wyre davies, bbc news, port talbot.red in a us court accused of murdering a 26—year—old man in chicago. somerville college's andrew warren and us professor wymondham lathem are accused of fatally stabbing trenton cornell—duranleau in mr lathem's flat. in san francisco's hall ofjustice, mr warren declined to fight his extradition to chicago for questioning, and was remanded in custody. neither of the suspects has been formally charged. a 19—year—old british watersports instructor has died while swimming in greece. he failed to resurface after diving into the sea, according to his employer. the former eastbourne college pupil's body was discovered on the seabed at a depth of around 30 metres. tributes have been paid online on social media. the results of the kenyan presidential election have just been announced, with the incumbent president kenyatta taking 54% of the vote, and the main opposition candidate, raila odinga,winning41i%. the president's critics say the election was rigged. but, as our africa correspondent alas

wyre davies reports.mountain town of ripoll, where eight of those involved or connected with the attacks in barcelona and cambrils came from. in this town ofjust 10,000 people, investigators are asking if this man, abdelbaki es satty, imam of the local mosque, was involved in directing those attacks. one theory being looked into is that the imam was killed in an explosion which destroyed a bomb factory in the town of alca nar last wednesday, prompting the others to carry out the attacks in barcelona and cambrils. today, police said they found 120 gas canisters at the destroyed house, which they think may have been intended to make a massive bomb. the focus of this investigation is now very much on the imam, abdelbaki es satty. this was his tiny flat at the top of a building in the town. his bedroom has since been emptied of everything by police. now, according to people at the mosque, he left two months ago on an extended trip to morocco, but we know from his flatmate here, who won't be filmed, and from o

wyre davies, bbc news.her background information and analysis of the spanish terror attacks on our website. simply go to bbc.com/news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the president of nigera, muhammadu buhari has arrived back home in abuja, after spending the past three months receiving medical treatment in london. mr buhari has had three spells of medical leave since june last year. the 74—year—old is due to address the nation on monday. there had been widespread protests demanding his return or resignation. the government of sierra leone says the number of victims from the mudslide in the capital freetown has risen to 441. about 600 more people are missing. attempts continue to dig out more bodies from the debris in the regent district of the city. the authorities are warning of the dangers of water—borne diseases. at least seven people have been stabbed in the russian city of surgut. the attacker was then shot dead by police. investigators say they've identified him as a l

wyre davies, bbc news.ficials say over 100 chinese flagged boats have been identified in or near to the protected zone. one of the vessels was captured last week, carrying 300 tons of endangered sharks. the crew was arrested. sarah corker‘s report contains some graphic images. this is the chinese flagged vessel suspected of fishing inside the galapagos islands marine reserve. on board there were 300 tons of fish. most of the catch was endangered sharks, including baby sharks and protected species such as hammerheads. on saturday, ecuadorian officials sent this warning. china has been asked to respond to this protest regarding the respect of our sovereignty and our exclusive economic zone, and of the conservation principles established in the un convention on the rights of the ocean. the crew members are being held in custody, pending court proceedings. if found guilty, they could face up to three years in prison for environmental crimes. the islands are located in the eastern pacific ocean, more than 900 ki

wyre davies, bbc news. bbc‘s security correspondent gordon corera gave me the latest on the police investigation. spain's interior minister earlier today said that the cell was absolutely dismanrtled. hours later, the local regional official here in catalonia, contradicted that and said he could not be categorical that the cell had been dismantled but it is in part because there is still one individual on the run and the manhunt is still ongoing there are also unanswered questions. the services did not know about the cell, will it bring more anxiety? was a cell of people that could have been operating up to a year. bringing gas canisters to make a bomb. that is the kind of activities which security service will become. they will be wondering, was this a closed group, friends who radicalised each other and perhaps had a few contacts with others or where there links to other places, the instance so—called islamic state. on that note, islamic state have claimed responsibility, how credible is that? they issued

wyre davies, bbc news.ckground information and analysis of the spanish terror attacks on our website. that's bbc.com/news. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the other news making the headlines this hour. the iraqi prime minister has announced the start of the ground operation to drive the islamic state group out of its last major urban stronghold in the country, tal afar. waves of air strikes have been conducted against the city in recent weeks and it's been surrounded the iraqi army and militias. the government of sierra leone says the number of victims from the mudslide in the capital freetown has risen to 441. about 600 more people are missing. attempts continue to dig out more bodies from the debris in the regent district of the city. the authorities are warning of the dangers of water—borne diseases. the white house says president trump and his wife, melania, will not take part in one of america's top arts awards. a statement said this would allow the recipients to celebrate without any politica

