:00:00. > :00:11.Spanish police say they have killed the main suspect
:00:12. > :00:15.22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub is thought to have been driving
:00:16. > :00:23.After four days on the run, he was shot dead west of Barcelona -
:00:24. > :00:33.police say he appeared to be wearing a suicide belt.
:00:34. > :00:36.Millions of people are watching the total solar eclipse in America, the
:00:37. > :00:43.first in nearly 100 years. And Big Ben bongs for
:00:44. > :00:46.the last time in four years here in London,
:00:47. > :01:01.due to restoration work. Hello and welcome
:01:02. > :01:07.to World News Today. Spanish police say they have shot
:01:08. > :01:09.dead Younes Abouyaaqoub, the main suspect in the Barcelona
:01:10. > :01:13.terror attack last Thursday. He's thought to have been
:01:14. > :01:15.responsible for 13 deaths after a vehicle was driven
:01:16. > :01:18.at civilians on Las Ramblas. After four days being Europe's most
:01:19. > :01:21.wanted man, he was spotted by a civilian in a village
:01:22. > :01:30.west of Barcelona. After he was shot by
:01:31. > :01:33.a police, a robot checked the his body for a possible belt
:01:34. > :01:35.laden with explosives. But Spanish media say
:01:36. > :01:37.the suicide belt he was wearing Our correspondent James
:01:38. > :01:58.Reynolds reports on what's The police say that the hunt for the
:01:59. > :02:01.suspect on the run for four base is now over. Officers rushed to a small
:02:02. > :02:07.town after a woman reported a man hiding by a petrol station. Reports
:02:08. > :02:11.say the police shot the man when he failed to take of a suspected
:02:12. > :02:15.explosive belt. A bomb squad sent a robot to check him on the ground.
:02:16. > :02:21.The authorities confirm that it was the man they had been looking for
:02:22. > :02:25.since Thursday. Since he rented a van and drove it down Barcelona's
:02:26. > :02:38.Main Avenue. This is the root of the attack. The fan hit pedestrians.
:02:39. > :02:45.After 500 metres it stopped. The police say the attacker escaped into
:02:46. > :02:50.the nearby market. The 22-year-old was wearing a striped shirt. And
:02:51. > :02:56.sunglasses on his head. Police believe he was alone. These stills
:02:57. > :03:02.appear to show him on his getaway through the market. Now wearing his
:03:03. > :03:06.sunglasses. The pictures appear to show that he is walking, not
:03:07. > :03:11.running, doing nothing to draw any attention to himself. Security
:03:12. > :03:17.cameras picked him up for the last time right here on edges of the
:03:18. > :03:23.market. Police say he then headed out and later stabbed a man, stole
:03:24. > :03:29.his car and drove off. The police believe that he was part of a large
:03:30. > :03:32.network which they have now dismantled. Five suspected members
:03:33. > :03:41.were shot dead when they tried to carry out an attack last Thursday in
:03:42. > :03:47.the town of Cambrils. Four more have been arrested. Authorities hope to
:03:48. > :03:54.gain information from them. And there was an explosion in another
:03:55. > :03:57.town. The BBC has learned the suspected ringleader left a mosque
:03:58. > :04:07.in Brussels last year after Elders reported him to the police for his
:04:08. > :04:10.radical town. Shortly after the attack, these pictures were filmed
:04:11. > :04:19.from a home in the suburbs. It might show the moment officers found the
:04:20. > :04:27.car stolen by the attacker. Lots of police suddenly in seconds. The
:04:28. > :04:30.police intensified their search inside the city and across the
:04:31. > :04:31.region. Now they say their manhunt is over.
:04:32. > :04:44.Lets go to our correspondent in Barcelona.
