Everyone, and they called the police and ambulance. I said, why did you do that, why are you trying to kill people . And he wasnt responding, except to say, kill me. Members of the public had been speaking about how they held the man who had jumped out of the fight ban on the ground as they waited for police to arrive, police said they were at the Scene Inio Police said they were at the scene in 10 minutes. Police said they were at the scene inio minutes. A police said they were at the scene in 10 minutes. A . 48 man has been arrested, taken to hospital as a precaution. Home secretary amber rudd says this is being treated as a Terrorist Incident. Counterterrorism Police Officers are investigating. This was an attack on london and all londoners. We should all stand together against extremists whatever their calls. Good morning, dojoin us live in france free park this morning, Counter Terrorism officers investigating an incident involving a vehicle being driven into a crowd of people on
“p the foreign office say they have set up a crisis centre that is operating 24/7. the prime minister hasjust chaired yet another meeting of the cobra committee, the contingency committee. there have been seven of those so far since this crisis began. i havejust been those so far since this crisis began. i have just been talking to a former senior british diplomat for the bbc s newscast podcast coming out shortly and he was emphasising in a situation like this the foreign office faces a balance of risks that 0ffice faces a balance of risks that inevitably there is criticism that not enough is being done. at the same time there will be a concern within the foreign office that if you do the wrong thing and do it too quickly, that could be very grim. so a real trade off therefore diplomats and the ministry of defence to try and the ministry of defence to try and weigh up. it is clearly occupying a lot of time among senior figures at the top of government, and clearly politically the pre
strongly condemn the appalling attack president putin has launched on the people of ukraine and we stand with ukraine and will work with international partners to respond to this terrible act of aggression. in terms of what happens next here, there is a meeting of the cobra committee scheduled for 7:30am, attended by senior ministers and officials. theirfirst priority i think will be to get a handle on what is happening. as you have found out, there are claims, counterclaims, disinformation, a lot of confusion. where is what is happening on the scale of scenarios here in london? is it at the lower end of expectations all the higher, worse end of expectations? it looks like it is at the worst end of the scale. i think there will be questions about could the uk and allies done more to deter vladimir putin from doing this but these are probably questions for another day because we are now in the midst of a
it isa it is a very early start in westminster, a meeting of the cobra committee in 25 minutes. committee in 25 minutes. 6:30am, ministers will committee in 25 minutes. 6:30am, ministers will meet committee in 25 minutes. 6:30am, ministers will meet in committee in 25 minutes. 6:30am, ministers will meet in the - committee in 25 minutes. 6:30am, | ministers will meet in the basement of the cabinet office briefing room a which gives its name to the cobra committee. it is an opportunity for them to get the latest information on the situation as it was developing last night. it is very unusualfor developing last night. it is very unusual for ministers to scramble and have that kind of meeting this early when we are out and about. i think the big thing that will emerge from it is a package of sanctions, restrictions on russian businesses and russian business people and their activities in the uk. i think that will be coordinated with the european union and with the united states, as
this stage? we government. what is your thinking at this staue? ~ ., , this stage? we have very good engagement this stage? we have very good engagement across this stage? we have very good engagement across the - this stage? we have very good engagement across the uk, i this stage? we have very good | engagement across the uk, we this stage? we have very good - engagement across the uk, we met on friday, the cobra committee was convened by michael gove and we met this afternoon and i anticipate another meeting of the cobra committee to take place tomorrow. that is ensuring that we share all of the latest data around the movement of the omicron variant and what is happening in london and scotland is certainly ahead of where we were at and where we are at a northern ireland and we anticipate that two week lag we will catch up with the spread of this variant, which is in northern ireland. it is critically important we have the joint approach, critically important we have the joint