21/08/2017 BBC News at Six

Spanish police say they have killed the main suspect

22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub is thought to have been driving

the vehicle that hit pedestrians on Las Ramblas.

He was shot this afternoon west of Barcelona, police say he appeared

We'll have the latest as police uncover the extent of the terror

A new crackdown on hate crime online, it will be treated

A search is underway for ten US sailors missing

after their destroyer collided with a tanker.

The England striker who's accused the national team

manager of discrimination, she's given her first TV interview.

It's begun. The total eclipse of the sun that millions of Americans

In Oregon, we are just minutes away for a total eclipse of the Sun that

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

Everton's ?45 million signing Gylfi Sigurdsson

could make his much-anticipated debut in tonight's Premier League

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

Spanish police say they've shot dead the main suspect responsible

for carrying out last week's terror attack in Barcelona.

Police say the man appeared to be wearing a suicide belt.

Earlier today 22 year old Younes Abouyaaqoub

was named as the man who drove the van which hit pedestrians

on Las Ramblas Boulevard - killing thirteen people.

Another man was killed as Abouyaaqoub fled the scene.

Our correspondent James Reynolds has the latest.

The police say that the hunt for Younes Abouyaaqoub, on the run for

four days, is now over. Officers rushed to a small town after a woman

reported a man hiding by a petrol station. Reports say the police shot

the man when he failed to take off a suspected explosives belt. A bomb

squad then sent in a robot to check him on the ground. The authorities

now confirm it was the man they had been looking for since Thursday,

since he rented a van and drove it down Barcelona's Main Avenue. This

is the route of the attack down Las Ramblas. The van hit pedestrians,

after 500 metres, it stopped, and the police say the attacker then

escaped into the nearby market. 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub was

wearing a striped shirt. His sunglasses on his head. The police

believe he was alone. These steels appear to show him on his getaway

through the market. Now wearing his sunglasses. The pictures appear to

show that he is walking, not running, doing nothing to draw any

attention to himself. The security cameras pick him up for the last

time right here on the edges of the market. The police say he then

headed out, and later stabbed a man, stole his car, and drove off. The

police believe that Younes Abouyaaqoub was part of a larger

network, which they have now dismantled. Five suspected members

were shot dead when they tried to carry out an attack last Thursday.

Four more have been arrested. The authorities are hoping to gain

valuable information from them. And two were killed in an explosion.

They include the network's suspected ringleader. The BBC has learned that

he left a mosque near Brussels last year, after Elders reported him to

the police for his radical tone. Shortly after the Las Ramblas

attack, this was filmed from the suburbs. It may show the moments

officers find the car stolen by suspected attacker. They got out of

their cars with all the guns, lots of police suddenly, right in

seconds. The police then intensified their search inside the City, and

then across the region. Now, they say their man hunted over.

Our correspondent Tom Burridge is in Subirats for us.

Tom, this morning we thought that the suspect might have fled the

country, got out of Spain, but in fact, he was where you are.

