:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight at 10pm - terror in the South of France -
:00:09. > :00:14.more than 80 people have been killed - and nearly 200 injured.
:00:15. > :00:18.Run down by a lorry - many women and children
:00:19. > :00:25.Fleeing for their lives - thousands run in panic
:00:26. > :00:33.I was feeling like I was going to die, I was feeling
:00:34. > :00:37.I didn't know what to do, I just gave up.
:00:38. > :00:55.The attacker is shot dead at the wheel -
:00:56. > :00:58.but only after leaving carnage along more than a mile stretch of road.
:00:59. > :01:00.The killer has been identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel,
:01:01. > :01:02.known to police for violence and petty theft.
:01:03. > :01:05.He would have nervous attacks and he said he had
:01:06. > :01:07.When he became nervous he broke everything.
:01:08. > :01:10.Holiday-makers Paul and Rebecca Gordon were caught up
:01:11. > :01:14.I could see pretty much the whole event unravelling,
:01:15. > :01:17.I just turned to my left and I saw the whole road was
:01:18. > :01:24.Tonight - just eight months after the attacks
:01:25. > :01:30.on the Bataclan theatre in Paris - France is in mourning again.
:01:31. > :01:37.There is another major developing story tonight.
:01:38. > :01:44.Reports of a military coup in Turkey - bridges in Istanbul are blocked -
:01:45. > :01:46.and there's gunfire in the capital Ankara.
:01:47. > :01:47.There are images emerging showing a military presence
:01:48. > :02:09.Coming up we will look at how the papers report the Nice attack with
:02:10. > :02:21.our guest from France 24 and the Spectator.
:02:22. > :02:29.Good evening and welcome to the BBC at Ten.
:02:30. > :02:36.Nice in the South of France, the scene of a major terror attack.
:02:37. > :02:40.Around this time is nigh this area was full of thousands of people
:02:41. > :02:45.enjoying a fireworks display in honour of Bastille Day, France's
:02:46. > :02:48.national day. But by the end of the evening 80 people were left dead
:02:49. > :03:00.after a lorry ploughed into the crowds of people here killing 80 and
:03:01. > :03:03.leaving 200 injured. Many of those wounded and who died were women and
:03:04. > :03:17.children. 50 people are critically injured. The attacker has been named
:03:18. > :03:18.as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel. More on him later.
:03:19. > :03:21.But first our Correspondent Lucy Williamson has this report -
:03:22. > :03:24.It contains images you may find distressing.
:03:25. > :03:35.They dared to celebrate freedom, and paid with fearful stop beach lovers,
:03:36. > :03:40.partygoers, children. Out to honour Bastille Day and the founding values
:03:41. > :03:47.of France. Hunted with the most mundane of weapons, a lorry. It
:03:48. > :03:51.arrived as the fireworks were ending, crawling onto the promenade
:03:52. > :03:58.before picking up speed and heading straight for the crowd. Its first
:03:59. > :04:04.appearance caught on camera by this man. Up until this very moment here
:04:05. > :04:09.the truck actually didn't run over anybody, yet there was a
:04:10. > :04:16.motorcyclist trying to approach the truck, trying to open the door while
:04:17. > :04:21.driving. He failed and fell off the motorcycle. And then there were two
:04:22. > :04:25.police officers standing right here at that very corner and fired two
:04:26. > :04:33.gunshots at the driver of the truck. So up until then, all from that
:04:34. > :04:41.moment on, the rampage took place. The vehicle accelerated and ran in a
:04:42. > :04:46.very odd way right in the middle of the crowd.
:04:47. > :04:50.What's happening? What's wrong? Is exact for more than a mile
:04:51. > :05:00.through the street party as people ran. -- it is exact. ODs were
:05:01. > :05:04.falling like skittles, one witness said. Another saw parents throwing
:05:05. > :05:07.their children over fences to try and keep them safe.
:05:08. > :05:20.GUNFIRE The police surrounded the car and
:05:21. > :05:23.kept shooting him until they were sure he was dead.