wyre davies, bbc news.pe correspondent james reynolds explained how certain the spanish authorities were that they have managed to find everyone who was involved in this week's attacks. baidu said that they have largely neutralised the group, the network responsible for the attack, here and the one in cambrils. they say they have arrested the more count them in the dead. but there is a problem with. two the suspected members of the network, they can't work out the fate of those. the first, eunice abballa group, the suspected of carrying out the attack on this group, they don't know where he is. better note he is still in the country or if he has fled to france. —— and then the man responsible for directing the attack, they do to where he is, either. they have to result is fate. —— resolve. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are the former fleet street editor, eve pollard, and thejournal

wyre davies, bbc news. you are watching newsday on the bbc.e best view of monday's total eclipse of the sun. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we're all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is newsday on the bbc. welcome back, everyone. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm tom donkin in london. our top stories: thousands of troops are beginni

wyre davies, bbc news.lona have named more of the victims of thursday's attack, and confirmed that a seven—year—old boy was amongst the dead. julian cadman became separated from his mother as the attack unfolded. his family said they would remember his smiles and hold his memory dear to their hearts. james reynolds reports from barcelona. the sagrada familia basilica, monumental, unfinished, this morning gave this city a place in which to mourn all the victims. renato was one of the first in the queue. it's... no more sadness. it's incredible sadness. because this city is a symbol of — of freedom. of tolerance. between religions, races... what is happening is unbelievable. the people of barcelona now realise that they are as vulnerable as everyone else. and they now face a choice — change the way their city lives, or carry on as before. choir sings the archbishop of barcelona asked the city to unite against fear, and he offered consolation to the bereaved. the cadman family now mourns seven—year—old julian,

wyre davies, bbc news.e‘s accused the health secretary jeremy hunt of "cherry picking" evidence to justify the creation of a seven—day nhs. mr hunt has rejected that and accused the nobel—prize winning scientist of spreading falsehoods. sarah cambell reports. professor hawking acknowledged that he would not be here today were it not for the expert care he received at the hands of the nhs, but he is concerned about its future and he did not pull any punches, accusing the health secretary of abusing science, of cherry—picking studies in order to win the argument over whether levels of care at weekends in hospitals are dangerously low. hunt has cherry—picked research. speaking as a scientist, cherry—picking evidence is unacceptable. applause. ..citing some studies but suppressing others to justify policies that they want to implement for other reasons, that debases scientific culture. the issue of a seven—day nhs week has proved toxic in relations between the health secretary and much of the medical profession

is a determination that that must not be allowed to happen. there is a determination that that wyre davies, bbc news. there is a determination that that james reynolds is in barcelona for us. given james reynolds is in barcelona for us. given the james reynolds is in barcelona for us. given the scale james reynolds is in barcelona for us. given the scale of james reynolds is in barcelona for us. given the scale of what james reynolds is in barcelona for us. given the scale of what the james reynolds is in barcelona for us. given the scale of what the authorities james reynolds is in barcelona for us. given the scale of what the authorities are james reynolds is in barcelona for us. given the scale of what the authorities are feeling about given the scale of what the authorities are feeling about the investigation, given the scale of what the authorities are feeling about the investigation, given the scale of what the authorities are feeling how authorities are feeling about the investigation, given the scale of what the authorities are feeling how certain authorities are feeling about the

wyre davies, bbc news. our security correspondent, gordon corera, is in barcelona.has been broken down. that must be reassuring. well, spain‘s interior minister earlier today said the country‘s threat level would not be raised to its maximum level although they have put in place extra security at popular destinations like las ramblas. that was, he said, because the cell behind the attack had been absolutely dismantled and these were his words. a few hours later at the local regional official in catalonia, where they sometimes have a difficult relationship with madrid, contradict that and said he could not be categorical b—cell had been dismantled and this is partly because he was still one individual on the run and a manhunt ongoing but there are also still unanswered questions. for instance, how did this cell go undetected for close to a year? because it was a small group of local men, young men from one town, ripoll, who radicalised each other and formed a closed group which the authorities did not know about? are worthy of some links and expertise provided from a

wyre davies, bbc news, port talbot.ump has tightened the screws on north korea warning pyongyang would truly regret taking any hostile action against the us. mr trump said he would be speaking to the chinese leader, xijinping, about north korea later. let's stay with that story. president trump told reporters that he would be speaking to the chinese leader in the coming hours, but that he was still optimistic of a diplomatic solution with pyonyang. hopefully it'll all work out, 0k? nobody loves a peaceful solution better than president trump, that i can tell you. hopefully it will all work out. this has been going on for many years. it would have been a lot easier to solve this years ago, before they were in the position they are in, but we will see what happens. we think that lots of good things could happen, and we could also have a bad solution. but we think lots of good things could happen. what would be a bad solution? i think you know the answer to that. when you say bad solution, are you talking about war? i thin

