tom symonds, near heathrow.ichael clarke, senior associate fellow at the royal united services institute. thank you very much for coming in. what conclusions, if any, can we safely draw from what's been happening to the threat level? safely draw from what's been happening to the threat lavenm goes to critical when authorities fear the plot may still be in process. when they think there may be more people involved or other parts that we still haven't seen. when they bring it down back to severe, which is where we sit most of the time from critical back to severe, number four of the five steps, what they're say something we think we have encapsulated the plot, we don't think there is another bomb oi’ we don't think there is another bomb or somebody else out there that is actually planning anything imminently. but of course we go back to the fact we are still very much under threat most of the time. severe is still not something to be complacent. absolutely. the other thing the police worry about and the intelligen

tom symonds, bbc news, scotland yard.ople have died and 40 more than 11100 people have died and a0 million have more than 1a00 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless 01’ a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flood across several salvation countries. parts of india, including mumbai, are under water. nearly 60,000 refugees from myanmar‘s rohinga muslim minority, have fled the country, to neighbouring bangladesh. the exodus follows weeks of violence, involving rohinga militants, and a counter—offensive launched by the myanmar military, in the largely buddhist state. hundreds of people have died. earlier i spoke to 0lof blomqvist from the human rights campaign group, amnesty international who says he's very concerned about the situation... it's very difficult to know exactly what's going on inside myanmar these days. because rakhine state in the north has been completely sealed off from the outside world. there are no journalists or human rights observers allowed to enter. but st

here's tom symonds.laims which seemed to go right to the heart of power in britain — child sexual abuse and murder. after a ill—month investigation, which went nowhere, a review concluded the claims were false. but not before police had raided the homes of lord bramall, one of britain's most senior former military figures, lord brittan, the former home secretary, who had died, and harvey proctor, once a conservative mp. names among those offered by this man, known as nick, who still can't be named for legal reasons. a retired judge found police had failed to properly assess his credibility, applications for search warrants contained inaccuracies, and the investigation went on too long. it is thought lord bramall and lord brittan‘s family have received around £100,000 each in compensation from the police. i've never complained about being investigated. it was only the heavy—handed and the very unintelligent way that they went about it. i mean, i think they could have said... well, look, if they'd taken an

here's tom symonds.which seemed to go right to the heart of power in britain — child sexual abuse and murder. after a iii—month investigation, which went nowhere, a review concluded the claims were false. but not before police had raided the homes of lord bramall, one of britain's most senior former military figures, lord brittan, the former home secretary, who had died, and harvey proctor, once a conservative mp. names among those offered by this man, known as nick, who still can't be named for legal reasons. a retired judge found police had failed to properly assess his credibility, applications for search warrants contained inaccuracies, and the investigation went on too long. it is thought lord bramall and lord brittan‘s family have received around £100,000 each in compensation from the police. i've never complained about being investigated. it was only the heavy—handed and the very unintelligent way that they went about it. i mean, i think they could have said... well, look, if they'd taken any trou

tom symonds, bbc news.r the first time in more than a decade, that's the warning from the bank of england. it voted to keep rates on hold at 0.25%. but the suggestion that interest rates may rise sooner than expected led to a sharp rise in the pound. 0ur economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. a new banknote with a famous writer on it. the hands of time are frozen as big ben gets a wash. not this year, but 2007, the last time interest rates rose. today, exactly 10 years after worried northern rock savers queued to take their money out of the failing bank, we heard hints that interest rates may at last be about to rise. in order to keep inflation, or return inflation to that 2% target, in a sustainabable manner there may need to be some adjustment of interest rates in the coming months. now, we'll take that decision based on the data but, yes, that possibility has definitely increased. after the banking crisis struck, the bank of england slashed the official interest rate to 0.5%, the lowest it had go