:05:24. > :05:30.I saw him dead already, I saw his head from outside the window of the
:05:31. > :05:35.truck. I think when the police officer saw me filming he came up to
:05:36. > :05:40.me aggressively and started yelling to get down and all the people on
:05:41. > :05:43.the beach to run because they thought there might be a bomb in the
:05:44. > :05:50.car, or other people hiding inside the truck from behind. At that
:05:51. > :05:51.moment I realised there was really something wrong and I started to run
:05:52. > :06:04.with the people. TRANSLATION: In the cabin there was
:06:05. > :06:11.an automatic weapon, bullets, a Kalashnikov, M-16s a grenade, mobile
:06:12. > :06:15.phone, still being investigated, and various documents.
:06:16. > :06:20.Along the now empty promenade, those who couldn't run waited for help.
:06:21. > :06:26.The children's Hospital alone counted 50 arrivals. And the faces
:06:27. > :06:33.of those killed here last night have also begun to emerge. Among them,
:06:34. > :06:38.Shaun Copland, and his 11-year-old son Brodie visiting from Texas.
:06:39. > :06:43.Other members of their family survived. A friend said they were
:06:44. > :06:47.heartbroken. A 20-year-old Russian student Victoria was out run by the
:06:48. > :06:54.truck. Her friend Pauline was hospitalised. French officials say
:06:55. > :07:00.the driver was a local man, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a French
:07:01. > :07:05.Tunisian, known to the police for petty crimes. Today, the only
:07:06. > :07:09.figures on Nice's empty seafront with forensics teams, picking their
:07:10. > :07:13.way through the debris of grief. France was just beginning to feel
:07:14. > :07:19.safe again after the attacks here last year. Safe enough even to come
:07:20. > :07:23.out and celebrate being French. But as people ran screaming down this
:07:24. > :07:28.street last night, the sound of gunfire mimicking fireworks, that
:07:29. > :07:34.moment of national pride and national unity came once again an
:07:35. > :07:38.individual race to survive. This man said he froze when he saw the lorry,
:07:39. > :07:42.and then ran towards the beach. Above the screen is he heard the
:07:43. > :07:47.lorry's engine just behind him. His path ahead blocked by a bench.
:07:48. > :07:54.And then when I jumped over the bench I found myself that I had
:07:55. > :07:59.jumped on a woman laying on the ground too. So I just closed my eyes
:08:00. > :08:04.and waited for the crash, either to crash into me or survive. I was
:08:05. > :08:08.feeling that I'm going to die, I was feeling really, really scared. I
:08:09. > :08:14.didn't know what to do but I just gave up on that moment, until I saw
:08:15. > :08:22.the bench breaking up, which was too loud and too scary, so I looked at
:08:23. > :08:28.it and I found it destroyed. So it was really, really close. The thing
:08:29. > :08:31.that was between me and the truck was a small bench.
:08:32. > :08:36.The French President riding in Nice today described the attack as a
:08:37. > :08:40.monstrosity. Of the 200 people injured, he said 50 were hovering
:08:41. > :08:47.between life and death. TRANSLATION: We are facing a long battle, because
:08:48. > :08:56.we have an enemy who will continue to hit all the peoples, all the
:08:57. > :09:00.countries, who enjoy it liberty and have it as their essential value.
:09:01. > :09:05.The flowers blooming on the barricades today marked a particular
:09:06. > :09:09.kind of pain. The slow, mocking torture of French values. Attacks
:09:10. > :09:16.that highlight the price of freedom. The failure of fraternity and the
:09:17. > :09:20.brutal equaliser, death. Lucy Williamson, BBC News, Nice.
:09:21. > :09:30.So, as we've been hearing, the truck travelled for more
:09:31. > :09:33.than a mile ploughing into people, before police managed to get to him
:09:34. > :09:37.Many here are asking how he was able to keep going for so long -
:09:38. > :09:42.Our correspondent Jon Donnison examines how the truck was used -
:09:43. > :09:45.It was supposed to be a night of celebration.
:09:46. > :09:51.It ended in confusion, chaos and carnage.
:09:52. > :09:55.The attack started at around 11pm local time,
:09:56. > :09:59.as thousands of families strolled home after a night of fireworks.
:10:00. > :10:02.The lorry was heading east along the Promenade des Anglais and picked
:10:03. > :10:06.up speed on a rampage that was to last for more than a mile.
:10:07. > :10:08.This time last night, the attacker was making his
:10:09. > :10:14.It was about here that he turned his truck onto the Promenade des
:10:15. > :10:16.Anglais, picked up speed, and began his rampage
:10:17. > :10:22.Within minutes, the first casualties were reported.
