This is bbc news, im lukwesa burak. The headlines at 11. Sudesh amman is named as the man shot dead by police in south london, after he stabbed members of the public on a busy highstreet. Three people were injured. The officers saw that a device was strapped to his body and called in specialist explosive officers and armed officers to deal with the potential threat that posed. Cordons were put in place, and it was quickly established that this was a hoax device. Police believe it to be an islamist related terrorist incident. Its emerged the attacker was released from prison around a week ago after serving a sentence for terror offences. This offender clearly had some history, some Clear History in relation to counterterrorism offences. And it is right that the police are now invested getting that and looking into that. Prime minister borisjohnson says further plans for changing the system that deals with those convicted of terrorism offences will be announced tomorrow. In other news the number of dead at the epicentre of the chinese coronavirus outbreak has reached 350. At 11. 30pm, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers caroline frost and tony grew. Stay with us for that. Good evening, welcome to bbc news. Tonight, its been revealed that the man who was shot dead by armed police in streatham had been released from prison in january. 20 year old sudesh amman was convicted of terror offences in november 2018. He was released around a week ago after serving half of his sentence. Amman was shot dead this afternoon after attacking people with a knife on a busy south london street. Three people were injured. The metropolitan Police Confirmed the attacker was wearing a hoax explosive device. It said it believed the attack was islamist related. Earlier, our correspondent chris mason gave his reaction to the latest police updates. Three things that struck me, one was the practical detail that you mentioned there for People Living locally or elsewhere in london that the police are confident that this was an isolated incident that has been contained. They dont think theres anybody else they need to pursue in relation to it. There was
than the bigger point and that confirmation in front of the camera from our Senior Police officer of what weve been reporting the last couple hours, that this man very recently released from prison was democrat and was a sufficient cause for concern, as far as police were concerned, that he was there was armed officers on foot. We learned there from lucy dorsey following him, and that is why they were able to act as quickly as they did, as the police had earlier today, and an immediate response. Quite different from previous terrorist attacks or any other emergency situation where any other emergency situation where an emergency unfolds and passersby, members of the public called 999. There was inevitably some sort of delay Whilst Police have to reach the scene from wherever they were previously, in this instance because he was under armed surveillance, those armed officers were already on the scene when this attack began. Which brings us back to the big
political challenge that the government now faces. Clearly it was the responsible to make your response ability of the police to do it they could in that circumstance, but their response ability of the government as it is acknowledged at the highest level, given that weve had does make incidents in the space of three months involving convicted terrorists recently released from prison how you go about ensuring that there is is little likelihood of this happening again as is possible. Now in this instance, we we re possible. Now in this instance, we were told there were concerns that a man was dangerous at the point he was released, but there was no mechanism for preventing his release. What were hearing from the government, they were already saying they would do this prior to todays incident, introducing a new law, a new counterterrorism bill which would ensure that terrorists had to serve the full length of a sentence rather than being released through. Of course that is part of this issue, but not all of it because the question will still remain that if,
for instance, this man, sudesh amman, had served the full length of a sense and got to the end of it and still been dangerous, then what do you do . London, had just been released from prison for terror offences. As police moved in, they found he was wearing a fake suicide vest, after the attacks, on a busy high street. I heard three shots, and i see him, how he dropped, and he was alive for a good two, three minutes on the floor,
but he had a vest. This is why the police told everybody we have to move back, in case the blast goes off. The attackers been named as 20 year old sudesh amman, and he was known to the police. The suspect had been recently released from prison, where he had been serving a sentence for islamist related terrorism offences. So, tonight, questions are being asked about why amman was released from jail early. Also on the programme. Another death in china from the coronavirus, as more british citizens are flown back to the uk. Banging the gong for free trade. Borisjohnson is to say he wont accept eu rules and regulations in any new deal with brussels. Joaquin phoenix forjoker. And the American Star wins best actor at the baftas and joins criticism of the awards
lack of diversity. Good evening. Its been revealed that a man shot dead by police, after stabbing two people in south london, had onlyjust been released from prison for terror offences. Sudesh amman, who was 20, had served half of a three year sentence. This afternoon, he was under surveillance, when he attacked a man and a woman on streatham high street, before armed officers moved in. He was found to have been wearing a fake suicide vest. Heres our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. Its just itsjust moments
