:00:00. > :00:09.Tonight at six we're in Manchester - a city pulling together
:00:10. > :00:11.after the worst terror attack in its history.
:00:12. > :00:23.Inside the Manchester Arena last night as thousands of young fans
:00:24. > :00:29.at a concert realise there's been an explosion.
:00:30. > :00:31.The emergency services were called within minutes
:00:32. > :00:38.60 ambulances took dozens of injured to hospitals.
:00:39. > :00:44.Shouting, mad, chaotic rush the nearest exit.
:00:45. > :00:48.All I could hear was screaming, crying, people running everywhere.
:00:49. > :00:56.Student Georgina Callander was the first victim to be named.
:00:57. > :01:06.The man who police suspect carried out the attack and died in the blast
:01:07. > :01:13.has been named as 22-year-old Salman Abedi.
:01:14. > :01:17.The big question for investigators - was he working alone?
:01:18. > :01:23.One man has been arrested in Manchester.
:01:24. > :01:25.The flag at half mast over Downing Street.
:01:26. > :01:30.Election campaigning has been suspended for the day.
:01:31. > :01:36.All acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people,
:01:37. > :01:40.but this attack stands out for its appalling
:01:41. > :01:43.sickening cowardice - deliberately targeting innocent,
:01:44. > :01:52.At four o'clock this afternoon, the Queen led a minute's silence
:01:53. > :01:59.We'll be hearing from the fans - youngsters who will remember last
:02:00. > :02:09.When we booked the tickets it was so exciting, but it's turned
:02:10. > :02:17.This is the scene right now at Albert Square -
:02:18. > :02:22.a vigil to remember the dead and show solidarity.
:02:23. > :02:25.With many people still searching for missing loved ones,
:02:26. > :02:31.And in other news tonight, the actor Sir Roger Moore
:02:32. > :02:35.He was best known for playing the spy James Bond.
:02:36. > :03:03.His family said he'd had "a short but brave battle with cancer".
:03:04. > :03:06.Good evening from Manchester - a city that's shocked and defiant
:03:07. > :03:11.in the aftermath of the worst terror attack in its history.
:03:12. > :03:13.We have an extended edition of the news at six, bringing
:03:14. > :03:17.you the latest updates, reaction and analysis.
:03:18. > :03:19.Right now hundreds of Mancunians are gathering at Albert Square
:03:20. > :03:23.for a vigil to remember the dead and show solidarity with all those
:03:24. > :03:31.22 people, some of them children, are known to have been killed.
:03:32. > :03:34.Nearly 60 are in hospitals across the city, some of them
:03:35. > :03:41.Police say a lone, male suicide bomber, who's identity is known,
:03:42. > :03:46.carried out the attack at the Manchester Arena last night.
:03:47. > :03:53.It happened just as thousands of fans were leaving a performance
:03:54. > :03:59.Police were called just after 10:30 last night,
:04:00. > :04:02.towards the end of the performance by Ariana Grande.
:04:03. > :04:05.The explosion happened as people started to leave the venue,
:04:06. > :04:08.in a foyer that connects the venue to Victoria train station.
:04:09. > :04:23.Those injured are being treated at eight hospitals in the area.
:04:24. > :04:25.Speaking after a meeting of the cabinet's emergency committee,
:04:26. > :04:30.Theresa May described the bombing as "callous,
:04:31. > :04:35.All election campaigning has been suspended for the day.
:04:36. > :04:37.Our first report tonight on the attack and its aftermath
:04:38. > :04:42.is from our Chief Correspondent, Gavin Hewitt.
:04:43. > :04:51.His report contained scenes that some may find distressing.
:04:52. > :04:57.Ariana Grande's concert was coming to an end when from before Jaeger
:04:58. > :05:05.sound of an explosion came. -- when from the Fourier and the sound of an
:05:06. > :05:11.explosion came. -- the foyer. There were screams, then running. A crowd
:05:12. > :05:18.of children, teenagers, parents heading for whatever exit they could
:05:19. > :05:24.find. 22 people were killed near the entrance. Nearly 60 were injured.
:05:25. > :05:33.Suddenly a massive flash and bang. Smoke. My wife, I laid her down on
:05:34. > :05:37.the floor. She's got bruising. She had won that slide it under her
:05:38. > :05:44.chin, and bruised. She's probably broken a female in her left leg. --
:05:45. > :05:49.brokering a femur. Something really hot flew over and
:05:50. > :05:55.landed behind me and my sister. We dropped to the floor. I thought they
:05:56. > :05:58.were behind me, so I rang out. Then I realised they weren't, so I tried
:05:59. > :06:03.to run back in because I was worried. I shouted for my mum that I
:06:04. > :06:08.couldn't hear anything. My ear is all blocks. It was really scary.
