You have andy and lukasz starting a fight back. The use of iraqs tinctures, chairs, there now while tasks ripped off the well in the heat of the moment they used fire extinguishers. An irish woman who travelled to syria to join the Islamic State group is arrested after arriving back in dublin with her two year old daughter. Irving burgie, the american composer who helped to popularise caribbean music and wrote the hit song day 0, dies at the age of 95. And arsenals winless run goes on, as they draw 2 2 with norwich. Reaction to that and rest of the days action in sportsday in half an hour. Good evening, welcome to bbc news. The second victim killed in the terrorist attack close to London Bridge on friday, has been named she was saskia jones, who was 23 from stratford upon avon. She was a volunteer with the Charity Learning together. This charity organised the conference that was taking place when the attack happened. Her family describe her as a wonderful and positive influence at the centre of many people lives. Jack merritt, who was 25 and from cambridgeshire was also a graduate of Cambridge University. Three other people were injured. The attacker, usman khan who was later shot dead by the police, was a convicted terrorist, whod served 8 years of a 16 yearjail sentence. Before he was released on prison on licence. Today the conservatives and labour blamed each other for his early release. More on that in a moment, but first for the latest on the investigation, heres our home Affairs Correspondent, Daniel Sandford. Saskia jones, 23 years old, a cambridge graduate who wanted tojoin the police. Herfamily said she had a passion for helping victims of injustice. She was named today as the second person murdered in fridays attack, running from fishmongers hall, where hed just killed two people. Usman khan on London Bridge on friday afternoon, pursued in an astonishing act of bravery by a man armed only with a fire extinguisher and another wielding the tusk of a narwhal, an arctic whale. Hes brought to the ground and held before armed officers arrive and realise hes wearing what looks like a suicide vest bomb. What is going on . Hes got a bomb. They shoot him dead. This afternoon, toby williamson, who runs fishmongers hall, where the attack took place, was at the scene and told the bbc about the bravery of his staff. They had been helping people at this conference when the bloodshed began. This is extraordinary things happening, done by ordinary people. Let me just bounce you around. In rece tion ouve got dawn and gareth, one trying to keep that door closed against a vicious knifeman. The other calmly placing the emergency calls. Allah and sandra normally dealing with coats and serving coffees and now facing a life moment. And then famously, you get andy and lukasz starting a fight back. They used fire extinguishers and chairs. They used these narwhal tusks ripped off the wall in the heat of the moment. And they took the game back to the knifeman. Usman khan also killed jack merritt, another Cambridge University graduate who worked with prisoners to help them reform. Usman was one of the people hed assisted, a man who was released last december after serving eight years in prison for terrorism offenses, but turned onjack merritt and stabbed him to death. This afternoon, some of jacks friends came to London Bridge to mourn him and lay flowers as the head of Cambridge University paid him this tribute. Well, were devastated. I metjack only once, but i must say that he impressed me as a person of tremendous charm, but also extraordinary commitment. He really believed that the work that learning together is doing is fundamental for the future of our society. Fishmongers hall remains closed. A crime scene being pored over by counterterrorism detectives because, although there wont be a trial, there will be a detailed inquest into the deaths of those who were killed here on friday afternoon. The investigation was continuing as night fell. Police determined to gather every piece of evidence to help the families of two young people at the start of their adult lives understand exactly how they came to be killed. Daniel sandford, bbc news, London Bridge. Well, borisjohnson has faced questions today, over why usman khan, had been released early from prison. The Prime Minister blamed legislation introduced 11 years ago by the last labour government, and vowed that serious offenders would in future, serve their full sentences. However labour claimed tory budget cuts were responsible, for what it described as missed chances to intervene. Our Political Correspondent Jessica Parker has more details. Visiting the scene yesterday. Today, borisjohnson wanted to talk more about tougher sentencing, saying those convicted of serious terrorist offenses should serve a minimum term of 14 years. I think its ridiculous. I think its repulsive that individuals as dangerous as this man should be allowed out after serving only eight years i think its ridiculous. I think its repulsive that individuals as dangerous as this man should be allowed out after serving only eight years and thats