:00:07. > :00:09.Tonight, the latest on the terror attack at London Bridge,
:00:10. > :00:21.where seven people were killed last night and dozens injured.
:00:22. > :00:24.It happened in an area packed with thousands of people at bars
:00:25. > :00:26.and restaurants in nearby Borough Market.
:00:27. > :00:29.A white van had been driven into pedestrians before three men
:00:30. > :00:36.jumped out armed with knives stabbing people in their path.
:00:37. > :00:38.When they first see him they said, "This is for Allah",
:00:39. > :00:42.and they ran up and stabbed this girl, I don't know how many times,
:00:43. > :00:44.10 times, maybe 15 times, and she was going, "Help me,
:00:45. > :00:46.help me!", and I could not do nothing.
:00:47. > :00:49.There was widespread panic as police ordered people to take
:00:50. > :00:53.cover as the attackers were still at large.
:00:54. > :00:56.Others fled the area as the sound of loud gunfire filled the air
:00:57. > :01:04.Within eight minutes of the initial alert the three attackers,
:01:05. > :01:16.all wearing fake suicide vests, had been shot dead by armed police.
:01:17. > :01:17.Emergency services say that 48 were injured
:01:18. > :01:20.as friends and families have spoken of those affected.
:01:21. > :01:23.He just stepped outside the bar for a second and a man
:01:24. > :01:26.ran up to him and said, this is for my family,
:01:27. > :01:30.this is for Islam and stuck a knife straight in him.
:01:31. > :01:33.In Downing Street, the Prime Minister condemned
:01:34. > :01:35.'the evil ideology of Islamist extremism' and called
:01:36. > :01:45.far too much tolerance of extremism in our country.
:01:46. > :01:49.So we need to become far more robust in identifying it and stamping it
:01:50. > :01:58.out across the public sector and across society.
:01:59. > :02:04.Our priority must be public safety, and I will take whatever action
:02:05. > :02:07.necessary to protect the security of our people and our country.
:02:08. > :02:10.During the day in Barking in East London, several homes
:02:11. > :02:16.were raided and 12 arrests were made.
:02:17. > :02:18.And this is the scene tonight close to London Bridge.
:02:19. > :02:21.We'll have the latest details, analysis and reaction in Britain
:02:22. > :02:47.We're in the area just south of London Bridge
:02:48. > :02:49.where, this time last night, seven people were killed
:02:50. > :02:54.and dozens injured in a terrorist attack
:02:55. > :02:56.carried out by three men, who were shot dead by police
:02:57. > :02:58.within minutes of the attack taking place.
:02:59. > :03:00.It was Britain's second major terrorist incident
:03:01. > :03:07.It began just after 10 o'clock last night,
:03:08. > :03:11.when a hired van was used to knock down pedestrians on London Bridge.
:03:12. > :03:17.then left the vehicle and began stabbing people in pubs
:03:18. > :03:22.Within eight minutes, the three men had been confronted
:03:23. > :03:28.A member of the public was also injured in the exchanges.
:03:29. > :03:30.During the day, 12 people were arrested
:03:31. > :03:35.in Barking in East London following a series of raids.
:03:36. > :03:37.And the Prime Minister, speaking in Downing Street,
:03:38. > :03:40.called for a new approach to combat the 'single evil ideology
:03:41. > :03:46.In this extended programme we'll have full details,
:03:47. > :03:51.And we start with our home editor Mark Easton,
:03:52. > :03:56.whose report does include some distressing images.
:03:57. > :04:06.And a country cried - please not again.
:04:07. > :04:09.As the first news reports began to break.
:04:10. > :04:11.We are hearing tonight that British armed police have attended
:04:12. > :04:13.an incident at London Bridge, we don't know anything
:04:14. > :04:17.At just after ten last night, three men in a white van drove
:04:18. > :04:19.at speed across London Bridge, determined to kill
:04:20. > :04:33.A white van came speeding, 50 mph, it turned into the pavement,
:04:34. > :04:35.hit about three people in front of me.
:04:36. > :04:45.There was people just lying everywhere on the bridge,
:04:46. > :04:48.just people trying to help each other out, people bleeding,
:04:49. > :04:56.Having deliberately mown down pedestrians, the three
:04:57. > :04:59.men got out of the van, knives in their hands,
:05:00. > :05:08.He went and up and started stabbing this girl,
:05:09. > :05:16.They attacked her, and they stabbed another guy,
:05:17. > :05:23.they went up the road, I started going, "Everybody
:05:24. > :05:26.go, terrorists", they were stabbing everyone.
:05:27. > :05:29.He just stabbed this person - if they got up, stabbed them again,
:05:30. > :05:37.I was staring at them from the balcony, just thinking,
:05:38. > :05:49.Armed police were on the scene within minutes, as the three men
:05:50. > :05:54.moved towards the bars and restaurants of Borough Market,
:05:55. > :05:56.They were running in all the pubs and bars,
:05:57. > :05:58.stabbing people, I was going, "Run, run!"
:05:59. > :06:00.I was throwing things at them, pint glasses...
:06:01. > :06:03.People were throwing chairs, it seemed like chairs and glasses
:06:04. > :06:08.These four friends were settling down for a meal
:06:09. > :06:14.in a Mexican restaurant when the three knifemen arrived.
:06:15. > :06:17.Three men came in, one pulled out a knife and stabbed one of the girls
:06:18. > :06:21.sitting closest to the door, I think she was only 17.
:06:22. > :06:25.I got a glimpse of a guy with a knife, and before I knew it
:06:26. > :06:27.the doors were shut, we were at the back
:06:28. > :06:37.People were very scared, they began to run, knocking tables
:06:38. > :06:40.over to try to get out the way, and then very quickly, as we said,
:06:41. > :06:45.the men in the restaurant put the shutters down.
:06:46. > :06:48.In the early hours of this morning, Claudia and Liam, given refuge
:06:49. > :06:50.in a stranger's flat, told me what they saw
:06:51. > :06:55.from their apartment just above a pub the attackers
:06:56. > :07:00.We looked out the window, people were running everywhere,
:07:01. > :07:04.we heard that there had been a stabbing...
:07:05. > :07:07.It was when I saw lots of people running down into the Underground
:07:08. > :07:10.that I thought it was more serious, because it was mass panic, not just
:07:11. > :07:15.One young guy seemed to come out of the pub,
:07:16. > :07:22.and he was knocking on the window of the ambulance, saying,
:07:23. > :07:25."You have to help my friend, he's been stabbed, he is in the pub..."
