:00:07. > :00:16.A terror attack on Brussels - the city is rocked by explosions
:00:17. > :00:18.at the airport and the metro - more than 30 people
:00:19. > :00:30.Two bombs were set off in the airport departure area -
:00:31. > :00:39.as passengers were checking in for morning flights.
:00:40. > :00:41.TRANSLATION: I heard a gunshot in what sounded like Arabic.
:00:42. > :00:43.Then I heard boom and an enormous explosion.
:00:44. > :00:46.A third bomb exploded inside a carriage on the underground
:00:47. > :00:52.The country's prime minister calls it a time of tragedy -
:00:53. > :00:56.more than 100 are injured at the metro station.
:00:57. > :01:04.We received a big blast of air and the train stopped and we had
:01:05. > :01:07.the normal recording announcement saying,
:01:08. > :01:10.we've just had an incident on the line.
:01:11. > :01:12.Brussels under lockdown tonight - security officials say some suspects
:01:13. > :01:22.Belgian authorities are looking for the man
:01:23. > :01:26.wearing a hat on the right of this CCTV image.
:01:27. > :01:28.The attacks have prompted security alerts across Europe
:01:29. > :01:42.The row over George Osborne's budget - the Chancellor admits he made
:01:43. > :01:45.And coming up in the sport on BBC News - former World Cup-winning
:01:46. > :02:07.captain and coach Franz Beckenbauer is one of six men investigated
:02:08. > :02:12.Brussels is under lockdown tonight in the aftermath of
:02:13. > :02:18.The strike on a city at the heart of Europe has prompted security
:02:19. > :02:25.The explosions in the Belgian capital have left more than 30 dead
:02:26. > :02:32.The first bomb went off in the departures hall of Zavontem
:02:33. > :02:36.As people fled the area, there was a second,
:02:37. > :02:47.At least 11 people were killed in this blast.
:02:48. > :02:49.Around an hour later, in the city centre at the peak
:02:50. > :02:53.of the morning rush hour, a third blast tore through Maelbeek
:02:54. > :02:59.This afternoon, so-called Islamic State claimed
:03:00. > :03:09.Our Europe editor Katya Adler has our first report.
:03:10. > :03:17.It does contain some distressing images.
:03:18. > :03:28.It is OK, it is OK! When a shaky voice tries to sound reassuring,
:03:29. > :03:32.crying out from clouds of smoke that it is OK, out of the debris of
:03:33. > :03:39.devastation, you know that it is not all right. It is not all right at
:03:40. > :03:45.all. Seconds before this mobile phone footage was filmed, these
:03:46. > :03:50.suitcases were in the firm grasp of crowds of travellers, queueing
:03:51. > :03:52.impatiently at check-in. A busy morning for businessmen and women
:03:53. > :04:03.and families setting off for the Easter holidays. As the bombers well
:04:04. > :04:08.knew. Just past 8am, they set of twin explosions here. At least one
:04:09. > :04:14.of them was detonated by a suicide bomber, the Belgian authorities
:04:15. > :04:21.believe. Watch this father grab his infant before running for cover. He
:04:22. > :04:26.is not sure such cover exists. Bags and belongings no longer held any
:04:27. > :04:31.importance, just their nearest and dearest and their own lives. And
:04:32. > :04:42.then there were the selfless and the brave. This man is a baggage
:04:43. > :04:50.handlers at Brussels airport. TRANSLATION: I heard a gunshot and
:04:51. > :04:56.what sounded like Arabic. Then I heard, boom, an enormous explosion.
:04:57. > :05:01.Afterwards, people ran to the lift of the escalators. Two all people
:05:02. > :05:05.who came towards me, I saved them. I put them in the lift but they did
:05:06. > :05:10.not want to let go of me. I could not take them with me, there were
:05:11. > :05:15.too many people there. An incident has just occurred on the line...
:05:16. > :05:26.While he was saving lives, elsewhere in the city, another group of
:05:27. > :05:32.bombers was trying to take them. A nightmare come true for every train
:05:33. > :05:37.traveller. People here were in between Metro stops when a bomb went
:05:38. > :05:43.off in the central carriage. Panicked survivors had to pick their
:05:44. > :05:50.way through the darkness. Praying they would get to safety. Only once
:05:51. > :05:55.they had clambered back to daylight did the horror of what had happened
:05:56. > :06:01.really hit. TRANSLATION: I am in shock. I was in the first carriage.