why we are going to change the law. On the issue of early release, borisjohnson pointed the finger at a labour government, but its a complicated picture. I think its ridiculous. In 2008, labour changed the law so that more offenders could be released halfway through their sentences. However, dangerous offenders could still be given an indeterminate sentence with no fixed release date. And in 2012, usman khan was given this kind of sentence. It was the court of appeal, later that year, which chose to change khans sentence to a fixed term, which meant he could be released on licence after eight years. Of course, a conservative or Coalition Government has been in charge since 2010. Over ten years, youve done nothing to change the system. Im talking about. Now youre saying, now we will. What we are going to do. Ive been in office for 120 days. Were going to bring in tougher sentences for serious sexual and violent offenders. Weve seen it before unexpected events taking general election campaigns in an unexpected direction, but the manner in which fridays terror attack has quickly become politicised will be seen by some as unedifying, but perhaps also by others as unsurprising. Arriving in york today, the labour leader set out his concerns about the impact of cuts to Public Services such as in probation and policing. When those Public Services are cut back, as they have been during the past decade of austerity, they leave behind huge gaps and that can lead to missed chances to intervene in the lives of people who go on to commit absolutely inexcusable acts. After fridays terror attack, politicians across the board have expressed their sympathies for the affected families and paid tribute to the emergency services. But parties will also want to persuade you that they are best placed to keep people safe. Jessica parker, bbc news. Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford said earlier that there are questions that need to be answered by the Security Service mi5. Its been a total system failure in the end. Yes, its true that if there had been tougher sentencing, usman khan would still be in prison and so he wouldnt have been out to kill. Yes, its true that the under resourced probation and Prison Service were probably unable to do enough work to make sure that usman khan changed his mind said, certainly the deradicalisation changed his mindset, certainly the deradicalisation system still does not seem to be working very well at all. And then, of course, there are issues for the Security Service, mi5, and counterterrorism police. What were they doing to make sure that usman khan on the outside wasnt a danger . So i think its right across the board that there has been a total system failure, but it is worth repeating today what Jack Merritts father said yesterday is that jack merritt would not have wanted his death to lead to much more draconian sentences and people being held unnecessarily in prison. The attacker, usman khan, had been released on licence for his involvement in planning terror attacks. Specifically one on the london stock exchange. The Prime Minister has told the bbc that 7a people jailed for terror offences and released early will have their licence conditions reviewed. Earlier we spoke to ian lawrence, whos the general secretary of napo, the union that represents staff in the probation service. Hes also a member of the labour party. He explained that the highest levels of supervision from probation would have been in place. The first thing i want to do is add my condolences, those of our members, to the families and those affected by this appalling incident. My affected by this appalling incident. My understanding is from the information that has reached me that at the highest levels of supervision by probation were in place for the alleged perpetrator and unless those conditions had been breached, then there was no reason, as i understand it, for that person not to make the journey to london and take part in that conference. All of those things would have been expressed as a risk before hand. With hindsight, anything can be said with hindsight, but the fact is that our members actually practice the conditions of licence to make sure they are supervised properly. It is fair to say, isnt it, that since 2010 there has been a fairly significant reduction in the amount of money available within the ministry of justice budget, which presumably includes your services . When you talk about the highest level of supervision, what in practical terms nowadays does that mean . Does it mean daily contact, does it mean telephone contact . Does it mean face to face contact . I appreciate all conditions of each individual might be slightly different, but broadly, if you are able to give us an idea of what that might amount to somebody who had been convicted of this sort of offence . I would not have access to the supervision plan for the individual concerned, but i will check in with college and practitioners over the weekend. It is quite likely that what an offender with that record would be seen at this once a week, and if not twice and would