:04:45. > :04:54.Let's go to the US. This is the first time in 99 years a solar
:04:55. > :05:00.eclipse has happened like this in the US. There is a path of darkness
:05:01. > :05:05.crossing from the Pacific to Atlantic coasts of the US. Thousands
:05:06. > :05:10.of people travel across the country to get the best view. It looks set
:05:11. > :05:11.to be the most observed, photographed and documented eclipse
:05:12. > :05:17.in human history. Let's get more now from our science
:05:18. > :05:19.correspondent, Pallab Ghosh , who is in Oregon in the town
:05:20. > :05:23.of Madras and sent us this report. And they've come to be awed by one
:05:24. > :05:29.of nature's greatest spectacles. We are expecting to see the whole
:05:30. > :05:34.sun blocked by the moon, so excited. Long queues of slow-moving traffic,
:05:35. > :05:41.and campsites sprawled Problems for the mayor of Madras,
:05:42. > :05:50.who is also a woodcarver, he has spent the last three years
:05:51. > :05:53.planning for this very day. The impact on some people has
:05:54. > :05:56.been that they didn't In fact, I have had some
:05:57. > :06:01.people tell me, "Why did And I keep explaining to them,
:06:02. > :06:05.we didn't invite them, So it's going to do
:06:06. > :06:14.what it's going to do. A total eclipse happens
:06:15. > :06:16.when the moon passes in front of the sun,
:06:17. > :06:18.casting a shadow over They happen around every 18 months,
:06:19. > :06:23.but often over the sea or in remote areas, where very few
:06:24. > :06:25.people see them. But this time, the sun's shadow
:06:26. > :06:28.will sweep across the whole It's been dubbed the great
:06:29. > :06:35.American eclipse. Millions of people could see it
:06:36. > :06:38.as it travels nearly 2500 miles all the way from Oregon to South
:06:39. > :06:42.Carolina. The shadow of the total
:06:43. > :06:44.eclipse is 70 miles wide, and will take 90 minutes
:06:45. > :06:49.to cross the continent. Even American football pitches have
:06:50. > :06:54.been turned over to science today. All across, US astronomers
:06:55. > :06:56.will collect data, We would like to learn
:06:57. > :07:02.more about how these eclipses affect the planet,
:07:03. > :07:04.and how they affect the atmosphere, if there is any atmospheric
:07:05. > :07:07.disturbance, if it causes wind changes or temporary climate
:07:08. > :07:09.changes in the area. Very soon, this tiny town will
:07:10. > :07:15.become the centre of the universe, as those here are among the first
:07:16. > :07:19.to witness one of the great wonders The BBC's Lukman Ahmed
:07:20. > :07:27.is in Nashville for us, where Skywatchers are also hoping
:07:28. > :07:43.to get a view of the Let me update you by looking at the
:07:44. > :07:51.Sunrise now. It is a crescent here. I can see them on -- the moon moving
:07:52. > :07:59.towards blocking the sun totally and in a few minutes this will turn into
:08:00. > :08:06.total darkness and a lot of people are here behind me celebrating and
:08:07. > :08:12.playing music. They are a of 1.4 million people gathered in
:08:13. > :08:18.Nashville, Tennessee to see this spectacular moment. It sounds like
:08:19. > :08:26.all normal practice has stopped, almost like a public holiday. There
:08:27. > :08:35.is excitement, people are very excited to see this phenomenon. It
:08:36. > :08:42.is almost 540 years for this city to see a total eclipse. It is something
:08:43. > :08:48.which happened a very long time ago. People are trying to grab this
:08:49. > :08:59.moment and catch this moment in about a minute. Everybody is putting
:09:00. > :09:07.their glasses on and trying to see what is happening just now. It is
:09:08. > :09:14.very beautiful to see how the moon is moving to blocking the sun. We
:09:15. > :09:18.should explain that the reason you're putting those glasses on us
:09:19. > :09:29.because if you look at this eclipse without them it can be very damaging
:09:30. > :09:33.for your eyes. Absolutely. Everyone should not look into the sun unless
:09:34. > :09:43.you are wearing these classes. That is why I am doing this. I can see
:09:44. > :09:53.the spectacular scene. Everybody here have these classes. And people
:09:54. > :09:59.are distributing glasses. It seems everyone is ready to see that moment
:10:00. > :10:06.. Enjoy it as it passes through Nashville.
:10:07. > :10:08.The US Navy is to pause its worldwide operations
:10:09. > :10:10.to reassess its fleet after a collision between a US
:10:11. > :10:14.Ten sailors are still missing since the incident.
:10:15. > :10:17.The USS John S McCain was sailing east of Singapore.