:07:26. > :07:28.Whether that was inside or outside, I don't know, but he said "My
:07:29. > :07:31.There was another guy, probably in his 40s,
:07:32. > :07:34.on the other side of the ambulance, knocking on the other window,
:07:35. > :07:37.saying "I've been stabbed", and he was covered in blood,
:07:38. > :07:39.he said, "I've been stabbed five times, help me."
:07:40. > :07:44.He must have been in shock, because he seemed very calm.
:07:45. > :07:47.He had his shirt open, all this side was pure blood,
:07:48. > :07:53.He was knocking on the window saying, "You have to help me."
:07:54. > :07:56.At this time, police cars were still heading to London Bridge,
:07:57. > :07:59.apparently unaware of where the attackers were.
:08:00. > :08:06.This one guy walked out in the road, managed to grab the attention of one
:08:07. > :08:10.of the police cars and basically forced them down that road, saying,
:08:11. > :08:14."You have to go down there, he's down there," and so this one
:08:15. > :08:17.police 4x4 screeched down Stoney Street, and then easily
:08:18. > :08:20.within five seconds there were six gunshots, or what sounded
:08:21. > :08:35.The fake suicide belts were still around their waist.
:08:36. > :08:37.Then, witnesses suggest, another volley of bullets
:08:38. > :08:40.as the third attacker was shot and killed, all within eight minutes
:08:41. > :08:46.50 rounds fired altogether and one member of the public suffering a
:08:47. > :08:48.gunshot wound. It seemed like a big
:08:49. > :08:50.attack was happening, so we wanted to keep
:08:51. > :08:52.the door locked. It was terrifying -
:08:53. > :08:56.I was having a mental battle between either the idea
:08:57. > :08:58.of an explosion coming through the floor or us
:08:59. > :09:01.being on the street, So I shouted down and said,
:09:02. > :09:04."What should we do?" One of the police officers said,
:09:05. > :09:07."You have to get out It was an attack not
:09:08. > :09:10.just on individuals but on our way of life -
:09:11. > :09:13.the killers targeted people having fun, enjoying the freedoms
:09:14. > :09:20.of a diverse and liberal city. With daybreak, tales of bravery
:09:21. > :09:23.and heroism emerged from the horrors I heard truly remarkable stories
:09:24. > :09:30.of extraordinarily brave actions by officers on and off duty,
:09:31. > :09:36.who were first on the scene. I also heard of colleagues
:09:37. > :09:39.from other emergency services, and members of the public who ran
:09:40. > :09:43.towards the danger as this Many, many people risked their own
:09:44. > :09:56.safety to help others, and to treat those seriously injured
:09:57. > :09:59.- and indeed to confront The Prime Minister addressed
:10:00. > :10:08.the nation from Downing Street, also paying tribute to the work
:10:09. > :10:11.of the emergency services. On behalf of the people of London
:10:12. > :10:16.and the whole country, I want to thank and pay tribute
:10:17. > :10:20.to the professionalism and bravery of the police
:10:21. > :10:24.and the emergency services, and to the courage of members
:10:25. > :10:26.of the public who defended themselves and others
:10:27. > :10:29.from the attackers. And our thoughts and prayers
:10:30. > :10:33.are with the victims, and with their friends,
:10:34. > :10:39.families and loved ones. But Mrs May was not just
:10:40. > :10:41.reflecting a nation's shock - she promised the outrage would be
:10:42. > :10:44.met by a response. Everybody needs to go about their
:10:45. > :10:52.lives as they normally would. Our society should
:10:53. > :10:53.continue to function But when it comes to taking
:10:54. > :11:00.on extremism and terrorism, London is still trying to come
:11:01. > :11:04.to terms with the awful events, This was an appalling act of terror,
:11:05. > :11:14.where innocent Londoners and visitors were enjoying a night
:11:15. > :11:18.out in London Bridge and Borough Market,
:11:19. > :11:20.and were deliberately targeted Barricaded in bars and restaurants
:11:21. > :11:28.for two hours or more, police finally let people leave
:11:29. > :11:33.for home in the early hours, hands on their heads just in case
:11:34. > :11:46.an attacker was still among them. The armed police came in. I don't
:11:47. > :11:51.know what I was expecting, but they told us to put our hands on how
:11:52. > :11:55.ahead and to get out, where they were visible -- on our head.
:11:56. > :11:58.I just want people to know this is not what London is like,
:11:59. > :12:00.we are a strong, welcome, caring city, and this
:12:01. > :12:03.is a terrible thing to happen, but it won't stop us
:12:04. > :12:08.London Bridge is falling down, the song goes.
:12:09. > :12:10.But London appears determined to stand up to those
:12:11. > :12:18.One of those who witnessed the violent and distressing scenes
:12:19. > :12:22.last night on London Bridge was Holly Jones, a BBC journalist.
:12:23. > :12:23.She's been describing how she narrowly missed
:12:24. > :12:26.being hit by the van as it struck other
:12:27. > :12:30.Holly has been giving her account to our special
:12:31. > :12:39.A walk across a bridge, but some didn't make
:12:40. > :12:49.There were tourists taking photos, couples holding hands,
:12:50. > :12:55.and Holly Jones crossing the bridge, late to meet friends for a drink.
:12:56. > :12:58.Today, the sun, the park - people smiling.
:12:59. > :13:02.Things she thought she would never see.
:13:03. > :13:07.The van was zigzagging along the pavement, and it
:13:08. > :13:09.looked like it was aiming, from my opinion,
:13:10. > :13:17.He hit two people in front of me that were about five metres
:13:18. > :13:24.I don't know how I did it or what I did, but I got out the way -
:13:25. > :13:28.I don't know if I jumped or if I ran - and I remember moving and watching
:13:29. > :13:30.the van drive into the couple that were behind me,
:13:31. > :13:37.You know, I just remember thinking that was so close,
:13:38. > :13:46.And the screams, it was like a shrill.
:13:47. > :13:50.I have never heard kind of like a fear like it, but even so,
:13:51. > :13:56.The lady who was behind me was the closest person,
:13:57. > :13:58.so naturally I just ran to her, told her I spoke French,
:13:59. > :14:01.asked her if she spoke English, she said she didn't,
:14:02. > :14:06.I just kept telling her everything was OK, I was holding her hand,
:14:07. > :14:09.and because I realised the person was not with her, she kept asking,
:14:10. > :14:17.I just shouted at the pedestrian next to me, who wasn't injured,
:14:18. > :14:20.I said, look over the river, can you see anyone in the water?
:14:21. > :14:22.And at that point, that's when she started shouting
:14:23. > :14:25.to alert the boats to say, there might be someone in there.