:06:09. > :06:13.All I could hear was screaming, shouting. Everyone was running
:06:14. > :06:16.everywhere. It was complete madness. Before the night was over, the
:06:17. > :06:20.police knew they were dealing with an attack by a suicide bomber with a
:06:21. > :06:25.home-made explosive device packed with metal fragments. It was a
:06:26. > :06:28.deliberate attack on children and young people, timed just at the
:06:29. > :06:34.moment when parents were waiting to pick up their sons and daughters.
:06:35. > :06:41.During the night, specialist teams were brought in. 400 police officers
:06:42. > :06:44.were deployed, along with forensic teams. Early on, police appeared to
:06:45. > :06:49.know the identity of the bomber. Then within the last hour, an
:06:50. > :06:52.update. I can confirm that the man suspected
:06:53. > :06:58.of carrying out last night's atrocity is 22-year-old Salman
:06:59. > :07:03.Abedi. However, he has not been formally named by the coroner, and I
:07:04. > :07:09.wouldn't wish to therefore comment any further about him at this stage.
:07:10. > :07:14.And on the street, survivors reliving a concept that ended in
:07:15. > :07:17.failure and murder. This is Helen and Isabella.
:07:18. > :07:24.We hit the corridor, when we saw masses of people running in absolute
:07:25. > :07:30.terror and panic to get out of the place. Younger teenage children, 14,
:07:31. > :07:33.15. There were mothers with children, carrying them over their
:07:34. > :07:39.shoulder. There were people with even wheelchairs panicking to get
:07:40. > :07:44.out. Laura and Isabella's concert ended
:07:45. > :07:47.in a chaotic search for an exit. We just ran. I don't really know
:07:48. > :07:54.which entrance we came out of. We just ran, but we also found two
:07:55. > :08:00.girls that had lost their parents, or had to get home on their own. So
:08:01. > :08:03.they were in tow, one day? They were very scared because they were on
:08:04. > :08:08.their own. Manchester has been a city on edge
:08:09. > :08:14.today, shaken by alerts and rumours. And a shopping centre evacuated.
:08:15. > :08:18.It is now beyond doubt that the people of Manchester and of this
:08:19. > :08:23.country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attack. An attack
:08:24. > :08:30.that targeted some of the youngest people in our society with cold
:08:31. > :08:32.calculation. This was amongst the worst terrorist incidents we have
:08:33. > :08:37.ever experienced in the United Kingdom.
:08:38. > :08:41.During the day, police raided a number of houses. A 23-year-old man
:08:42. > :08:46.was arrested in connection with yesterday's bomb attack.
:08:47. > :08:51.An attack an event like what happened last night has long been
:08:52. > :08:54.feared. Preventing a determined suicide bomber is incredibly
:08:55. > :08:57.difficult. The priority now for the police will be to discover
:08:58. > :09:00.everything they can about this man - whether he is part of a wider
:09:01. > :09:05.network and whether there is a risk of further attacks.
:09:06. > :09:10.Dozens of people are still trying to trace loved ones after last night's
:09:11. > :09:15.bombing. Among the missing, Olivia Campbell, aged 15. And some of the
:09:16. > :09:19.first victims of the attack have been named. Georgina Callander was
:09:20. > :09:24.aged 18, seen here with Ariana Grande at a previous event. And
:09:25. > :09:27.eight-year-old Saffie Roussos was amongst those killed. It was an
:09:28. > :09:33.attack directed at young people, at innocence.
:09:34. > :09:37.The first victim to be named was Georgina Callander,
:09:38. > :09:40.an 18-year-old who was studying health and social care
:09:41. > :09:45.At eight years old, Saffie Roussos was the youngest person
:09:46. > :09:47.known to have been killed in the attack so far.
:09:48. > :09:50.They were among the thousands who had travelled to
:09:51. > :09:52.the Manchester Arena earlier in the evening, looking forward
:09:53. > :09:56.Our Special Correspondent, Ed Thomas, has this report
:09:57. > :10:07.The youngest life lost - eight-year-old Saffie Roussos,
:10:08. > :10:11.at the concert with her mother and sister from Lancashire.
:10:12. > :10:14.Today her headteacher said she was simply a beautiful little
:10:15. > :10:18.Also killed, student Georgina Callander.
:10:19. > :10:25.This was the teenager meeting the singer in 2015.
:10:26. > :10:36.This afternoon, Runshaw College said...
:10:37. > :10:39.And the latest of the 22 who died to be named,
:10:40. > :10:47.Friends said the 20 82 old was an amazing young man.
:10:48. > :10:49.Manchester is also remembering the injured.
:10:50. > :10:58.It was thought 12 of the casualties were children under 16.
