stalls, and people go for lunch and that sort of thing. now, we understand from eyewitnesses and clearly, we have to have a

the headlines at six. police say a total of 58 people are dead or missing and presumed dead in the grenfell fire, and they appeal for more information from the public. the current number of fatalities is at least 30. the figure of 58 are those that are missing and that i have to assume are dead. theresa may meets victims and residents affected by the disaster at downing street, as she tries to respond to growing public anger. the queen says it's "difficult to escape a very sombre national mood" following tragedies in london and manchester. she has led a minute's silence at the start of events to mark her official birthday. and in other news — the judge in the bill cosby sex assault case declares a mistrial due to a deadlocked jury. and in rugby, the british and irish lions get a confidence—boosting win as they power to victory against the maori all blacks. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. first, police say 58 people are missing and presumed dead in the grenfell tower fire. this includes the 30 having previ

start, police did not seem after. at thece did not seem to know what they were doing. we started going down the street and thatis we started going down the street and that is when they put the cordons on. they said go and leave. we subgroups of some of the first people that were maybe there with shocked faces. —— saw groups. i saw someone shocked faces. —— saw groups. i saw someone calling to announce someone had passed away. it was shocking. they cordoned it off 500 metres down theiryou were here overnight. where we re theiryou were here overnight. where were you planning to go in the eveningthere. how did your plans change? we are three journalist stu d e nts change? we are three journalist students coming back from the festival story in south london. coming out of the london street station we were wondering what to do. we were at the crossroad between borough market and london bridge us. isaid borough market and london bridge us. i said there were so many police, something is not right. the buses have stopped. that is whe

>> the police had cleared the area. there were a lot of people like a saturday night so people wandering around. some people in their party gear and stuff. trying to make sense. people are being pushed down narrow streets and stuff trying to get around. lot of people checking their phones trying to find out what was going on. >> reporter: thank you very much. you can see, ana, a lot of people speaking to us and a lot of commotion here as well. the police going through here. you saw the police vehicle back there moving in and out. it seems as though this is very much an active scene here, very, very close to where that original incident with that van took place, ana. >> it is an ongoing situation right now. london's metropolitan police tweeting please continue to avoid london bridge and borough market to allow the emergency services to deal with these ongoing incidents. joining us now by the phone an uber driver who was picking up a passenger when this incident unfolded. what did you see? >> ana, at 10:10 i picked up a p

that's why we told them to call the ambulance, call the police, so call the ambulance, call the police, $03 call the ambulance, call the police, so a lot of people were trying to make those calls to the police and that's when the police came and there was only one car that came and there was only one car that came and the police didn't come until they got back up, that's when they handcuffed him and put him in the van. one, did you see who else was in the van? we're hearing reports that were three people in the van and of course you detained the one who was in police custody but it is the others? i only saw one man who was running, i only saw one. people we re was running, i only saw one. people were saying three people. but honestly, . .. unfortunately we lost abdul. talking to abdul and we will see if we can get him back on the line, hejust see if we can get him back on the line, he just came out of hospital and received some minor injuries but he was telling us the extraordinary story about how he and others who had just been in the mosque for evening prayers were trying to help an

tweeted a short time ago, the advice to people. metropolitan policeeted a short time ago, the advice to peoplem was like their drill for this kind of situation kicked in, they were telling people three things, run, hyde, tell. all of that indicating this was an active situation. this tweet they issued came after the incident that was reported in vauxhall. we now know that vauxhall tube station has reopened. we haven't had any update from the metropolitan police other than to say they will only give us new information when they can verify it is true, clearly they want to avoid any confusion amidst all the panic happening on the streets of london. greg, for the moment, thank you very much. the prime minister theresa may is to chaira much. the prime minister theresa may is to chair a security meeting on sunday morning. we havejust received that from 10 downing street. we can speak to nick quraishi, our correspondent we were speaking to a few moments ago, who was moved. where are you now, nick has yellow just moved was moved. where are you now, nick has y