:14:26. > :14:28.Your first thought was to help, it wasn't to run away
:14:29. > :14:33.I did what anyone else would have done in my situation.
:14:34. > :14:36.I almost feel quite fortunate that I was with that lady,
:14:37. > :14:43.because there were several other casualties on the bridge who were...
:14:44. > :14:45.It's indescribable, the state they were in.
:14:46. > :14:49.You never think you're going to see something like that.
:14:50. > :14:56.Must have been really, really tough to see.
:14:57. > :14:59.It was, but as I say, I'm just so incredibly lucky.
:15:00. > :15:15.I am happy that I was there to help, and just try and stay as calm
:15:16. > :15:17.and professional and just get on with things.
:15:18. > :15:20.Holly was one of the first to call 999, and the police have interviewed
:15:21. > :15:26.When you saw the driver, you looked into the driver's eyes.
:15:27. > :15:30.I saw the driver of the vehicle, and definitely intentional,
:15:31. > :15:35.he didn't look scared, focused, and I'd almost like to say
:15:36. > :15:38.the word "demented", that's what he looked like,
:15:39. > :15:40.and at this point that was when he was heading
:15:41. > :15:48.And how do you feel, being in London now, given
:15:49. > :15:53.I plead with people not to be scared, not to be angry,
:15:54. > :15:55.because this is exactly what the people want us to feel.
:15:56. > :15:58.And we have to stand together - go home, tell your friends
:15:59. > :16:01.and family you love them, and carry on doing exactly
:16:02. > :16:05.You've obviously had just the luckiest escape.
:16:06. > :16:12.How do you feel, thinking back to those events last night?
:16:13. > :16:17.I am just so grateful and thankful for everything I have.
:16:18. > :16:27.And I'm just so grateful, so thankful.
:16:28. > :16:43.Holly Jones there talking to Lucy Manning.
:16:44. > :16:44.Four police officers were among those injured
:16:45. > :16:48.One was off duty, and was stabbed as he struggled with
:16:49. > :16:51.Another was a British Transport Police officer who,
:16:52. > :16:53.despite being unarmed, confronted one of the suspects.
:16:54. > :16:55.It's been confirmed that people from France, Spain,
:16:56. > :17:01.Australia and New Zealand are also among those injured.
:17:02. > :17:06.Tonight the first victim has been named as Christine Archibald from
:17:07. > :17:09.Canada. Our correspondent Sarah Campbell
:17:10. > :17:11.reports on the people caught up Daniel O'Neill, who's 23,
:17:12. > :17:14.is recovering in hospital, one of the many pub and restaurant-goers
:17:15. > :17:17.attacked at random. The shock and anger
:17:18. > :17:20.is palpable from his mother. He'd just stepped outside
:17:21. > :17:22.the bar for a second, and a man ran up to him and said,
:17:23. > :17:26."This is for my family, this is for Islam," and stuck
:17:27. > :17:31.a knife straight in him. He's got a seven-inch scar going
:17:32. > :17:36.from his belly round to his back. I'm still in shock, I still can't
:17:37. > :17:42.quite believe it's happened. And these people say they're doing
:17:43. > :17:50.it in the name of God, The first commandment
:17:51. > :17:54.is "Thou shalt not kill." If it wasn't religion,
:17:55. > :18:14.they'd find some other excuse. Brett Freeman, a father of three was
:18:15. > :18:20.stabbed three times and is in hospital. Geoff Ho was stabbed in
:18:21. > :18:26.the neck. He was filmed injured and being led away after having stepped
:18:27. > :18:31.in to help a wounded bouncer. He would not run away from anything. He
:18:32. > :18:35.would go into the situation. That is the frightening thing, he focuses on
:18:36. > :18:40.other people. He loves other people and they can help, he will help.
:18:41. > :18:43.Initially the injured were taken to five different hospitals across
:18:44. > :18:48.London including here at Saint Thomas is. This is a cosmopolitan
:18:49. > :18:52.city and this is reflected in the nationalities who found themselves
:18:53. > :18:57.caught up in the attack. It is now known that a French citizen was
:18:58. > :19:00.killed and a Canadian woman, named as Chrissie Archibald. Her family
:19:01. > :19:04.said she would have had no understanding of the callous cruelty
:19:05. > :19:08.that caused her death. New Zealander Oliver Dowling, according to a
:19:09. > :19:13.Facebook post by his sister has been operated on after having been
:19:14. > :19:15.stabbed multiple times. Candice Hedge from Australia who reportedly
:19:16. > :19:21.worked in a local restaurant was having a meal with her boyfriend
:19:22. > :19:23.when she was attacked. Also injured, none Humayan police officers, one
:19:24. > :19:26.from the British Transport Police and three from the Metropolitan
:19:27. > :19:30.Police force. One of The Met officers he was off duty at the time
:19:31. > :19:34.tackles one of the armed men and remains in serious condition. The
:19:35. > :19:37.emergency services have been praised for their quick response, both
:19:38. > :19:42.during the attack and in the aftermath when so many lay injured.
:19:43. > :19:46.I think people obviously felt tremendous empathy and sympathy with
:19:47. > :19:52.the victims which we always do. It was an incident that could have
:19:53. > :19:56.happened to anyone of us that not be foreseen. Clearly the patients were
:19:57. > :20:00.extremely shocked in the non-medical sense. This 19-year-old American
:20:01. > :20:03.student found himself desperately trying to help stem the flow of
:20:04. > :20:11.blood from a man who was hit in the head by a stray bullet. I knew that
:20:12. > :20:15.somehow we needed to stop this. At that point, we knew that we needed
:20:16. > :20:21.to somehow apply pressure onto it to stop it, at least a little bit and
:20:22. > :20:25.that is why we took off my belt and used it to stop the flow of blood.
:20:26. > :20:29.Or are you surprised to hear that he has survived? I was very surprised.
:20:30. > :20:34.I could not sleep last night or wondering about this guy and to find
:20:35. > :20:39.out that he made it is a huge relief. The list of the names and
:20:40. > :20:43.faces of those who were injured or killed in the attack will grow
:20:44. > :20:48.longer. Each one, and innocent victim. Sarah Campbell, BBC News.
:20:49. > :20:51.The latest information is that 48 people were injured in last night's
:20:52. > :20:52.attack on London Bridge and in Borough Market.
:20:53. > :20:56.21 of them sustained serious injuries.
:20:57. > :20:58.They're being treated at several hospitals in the London area.
