been volleying for you and newsday in the last hour police in manchester in england have said two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the hoistage stand off in texas on saturday. president biden has called the event an act of terror. four people escaped unharmed after being held for several hours in a synagogue near dallas. the hostage taker was a british citizen named malik faisal akram. he died during the siege. sophie long reports this is the moment the three final hostages ran for their lives, more than ten hours after their ordeal began. a successful but nonetheless terrifying end to the delicate day long operation involving negotiators and heavily armed police. the man, now identified as malik faisal akram, a 44 year old british citizen originally from lancashire, was shot and killed. he d claimed to have a gun and a bomb when he interrupted
but they should rest assured that we are focused. akram, who arrived in the united states two weeks ago, was heard ranting about religion and demanding the release of a pakistani neuroscientist with suspected links to al-qaeda currently serving a prison sentence in texas. british police are now assisting the us authorities with their investigation. sophie long, bbc news, dallas. well earlier i spoke to javed ali who s a former senior intelligence analyst at the fbi. we began by discussing the fbi s successful hostage rescue operation. you heard the senior fbi agent on the ground in dallas, the special agent in charge say specifically that operators from the hostage rescue team made the entry and fired upon akram and killed him and the hostage rescue
the headlines: novak djokovic has arrived in dubai after being deported from australia. it comes after a ten day legal tussle over whether he could be granted a visa despite being unvaccinated. the australian open, in which he was hoping to defend his title, is now under way. it s not clear where he ll go next. here in the uk, police have arrested two teenagers in manchester over the siege at a synagogue in the us. four people escaped unharmed after being held for several hours near dallas. the hostagetaker was a british citizen named malik faisal akram. north korea has fired a missile into the sea of japan its fourth launch this month. south korean and japanese military units detected the missile which was fired from north korea s east coast. it s not known what type of weapon was being tested.
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m david eades. our top stories: no turning back. novak djokovic has touched down in dubai after being deported from australia over the country s vaccine policy. the man who took four people hostage at a synagogue in texas is confirmed as a 44 year old british citizen. now, uk police make two arrests in manchester. surveillance flights head to the pacific island nation of tonga to assess the damage caused by a volcanic eruption and tsunami. we were as important to support that effort as anyone else at that effort as anyone else at
in fear of copycat attacks. this was an act of terror, this was an out of terror, we re not going to tolerate this. we have this capacity to deal with assaults on particularly the anti semitism that has grown up, i ll be putting a call in to the rabbi, we missed one another on the way up here, but they should rest assured that we are focused. akram, who arrived in the united states two weeks ago, was heard ranting about religion and demanding the release of a pakistani neuroscientist with suspected links to al-qaeda currently serving a prison sentence in texas. british police are now assisting the us authorities with their investigation. sophie long, bbc news, dallas. javed ali is a former senior intelligence analyst at the fbi, and an associate professor of practice at the gerald r ford school of public policy at the university of michigan. hejoins us now. let s