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A terror attack on Brussels - the city is rocked by explosions

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at the airport and the metro - more than 30 people

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Two bombs were set off in the airport departure area -

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as passengers were checking in for morning flights.

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TRANSLATION: I heard a gunshot in what sounded like Arabic.

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Then I heard boom and an enormous explosion.

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A third bomb exploded inside a carriage on the underground

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The country's prime minister calls it a time of tragedy -

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more than 100 are injured at the metro station.

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We received a big blast of air and the train stopped and we had

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the normal recording announcement saying,

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we've just had an incident on the line.

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Brussels under lockdown tonight - security officials say some suspects

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Belgian authorities are looking for the man

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wearing a hat on the right of this CCTV image.

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The attacks have prompted security alerts across Europe

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The row over George Osborne's budget - the Chancellor admits he made

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And coming up in the sport on BBC News - former World Cup-winning

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captain and coach Franz Beckenbauer is one of six men investigated

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Brussels is under lockdown tonight in the aftermath of

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The strike on a city at the heart of Europe has prompted security

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The explosions in the Belgian capital have left more than 30 dead

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The first bomb went off in the departures hall of Zavontem

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As people fled the area, there was a second,

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At least 11 people were killed in this blast.

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Around an hour later, in the city centre at the peak

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of the morning rush hour, a third blast tore through Maelbeek

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This afternoon, so-called Islamic State claimed

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Our Europe editor Katya Adler has our first report.

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It does contain some distressing images.

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It is OK, it is OK! When a shaky voice tries to sound reassuring,

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crying out from clouds of smoke that it is OK, out of the debris of

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devastation, you know that it is not all right. It is not all right at

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all. Seconds before this mobile phone footage was filmed, these

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suitcases were in the firm grasp of crowds of travellers, queueing

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impatiently at check-in. A busy morning for businessmen and women

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and families setting off for the Easter holidays. As the bombers well

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knew. Just past 8am, they set of twin explosions here. At least one

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of them was detonated by a suicide bomber, the Belgian authorities

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believe. Watch this father grab his infant before running for cover. He

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is not sure such cover exists. Bags and belongings no longer held any

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importance, just their nearest and dearest and their own lives. And

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then there were the selfless and the brave. This man is a baggage

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handlers at Brussels airport. TRANSLATION: I heard a gunshot and

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what sounded like Arabic. Then I heard, boom, an enormous explosion.

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Afterwards, people ran to the lift of the escalators. Two all people

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who came towards me, I saved them. I put them in the lift but they did

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not want to let go of me. I could not take them with me, there were

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too many people there. An incident has just occurred on the line...

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While he was saving lives, elsewhere in the city, another group of

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bombers was trying to take them. A nightmare come true for every train

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traveller. People here were in between Metro stops when a bomb went

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off in the central carriage. Panicked survivors had to pick their

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way through the darkness. Praying they would get to safety. Only once

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they had clambered back to daylight did the horror of what had happened

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really hit. TRANSLATION: I am in shock. I was in the first carriage.

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I saw an explosion, a flash of light. And then the whole Metro

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exploded. The windows came light. And then the whole Metro

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doors opened, and everybody dropped to the ground.

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The dazed and the injured covered the pavements here, usually trodden

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by stiffly dressed civil stunts. This bombing took place near

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from the European Parliament. This bombing took place near

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civil servants. Brussels has turned into a city of sirens and a centre

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of fear. These police cars are rushing to the Metro station where

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the explosion went off earlier. Unconfirmed reports of casualties

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there are mounting, including deaths. Questions for Belgium's

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security apparatus, supposedly on high alert after perpetrators of

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last year's Paris attacks were found in Brussels. So-called Islamic State

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says it masterminded the attacks in both countries. The presumed message

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from the bombers today - no-one is safe, not here, not anywhere in

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Europe. TRANSLATION: In this black moment

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for our country, now, more than ever, I call on everyone to show

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calm and solidarity. We are facing a difficult challenge. We have to face

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it together. TRANSLATION: This attack has struck Belgium, but it

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was Europe that was targeted. And the whole world is concerned. We

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have to realise the gravity of this terrorist attack. Belgians are in no

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doubt as to the gravity of the situation today. Similar to Paris,

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after the attacks there, people here in Brussels are determined not to

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give into terror, they say. But many are scared. How are you feeling as a

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mother? As a mother, it is very scary. When we found out about the

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news, our children were already at school. When they are not you, you

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really are skier scared, especially as the attack was near our school.