:20:59. > :21:01.Our health editor Hugh Pym is at King's College
:21:02. > :21:17.Can you give us the latest on the figures for the injured that you
:21:18. > :21:21.have? Yes, of those 48 taken to hospitals last night, five hospitals
:21:22. > :21:26.in London, 36 are still there including some here at team's
:21:27. > :21:30.College Hospital. 21 of those are in critical care and some of those are
:21:31. > :21:35.very seriously ill and the hospital with the largest number of people in
:21:36. > :21:39.that situation is this one. In fact, the Prime Minister Theresa May paid
:21:40. > :21:42.a short visit earlier. This hospital along with others is part of the
:21:43. > :21:44.major trauma network across the capital. They know their precise
:21:45. > :21:59.roles in these situations and they have well
:22:00. > :22:01.rehearsed plans for just the sort of scenario that unfolded last night.
:22:02. > :22:03.The London Ambulance Service knows precisely which hospital but Michael
:22:04. > :22:05.hospitals to take casualties to including those with gunshot or
:22:06. > :22:07.knife wounds and that happened last night. The Ambulance Service was
:22:08. > :22:10.quickly on the scene, six minute the first paramedics took to actually
:22:11. > :22:13.get there. But all went entirely according to plan and at the
:22:14. > :22:17.hospitals they had major incident plans to bring in extra staff
:22:18. > :22:21.overnight, the did not know how many casualties they would have to deal
:22:22. > :22:25.with but they brought in extra doctors and nurses and that went
:22:26. > :22:30.according to plan as well. The head of NHS England said today that he
:22:31. > :22:34.paid tribute to the professionalism of staff and their bravery as they
:22:35. > :22:39.moved towards danger as they went about their business of tending to
:22:40. > :22:42.patients and saving lives. Thank you. Our health editor with the
:22:43. > :22:47.latest for us. As we mentioned earlier,
:22:48. > :22:49.police raided several properties in Barking in East London
:22:50. > :22:51.and arrested 12 people in connection One of the homes raided
:22:52. > :22:55.is believed to be where one Our special correspondent
:22:56. > :22:59.Ed Thomas has the latest on the extensive
:23:00. > :23:05.police investigation. Tonight, the focus of
:23:06. > :23:07.the police investigation - This video clip was taken by those
:23:08. > :23:24.living in. Armed police surround them,
:23:25. > :23:26.lying on the floor with their hands So far, 12 people have been
:23:27. > :23:32.arrested. The BBC also understands one
:23:33. > :23:35.of the London attackers We are not naming him at the request
:23:36. > :23:39.of the police, who say it could But we've spoken to this
:23:40. > :23:43.man, who knew him. He says over the past two
:23:44. > :23:45.years the attacker became We spoke about a particular
:23:46. > :23:48.attack that happened. Like most radicals, he had
:23:49. > :23:50.a justification for everything. And that day I realised that I need
:23:51. > :23:59.to contact the authorities. This man would only speak
:24:00. > :24:01.to the BBC's Asian Network if we protected his identity
:24:02. > :24:03.and changed his voice. He used to listen to
:24:04. > :24:06.a lot of Musa Jibril. I've heard this stuff,
:24:07. > :24:08.and it's very radical. I'm surprised some of this
:24:09. > :24:10.stuff is still on YouTube I spoke to the gentleman, I told him
:24:11. > :24:15.about our conversation and why We put these allocations to the
:24:16. > :24:23.police. The friend also claims the alleged
:24:24. > :24:26.attacker was not arrested after he was reported,
:24:27. > :24:27.and was allowed I know a lot of people did,
:24:28. > :24:40.but the authorities This couple say they also reported
:24:41. > :24:44.the same man to police almost two years ago after he tried to befriend
:24:45. > :24:52.their children. What did you think he was doing? The message was clear.
:24:53. > :25:00.He said you were basically going to hell. He said that the kids needed
:25:01. > :25:06.to be saved. Saved from what? From this world. We still do not know if
:25:07. > :25:11.any chances to save these -- to stop these men were missed. The focus on
:25:12. > :25:15.finding answers. This is now the heart of the investigation which
:25:16. > :25:18.start with anti-terrorist just hours after the attack and now forensic
:25:19. > :25:26.teams are focused on this ground floor flat at the side of block. And
:25:27. > :25:31.this was East Ham this evening. A man scrambles across a rooftop as
:25:32. > :25:39.armed officers train their guns at the windows. This investigation is
:25:40. > :25:43.still far from over. Ed Thomas, BBC News, Barking in London.
:25:44. > :25:45.Our home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford is at
:25:46. > :25:55.What has been established so far? I think police made good progress
:25:56. > :25:58.today. They quickly identified the three main suspects, the men they
:25:59. > :26:03.had already shot dead and that allowed them to quickly get to
:26:04. > :26:08.Barking to raid those addresses in north-east London and to arrest 12
:26:09. > :26:12.people. Seven women and five men although one of those men has since
:26:13. > :26:16.been released. Whether or not any of that group will end up being
:26:17. > :26:25.charged, I am not sure, because they were essentially known associates
:26:26. > :26:28.and family members that the police got to quickly and ever wanting to
:26:29. > :26:30.question them quickly. They may not ultimately lead to charges. We also
:26:31. > :26:34.learned a lot about the new reality of policing counter-terrorism last
:26:35. > :26:38.night. Eight armed officers firing 50 rounds to try and prevent any
:26:39. > :26:43.further loss of life. It was an unprecedented use of aggressive
:26:44. > :26:48.force by police in this country, but that use of aggressive force has its
:26:49. > :26:52.risks. A member of the public was shot and injured, although
:26:53. > :26:58.thankfully not seriously. Daniel, we mentioned the fact that it is at
:26:59. > :27:02.very extensive enquiry at this stage. Talk to us about the next few
:27:03. > :27:08.days and the kind of scope of the investigation as we look ahead. I
:27:09. > :27:12.think we can expect more raids and more arrests in the next few hours.
:27:13. > :27:15.I think that is inevitable as police learn more about these men and try
:27:16. > :27:21.and expand their knowledge about them. As we have discussed three
:27:22. > :27:26.times now this year, one of the key questions will be whether this was a
:27:27. > :27:29.group who plotted alone or whether they had a wider group of people
:27:30. > :27:33.assisting them in the UK or whether they were being guided from overseas
:27:34. > :27:39.and I think at this stage police are not sure about the answers to those
:27:40. > :27:42.questions and I think there is an important aspect to the policing in
:27:43. > :27:47.the days and weeks ahead and that will be reassurance because after
:27:48. > :27:50.three attacks in three months, there is a concern amongst police and
:27:51. > :27:53.security services and government that frankly members of the public
:27:54. > :27:57.will start to panic and worry whether or not the police and the
:27:58. > :28:00.security services are in control of this issue and they will be wanting
:28:01. > :28:06.to reassure the public that they are doing everything they can to prevent
:28:07. > :28:12.further loss of life and to reduce further loss of life. Daniel, thank
:28:13. > :28:15.you very much. Daniel Sanford at new Scotland yard.