tom symonds, bbc news, scotland yard.s as many as 41 million people have been affected by heavy monsoon rains across south asia, leading to the worst flooding in the region for several years. whole communities have been uprooted across india, bangladesh and nepal, and at least m00 people have lost their lives. 0ur correspondent, justin rowlatt, has just sent us this report from the city of katihar, in one of the worst affected regions, bihar state, in north east india, where hundreds of people have died. where we're going can only be reached by boat. the only dry place for miles around is on top of this great embankment, but the embankment that now protects the villagers is the reason the floods had such a catastrophic impact. the torrential rains transformed the normally placid river, the pressure grew and grew. so what happened is the embankment holding back the river breached and the water came crashing in here, sweeping away half the village, devastating their homes, devastating their lives. translation: it felt like

tom symonds, bbc news, sunbury—on—thames.line announced it's cancelling 40—50 flights every day for the next six weeks, more than 2,000 in total. michael 0'leary blamed mistakes in allocating leave for his pilots and said ryanair could face a compensation bill of £18 million. here's richard westcott. rya nair's been distinctly "unsatisflying" for thousands of customers recently, last minute cancellations leaving their plans up in the air. people complain that they've been ignored. so what's the boss got to say? this is our mess—up. when we make a mess in ryanair, which come out with our hands up, we try to explain why we've made the mess and we will pay compensation to those passengers who are entitled to compensation, which will be those flights that are cancelled over the next two weeks. passengers have been venting on social media. neil says he'll never book with ryanair again because they've been left to their own devices. ciara says the company's e—mailed her about car hire and accommodation. she just wants to know if sh

tom symonds, bbc news, at westminster magistrates' court.jor road from london to the west country that passes right by the ancient stone circle stonehenge. dozens of schemes have been put forward and then rejected. but now the government has finally approved plans to dig a road tunnel near the monument in wiltshire to ease congestion on the a303. but critics are concerned it will damage the archaeology of the site and the wider environment. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy is there. you are absolutely right. this is a debate that has literally gone on for three decades. it has been the problem of how you get those beautiful stones to live alongside this, the a303. 25,000 cars a day use it. the government's plan, announced today, is to move that road back 50 metres and put two miles of it into a tunnel. it has the support of a lot of heritage groups but there are still some who say this is not yet the perfect solution. from the thunderous blight of this... to the wondrous sight of this. the a303 and stonehenge have long been unhappy partners

well tom symonds is at stanwell, where the latest arrest took place.ty, thatis rapid progress and greater clarity, that is how the police describe this unfolding investigation. they raided to this second house in west london, close to heathrow airport, earlier this morning. they arrested a 21—year—old man. neighbours described him as friendly. they had friends come down from scotland. he had his friends out there with his prayer mat and so forth but we didn't think nothing of it. we just thought he was a nice neighbour. come to the front door now! with your hands in the air! three miles away in sunbury, this was the first police raid yesterday, on the home of two elderly foster pa rents. on the home of two elderly foster parents. they were led away by heavily armed police, who sealed off the road. this man saw what happened and knows the couple well. they did their best to guide them, that is why they work awarded the award they had. it isjust a shame if this one... it is nothing to do with them. how do you know? he said they had been looking after a y

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports.ee of the men arrested are said to be recruiting norfolk, suffolk, essex and cambridgeshire. four were arrested in the uk and the fifth in cyprus. an army spokesman said: we can confirm that a number of serving members of the army have been arrested under the terrorist act for being associated with a prescribed far right group. these arrests are the consequence of a police led administration supported by the army. that group is national action, which described itself last year in the language of hitler's fascism, as a national socialist youth movement. its members marched the streets. but the focus was as much on spreading neo—nazi ideas online. experts say the group was not large but whenjo experts say the group was not large but when jo cox was experts say the group was not large but whenjo cox was murdered by a loner, influenced by similar propaganda, the government banned or prescribed national action. national action is a vile group that promotes homophobia, violence and terrorism

tom symonds is in stanwell for us tonight, where the latest arrest took place. tom.tion started with the scrutiny of that smouldering makeshift bomb on the tube on friday, progressed through the scrutiny of hours of cctv footage of trains and platforms. now, the emphasis is on these two properties, two houses, and onto men in custody —— and on two men in custody, who can be held for several days. all of which has taken the pressure off this enquiry. rapid progress and greater clarity. that's how the police describe this unfolding investigation. they raided this second house in west london, close to heathrow airport early this morning, arresting a 21—year—old man. neighbours described him as friendly. he had family that came down from scotland with young children and so forth. we used to give them lollies and everything, we chatted. he used to have his friends out there with his prayer mats and so forth, but we didn't think nothing of it. we just thought he was a nice neighbour. armed police. come to the front door now. with your hands in the air. three miles away in

