this report from our home editor, mark easton. they knew him. one of the three men who murdered seven people in london on saturday night was well known to police and mi5 as an extremist. documentary voiceover: the group display the black flag of islam. khuram butt, featured in a channel 4 documentary last year on radical islamists in britain. its title thejihadis next door. so how was he able to go on to kill until counterterrorism officers shot him dead? police have tonight confirmed the names of two of the attackers. khuram butt, a 27 year old from a british pakistani family. he lived in barking in east london and was married with two children including a young baby. in the last few years, he worked for kentucky fried chicken and was a customer service advisor at transport for london. less is known about rachid redouane. police and security services say he was unknown to them before the attack but is understood to be 30 years old, claiming to have a libyan or moroccan bac
it s 8am in singapore and 1am here in london. the british prime minister, theresa may says she s prepared to modify human rights laws in order to tackle the terror threat. she was speaking after fresh questions were asked about how the security services had missed the london bridge terror plot. those questions are being asked more urgently after the third of the attackers was identified. he was youssef zaghba, a 22 year old moroccan italian man, living in east london, who d been prevented from travelling to syria last year. he was known to the authorities in italy. earlier, there was a minute s silence across britain for those who were caught up in the london bridge attack, including two australians who died. alison holt reports. bell tolls a time to remember, a time to reflect on an attack at the heart of london. bell tolls time to stand together, on the streets where it happened. the ambulance crews who fought so hard to save lives, london s mayor at their side. manchester,
zeinab badawi. my guess is you is democratic party insider, jake sullivan, a key adviser to democrat such as hillary clinton, when she was secretary of state, as well as on the campaign trail, last year. donald trump has attracted a lot of criticism at home and abroad over his rhetoric and style of leadership. but is he not proving more effective in important foreign policy issues like the fight against extremists, than the previous democratic administration? democratic. jake sullivan, thank you forjoining us. jake sullivan, thank you forjoining us. as a key adviser to hillary clinton, can give be objective about the trump administration? not entirely objective. i would have to put my bias on the table. i spent two years trade to stop him from getting into the oval office. but i think a lot of the things that we predicted during the campaign about his lack of it as though others have borne out over the last six months. soi borne out over the last six months. so i have trie
unforgiving as you might expect and getting over the fence, there might be some fresh grass out there. live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it s newsday. a full public inquiry has been ordered into the devastating fire at a tower block in west london. the number of people known to have died has risen to 17, but that figures is expected to rise as many more are still missing. our home editor mark easton reports. slowly, inch by painstaking inch, fire officers continue their grim and dangerous work. amid the soot blackened shell of what was once home to hundreds are some who did not make it out. exactly how many, we do not know, but police today said they hoped the final death toll would not be in three figures. the scale of this tragedy is yet to become clear. the brother of these two syrians was one of those who lost his life. mohammed alhajali was an engineering student seeking a better life in britain. omar was with him as firemen tried to
singapore, you re watching bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 8am in singapore and 1am here in london where the british prime minister theresa may has ordered a public inquiry into the fire that devastated a residential block of flats in west london. 17 people are now known to have died. many residents are missing, with whole families unaccounted for. here s the latest from our home editor, mark easton, and i must warn you, there are some distressing details in his report. slowly, inch by painstaking inch, fire officers continue their grim and dangerous work. amid the soot blackened shell of what was once home to hundreds are some who did not make it out. exactly how many, we don t know, but police today said they hoped the final death toll would not be in three figures. the scale of this tragedy is yet to become clear. sadly, i can confirm the number of people who have died is now 17. we do believe that that number will sadly increase. there are 37 people recei