:28:16. > :28:17.As we've heard, this is the second terrorist attack in Britain
:28:18. > :28:20.in under a fortnight and the third in the
:28:21. > :28:23.Earlier today, the Prime Minister spoke in Downing Street
:28:24. > :28:24.after the chairing the cabinet's emergency committee
:28:25. > :28:27.and called for a new approach to tackle what she called
:28:28. > :28:31.the 'single evil ideology of Islamist extremism'.
:28:32. > :28:32.Our security correspondent Frank Gardner
:28:33. > :28:34.looks at the options within the intelligence community
:28:35. > :28:47.A lone attacker uses a 4x4 and knives to
:28:48. > :28:57.A suicide bomber kills 22 people, including children.
:28:58. > :29:01.Terrorists killed seven and injured dozens using truck and
:29:02. > :29:08.Armed police have spent years training for exactly these
:29:09. > :29:13.They now have more powerful weapons, better
:29:14. > :29:17.intelligence and a faster reaction time than ever before.
:29:18. > :29:20.What they are up against is a growing problem.
:29:21. > :29:22.The country needs to wake up to the fact
:29:23. > :29:24.this is an increasing threat, both globally
:29:25. > :29:26.and within our midst, in
:29:27. > :29:32.This increasing threat needs to be confronted head-on.
:29:33. > :29:34.It is not just about resources for intelligence
:29:35. > :29:37.agencies and the police, we need to confront the ideology
:29:38. > :29:45.Also driving it is the imminent loss of the IS
:29:46. > :29:49.self-proclaimed caliphate in Syria and Iraq.
:29:50. > :29:52.After two years, jihadists looks to be driven out of Mosul and
:29:53. > :30:00.They are calling for revenge attacks in Europe.
:30:01. > :30:03.It says the West is condemned by jihadists what ever
:30:04. > :30:09.We are blamed by jihadists, like Iraq.
:30:10. > :30:12.We do not intervene, like in Syria, we are blamed by jihadists
:30:13. > :30:26.The only thing that is consistent is the identity crisis
:30:27. > :30:33.That is something we can do about it.
:30:34. > :30:36.We need to foster the kind of society in which people feel
:30:37. > :30:39.The advice given by the Metropolitan Police to the public is
:30:40. > :30:43.In the event of a terrorist attack, they are telling people to
:30:44. > :30:46.run, tell and hide, at least until the threat is dealt with.
:30:47. > :30:52.The scale of the terrorist threat is daunting.
:30:53. > :30:54.500 active plots under investigation and 3000
:30:55. > :30:55.subject of interests being
:30:56. > :31:05.Three terrorist attacks getting through in just three months
:31:06. > :31:11.throws an uncomfortable spotlight on MI5, the security service behind
:31:12. > :31:15.It is their job to try to provide the intelligence to stop
:31:16. > :31:18.They have helped to do that successfully 18
:31:19. > :31:21.Now the scale of the problem facing this
:31:22. > :31:24.country is causing some to question whether they can do with what they
:31:25. > :31:27.GCHQ is engaged in a constant battle to break into
:31:28. > :31:35.A former independent reviewer of terrorism
:31:36. > :31:37.legislation believes tech companies should do more.
:31:38. > :31:39.There is a need for change in approach.
:31:40. > :31:42.A few years ago one tech company said we are merely
:31:43. > :31:47.There needs to be a law saying they are
:31:48. > :31:58.They have economy is bigger than many nations. -- economy is bigger
:31:59. > :32:00.than many nations. Of They have a responsibility
:32:01. > :32:02.to all of us to ensure that unlawful, terrorist
:32:03. > :32:04.content does not appear on the Tonight, Britain remains
:32:05. > :32:07.at threat level severe, the second-highest below critical,
:32:08. > :32:10.meaning a further attack is thought That threat is unlikely
:32:11. > :32:19.to subside soon. their some new developments we can
:32:20. > :32:25.discuss tonight. -- there are some. With me now is our Security
:32:26. > :32:27.Correspondent, Gordon Corera. Gordon, what are the security
:32:28. > :32:32.services looking at tonight? There has been a statement from
:32:33. > :32:37.so-called Islamic state that the security unit of its fighters
:32:38. > :32:42.carried out the London attacks. The group frequently claims attacks for
:32:43. > :32:48.which they were in no way involved, so we shouldn't automatically take
:32:49. > :32:51.that as IS involvement, but in this case the security services will be
:32:52. > :32:56.investigating this seriously. They are looking at a number of elements
:32:57. > :33:02.in the attack. Three attacks in the last few months, Callard Massoud
:33:03. > :33:06.acted alone, Salman Abedi acted alone but maybe had support from
:33:07. > :33:08.Libya. This was a group of three people and the security services
:33:09. > :33:13.will want to know what connected them. Were they a group of friends,
:33:14. > :33:18.or some other group, where they know to the security services before,
:33:19. > :33:23.which is likely. But also what triggered the attack. Just yesterday
:33:24. > :33:27.there was a propaganda poster from so-called Islamic State which
:33:28. > :33:31.featured a picture of a white truck, a knife and a gun and it called on
:33:32. > :33:36.people to kill civilians using these. Was that the inspiration? The
:33:37. > :33:39.group might have been planning this for longer but it could have been
:33:40. > :33:44.seen by the group as an instruction to go ahead and carry out an attack.
:33:45. > :33:47.The security services will look back closely and try to understand if
:33:48. > :33:52.there was contact with IS abroad in any way. I think that Internet
:33:53. > :33:56.propaganda explains why you have such a tough line from the Prime
:33:57. > :34:00.Minister about the Internet today. Finally the threat level has not
:34:01. > :34:06.gone up to critical, where there were concerns in Manchester about
:34:07. > :34:10.materials to make bombs, and it's not gone up in this case. If it went
:34:11. > :34:14.up, that would be a worrying sign about people connected to the group
:34:15. > :34:17.that could be dangerous. It remains where it is, they will hope that the
:34:18. > :34:23.threat from this group has passed and stopped. But it still means that
:34:24. > :34:27.another terrorist attack by some other group is still highly likely.