:10:59. > :11:00.Clearly there are a number of individuals who have very,
:11:01. > :11:12.And people are going to be in hospital for a long time.
:11:13. > :11:14.And consider the families still waiting to hear from loved ones.
:11:15. > :11:17.People like Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry from South Shields.
:11:18. > :11:21.Laura MacIntyre and Eilidh McLeod from the Isle of Barra.
:11:22. > :11:24.And Courtney Boyle and Philip Tron from Gateshead.
:11:25. > :11:26.Behind every face, a desperate search.
:11:27. > :11:29.You haven't seen this girl by any chance, have you?
:11:30. > :11:33.Just asking if you'd seen this young girl?
:11:34. > :11:40.This is the uncle of 15-year-old Olivia Campbell.
:11:41. > :11:42.Her family asked us and other media to show her picture
:11:43. > :11:47.and publicise the search - from hotels to hospitals.
:11:48. > :11:52.We've been as close as we can to the arena, we've been
:11:53. > :11:54.in the back streets, and we've been to this
:11:55. > :11:59.We've got friends and family that went to other hospitals.
:12:00. > :12:03.We've got friends in Blackburn who work there.
:12:04. > :12:10.If anybody sees her, if anybody knows where she is,
:12:11. > :12:14.all we need is a phone call and we will come and get her.
:12:15. > :12:16.I'm going to see if they've got any news.
:12:17. > :12:19.And waiting at home, cousins, grandparents and a mother who wanted
:12:20. > :12:21.to record this message to help find her daughter.
:12:22. > :12:24.If anybody has seen her, please contact the police.
:12:25. > :12:27.Contact somebody, let her know you've seen her.
:12:28. > :12:30.Even if you think you've seen her, just let the police know.
:12:31. > :12:34.In just seconds, so much has changed.
:12:35. > :12:45.Our Health Editor, Hugh Pym, is at the Manchester Royal Infirmary,
:12:46. > :12:59.The emergency services were alerted just minutes after the attack. I
:13:00. > :13:06.imagine they have been working flat out ever since? Yes, George. There
:13:07. > :13:10.are 59 patients at eight different hospitals in the greater Manchester
:13:11. > :13:14.area being treated, including nine here at Manchester Royal Infirmary,
:13:15. > :13:17.a major trauma centre. We don't know how many of them are children and
:13:18. > :13:22.how many of them are adults but we do know there are 12 patients at the
:13:23. > :13:26.Royal Manchester children's hospital for the under 16s. There is at least
:13:27. > :13:31.one other child at another hospital. We don't know how many have serious
:13:32. > :13:35.or life-threatening injuries. Some, we are told, are rendered state and
:13:36. > :13:42.our intensive care, and maybe in hospital for a little while to come.
:13:43. > :13:47.-- are in intensive care. We have heard that nothing can prepare for
:13:48. > :13:50.the shock and tragedy of this, but there is a quiet sense of relief
:13:51. > :13:53.that the disaster plan drawn up stood the test. Leaders say they
:13:54. > :13:57.plan to fairly intensively for an incident just like this. They put
:13:58. > :14:02.the plan into action. Staff were called into the night by each
:14:03. > :14:06.hospital. They all came in. More came in from off duty shifts, more
:14:07. > :14:10.than were needed. Some were sent away. The message I'm getting from
:14:11. > :14:14.staff is huge gratitude to the people of Manchester. They say
:14:15. > :14:17.they've been inundated with offers of food and drink, people coming
:14:18. > :14:21.through the day here, including an elderly woman in a wheelchair with
:14:22. > :14:26.bottles of water to hand them over. Local firms bringing food as well.
:14:27. > :14:35.They're saying that, if you like, sums up the spirit of Manchester
:14:36. > :14:36.today. Thank you for that update. enter
:14:37. > :14:39.As we know, the attack happened at the end of a concert -
:14:40. > :14:41.just as thousands of people were leaving and others
:14:42. > :14:46.Together they saw the horror of last night unfold.
:14:47. > :14:50.Our correspondent, Judith Moritz, has been listening to the story
:14:51. > :14:53.of teenage cousins Ellie Clayton and Polly Asquith-Brown,
:14:54. > :14:57.who'd saved up for months to see their idol perform.
:14:58. > :15:08.I've been waiting to see her tour for about four years.
:15:09. > :15:10.So I've literally been waiting for so long,
:15:11. > :15:13.and then she finally released the tour dates and we were like
:15:14. > :15:16."We'll save up and get good tickets, because we are going to be
:15:17. > :15:25.She just came out, and I cried when she came out.
:15:26. > :15:30.It's just a bit overwhelming when you meet someone you've just
:15:31. > :15:44.The gig was nearly finished, or pretty much finished?
:15:45. > :15:46.Yeah, she'd done an encore and she'd just finished.