That's right, George. We understand that a local resident spotted Younes

Abouyaaqoub this morning, and tipped off the police. According to Spanish

media, he was walking towards some houses when a local butted and

spotted him, another local resident apparently called out to him and he

ran off into a field. Police tracked him down this afternoon. This area

of countryside is full of vineyards, outside Barcelona, 50 kilometres

away or so, and we had to wind our way up narrow roads to get here. He

was confronted, and showed police what looked like a suicide vest. He

shouted out in Arabic and they shot him dead. Police over the last hour

or so since we have been here have been here in heavy numbers, heavily

armed. There has been a helicopter circling overhead. One report in the

Spanish media suggesting they were searching for accomplices, which is

not confirmed. They are possibly trying to pull out the idea that

they had any composite helping him to hide since Thursday night,

because Younes Abouyaaqoub is the man that drove the van down Las

Ramblas killing so many people. Indeed, Tom. We learned in James's

report that police are beginning to understand the extent of the terror

cell working here. They have got the driver, the driver is according to

Catalan police dead. Ihat record in custody, they have been transferred

to Madrid this afternoon. That court deals with large-scale terrorist

plots, and investigations. They have two sets of Remainers at the House,

which was supposedly the bomb factory, if you like. Two are yet to

be identified, and we believe one of them is the supposedly ringleader or

one of the masterminds of this attack. Police are certainly on top

of things do not. Questions still to be answered about how this plot

happened and how, after the explosion on Wednesday, the night

before the attack in Barcelona on Thursday, someone didn't ask more

questions or investigate further as to why there were so many gas

canisters that caused the explosion at Backhouse. All right, Tom. Thank

you very much. Hate crimes committed online will be

treated as seriously in court as offences carried out

face to face. New guidelines for prosecutors

in England and Wales mean tougher penalties will be sought for abuse

on social media. Our Home Affairs Correspondent

Dominic Casciani reports. From harassment on Facebook to

bullying on Twitter, online abuse is growing. It is coming in many forms

of every social media platform. It's a crime of our times. And K Metcalf

knows, she is among transgender people that don't define themselves

as either men or women, and it makes them more of a target for online

abuse. They were messaging me to my inbox, people were saying horrible

things about me, saying that I was and it, using dehumanising language.

Calling me a lesbian, purposely miss gender in me, saying I am mentally

unwell. It has affected my self-confidence and has made me find

it difficult to trust other people. There were more than 15,000 hate

crime prosecutions in 2015-16, and a third of those convicted saw their

sentence increased. But the number of cases referred by police fell by

almost 10%. Prosecutors promised a new focus on hate online and that

will deliver more justice for victims. I hope that the difference

is that the guidance and public statements will make is that people

will feel more confident to report hate crime and will understand that

they don't have to put up with the abuse that they feel they might just

have two because they are disabled, because of their religion, because

of their sexuality. And that they will feel confident to come forward

knowing that we will support them, and that we will prosecute these

crimes where we have sufficient evidence. Today's guided could see

more people like Rhodri Phillips jailed, and it brings England and

Wales into line with Scotland. The aristocrats used Facebook to incite

violence against Gina Miller, the businesswoman that challenged the

government over Brexit. She said his words left her living in fear. We

all have the power in our hands thanks to social media to say what

we think online, the good, the bad and the incredibly offensive. Most

of us think before we click. For the others, prosecutors say they have

drawn a virtual line in the sand, because words can fuel violence on

the streets. The US Navy has ordered

a worldwide operational pause to reassess its fleet

after a collision between a US Ten sailors are still

missing since the incident The USS John S McCain

was sailing east of Singapore. It's the second collision involving

a US Navy ship in recent months. Our Asia Correspondent Karishma

Vaswani has been to see the ship This is what happens

when a massive oil tanker A gaping hole in the left side

of the USS John S McCain, an American destroyer

with more than 300 crew on board. It was on its way to Singapore

when just before dawn it collided with this merchant vessel,

the Liberian flagged Alnic MC, an oil and chemical tanker

much larger than the warship. It's still not clear

how the collision happened, but an international search

and rescue operation was launched. President Donald Trump has

tweeted about the accident, saying his thoughts and prayers

are with the US Navy sailors on board,

and the search and rescue teams. And the US Defence Secretary James

Mattis says there will be a wider investigation into US Naval

operations after the collision. The chief of naval operations

broader inquiry will look at all related accidents,

incidents at sea, He's going to look at all factors,

not just the immediate ones, which will fall rightly under

the fleet commander's investigation. But this isn't the first time

tragedy has struck a US The last one in June resulted

in the deaths of seven American sailors and disciplinary action

against the commanders of the ship. This is not normal, no.