:34:28. > :34:30.Gordon, thank you very much for the update.
:34:31. > :34:36.Last night's attack happened just four days before
:34:37. > :34:38.the General Election, which will go ahead
:34:39. > :34:41.National campaigning was suspended for the day
:34:42. > :34:44.The Prime Minister insisted that established methods of tackling
:34:45. > :34:47.extremism had to change and that there'd been
:34:48. > :34:52.'far too much tolerance of extremism in our country'.
:34:53. > :34:55.Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports
:34:56. > :35:02.on the political reaction to last night's attacks.
:35:03. > :35:05.For the second time in two weeks, the flag's at half mast -
:35:06. > :35:10.For the same reason, another pause from most parties
:35:11. > :35:15.The politicians did come out to universally condemn this attack
:35:16. > :35:20.and praise the emergency services, and from the Prime Minister,
:35:21. > :35:24.this time, there was much tougher talk on tackling terrorism, too.
:35:25. > :35:30.We cannot and must not pretend that things can continue as they are.
:35:31. > :35:32.Theresa May called for countries around the world to act
:35:33. > :35:39.to stop internet firms allowing extremism online.
:35:40. > :35:41.There'll be a review of the UK's counterterrorism strategy and,
:35:42. > :35:43.she warned, across society, there was too much
:35:44. > :35:47.While the recent attacks are not connected by common networks,
:35:48. > :35:51.they are connected in one important sense - they are bound
:35:52. > :35:58.together by the single, evil ideology of Islamist extremism
:35:59. > :36:05.that preaches hatred, sows division and promotes sectarianism.
:36:06. > :36:11.From here, it seems, an attempt to offer more
:36:12. > :36:18.than platitudes about the country's protection but, at this stage,
:36:19. > :36:19.still little detail about what that means,
:36:20. > :36:21.not least for some Muslim communities, who too
:36:22. > :36:25.Muslim communities across the UK are outraged at what's happened.
:36:26. > :36:28.We've had three terror attacks in the last three months,
:36:29. > :36:29.and that's something that's intolerable for anyone
:36:30. > :36:32.We want to work together with our government,
:36:33. > :36:34.with our civil society, to tackle terrorism
:36:35. > :36:49.Labour criticised police funding, and the party leader was keen to
:36:50. > :37:03.quash perception that he would be soft on terror.
:37:04. > :37:08.I will take whatever action necessary, to protect the police and
:37:09. > :37:10.support them to take whatever action they needed to take.
:37:11. > :37:12.All parties are determined democracy won't be derailed.
:37:13. > :37:14.The election will take place on Thursday, the preparations
:37:15. > :37:16.continue, the campaigns will resume in full tomorrow, and now,
:37:17. > :37:21.again, the nation's safety at the heart of the debate.
:37:22. > :37:23.Ukip says there's been an unwillingness to confront
:37:24. > :37:30.I wouldn't take anything off the table in dealing
:37:31. > :37:36.There's a small number of people in this country who quite
:37:37. > :37:38.clearly hate who we are, hate the way we live
:37:39. > :37:42.They are a cancer and they need to be cut out.
:37:43. > :37:45.In Scotland, a warning - robust action must not lead
:37:46. > :37:52.The terrorists win if we allow ourselves to become divided
:37:53. > :37:55.and they do so if we allow our freedoms and our civil
:37:56. > :38:00.That is what acts of terrorism are designed to do -
:38:01. > :38:10.to divide and to undermine the values that define who we are.
:38:11. > :38:13.This, once again, has become a balancing act between the need
:38:14. > :38:15.for security and action and the protection
:38:16. > :38:19.What we must do is work together to make sure that we tackle
:38:20. > :38:21.terrorism in a very practical and effective way,
:38:22. > :38:26.What we must not do is to trade away our freedoms,
:38:27. > :38:28.our great British freedoms, in response to the cowardly acts
:38:29. > :38:37.But today, in the fight against terrorism, any sense
:38:38. > :38:41.of victory feels far away, any answers hard to come by.
:38:42. > :38:44.One thing many here are holding onto - an attack designed
:38:45. > :38:47.to undermine democracy has only strengthened the will of those
:38:48. > :39:01.Live to Downing Street and our political editor
:39:02. > :39:12.Tell us a little more about how you read the political response today.
:39:13. > :39:18.Certainly Theresa May's message was a very blunt and uncompromising one,
:39:19. > :39:22.but at an extremely politically sensitive time. When she said enough
:39:23. > :39:28.is enough, what did she actually mean? I understand they are
:39:29. > :39:32.considering lengthening prison sentences for people convicted of
:39:33. > :39:35.more minor charges connected with extremism, and potentially looking
:39:36. > :39:40.at creating new criminal offences. As we've heard many times before,
:39:41. > :39:44.Theresa May also very much wants to crack down on the approach taken by
:39:45. > :39:50.some technology companies. Are they doing enough to identify the kind of
:39:51. > :39:52.messages of hate being spread across their platforms? She has suggested
:39:53. > :39:58.that some of these things before. The difference now is a message from
:39:59. > :40:04.number ten about the frequency of the threat. When one Whitehall
:40:05. > :40:07.person said to me that this was an unprecedented scale. Since March we
:40:08. > :40:12.have seen three attacks get through and another five foiled. If you go
:40:13. > :40:17.back in the preceding four years, the equivalent number is only around
:40:18. > :40:21.a dozen. Of course, one of the political problems for Theresa May
:40:22. > :40:26.is that she was Home Secretary for six years before moving here and we
:40:27. > :40:30.have seen tonight at Jeremy Corbyn, he is on the political attack,
:40:31. > :40:32.criticising her for cutting police numbers and saying you cannot
:40:33. > :40:40.protect the public by doing it on the cheap. As I said, four days
:40:41. > :40:46.until polling day this Thursday, so while we in a position to night to
:40:47. > :40:51.say anything about the possible impact of this terrorist impact on
:40:52. > :40:54.the remaining campaign -- so are we? Logistically it has slammed the
:40:55. > :40:59.brakes on what should have been a frantic day of campaigning, the last
:41:00. > :41:03.Sunday before any general election. It created a brief window, but by
:41:04. > :41:07.this evening Jeremy Corbyn was back on the stump and tomorrow morning
:41:08. > :41:12.Theresa May will make a big speech touching on this issue. It's
:41:13. > :41:16.important to remember that voters around the country, the viewers make
:41:17. > :41:19.up their minds on all sorts of issues, but clearly what has
:41:20. > :41:23.happened in the last fortnight has put security on the agenda in this
:41:24. > :41:28.election in a way that nobody could have expected it to be at this time
:41:29. > :41:37.at the start. For some people, that could be a defining factor. Laura,
:41:38. > :41:39.thank you very much. She had the latest on the political response
:41:40. > :41:40.from Downing Street. The response of Londoners caught
