Good news for tourists as spain ends its lockdown and welcomes visitors from europe. And two of britains airports reopen for commercial passenger flights today after being closed for nearly three months because of the pandemic. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after three people were stabbed to death in a park in the english town of reading. Police say its not currently being treated as terrorism, although theyre keeping an open mind about the motive. They said there was no indication it was linked to a black lives matter protest, which was held in the park a few hours earlier. John mcmanus reports. An air ambulance descending to the centre of reading in response to reports of a brutal attack. The first alert came at around 7pm yesterday evening with witnesses reporting a lone man attacking random members of the public in forbury gardens. Its a small park right in the centre of the berkshire town, and it was busy with people relaxing in the sunshine on the longest day of the year. One witness described the savage nature of the assault. There were quite a few people in the park. There was a group of eight to ten people, middle aged men drinking in a circle. Suddenly theres one lone man darted off the park to the left towards them. He stabbed one just once, went around to the next person, stabbed them, went around to the next person. He managed to get three of them before anyone sort of realise. A local journalist who realise. A localjournalist who spoke to one of many witnesses said people scrambled to escape the scene. There was a rater waiter at a re sta u ra nt was a rater waiter at a restaurant near to the garden who i spoke to at about nine oclock this evening. He said he saw loads of people running away from the scene. He saw customers collecting orders telling staff at the restaurant that theyd seen loads of police cars go by. And they were forced to close the restaurant airlie as a safety precaution for their staff. As well as special Counter Terrorism police, the air ambulances were joined by five regular ambulance crews and a Hazardous Area Response team. Police say several people were taken to hospital. Three have died from their wounds. Another three are seriously injured. A 25 year old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. The bbc understands he is of libyan origin and had previously been in prison in the uk, but for a relatively minor offence. Police say they are not currently treating this as a terrorist incident, but they are working with counterterrorism officers and are keeping an open mind as to the motivation. Then, about an hour later, officers arrived at an address south of the town centre and quickly moved some residents away from a block of flats. At 11pm armed police with shields entered the building. Responding to the attack the Prime Minister tweeted. Labour leader keir starmer said. This was a frightening and deadly attack on members of the public enjoying an ordinary summer evening. Now the investigation into why it happened gets under way. John mcmanus, bbc news. And john joins us now live from the scene. John, what is the latest on the Police Investigation . Yes, that investigation really getting under way. In the last hour while we have been here more Police Officers have arrived, certainly more forensic officers as well, all heading to the park behind me where that stabbing frenzy took place at around 7pm last night. Unlike today, it was a beautiful evening. Plenty of people in the park caught unawares in this confusing attack. Now the investigation is under way. And police perhaps will tell us a little bit more about what happened. We know for example that they raided an Apartment Building a few hours after the attack. We would like to know why that happened. They may tell us today. And we know that three people died in last nights attack, three we re died in last nights attack, three were seriously injured. There could be more. We hope the police will give us an update on the numbers affected as there were lots of people in the park, from what we understand from the eyewitness who saw the attack. More to come from the police this morning. Two things they have made clear. Firstly, the attack was not in any way related to attack was not in any way related to a black lives matter protest that had taken place here only on saturday. The two completely unrelated and they happened hours apart. Also, police are saying there isa apart. Also, police are saying there is a social media footage circulating of the attack, some of it really quite disturbing. They wa nt it really quite disturbing. They want people who have taken the footage is not to upload it to sites like twitter or facebook, but to give it to them. It is potentially very upsetting, particularly for bereaved families. Also, it could provide vital clues and a sequence of what happened when, those essential timings that could help the police in this investigation. John, many thanks. John mcmanus reporting from reading. President trump has held his First Campaign rally since the coronavirus outbreak began in the united states. Turnout for the rally in oklahoma was much lower than mr Trumps Campaign had hoped for, and plans for him to address an outside gathering were dropped. Trump supporters claimed a Million People had signed up to attend the event, but many of the seats at the arena in were empty. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. It wasnt entirely the comeback donald trump had been anticipating. Shortly after it emerged that six members of his Campaign Team had tested positive for the coronavirus, a warm up event nearby was cancelled for lack of attendance. They were empty seats in the auditorium as well. Size matters to this president and he wont have been pleased. We begin ourcampaign. I want to thank all of you. You are warriors. Ive been watching. Ive been watching the fake news for weeks now and everything is negative. Dont go, dont come, dont do anything today. Ive never seen anything like it. The Trump Campaign blamed the empty seats on the presence of protesters outside, although their attendance was largely peaceful. Despite fears the event could prove a super spreader of the coronavirus, most were not wearing masks. Yet as covid i9 cases continue to spike in this country, the president went as far as to suggest the testing effort was making his record look bad and should be slowed down. Here is the bad part. When you do testing to that extent, youre going to find more people, youre going to find more cases. So i said to my people, slow down, please. His handling of the Coronavirus Crisis could prove crucial to his re election chances. Making little mention of the state of justice making little mention of the state ofjustice in this country, which has prompted protests, the president took issue with those who sought to tear down statues of confederate leaders and cause trouble on the streets. Americans have watched left wing radicals burn down buildings, loot businesses, destroy private property, injure hundreds of dedicated Police Officers, only to hear the radicalfake dedicated Police Officers, only to hear the radical fake news dedicated Police Officers, only to hear the radicalfake news say, what a beautiful rally it was. Making no mention of tulsas tumultuous past as the site of one of the worst episodes of racial violence in american history, President Trump said if democrats gained power in november, the rioters would be in charge. His handling of the Coronavirus Crisis could prove crucial to his re election chances. David willis, bbc news, los angeles. And President Trump has sacked a top us prosecutor who had investigated several of his allies. The move brings to an end a stand off between Geoffrey Berman and the trump administration, which had initially said the prosecutor had resigned only for him to deny that. Mr berman accepted the dismissal because his deputy would replace him as temporary us attorney. Mr bermans office has been investigating the president s lawyer Rudy Giuliani and prosecuted his former aide, michael cohen. A usjudge has blocked President Trumps attempt to halt the publication of a book written by his former security adviser, john bolton. Mr bolton was fired by mr trump in september after 17 months of serving in the white house. The book includes claims that mr trump had been unaware that britain was a nuclear power, and that he had sought help from chinese president xijinping to win the president ial election. Spain has ended its state of emergency and has lifted Coronavirus Travel restrictions forforeign visitors from the European Union and schengen zone countries and the uk. All arriving passengers will have their temperature taken at the airport, submit information on whether they have had the virus, and provide their contact details. Simonjones reports. The beaches in barcelona look set to become a lot busier as locals are joined by visitors from abroad. Spain is opening up to most other European Countries as a state of emergency is lifted, formally marking the end of a three month lockdown. Anyone flying in, though, will face a rather different reception at the airport. There will be temperature checks and visitors will need to provide details of where they are staying. After a period of uncertainty, the Spanish Government has confirmed uk tourists will be able to visit without having to quarantine on arrival. Well, we are discussing with the uk authorities see if they would do the same on their side, we nevertheless are doing this out of respect for the 400,000 british citizens that have a second residence in spain and that are dying to benefit from their homes in our country. But despite the temptation of a socially distanced drink in the sun, the British Government is still advising against all but essential travel abroad. And for the moment, people flying into the uk will have to spend two weeks in quarantine. Spain, though, is desperate to get its Tourism Industry going again, so vital for the economy, but this is a country that has seen more than 28,000 deaths from coronavirus
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