:06:02. > :06:04.I saw an explosion, a flash of light. And then the whole Metro
:06:05. > :06:08.exploded. The windows came light. And then the whole Metro
:06:09. > :06:19.doors opened, and everybody dropped to the ground.
:06:20. > :06:27.The dazed and the injured covered the pavements here, usually trodden
:06:28. > :06:31.by stiffly dressed civil stunts. This bombing took place near
:06:32. > :06:37.from the European Parliament. This bombing took place near
:06:38. > :06:43.civil servants. Brussels has turned into a city of sirens and a centre
:06:44. > :06:47.of fear. These police cars are rushing to the Metro station where
:06:48. > :06:49.the explosion went off earlier. Unconfirmed reports of casualties
:06:50. > :06:57.there are mounting, including deaths. Questions for Belgium's
:06:58. > :07:02.security apparatus, supposedly on high alert after perpetrators of
:07:03. > :07:07.last year's Paris attacks were found in Brussels. So-called Islamic State
:07:08. > :07:12.says it masterminded the attacks in both countries. The presumed message
:07:13. > :07:18.from the bombers today - no-one is safe, not here, not anywhere in
:07:19. > :07:23.Europe. TRANSLATION: In this black moment
:07:24. > :07:26.for our country, now, more than ever, I call on everyone to show
:07:27. > :07:34.calm and solidarity. We are facing a difficult challenge. We have to face
:07:35. > :07:39.it together. TRANSLATION: This attack has struck Belgium, but it
:07:40. > :07:42.was Europe that was targeted. And the whole world is concerned. We
:07:43. > :07:47.have to realise the gravity of this terrorist attack. Belgians are in no
:07:48. > :07:52.doubt as to the gravity of the situation today. Similar to Paris,
:07:53. > :07:55.after the attacks there, people here in Brussels are determined not to
:07:56. > :08:01.give into terror, they say. But many are scared. How are you feeling as a
:08:02. > :08:06.mother? As a mother, it is very scary. When we found out about the
:08:07. > :08:11.news, our children were already at school. When they are not you, you
:08:12. > :08:18.really are skier scared, especially as the attack was near our school.
:08:19. > :08:23.It was the airport and then the Metro and you do not know what is
:08:24. > :08:27.coming up. I think people are ready for extreme measures, what ever it
:08:28. > :08:31.takes to keep people safe. This man told me he would walk everywhere
:08:32. > :08:35.from now on, no more public transport for him. He blamed the
:08:36. > :08:40.Belgian state for today's attack, for lack of intelligence, he said,
:08:41. > :08:43.and decisive action. As messages of support came in from around the
:08:44. > :08:48.world, the people of Brussels are gathering in the city centre this
:08:49. > :08:49.evening to show solidarity, support one another and pray for better
:08:50. > :08:53.times. Brussels' Zaventem airport is one
:08:54. > :08:56.of the busiest in Europe. So far, some 200 flights
:08:57. > :08:59.have been diverted. Our correspondent Ben Wright
:09:00. > :09:02.was at the airport as people fled the scene, and he has been
:09:03. > :09:17.talking to some of them. They arrived here for holidays and
:09:18. > :09:23.work. They fled in panic and fear. As the shattered airport billowed
:09:24. > :09:32.smoke a survivors described the horror inside. We were like... Were
:09:33. > :09:36.you lying on the ground? Yes, I was, because we were in the one with all
:09:37. > :09:41.the glass which fell down. So you saw glass falling down, and people
:09:42. > :09:46.were like running like crazy. You do not know where to run, so you go on
:09:47. > :09:50.the ground. The man who was with me was like looking, what is happening?