:10:23. > :10:27.The driver began to swerve from side to side trying to kill as many
:10:28. > :10:36.He then careered into the pedestrian area.
:10:37. > :10:42.Armed police opened fire but couldn't stop him as he continue
:10:43. > :10:45.Armed police opened fire but couldn't stop him as he continued
:10:46. > :10:48.Eyewitnesses say he was travelling at around 50 mph.
:10:49. > :10:52.This is as close as we can now get to the route the attacker took.
:10:53. > :10:54.You can see the Promenade des Anglais just beyond the famous
:10:55. > :10:57.Hotel Negresco at the bottom of the street.
:10:58. > :11:02.By this point, several minutes into the attack, he'd already killed
:11:03. > :11:06.dozens of people and it was to be 300 or 400 more metres that way
:11:07. > :11:13.before he was finally stopped and people fled for their lives.
:11:14. > :11:16.Finally, further down the promenade using heavy fire, police managed
:11:17. > :11:19.to stop the lorry and kill the driver as people fled in panic.
:11:20. > :11:22.Matthew Schooler from Kingston upon Thames had been
:11:23. > :11:25.on what was meant to be a dream holiday with his girlfriend.
:11:26. > :11:28.Today he knows they are lucky to be alive.
:11:29. > :11:31.There was a lady in front of us on a scooter with her
:11:32. > :11:36.She wasn't trampled but people were running over her
:11:37. > :11:40.People were picking up kids and running and the kids
:11:41. > :11:45.People didn't really know what was going on.
:11:46. > :11:48.This was not a high-tech attack, but the brutality and banality
:11:49. > :11:50.of the method make it all the more terrifying.
:11:51. > :12:07.Well, one of the British couples caught up in last night's mayhem
:12:08. > :12:11.here was Paul and Rebecca Gordon from the Midlands.
:12:12. > :12:15.They are here on holiday with their 18-month-old baby.
:12:16. > :12:17.Our correspondent Tom Burridge has been speaking to them
:12:18. > :12:23.Rebecca and Paul are on holiday in Nice with their 18-month-old
:12:24. > :12:26.daughter, Eloisa-May, and they had walked along
:12:27. > :12:30.the promenade back to their hotel just moments before the attack.
:12:31. > :12:33.Because we are on the fourth floor, I could see pretty much
:12:34. > :12:39.And I just turned to my left and I just saw the whole road
:12:40. > :12:44.And he just accelerated at a faster speed than he had
:12:45. > :12:58.I saw that the truck bounced, which must have been...
:12:59. > :13:06.And I saw people being knocked like skittles.
:13:07. > :13:12.You came running and said, "Look what's happened".
:13:13. > :13:16.I came out and there were just people on the floor, just dead.
:13:17. > :13:21.As parents, they can barely imagine what it's like for others.
:13:22. > :13:24.There was a lot of families there, a lot of children, a lot
:13:25. > :13:30.There was a lot of young lives lost, I think.
:13:31. > :13:43.It is a time when you think about the important things in life.
:13:44. > :13:47.There is fear and grief, but also things to reassure.
:13:48. > :13:51.I have to say that coming out into Nice, I admire the people
:13:52. > :13:53.here because everybody is just out in the street and getting
:13:54. > :13:59.Tonight, the last night of the holiday, their hotel
:14:00. > :14:05.But they know they were the lucky ones.
:14:06. > :14:08.They saw, but survived, a night of horror in Nice.
