It happened in Downtown Manhattan during the morning rush hour in the underpass at the Port Authority terminal thats americas biggest and busiest bus terminal. This is street view of the terminal on a normal day. You get the sense it is right in Downtown Manhattan, traffic and commuters all around. It serves more 65 Million People a year. The authorities are saying a low tech explosive device was strapped to the suspects body. Here are some eye witnesses. Over my head, i heard a loud bang andi over my head, i heard a loud bang and i looked out the window and i saw people running towards the second and then everybody took off running in the opposite direction. Everyone was freaking out on the train, people were laying down, some people were looking at the exits, because it is fairly crowded in the morning. I was in a restaurant, sitting inside the Port Authority and suddenly, i see a group of people, like 60 people, running like mad and a woman fell and nobody, even cops, mad and a woman fell and nobody, even cops, stopped to help because the panic so scary. Three people suffered minor injuries, so did the suspect who is now in custody. Here are some pictures of the Police Response in the moments after the attack. As you imagine, it was sizeable, near nearby subway stations were evacuated and the Port Authority was temporarily shut. The suspect has been identified. Hes been identified as a 27 year old called akayed ullah. New yorks mayor bill de blasio shared more details. This was an attempted terrorist attack. Thank god, the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. Nearby to whether sa ban, nada achieve his ultimate goals. Nearby to whether saban, nada tawfik has been reported grid reporting all day. Akayed ullah entered this busy transit hub at 7 20am during rush hour and as he was walking through the underground passageway, Authorities Say he intentionally set up Authorities Say he intentionally set up the device. It is what they described as a low tech crude pipe bomb strapped to his body with velcro and when it went off, he himself suffered the worst injuries. Three others nearby were injured but as he fell to the floor and clamped down, authorities were able to get him into custody. They say he came here in 2011 on an immigrant visa, here in 2011 on an immigrant visa, he was actually sponsored by someone here in the United States, to come along with his family and three or four siblings and he was able to eventually gain permanent residency and he has lived in brooklyn. Authorities are investigating his motives, combing his home in brooklyn, going over a video of surveillance here. Reporters asked authorities during the press conference here in new york whether he was known to have any known links to the group that calls itself islamic state. They said he made a statement but wouldnt elaborate more than that. And where the explosion took place, is it still sealed off or has life returned to normal . Well, it is pretty remarkable, just a few hours after this happened, you had eighth ave back up and running, the Port Authority running out and bus service but the subway lines that run through this underground area where the explosion took place, that is still closed off for now. Authorities say in terms of the evening rush hour that all of this will be back up and running at 100 capacity so it is pretty remarkable to see that, authorities are very quick to underscore that new york wont have their main lifeline, the subways and the transit system, shut down in the face of this attack and are very keen to get new york back to 100 up and running. Its the last full day of campaigning in alabama. The Senate Election is on tuesday and its been followed across america. Thats not because of the democratic candidate doug jones, its all to do with the republican roy moore. A number of women have accused him of Sexual Assault some have alleged he had sex with them when they were teenagers. Mr moore denies this and the allegations havent stopped President Trump offering his support in a number of ways, including these automated telephone calls. Roy moore is the guy we need to pass oui roy moore is the guy we need to pass our make America Great again agenda. Roy is a conservative who will help me steer this country back on track after eight years of the obama disaster. Get out and vote for roy moore. His vote is a Republican Senate and it is needed. We need roy to help us with the Republican Senate. We will win and we will make America Great again. Thats called a robo call theyre used a lot in political campaigns in the us. Obama has done one for doug jones too. Alabama has two senators roy moore will be one if he wins. The other, already serving, is a republican and said this at the weekend. I want to reiterate again, i didnt vote for roy moore, i wouldnt vote for roy moore. I think the Republican Party can do better. Heres what the man himself roy moore has to say. Ido i do not know them, i had knowing counter with them, i have never molested anyone and for them to say that, i dont know why they are saying it but its not true. The latest poll by fox news putsjones ahead of moore with a 10 point lead. Thats a 2 point slide for moore. If the poll is right, republicans will only control the senate by 51 19. That is why the president and lots of other republicans are paying this so much attention. But these polls are proving very tricky to follow. He is box media pointing out doug jones leads by ten points, other polls saying that roy moore is winning. They make the point it comes down to turn out assumptions, one of the reasons it is particularly ha rd to one of the reasons it is particularly hard to call. Anthony zurcher can talk us through the importance of what happens in alabama to the importance of washington. That is the way he has framed it, whether you like roy moore