:41:41. > :41:44.in last night's attack as well as the emergency services,
:41:45. > :41:47.has been praised as 'extraordinary' The commissioner said those who ran
:41:48. > :41:51.towards to the danger as events unfolded to help those in need had
:41:52. > :41:56.showed notable courage. But has facing the threat
:41:57. > :41:58.of attacks made people Our special correspondent
:41:59. > :42:18.Fergal Keane has been asking It is not in the nature of London to
:42:19. > :42:27.succumb to cowed silence in the face of violence. There is the energy of
:42:28. > :42:36.the present, and too much history. Too much stored in the city's long
:42:37. > :42:39.memory for panic. Defiant. I'm going to work today, carrying on as
:42:40. > :42:42.normal, and I think that is what London should do, carry on as
:42:43. > :42:52.normal. I think people are very resilient. Everybody showed today --
:42:53. > :42:55.he shocks today, but we knew it was a possibility, because we don't live
:42:56. > :43:02.behind two fences. We know it could happen at any time. The mantra of
:43:03. > :43:05.defiance is everywhere in the wake of terror attacks. And it is
:43:06. > :43:11.genuine. But there are other narratives. In this part of the
:43:12. > :43:16.London East End, more than 40% of the population is Muslim. And in
:43:17. > :43:21.this barber shop there was condemnation of the violence, but
:43:22. > :43:26.also fear. It's very bad. It should not be happening. The majority of us
:43:27. > :43:33.want to live together and we are going to stand up together against
:43:34. > :43:37.terrorists. Anything that happens, the first people to be called out is
:43:38. > :43:42.Muslims, or a Muslim person, and it's really sad because we are not
:43:43. > :43:48.terrorists. Muslims are not terrorists. As Muslims, we don't
:43:49. > :43:51.feel safe any more. Across Britain, Muslim communities are debating
:43:52. > :43:57.their responses to the terror of the men claiming to act in their name.
:43:58. > :44:02.This man recently graduated with a first in law and he hopes to work in
:44:03. > :44:07.the city. She believes the attacks must lead to greater integration. In
:44:08. > :44:10.times like this we need to make more of an effort to integrate, and we
:44:11. > :44:14.need to come together because the point of attacks like this is that
:44:15. > :44:19.they want to divide everyone. They wanted to be a separate community.
:44:20. > :44:25.The very same questions were posed in the wake of the July seven
:44:26. > :44:29.bombings, but the dissemination of extreme Islamist ideology continued,
:44:30. > :44:33.fuelled by the Internet and radical preachers, declaring a ritual it --
:44:34. > :44:36.religious obligation to slaughter as revenge for action in the middle
:44:37. > :44:43.east. And because the lives of unbelievers were considered
:44:44. > :44:49.worthless. This is a Muslim survivor of the 7/7 bombings that has been
:44:50. > :44:52.honoured for her work in response. It has been brushed under the
:44:53. > :44:57.carpet, but we have to move on more and now we need a whole community
:44:58. > :45:00.approach, and I have to say, in some mosques, they need to be talking
:45:01. > :45:05.about this issue more. They need to protect young people and deterred
:45:06. > :45:10.them from radicalisation. In this same area, the extremism of British
:45:11. > :45:14.fascism was its -- defeated in the 1930s. An ideology of hate and
:45:15. > :45:26.supremacy defeated by a community acting together. This man is a --
:45:27. > :45:29.this woman is a survivor of the Blitz. From your experience of
:45:30. > :45:35.fighting fascism, what is the most important thing to defeat extremism?
:45:36. > :45:40.You have to fight them back, try and shot them out. Do you think it is a
:45:41. > :45:45.battle that can be won? I think so. We are strong enough here. We have
:45:46. > :45:53.another police. And we have clever people, we are no falls. After 7/7,
:45:54. > :45:57.after Manchester, the mood is one of defiance and resilience, but each
:45:58. > :46:00.attack tests that further and a great deal depends on the ability of
:46:01. > :46:05.the security forces to contain the violence. And on the capacity of
:46:06. > :46:11.political and community leaders to tackle the roots of extremism. And
:46:12. > :46:13.so, vigilance and the certain knowledge that the struggle ahead
:46:14. > :46:17.will be long and fought on many fronts.
:46:18. > :46:18.World leaders have expressed their support and sympathy
:46:19. > :46:21.for the people of the UK and their outrage
:46:22. > :46:24.Germany, France and Russia sent messages of condolence
:46:25. > :46:26.so too did President Trump but he combined his with criticism
:46:27. > :46:34.Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale reports now
:46:35. > :46:51.This evening in Berlin, a demonstration of solidarity with
:46:52. > :46:56.London. On a gate that these days at least is a symbol of European unity
:46:57. > :47:00.and peace. Over in Brussels, the flag stood once again at half-mast
:47:01. > :47:05.as leaders around the world expressed there are now familiar
:47:06. > :47:10.litany of shock and sympathy. We send our heartfelt sympathy and love
:47:11. > :47:17.to the victims and their families. This attack is yet another cruel
:47:18. > :47:21.example of the new reality. Other leaders use social media to express
:47:22. > :47:25.their horror and solidarity. Vladimir Putin spoke of the cruelty
:47:26. > :47:29.and cynicism of the attack and Angela Merkel said that in the fight
:47:30. > :47:35.against terrorism, Germany is resolutely on the side of Britain.
:47:36. > :47:39.In Rome, the probe led payers for peace the Greco by other Christian
:47:40. > :47:45.leaders -- Mike Pope lead prayers. May the spirit give peace to the
:47:46. > :47:49.entire world, heal the plates of war and of terrorism that even tonight
:47:50. > :47:52.in London hit innocent civilians. It is right there when there is great
:47:53. > :48:00.evil that we feel anger but that anger must be turned on its head
:48:01. > :48:06.into a commitment to justice. And not against any group of people,
:48:07. > :48:11.especially members of the Islamic community. In New York, the
:48:12. > :48:15.authorities increase security across the city, particularly in areas full
:48:16. > :48:19.of pedestrians and tourists like in Times Square. Donald Trump called
:48:20. > :48:24.Theresa May to offer his condolences but on Twitter he used the incident
:48:25. > :48:28.to renew his demand for a travel ban on visitors from six mostly Muslim
:48:29. > :48:31.countries and he also appeared to criticise the Mayor of London
:48:32. > :48:36.Siddique Khan for saying there was no need to be alarmed. In fact,
:48:37. > :48:40.Siddique Khan was urging people not to be worried by the increased
:48:41. > :48:45.police presence. His spokesperson said he had more important things to
:48:46. > :48:50.do than respond to his ill informed tweet. From Paris, which has seen
:48:51. > :48:53.its share of attacks, Emmanuel Macron called Theresa May to say
:48:54. > :48:58.that France stood at the side of Britain. As France's premier Mr
:48:59. > :49:04.finished -- visited a crisis centre...
