Police have named the man who killed two people and injured several more in a terror attack in central london. Officers shot dead usman khan on London Bridge. Its been revealed that he was convicted of terrorism offences in 2012 and had been released from prison on licence in december of last year. Simon jones has more details. This was an attack that brought terror back to the streets of london. A man and a woman killed before the attacker was shot dead on friday afternoon on London Bridge. Now, during the night the police have named the man who was shot dead as usman khan. He was 28 years old from staffordshire in the midlands here in the uk. Now, he is a convicted terrorist. He was jailed back in 2012 for a plot to bomb the london stock exchange. He was initially given what was called an indeterminate sentence, meaning he could be kept in jail for as long as was deemed necessary, for as long as was deemed he was a threat to the public. But he appealed that and then he was given a ja
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. At the moment, everyone seems to be sharing their most listened songs of the past year. What was top of your list . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. France is waking up to a second day of strikes, with trade unions warning they wont stop until the government scraps its reforms to the pensions system. The disruption is the worst for decades, with trains cancelled, schools closed and Oil Refineries shut. There have been rallies in major cities, with some protests turning violent. Rich preston reports. Teachers, transport workers, hospital staff, even theatre employees turned out. Hundreds of thousands of workers in a show of force against the government of emmanuel macron. 90 of trains were cancelled, as well as hundreds of domestic and international flights. Schools were locked and the countrys biggest tourist attr
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