:14:09. > :14:19.Well, detectives have been examining every detail of the scene
:14:20. > :14:21.here in Nice for evidence of the killer's
:14:22. > :14:27.The police raided the flat in Nice where Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was
:14:28. > :14:28.living. Our security correspondent
:14:29. > :14:30.Frank Gardner has on the A picture perfect promenade,
:14:31. > :14:33.scarred by the horror French investigators have spent
:14:34. > :14:37.much of the day piecing Fingerprints found in this lorry
:14:38. > :14:46.confirmed its driver He lived alone in this
:14:47. > :14:51.apartment building in Nice. Police forced their way in,
:14:52. > :14:53.and a neighbour confirmed this Police investigators have taken away
:14:54. > :15:02.anything that could throw a light on why Bouhlel would commit
:15:03. > :15:05.such an abominable act. Another neighbour recalls his
:15:06. > :15:07.behaviour as being odd. TRANSLATION: He looked
:15:08. > :15:10.at us weirdly. If we arrived at the building
:15:11. > :15:12.behind him, he would slam So, what do we know
:15:13. > :15:19.about the attacker in Nice? Mohamed Bouhlel was
:15:20. > :15:22.a 31-year-old delivery driver. He was Tunisian by birth,
:15:23. > :15:24.he had three children He also had a police record
:15:25. > :15:31.for petty crime and violence. TRANSLATION: He was known
:15:32. > :15:36.by the police for violence and petty He was convicted in March
:15:37. > :15:43.and sentenced by the court to six But there is nothing to suggest any
:15:44. > :15:52.sign of radicalisation. At a separate address in Nice today,
:15:53. > :15:58.police arrested a woman thought Friends and neighbours tried
:15:59. > :16:04.to keep the media at bay. And in Tunisia, near the resort town
:16:05. > :16:07.of Sousse, Mohamed Bouhlel's father has revealed that his
:16:08. > :16:09.son was on medication TRANSLATION: We thought
:16:10. > :16:17.he was doing well. He followed his treatment
:16:18. > :16:24.but sometimes he would have nervous I think the problems with his wife
:16:25. > :16:29.might have made things worse. Tonight, the instrument of so many
:16:30. > :16:33.people's death and injury has been towed away,
:16:34. > :16:37.but the unanswered questions remain. Why did this man commit mass murder
:16:38. > :16:54.and was he driven by mental Around the world leaders have
:16:55. > :16:58.condemned last night's attack. Theresa May said Britain must
:16:59. > :17:01.redouble its efforts to defeat terrorism, while Barack Obama
:17:02. > :17:05.speaking tonight said the attacks were a threat to the whole world.
:17:06. > :17:07.Our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins has this report now on the
:17:08. > :17:13.international reaction. La Marseillaise, the French national
:17:14. > :17:16.anthem, at tonight's A packed Royal Albert Hall stood
:17:17. > :17:27.to mourn the victims of Nice. If, as we fear, this
:17:28. > :17:33.was a terrorist attack, then we must redouble our efforts
:17:34. > :17:36.to defeat these brutal murderers We must work with France
:17:37. > :17:45.and our partners around the world to stand up for our values
:17:46. > :17:49.and for our freedom. I now invite council members to rise
:17:50. > :17:53.to observe a minute of silence in tribute to the memory
:17:54. > :17:57.of the victims. In New York, at the United Nations,
:17:58. > :18:00.the Security Council chose silence to speak for the world,
:18:01. > :18:03.remembering victims not only in France but also of recent
:18:04. > :18:05.attacks in Bangladesh, And tonight, the most powerful
:18:06. > :18:13.leader of all was not holding back, blaming IS or Isil for direct
:18:14. > :18:16.or indirect responsibility. We are going to keep working
:18:17. > :18:22.together to defend our homeland We are going to keep taking out Isil
:18:23. > :18:27.leaders and pushing them We are going to keep standing
:18:28. > :18:32.with our partners from Africa to Afghanistan,
:18:33. > :18:35.and we are going to destroy this His Secretary of State, John Kerry,
:18:36. > :18:40.and Russia's Foreign Minister, joined in honouring
:18:41. > :18:42.the dead of Nice. They disagree on many issues,
:18:43. > :18:45.but not the threat confronting Some leading Muslim scholars
:18:46. > :19:02.expressed outrage at the attack. People who commit such ugly crimes
:19:03. > :19:03.are corrupt and following the footsteps of Satan, cursed in this
:19:04. > :19:06.life and the hereafter. While the Tunisian government
:19:07. > :19:12.described: An act of extreme cowardice, we
:19:13. > :19:17.express solidarity with France against the scourge of terrorism.
:19:18. > :19:19.And at the French Embassy in London, powerful expressions
:19:20. > :19:23.Over the past couple of years, the British have regularly been
:19:24. > :19:28.grieving with the French, after so many attacks there.
:19:29. > :19:32.And just a few hundred yards away, at the Albert Hall, France's anthem
:19:33. > :19:34.resounded once again tonight, in a great British arena.
:19:35. > :19:52.Well I'm joined live now by our Paris correspondent Lucy Williamson.