not, he is a more reliable vote for the donald trump agenda than the democrats and roy moore himself has been campaigning on that, saying he is going to vote for Donald Trumps immigration policy, for building a wall, for defence spending. When youre talking about just a handful of seats in the us. Senate, if the democrats picked that up senate, if the democrats picked that up and doug jones wins, it makes it much more likely the democrats would have a realistic shot at taking control of the senate come 2018. There are a couple of states where democrats have a pick up opportunity. After that, it is a much longer reach for them to pick up much longer reach for them to pick up three seats in next year. It puts it within reach and that is the way i think donald trump wanted to view this race in alabama. Help us out with why this is proving so difficult to predict. As you mentioned, it is about turnout and what pollsters do, they construct models to try and predict who will turn up at the polls. This is an election just two weeks before christmas, special election, the only people on the ballot are these senate candidates, plus you have a republican candidate with his own problems, you have a democrat running ina problems, you have a democrat running in a very conservative state, alaba map alabama. The democrats are motivated but a small number, the republicans, will they vote for a riding candidate and hold a ballot for roy moore orjust a home . It is very difficult to predict and when you change the model, you can see anywhere from a big doug jones went to a big roy moore win, and a couple of pollsters have put their cards on the table and said hear how you can come up with roy moore up big, this is how you could come up with thejones up six. It is very difficult but we are seeing an absentee ballot, people are paying attention in alabama. And it is quite something that roy moore is still in with a shout, these allegations would have finished off many candidates. Had we understand that in this case, that has not happened . Alabama is one of the most conservative states in the us. Donald trump is still very popular there and donald trump has put himself fully behind roy moore. Roy moore also is a known quality in alabama, he has been off and on the ballot for 20 years, he has run state wide, won a Supreme Court justice seat there so he has had votes cast him. He has a strong evangelical following and they have stuck by him thick and thin and dont believe the allegations made against him and roy moore continues to it, so of all the states where you can have a republican with a over his head and still have a chance to win, alabama is one of the top five. As and when we get the results, we will of course bring them to you here on the bbc. Vladimir putin has been in three countries today, including in syria. Hes been at an air force base used by the russians. President assad was there his government has benefited enormously from Russian Military help. And at the air base, president putin made this announcement. Translation in two years, the Russian Armed forces, together with the syrian army, have defeated the most Efficient Group of International Terrorists and so i have made a decision a significant pa rt have made a decision a significant part of the Russian Military contingent in syria is home to russia. Russia intervention has undoubtedly made a difference. But at a cost. The uk based syrian observatory for human rights says russian air strikes in syria have killed 6,328 civilians, including 1,537 children. And we should be clear this announcement today is not the end of russias military presence there. Olga ivshina from bbc russian can explain. Troops are being withdrawn, some helicopters and fighter jets troops are being withdrawn, some helicopters and fighterjets have already flown back to russia, but actually, a russian presence remains in syria. There are two military bases, russian linked bases in syria, unable one and an airforce one and that is very important for mr putin to keep. That allows him to re establish himself as a very important player, at least, in the middle east and he will try to present himself as an important player on the International Arena as well because he uses this syrian card, big gamble on wider issues also discussing matters with the United States, turkey, iran, the eastern ukraine, the question of sanctions, he will keep using syrian ca rd to sanctions, he will keep using syrian card to play on all of that. Mr putin visited three countries today. Syria first, egypt next. He met the president abdel fatah al sisi in cairo. Two things to note about this. First, russia says in principle its ready to resume passenger flights to egypt. Two years ago, a bomb brought down a russian passenger plane over egypt with 224 people on board. Also, egypt and russia have signed a final contract for the building of egypts First Nuclear power pla nt. Nuclear power plant. Mr putins final stop was turkey and a meeting with president erdogan. These two had an awful lot to talk about. Mark lowen is our correspondent in istanbul. They talked about energy, they talked about tourism, they talked about the issue ofjerusalem, the us declaration ofjerusalem about the issue ofjerusalem, the us declaration of jerusalem as about the issue ofjerusalem, the us declaration ofjerusalem as the capital of israel, both leaders agreeing that it was destabilising, president putin saying it could raise the prospects for peace between the israelis and the palestinians, and they discussed syria. This is the really interesting point between the two because you will remember, two years ago, the two men also came to blows with a russian jet was shot down by Turkish Military over turkish airspace and they were on opposite sides on the war in syria, turkey backing the rebels against president