18/08/2017 World News Today

This is BBC World News Today. Police in Spain stay terror network behind

Thursday's attack was planning a much bigger atrocity. This is the

scene live in Barcelona. Hundreds of candles mark the spot where the

biggest attack took place. Side by side for a minute's silence, the

king of Spain and the Prime Minister. Two people die and at

least six others are injured in a stabbing in Finland. Police say it

is not being treated as a terrorist incident. President Trump fires his

chief strategist Steve Bannon. Welcome to World News Today. Police

in Spain say that the Jihadist who killed 14 people in two vehicle

attacks had been planning a much bigger atrocity involving

explosives. The police say the plot seems to be disrupted by the

explosion of a bomb factory. 13 people were killed and scores

wounded yesterday when a van was driven into crowds in the centre of

Barcelona. During the night, five suspected terrorists were shot dead

in a coastal town of Cambrils after they drove a car into people killing

one. Four people have been arrested in connection with the attacks. My

colleague is in Barcelona. Across another European

city touched by terror, one minute of stillness filled

the space that words could not. A void with a single

burning question - why? Then, as King Felipe

and Prime Minister Rajoy looked on, No tinc por!

No tinc por! But the previous 24 hours

of violence were shocking. This, a street in the coastal

town of Cambrils. A terror suspect is cornered

and is wearing what police They decide there is only

one course of action. The dead man was one of five

who tried to mow people down All the attackers were shot

by police and investigators now believe they were part

of a terrorist cell of eight to 12 people,

some of whom were in this house, 120 miles from Barcelona the night

before, when a blast killed one It's thought explosive devices

were being prepared, as well as the blueprint

for Barcelona's Las Ramblas attack. Nick Mouncey and Stephanie Walton

from Lincoln were caught up in the panic as a white van ploughed

into the path of hundreds of people. They ran for cover

into a nearby cafe. The only thing that was going

through my head was the Paris, and the London attacks,

where the attackers would come through restaurants and bars,

shooting and stabbing people. I just thought, oh, my God,

we're going to get shot, Nick, It just felt like it was

never ending, wasn't it? When we turned around,

on that first bang, everybody on the floor,

bodies everywhere, there were kids I can't seem to shift that

from my mind at all. It is absolutely heartbreaking,

what people have gone through here. You run in in sheer panic and terror

because you don't really understand what's happened for probably

about a minute or two. And then when you see the people

on the floor, you realise Police have released this

image of four suspects. A young Moroccan man,

Moussa Oukabir, and three others. His older brother, Driss Oukabir,

was arrested yesterday. This evening, more details

are emerging of the victims, Like Bruno Gulotta, who was 35,

from Rome, on holiday with his wife and two

young children. A little boy

and girl, now left fatherless. And there are concerns

for Julian Cadman, who's seven and thought to have dual Australian

and British nationality. He hasn't been seen

since the attack. 24 hours after the blood-letting,

this is Las Ramblas. Where a few hours ago bodies lay,

now there are flowers. And on the boulevard where the white

van eventually crashed, So many have told us

life must go on, But lives have been

changed here forever. Later on we will speak to a

terrorism expert. Now Finland, where police say that two people have been

killed and at least seven have been injured in a stabbing attack in the

city of Turku. A young man has been arrested. He is thought to be the

only suspect. Authorities say they're increasing security. The

European Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker said:

I spoke to a journalist from Finland who was near by when the attack

happened. I asked him what he saw. I was at the bank in the central and I

just saw people panicking outside the window. People running towards,

after another, I don't know the reason they were doing that. When I

come out I seen they were shouting, catch the terrorist. Just a few

seconds later I have seen that the two ladies have been stabbed in

front of bank and I just ran into one of the worst one, a little bit

older lady, just around the corner from the place I was in and I tried

to give her first help and at the same time tried to call the police

and the ambulance. It was really chaos at that time. This was one of

the people that had been attacked? Yes. Yes, then we tried to

concentrate on that lady, to save her life if we can and at the same

time call the police and the ambulance and then after that for

after about ten minutes, the ambulance came there and tried to

give her treatment and take her to hospital. So sit was very, very bad

situation especially for this lady, because it was... We thought that

I'm quite surprised if she survived. I know you then went to the press

conference that the authorities gave. What points of information do

you think stood out from what they said? Not so much. You know what we

are talking about the country that has been very peaceful for a very

long time. One of the best civilised countries in the world Finland and

outside people in Finland are generous and civilised and they

always come to help. People were shocked in every where of this

country, because we thought that this might not happen. We have seen

the TVs in Barcelona and in France and Belgium, but we thought Finland

might be a bit different. We are not a colonised country. When I see the

police today in the press conference, the things you can see

from there is that everything is about the beginning. They don't want

to give anything away. They don't think, they don't want to say this

is terrorism or a terrorist act. The only thing we got from there is we

tried to find out, there was eight people, there was nine people

altogether, two has been dying and seven injured in total today. So

everything is about just trying to find out what was the motives, who

was this guy, why he did what he has done. Is that resulted to Barcelona

or whatever it happened. That is all the questions that haven't been

answered. A journalist from Finland speaking to me earlier. Now

President Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon, is out. The white

house chief strategist, who helped the president win the election is

the latest to get the push. Let's get the latest from Gary O'Donoghue.