:15:47. > :15:51.We got up out of our seats, literally walked to the end
:15:52. > :15:53.of our aisle, and that's when we heard it happened.
:15:54. > :16:02.But it was too loud to be a gunshot, and everywhere just shook
:16:03. > :16:14.And all the stewards were just a bit like, "What's going on?"
:16:15. > :16:16.No one really knew what was happening.
:16:17. > :16:19.And then we just heard people screaming and shouting "Run",
:16:20. > :16:21.and everyone was running, flooding back into the arena
:16:22. > :16:24.from that one exit in the corner which was leading to the train
:16:25. > :16:32.And then it was just like a massive stampede of people.
:16:33. > :16:39.There were a lot of huddles of people.
:16:40. > :16:45.There was someone on the floor and loads of people around them.
:16:46. > :16:57.She was sat outside the stairs of the arena and she had, like,
:16:58. > :17:00.a big gash on her chin and blood was just coming down her clothes
:17:01. > :17:03.and she was just screaming and her parents were crying.
:17:04. > :17:04.As we were walking further and further,
:17:05. > :17:07.There were police and ambulances everywhere.
:17:08. > :17:08.Did you realise that people had died?
:17:09. > :17:11.I caught a glimpse inside the station and was
:17:12. > :17:15.You just don't ever want to see things like that.
:17:16. > :17:26.The whole station and the foyer bit was just in pieces.
:17:27. > :17:36.It's so sad to think that people have gone and then not come back.
:17:37. > :17:44.And what was going to be the best night of our lives that had been
:17:45. > :17:49.Since we booked the tickets, it was so exciting, and it's turned
:17:50. > :17:51.out into the most traumatic thing that I've personally
:17:52. > :17:55.Do you feel lucky in a way to have come back OK?
:17:56. > :18:04.It's horrible to think that, you know, what the families
:18:05. > :18:07.We could hear people crying and screaming.
:18:08. > :18:14.Our correspondent, Danny Savage, is around the corner
:18:15. > :18:16.from here in Albert Square, where a vigil is being
:18:17. > :18:24.Danny, people have been talking about the Manchester spirit, the
:18:25. > :18:32.spirit of Manchester. Are you getting a sense of that now at the
:18:33. > :18:38.vigil? Well here at Albert Square thousands have crammed in here to
:18:39. > :18:41.listen to the Archbishop of York, Andy Burnham, the Mayor of
:18:42. > :18:43.Manchester has been talking. We will stand together, is the message,
:18:44. > :18:48.whatever our background and religion, can you not defeat us
:18:49. > :18:53.because love is always stronger than hate. The crowd are clapping and
:18:54. > :18:57.cheering that message of devie Anscombing forward. This is the Town
:18:58. > :19:01.Hall, there are thousands of people. The city centre seemed quieter
:19:02. > :19:06.during the day. It filled up this evening as thousands of people have
:19:07. > :19:10.come into here to listen to what the city leaders have to say. The
:19:11. > :19:14.message is to be detypifiant. What has happened won't break this city.
:19:15. > :19:18.People are here with that message, we love Manchester, and they will
:19:19. > :19:22.continue to do so. George. Thank you. We can hear the applause here
:19:23. > :19:26.in our live position tonight. By midday the police had arrested
:19:27. > :19:30.a man in connection with the attack. He's thought to be from Chorlton,
:19:31. > :19:32.in South Manchester. The priority for investigators
:19:33. > :19:34.is to find out if the suicide bomber was working alone,
:19:35. > :19:37.or was part of a group that might have been planning
:19:38. > :19:43.more than one attack. Our home editor, Mark Easton,
:19:44. > :19:47.has the latest on the investigation. This report does have flash
:19:48. > :19:52.photography. Who was behind this
:19:53. > :20:04.attack on innocents? As the concert ended and the lights
:20:05. > :20:07.came up, as children left for home, music in their ears,
:20:08. > :20:10.smiles on their young faces, who chose that moment to indulge
:20:11. > :20:12.their hateful ideology? There is no need
:20:13. > :20:14.to bunch up and run. Take your time and
:20:15. > :20:23.exit the building. We now know the suicide bomber's
:20:24. > :20:26.name, Manchester-born But police think
:20:27. > :20:29.others may have been involved in today launched raids
:20:30. > :20:32.on people thought to have been his A 23-year-old man was arrested
:20:33. > :20:35.in the Manchester district A short distance away
:20:36. > :20:38.at another house in Fallowfield, a controlled
:20:39. > :20:40.explosion took place. It was like when you watch films
:20:41. > :20:43.and you hear a bomb go It was like what you
:20:44. > :20:49.see in the movie. Then we got to the end
:20:50. > :21:01.of the avenue and saw the police and it hit home that
:21:02. > :21:03.it's your doorstep. This part of the city is known
:21:04. > :21:12.to have been home to a Syria and Libya, some