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It was the airport and then the Metro and you do not know what is

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coming up. I think people are ready for extreme measures, what ever it

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takes to keep people safe. This man told me he would walk everywhere

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from now on, no more public transport for him. He blamed the

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Belgian state for today's attack, for lack of intelligence, he said,

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and decisive action. As messages of support came in from around the

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world, the people of Brussels are gathering in the city centre this

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evening to show solidarity, support one another and pray for better

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times. Brussels' Zaventem airport is one

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of the busiest in Europe. So far, some 200 flights

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have been diverted. Our correspondent Ben Wright

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was at the airport as people fled the scene, and he has been

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talking to some of them. They arrived here for holidays and

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work. They fled in panic and fear. As the shattered airport billowed

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smoke a survivors described the horror inside. We were like... Were

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you lying on the ground? Yes, I was, because we were in the one with all

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the glass which fell down. So you saw glass falling down, and people

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were like running like crazy. You do not know where to run, so you go on

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the ground. The man who was with me was like looking, what is happening?

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And I said, go on the ground! All morning we saw fire crews and

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ambulances and the police coming towards the airport. Some of the

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injured were bussed away for treatment. It is about three hours

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after the explosions here at the airport. Emergency vehicles continue

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to go towards the terminal. There is a constant stream of people coming

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the other way, pulling bags - holiday-makers, commuters, airport

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workers, who had a Tuesday morning appended in terror and chaos. You

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are very shaken? Yes, very. Can you tell me where you werewhat did you

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see? Just in the hall, checking in. I had a dog and because of my dog,

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they said to me, go to the next desk. And there we were when it

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exploded behind us. If we were at the check-in, we exploded, too.

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Chance - and look. How is everybody? I think they are OK. How is

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everybody...? Also I think they are OK. How is

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were a basketball team from Antwerp heading to Milan for a match. It is

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a frightening experience. You think it happens only in other countries

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but now it is in Belgium. It is coming closer. We have to make the

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best of it and just stay calm, I think. This woman and her family

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were heading to Venice for a cruise. The dream is over, she told us.

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Although suffering minor injuries, she is just relieved to be alive. At

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a sports centre close to the airport, people who had planned to

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be far from here sat with their bags, their families and their

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thoughts. Outside the airport, cars arrived to collect the victims of

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this Tuesday morning of terror. Ben, you were there talking to people

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shortly after the attacks. Now, as evening unfolds, what is the mood in

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the city? George, it is quieter here now. The police presence is less

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intense. The convoys of ambulances have gone. There are, though, we are

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told still dozens of people being sheltered at the Sheraton hotel,

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neck to the airport itself. The police presence in this airport had

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been highly visible before today, an intense security operation had been

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put in place in the months since the Paris attack. People had become used

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to heavily armed police at the airport, on the Metro, and on the

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streets. That could not stop three people walking into the departure

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hall at the airport and causing the carnage which we have seen today.

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The authorities have said a third device was found which did not

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explode, which was detonated later on, and that they are looking for

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one of the attackers. This airport at the heart of Europe will be

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closed tomorrow. It is said it may reopen on Thursday.

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Today's attacks came just four days after the arrest of one of the key

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suspects in last November's Paris massacre.

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Salah Abdeslam was captured in Brussels in a suburb known to be

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The Belgian authorities say people involved in today's outrage may

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still be at large and they warn that further attacks are possible.

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Here is our security correspondent Gordon Corera.

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Soldiers on the streets of Brussels today - and not for the first

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Soldiers on the streets of Brussels The Belgian capital has been

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described as the epicentre of the terrorist threat in Europe. And it

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has now become its target. So, why Belgium? It took only hours after

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the November attacks on Paris for the links to be made to Belgium.