its just moments after itsjust moments after a its just moments after a terrorism suspect was shot in broad daylight by undercover officers. They are extremely nervous, as he appears to be wearing a suicide vest. Stay on the floor this aint real. And pursuing officer arrives on a motorbike as they retreat. Trying to clear the area while keeping the suspect, who is still moving, in their sites. Moved back within minutes, the whole area is flooded with armed officers. The man the officers shot was sudesh amman. He was released just days ago, halfway through a prison sentence of three years and four months for distributing terrorist propaganda. The home secretary said the government would immediately be laying out even stronger
counterterrorism measures. Those measures were built upon the actions that we have already put in place, very swiftly, in terms of investing in counterterror police, overhauling the licensing conditions and the licensing regime around counterterrorism offenders, and ending the Early Release. We need legislation to do that, so ending the Early Release of counterterrorism offenders. It is right these individuals are kept behind bars. Police think sudesh amman, who was being followed, had stabbed a man and a woman on streatham high road just before he was shot. I saw the blood and i saw the guy on the floor and other people running, and then please come straight up the hill. As Police Rushed to help the injured, the plainclothes officers quickly chased sudesh amman down to outside boots. Armed officers part of a operation where following the suspect on foot and were in immediate attendance and shot a male suspect dead at the
scene. This man told me he saw the officers opening fire. |j scene. This man told me he saw the officers opening fire. I heard three shots and i saw how he dropped, and he was a good two or three minutes on the floor, but he had a vest. This is why the police told everybody we have to move back, in case of the blast going. Just over an hour after this all started, Police Declared it a terrorist incident, and this road, the a 23, the main road through south london, remains close tonight. As the scene of the shooting was being sealed off for the investigation, a knife could be seen lying on the pavement beside sudesh amman in his fake suicide vest. The big question, daniel, why was this man released early, and was there no way he could have been kept in jail there no way he could have been kept injailany there no way he could have been kept injail any longer . You there no way he could have been kept in jail any longer . You would there no way he could have been kept injail any longer . You would have thought after the fishmongers hall attack in which usman khan killed two people just after being released from prison, it would have been
possible to tighten the rules up but the truth is when sudesh amman was sentenced, the rules said he would be automatically released halfway through his sentence, and so that is what happened, just a few days ago, even though there were concerns that he was a man who was possibly still dangerous, and that is why he was being followed so closely by surveillance officers carrying hand weapons, and why it was possible that after he had started attacking people on streatham high road, seriously injuring a ao year old man and a 50 year old woman, they were able to quickly shoot him. But it took him having to start attacking people for them to shoot him, and it wasnt possible under the current rules for him to be kept in prison beyond halfway through his sentencing. Thats why it is the home secretary and the Prime Minister are looking urgently and say they will be making further announcements tomorrow. Daniel, thank you. A plane, carrying 11 more britons from wuhan, the chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, has landed at raf brize norton. Those onboard are on their way
to the wirral in the north west, to begin two weeks in isolation. The first death from the virus has been confirmed outside china, in the phillipines, and, in all, more than 350 people have died. This report, from John Sudworth in beijing, contains some images viewers may find distressing. As a man sobs in a hospital ward. Hes asked, whos died . My father, comes the reply. Just outside, eight body bags are counted. And here, a patient films across the ward. These unverified images show a city and a Health System overwhelmed. This woman, visiting wuhan from the us, says her sick relatives cant even get into hospital. The hospitaljust told them they could not perform the tests. I think its because of a capacity issue. So that suggests that, from your experience, its quite likely that the real picture of the infections could be much, much higher than the official figures suggest . I think so. Just because a lot of people either choose not to go to hospital or they do want to be officially tested but they are not able to. This footage appears to show a body being removed. Not from a hospital but a home. Today, another 11 britons were flown back home, arriving at raf brize norton and then taken to nhs accommodation on the wirralfor two weeks of quarantine. While china tries to show the world it is coping, building this hospital in just ten days, its becoming clear that more could have been done earlier. This doctor was one of the first to pick up signs of the new, strange virus. But his online posts were censored and the police made him sign this confession, along with seven others, for spreading rumours. Just one month on, this giant economy has been brought to a standstill. Good Public Health care depends upon transparency and the timely release of information. Precisely the things that are lacking in a place so obsessed with political control. The streets of beijing show the impact of a system that has helped turn a local crisis into a national emergency. And an international one, too. This philippines hospital the first to record a Death Outside of china. John sudworth, bbc news, beijing. Borisjohnson will set out the governments proposals tomorrow for a new trade agreement with the european union. Its expected hell rule out any deal that would mean the uk