wyre davies, bbc news. you can keep up—to—date on this story online.ilitary exercise involving south korea and the united states is about to begin. tens of thousands of troops, aircraft, and naval vessels will be involved, but pyongyang isn't happy, saying it amounts to what it called "pouring gasoline on fire." amidst heightened rhetoric on both sides, yogita limaye has been to the point where north and south meet. it's a place where a handful of european military personnel still monitor the armistice signed between the two koreas 64 years ago. it's a little bit like being in the eye of the hurricane. so everything is very tense around, but here, here it is calm and nice and peaceful. so it's a little bit of a strange situation sometimes. right next to the border between north and south korea, these are the men guarding the ceasefire between the two countries. the korean war, which started in june 1950, ended 27 july 1953 with an armistice agreement. and that is the same armistice agreement that is valid here today. there is no peace between the count

wyre davies, bbc news. 0ur correspondent, gavin lee, is in barcelona with the latest.at the seven—year—old julian cadman has been identified as one of those killed as a result of this attack. yes, there was a diminishing hope when he was known to be here on thursday night with his mother. he was here with the other members of his family for a wedding. his grandfather said on facebook on friday morning as anyone could identify his whereabouts because his mother was taken to hospital, she remains there with serious leg injuries and today and this afternoon the british foreign office and the spanish authorities have said that they have confirmed he has died. the family has released a statement through the australian government and they have said that their son was someone who was bubbling with energy. he was cheeky, the light of their lives and they will never forget his smile and they have asked for some privacy given the incredible grief they are going through. today we heard that a belgian national, and the spanish national are amongst those identified. 1a people dead

our correspondent wyre davies reports now from port talbot.s that its uk business was under threat and it wanted to radically reduce pension benefits to workers or face the prospect of having to close it port talbot plant. for months, employees who stood to lose thousands of pounds from their retirement plans, have been meeting to review their options. all of a sudden you're coming to the end of your working life, you have two years left and you have to work another seven years in order to get what you've worked your entire life for without any penalties, and they feel cheated. i've been there for 23, 24 years. you think you're going to be secure when you're 60, 65, and now they've taken that away from you. the £15 billion british steel pension scheme is one of the uk's biggest. around 130,000 members will be affected and the new plan would see current owners tata paying £550 million into the restructured pension scheme. the scheme will also get a stake of one third of tata's uk business to help meet future pay—outs. workers who sign up to tod

wyre davies, bbc news.background information and analysis of the spanish terror attacks on our web site. the iraqi prime minister has announced the start of the ground operation to drive the islamic state group out of its last major urban stronghold in the country tal afar. waves of air strikes have been conducted against the city in recent weeks and it's been surrounded the iraqi army and militias. attempts by a far—right group to hold a rally in the us city of boston have been thwarted by a massive counter—demonstration. a small group of white nationalists were trying to hold what they called a "free speech rally". the protests followed last weekend's violence in virginia — when a young woman was killed by a car driven at a crowd of anti—racist demonstrators. aleem maqbool reports from boston. crowd chanting: we can't hear you! it was a day of taunting america's far—right. this was their so—called "free speech rally" that after recent violence, many had been worried about. but this was the city's response

wyre davies, bbc news. our correspondent gavin lee is in barcelona for us.e streets defying these attacks. yes, on the face of it, it looks like it is getting back to normal, you can spot the police very quickly, vehicles by the police have been pleased in strategic locations so been pleased in strategic locations so it is difficult to get cars on here. what strikes me is in las ramblas there has been a great effort by stallholders, people coming back to pick up the pieces from their work. i have spoken to you before from paris, knives, brussels and london and there is a similar part of people placing flowers, candles, silence, moments of applause. thousands of people were cheering a moment ago and thanking the taxi drivers for the fee —— free journeys after the attacks. yesterday there was a sudden noise in the street and thousands, you can imagine the scene behind me, people started to run behind me, people started to run behind me, people started to run behind me from catalonia square, it isa behind me from catalonia square, it is a place on edge at the s

wyre davies, bbc news.ging pension plans are to be banned from making unsolicited phone calls and sending emails and text messages to prospective customers. the government says it's trying to tackle pension scams after fraudsters tricked elderly savers out of nearly five—million pounds in the first five months of this year. here's our business correspondent, joe lynam. chas drew lives in the forest of dean. he invested his retirement savings into a fund which did not deliver what was promised. the company has gone bust and he doesn't know how much of his money he will ever get back. pretty sick. i don't think i'm stupid and yet you think, how could you have been sucked in? rather than having a pension that i knew i could rely on, i have a zero pension right now. what i am doing is managing to cash in one of the investments, the smaller one, but in little bits. which is giving me an income. since the restrictions on how we invest our pension savings were lifted three years ago, allowing people to spend their

