Changing face of russia. The longest session of un climate talks ever held has come to an end in madrid. After an extra two days and nights of talks, all countries agreed to develop tougher carbon cutting plans in time for another major conference to be hosted next year by the uk in glasgow. The deal, seen as a compromise, has been criticised by the un secretary general as a lost opportunity. Our science editor David Shukman has the details. Were starting to get a little lost. We are kind of lost. 0k. Confusion and fatigue after the longest session of climate negotiations on record. We are a little confused about what documents are being discussed. The hope had been to speed up the fight against rising temperatures. Instead, the talks limped to a compromise that left many unhappy. Especially the island nations that fear for their futures. Im exhausted. Ifeel like much, much more could have been done. And im thinking about how im going to go home and explain that this was a really, real
Within the past hour police have named the terrorist who killed two people and injured several more in a terror attack in Central London. Officers shot dead usman khan on London Bridge. He was convicted of terrorism offences in 2012 and had been released from prison on licence in december of last year. Lets get the latest from our correspondent, simonjones. Simon, what have the police said about usman khan . 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 yea rs old 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 backin 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, me
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. Simonjones 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 injailfor 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 jail
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
Sometimes simplicity is genius. Hundreds of volunteers spend saturday night sleeping outdoors as part of a Charity Event in londons Trafalgar Square to raise money to tackle homelessness. The United States and iran have carried out a Rare Exchange of prisoners, despite the tensions between washington and tehran. Massoud soleimani, an iranian scientist arrested over alleged violation of trade sanctions, was freed by the us. He was swapped for an American Academic xiyue wang, who had been in prison in iran for ten years on spying charges, which he denied. More from our washington correspondent chris buckler. Both iran and the us have made the most of this brief thaw in the relationship. The Iranian Foreign minister even pictured himself with Massoud Soleimani. As he made his way back to tehran, the us posted a photograph of the prisoner starting his own way home. The Princeton University academic was charged with spying on iran more than three years ago and since then his family have mad