:49:05. > :49:08.TRANSLATION: France and the United Kingdom are allies which have been
:49:09. > :49:15.subjected to a common threat and we will be united in our response to
:49:16. > :49:17.it. France is holding its own parliamentary elections at the
:49:18. > :49:21.moment and as a result of the attack last night security has been
:49:22. > :49:24.tightened here in London and a polling stations were French
:49:25. > :49:29.nationals living in the UK are already casting their votes. Few
:49:30. > :49:32.elections it seems can escape the shadow of terrorism. James Landale,
:49:33. > :49:36.BBC News, Central London. This attack here in London came less
:49:37. > :49:40.than two weeks after the bombing at the Manchester Arena in which 22
:49:41. > :49:42.people were killed and dozens injured as they left a concert
:49:43. > :49:45.by the American singer Ariana Tonight she's been holding a tribute
:49:46. > :49:48.event with other acts And our correspondent
:49:49. > :50:01.Judith Moritz is there. We can join her now. The crowd has
:50:02. > :50:07.left here in good spirits and the police tell us that out of 50,000
:50:08. > :50:11.people at this event, they only made one arrest because nobody here was
:50:12. > :50:16.in any doubt as to the reason for this con cert. Before it began,
:50:17. > :50:20.there was a minute of silence and throughout the show, there were
:50:21. > :50:26.tributes to the last and the injured and above the stage, there were 22
:50:27. > :50:36.lights, one for every one of the victims of the Manchester attack.
:50:37. > :50:42.They came to dance, to saying and to remember. She was the artist they
:50:43. > :50:54.most wanted to see and the voice they had waited to hear. She was
:50:55. > :51:02.joined by children from a Manchester school.
:51:03. > :51:05.# You are my everything. There were tears and hugs and then Ariana
:51:06. > :51:10.Grande revealed that she had met the mother of one of the teenagers who
:51:11. > :51:17.died at the arena. I had the pleasure of meeting Olivia's mummy a
:51:18. > :51:22.few days ago. And as soon as I met I started crying and they gave her a
:51:23. > :51:26.big and she said, I should stop crying because Olivia would not have
:51:27. > :51:30.wanted me to cry. And then she told me that Olivia would have wanted to
:51:31. > :51:34.hear their hits. Many of the injured were determined to be here, a
:51:35. > :51:41.defiant despite memories which are still fresh. 14-year-old Natalie
:51:42. > :51:46.Harrison was filmed caught up in the panic after the explosion. Today,
:51:47. > :51:50.Natalie and her mum came to the concept but it was not an easy
:51:51. > :51:55.decision. It has been a traumatic time and the only thing that I would
:51:56. > :51:58.say is that for me it is a bit too soon, because I feel that I am only
:51:59. > :52:03.just coming to terms with what happened. Coming back today, how
:52:04. > :52:08.does it feel? It is exciting, because I want to see Ariana Grande
:52:09. > :52:13.without going home being upset. Do you think it will help you coming
:52:14. > :52:18.back and having a good experience? It will probably help me heel and
:52:19. > :52:23.things. Security was tight and visible and everywhere. There were
:52:24. > :52:32.stories of strength and resilience. I got hit in my upper left by and I
:52:33. > :52:39.went to hospital and had an operation. I was really excited. I
:52:40. > :52:46.really enjoyed concerts and it will not stop me. Artists flew in from
:52:47. > :52:54.all over the globe to take part, many with words of support for the
:52:55. > :52:58.UK. Manchester, London! We are here and we are together and we are one.
:52:59. > :53:08.I want to take this moment to honour the people that we lost, that were
:53:09. > :53:18.taken. We love you so much. To the families, we love you so much. The
:53:19. > :53:23.atmosphere here is a real mix of celebration and commemoration.
:53:24. > :53:33.Plenty of tears, mixed in with the cheers from this audience. It is
:53:34. > :53:37.hoped that millions of pounds have been raised to support the bereaved
:53:38. > :53:43.and injured and that just being at the con cert has helped many of the
:53:44. > :53:50.survivors. -- concert. There were people both in the audience and on
:53:51. > :53:54.the stage here who visibly found this a difficult experience, coming
:53:55. > :53:58.fortnight or so after the explosion. The Red Cross had counsellors on
:53:59. > :54:04.hand here to provide support for those who needed it. Recognising
:54:05. > :54:07.perhaps that amongst all the talk of staying strong and remaining
:54:08. > :54:18.defiant, it is not easy for everyone. Thank you very much. Our
:54:19. > :54:22.correspondent at old Trafford. I am joined by Mark Easton. Real sense
:54:23. > :54:27.tonight, along the lines that we have discussed in recent weeks about
:54:28. > :54:32.the remarkable sense of spirit in Manchester. What is your sense in
:54:33. > :54:36.the spirit of this city today? London has experienced terrorism on
:54:37. > :54:40.many occasions and like Manchester and what we saw two weeks ago in
:54:41. > :54:45.Manchester, has always shown great resilience. It is a city that
:54:46. > :54:54.thrives on as liberal values and tolerance and indeed celebrate its
:54:55. > :54:57.diversity. That is part of it, almost every country in the world is
:54:58. > :54:59.represented here, every culture and people for the most part get along
:55:00. > :55:02.and people celebrate that multicultural nature. For a city of
:55:03. > :55:06.its size, it is one of the safest and most beautiful cities in the
:55:07. > :55:12.world and having met people last night and again today who were
:55:13. > :55:16.caught up in the horrors and saw really awful things, my sense is
:55:17. > :55:20.that despite all of that, and despite the pain and the violence
:55:21. > :55:26.and the death, actually this is a city that will once again simply
:55:27. > :55:27.refuse to be terrorised. Mark, thank you very much. Mark Easton with his
:55:28. > :55:30.thoughts. That's it for tonight,
:55:31. > :55:32.there's continuing coverage of the aftermath of the London
:55:33. > :55:35.attack on the BBC News Channel and on BBC News online,
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