will continue to follow eu rules and regulations. Today, the foreign secretary, dominic raab, said the uk wanted a canada style arrangement, which would mean divergence from brussels. More from our political correspondent, chris mason. From the theatrics of the big brexit moment on friday night, equipped with props and a loitering photographer. Why are you trying to shift the goalposts . To the tv studios on sunday morning and the nitty gritty of the negotiations to come, the government wants a relatively loose agreement with the eu, like the one canada has, which gets rid of most import taxes on goods but doesnt cover services, which dominates the uk economy. I think its more a question of getting clarity at the outset. So were not going to be aligning with eu rules, thats not on the negotiating table. Its not even an issue of red lines. Its not even in the negotiating room. Ministers are irritated that the eu wants the uk to stick to lots of its rules,
despite leaving and wanting to go its own way. The irish Prime Minister, battling to keep hisjob in a general election campaign, points out both sides agreed to this last autumn. And if we are going to have tariff free, quota free trade with the uk, which is essentially what we have with canada on almost everything, then that needs to come with a level playing field. As ever, there is no shortage of reflections on offer from opposition parties. Labour reckon the Prime Minister is contradicting himself. We need a baseline of protection. 0n the one hand he is saying there will be, on the other hand he is now sort of sabre rattling, saying that wont happen in the negotiations. I always like a prop the Prime Minister is not the only one with an eye for what makes a photo. Nigel farage, brandishing a commemorative brexit coin and arguing the eu is worried about the uk setting its own rules. What they fear is a competitor on their doorstep. That terrifies them. And, of course, what we should be doing in our National Interest is to make sure
that we are a competitor on their doorstep. Its only two days ago that that countdown clock was emblazoned all over 10 downing street and, yes, brexit has happened, but today goes to prove its far from the end of the story. Tomorrow, both the Prime Minister and the eu will set out their stalls for the talks to come. The negotiations proper wont start until next month. Brexit noise is going to continue throughout this year and possibly beyond. Chris mason, bbc news, in downing street. The epic world war one film, 1917, was the big winner at tonights bafta film awards, taking seven prizes, including best film and best director for sir sam mendes. But as our arts editor, will gompertz, reports, the ceremony faced criticism, for a lack of diversity among its nominees. It is the british film businesss big night out. Where legendary actors and rising stars gather alongside hollywood royalty and british
royalty for the baftas. Hello as the stars made their way of the red carpet into the albert hall for tonights ceremony, they did so under a cloud of controversy about the lack of diversity among the nominees awards. It is an issue thats bound to come up during the event. And so it did. Whenjoaquin phoenix took to the stage to collect the best actor award for his performance injoker. I think that we send a very clear message to people of colour youre not welcome here. We really do have to do the hard work to truly understand systemic racism. I think that it understand systemic racism. I think thatitis understand systemic racism. I think that it is the obligation of the people that have created and perpetuate and benefit from a system of oppression to be the ones that dismantle it, so thats on us. Applause the subject of diversity arose again
when the actress rebel wilson made disappointed joke about the all male best director line up. Disappointed joke about the all male best director line uplj disappointed joke about the all male best director line up. I dont think i could do what they do. Honestly. I just dont have the balls. Laughter the category was won by sam mendes, for his film, 1917. He had a good night. 1917 led the way, winning seven baftas in all, including the prestigious best film. Thank you for giving us all a very wonderful night, thank you very much. The best actress bafta went to Renee Zellweger for her portrayal of judy garland while laura dern won best supporting actress for playing a super smart lawyer in marriage story. Best went to story. Best supporting actor went to brad pitt, who was in absentia but had written a speech, which Margot Robbie read out in his behalf. Hay, britain. How do you just became single. Welcome to the club. 0h, britain. How do you just became single. Welcome to the club. Oh, and he says he is going to name this harry, because he is real excited
about bringing it back to the states with him. Applause prince william, baftas president , might have found that amusing, but when it came to his turn to speak, he was in no mood forjoking. In 2020, and not for the first time in the last few years, we find ourselves talking again about the need to do more to ensure diversity in the sector and in the awards process. That simply cannot be right in this day and age. A serious point to end a night of celebration. Will gompertz, bbc news. Now, with all the sport, heres Lizzie Greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre. Hello, good evening. Englands rugby Union Head Coach eddiejones has denied his side because my opening six nations defeat was caused by a world cup hangover. The runners up in november were well beaten by france today, 24 17. 0ur correspondence andy swiss reports from paris. Of 51 15; tries fi~fdf ~ ~ , 51 15; tries was laf ~ ~ , iii; tries was not ~ iiiat but was not ~ ~ wi but just not ~ ~ , 55. 15. 11 butjust watch ~ ~ the first was second but just watch the first was second but just watch the second, almost the entire french tea m the second, almost the entire french team left trailing in his wake and suddenly it was 24 14, but their comeback fell short. Coach eddie jones had said he wanted england to be the greatest team ever. 0n jones had said he wanted england to be the greatest team ever. On this showing, there is some work to do. Full credit to france, they played well, played the conditions well. You know, it was like we had forgotten how to play rugby in the first half. I was pleased with the outfit in the second half, the way we responded and in the end we just ran out of time. This was some match, but were england that will be precious little consolation. Their Six Nations Campaign has begun in desperate disappointment. Andy swiss, bbc news, paris. Englands women however started their title defence with a first six nations victory in france for eight years. A brilliant solo try by world player of the year Emily Scarratt helped seal the win. 0n the other games, ireland beat scotland and wales lost at home to italy. Tottenham beat Manchester City to keep alive their hopes of a top four finish in the premier league. New signing Steven Bergwijn scored on his debut after city had a player sent off. In the other game, arsenal held burnley to a goalless draw. Celtic are seven points clear after winning
