Im ben brown. Today at two. Bell tolls. The Prime Minister, the labour leader and the mayor of london lead tributes to the victims of the London Bridge terror attack. In cambridge, tributes to jack merritt and saskia jones who were killed. Mr merritts girlfriend attended a service along with family and friends. More details emerge of how a polish chef who fought off the attacker was stabbed five times in the struggle. There is a bad guy, hes got two knives in his hand, there is blood, theres screams, there is chaos. Lucas pulls off this long stick, he charges toward the bad guy and he impacts him 00 01 46,1000 00 01 50,967 on the chest. The point of no return on Climate Change is looming. The stark warning from the United Nations as leaders gather in madrid for talks. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with sarah. Monster innings from joe bruh to. Certainly was. The england captain made a double century. However hopes ofa win, made a double century. However hopes of a win, they
Five vigils for the victims of the London Bridge attack are held in london and cambridge. The Prime Minister, labour leader and the mayor of london remember the victims by observing a minutes silence. The girlfriend of jack merritt attends the service in cambridge, where both victims went to the university. Friends and colleagues have paid tribute. He was inspiring. He had a bright light in his eyes. And he was a young kid, but he was a cambridge grad, so he could have been anywhere, done anything. Well have more on the vigil and the political row over sentencing and the conditions under which offenders are released. Also this hour the American Woman who says she was brought to britain to have sex with Prince Andrew urges the British Public to stand beside her. He knows what happened, i know what happened, and theres only one of us telling the truth, and i know thats me. Released from Police Custody the paranoid schizopherenic who went on to kill three pensioners. The point of no retur
Dont say im a hero, im no hero, i was lucky, im here. All the heroes are dead and ill never forget them as long i live. And this evening, a fly past by the red arrows as the commemorations draw to a close. Well have the latest from normandy, and well be talking to the military historian, sir anthony beever. And one other main story today, a devastating blow for bridgend, as ford confirms its closing its engine plant there, with 1,700 jobs at risk. Gutted, especially for the youngsters. These are good, well paid jobs. Hello and welcome to the bbc news at five. Hundreds of veterans have gathered in normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of d day. Theresa may and the french and american president s have been attending commemorative events across northern france, to honour those who fought in one of the most momentous operations in military history. June the 6th, 191m was a day that changed the course of the Second World War and began the liberation of europe. A lone piper marked the moment
We have to act within those powers. But we need to make sure that the british people are not unnecessarily at risk. In a statement, shamima begums family say as a british citizen she has every expectation to be returned to the uk, and be dealt with under the british justice system. Shamima begums case is not unique. Some 850 people left the uk to join so called islamic state. Around half have already come back. Some working against extremism say there needs to be more focus on what caused her to go, to prevent others from doing the same. I realise that she is a bit of a poster girl of that phenomenon of those young girls going off tojoin daesh. But if we take stock of what is happening, we need to see how she got there and how we can stop other people from going down that route. The home secretary has said he would prevent people in terrorist organisations returning to britain. It is unclear what that will mean for shamima begum, who was just 15 when she left the uk for syria. Sophie l
Thejustice secretary, david gauke, says the governments main priority has to be the safety of the public when considering the case of Shamima Begum. The family of the pregnant teenager, who left britain to join the Islamic State group, say theyd welcome a Police Investigation into her actions, but want the government to help bring her home. Sophie long reports. This is the al hawl camp in Northern Syria where the 19 year old from east london is living as she awaits the birth of her third child. Shamima begum says both her son and daughter died, and she wants to come back to britain so her unborn baby does not the same fate. Herfamily, who had feared they would never see her again, have asked the government to help them get her home. But the justice secretary says there are risks to allowing people like Shamima Begum to return to britain, and they would look at her case very closely. What has to be the priority of the British Government is ensuring the protection of the british people a