:10:18. > :10:20.It's the second collision involving a US Navy ship in recent months.
:10:21. > :10:22.Our Asia Correspondent Karishma Vaswani has been to see the ship
:10:23. > :10:31.This is what happens when a massive oil tanker
:10:32. > :10:39.A gaping hole in the left side of the USS John S McCain,
:10:40. > :10:43.an American destroyer with more than 300 crew on board.
:10:44. > :10:48.It was on its way to Singapore when just before dawn it collided
:10:49. > :10:54.with this merchant vessel, the Liberian flagged Alnic MC,
:10:55. > :10:57.an oil and chemical tanker much larger than the warship.
:10:58. > :11:00.It's still not clear how the collision happened,
:11:01. > :11:03.but an international search and rescue operation was launched.
:11:04. > :11:06.President Donald Trump has tweeted about the accident,
:11:07. > :11:14.saying his thoughts and prayers are with the US Navy
:11:15. > :11:16.sailors on board, and the search and rescue teams.
:11:17. > :11:19.And the US Defence Secretary James Mattis says there will be a wider
:11:20. > :11:21.investigation into US Naval operations after the collision.
:11:22. > :11:23.The chief of naval operations broader inquiry will look
:11:24. > :11:25.at all related accidents, incidents at sea,
:11:26. > :11:37.He's going to look at all factors, not just the immediate ones,
:11:38. > :11:48.which will fall rightly under the fleet commander's investigation.
:11:49. > :11:51.But this isn't the first time tragedy has struck a US
:11:52. > :11:55.The last one in June resulted in the deaths of seven American
:11:56. > :11:57.sailors and disciplinary action against the commanders of the ship.
:11:58. > :12:01.This is an international disaster for them.
:12:02. > :12:05.It's possible that some combination of poor seamanship or some
:12:06. > :12:09.combination of things going wrong with the ship, actually things
:12:10. > :12:13.physically going wrong with the ship that could have led to this.
:12:14. > :12:15.This collision couldn't have come at a more awkward time
:12:16. > :12:19.It's in the midst of its annual military drills with South Korea
:12:20. > :12:24.All of this is raising questions about just how effective the world's
:12:25. > :12:27.most powerful navy is in this part of the world.
:12:28. > :12:32.Karishma Vaswani, BBC News, Singapore.
:12:33. > :12:36.Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.
:12:37. > :12:40.The US embassy in Moscow says it will temporarily stop
:12:41. > :12:42.issuing visas for Russians, to visit the United States
:12:43. > :12:48.It comes amid a deepening row over the expulsion of diplomats.
:12:49. > :12:50.The statement says, they'll resume the service on a greatly
:12:51. > :12:58.The Chinese car maker Great Wall says it wants to buy all or part
:12:59. > :13:00.of one of the world's leading motor companies, Fiat Chrysler.
:13:01. > :13:02.The firm says it's particularly interested
:13:03. > :13:06.Tens of thousands of troops, aircraft and naval vessels
:13:07. > :13:09.from the US and South Korea are embarking on a major
:13:10. > :13:16.The joint military exercises, which have taken place
:13:17. > :13:19.regularly since 1976, are occurring at a time of rising
:13:20. > :13:23.North Korea has condemned the operation as a highly
:13:24. > :13:32.Across South Asia, this season's monsoon rains have
:13:33. > :13:34.devastated huge areas, killing more than 700
:13:35. > :13:37.people, and forcing more than a million from their homes.
:13:38. > :13:40.Bangladesh is experiencing its worst flooding in 30 years -
:13:41. > :13:43.more than a third of the country is underwater.
:13:44. > :13:51.Sanjoy Majumder sent this report from the capital Dhaka.
:13:52. > :13:53.The only way around Northern Bangladesh is by boat.
:13:54. > :13:58.With little sign of the water receding, people are settled on any
:13:59. > :14:07.A partially submerged bridge is now home to this family.
:14:08. > :14:12.They have brought with them whatever possessions they could carry,
:14:13. > :14:18.TRANSLATION: The flood just washed away our home.
:14:19. > :14:22.We were able to quickly grab some things and our animals.
:14:23. > :14:25.Many of Bangladesh's major rivers flow through here,
:14:26. > :14:29.which is why it is the worst affected part of the country.