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Many of the attackers had come from there, and Brussels will soon

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identified as the logistics base for the attack. Raids began, and within

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days, the centre of Brussels was locked down amid fears of an

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imminent threat. But the trail for the most wanted man, Salah Abdeslam,

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went cold of police issued this CCTV of him at a petrol station. Then on

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Friday he was shot and arrested in Brussels, in a notorious

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neighbourhood for jihadists, raising the question of how he had managed

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to hide their foot off the months. This afternoon, Islamic State said

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he was behind the attack today. It is not yet clear if it was carried

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out in response to the arrest of Salah Abdeslam on Friday, with that

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make work speeding up its plans in fear of the authorities being on its

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trail, or if this was a completely separate cell. There is now another

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hunt, for the man seen here in the white, either, in this CCTV image

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from the airport. But there are real concerns about a lack of

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intelligence. The security services in Brussels have a bit of a problem.

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Clearly they have not got a lot of intelligence. It appears that they

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are operating almost blind and deaf. They were not able to arrest Salah

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Abdeslam, even though he was the most wanted man in Europe. So

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Belgium has a problem. For decades it has been home to groups of

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jihadists, and many have gone to Syria and Iraq. As a proportion of

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the population, twice as many as from France, and four times as many

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as from Britain. 100 from Brussels alone. Add to that the fact that the

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country's capability to deal with this threat is weak. Government has

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been divided and information sharing between police and security services

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has been criticised as poor. Those problems may extend across Europe.

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Security services across Europe have shown increased trust in each other,

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they had had to, but there is still a lack of intelligence sharing, of

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co-operation. I think there's a severe capacity problem. Brussels

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may be the focus of concern today, but Belgium is not the only country

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facing a serious terrorist threat. Security has been stepped up

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at airports and stations around Europe - including the UK -

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after this morning's attack. There is a heavier than normal

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police presence at both Heathrow Our transport correspondent

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Richard Westcott looks at the challenge of providing

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security in places where people They are images that will inevitably

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frighten travellers. The attackers focusing on sbly frighten

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travellers. The attackers focusing on soft targets - airports,

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underground trains. Just like in London a decade ago, picking on

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ordinary people. But can you can ever make the transport system safe?

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We are all familiar with airport security checks like these. But

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critically the Brussels bombers never went through them. The thing

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is there are still large parts of airports before you get to security

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that are effectively big open public places where anybody can walk in

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carrying a bag, posing as a passenger. It's not just airports.

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It's the underground network as well. It is big railway stations.

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The reality is it is nigh on impossible to keep the whole

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transport network completely safe. Already you will see more police

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patrolling Britain's railway stations and airports. The Prime

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Minister insisting they are well prepared. If there is information

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that implies there's a direct threat to the United Kingdom, then we would

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raise the security threat level even higher than it is today. But it

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already stands at severe, which means we believe an attack is highly

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likely and that's been the case for some time. So we'll continue to keep

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the situation under review. Some airports, especially in the Middle

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East, screen passengers before they are allowed into the building. Every

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time you come up with a solution there's always a problem associated

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with it. But the former head of security at Heathrow says that can

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create its own problems. Then would be building up queues outside the

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terminal. You are then massing a group of people which are another

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perfect target for a bomber or a drive-by shooter. Experts say the

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best way to stop this is to know the attacks coming in advance through

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surveillance and tip-offs. Tonight the Government's warning Britons not

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to travel to Brussels unless it is essential.

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Our deputy political editor, James Landale, is in Downing Street.

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James, this is being described, we heard earlier, as an attack on all

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of Europe, and Downing Street quick to review security situation here.

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George, here in Downing Street they've got the Belgian flag flying

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here and they've ordered owl flags across Whitehall to be lowered to

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half-mast in an act of solidarity with the people of Belgium. The

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Prime Minister this morning chaired a meeting of the Government's

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emergency committee known as COBRA. There was a big meeting this

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afternoon of senior officials across Whitehall to assess how the UK

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should respond to that. They haven't changed the threat level, which is

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still Severe, which means an attack is highly likely. That hasn't

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changed. What they have decided to do is change the travel advice for

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people saying you don't go to Brussels unless it is absolutely

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necessary. And they've stepped up a huge amount of security across

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transport hubs, particularly St Pancras, at the Eurostar base.

