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Was down thousands unaltered demand justice is the crisis sparked by a murdered a journalist threatens to bring down the countrys political elite Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is reportedly planning to resign. I am was. The at the. Time head of the home free glad you could join me police have identified the man who carried out fridays stabbing attack a new london they say was 28 year old man khan who killed 2 people on London Bridge he was later shot dead by police khan had been convicted in 2012 for terrorism offenses and was released from prison about a year ago several on the captured fridays incident on their mobile phones and some are being praised as heroes for disarming the attacker. Members of the public pin the attacker to the ground one of them taking away the knife used in the attack. Police were called and arrives quickly theres been about 5 shots theres another 1. 10 i phones me why. Moments later the Police Shooting can. Get on my course. As you would expect gz of the nature of the incident we responded as though this was terrorist related im now in a position to confirm that it has been declared a terrorist incident. Eyewitnesses were visibly shocked. It was extremely frightening yeah but if you dont know what to do you know you have done so i just i dont want to do think twice about just going off in london again londons mayor denounce the attack terrorism is cowardly and evil we must and will stand united and resolute in the face of terror those who seek to attack us and divide us would never succeed and the british Prime Minister said he wants sentences for serious crimes to be more strongly enforced i have long argued that it is a mistake to allow serious and violent criminals to come out of prison and it is very important that we get out of that habit and that we enforce the appropriate sentences for dangerous criminals especially the terrorists that i think the public want to see. This is the 2nd terror attack in this part of london in a little over 2 years. When our correspondent shut off the parts joins us now from london more details are emerging about the victims and the attack what more can you tell us. Well we now know the details of what happened around London Bridge friday afternoon the attacker attended an event at fishmongers hall a con friends with cambridge students and former prisoners and thats where he started stabbing people as 3 people are still being treated at trial at a Trauma Center here in the capital in london to a man and a woman known to have lost their life and this attack and about the attacker. A 20 year old convicted terrorist he was convicted in 2012 for plotting a bomb tech on the London Stock Exchange and for setting up a terrorist camp and he subsequently spent some years in jail and was released on license last december in december 28th and has since been monitored by authorities with an electronic tech so just how he was able to carry out the attack and what he was doing at that conference is unclear at this point now this comes in the middle of a general Election Campaign in the country how will that be affected. Well we dont know exactly who is going to profit from this attack politically but of course we have less than 2 weeks to go to the general election and we heard Prime Minister Boris Johnson there in the reports making a quick political point saying that he had long been an advocate of not releasing violent and dangerous criminals. So terrorism will take a front seat of course now Going Forward in the compay now and this comes at a time when Great Britain and the country is extremely polarized and divided over the issue of brecks it and over this elections who are now all Political Parties have stopped campaigning over the weekend they will start restart though on monday and we can be sure that terrorism and how to deal with violent offenders will take a front seat there in the campaigns our correspondent. In london thank you. Lets take it now so the other stories making news around the world at this hour police in the netherlands are hunting a man who injured 3 people in a stabbing attack in the hague a man escaped after hurting people in the citys main shopping street Authorities Say they have no information on his motive. Cruz opposition leader. Has walked free after more than a year in prison shes been held in pretrial detention pending an investigation into alleged Money Laundering countrys highest Court Ordered her release on monday but the Corruption Case against her can still go ahead. Its been announced that means new International Airport will finally open at the end of october next year it was supposed to open 9 years ago but its been plagued by mismanagement corruption and structural problems the project to build the airport is also billions of euros over budget. To iraq now where Prime Minister. Says he will resign after 40 people were killed in the latest clashes between Security Forces and antigovernment protest as the death toll since unrest broke out in october has now surpassed 400. 