:09:51. > :09:54.And I said, go on the ground! All morning we saw fire crews and
:09:55. > :09:58.ambulances and the police coming towards the airport. Some of the
:09:59. > :10:03.injured were bussed away for treatment. It is about three hours
:10:04. > :10:07.after the explosions here at the airport. Emergency vehicles continue
:10:08. > :10:12.to go towards the terminal. There is a constant stream of people coming
:10:13. > :10:16.the other way, pulling bags - holiday-makers, commuters, airport
:10:17. > :10:23.workers, who had a Tuesday morning appended in terror and chaos. You
:10:24. > :10:28.are very shaken? Yes, very. Can you tell me where you werewhat did you
:10:29. > :10:32.see? Just in the hall, checking in. I had a dog and because of my dog,
:10:33. > :10:38.they said to me, go to the next desk. And there we were when it
:10:39. > :10:48.exploded behind us. If we were at the check-in, we exploded, too.
:10:49. > :10:50.Chance - and look. How is everybody? I think they are OK. How is
:10:51. > :10:56.everybody...? Also I think they are OK. How is
:10:57. > :11:01.were a basketball team from Antwerp heading to Milan for a match. It is
:11:02. > :11:05.a frightening experience. You think it happens only in other countries
:11:06. > :11:09.but now it is in Belgium. It is coming closer. We have to make the
:11:10. > :11:17.best of it and just stay calm, I think. This woman and her family
:11:18. > :11:23.were heading to Venice for a cruise. The dream is over, she told us.
:11:24. > :11:34.Although suffering minor injuries, she is just relieved to be alive. At
:11:35. > :11:37.a sports centre close to the airport, people who had planned to
:11:38. > :11:43.be far from here sat with their bags, their families and their
:11:44. > :11:50.thoughts. Outside the airport, cars arrived to collect the victims of
:11:51. > :11:56.this Tuesday morning of terror. Ben, you were there talking to people
:11:57. > :12:00.shortly after the attacks. Now, as evening unfolds, what is the mood in
:12:01. > :12:05.the city? George, it is quieter here now. The police presence is less
:12:06. > :12:14.intense. The convoys of ambulances have gone. There are, though, we are
:12:15. > :12:17.told still dozens of people being sheltered at the Sheraton hotel,
:12:18. > :12:21.neck to the airport itself. The police presence in this airport had
:12:22. > :12:26.been highly visible before today, an intense security operation had been
:12:27. > :12:29.put in place in the months since the Paris attack. People had become used
:12:30. > :12:34.to heavily armed police at the airport, on the Metro, and on the
:12:35. > :12:37.streets. That could not stop three people walking into the departure
:12:38. > :12:41.hall at the airport and causing the carnage which we have seen today.
:12:42. > :12:45.The authorities have said a third device was found which did not
:12:46. > :12:49.explode, which was detonated later on, and that they are looking for
:12:50. > :12:53.one of the attackers. This airport at the heart of Europe will be
:12:54. > :12:57.closed tomorrow. It is said it may reopen on Thursday.
:12:58. > :13:00.Today's attacks came just four days after the arrest of one of the key
:13:01. > :13:02.suspects in last November's Paris massacre.
:13:03. > :13:04.Salah Abdeslam was captured in Brussels in a suburb known to be
:13:05. > :13:09.The Belgian authorities say people involved in today's outrage may
:13:10. > :13:12.still be at large and they warn that further attacks are possible.
:13:13. > :13:24.Here is our security correspondent Gordon Corera.
:13:25. > :13:27.Soldiers on the streets of Brussels today - and not for the first
:13:28. > :13:29.Soldiers on the streets of Brussels The Belgian capital has been
:13:30. > :13:34.described as the epicentre of the terrorist threat in Europe. And it
:13:35. > :13:39.has now become its target. So, why Belgium? It took only hours after
:13:40. > :13:43.the November attacks on Paris for the links to be made to Belgium.
:13:44. > :13:47.Many of the attackers had come from there, and Brussels will soon
:13:48. > :13:52.identified as the logistics base for the attack. Raids began, and within
:13:53. > :13:56.days, the centre of Brussels was locked down amid fears of an
:13:57. > :14:01.imminent threat. But the trail for the most wanted man, Salah Abdeslam,
:14:02. > :14:09.went cold of police issued this CCTV of him at a petrol station. Then on
:14:10. > :14:13.Friday he was shot and arrested in Brussels, in a notorious
:14:14. > :14:17.neighbourhood for jihadists, raising the question of how he had managed
:14:18. > :14:22.to hide their foot off the months. This afternoon, Islamic State said
:14:23. > :14:25.he was behind the attack today. It is not yet clear if it was carried
:14:26. > :14:31.out in response to the arrest of Salah Abdeslam on Friday, with that
:14:32. > :14:34.make work speeding up its plans in fear of the authorities being on its
:14:35. > :14:38.trail, or if this was a completely separate cell. There is now another
:14:39. > :14:43.hunt, for the man seen here in the white, either, in this CCTV image
:14:44. > :14:46.from the airport. But there are real concerns about a lack of
:14:47. > :14:51.intelligence. The security services in Brussels have a bit of a problem.