tom symonds reports.s and greater clarity — that is how the police describe this unfolding investigation. they raided this second house in west london, close to heathrow airport, early this morning, arresting a 21—year—old man. neighbours described him as friendly. he had family down, that came down from scotland, with the young children, and so forth. we used to give them lollies, and everything. all chatted, everything out there. he used to have his friends out there with his prayer mats, and so forth, but we didn't think nothing of it. we just thought he was a nice neighbour. armed police! occupants of 47! come to the front door now! put your hands in the air! three miles away in sunbury, this was the first police raid, yesterday, on the home of elderly foster parents penny and ron jones. they were led away by heavily armed police, who sealed off the road with large barriers. dave solway saw what happened and knows the couple well. horrific for them, to watch it, because i know who they are and what th

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is at west midlands police headquarters in birmingham.y significant because they are the first in connection of suspected membership ofan connection of suspected membership of an extreme right—wing organisation. these men are in their early 20s and 30s and they are being questioned at an unidentified west midlands police station. the bbc has been told three of the men are members of the royal anglian regiment which recruits in norfolk, suffolk, essex and cambridge. four arrest in the uk, one in cyprus. an army spokesman said we can confirm... that group is national action, which described itself last year in the language of hitler's fascism, as a national socialist youth movement. its members marched the streets. the focus was as much on spreading neo—nazi ideas online but experts say the far right is not well supported. i think extreme right groups in britain are very good these days about creating a sense of greater scale on social media than is actually the case. the national action group are people that tend to do that the very best.

tom symonds has more.ers of the royal anglian regiment, which recruits in norfolk, suffolk, essex and cambridgeshire. four were arrested in the uk, one in cyprus. an army spokesman said... that group is national action, which described itself last year in the language of hitler's fascism, as a national socialist youth movement. its members marched the streets. the focus was as much on spreading neo—nazi ideas online. but experts say the far right is not well supported. but when the labour mpjo cox was murdered by a loner influenced by similar far—right propaganda, the government acted, proscribing or banning national action. they are vile, they promote violence and terrorism and they have no place in this country. legally, the group should not now exist but police in birmingham are questioning five suspected members under counterterrorism laws, while searches of properties are carried out. a french magazine has been ordered to pay almost $120,000 in damages for publishing topless photographs of the duchess

our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, has the story.rectly assisted with these arrests which are highly significant. the first involved alleged membership of a far right organisation which was only banned the end of last year. men in their early 20s and early 30s are being held tonight and questioned at midlands police stations. three of the men arrested are believed to be serving in the royal anglian regiment which recruits in norfolk, suffolk, essex and cambridgeshire. four were arrested in the uk and a fifth in cyprus. an army spokesman said... "we can confirm that a number of serving members of the army have been arrested under the terrorism act for being associated with a prescribed far—right group. these arrests are the consequence of a police—led operation supported by the army." that group is national action, which described itself last year in the language of hitler's fascism, as a national, socialist, youth movement. its members marched the streets, but the focus was as much on spreading neo—nazi ideas online. experts say the

moment, we'll be hearing from eyewitnesses and we'll have the latest on the investigation, but first tom symonds on the explosion here this morning. at 8:20am, the friday commute was well under way. a packed commuter train, young, old, children, pensioners, everyone. at parsons green station, where the lines run overground, a brief stop. green station, where the lines run overground, a brief stoplj green station, where the lines run overground, a brief stop. i stepped on and within two seconds, a massive bang. loud enough to make me wonder what it was, and i looked around and this wall of fire was coming towards us. this wall of fire was coming towards us. i turned and i saw the fireball surged towards my side. you heard the loudest, scariest screams coming from what sounded like the carriage next to us. people shouted run, so we ran for our lives. it was pandemonium on the platform, people falling down because everybody was trying to make an exit. i fell over somebody who had fallen in front of me but managed to get myself up. passing passenger pointed a phone back at the train. inside was this