:19:53. > :20:01.It is quite strange, being here, 24-hour is on, with security and
:20:02. > :20:05.police everywhere, when last night the scene was so different,
:20:06. > :20:09.thousands enjoying a firework display. It is hard to believe,
:20:10. > :20:12.especially when you think of all the churches around here holding
:20:13. > :20:17.services tonight, a vigil just over the road. There are Tuohy different
:20:18. > :20:23.moods in Nice tonight. There is what you see here, forensics teams and
:20:24. > :20:27.police, but a few streets away, the bars are pretty packed and the
:20:28. > :20:33.streets are not empty. There is a feeling here of defiance, I think,
:20:34. > :20:36.as well as fear. We saw that after the Paris attacks in November.
:20:37. > :20:40.People came out quickly to the bars and showed they would not be afraid.
:20:41. > :20:45.But underneath that, I think there is a new fear, a wariness, and
:20:46. > :20:50.questions about how safe people feel, how far the government can
:20:51. > :20:55.keep them safe. The deputy mayor is saying he hopes to open this road to
:20:56. > :20:59.show defiance against terrorists. Having said that, we know the state
:21:00. > :21:04.of emergency was due to come to an end soon and has now been extended.
:21:05. > :21:08.Yes, the tragedy is that France was beginning to relax a little bit,
:21:09. > :21:10.beginning to feel that with the European Championships passing off
:21:11. > :21:16.peacefully, they could start to feel more confident about security. Just
:21:17. > :21:20.a few days later, this happens, and with the state of emergency still in
:21:21. > :21:24.place, with extra soldiers on the street, the government on high
:21:25. > :21:27.alert. So the pressure is growing on President Hollande's government.
:21:28. > :21:32.A quick reminder that you can catch up with all the latest
:21:33. > :21:35.on our website, including the live page where we have the very latest
:21:36. > :21:44.Now - for the moment - it's back to Reeta in the studio.
:21:45. > :21:49.In another major story tonight, the Prime Minister of Turkey has
:21:50. > :21:51.declared that an attempt at a military coup is
:21:52. > :21:55.Binali Yildirim has appeared on Turkish television to say that
:21:56. > :21:57.action was being taken by part of the military,
:21:58. > :22:03.But one news agency has reported the Turkish military as saying
:22:04. > :22:08.Earlier this evening there were reports of gunfire
:22:09. > :22:11.in the capital, Ankara, and military jets and helicopters
:22:12. > :22:16.There were also reports that in Istanbul, the entrances
:22:17. > :22:31.The details of what is happening tonight in Turkey are not clear, the
:22:32. > :22:35.pictures unverified, but there is little doubt there is a big military
:22:36. > :22:41.presence on the streets of the two main cities. In a statement, the
:22:42. > :22:44.Armed Forces said they had taken power to protect democratic order
:22:45. > :22:50.and maintain human rights. They said the rule of law would be protected.
:22:51. > :22:53.The media in Turkey is heavily controlled by the state, but
:22:54. > :22:57.pictures have emerged on social media of unusual military activity
:22:58. > :23:02.in Istanbul on bridges across the Bosporus. Roadblocks were set up,
:23:03. > :23:07.stopping some traffic moving from the Asia to the European side. In
:23:08. > :23:14.the night sky over Ankara, a low-flying military jet. Gunshots
:23:15. > :23:21.were also reported. The Turkish Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, who
:23:22. > :23:24.had earlier spoken of support for France, said this evening that some
:23:25. > :23:28.members of the military had been acting outside the chain of command.
:23:29. > :23:36.He said those taking a legal action would pay the highest price. Nothing
:23:37. > :23:40.has been heard so far from the Turkish President, seen here
:23:41. > :23:45.recently at a Nato summit in Warsaw. He is reported to be on holiday in
:23:46. > :23:48.the Turkish coastal resort of Bodrum. Turkey has been hit recently
:23:49. > :23:54.by a string of bomb attacks in Ankara and Istanbul. Islamic
:23:55. > :23:59.extremists were said to be to blame. The government responded by cracking
:24:00. > :24:05.down on any opposition. Turkey is in a state of crisis tonight. Flights
:24:06. > :24:08.from Istanbul's Ataturk airport have been cancelled, there are
:24:09. > :24:11.restrictions on the internet, with many types of social media shutdown.
:24:12. > :24:14.Our correspondent Katy Watson is in Istanbul.
:24:15. > :24:21.What can you tell us about events across the country tonight?