This is a big deal. This is an international

disaster for them. It's possible that some combination

of poor seamanship or some combination of things going wrong

with the ship, actually things physically going wrong with the ship

that could have led to this. This collision couldn't have come

at a more awkward time It's in the midst of its annual

military drills with South Korea All of this is raising questions

about just how effective the world's most powerful navy is

in this part of the world. Karishma Vaswani,

BBC News, Singapore. An England footballer who's accused

the national team manager of discrimination has

given her first TV interview. The striker Eni Aluko claims

she was dropped after speaking out in what she thought

was a confidential review about alleged "racial

and prejudicial" remarks made He's been cleared of any wrongdoing

in both an FA review Eni Aluko has been speaking

to our Sports Editor, Dan Roan. She's one of her country's

best-known female footballers, but last year Eni Aluko raised

serious concerns about the culture in the England setup,

when asked to be part And in her first broadcast interview

since the controversy began earlier this month,

the striker told me she fears The fact is that a week before

I was dropped from the England team for the first time in 11 years,

I had given my account of what I felt was discrimination

towards me, what I felt So, which ever way you look at it,

being part of that culture Potentially cost me

my England career. England manager Mark Sampson

was the subject of Aluko's complaints and the man

who dropped her from the squad. The timing of which the FA

insists was purely coincidental. Both an internal inquiry

and an independent investigation cleared him and his staff of

any wrongdoing, and found no evidence of an alleged racial

remark to another player. Sampson's vowed to improve his

communication style, but Aluko, who is a qualified lawyer,

has now gone public with an alleged incident involving the coach

before a game in 2014. He asked me, "Who's coming

to watch the game for you?" And I said "I've got family coming

in from Nigeria actually. And he said, "Make sure

they don't, over with ebola." When that was said, did

you challenge him at the time? Did you say that's unacceptable?

No, I laughed. I laughed because I mean

I was in shock, I didn't know... You believe it was a racist comment?

Yes, I believe it was. And again I go back

to the definition. I believe it was

an unfavourable comment made to me, that made me feel completely

shocked and intimidated. That was said to me

because I'm of African descent. Again, some will say

an offensive comment, but not necessarily a racist

one, is that possible? The FA says while this

claim was included in it was not raised as

a formal allegation. The BBC understands that Sampson

strongly denies The FA refutes Aluko's suggestion

the two investigations into her original

complaints were flawed, pointing out she refused

to participate in the They say they reached a financial

settlement, paying Aluko and amount understood to be ?80,000 to avoid

disruption to the England team ahead of this summer's European

Championships, and not prevent disclosure. Why speak out now? I

feel like there are a lot of half-truths out in the public, and

it is in the public interest now to understand the severity of this

case. To understand that this isn't something I decided to fabricate out

of the blue, this wasn't a bitter, it impassioned revenge on the

England manager. This was something I was asked to do. Aluko has Wing

102 caps for her country, but she says she now feared her experience

could deter other players from raising concerns.

Spanish police say they have shot dead Younes Abouyaaquob,

the main suspect in the Barcelona terror attack.

And still to come...bidding goodbye to the bongs -

crowds turn out to hear Big Ben chime for the last

Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: England captain, Sarah Hunter,

says the two further changes to their starting line-up will not

affect them for their rugby World Cup semifinal clash

In just a few minutes' time, more than 12 million people

across America will experience a total solar eclipse.

It's when the moon passes in front of the sun,

It's the first time that's happened in almost 100 years.

The total eclipse will start on the west coast

above Oregon and then it

will move across 13 states, including Idaho, Wyoming, Missouri.

The place which will experience the total eclipse longest

The total eclipse will end in South Carolina at 6.47pm our time.

They've come to celebrate. They've come to learn.

And they've come to be awed by one of nature's

We are expecting to see the whole sun blocked by the moon, so excited.

Long queues of slow-moving traffic, and campsites sprawled

Problems for the mayor of Madras, who is also a woodcarver,

he has spent the last three years planning for this very day.

The impact on some people has been that they didn't

In fact, I have had some people tell me, "Why did

And I keep explaining to them, we didn't invite them,

So it's come to do what it's going to do.

A total eclipse happens when the moon passes

in front of the sun, casting a shadow

They happen around every 18 months, but often over the sea or in remote

areas, where very few people see them.

But this time, the sun's shadow will sweep across the whole

It's been dubbed the great American eclipse.

Millions of people could see it as it travels nearly 2500 miles

all the way from Oregon to South Carolina.

The shadow of the total eclipse is 70 miles wide,

and will take 90 minutes to cross the continent.

You can see that it is quarter past ten in the morning but it seems like

night-time. We are just a few seconds away from the total eclipse

and the moon has almost completely covered the Somme. It looks like a

smiley face in the sky. Here is what to watch for in the last few

moments. The last rays of the sun will go through the Moon's crater

and appear like beads. And then it will twinkle like a diamond. Here it

comes, let's watch. So there it is, the great American

eclipse has begun. We don't need eclipse glasses to see what you are

seeing now. The moon is now covering the sun's disc and what you see

flowing around it is the sun's atmosphere. From the ground, it

looks like there is a gigantic shimmering Pearl just hanging in the

sky. You can just hear the excitement going on around me.