tom symonds has the latest. rapid progress and greater clarity.e describe this unfolding investigation. they raided this second house in west london, close to heathrow airport, early this morning, arresting a 21—year—old man. neighbours described him as friendly. he had family that came down from scotland, with young children and so forth. we used to give them lollies and everything. all chatted, everything out there. he used to have his friends out there with his prayer mats and so forth, but we didn't think nothing of it. we just thought he was a nice neighbour. armed police! occupants of 47! come to the front door now! put your hands in the air! three miles away in sunbury, this was the first police raid, yesterday, on the home of elderly foster parents penny and ronjones. they were led away by heavily armed police who sealed off the road with large barriers. dave solway saw what happened and knows the couple well. they do their best to guide them and stuff like that. that's why they have been awarded the award they've been given. as i said ear

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is in sunbury—on—thames, where police are still searching the teenager suspected of planting the device. tom, any indication that the operation may be winding down? this is going to take a long time. it will take time to go through every single inch of the house behind these barriers here. in the last hour or these barriers here. in the last hourorso, these barriers here. in the last hour or so, police have moved the cord, which was set at the end of the road about 100 metres yesterday, which was put in when they arrived here, put in the police said as a caution. that suggests that what they found in the house is not regarded as in any way dangerous, or that nothing was found and they feel happy to allow us closer. as you can see, this is quite an operation. tents covering various parts of the front and back of the house, which means the police do regard this as an important place forensically for their investigation. it has been pointed out that two people have now been arrested, the home secretary says there is the potential for more than o

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. this is a 24/7 investigation.ives were still removing potential evidence from a fast food shop in hounslow, west london. it was raided on saturday. they arrested one man here, surrounding him with offices in overalls, a precaution to ensure any potential forensic evidence on his clothes is not contaminated. he is 21—year—old ya hyah farroukh, believed to be from syria. the bbc has been told he worked in the shop searched by detectives. yahyah farroukh lives in this modern development, close to the southern boundary of heathrow airport. it's also been taped off, and is being subjected to a close search. he is linked to this house in sunbury—on—thames, about five miles away and still surrounded by metal barriers and tents have been put up to protect evidence. this picture of yahyah farroukh was taken in the street outside of the house, and posted online nearly five months ago. ron and pennyjones, who live here, have fostered teenage asylu m live here, have fostered teenage asylum seekers. he may have been one of the

tom symonds has this report on the explosion. at 8.20am, the friday commute was well under way.ter train, young, old, children, pensioners, everyone. at the tiny parsons green station, where the lines run overground, a brief stop. literally i stepped on and within two seconds, a massive bang. it was loud enough to make me wonder what it was, and i looked around and this wall of fire was just coming towards us. i turned left and i saw the fireball surge towards my side. we just heard the loudest, scariest screams coming from what sounded like the carriage next to us. people shouted "run", so we ran for our lives. it was pandemonium on the platform, people falling down because everybody was trying to make an exit. i fell over somebody who had fallen in front of me but managed to get myself up. a passing passenger pointed a phone back at the train. inside was this — still flaming, a white bucket with something inside. police later confirmed a makeshift bomb. let's get away and move down the platform. despite the explosion, the train appeared intact, though the line was brought to a

tom symonds has our first report tonight. at 8.20am, the friday commute was well under way.mmuter train, young, old, children, pensioners, everyone. at parsons green station, where the lines run overground, a brief stop. i stepped on and within two seconds, a massive bang. loud enough to make me wonder what it was, and i looked around and this wall of fire was coming towards us. i turned and i saw the fireball surged towards my side. you heard the loudest, scariest screams coming from what sounded like the carriage next to us. people shouted run, so we ran for our lives. it was pandemonium on the platform, people falling down because everybody was trying to make an exit. it was pandemonium on the platform, people falling down because everybody was trying to make an exit. i fell over somebody who had fallen in front of me but managed to get myself up. a passing passenger pointed a phone back at the train. inside was this, still flaming, a white bucket with something inside. police later confirmed a makeshift bomb. get away and move down the platform. despite the explosion, th