and we saw the police raiding the van with armed police. houting at us to get away from the scene. they seemed really unclear what was happening. and then we were cordoned off to about 200 meters. we saw maybe 100 people walking by looking sad, looking shocked and crying. i overheard someone announce to someone that they might have lost -- a friend of theirs may have lost their lives. it was unite trquite traumatic. >> when police tell you to get away from a scene like that -- did the police indicate to you where it was safe to go? the van was going south which would be toward the bottom of the map and then you can see that borough market is not far from there as well. were you able to get to a place that you determined to be safe where there wasn't chaos around you? >> well, we were firstly about ten meters away from the van. then the poli they were just screaming at us to get away. so we went south. we were still about 50 or 60 meters away. then more and more police were coming. this was before they had the cordon and we could see about fi

they say police arrested one and the other two fled. police won't say whether they're seeking other suspects at this hour. >> this neighborhood is set to have a large muslim population. the mosques had links to the radical cle radical clericist. worshippers were hit as they left the mosque. one witness described what she saw. >> what happens is that, usually, some of the muslims when they finish their prayer in the mosque that they just gather in the corner to talk for a bit and i'm guessing, i'm not sure, but i'm guessing now because it is a ram of them, there was maybe more of them until a little bit later. so, i'm guessing, that maybe they were the victims because they were desperate. i saw so many of them crying, screaming, trying to get police, so i'm guessing that if someone run over people in a corner maybe they were there. >> so the people that you saw crying and trying to get police attention, they appeared to be muslim because they were wearing muslim garb or how could you tell? >> yes. i don't know the name of that, but, yes.

the attacks. both lived in barking in east london. police they are still working to confirm all the identities of the attackers. it does appear that in the case of both manchester and these london attacks, members of the community had raised concerns about some of the men involved — and it seems those warnings may have been missed. tonight london paused to reflect.|n the past hour a vigil and a minute's silence was held near london bridge evening in solidarity with the victims. lets cross to ros atkins who is close to borough market. with the victims. let's cross to ros atkins who is close to borough market. the investigation is moving quickly. what do we know? we have been given a limited amount of information by the police. one man has been named as khuram butt. adds moroccan heritage. he went by a different name. both men were living in barking. yesterday we saw a rest there and today they have been more raids. that part of london is very much the focus. and the prime minister has said today that we are dealing with the new reality. some

let‘s have more now on the grenfell tower fire. police now on the grenfell tower fire. or missing presumed dead. dominic cash yanni zach new scotland yard. we have heard from the metropolitan police. it has been a grim update? it has indeed. it has been really quite grim. stewart cundy, who is in charge of this incredibly large operation, gave a press conference. more than 200 officers working on this operation to try to uncover the remains of those killed in this fire and secure the scene, and understand what has happened. a little while ago the police gave us an update. over the last 48 hours our investigators have been working tirelessly and working with families to establishjust tirelessly and working with families to establish just how many we believe are missing from grenfell tower. and as of this morning i'm afraid to say there are now 79 people that we believe are either dead or missing, and i have decidedly presume they are dead. of that 79, we have formally identified five people. we are supporting the families and loved ones of each of those 79. and with the a

the u.s. capitol police is viewed. many law enforcement branches around the country interact with their communities for sure. but it is a rare thing that you have u.s. capitol police who interact with tourists in great numbers. there's a friendly quality to their interactions but at the same time they're trained at the highest tactical level to respond to these sorts of threats because they're not unusual. i've been covering the capitol for a dozen years and there have been incidents here that have taken people's lives, there have been prior to my time here, two police officers of the capitol police department who were killed in the line of duty. it is a threat zone. there's always an awareness of the danger and yet there is a friendly interaction. it's rare among law enforcement agencies to to have such direct contact with the civilian public. so there is a real sense from members in both the house and senate and staffers here of a deep appreciation of the u.s. capitol police and what they do. obviously today you can i

obviously, the crucial thing for the police at the crucial thing for the police at the moment is to make suspects that they shot dead last night, which seems to have brought the attack to the end. they need to know who these three men are and was sure about that, they can start the investigation to build the network from those three, check the contacts and associates in trying to work out if anybody else was involved in the planning of this attack. clearly, often when you're dealing with a lone attacker, the question is, have they been assisted? but since we have three suspects, it is possible that as the group themselves. the men left, whether they're from london. there appear to be read in arcing going on today. we will want to know what nationality they are. we all want to know if they were former subjects of interest, if the people of winter before or people who have, the out of the blue. that's a very important part of the process now. but before they get to that, this is a massive crane crime scene they're dealing with. a massive and has driven down london bridge, the incident has