00 people. A victory for protesters here celebrating in baghdad the Prime Minister says hell resign amid relentless protests theyve been demanding change since october in some of the countrys most sustained and deadly clashes. Over 400 people are now dead many of them on 2 young men and a staggering 17000 have been injured. Most of the dead were killed by iraqs Security Forces. On thursday alone over 60 people were killed off the protesters set fire to the rain in government building the protesters see the Political Class as corrupt and a puppet of outside forces especially iran. Off to thursdays bloodshed iraqs grand ayatollah alsa stanny used friday prayers to urge the Prime Minister to go. Faith in my genius and no way out. My core on the members of parliament from which this current government has emerged to reconsider their options in this regard oh archie he may have had their share. But for the protestors its just the beginning but they want to the minister to send a message that the resignation of Prime Minister margaret is not solving grant tire problem the problem is about the system that brought him in they would be delusional if they think they can use him as a scapegoat and that the people will withdrawal from the streets after his resignation the real wisdom of the. Violent clashes continued on friday in the holy city of new jeff just as news circulated that the Prime Minister was resigning the funerals continued to testament to the governments brutal response to this protest movement. When a mall to pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to step down this after an associate described as the mastermind behind the killing of the journalist was freed from prison thousands of protesters gathered in the capital letter to express their anger definite kind of want to get it see it was killed in a car bombing 2 years ago her family demanded that miscount resign after his former chief of staff keith shimmery was released after spending 2 days in prison at least 2 witnesses say that she and preplanned the killing. Well the murder of a journalist i think i want to get its yeah and the ensuing scandal has exposed a swamp of corruption and organized crime in the country he has bought of the vessel is in malta and we are asked what it would mean if the Prime Minister. That would just be a mere beginning i mean of course people here want justice thats what they always screaming at those demonstrations now Justice Justice they want people to go to jail for the murder bought everybody here knows that. The disease goes so much deeper there is this mafia like concrete action of people being sort of doing business together and doing favors for each other and doing criminal favors for each other and covering up Money Laundering is rampant on the island there is a whole cozy no economy that has developed that is laundering illegal money from russia from the near is from from everywhere really and its streaming through the island passports are being sold to russians to chinese to all the guards from wherever who wanted a european passport for big sums that there are no controls in place this goes on and on and the whole economy and the political elite here are sort of totally in connected and there is this network really that is just an crusted in society and all this will really have to be torn and people the normal citizens here in malta really want that and they say we have lost our dignity we need to regain it and we want to be a democracy. Reporting from the maltese capital the letter there our correspondent about are they so when it 1st of all the draw for euro 2020 takes place laces a day in the remaining Capital Bucharest next years tournament is a special 60th Anniversary Edition of the 1st time every stage across 12 different host nations i do European Championship is celebrating its birthday ever since 1960 the competition between the continents best nations has been held every 4 years for its 60th anniversary the tournament will take place in 12 countries across europe with 7 of them hosting for the very 1st time. Different cultures as well in the europe where you can play the difference it is different than serious and. Might be you will see how it is going to be a successful no but that i think is a good idea. It all kicks off on june the 12th in rome said lympics stadium 3 group a games and of course the final will be played here just like in back more than 3000 kilometers away the Czech Republic could get drawn in this group a nightmare scenario according to former National Team star carol people ski. Going. To be honest im a bit scared that its not going to work so i cant imagine groups with trips all over europe. Is going to be very hard for funds. I cant imagine going to back you in such a short time this group is going to be the worst one those who put a hoshi. Germany will have things a bit easier there among 5 countries who enjoy a home advantage in all of their great games for germany that will be in munich after that hoping all roads lead to london and the citys Wembley Stadium among others location for the semifinals and final. Guy visual now ever it ends up the flights will be shorter than it was in the world cups in brazil or south africa where we sometimes have to fly for 4 hours. Of course not every country and its fans will have it as good as germany at the tournament maybe less travel needed in 2024 then the European Championships go back to being hosted in one country 1st up will be germany. When german football shaka have climbed to 2nd in the bundesliga table after 81 when at home on their lead shelter opened the scoring midway through the 1st half thanks to a thunderbolt by Benito Rahman this was his 2nd goal of the season. Marcus invites an equalized on with a penalty that was before half time the match was heading for a draw until shall because Germany International so it said i popped up with a winner with 4 minutes to go giving the hosts does a victory. With thousands of activists have staged a demonstration in mexico city protesting of violence against women a mexican feminist organization organized the friday demonstration with thousands of Women Joining the march against gender violence now the chant and the dance routine originated in chile its spread through all the countries including spain france and the united states. Or to detail renies from berlin coming up next over the arts and culture the latest is always available around the clock on our website e. W. Dot com ive been home for it seems to. Me affectionately but as affectionately as you can. Hear protests in the middle of his Election Campaign you tube was a documentary was filmed for russian television. To turn the camera back on of course the film