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And for more on the Brussels attack, you can go to our website

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for up-to-the-minute developments and further analysis.

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Terror attacks in Brussels - more than 30 killed.

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This is the aftermath of two explosions at the city's airport.

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Another bomb exploded on a Metro carriage in the city centre.

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The country's Prime Minister calls it a dark day.

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And coming up in sport on BBC News, England's women make it two wins out

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of two at the World 20/20 with a tense two-wicket victory

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George Osborne has admitted the proposed cuts to some disability

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benefits in his Budget last week were a mistake.

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He said there won't be any more welfare cuts in this Parliament.

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Opening the Budget debate today he said he'd "listened and learned".

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Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, reports

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on the latest in what has been a tumultuous few days in Westminster

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following the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith,

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the former Work and Pensions Secretary.

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There he is, the former military man who's fallen spectacularly

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Quietly walking through Westminster today, phoning a friend?

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While his old political pals were at their weekly Cabinet meeting

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trying to agree answers to his list of accusations.

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His replacement, Stephen Crabb, getting used to the new ministerial

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And George Osborne dealing with the biggest problem of all -

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trying to make his Budget sums add up.

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A Chancellor less than a week since his Budget having to explain

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why he's already junked part of his plans and answer a political

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I'm sorry that my right honourable friend chose to leave

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And let me here in this House recognise his achievements

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in helping to make work pay, protecting the vulnerable

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and breaking the decades-old cycle of welfare dependency.

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But there was no apology for confusion over capping

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But there was no apology for confusion over scrapping

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And looking for remorse over a Budget that had unravelled?

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save for their future, that freezes their fuel duty,

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cuts income tax so they keep more of the money they earn.

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That's the Budget we are voting on tonight.

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It's a Budget that delivers security, that helps the next

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It is a one-nation compassionate Conservative Budget and I ask

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"More, more," they cried from the Tory benches.

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But Labour knows this Budget has hurt the Chancellor's reputation

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and he's only too happy the push the bruise.

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The behaviour of the Chancellor over the last 11 days calls

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into question his fitness for the office he now holds.

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What we've seen is not the actions of a Chancellor,

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a senior Government Minister, but the grubby, incompetent

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manipulations of a political chancer.

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But I certainly think for the sake of the country it's time

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Yet the Tory party managers seems to have done their job.

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George Osborne and Michael Gove relaxed enough to share a laugh.

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No sign of the very real Tory doubts and frustrations about the Budget.

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Had he listened to the advice of the party opposite

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in the last five years, our national debt would be

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13 years in Government was a Post-it note saying there's no money left.

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We've taken 3 million people, the lowest paid workers out

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The Government would be wise to keep sniffing for more trouble,

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but Number Ten and Eleven do tonight have their party under more control.

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In the next half our MPs will vote on some of the measure in this the

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Budget. The Chancellor has been noticeably surrounded by Tory

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backbenchers ready to jump up and defend him. But his reputation has

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taken a pasting in the last few days. One afternoon in the Commons

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isn't going to change that. His party, the opposition and probably

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many members of the public won't forget it either. There are

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unanswered questions about his Budget that he can't escape forever.

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Many thanks, Laura. The SNP says Scotland's highest

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earners will not receive a tax cut proposed for the rest

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of the UK if the party wins First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said

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any move to cut taxes was wrong and the money should

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be used for investing Next year the Scottish Parliament

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will get new powers to set income tax rates which apply

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to Scotland alone. Our Scotland Editor Sarah

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Smith is in Glasgow. So this effectively means that

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Scottish taxpayers end up paying more than their counterparts in the

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rest of the UK Sarah? That's exactly what it could mean. It would be the

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first time Scottish taxpayers would be paying a different rate of tax

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than people in the rest of the United Kingdom. Because the SNP say