:21:13. > :21:15.alive and some dead. To construct a viable bomb that can
:21:16. > :21:17.be safely transported, secreted through security and then
:21:18. > :21:19.detonated on command is not something an amateur
:21:20. > :21:21.can easily achieve. Police say the device was home-made,
:21:22. > :21:23.with reports that it contained nuts, bolts,
:21:24. > :21:30.ball bearings and nails. So-called Islamic State says that
:21:31. > :21:37.one of their soldiers of the caliphate attacked
:21:38. > :21:39.what a statement called "A debauched But the group frequently claims
:21:40. > :21:42.attacks in their aftermath which later proved
:21:43. > :21:46.to have no connection. This attack was planned,
:21:47. > :21:48.premeditated, and they're almost certainly will be other people
:21:49. > :21:50.involved in this attack. The most important thing
:21:51. > :21:52.is to catch them, to identify them and to
:21:53. > :22:00.bring them into custody. Until we've done that,
:22:01. > :22:06.then this attack really isn't over. Greater Manchester Police
:22:07. > :22:08.are working with the national counter-terrorism policing network,
:22:09. > :22:10.with Interpol and the intelligence services to try to find
:22:11. > :22:12.out who planned mass Our priority, along with the police
:22:13. > :22:15.counter-terrorist network and our security partners, is to continue
:22:16. > :22:18.to establish whether he was acting alone or working as part
:22:19. > :22:24.of a wider network. Almost exactly a year ago,
:22:25. > :22:28.police and emergency services in Manchester held a training exercise
:22:29. > :22:30.for just this kind of terrorist For a number of years,
:22:31. > :22:38.the threat level has been set at severe, meaning an attack
:22:39. > :22:41.is highly likely. The Prime Minister said today that
:22:42. > :22:45.that is now under review. Understandably, the city
:22:46. > :22:50.is nervous, people on edge. But there is a determination not
:22:51. > :22:54.to be cowed by terror. "Manchester united" is the fitting
:22:55. > :22:56.response to a vicious attack In a moment we'll speak
:22:57. > :23:10.to our security correspondent, Gordon Corera, at MI5
:23:11. > :23:11.headquarters in London. But first Daniel Sandford
:23:12. > :23:18.is at the Greater Manchester There was a statement from the
:23:19. > :23:24.police, just before we came on air, what is the latest on the
:23:25. > :23:27.investigation? Well, when the bomb went off last night, police
:23:28. > :23:32.obviously had a suspect almost immediately. Very quickly, they had
:23:33. > :23:36.a name. He had some form of ID on him, very quickly they had a name,
:23:37. > :23:40.Salman Abedi. Really, the work since then has been to use that one bit of
:23:41. > :23:44.information to open out their investigation. So from that name
:23:45. > :23:49.they raided a number of addresses linked to him, using a controlled
:23:50. > :23:57.explosion to go into one of those addresses. They've established that
:23:58. > :24:00.he is a British man of Libyan origin whose parents escaped here from
:24:01. > :24:04.colonel go daddy, came here as refugees. He has two brothers and a
:24:05. > :24:08.sister, all of whom also lived in Manchester. He went to primary
:24:09. > :24:13.school here, he's a supporter of Manchester United, but last night,
:24:14. > :24:17.aged 22, he chose to go to a pop concert and blow himself up and also
:24:18. > :24:20.kill 22 other people. Starting with that bit of information, they then
:24:21. > :24:26.needed to work out where the bomb was made because of course that's
:24:27. > :24:29.critical in terms of working out who made the bomb, did Salman Abedi make
:24:30. > :24:34.the bomb himself or was he helped by others? An absolutely vital bit of
:24:35. > :24:38.information. That's why an arrest was made today, a 23-year-old man
:24:39. > :24:42.has been arrested, but not charged. There could be further arrests
:24:43. > :24:45.further down-the-line as the police widen out this investigation. Once
:24:46. > :24:50.they've established whether Salman Abedi was working alone or with
:24:51. > :24:55.others, then of course they've got to get to that key question - why.
:24:56. > :25:01.Why did a young man whose parents came here as refugees choose, age
:25:02. > :25:05.22, to go and blow himself up as young people left a pop concert in
:25:06. > :25:14.Manchester. Daniel, thank you very much for that.
:25:15. > :25:16.Our security correspondent, Gordon Corera, is at MI5
:25:17. > :25:24.What challenge does this pose for the security services? Since MI5
:25:25. > :25:27.they have been pouring resources, analysts, surveillance investigators
:25:28. > :25:30.and agent runners into this investigation to answer that
:25:31. > :25:34.critical question - was Salman Abedi working alone or not? There was this
:25:35. > :25:39.claim by so-called Islamic State that he was one of their soldiers.