:24:22. > :24:29.It has all happened in the last hour and a half, and the events are no
:24:30. > :24:34.clearer. We do know that the Prime Minister has said this looks like
:24:35. > :24:38.some kind of an attempted takeover by part of the military. The
:24:39. > :24:43.military have put out a statement saying this is an entire takeover,
:24:44. > :24:45.and they have done it to restore democratic order and maintain human
:24:46. > :24:50.rights and they will continue with international agreements. At the
:24:51. > :24:53.moment, those are the two sides coming through. On the streets,
:24:54. > :24:58.there has been commotion and traffic jams. Both sides of the bridges have
:24:59. > :25:03.been closed. There have been aircraft here in Istanbul and in
:25:04. > :25:06.Ankara. It is a muddy picture and no clearer exactly what has happened,
:25:07. > :25:15.but certainly the military say they have taken over. Turkey is such a
:25:16. > :25:21.major power. This has huge implications globally. Absolutely.
:25:22. > :25:25.It is a member of Nato, a key ally in the Middle East. But Turkey has
:25:26. > :25:29.been going through a lot of political instability, with bombings
:25:30. > :25:33.recently at the airport in Istanbul, Ataturk airport. There was a feeling
:25:34. > :25:37.that the military and government were working together to beat that.
:25:38. > :25:42.Certainly people in Istanbul are shocked. People are glued to their
:25:43. > :25:46.telephones, TVs and radio to find out what is going on. Certain people
:25:47. > :25:49.here have no idea, and this really did come as a surprise. Many thanks.
:25:50. > :25:56.Let's talk again to our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins.
:25:57. > :26:03.Dramatic events. Why might this be happening now? I think it might be
:26:04. > :26:07.happening because President Erdogan has made so many enemies within
:26:08. > :26:11.Turkish society. He has made an enemy of many of the urban young. He
:26:12. > :26:16.unleashed the power of the state against them three years ago to put
:26:17. > :26:19.down popular protest. He has made enemies in the military, imprisoning
:26:20. > :26:24.senior military officers who campaigned against what they see as
:26:25. > :26:28.the undermining of democracy. The Army has regularly intervened in
:26:29. > :26:32.modern Turkish history, since the establishment of the modern republic
:26:33. > :26:38.almost a century ago by Ataturk, and it has done so to try to secure
:26:39. > :26:42.secular democracy in Turkey. Secular, and therefore non-Islamic,
:26:43. > :26:45.within the state, within the organs of the state. They think that
:26:46. > :26:50.President Erdogan is an Islamist who has tried to reverse, for instance,
:26:51. > :26:55.women's rights, tried to reintroduce Islamic law in Turkey to an
:26:56. > :26:59.unacceptable level. Also, because they think he has suppressed
:27:00. > :27:03.journalistic freedom, imprisoning journalists and closing newspapers.
:27:04. > :27:05.There are many reasons why people in the military, who regard themselves
:27:06. > :27:10.as the guarantors of liberty, feel they have been let down. That is not
:27:11. > :27:14.to say that this coup will succeed, but I have been hearing in the last
:27:15. > :27:17.few minutes that European Union sources are suggesting they think
:27:18. > :27:22.this is a substantial coup which they believe probably will prevail.
:27:23. > :27:27.Clearly, turmoil in Turkey but this will be of concern in capitals
:27:28. > :27:32.around the world. It will be. Turkey is a Nato member with a huge
:27:33. > :27:40.standing army, some 500,000 men and women under arms. It is regarded as
:27:41. > :27:44.a crucial bull war on the edge of Europe and Asia, on the frontier of
:27:45. > :27:48.those continents. It will be an immense concern because the ideal of
:27:49. > :27:51.an unstable Turkey when so much of the Middle East is in turmoil will
:27:52. > :27:54.terrify many leaders around the world. Thank you.
:27:55. > :27:57.Theresa May has used her second full day as Prime Minister to visit
:27:58. > :27:59.Scotland, for a meeting with the First Minister,
:28:00. > :28:03.They discussed the future of the union as well as the fallout
:28:04. > :28:06.Mrs May said she was willing to "listen to options"
:28:07. > :28:08.on Scotland's future relationship with the European Union.
:28:09. > :28:13.Our Scotland Editor, Sarah Smith, reports now.
