York city where there was an explosion in times square during the morning commute. The mayor calls it an attempted terrorist attack. Christien kafton has been following the story this morning. I have been monitoring this since 5 00. The explosion happened just before then. New york is on high alert following the bombing despite the fact that police have the bomber in custody. It is all about the New York Post they have identified this man as akayed ullah. Police have identified him and he was left with burns to his hands and body following the explosion. Police say that three other people were injured in the attack. They are reportedly minor including somebody complaining about a headache and another about ringing in their ears. Police are re releasing details and a timeline. Around 7 20 new york time there was a blast about one block from times square. Investigators have not talked about a motive or confirming ties to a political cause but they have said the city is a prime target for
Come in through there are a mockery in the agency where they have released a short statement claiming that they had sent two attackers to this church now the credibility of these claims that have come in several times before is almost impossible to verify Islamic State has done this often where when its a tactic space and when it hasnt been plame in the hours that follow it they will release a statement that doesnt make them in some way usually the only way to corroborate whether they were actually involved if a second statement comes in later in the day which often will have pictures of the attackers or will have some sort of video statement that kind of corroborates an actual physical link to the operational planning of this attack we do know that Islamic State has carried out attacks or the socalled Islamic State has carried out attacks in baluchistan before through local affiliates known as the luggage and we and other me where so far hearing nothing from that group saying that the
Complaints. The video assistant referee is being used tonight as chelsea host arsenal in the first leg of the league cup semifinal. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. At least 15 people have been killed by mudslides and flash floods in southern california. Rescue workers are now mounting a desperate search for survivors, fearing that dozens of people might still be trapped. Many of those affected now are the very same people who last month fled from wild fires. The extreme weather has hit carpinteria, Santa Barbara and montecito from where our correspondent james cook reports. On californias Pacific Coast, ordeal by the elements continues. First, they endured the largest fire in the states history. Next came torrential rain, more intense than anyone here could remember. Then, within minutes, destruction, caused by an unstoppable wall of mud and debris. This 14 year old survived. Even she does not know how. Firefighters using rescue dogs heard her screams and worked for hours to pull
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