:25:40. > :25:43.But there were some inconsistencies in the details of that message
:25:44. > :25:47.compared to what actually happened in Manchester. Frequently the group
:25:48. > :25:51.claims someone was working with them when in fact there was no direct
:25:52. > :25:54.contact. So much more of the effort here at MI5 will be in the
:25:55. > :25:58.investigation here in the UK, to try and understand if there was a
:25:59. > :26:02.broader network. Crucially, whether others were involved in making that
:26:03. > :26:05.improvised explosive device, something which is not
:26:06. > :26:08.straight-forward to make because if there are others out there who were
:26:09. > :26:14.involved, then there could still be a threat. Now the UK's threat level
:26:15. > :26:19.has not been raised to the highest level, critical, that would happen
:26:20. > :26:22.if there was intelligence of an imminent attack. There isn't that
:26:23. > :26:27.kind of intelligence at the moment, but the authorities are saying it's
:26:28. > :26:29.under constant review and constant assessment as they undertake this
:26:30. > :26:38.investigation to try and understand who was behind this attack. Gordon,
:26:39. > :26:42.thank you. Thank you very much. Let us take you back to the pictures of
:26:43. > :26:47.the vigil that's happening right now, round the corner from where I
:26:48. > :26:52.am. I can hear the applause here where I am. Hopefully, you can hear
:26:53. > :26:58.the applause in your homes. There's been a spirit of defiance, people
:26:59. > :27:03.saying they will not be defeated by what happened last night. Throughout
:27:04. > :27:08.the day, as we arrived in Manchester, people have been talking
:27:09. > :27:13.about this spirit, this Manchester spirit that will make sure that they
:27:14. > :27:18.come through this attack that happened last night. There we have
:27:19. > :27:24.it. Thousands of people at this vigil.
:27:25. > :27:26.At four o'clock this afternoon, the Queen led a minute's silence
:27:27. > :27:33.Earlier, Theresa May arrived here in Manchester -
:27:34. > :27:36.that was shortly after she'd chaired a meeting of the Cabinet's emergency
:27:37. > :27:39.The Prime Minister described the attack as
:27:40. > :27:46.Election campaigning has been suspended for the day.
:27:47. > :27:47.Our political editor, Laura Kuennsberg, reports now
:27:48. > :27:50.on the UK's reaction to the atrocity.
:27:51. > :28:32.And in Belfast, as in every place, showing respect and regret,
:28:33. > :28:39.whether with thoughts, prayers or speech.
:28:40. > :28:44.It is an absolutely barbaric attack that has taken place
:28:45. > :28:47.to cut off young lives in this way, and it is absolutely devastating.
:28:48. > :28:51.Our thoughts and prayers must be with their families and friends.
:28:52. > :28:57.An election campaign in full pelt, now on pause.
:28:58. > :29:02.Tory central command, Labour HQ, hardly a soul to be seen.
:29:03. > :29:04.In these circumstances, a city and a community
:29:05. > :29:05.comes together in solidarity and in strength.
:29:06. > :29:12.We don't allow these attacks and these people to divide us
:29:13. > :29:14.or prevent us from leading the decent, normal lives
:29:15. > :29:23.And in Scotland, the SNP events called off,
:29:24. > :29:28.There can be nothing more cowardly than attacking children and young
:29:29. > :29:31.Across Scotland today, we stand in solidarity
:29:32. > :29:45.Memories stirred in Westminster of March's attack.
:29:46. > :29:47.This was a terrorist attack, deliberately targeted at children
:29:48. > :29:57.May I ask you to join in a minute's silence.
:29:58. > :30:08.And we stop in this moment too, to remember in Peterborough...
:30:09. > :30:11.With love, we pray for all caught up in these events...
:30:12. > :30:16.In Winchester tonight and everywhere,
:30:17. > :30:31.We can speak to Laura in Downing Street now.
:30:32. > :30:38.One has got to remember this is all happening in the middle of an
:30:39. > :30:42.election campaign. That's right, George. Of course today the
:30:43. > :30:46.overwhelming priority for Number 10 has been to cope with this attack,
:30:47. > :30:50.to work out what has happened, and of course what might happen next.
:30:51. > :30:53.There have been meetings of the government emergency committee and
:30:54. > :30:57.Theresa May is travelling back from Manchester right now. I understand
:30:58. > :31:01.she will chair and the Cobra meeting at around eight o'clock tonight.