:14:52. > :14:55.Clearly they have not got a lot of intelligence. It appears that they
:14:56. > :14:58.are operating almost blind and deaf. They were not able to arrest Salah
:14:59. > :15:02.Abdeslam, even though he was the most wanted man in Europe. So
:15:03. > :15:06.Belgium has a problem. For decades it has been home to groups of
:15:07. > :15:11.jihadists, and many have gone to Syria and Iraq. As a proportion of
:15:12. > :15:14.the population, twice as many as from France, and four times as many
:15:15. > :15:19.as from Britain. 100 from Brussels alone. Add to that the fact that the
:15:20. > :15:25.country's capability to deal with this threat is weak. Government has
:15:26. > :15:30.been divided and information sharing between police and security services
:15:31. > :15:37.has been criticised as poor. Those problems may extend across Europe.
:15:38. > :15:43.Security services across Europe have shown increased trust in each other,
:15:44. > :15:48.they had had to, but there is still a lack of intelligence sharing, of
:15:49. > :15:52.co-operation. I think there's a severe capacity problem. Brussels
:15:53. > :15:56.may be the focus of concern today, but Belgium is not the only country
:15:57. > :16:01.facing a serious terrorist threat. Security has been stepped up
:16:02. > :16:03.at airports and stations around Europe - including the UK -
:16:04. > :16:07.after this morning's attack. There is a heavier than normal
:16:08. > :16:10.police presence at both Heathrow Our transport correspondent
:16:11. > :16:13.Richard Westcott looks at the challenge of providing
:16:14. > :16:28.security in places where people They are images that will inevitably
:16:29. > :16:30.frighten travellers. The attackers focusing on sbly frighten
:16:31. > :16:32.travellers. The attackers focusing on soft targets - airports,
:16:33. > :16:36.underground trains. Just like in London a decade ago, picking on
:16:37. > :16:43.ordinary people. But can you can ever make the transport system safe?
:16:44. > :16:48.We are all familiar with airport security checks like these. But
:16:49. > :16:53.critically the Brussels bombers never went through them. The thing
:16:54. > :16:58.is there are still large parts of airports before you get to security
:16:59. > :17:02.that are effectively big open public places where anybody can walk in
:17:03. > :17:08.carrying a bag, posing as a passenger. It's not just airports.
:17:09. > :17:14.It's the underground network as well. It is big railway stations.
:17:15. > :17:19.The reality is it is nigh on impossible to keep the whole
:17:20. > :17:22.transport network completely safe. Already you will see more police
:17:23. > :17:26.patrolling Britain's railway stations and airports. The Prime
:17:27. > :17:30.Minister insisting they are well prepared. If there is information
:17:31. > :17:34.that implies there's a direct threat to the United Kingdom, then we would
:17:35. > :17:38.raise the security threat level even higher than it is today. But it
:17:39. > :17:42.already stands at severe, which means we believe an attack is highly
:17:43. > :17:47.likely and that's been the case for some time. So we'll continue to keep
:17:48. > :17:51.the situation under review. Some airports, especially in the Middle
:17:52. > :17:56.East, screen passengers before they are allowed into the building. Every
:17:57. > :18:00.time you come up with a solution there's always a problem associated
:18:01. > :18:04.with it. But the former head of security at Heathrow says that can
:18:05. > :18:08.create its own problems. Then would be building up queues outside the
:18:09. > :18:13.terminal. You are then massing a group of people which are another
:18:14. > :18:20.perfect target for a bomber or a drive-by shooter. Experts say the
:18:21. > :18:23.best way to stop this is to know the attacks coming in advance through
:18:24. > :18:27.surveillance and tip-offs. Tonight the Government's warning Britons not
:18:28. > :18:31.to travel to Brussels unless it is essential.