wyre davies, bbc news.ondent gavin lee in barcelona, who said people weren't keeping away from the las ramblas area. they were trying to demonstrate they would not be cowed by the attacks. yes, on the face of it, it looks like it is getting back to normal, you can spot the police very quickly, vehicles by the police have been placed in strategic locations so it is difficult to get cars on here. what strikes me is in las ramblas there has been a great effort by stallholders, people today coming back to pick up the pieces from work. i have spoken to you before from paris, nice, brussels and london after the attacks there and there is a similar pattern of people placing flowers, candles, the silence, moments of applause. taxis went past earlier and thousands of people cheered and said thank you for those who helped with the free journeys after the attack itself. yesterday though there was a sudden noise in the street and thousands, you can imagine the scene behind me, of people started to run behind me to cata

our correspondent wyre davies reports from the town of rippol, where most of the suspects lived.mobile phone, the horror and panic of the attack in barcelona. as a white van hurtles down las ramblas, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100. but we now know it could have been much worse, if the attackers had carried out their original plan to detonate three massive car bombs. this is the small town of rippol, in the foothills of the spanish pyrenees, where at least eight, perhaps all 12, of those accused of being involved in the attacks came from. most were of moroccan origin and prayed at the local mosque. the name of the one attacker still at large, younis abouyaaqoub, written on the wall with others who contributed to mosque funds. but police are asking if this man, abdelbaki es satty, the imam at the mosque, was the cell leader and mastermind of the attacks. this was his tiny flat at the top of a building in the town. his bedroom has since been emptied of everything by police. according to people at the mosque, he left two months ago to go on extended journey to morocco,

told the bbc he blames the imam at their local mosque for their radicalisation. 0ur correspondent wyre daviesf rippol, where most of the plotters lived. captured by cctv and mobile phone, the horror and panic of the attack in barcelona. as a white van hurtles down las ramblas, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100. but we now know it could have been much worse, if the attackers had carried out their original plan to detonate three massive car bombs. this is the small town of rippol in the foothills of the spanish pyrenees, where at least eight, perhaps all 12, and those accused of being involved in the attacks came from. most were of moroccan origin and prayed at the local mosque. the name of the one attacker still at large, younis abouyaaqoub, written on the wall with others who contributed to mosque funds. but police are asking if this man, abdelbaki es satty, the imam at the mosque, was the cell leader and mastermind of the attacks. this was his tiny flat at the top of a building in the town. his bedroom has since been emptied of everything by police. according to people at the mosq

our correspondent wyre davies reports now from port talbot.d for years that its uk business was under threat, and wanted to radically reduce pension benefits to workers, or face the prospect of having to close its port talbot plant. for months, employees who stood to lose thousands of pounds from the retirement plans have been meeting to review their options. all of a sudden, you come to the end of your working life, you have two years left. and you have got to work another seven years in order to get what you have worked for your entire life without any penalties, and they feel cheated. i've been there for 23 years, 24 years, and you think you're going to be secure when you're 60 or 65, and now they've taken that away from you. the £15 billion british steel pension scheme is one of the uk's biggest. around 130,000 members will be affected and the new plan would see current owners tata paying £550 million into the restructured pension scheme. the scheme will also get a stake of one third of tata's uk business to help meet future pay—outs. work

there for us now is our correspondent, wyre davies. what do we know about this man?the suspect, the only one thought to be still at large, younes abouyaaqoub, is he is one of several suspects, perhaps ten oi’ one of several suspects, perhaps ten orii, one of several suspects, perhaps ten or 11, who come from the small town high up in the mountains outside barcelona. how he and the others came to be radicalised is a big question for the police but he is still on the run hence this big police roadblock outside the town. the spanish government is saying that the other members of the sale have been dismantled. all of those suspects responsible for the attacks in barcelona and further down the coast. as things stand the terror threat remains on level four. the police say b—cell has been dismantled. apart from the question of captaining the main driver in the barcelona attack. thank you. security officials in finland say a british citizen was injured in the knife attack in the city of turku yesterday, in which two people were killed. police are treating it as a terrorist i