:31:02. > :31:07.This is a particularly intense political time. This awful event has
:31:08. > :31:10.taken place in the middle of a noisy general election campaign full of
:31:11. > :31:16.climber. There was no question that the political parties today would
:31:17. > :31:20.all agree to suspend campaigning. That is extremely rare, it has only
:31:21. > :31:23.happened three times in modern history in terms of calling an
:31:24. > :31:28.immediate halt to a national campaign. That will stay in place
:31:29. > :31:31.tomorrow. The parties have agreed that there will be political silence
:31:32. > :31:35.for at least the next 24 hours. Beyond that at some point in the
:31:36. > :31:40.next few days, the main party leaders will be back out on the
:31:41. > :31:40.road. But at least for now and for tomorrow, poetical domestic
:31:41. > :31:53.disagreements are put on hold. The emergency telephone number for
:31:54. > :32:03.people who may be concerned about the attack is available.
:32:04. > :32:07.I'll be back in a few moments, but first let's go to our studio
:32:08. > :32:08.in London where my colleague, Reeta Chakrabarti,
:32:09. > :32:18.George, thank you and apologies for some of the technical problems that
:32:19. > :32:21.we had at the beginning of the programme.
:32:22. > :32:24.Sir Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond,
:32:25. > :32:28.He played the iconic role in seven Bond films,
:32:29. > :32:31.including Live And Let Die, and A View To A Kill.
:32:32. > :32:33.David Sillito looks back at his life.
:32:34. > :32:41.When Roger Moore took on James Bond, he was a little nervous.
:32:42. > :32:44.Sean Connery had defined the role, but Roger Moore
:32:45. > :32:47.did have his own secret weapon - wit.
:32:48. > :32:51.When one is in Egypt, one should delve deeply into its treasures.
:32:52. > :33:07.He'd come a long way from his early days as a model for knitwear.
:33:08. > :33:11.His big break on television had come in armour, in Ivanhoe.
:33:12. > :33:13.Born in South London, the son of a policeman, Rada had
:33:14. > :33:16.helped him develop his image as a suave English gent.
:33:17. > :33:25.And in The Saint, you could see the template for what was to come.
:33:26. > :33:31.In this and in The Persuaders, he was the action man
:33:32. > :33:46.You know, because I really don't...see myself as a hero.
:33:47. > :33:53.When he finally said goodbye to Bond, his acting
:33:54. > :33:57.But he relished a new role with Unicef.
:33:58. > :34:00.They paid tribute today, saying the world had lost one
:34:01. > :34:04.Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.
:34:05. > :34:10.As an actor, Sir Roger never pretended to have great depth.
:34:11. > :34:16.He was funny, good company, and he never took it too seriously.
:34:17. > :34:28.Sir Roger Moore, who has died at the age of 89.
:34:29. > :34:31.A trial in which Royal Bank of Scotland is accused by investors
:34:32. > :34:34.of misleading them over shares they bought in 2008 has been
:34:35. > :34:38.The shareholders claimed they were duped into putting extra
:34:39. > :34:41.money into a failing bank, but the judge has been told
:34:42. > :34:43.by lawyers on both sides that they are close to an out
:34:44. > :34:48.Donald Trump has delivered a speech in Jerusalem,
:34:49. > :34:50.saying he's personally committed to working to end the conflict
:34:51. > :34:56.Before he left Israel, the President laid a wreath at Yad Vashem,
:34:57. > :35:00.Israel's memorial to the six million Jews killed in the Nazi holocaust.
:35:01. > :35:03.He also visited the Palestinian President,
:35:04. > :35:19.The worst terror attack in Manchester's history -
:35:20. > :35:21.22 people have been killed after a bomb exploded
:35:22. > :35:27.The man who police suspect carried out the attack and died in the blast
:35:28. > :35:34.has been named as 22-year-old Salman Abedi.
:35:35. > :35:41.And in other news tonight, the actor Sir Roger Moore has died at the age
:35:42. > :35:44.of 89. He was best known for playing the spy James Bond. His family said
:35:45. > :35:52.he had had a short but brave battle with cancer.
:35:53. > :35:57.Below me, hundreds of people have gathered in Albert Square to hold
:35:58. > :36:02.a vigil after last night's terror attack -
:36:03. > :36:10.It's a sign of the solidarity that has been so much in evidence
:36:11. > :36:14.since the awful news of the suicide bombing spread across the city.
:36:15. > :36:16.Taxi drivers gave fans free rides, and families took
:36:17. > :36:22.Our correspondent, Sophie Long, reports on how the community
:36:23. > :36:31.Manchester was a city understandably on edge this morning -
:36:32. > :36:35.panic as another building in the city centre was evacuated.
:36:36. > :36:38.Smashed all the windows down in the Arndale to get out.
