The first victim of the London Bridge terror attack to be named is jack merritt, killed while running a prisoner rehabilitation conference to which his assailant was invited. His father paid tribute to the 25 year Old Cambridge graduate, calling him a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. His attacker, usman khan, was released from prison last year after serving eight years for islamist terrorism. Previously he told the bbc he was not an extremist. All the Community Knows me, and they will know, if you ask them, they will know, like, these labels they are putting on me, terrorist, this, that, they will know im no terrorist. Tonight, there are questions about why khan was released and how closely he was being monitored. Also on the programme rail passengers face another rise in fares as parts of the network prepare for weeks of strike action. And england and wales find out who theyll face in the euro 2020 football championships. Good evening. One of the victims of y
And england will face croatia in their opening game for euro 2020, on ilijune. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, Benedicte Paviot and bonnie greer stay with us for that. Good evening. One of the victims of yesterdays terror attack has been named as jack merritt, a cambridge graduate who was helping coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation near London Bridge. He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan, a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism offences, and released from prison on licence last year. Khan, whod been invited to the conference, was shot dead by police after members of the public tackled him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford. 25 years old and with the sense of adventure, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. His father said today he was a beautiful spiritual always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisone
He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan, a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism offences, and released from prison on licence last year. Khan, whod been invited to the conference, was shot dead by police after members of the public tackled him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent daniel sandford. 25 years old and with the sense of adventure, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. His father said today he was a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that hed helped organise. His killer was taken on by people from the same conference, including otherformer prisoners and by a passing policeman in civilian clothes, before being shot dead by firearms officers. The attacker, usman khan, was automatically released from prison last december, half way through a 16 year sentence for plotting to bomb the london stock exchange. 11 years ago
Attack by a former prisoner at a conference that hed helped organise. His killer was taken on by people from the same conference, including otherformer prisoners and by a passing policeman in civilian clothes, before being shot dead by firearms officers. The attacker, usman khan, was automatically released from prison last december, half way through a 16 year sentence for plotting to bomb the london stock exchange. 11 years ago he told the bbc he was no terrorist. I have been born and bred in england, in stoke on trent, in cobridge, and all the Community Knows me, and they will know, if you ask them, they will know, like, these labels they are putting on me, like terrorist, this, that, they will know i am no terrorist. His lawyer insisted his client had tried to access de radicalisation while in prison but had not got the right kind of help. He requested assistance with addressing some of his flawed thinking. He recognised that his extreme violent ideology was wrong. He wanted to corre
hello. i m anna foster. let s start in the middle east, where israel s opposition leader has urged the prime minister to accept a proposal unveiled by president biden aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire in gaza. yair lapid says if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government. it is unclear what that would mean in practice. it comes as mr netanyahu says israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposalfrom presidentjoe biden who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october the seventh style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place on sunday to discuss the re opening of the rafah crossing. a short time ago, i spoke with the uk s foreign secretary, lord cameron. i began by asking him what this deal conta