We were not sure whether he was push Orde resigned, but we know now he

has been fired? Yes given the big heave hoe by President Trump and

speaks of speculation. Some suggestion he may have tendered that

resignation a couple of weeks ago, but officially today now we know

that he is out, out for a number of reasons. He made some enemies in the

White House, in the national security advisor and the president's

son-in-law. He had been accused by Donald Trump himself of being behind

some of leaks from the White House and he has been given a bunch of

unauthorised interviews, including one in which he said North Korea was

a side show for the administration. That is totally at odds to what this

White House thinks. Will it matter that he goes? He does represent the

right of centre, the alternative right as it is sometimes called. He

is accused by critics of being a neo-Nazi sympathiser, something he

has denied. But he is popular with that right-wing base that helped get

Donald Trump elected. The sort of poor, white, working class, voters,

so his departure will not be welcomed by them. We have seen on

one particular right-wing web-site, some warnings to Donald Trump that

he shouldn't become a hostage to the sort of mainstream traditional

Republican views, otherwise some of his base may well turn on him.

Donald Trump was criticised for being slow to condemn the far right

protest in Charlottesville. This isn't why Steve Bannon has been

fired. There hasn't be a change of direction from Donald Trump? I don't

think so, to some extent getting rid of Steve Bannon may ease some

pressure on Donald Trump and lead some people to think, well, you

know, he is trying to send a bit of an indication about the way this

thing has been handled. But in the majority of this situation, Donald

Trump has inflicted the problems on himself by coming out firstly and

saying there was violence on many sides. Then appearing to sort of toe

a more traditional line and condemn the neo-Nazis and then go back do

his original line in that extraordinary slanging match with

the press. So I don't think Steve Bannon can be blamed for what

happened this week. But his departure may ease some pressure. I

would be surprised if you see a massive ideological gear change as a

result of his depart when you are. Because Donald Trump know what is

got him elected. Thank you very much. Stay with us here on BBC world

News. We have more to come, including didn't he do well? The

king of British Saturday night TV entertainment has died at 89. We

look back at the life of Sir Bruce Forsyth.

Washington is today assessing the political health of world's most

powerful man. I did have a relationship with her that was not

appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. In South Africa, 97 people have been

killed today in one of worst days of violence between rival black groups.

Over the last ten days, 500 have died. Russia is observing a national

day of mourning for the 118 who died on board the Kursk. We are with them

in our hearts. The Pope has celebrated mass between two and a

half million people in Poland. Stay with us, chanted this ocean of

humanity. Well, well, joked the Pope, so you want me to desert Rome?

Welcome to BBC World News Today. The headlines: Police in Spain say that

the Jihadist behind Thursday's van attack had planned a much bigger

atrocity involving knives and explosives. President Trump has

fired his chief strategist, Steve Bannon. Now let's return to our top

story and Barcelona is the latest European city to suffer an attack

where vehicles have been used to mow down people. For the authorities,

such attacks are difficult to prevent and many have been wondering

what more can be done to stop them. Let's cross live to speak to a

lecturer in politics and terrorism in Madrid. When it comes to this

particular area of Spain, it has been known as a hotspot for this

type of activity for some time. Just tell us about the area itself. It's

the region which has the biggest Muslim community in Spain. It also

has the highest rate of detention related to Jihadism in the latest

year. And it has been known for the activity of radical preachers and

very importantly of organisations which are legal like Tablic that are

also known for extolling a type of ideology which is very close to

violent Jihadism. Sometimes this type of organisations can act as...

Fire walls for Jihadism. But sometimes they act and play the role

of convoyor belts to Jihadism and Catalonia has been known for this

activity. Just two years ago a number of businesses were cracked

down upon for financing terrorism, money was being sent from Spain to

the Middle East? Yes, there has been some detentions, arrests because of

activities related to terrorism, among them the ones you described.

Some years ago, there was a plot foiled in Barcelona. It is in fact

the only plot that has been attempted since the terrorist

attacks in Madrid on March 11th 2004, although it has been a high

activity of Jihadist in Spain, very few plots, only the one that I

described in 2008, which was foiled, an attempt to attack the underground

in Barcelona and the one attack we have seen in the last couple of

years. I know it is Arley in the investigation -- early in the

investigation, but do you think it was an inspired attack by Islamic

State or was there something more direct? Yes I think it is a very

important issue. Because some of the media are accepting the

interpretation of events from Islamic State, the body of the

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. But we are we have

to bear in mind this has occurred in the past and it has been proven

there was no links to the terrorist group itself. It was basically

previous terrorist attacks in Europe like in London or Berlin, they were

perpetrated by individuals who were definitely inspired by this type of

ideology of the Islamic State, but without any concrete link with the

organisation. So in this case, the second hypothesis seems at the

minute more plausible, which is that these individuals did not have

direct contact or didn't follow orders from the terrorist group,

which is quite weakened at the minute, the Islamic State, but they

were inspired by their ideology and perpetrated this terrorist attack

trying to acquire as the means fairly rudimentary as we have seen.