:18:32. > :18:35.Our deputy political editor, James Landale, is in Downing Street.
:18:36. > :18:42.James, this is being described, we heard earlier, as an attack on all
:18:43. > :18:47.of Europe, and Downing Street quick to review security situation here.
:18:48. > :18:51.George, here in Downing Street they've got the Belgian flag flying
:18:52. > :18:56.here and they've ordered owl flags across Whitehall to be lowered to
:18:57. > :19:01.half-mast in an act of solidarity with the people of Belgium. The
:19:02. > :19:05.Prime Minister this morning chaired a meeting of the Government's
:19:06. > :19:10.emergency committee known as COBRA. There was a big meeting this
:19:11. > :19:14.afternoon of senior officials across Whitehall to assess how the UK
:19:15. > :19:18.should respond to that. They haven't changed the threat level, which is
:19:19. > :19:21.still Severe, which means an attack is highly likely. That hasn't
:19:22. > :19:26.changed. What they have decided to do is change the travel advice for
:19:27. > :19:30.people saying you don't go to Brussels unless it is absolutely
:19:31. > :19:38.necessary. And they've stepped up a huge amount of security across
:19:39. > :19:43.transport hubs, particularly St Pancras, at the Eurostar base.
:19:44. > :19:46.And for more on the Brussels attack, you can go to our website
:19:47. > :19:48.for up-to-the-minute developments and further analysis.
:19:49. > :19:57.Terror attacks in Brussels - more than 30 killed.
:19:58. > :20:02.This is the aftermath of two explosions at the city's airport.
:20:03. > :20:04.Another bomb exploded on a Metro carriage in the city centre.
:20:05. > :20:11.The country's Prime Minister calls it a dark day.
:20:12. > :20:14.And coming up in sport on BBC News, England's women make it two wins out
:20:15. > :20:17.of two at the World 20/20 with a tense two-wicket victory
:20:18. > :20:37.George Osborne has admitted the proposed cuts to some disability
:20:38. > :20:40.benefits in his Budget last week were a mistake.
:20:41. > :20:44.He said there won't be any more welfare cuts in this Parliament.
:20:45. > :20:47.Opening the Budget debate today he said he'd "listened and learned".
:20:48. > :20:49.Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, reports
:20:50. > :20:53.on the latest in what has been a tumultuous few days in Westminster
:20:54. > :20:55.following the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith,
:20:56. > :20:59.the former Work and Pensions Secretary.
:21:00. > :21:01.There he is, the former military man who's fallen spectacularly
:21:02. > :21:11.Quietly walking through Westminster today, phoning a friend?
:21:12. > :21:13.While his old political pals were at their weekly Cabinet meeting
:21:14. > :21:19.trying to agree answers to his list of accusations.
:21:20. > :21:21.His replacement, Stephen Crabb, getting used to the new ministerial
:21:22. > :21:28.And George Osborne dealing with the biggest problem of all -
:21:29. > :21:34.trying to make his Budget sums add up.
:21:35. > :21:45.A Chancellor less than a week since his Budget having to explain
:21:46. > :21:48.why he's already junked part of his plans and answer a political
:21:49. > :21:55.I'm sorry that my right honourable friend chose to leave
:21:56. > :21:59.And let me here in this House recognise his achievements
:22:00. > :22:02.in helping to make work pay, protecting the vulnerable
:22:03. > :22:08.and breaking the decades-old cycle of welfare dependency.
:22:09. > :22:10.But there was no apology for confusion over capping
:22:11. > :22:22.But there was no apology for confusion over scrapping
:22:23. > :22:29.And looking for remorse over a Budget that had unravelled?
:22:30. > :22:35.save for their future, that freezes their fuel duty,
:22:36. > :22:38.cuts income tax so they keep more of the money they earn.
:22:39. > :22:40.That's the Budget we are voting on tonight.
:22:41. > :22:42.It's a Budget that delivers security, that helps the next
:22:43. > :22:46.It is a one-nation compassionate Conservative Budget and I ask
:22:47. > :22:51."More, more," they cried from the Tory benches.
:22:52. > :22:54.But Labour knows this Budget has hurt the Chancellor's reputation
:22:55. > :22:58.and he's only too happy the push the bruise.