have been had strict conditions about the activities that they could undertake. What they are, ido they could undertake. What they are, i do not know. Presumably, the risk was assessed in terms of that person being free to travel to london. There may have been other conditions, which again, i dont know about. Things like restricting the use of the internet, telephone contact and the like. And of course, we understand that the individual was wearing a gps monitoring electronic tag. So, we need to ask questions about whether anybody had reason to believe it was a breach of the conditions and should have advised privation, in which case he would have been recalled. These are questions that need to be answered in the reviews that will be taking place. Just to kind of get people up to speed, as it were, for this, it has become. It has become terribly complicated working at what might happen each situation, not least because the law keeps changing. Counterterrorism legislation changes and changes and changed again. In the course of the last decade or so. Just specifically though, when we talk about somebody being on licence, it means effectively that they can still be recalled, literally, to prison, at a moments notice if they have been found to breach the license terms, that great cosmic generator is correct. It depends what the pictures. In the case of a high risk client, it is likely that they would be recalled straightaway and divested by the police. Each case is different, but it seems pretty certain. Yellow is the point about legislation. This individual, of course, appealed against the sentence that he was under, an indeterminate sentence, and was released on a fixed term. He did not see the parole board, but now people do see the parole board before release from, typically high risk instances. I think it was the conservatives that actually withdrew the ipp tariff, so there has been a lot of confusion. It would be right for the politicians target the measures, the med minutes but some things have been lost in translation over the weekend. Some breaking news that is coming to us some breaking news that is coming to us from the metropolitan police at the moment. It is from West Midlands counting terrorism unit. Counterterrorism unit. 0fficers counting terrorism unit. Counterterrorism unit. Officers from West Midlands Counter Terrorism unit executing a search warrant last night, that is etched on it, in connection to the review that was announced by the Prime Minister this weekend of existing licence conditions of convicted of terrorism offenders, of which we know that there are 7a have been released early on licence. As the result of a search of address in stoke on trent, the man, 3a euros, was arrested contrary to section five of the terrorism act for preparing terrorism act for preparing terrorism acts. There is no information to suggest that the arrested man was involved in fridays incident at a hall and on London Bridge. No suggestion of any connection with no, but the suggestion from that with the usman khan. But in stoke on trent arrested as a result of the licence review in connection with terrorism offences. If we get any more about that, we will update you here on bbc news. An irishwoman who became a so called Islamic State bride in syria has been arrested after arriving back in ireland with her two year old daughter. Lisa smith went to the war torn country in 2015 after converting to islam and becoming radicalised. She had been living with her child in a syrian refugee camp. She has also revealed that the father of her child was a suspected member of is who died last year. 0ur correspondentjohn campbell joined me earlier and told me more about ms smiths background. She was a woman in her 30s, she had been a member of the Irish Defence forces, so, somebody with military training. She became disillusioned with her life. In 2011, she converted to islam, and then in 2015 she made that decision to leave her husband and go and join the Islamic State. Now, she resurfaced again in the summer of this year, when the Islamic State was collapsing. She was held by us backed forces in syria. She was in a refugee camp and, at that time, the bbc caught up with her in that camp. We asked what she had been doing while she was with Islamic State and she denied that she had put her military skills to any offensive use. Lisa smith is now in the custody of the irish police and they will, of course, be testing that story about what she did during those four years in syria. They will clearly want to know in detail who exactly she was with, where she was and what she did. Now, irish police can hold herfor three days before they have to make some sort of decision on charge or release. John campbell reporting from belfast. Falkirk council says it is on standby to help vulnerable residents after thousands of homes have been left without heating following a gas main failure in central scotland. With the temperature in the area just above freezing, electric heaters and cookers are being offered to elderly or sick customers and those with young children. Scottish gas Networks