:14:30. > :14:32.This is the Brahmaputra River, one of the world's largest.
:14:33. > :14:38.What's happened is because of heavy monsoon rain, it's breached
:14:39. > :14:43.its banks and the entire area around it is flooded.
:14:44. > :14:46.These people here have taken up the only sliver of land that's
:14:47. > :14:53.Aid workers are trying their best to get relief to flood victims
:14:54. > :14:57.but there's a mad scramble - such is the need for something
:14:58. > :15:13.It's now a race against time, to get to those affected
:15:14. > :15:31.In London, the world famous clock Big Ben fell silent earlier today.
:15:32. > :15:33.It won't chime again, except for special occasions,
:15:34. > :15:44.Our political correspondent Ben Wright reports.
:15:45. > :15:46.As midday approached, a cloud swelled in Parliament Square.
:15:47. > :15:50.All eyes on the clock, waiting for the bell.
:15:51. > :15:54.There's about ten minutes to go until we hear it for the last time.
:15:55. > :15:57.It's just part of being British, isn't it?
:15:58. > :16:00.You're around in London and it's one of those things
:16:01. > :16:06.To be a part of all this, and it's going to be the last
:16:07. > :16:09.time for four years, erm, a little bit sad.
:16:10. > :16:17.Protecting the hearing of workers renovating Elizabeth Tower is one
:16:18. > :16:21.reason Parliament decided Big Ben must not be struck for four years,
:16:22. > :16:25.except for Remembrance Sunday and New Year's Eve.
:16:26. > :16:28.But a few MPs are mourning, not applauding, badgering
:16:29. > :16:32.the Commons authorities to think again.
:16:33. > :16:34.Everybody is interested in what's happening across the world,
:16:35. > :16:37.so it just shows what a symbol of Britain Big Ben and the Palace
:16:38. > :16:46.These are the chimes of freedom, and they've got to be respected.
:16:47. > :16:52.Most MPs are not fretting about the infrequency
:16:53. > :16:54.of Big Ben's chimes, but a Commons commission has
:16:55. > :16:58.said it will look again at the timetable for repairs.
:16:59. > :17:01.Trying to find a fix that would enable the bells to be
:17:02. > :17:03.struck on the same basis that they are currently I think
:17:04. > :17:11.It certainly would be a very, very expensive option.
:17:12. > :17:13.The crowds have thinned, the political rumpus
:17:14. > :17:15.will recede, and time, of course, carries on.
:17:16. > :17:20.The renovations are now beginning, and Big Ben...
:17:21. > :17:30.President Trump will announce his long-awaited
:17:31. > :17:32.strategy on Afghanistan - in a live TV address
:17:33. > :17:35.He ordered a strategic review, for America's longest running
:17:36. > :17:37.military engagement, soon after taking office.
:17:38. > :17:51.Our correspondent Gary O'Donoughue is in Washington for us.
:17:52. > :18:01.We have given up predicting what Donald Trump would do long ago. The
:18:02. > :18:08.options are from total withdrawal of American forces, 8500 currently in
:18:09. > :18:11.Afghanistan, bring them all home, adding another 4000 or so to shore
:18:12. > :18:15.up the Afghan army which is taking heavy losses in the fight against
:18:16. > :18:19.the Taliban, possibly using private contractors to do some of that
:18:20. > :18:26.training so that some American troops can come on. There are other
:18:27. > :18:30.idea of options. The most likely is additional introduction of troops.
:18:31. > :18:33.It goes against what Donald Trump said should happen before he became
:18:34. > :18:40.a candidate and became president. He wouldn't be the only present changes
:18:41. > :18:44.mind on this. Obama did the same kind of reversal. This is America's
:18:45. > :18:55.longest running water. 16 years and counting.