Now this is going to last two minutes. And just being on the

ground, psychologically it feels like it shouldn't be like this. It

should be daytime, it's turned tonight and it feels almost like a

dreamlike state. You can hear the applause. It is truly one of the

universe's great spectacles. And so what an eclipse does is it

gives you a huge sense of euphoria and wellbeing. If you look closely,

you can see how the sun's atmosphere is moving. It is essentially a

gigantic nuclear bomb. Look at how the atmosphere is moving. And there

are features. You can see red prominences. Those are huge

explosions occurring on the surface of the sun. And now it is ending.

The diamond ring again. And now the great American eclipse is on its way

to Idaho, and eight other states as it sweeps across the country. I have

got goose bumps. Not just from the excitement but also the fact that it

gets pretty cold when the sun's rays are blocked. Look at the light we

have here. It seems like a completely dreamlike state, and I

have to say I am slightly spaced out by that experience. So for the time

being, back to you, George. Pallab, thank you very much. You

lucky man being there. The nation's most famous

clock won't chime again, except for some special

occasions, until 2021. Major repair work is getting under

way at the Houses of Parliament but some MPs are unhappy

at the length of time it'll take. Our political correspondent

Ben Wright joined the As midday approached, a crowd

swelled in Parliament Square. All eyes on the clock,

waiting for the bell. There's about ten minutes to go

until we hear it for the last time. It's just part of being

British, isn't it? You're around in London

and it's one of those things To be a part of all this,

and it's going to be the last time for four years,

erm, a little bit sad. Protecting the hearing of workers

renovating Elizabeth Tower is one reason Parliament decided Big Ben

must not be struck for four years, except for Remembrance Sunday

and New Year's Eve. But a few MPs are mourning,

not applauding, badgering the Commons authorities

to think again. Everybody is interested in what's

happening across the world, so it just shows what a symbol

of Britain Big Ben and the Palace These are the chimes of freedom,

and they've got to be respected. Most MPs are not fretting

about the infrequency of Big Ben's chimes,

but a Commons commission has said it will look again

at the timetable for repairs. Trying to find a fix that

would enable the bells to be struck on the same basis

that they are currently It certainly would be a very,

very expensive option. The crowds have thinned,

the political rumpus will recede, The renovations are now

beginning, and Big Ben... And there's a chance you can catch

some of the eclipse here - it will look like the moon's disc

taking a bite out of We are missing out on the excitement

really but what we do have is some tropical air heading our way from

the south-west, as the cloud broke up we saw temperatures around 24

degrees in the south-west of England. It probably felt like there

wasn't an awful lot of daylight here in Staffordshire under the cloud, it

was only about 16 degrees. On the map you can see the extent of the

cloud, we lost that sunshine in the north-east. There was thick, lower

cloud. On the weather front, still producing rain and drizzle too which

will push northwards. It shouldn't be long before it moves away from

Northern Ireland and pushes into Scotland. It will turn misty very

easily with a lot of hill fog so very grey and gloomy overnight but

we are left with a really warm and weather night. -- muggy night. The

rain stalls in northern Scotland and Peters out and more people in the UK

should have a better chance of seeing some sunshine. The wetter

weather developing in the afternoon the Northern Ireland. In the humid

air we have coming up from the south, 24 degrees, a little cooler

as you had further north but most are in this humid air in the

envelope of humid air between the two weather front. Things will start

to change a bit, introducing some fresh air from the Atlantic on the

westerly breezes. A band of cloud is the weather front produces rain,

moving eastwards. Sunshine following on. Some residual warmth in the

south-east and east Anglia. George. The pictures of the eclipse was so

amazing we have decided to go straight back to Pallab.

Those pictures are amazing. The pictures are amazing but actually

being here is so much better. I'm still recovering from the

experience. On a scale of one to ten, I would say it's a million.

It's not just the beauty of the eclipse but what happens around you

and the sensation it creates around you. People here are still

recovering, reeling, in a state of elation. If ever you get the chance

to see an eclipse, you really must. It's been an incredible experience

and now it's on its way to the rest of America where hopefully, if the

sky is kind, millions more will witness what is one of the great

wonders of the solar system. There you are, those are the pictures.

What an amazing shot. Once-in-a-lifetime for most of us.

Anyway. Spanish police say they have shot

dead Younes Abouyaaquob, the main suspect in the Barcelona terror

attack. That's all from the BBC News at Six

so it's goodbye from me,