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as publishers enjoy a record year. and nasa s cassini space probe sends back dramatic data from saturn, after diving through the gap between the planet and its rings. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. let s return to the developing news of the last half hour. news of an arrest after an incident in whitehall in central london. the centre of london, near westminster tube station. you can see that on the bottom left of your screen. whitehall is the street running down into parliament square, for the houses of parliament are. you can see at the bottom left, a police van. this following, it seems, as a small contained incident in which british police, according to reuters, have arrested a man who according to witnesses may have been armed with two knives. some witnesses saying he had been pinned to the ground next to a bag. let me bring in our home affairs correspondent danny shaw who has jointly no. we don t know very much about this. we should stress, this sounds lik ....
have got as we watch those forensic officers at the scene is that this arrest was part of a planned operation. there is no sense there was an attack under way but more that police have their eye on this person. and it is safe to assume the security service were doing this. an intelligence led operation would involve them in a joint operation with police. there was a time when mis with police. there was a time when mi5 worked more or less in competition with the police and did not share stuff with them but that changed after the london bombings in 2005. they work closely and share discussions and priorities. it was an intelligence led operation where they were tracking this person. he has been arrested on suspicion of the commission, instigation and preparation of acts of terrorism and knives have been recovered from him. he has not been charged, we do not know if he will be. he is being held ata know if he will be. he is being held at a south london police station and t ....
and they ask us to help, as i say, i think it will be very difficult to say no. we don t need unilateral action, we need to work through the un but, above all, we need to bend ourselves totally to getting a political settlement in syria. the government loses a court bid to delay publication of its air pollution strategy until after the general election. new figures show a big rise in violent crime in england and wales with knife crime at its highest level for six years. and how readers are turning off their e books and switching back to paper, as publishers enjoy a record year. good evening, there s been a major security operation in whitehall as armed police arrested a man suspected of planning acts of terrorism. a rucksack and several knives have been recovered from the scene, but no one has been injured. it s understood officers from scotland yard s counter terrorism command moved in on the suspect as part of an intelligence led operation. the prime minister was not ....
robbed from s victory need no lessons on how wrong polling can be, but france is interesting. the pollsters got it spot on in the first round of the presidential election, which is why the polling ahead of the second round is worth a look. the gap between the candidates is still there. it is still significant. but it has got a little bit smaller, with both candidates on the campaign trail. here is emmanuel macron in paris. a progress translation: i will not let marine le pen trivialise the national front party, not let marine le pen trivialise the nationalfront party, a racist party. she put at the helm of the party. she put at the helm of the party somebody who expresses extremely brave opinions. marine le pen has been holding a rally, and james reynolds is there. thousands of her supporters have gathered here. they are extremely enthusiastic, they want to win the run off against emmanuelle macro. but to do so, marine le pen cannot rely simply on the support of thos ....
further investments in wales and the uk. questions for the prime minister. mister michael fabricant. prime minister. thank you. the economy in the west midlands is performing well, businesses are continuing to invest that is because conservatives and government have safeguarded the economy and as a result my honorable friend asked about public services, as a result there are more doctors and more nurses in his hospitals because you can only have strong public services when you have the strong and stable leadership that delivers a strong economy. i think what this nation needs is a strong and stable government. isn t it the case that thanks to delovution. i in the midland strong and stable leadership if the right choice is made my friend makes a very powerful point, people in the west midlands have the opportunity to elect a strong local leader who will oversee 8 million pounds of investment. i think they have commander has the local knowledge, he has the bus ....