41 at 4 1 at hamilton. Manchester city are a point clear at the top of the Womens Super League after beating arsenal. Chelsea thrashed west ham 8 0 to move into second. Novak djokovic proved hes still the king of melbourne after extending his own record to win an 8th australian 0pen singles title. And there was a british winner in the mens doubles, joe salisbury claiming his first grand slam title to become only the second briton to win the doubles in australia since tennis turned professional 52 years ago. Hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. Back now to our main story its emerged that a man who stabbed two people in streatham in south london this afternoon was released from prison in the past fortnight, after serving time for terrorism offences. In the last hour, the metropolitan Police Issued this statement. At approximately 2pm today, sunday, 2nd february, two people were stabbed in streatham high road, lambeth. Armed officers who were part of a proactive counterterrorism surveillance operation were following this suspect on foot were in immediate attendance and shot the suspect dead at the scene. The suspect had been recently released from prison, where he had been serving a sentence for islamist related
terrorism offences. The officers saw a device was strapped to his body and called in specialist explosive officers and armed officers to deal with the potential threat that posed. Cordons were put in place and it was quickly established that this was a hoax device. Initial first aid was provided to victims by our officers and London Ambulance service continued their treatment once they were able to do so safely. Three people were taken by ambulance to south london hospitals. One man in his 40s was initially considered to be in a life threatening condition. However, we are thankful that following his treatment at hospital, this is no longer the case. One woman in her 50s had non life threatening injuries and has been discharged from hospital. And another woman in her 20s has minor injuries, believed to have been caused by glass following the discharge of the police firearm. She continues to receive treatment in hospital. My thoughts are clearly with the victims and their families. We are confident that this is an isolated incident that has been contained. Officers from our counterterrorism command are investigating at pace. We are also liaising and cooperating with the independent office of Police Conduct as they conduct their necessary inquiries. The suspect has not yet been formally identified. However, given the circumstances of the incident, we are confident that he was sudesh amman, aged 20 years of age. Streatham high road remains closed at this time and cordons are in place. We will reopen these
as soon as we can. We would like to thank the numerous members of the public who assisted officers and ambulance staff this afternoon following what was a very difficult incident. I am also extremely proud of the bravery of our armed officers. Public safety is obviously our top priority, and to reassure the public, we will be enhancing Police Patrols in the area. I would urge anyone that has information that could assist with the investigation to call police in confidence. Thank you. That was the Deputy Assistant commissioner lucy dorsey speaking there. The home secretary priti patel has also been speaking this evening. She said the government will announce plans for fundamental changes to the way people convicted of terrorism offences are dealt with. First of all, all our thoughts are with the victims of this appalling attack, and also with their families and loved ones. Also it is right that we pay tribute to the bravery of the police who were able to act very swiftly, and also prevent any other further acts of violence and to protect the public. And of course, alongside the police, our emergency workers were incredibly swift in terms of getting to the scene and providing support especially to the victim. Can you confirm the suspect had been released from prison, having served time for terrorism related offensives, and that he was under Police Surveillance when this attack happened . Well, there is a police investigation, rightly so, taking place right now. And this offender clearly had some history in relation to counterterrorism offences. It is right that the police are now investing any of that and looking into all that. But i think i should also just say that only two weeks ago,
post the fishmongers hall attack that took place in december, i announced a very clear package of measures basically all aimed at counterterrorism and counterterrorist offenders that we would effectively stop the Early Release, but also double their sentences, overhaul their licensing conditions, give the police the support they needed so that was more support for counterterrorism and officers, and greater support for the victims of counterterrorism. And quite rightly, that was two weeks ago we announced that package of measures. We have also been very clear that we will be bringing forward a counterterrorism bill in ourfirst 100 days, and we will absolutely do that. But tomorrow, we will also be announcing some fundamental changes in addition to what weve already said that we will do to deal with counterterrorism and counterterrorist offenders. That was the home secretary speaking earlier this evening. Time for a look at the weather
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