Yet his total silence with respect to russian intervention. The number of People Killed in wednesdays attack at westminster has risen to five. That includes the attacker. Within the last few hours, the metropolitan police have confirmed that a 75 year old man died after being injured on westminster bridge. His identity has not yet been released. Detectives have confirmed that the attacker was a 52 year old british man, Khalid Masood. It has now emerged that he had changed his name, having grown up as adrian elms. Overnight and on thursday police made eight arrests, five men and three women, both in london and in the midlands city of birmingham. Tributes have been paid to those who lost their lives. The three identified victims are aysha frade, us national kurt cochran, and policeman keith palmer. The fourth victim who died of his injuries has not been named yet. There are more than 20 people still in hospital. Six are critically ill. With the latest on the investigation, here is our sp
Declare their defiance after wednesdays Terror Attack. Let this be the message from this house, and this nation today, our values will prevail. The archbishop of canterbury praises those who stepped in to help. There is a victory for what is right and good, over what is evil, despairing and bad. Members of the Scottish Parliament also joined together to send a message of support. And as Westminster Returns to work, mps debate how to improve Social Mobility. One study found that children in low income households hear up to 30 million fewer words by the age of three. But first, parliament gathered fewer than 2a hours after the Terror Attack that left a Police Officer and two pedestrians dead, and ended with the attacker being shot and killed by armed police. At around 2 40pm on wednesday the man drove a car at high speed across Westminster Bridge before trying to enter parliament. He was shot dead by a protection officer, after he stabbed and killed Pc Keith Palmer. More than a0 people f
Of thousands displaced, is it time for ukraines leaders to acknowledge they are in a war they cannot win . Geopolitics, economics, and public sentiment dont seem to be working in kievs favour. My guest was ukraines Prime Minister until a year ago. Arseniy yatsenyuk described his own premiership as a kamikaze mission. So how does his nation avoid Self Destruction . Arseniy yatsenyuk, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, stephen. Seems ukraines crisis has lurched into a new level of urgency in recent days with a blockade, which has been imposed by people who are actually nominally supportive of ukraines government, a blockade which is restricting all trade between the Eastern Breakaway regions and the rest of the country. Why is this happening . The reason is very clear. Under the minsk deal russians had to launch a full fledged ceasefire on the ground, to pull back its forces, and to pave the way for the political solution. Whats really happening . They are still constantly shelli
these aircraft are carrying out their quick reaction alert duties, just like they do at coningsby, but here, ready to act against any russian aggression, to intercept any aircraft that shouldn t be where they are, and to act as a major deterrent. ultimately, they re combat ready and ready for any eventuality. now it s time for a look at the weather. hello. the uk faces the prospect of temperatures never seen before in the days ahead. the met office has issued a red level warning for heat for monday and tuesday. those impacts are likely on infrastructure and how we go about our daily lives. the warmer air starts to move its way in even overnight tonight. last night, 3 4 celsius in parts of northern england. widely the mid teens overnight tonight. some rain brushing across northern england and scotland.