apprehend the stories of the police and the i.p.c.c. that he swallowed a quantity drop of drugs as they tried to arrest him i mean we don't know we haven't got any video evidence of this this essay is not complete shooting in america oh please brutality with this clear dash cam evidence of the scale again so we need to be a little bit careful in our language and i we're really going to take the so-called evidence of a man who won't even show his face and not just on new reports but on other reports as well this man has no spot on the limb injuries the i.p.c.c. is completely independent of the british police service a lot of people wanted them that's what they've got and there's released a statement everybody should calm down the police do not need this on top of everything else having to cope with well if you are hearing it's yeah the moment we are hearing chants you're saying it's not like at les etc but we are hearing chants of blocked lives mater saying expletives the police that seems to be answering more here. well we certainly hav

i've just seen that on twitter from the met police. they did usea twitter from the met police. esence there as we can see from that image we are looking at and from live pictures we soften the scene earlier but that police presence of course bolstered following the attack in westminster couple of months ago. the attacker when he drove a car trust westminster bridge and then used a knife to attack people, that has obviously sparked a review of security. there are more armed police in central london in particular and of course then we had an incident when a man was arrested at whitehall allegedly carrying a knife as well. that individual has now been charged. that is going through the criminaljustice system. we are aware of the heightened security is what don't know at this stage is whether this was an individual and followed of whether it was just a stop that occurred because he was acting suspiciously but those details will come out in due course. very briefly, what was notable was how quickly everything got back to normal around westminster. we quickly is people moving as norma

imam says while the police are not calling this a hate crime, many in the muslim community feel that it is. he said they have complete confidence in fairfax county police who were leading this investigation. alison: powerful images from what belgian authorities call a foiled terror attack. belgian soldiers shot and killed a man seconds after he set off a small explosion and a rail station in brussels. nobody else was hurt and authorities did not raise the terror threat level. see on the gulf coast as a new lead -- newly formed tropical storm is bringing rain to florida, threat of flooding to louisiana, and crews are bracing the levees and in some cases building new ones to protect from flooding. the threat extends from texas to georgia. our ownnew video from severe weather, surveillance video caught a small twister whipping across central delaware. nobody was injured. the damage was limited to a couple of construction trailers. that gives a good idea of what folks were up against. that same storm system left a mess in montgomery county. we found people all across the community picking

just a reminder, the met police have set upa just a reminder, the met police have set up a casualty bureauber. for anyone who fears they might have friends and relatives caught up in it. i want to bring you some pictures, becausejust to caught up in it. i want to bring you some pictures, because just to give you an idea of the chaos that ensued last night for people who were caught in those attacks. these are pictures from a bar and restaurant in the border area. you can clearly see police entering the premises and telling people to get down. this is one of the advisories, run, highs, tell. police officer are telling people just to get down. it gives you a sense of how frightening this was for people caught up in your area. if you don't know the area, it is known for its traditional market during the day and phillips railway station popular with commuters by day, but at night, lots of bars and restau ra nts, day, but at night, lots of bars and restaurants, very popular, likely to have been very busy at ten o'clock last night. we know the first reports came in at eight minutes past ten last

armed officers from the metropolitan police and the city of london police arrived at borough market within moments and shot and killed the three suspects. the terrorists were confronted and shot by armed officers within eight minutes of the police receiving the first emergency call. seven people have died as a result of the attack, in addition to the three suspects shot dead by the police. 48 people are being treated in several hospitals across london. many have life-threatening conditions. on behalf of the people of london and on behalf of the whole country, i want to thank and pay tribute to the professionalism and bravery of the police and the emergency services, and the courage of members of the public who defended themselves and others from the attackers. and our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and with their friends, families, and loved ones. this is, as we all know, the third terrorist attack britain has experienced in the last three months. in march, a similar attack took place just around the corner on westminster bridge. two weeks ago, the manchester arena was attacked