here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. this is a 24—7 investigation.food shop in hounslow, west london, raided on saturday. they arrested one man here, surrounding him with officers in overalls. a precaution to ensure any forensic evidence on his clothes is not contaminated. he is 21—year—old yahyah farroukh. as is normal, police haven't confirmed his name. the shop's other employees said he didn't stand out. we don't know him very well. he was quite quiet, he was... he just worked over here and that was it, very normal. if he did do anything, you would never have suspected him. so how is yahyah farroukh connected with the inquiry in this part of south—west london? the fast—food shop where he was arrested is about five miles from his home in stanwell, where has also been a detailed police search. neighbours said he had been there six months. in may, he posted a picture taken in sunbury on thames. it was outside the home of penny and ronjones, who may have previously been his foster parents. this house is also being painstakingly searched. because last

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports.ee of the men are members of the royal anglian regiment which recruits in norfolk, suffolk, essex and cambridge. four were arrested in the uk, one in cyprus. an army spokesman said: that group is national action, that group is national action, which described itself last year in the language of hitler's fascism, as "a national socialist youth movement". its members marched the streets. the focus was as much on spreading neo—nazi ideas online, but experts say the far right is not well supported. i think extreme right groups in britain, and others like britain first might be an example here, are very good these days about creating a sense of greater scale using social media than is actually the case. probably with national action, we are looking at people in the tens to perhaps low hundreds at very best. but when the labour mpjo cox was murdered by a loner influenced by similar propaganda the government acted, prescribing, or banning, national action. despite their name, national action‘

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. this is a 2a/7 investigation.e still removing potential evidence from a fast food shop in hounslow, west london. it was raided on saturday. they arrested one man here, surrounding him with offices in overalls, a precaution to ensure any potential forensic evidence on his clothes is not contaminated. he is 21—year—old yahyah farroukh, believed to be from syria. the bbc has been told he worked in the shop searched by detectives. ya hyah farroukh lives in this modern development, close to the southern boundary of heathrow airport. it's also been taped off, and is being subjected to a close search. he is linked to this house in sunbury—on—thames, about five miles away and still surrounded by metal barriers and tents have been put up to protect evidence. this picture of yahyah farroukh was taken in the street outside of the house, and posted online nearly five months ago. ron and pennyjones, who live here, have fostered teenage asylum seekers. he may have been one of them. neighbours say another young man who arrived a

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. this is a 24/7 investigation.n hounslow, west london. it was raided on saturday. they'd arrested one man here, surrounding him with offices in overalls, a precaution to ensure any potential forensic evidence on his clothes is not contaminated. he is 21—year—old yahyah faroukh, believed to be from syria. the bbc has been told he worked in the shop, which is being searched by detectives. ya hyah fa roukh lives in this modern development, close to the southern boundary of heathrow airport. it's also been taped off, and is being subjected to a close search. he is linked to this house in sunbury—on—thames, about five miles away, still surrounded by metal barriers and tents put up to protect evidence. this picture of yahyah faroukh was taken in the street outside of the house, and posted online nearly five months ago. ron and pennyjones, who live here, have fostered teenage asylum seekers. he may have been one of them. neighbours say another young man who arrived a few weeks ago appeared desperate to run away, and came

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds spoke to me a little earlier and said detectives were investigatingcene and the train station where this happened. and following that the next night of arrests of somebody who it is possible to see connections with in that case. and then a bit of a lull and these three arrests in wales. what that tells others detectives are developing an idea of a network of people who may be connected in some way. that may not be through planning any kind of terrorist attack, it mayjust be that the acquaintances and live together and you each other, your family members, anything. their paths crossed in some way. exactly. the sort of investigation should the police were very keen to get close to and arrest or put under surveillance people that they now are connected in some way to the people they are interested in. and we have seen in previous investigations friends and acquaintances, relatives arrested early in the investigation, kept quite a long time and least. so clearly we have a long way to go. have you detected since the parsons green attack that there has been