:22:59. > :23:01.The behaviour of the Chancellor over the last 11 days calls
:23:02. > :23:09.into question his fitness for the office he now holds.
:23:10. > :23:12.What we've seen is not the actions of a Chancellor,
:23:13. > :23:16.a senior Government Minister, but the grubby, incompetent
:23:17. > :23:22.manipulations of a political chancer.
:23:23. > :23:25.But I certainly think for the sake of the country it's time
:23:26. > :23:31.Yet the Tory party managers seems to have done their job.
:23:32. > :23:34.George Osborne and Michael Gove relaxed enough to share a laugh.
:23:35. > :23:38.No sign of the very real Tory doubts and frustrations about the Budget.
:23:39. > :23:44.Had he listened to the advice of the party opposite
:23:45. > :23:46.in the last five years, our national debt would be
:23:47. > :23:55.13 years in Government was a Post-it note saying there's no money left.
:23:56. > :23:57.We've taken 3 million people, the lowest paid workers out
:23:58. > :24:08.The Government would be wise to keep sniffing for more trouble,
:24:09. > :24:17.but Number Ten and Eleven do tonight have their party under more control.
:24:18. > :24:24.In the next half our MPs will vote on some of the measure in this the
:24:25. > :24:27.Budget. The Chancellor has been noticeably surrounded by Tory
:24:28. > :24:31.backbenchers ready to jump up and defend him. But his reputation has
:24:32. > :24:35.taken a pasting in the last few days. One afternoon in the Commons
:24:36. > :24:39.isn't going to change that. His party, the opposition and probably
:24:40. > :24:43.many members of the public won't forget it either. There are
:24:44. > :24:46.unanswered questions about his Budget that he can't escape forever.
:24:47. > :24:49.Many thanks, Laura. The SNP says Scotland's highest
:24:50. > :24:51.earners will not receive a tax cut proposed for the rest
:24:52. > :24:54.of the UK if the party wins First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said
:24:55. > :24:58.any move to cut taxes was wrong and the money should
:24:59. > :25:00.be used for investing Next year the Scottish Parliament
:25:01. > :25:04.will get new powers to set income tax rates which apply
:25:05. > :25:06.to Scotland alone. Our Scotland Editor Sarah
:25:07. > :25:16.Smith is in Glasgow. So this effectively means that
:25:17. > :25:19.Scottish taxpayers end up paying more than their counterparts in the
:25:20. > :25:22.rest of the UK Sarah? That's exactly what it could mean. It would be the
:25:23. > :25:25.first time Scottish taxpayers would be paying a different rate of tax
:25:26. > :25:28.than people in the rest of the United Kingdom. Because the SNP say
:25:29. > :25:31.they won't pass on that tax cut proposed by George Osborne in the
:25:32. > :25:37.Budget last week, that would mean anyone in Scotland earning over
:25:38. > :25:41.?43,000 would be paying ?323 more in income tax than anybody who lived in
:25:42. > :25:45.England, Wales or Northern Ireland. The SNP say that would raise over
:25:46. > :25:49.the course of five years over ?1 billion to invest in public
:25:50. > :25:53.services. And the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, is pretty
:25:54. > :25:58.confidence. She thinks Scots won't mind paying a bit more tax if they
:25:59. > :26:02.see the money going into health and education. Some of the opposition
:26:03. > :26:05.parties propose to go even further. Scottish Labour and the Liberal
:26:06. > :26:09.Democrats say they would put a penny on every rate of income tax in
:26:10. > :26:13.Scotland. That leavers the Scottish Conservatives as the only major
:26:14. > :26:15.party not proposing to put up tax for Scottish taxpayers. Sarah, thank
:26:16. > :26:22.you. Terror attacks in Brussels -
:26:23. > :26:35.more than 30 killed. I wonder if there is any suggestion
:26:36. > :26:42.that the authorities should have been more vigilance. There are
:26:43. > :26:45.plenty of recriminations now. In the Belgian media and on Belgian
:26:46. > :26:50.streets. I've spoken to a number of people today. They are sad, they are
:26:51. > :26:54.scared, they say, but angry. They blame the Belgian Government for as
:26:55. > :26:57.they see it bungling the Belgian investigation into the Paris
:26:58. > :27:00.attacks. Just four days ago they arrested one of the main suspects in
:27:01. > :27:04.those attacks here. But people here feel the authorities celebrate toad
:27:05. > :27:08.early, allowing the perpetrators of today's bombings to act in peace and
:27:09. > :27:11.tranquillity. There's a lot of resentment amongst many Belgians
:27:12. > :27:16.that the authorities here never really got to grips with the
:27:17. > :27:20.Brussels area of Molenbeek. It is known by some as a hotbed of terror.