our correspondent wyre davies is in cambrils. what more do we know about this?own of cambrils, about 90 minutes drive 5. of barcelona. it was there that bat second, coordinated fatal attack took place. a saloon car mounted the curb, crashed into five people and flipped onto its roof. the five occupants, some of whom were wearing vests, those were viable suicide belts according to police, they had no reason to believe these will not viable, those five occupants were challenged by police. they kept on coming forward. they were shot dead by police on the spot. there was a huge, heavily armed and army peasa nts huge, heavily armed and army peasants up and down the catalonian coast after what happened in barcelona. sadly we have heard civilians were injured in that attack. a women has also died, taking the total number of dead killed in these attacks to at least 14. killed in these attacks to at least 1a. most things are back to normal here but there was a heavily armed police presence on the streets. we know little about the attack is apart from they were said to be

let's go live now to our correspondent, wyre davies, who's in cambrils. by the police. you have more information tonight on the identities of those that were killed? after a terrible day for the security sources, some news tonight that the 17—year—old youth, moussa 0ukabir, believed to be responsible for the attack, was himself killed in a terrible incident here hours later, when six people died. five of those were young jihadis who drove the pavement coming to a crowd of spectators. they emerged with what appeared to be viable explosive vests, brandishing knives and sending people scattering. they were shot dead on the spot by police, but not before they fatally stabbed a middle—aged woman. despite the return of tourists and locals, the shops reopening, until the police catch everybody responsible for these atrocities and the planning, these atrocities and the planning, the security forces will not rest easy. thank you. and our security correspondent, gordon corera, is with me now. the police will be incredibly concerned about the ambitions that these te

our correspondent, wyre davies, has been to ripoll, to speak to people there about the extremists whohe small chocolate box mounted town of ripoll in the footholds of the spanish pyrenees, the last place you would expect is the breeding ground for a gang of radical islamist extremist. at least seven young men from this small town if it died during the attacks all have been arrested. they include moussa oukabir. three killed by police in cambrils on friday morning. also from ripoll ripoll, younes abouyaaqoub, still on the run. at this small mosque where they sometimes break, but were by no means the devout, community leaders we re means the devout, community leaders were speechless, distraught by what has happened. translation: we did not really know the boys all what they were up to. he has been in charge of the mosque. they sometimes came to pray, he says but if we would have known plans we would have gone straight to the police. on the main road into town, armed officers checking cars and lorries as a spain hunt down all of those responsible for the attacks in barcelona and cambrils

our correspondent, wyre davies, has been to ripoll, to speak to people there about the extremists who ripoll. the last place you would expect extremists who would commit mayhem and murder. police checking lorries and cars following the terrorist attacks. the governor said the cell that carried out this attack has been dismantled. little is known about the men, who came radicalised and planned these attacks in the most unlikely of places. seven young men from this small town either died during the attacks or have been arrested since thursday. three men were killed on friday morning. also from ripoll is younes abouyaaqoub, who is still on the run. ata abouyaaqoub, who is still on the run. at a small mosque in ripoll, where the young men sometimes prayed, but were not devout, the community leaders are distraught by what happened. translation: we didn't truly know the boys or what they were up to. this man has been charged is the imams left two months ago. they sometimes came, but if we had known what they were up to we would have gone straight to the police. in the last two days, several

our correspondent wyre davies reports now from port talbot.reat, and wanted to radically reduce pension benefits to workers, or face the prospect of having to close its port talbot plant. for months, employees who stood to lose thousands of pounds from their retirement plans have been meeting to review their options. all of a sudden, you come to the end of your working life, you have two years left. and you have got to work another seven years in order to get what you have worked for your entire life without any penalties, and they feel cheated. i've been there for 23 years, 24 years, and you think you're going to be secure when you're 60 or 65, and now they've taken that away from you. the £15 billion british steel pension scheme is one of the uk's biggest. around 130,000 members will be affected and the new plan would see current owners tata paying £550 million into the restructured pension scheme. the scheme will also get a stake of one third of tata's uk business to help meet future pay—outs. workers who sign up to today's proposal will ha

our news correspondent wyre davies is at the hospital.buildings undergoing fire safety tests in the wake of the g re nfell tower, fire safety tests in the wake of the grenfell tower, buildings in particular clad with the same or similar cladding. this is the first timea similar cladding. this is the first time a hospital has decided it must close at least part of building. this is the trau unit at thejohn radcliffe. they're going to evacuate the upper floors and move the patients. joining us is the medical director here. why have you decided to undertake these independent tests and why the urgent need to move patients from what is only a three storey building. in the wake of the g re nfell towers storey building. in the wake of the grenfell towers tragedy, there was instructions to review all buildings and our estates team looked at this building with the cladding. it became clear that that there were some issues in addition to the cladding, so we needed to look at it in more detail and called in our independent fire investigation team to