Said engineers were trying to fix the problem but didnt know when gas would be restored. It is exactly 90 minutes past 6pm. 19 it is exactly 90 minutes past 6pm. 19 minutes past six. The headlines on bbc news. The woman killed in the London Bridge attack has been named as 23 year old saskia jones, a graduate of Cambridge University. Her family said she was funny and kind and will leave a huge void in their lives. New images reveal the bravery of members of the public tackling the convicted terrorist on the bridge and in the hall where his attack began. An irish woman who travelled to syria to join the Islamic State group is arrested after arriving back in dublin with her two year old daughter. If you were disturbed in the middle of last night by a loud bang, which is likely if you live in the south east of england, around the london area, it was because, apparently, by sonic beam generated by two raf jets apparently, by sonic beam generated by two rafjets sonic boom. Hundreds of people across north london and the Home Counties were woken up by a loud bang. The noise was generated by two Royal Air Force typhoons, which launched from coningsby in lincolnshire and intercepted an unresponsive aircraft which later re established contact. Lets have a listen to recordings viewers have sent in. Boom. Its not that impressive when you hear it in the cold light of day, but it is not the cold light of day, of course. That was recorded in the middle of the night. If you have ever heard a milk bottle being knocked over by a cat, you know how easy it is to be woken by a night out of the silence. A lot of people we re out of the silence. A lot of people were disturbed by that and, of course coming after freddies terror attack, a lot of people worried that they were listening to the sound of an explosion fridays terror attack. We do normally get the sonic booms in the hubbub of daytime noise, so it does not distribute quite so much. We now know that it was caused by the two tone phone jets taking off from raf coningsby. To go to intercept this aircraft. It was a false alarm, we know, but at the time it could have been a hijacked jet, something very serious. These two typhoon jets. This is an exercise, but it happened for real in the middle of the night when we were sleeping. Alarm rings. So you so everybody springing into action, we now see the raf typhoon taxing out. It takes a while to take off, but we had at last night the typhoons intercepted that plane within about 12 minutes over Central London last night. While a look at these pictures, i can tell you the story of how it looked from the pilot on that brings six that boeing aircraft. What happened was they had a problem with their Radio Communication i did not know for ten minutes. For another ten minutes they were trying to sort out the problem and the pellet was concentrating on his switches in the cockpit and while he was doing that, he just about establish Radio Communications and looked out his left side and had the fright of his life and so there is raf typhoon right alongside them. They fly very close and he said he could see the strobe lights of the typhoon. There it is taking off there. The pilot could see the strobe lights of the typhoon, he put on his landing lights to acknowledge that he had seen lights to acknowledge that he had seen the fighter, managed to establish Radio Communications and they went on their way and all was well. But the pilots actually been tweeting about his experience and said that was a seriously Fast Response by the raf, true prose. That is from the guy in the cross hairs. It certainly was not the least stressful way to get an up close look at it. So that is the story behind thousands of people being woken up in the middle of the night. In terms of the noise disturbing some people and others would have slept through it, how much of an issue as this in terms of the sonic booms, because presumably it is quite different in the middle of the night than if the aircraft create that kind of noise barrier between them in the middle of the afternoon . Some people have complained on twitter about rdf carrying out exercises and disturbing people. That is not the case. disturbing people. That is not the case. Raf. And your cat will only go supersonic when there is an absolute necessity and the necessity here and aircraft will only go supersonic when there is absolute necessity and there was here and an aircraft will not do that lately. Although they work people up, they are here to keep us safe. Mps in maltas governing party have given their unanimous backing to the Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, whos been facing calls to resign. His government has come under intense pressure, after an investigation into the murder, of into the murder of the investigative journalist, daphne ca ruana galizia. Two senior members of the government have already resigned. And Joseph Muscat was meeting his mps this afternoon. Our europe correspondent damian grammaticas, give us less update from malta. Several thousand strong, they filled the heart of maltas capital this evening. Theres