assad, Vladimir Putin and russia backing the assad regime but there has been an incredible rapprochement between the two. I say incredible, the reason there has been a rapprochement, there is a you scratch my back, i scratch yours on this because turkey has tolerated and in effect backed or endorsed russia supporting the assad regime in return for russia allowing turkey to send its troops into Northern Syria to hammer the kurdish militants in syria. So it is really both sides basically allowing each other to further their own aims and objectives in syria and turning a blind eye to what they dont like and that is the basis of that rapprochement, that is why these two leaders stood together in ankara tonight, the eighth meeting this year and that shows you the level of cooperation there is now between turkey and russia, just two years after almost being on the verge of a military conflict. So finding a way to Work Together on syria. Tell me about energy, what do turkey and russia do for each other in that sector . Russia is the biggest source of gas for turkey, turkey imports a lot of energy from russia and so russia is building a Nuclear Power plant in turkey, that is getting under way, and also there is a gas pipeline, turk stream as it is known, being pumped from russia to do turkey and could potentially be sourced out to other countries in europe like greece and bulgaria and that could be as early as 2019. So a big sense of cooperation between them. Tourism as well, turkey saying for provide million russian tourists came to take you to share. President erdogan prospect critics say that as tu rkeys erdogan prospect critics say that as turkeys ties with the west have strained, it has got closer to russia and that they lament the cosying up, as they see it, of one authoritarian government to another. Well, already on outside source, we have reported on stories in turkey, syria and egyptair in new york and alabama but we will turn to california in a few minutes because the most destructive wildfire there has expanded significantly. We are going to be live in Santa Barbara. Snow, ice and plunging temperatures have caused major disruption across swathes of the uk today and forecasters are warning temperatures could reach 13 degrees overnight. That is what you call a lot of salt. We are at the gritting station next to the m5 just we are at the gritting station next to the m5just outside stroud in gloucestershire and as you can see, they are getting ready for another busy night. They have been added since friday evening gritting the roads here and they will be out tonight, really busy indeed, because here in gloucestershire, the temperatures could get as low as 12 celsius. That is the air temperature. The roads will be a little bit warmer than that, if you can call it warm, at minus nine celsius so it is really important when this salt goes out onto the roads, the timing is crucial, that it goes onto the road when it is still quite wet and will absorb all of that but they also have to make sure they dont cause maximum congestion problems with other traffic. They have to make sure it is not too cold as well. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Theres been an attempted attack at new yorks busiest bus station. Four people have been injured, including the attacker whos in custody. His device failed to go off properly. Other stories making the news. Saudi arabia has announced it will lift a ban on cinemas thats been in place for more than 30 years. Its part of a major drive by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to modernise the country. That is from bbc arabic, we will have more on that in a few minutes. The egyptian forward Mohamed Salah has one this years bbc african footballer of the year. He helped egypts the world cup for the first 728 years and is top scorer for liverpool this season. For the first time in 28 years. I wanted to show you this satellite image. This is the area in california thats affected by the wildfires. Its the size of new york city. There are a number of fires. This is the one in ventura county. It was the first to start its burnt through 930 Square Kilometres in a week that makes it one of the largest fire in californias history. Fires in californias history. But there are now other fires some in los angeles county. It is putting huge pressure on thousands of firefighters who are working all hours of the day to bring the fires under control. He is one of them. Hot and heavy, it moved down into this community that you see behind you, it is really unfortunate, but if you turn around and see what these guys saved last night, what they did last night was amazing. They saved this entire community. I ama29 they saved this entire community. I am a 29 hours straight, every other day, everyone on this division is on 28, 29 hours, we day, everyone on this division is on 28,29 hours, we are day, everyone on this division is on 28, 29 hours, we are exhausted but not coming off until it is done. The californian Governorjerry Brown has connected these fires with climate change. This is the new normal and this could be something that happens every year, every few years. It happens to some degree, it isjust more intense, wore widespread and we are about ready to have firefighting at christmas. This is very odd and unusual but it is the way the world is. With the kind of Carbon Pollution that we are not only living with but we are generating still, it is still increasing. We have to make that turn, it is going to take herek efforts. Lets bring in chris martin is from cbs, live from Santa Barbara county. Tell us more about what you have been seeing today. I will show you right behind me what is happening, you can see a helicopter and it might come back here injust a minute, helicopter and it might come back here injusta minute, and helicopter and it might co