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they won't pass on that tax cut proposed by George Osborne in the

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Budget last week, that would mean anyone in Scotland earning over

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?43,000 would be paying ?323 more in income tax than anybody who lived in

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England, Wales or Northern Ireland. The SNP say that would raise over

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the course of five years over ?1 billion to invest in public

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services. And the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, is pretty

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confidence. She thinks Scots won't mind paying a bit more tax if they

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see the money going into health and education. Some of the opposition

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parties propose to go even further. Scottish Labour and the Liberal

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Democrats say they would put a penny on every rate of income tax in

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Scotland. That leavers the Scottish Conservatives as the only major

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party not proposing to put up tax for Scottish taxpayers. Sarah, thank

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you. Terror attacks in Brussels -

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more than 30 killed. I wonder if there is any suggestion

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that the authorities should have been more vigilance. There are

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plenty of recriminations now. In the Belgian media and on Belgian

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streets. I've spoken to a number of people today. They are sad, they are

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scared, they say, but angry. They blame the Belgian Government for as

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they see it bungling the Belgian investigation into the Paris

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attacks. Just four days ago they arrested one of the main suspects in

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those attacks here. But people here feel the authorities celebrate toad

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early, allowing the perpetrators of today's bombings to act in peace and

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tranquillity. There's a lot of resentment amongst many Belgians

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that the authorities here never really got to grips with the

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Brussels area of Molenbeek. It is known by some as a hotbed of terror.

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Terror. There's a lot of innocent people who live there but it is

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associated with Islamic extremism. There are marginalised unemployed

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Muslim men living there, and the authorities haven't dealt with that.

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And it is an area it is known you can buy an illegal weapon easily

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indeed. The terror threat is very much alive tonight. We've heard from

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the Belgian prosecutor's office that in an investigation close to here

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they found an eggs explosive device packed with nails. It is a worried

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but defiant city. You see people gathering around showing solidarity

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but wondering, could I be next? Katia, thank you.

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This was the view in Herefordshire. A lucky few saw

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This was the view in Herefordshire. A lucky few saw some sunshine. The

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best of the breaks overnight are in southern and eastern England. You

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might see temperatures dipping away, a touch of frost. But most places

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dry under the cloud. Temperatures in major towns and cities typically 5-7

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degrees. In the morning northern Scotland will be cloudy with

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outbreaks of rain. Fine and dry in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

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Largely dry in Northern Ireland but there's rain lurking to the west.

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East of the Pennines breaks in the cloud. Chilly for some. A bright

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start here and bright spells along the South Coast. However, the

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further west you go that cloud could be thick enough for a few spits and

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spots of rain. There might be a bit of rain in western parts of England

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and Wales. Eastern England stands a good chance of seeing spells of

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sunshine, but notice the rain crossing through Northern Ireland

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and getting into western Scotland. Not an overly active weather front

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but rain nonetheless. Afternoon temperatures of 9 degrees in

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Glasgow. Pleasant in London, 12-13 degrees. With light winds, that's

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not so bad. Through the evening the patchy rain moves away in many parts

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of the United Kingdom, replaced by something much more substantial by

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dawn on Thursday. This weather front comes in from the Atlantic, the

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weather fronts bring rain. It will be quite windy, so yes a change to

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wetter, windier, much more unsettled weather on Thursday. It will take

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until the evening before the rain reaches the south-east, but it will

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do eventually. That sets us up for an unsettled Easter weekend. Windy,

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bringing rain from the Atlantic. But there should be some sunshine.

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Let's return to our main story and this morning's terror attacks

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in Brussels that have killed 31 people and left scores injured.

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This was the scene at Zaventem airport in Brussels as two

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explosions tore through the departures area shortly

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Mobile phone footage shows passengers running from the airport

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You can see smoke rising from the terminal, with the glass

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blown out from the front of the building.

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Around an hour later, a third explosion at Maelbeek Metro station.

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This time, in the middle of a three-carriage train

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Belgium's Foreign Minister, Didier Reynders, has warned that

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authorities fear the suspects could still be at large.

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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,

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and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

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