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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20240713

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 wh

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