Thank you very much for sharing your expertise. Now all the sport and the

sporting world has been responding to the attacks in Barcelona. Yes on

Friday, Spanish football was united in reflecting on the terror attacks.

Many clubs held silences ahead of training and players will wear black

arm bands this weekend. Barcelona led the tributes. The same as

Madrid. And there was a front-page that say, today we cannot speak

about sport. As well as black arm bands, there is a minute's silence

ahead of the matches in the La Liga. Barcelona don't play until Sunday

and later that day Real Madrid start their campaign. For a third time,

Liverpool have turned down an offer from Barcelona for Philippe Coutinho

believed to be in the region of $146 million. Liverpool say the Brazilian

is not for sale. Barcelona consider Coutinho a replacement for Neymar

who, left to join Paris in a record deal earlier this month. Tottenham

have signed a defender Davidson Sanchez from Ajax. The Columbian

will be the club's first summer signing. He will ease anxiety for

fans who have been concerned about the club's lack of summer signings.

The deal is subject to a medical and a work permit. Chelsea boss Antonio

Conte has been speaking and laughing about Diego Costa's situation. He

had told the striker he had no future at the club and since then

the pair have had a bitter relationship. Antonio Conte has

managed to see the funny side when asked about the striker, saying he

would be treated like criminal. LAUGHTER. It's great. It's great.

I'm not interested to continue this issue and I repeat, for me, he is

the past. Stop. Rain stopped play on the second day of the first Test

between England and the West Indies with England in control. Alastair

Cook struck a double century as England declared on 514. The West

Indies reply got off to bad start, losing Brathwaite for 0. But they

reached 44-1 before the rain set in for the evening. In the Solheim Cup,

an impressive performance from Team Europe mean they lead day one. After

the foursome play, the Europeans managed a two and a half lead to a

one and a half lead. Going on is the four ball and the Americans are

fighting back. That is all for now. Thank you. One

of Britain's best known entertainers, Sir Bruce Forsyth has

died at the age of 89. He was famous for his catch phrases and his

dancing. He entertained generation after generation. We will leave you

with David Sillito looking back at his life.

Live from London, this is Strictly Come Dancing.

When it comes to TV history, Bruce Forsyth was simply

Strictly Come Dancing, the last hurrah in a career that

The Boy Bruce, The Mighty Atom was just the beginning of a life

Business, that's exactly what he had.

There are things he could call on, he could handle it.

And when things went wrong, he could step in and put them right.

That's when he was in his pomp, live.

Sunday Night at the London Palladium in the '60s was his big break.

Beat The Clock showed that he could make a game show

must-watch TV and turn members of the public into

And nowhere showcased the talent better than

The catchphrases became part of national life.

Among the tributes today, the director-general of the BBC

Lord Hall said he was one of our greatest entertainers.

After that, Play Your Cards Right on ITV -

Tony Blair insists that weapons of mass destruction

Well, it would be nice to see them, to see them...

On Have I Got News For You he reminded TV what a pro he was.

If he had a regret, it was not making it in America,

in films and his main love, as a song and dance man.

It'll be like The Generation Game, all right?

You're never quite prepared for the end, are you?

He was such a remarkable, iconic figure.

There's no more remarkable in all of television

history in this country, that's the kind of man

He first appeared on the BBC in 1939.

70 years later, he was still there - still the king of Saturday night.

Hello I would like to start by telling you about our tropical storm

that formed last night in the Atlantic. That is Harvey and there

could be more. For Harvey, through Friday it has been moving into the

wind ward islands, and for the likes of Martinique, up to 100 millimetres

of water could fall and it could give large waves and currents and

some damaging winds before it moves away and heads towards Mexico. Now

further north we have got lumpy cloud showing a showery day on

Friday across the United States and Canada. The showers will continue

through Friday and into the weekend. That just poses the risk of a lot of

cloud for those hoping to take in the solar eclipse on Sunday. If you

have plans to go, stay tuned. The risk of wild fires is high in

western Canada and the winds are not light either. This week has been

dominate bed d by the floods in Sierra Leone. More rain is expected.

We have had a brief respite, just a few showers. But the showers have

been gathering in intensity and in area as you can see. They're not far

from the Freetown area and we expect more intense rain to come about and

last into next week. So that may hamper the clear up operation here.

In India, to the north, where we have had severe flooding, it is at

least slightly drier. The energy is making its way across central and

eastern India and there are warnings for here where we think the focus of

heaviest of the rain will be through the weekendment but still more rain

to come down. So expect further severe flooding in places. It has

been a windy end to week in south-east Australia and it looks

windy to the south-west and it is windy into the weekend. A nasty area

of low pressure for New Zealand will keep things unsettled and

temperatures will drop as that windy weather moves in, bringing some snow

to the hills. Some showers developing late on Friday and

lasting into the weekend across the Alps could give problems for Poland

and Germany. It is hotting up in the south through the weekend and next

week. Cooler further north. But Darren will have more on that for

you later.