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condemned what she called a sick and depraved terrorist attack in london that left a policeman, three civilians and the attacker dead. the officer has been named as constable keith palmer, who was a8, a husband and a father. he had been in service for 15 years. the country s top anti terrorism officer has said the police are assuming the attacker was motivated by islamic extremism. at least forty people were injured including members of a school party from france, five south korean visitors, two romanian tourists and three other policemen. this was the sequence of events which started unfolding at 2:40 on wednesday afternoon local time. the man drove a car across westminster bridge, mounting the pavement, hitting many pedestrians, killing at least two of them and causing some very serious injuries before crashing into railings outside the houses of parliament. he then ran through the gates of the palace of westminster armed with a knife and stabbed a police officer wh ....
straight over. and give assistance there were two other deaths kurt cochran was in london celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary. and aysha frade was a teacher on her way to pick up her children. tonight there is news of a another victim. tonight there is news of a another victim. and in central london tonight, a vigil attended by thousands to remember all victims of the westminster attack. and we re taking a look at how the developments are being reported in the papers. good evening. one of the most extensive police investigations of recent years has made swift progress today, following the terror attack at westminster yesterday. the attacker has been identified and the islamic state group has said it was behind the atrocity. the attacker was named as khalid masood, who was born in the uk. he was 52, and lived in the west midlands. he had come to the attention of the intelligence services in the past. there have been eight arrests so far five men and three women ....
for the funeral of martin mcguinness, the former deputy first minister of northern ireland. the un estimates 400,000 iraqi civilians are trapped in the old city of mosul as government forces try to capture it from islamic state militants. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. one of the most extensive police investigations of recent years has made swift progress today following the terror attack at westminster yesterday. the attacker was named as khalid masood, though within the last hour, it s been confirmed his birth name was adrian elms. he was born in kent and was 52 years old. he had come to the attention of the intelligence services in the past. the islamic state group says it was behind the atrocity. there have been eight arrests so far, five men and three women, following raids overnight and today. tributes have been paid to those who lost their lives, including pc keith palmer. there are 20 people still in hospital, six are critically ill. police have announce ....
the city is split between is and iraqi army forces. 0ur middle east editorjeremy bowen and cameraman nick milard have been to the edge of the old city and sent this report. gunfire the rule of the jihadists who call themselves islamic state, has brought fire, destruction and death down on mosul, iraq s second city. this is where the fight is now concentrated, in the narrow alleys of the old city, too tightly packed for armoured vehicles. it s a classic urban battlefield, a place where jihadis who pray that they will die fighting have managed in the last few days to stall on offensive by far more powerful iraqi forces. the iraqi troops took us to a building about 100m from the isjihadis. to one of dozens of sniper positions. the threat from is has managed to recreate some unity in a country that s been torn to pieces by war. iraq is a very divided country. at the moment they have a common enemy, the fear is that when they beat the islamic state here in mosul, they may tu ....
commission, jean claude juncker, has told the bbc that the eu will not seek to punish britain during brexit negotiations. hosni mubarak has been freed after yea rs hosni mubarak has been freed after years in detention following his overthrow in the arab spring revolution in his country. a warning that bad behaviour in english schools is not being dealt with properly and pupils performance is being negatively affected. good morning. we re live at westminster, where it seems life is returning back to normal as the roads have opened for the first time since wednesday s terror attack here. in the past few hours, we have had more information from the metropolitan police who are investigating the attack. they are appealing for anyone with information on khalid masood, previously known as adrian russell ajao. they say they ve made two further significant arrests in the west midlands and north west england. a total of nine people are in custody. one woman has been released on ....