:28:14. > :28:15.Theresa May's first mission as the new Prime Minister
:28:16. > :28:17.of the United Kingdom is to try to keep
:28:18. > :28:23.And that means coming to visit a First Minister who would
:28:24. > :28:27.dearly love to take Scotland out of the union.
:28:28. > :28:29.The symbolism of this meeting is important,
:28:30. > :28:31.Theresa May demonstrating how much she cares about Scotland
:28:32. > :28:38.Talk about Brexit negotiations and Scotland's
:28:39. > :28:48.Now, Mrs May has to take the UK out while Ms Sturgeon tries to keep
:28:49. > :28:55.They did agree the Scottish can explore different options
:28:56. > :28:57.and Nicola Sturgeon did bring up the prospect
:28:58. > :29:03.It may be that if we want to protect our relationship
:29:04. > :29:05.with the European Union then Scotland will have to consider
:29:06. > :29:07.becoming an independent member of the European Union.
:29:08. > :29:10.But I've also said I want to consider all options along the way.
:29:11. > :29:13.The Prime Minister has said this process will be open
:29:14. > :29:19.to considering options that we bring forward.
:29:20. > :29:21.Nicola Sturgeon says she has a lot in common
:29:22. > :29:23.with Theresa May, apart from their politics, of course.
:29:24. > :29:25.And their views on whether Scotland should vote again
:29:26. > :29:30.If the Scottish parliament were to vote for another
:29:31. > :29:33.independence referendum, would you allow them to hold it?
:29:34. > :29:38.Well, I think the question is, should there be another referendum?
:29:39. > :29:41.As far as I am concerned, the Scottish people had their vote.
:29:42. > :29:43.They voted in 2014 and a very clear message came through,
:29:44. > :29:46.both the United Kingdom and Scottish Government said
:29:47. > :29:54.Some people hope Brexit makes independence more likely.
:29:55. > :29:57.Others want to see if this new Prime Minister can
:29:58. > :30:00.try to satisfy the 62% of Scots who voted to stay in the EU.
:30:01. > :30:08.It is good she came up to see us first instead of going abroad.
:30:09. > :30:12.I am not even a fan but it is good that she came to see us.
:30:13. > :30:14.It could be a show of solidarity with Scotland.
:30:15. > :30:17.Or it could be a kind of power game to make her presence felt
:30:18. > :30:24.I think she's just trying to sweeten us, trying to keep us all together,
:30:25. > :30:28.Theresa May says Scotland can explore different options
:30:29. > :30:36.But the idea of Scotland trying to stay in both the UK and the EU?
:30:37. > :30:39.One of her ministers today said that is just fanciful.
:30:40. > :30:46.Sarah Smith, BBC News, Edinburgh.
:30:47. > :30:49.Let's return to our main story, the events of last night in Nice.
:30:50. > :30:58.Today, the French government declared three days of national
:30:59. > :31:02.mourning, starting tomorrow, in light of the Nice attack.
:31:03. > :31:06.This is the third major terror attack on French soil,
:31:07. > :31:09.after that on the Charlie Hebdo offices in January last
:31:10. > :31:15.year, and the Bataclan attacks of November.
:31:16. > :31:18.So why is France in particular being targeted, and can it ever do
:31:19. > :31:25.John Simpson examines the unique security
:31:26. > :31:36.In Nice Cathedral, the nation which now feels more threatened
:31:37. > :31:40.than any other in the West commemorated its dead today.
:31:41. > :31:43.In the last 18 months, more than 330 people have died
:31:44. > :31:50.A state of emergency which was imposed in November
:31:51. > :31:55.President Hollande wanted to lift it, and then last
:31:56. > :32:04.The Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, insisted tonight there had been no
:32:05. > :32:08.Already, though, the opposition senses real weakness
:32:09. > :32:21.A series of hammer blows have shaken this country to the core.
:32:22. > :32:24.In January last year, the assault on the offices in Paris
:32:25. > :32:32.of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, 17 killed.
:32:33. > :32:34.Then, last November, also in Paris, the concentrated attacks
:32:35. > :32:37.at the Bataclan concert hall and several other places nearby.
:32:38. > :32:49.The Bataclan remains closed down, silent.
:32:50. > :32:51.If you peer through the hoardings, you can still see some
:32:52. > :32:57.This is a real moment of crisis for France,
:32:58. > :33:00.a moment when it is being brought face-to-face with a new
:33:01. > :33:04.reality, and with the way it is being governed.