real anger here that the Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, is still in place. The ramifications of the murder of Daphne Caruana galizia have plunged this island into a crisis. We are meant to be a democracy enough enough out the Prime Minister . Out, Joseph Muscat, out now i am fed up of the injustice that has been going on. They murdered daphne, they murdered my friend. We wantjustice. Mr muscat left his country retreat earlier after emergency talks with his party members. They said theyd back him unanimously. This wasJoseph Muscat just two days ago. Its the investigation into the murder of the campaigning journalist thats at the heart of the crisis. Myjob is to see this investigation concluded. Daphne Caruana Galizia was blown up by a car bomb two years ago. Shed been writing about the close business ties of those around the Prime Minister. Last night, maltas richest man, yorgen fenech, was brought to court and charged with being part of the plot to murder the journalist. He had dealings with those at the top of government. Daphne Caruana Galizias family have long said people close to the Prime Minister were implicated. For two years, he failed to take action. Many believe malta has been sullied and corrupted on his watch. So tonight, theres no sign Joseph Muscat is preparing to stand down, but as long as people here believe theres something rotten in the state of malta, the pressure on him to go will only increase. Damian grammaticas, bbc news, malta. It was the first time in 600 years that two popes came face to face and now a new film tells the story of what happened when Pope Benedict unexpectedly stood down in 2013. The two popes, examines the relationship between benedict and his successor pope francis. One of the stars, jonathan pryce, whos been tipped for an oscar, has been speaking to our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. The series of confrontations and conversations between the two popes. Reform needs a politician. Manages to undercut audiences expectations in many different ways. you go in there thinking, maybe, do i want to sit and listen to two popes talking, and you can watch this film with a sense of humour. You know the beatles . Yes, eleanor rigby. Who . Eleanor rigby. No, i dont know her. Yellow submarine. Yellow submarine . Thats silly. Jonathan pryce says his portrayal of pope francis before he succeeded anthony hopkinss Pope Benedict was helped by his long standing admiration for the oscar winner. Oh, no, a pope must go on forever and be the personification of the crucified christ. You see francis going in very much feeling he is in the presence of the pope, and he is slightly in awe of him, and that played well into my relationship with tony, who ive admired for years. He doesnt think there are comparisons between the mens conflicts and some of the situations happening around the world. Whenever i try to be myself, people dont seem to like me very much. The position in europe and america is so horrific at the moment, i dont see the parallels between francis and benedict. Ijust see there is a conflict between them which is resolved, and please, god, we can resolve our issues here. A film he hopes can set a powerful example for all. Lizo mzimba, bbc news. That film is on general release. Irving burgie, the american composer who helped to popularise caribbean music has died at the age of 95. Better known as lord burgess, he wrote the hit song day 0 and helped Harry Belafonte to bring calypso music into the mainstream. Day 0, also known as the banana boat song has been used in films, adverts and even as a wake up call to astronauts. I thought no one could hear you scream in space, but apparently they can hear you scream in space, but apparently they can hearyou sing. Now its time for a look at the weather. Hello, weve a very cold and frosty night ahead for england and wales as the skies clear and any showers along eastern coast fade away. But for scotland and Northern Ireland, weve got cloud increasing that will bring some outbreaks of rain mainly into northern scotland. Northern ireland probably staying mainly dry. But the cloud cover here will keep temperatures just above freezing much milder across the northern west of scotland. Could see the odd pocket of frost for southern scotland before the cloud increases. But temperatures down to minus three or minus four celsius quite widely for england and wales. A cold, crisp start to the day here. Further outbreaks of rain through tomorrow across scotland, eventually getting down into the central belt, maybe southern scotland by the afternoon. Bit patchy by then. Cloudy, but mainly dry for Northern Ireland after a sunny start, cloud increasing across Northern England and north wales, six to eight celsius. The high tomorrow for england, wales and Northern Ireland. Feeling a little bit milder across the far north of scotland, but with some wet weather so cold at first in the week ahead, slowly turning milderfrom the north, a further risk of fog on tuesday and wednesday, wetter and windier by friday
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