:18:56. > :19:00.In the last half hour, Catalonian Interior Minister Joaquim
:19:01. > :19:02.Forn confirmed the killing of Younes Abouyaaqoub in a news
:19:03. > :19:21.Just before 5pm the Catalan police shot dead Abouyaaqoub, the driver of
:19:22. > :19:31.the van and direct perpetrator of the attack in Barcelona on Thursday,
:19:32. > :19:36.causing the death of 14 people. It has been during the controls and
:19:37. > :19:43.operations deployed by Catalan police throughout the country. This
:19:44. > :19:48.afternoon I informed the Spanish president, but I have been in close
:19:49. > :19:54.contact, from the first moments of the terrorist attack. My profound
:19:55. > :20:04.thanks to the Catalan police for their very efficient task carried
:20:05. > :20:06.out with utmost discretion and professionalism, in close
:20:07. > :20:08.cooperation and coordination with all the security forces of Catalonia
:20:09. > :20:15.and Spain. Let's go to our correspondent
:20:16. > :20:28.Gavin Lee in Barcelona. This happened about 25 miles from
:20:29. > :20:36.here. We are talking about an operation, police operation. The
:20:37. > :20:41.police say it was a woman tipped the police off, she saw someone
:20:42. > :20:44.described as wearing clothes you would not wear in the summer,
:20:45. > :20:49.thought it was a suicide device, called the police and told them
:20:50. > :20:53.where he was. He was by a police station 25 miles west of here in a
:20:54. > :21:01.remote town. He ran through vineyards. Police say that two
:21:02. > :21:04.police officers found him crouching in a vineyard, gathered ground in,
:21:05. > :21:12.got quite close, ordered him to take off the suicide vest, he opened the
:21:13. > :21:17.jacket and shouted in Arabic and they fired on them from about ten
:21:18. > :21:23.metres. We have since learned the suicide vest was fake but it is
:21:24. > :21:44.confirmed that it is Abouyaaqoub, on the run ever four days. He killed 13
:21:45. > :21:50.people by hitting them with a fan. The terror cell has been dismantled
:21:51. > :21:52.now, four arrested, eight dead, they're still investigating but they
:21:53. > :21:58.said the threat has been neutralised. Another pleasant
:21:59. > :22:01.evening going on behind you. If I were to go to the city and did not
:22:02. > :22:15.know about these attacks, were to be a difference between now and how it
:22:16. > :22:21.was before? Possibly but only if you came to Las Ramblas. People are
:22:22. > :22:30.asking what is going on, not aware of it. Anecdotally, the street
:22:31. > :22:41.sellers you see all over Las Ramblas, they aren't not there
:22:42. > :22:44.because the police are there. There were questions about whether Las
:22:45. > :22:50.Ramblas should be cordoned off after the attacks in Nice two years ago.
:22:51. > :22:56.Today they Catalan government reinforced the message to reject
:22:57. > :23:24.barriers. Back to the solar eclipse. It is
:23:25. > :23:30.believed it will be the most observed, photographed and
:23:31. > :23:36.documented event in gym in history. We are live to Kentucky. As you can
:23:37. > :23:47.see it is almost like Twilight at this point. The sun is a thin
:23:48. > :23:51.crescent and before this it was so bright and it was sweltering.
:23:52. > :23:57.Everyone behind me is anticipating the moment of totality in just a few
:23:58. > :24:06.minutes. That is the live stream from Nasa. This is the best seat in
:24:07. > :24:12.the country to experience it. You will see how quickly the light is
:24:13. > :24:18.fading. There is just a tiny sliver of son left. Very close to the
:24:19. > :24:26.moment of totality. Everyone here is overjoyed and excited. People of all
:24:27. > :24:31.ages are in all at the moment. And now it is gone. You can barely see
:24:32. > :24:44.it. We have reached the moment of totality. You can see the corona. I
:24:45. > :24:52.can see a ring around the sun. The temperature has dropped. It is
:24:53. > :25:00.amazing. It is hard to describe but you can hear people gasping behind
:25:01. > :25:10.me. My heart is pounding. It is awe-inspiring. It reminds us all,
:25:11. > :25:17.from different countries, all different ages, all here to witness
:25:18. > :25:24.this moment. It is breathtaking. The corona is so bright. Even though you
:25:25. > :25:29.can Europe able's voices still, you do not hear the crickets. Scanning
:25:30. > :25:42.the horizon, it is viewed a full. Stunning. You can hear people
:25:43. > :25:54.behind, they can hardly believe it. I have to say, even seeing that
:25:55. > :26:02.half, it is completely blocked it is amazing. That is all.