:27:21. > :27:26.Terror. There's a lot of innocent people who live there but it is
:27:27. > :27:29.associated with Islamic extremism. There are marginalised unemployed
:27:30. > :27:33.Muslim men living there, and the authorities haven't dealt with that.
:27:34. > :27:38.And it is an area it is known you can buy an illegal weapon easily
:27:39. > :27:43.indeed. The terror threat is very much alive tonight. We've heard from
:27:44. > :27:48.the Belgian prosecutor's office that in an investigation close to here
:27:49. > :27:54.they found an eggs explosive device packed with nails. It is a worried
:27:55. > :27:58.but defiant city. You see people gathering around showing solidarity
:27:59. > :28:07.but wondering, could I be next? Katia, thank you.
:28:08. > :28:11.This was the view in Herefordshire. A lucky few saw
:28:12. > :28:15.This was the view in Herefordshire. A lucky few saw some sunshine. The
:28:16. > :28:19.best of the breaks overnight are in southern and eastern England. You
:28:20. > :28:24.might see temperatures dipping away, a touch of frost. But most places
:28:25. > :28:29.dry under the cloud. Temperatures in major towns and cities typically 5-7
:28:30. > :28:32.degrees. In the morning northern Scotland will be cloudy with
:28:33. > :28:36.outbreaks of rain. Fine and dry in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
:28:37. > :28:40.Largely dry in Northern Ireland but there's rain lurking to the west.
:28:41. > :28:44.East of the Pennines breaks in the cloud. Chilly for some. A bright
:28:45. > :28:47.start here and bright spells along the South Coast. However, the
:28:48. > :28:50.further west you go that cloud could be thick enough for a few spits and
:28:51. > :28:54.spots of rain. There might be a bit of rain in western parts of England
:28:55. > :28:57.and Wales. Eastern England stands a good chance of seeing spells of
:28:58. > :29:00.sunshine, but notice the rain crossing through Northern Ireland
:29:01. > :29:04.and getting into western Scotland. Not an overly active weather front
:29:05. > :29:09.but rain nonetheless. Afternoon temperatures of 9 degrees in
:29:10. > :29:13.Glasgow. Pleasant in London, 12-13 degrees. With light winds, that's
:29:14. > :29:17.not so bad. Through the evening the patchy rain moves away in many parts
:29:18. > :29:22.of the United Kingdom, replaced by something much more substantial by
:29:23. > :29:26.dawn on Thursday. This weather front comes in from the Atlantic, the
:29:27. > :29:31.weather fronts bring rain. It will be quite windy, so yes a change to
:29:32. > :29:34.wetter, windier, much more unsettled weather on Thursday. It will take
:29:35. > :29:40.until the evening before the rain reaches the south-east, but it will
:29:41. > :29:44.do eventually. That sets us up for an unsettled Easter weekend. Windy,
:29:45. > :29:51.bringing rain from the Atlantic. But there should be some sunshine.
:29:52. > :29:54.Let's return to our main story and this morning's terror attacks
:29:55. > :29:57.in Brussels that have killed 31 people and left scores injured.
:29:58. > :30:00.This was the scene at Zaventem airport in Brussels as two
:30:01. > :30:02.explosions tore through the departures area shortly
:30:03. > :30:08.Mobile phone footage shows passengers running from the airport
:30:09. > :30:12.You can see smoke rising from the terminal, with the glass
:30:13. > :30:16.blown out from the front of the building.
:30:17. > :30:20.Around an hour later, a third explosion at Maelbeek Metro station.
:30:21. > :30:22.This time, in the middle of a three-carriage train
:30:23. > :30:27.Belgium's Foreign Minister, Didier Reynders, has warned that
:30:28. > :30:33.authorities fear the suspects could still be at large.
:30:34. > :30:36.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
:30:37. > :30:41.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.