:33:05. > :33:07.In other words, its identity and its core values, liberty,
:33:08. > :33:13.They are all being, in one way or another,
:33:14. > :33:19.The street around the Bataclan is pretty empty.
:33:20. > :33:24.On a summer's day like this, they would usually be jam-packed.
:33:25. > :33:27.People I spoke to were shocked by the new disaster in Nice
:33:28. > :33:35.These kind of attacks are just becoming completely normal.
:33:36. > :33:47.Every six months we have something happen.
:33:48. > :33:49.It looks as though President Hollande will pay a heavy political
:33:50. > :33:57.When he arrived in Nice, people booed his motorcade.
:33:58. > :34:00.A leading centre-right opposition figure claimed the Nice atrocity had
:34:01. > :34:07.Just last week, a security commission made several proposals
:34:08. > :34:13.which President Hollande decided not to take up.
:34:14. > :34:15.France is reacting with defiance to the latest atrocity.
:34:16. > :34:23.But even before the Nice attack, President Hollande's popularity
:34:24. > :34:41.And it is only human nature to want a scapegoat.
:34:42. > :34:47.This is a major tourist destination, at the height of summer. There were
:34:48. > :34:53.many tourists here, people enjoying the fireworks last night. Among
:34:54. > :34:59.those were Simon and his wife Amanda. Thank you for being with us.
:35:00. > :35:04.Take us through what you saw. We had just been to the firework display
:35:05. > :35:07.along the promenade. It ended and we decided to cycle home. We got
:35:08. > :35:13.separated in the crowds and I went on ahead. I thought I was ahead. I
:35:14. > :35:20.decided to press on and meet up with Amanda along the way. And I saw a
:35:21. > :35:25.large white van man, a lorry, careering down the pedestrian side
:35:26. > :35:28.of the promenade. At first, I thought the driver was out of
:35:29. > :35:34.control because it was veering from side to side. Then I heard some
:35:35. > :35:38.screams, even at a distance of about 200 yards. Gradually, it closed and
:35:39. > :35:41.I realised the driver was deliberately hitting people and I
:35:42. > :35:47.could hear the sound of him hitting people with his ban, with his lorry.
:35:48. > :35:54.As it approached, I realised it was coming straight for us. I was with a
:35:55. > :36:00.couple, an older man and a young boy of about ten. They separated and the
:36:01. > :36:04.driver named for the young boy. He managed to jump clear and came
:36:05. > :36:12.towards me. I think it passed me by six feet away. Him, a matter of an
:36:13. > :36:16.inch. He was ever so lucky not to be killed. I realised the lorry was
:36:17. > :36:21.heading straight for where my wife was coming, so I turned around and
:36:22. > :36:26.followed. It was just a Trail of devastation. I was checking the
:36:27. > :36:37.injured to see if it was my wife, Amanda. And I must have seen four or
:36:38. > :36:47.5000 dead people in various, who died in various ways. -- four or
:36:48. > :36:52.five dead people. Most of them had been dragged under the lorry. I was
:36:53. > :36:58.looking for her bike, or her shoes, or something I could recognise.
:36:59. > :37:03.Eventually, I followed the lorry to where it had stopped. A shoot out
:37:04. > :37:08.had obviously taken place. There was a French police man with his gun
:37:09. > :37:15.aimed at the passenger door. Your thoughts now? It is unbelievable.
:37:16. > :37:20.What took place here last night was wickedness, absolute wickedness.
:37:21. > :37:24.That is why we have come forward to speak about it, because people need
:37:25. > :37:27.to know what we are dealing with. Somebody used families as skittles,
:37:28. > :37:32.deliberately drove into them, crushed them. People need to
:37:33. > :37:37.understand that what motivates people to do that is unacceptable.
:37:38. > :37:40.Simon and Amanda, thank you very much for joining us.
:37:41. > :37:43.Well, that's it from Nice, 24 hours on from the terrible events
:37:44. > :37:50.which took place on what should have been a day of celebration.
:37:51. > :37:58.We have pictures of a vigil here in Nice, in memory of those who died.
:37:59. > :38:02.We know that the President will be holding a meeting of his security
:38:03. > :38:10.cabinet in the morning, as he comes under increasing pressure to try and
:38:11. > :38:13.bring the bloodshed to an end. There is plenty more on this story and the
:38:14. > :38:14.events unfolding