:36:39. > :36:46.This time it was a false alarm and while the threat is felt
:36:47. > :36:49.acutely, people here are coming together and the human spirit,
:36:50. > :36:58.No amount of evilness will ever, ever dampen any good thought
:36:59. > :37:03.Cab drivers who worked through the night,
:37:04. > :37:06.foregoing their fares, were back keeping the city
:37:07. > :37:12.Mostly the teenagers, like, 8 to 16 or 14 years old,
:37:13. > :37:15.all these girls they're crying for their mothers and their parents
:37:16. > :37:20.Then we take to their home, take to the hotel, take
:37:21. > :37:26.Jump in the cab and I'll drop you there."
:37:27. > :37:28.When I asked people how they feel about what happened here,
:37:29. > :37:33.so many people have said to me - I have no words, and words have been
:37:34. > :37:36.difficult to find today as people just begin to get their heads around
:37:37. > :37:39.the atrocity that took place right in the heart of their city.
:37:40. > :37:42.What comes more easily to people here are actions.
:37:43. > :37:50.Obviously, with the tragedy that's happened, if we can help in that
:37:51. > :37:55.So it'd be nice, you know, to do something to help.
:37:56. > :37:58.I just really wanted to come down and see if I could help
:37:59. > :38:00.at all because it's such a massive tragedy.
:38:01. > :38:03.There's just been an overwhelming response on social media,
:38:04. > :38:05.so I thought I'd come down and try and give blood.
:38:06. > :38:10.People connected - in person, by phone.
:38:11. > :38:14.Even the very young were among those responding.
:38:15. > :38:24.I saw it on the news and I work in Manchester, I do security,
:38:25. > :38:27.and it just scares you really that it's so close to home
:38:28. > :38:31.and we're sat at home, so we might as well help,
:38:32. > :38:36.On the city's streets today a real sense of
:38:37. > :38:39.After what happened yesterday, there's a responsibility to do
:38:40. > :38:43.something and I just want to show people that they're loved.
:38:44. > :38:45.So we're just going around by hugging people because,
:38:46. > :38:48.ultimately, love's the only thing that we can do when
:38:49. > :38:52.That's how Manchester is responding to an inhumane, cowardly attack,
:38:53. > :39:04.Joining me now is Nina Warhurst, who's the BBC's Political Editor
:39:05. > :39:18.Thank you for joining us. As we've been hearing, it's a challenging day
:39:19. > :39:22.for Manchester. And I guess a challenging day for greater
:39:23. > :39:28.Manchester's numeracy are absolutely. Andy Burnham is barely
:39:29. > :39:33.two weeks into this job as granite -- Andy Burnham was buried two weeks
:39:34. > :39:35.into this new job as greater Manchester's new mayor. His team
:39:36. > :39:41.tell me he is utterly delighted with the response of these teams. We saw
:39:42. > :39:45.400 police officers turn up and we have had about 60 ambulances taking
:39:46. > :39:49.patients to eight hospitals around the region, nurses turning up to
:39:50. > :39:53.work on their days off and actually being turned away. So far he said he
:39:54. > :39:57.is delighted with those teams that are now under his remit for the
:39:58. > :40:03.first time. And iGas on a day like this: is everything, isn't it?
:40:04. > :40:05.Absolutely. We have never had a map of greater Manchester and this was
:40:06. > :40:13.his opportunity to step up in that role and show leadership, which he
:40:14. > :40:17.did. He talked about it -- we have talked about Manchester's resilience
:40:18. > :40:20.tonight, and about the pride. Throughout his mayoral campaign that
:40:21. > :40:24.was something that he talked about, the massacre, the suffragettes.
:40:25. > :40:28.There is that history and that strength. The challenge now, of
:40:29. > :40:33.course, is where does he go from here. He needs to reflect on his
:40:34. > :40:36.teens, police, fire and rescue, and think if there is anything that they
:40:37. > :40:43.should have done or look up to do differently. -- reflect on his
:40:44. > :40:49.Twenty20. It is still telling people that it is the city they know and
:40:50. > :40:54.love, which is tolerant and will be peaceful against Otway thank you.
:40:55. > :40:57.As we've heard, last night the Manchester Arena was hosting
:40:58. > :41:03.Many of the audience were teenagers or even younger.
:41:04. > :41:08.This afternoon emergency services say that of the 59 casualties taken
:41:09. > :41:11.to hospital following the attack, 12 were under the age of 16.
:41:12. > :41:13.Our correspondent, Seema Kotecha, has been hearing from
:41:14. > :41:24.Ariana Grande, once a child star, now a global pop icon.
:41:25. > :41:29.The 23-year-old rose to fame after starring in a TV series
:41:30. > :41:39.She then turned to music and topped the charts with her songs.
:41:40. > :41:43.On social media, she is one of only six people in the world
:41:44. > :41:46.who have more than 100 million followers on Instagram.
:41:47. > :41:50.On Snapchat, she's one of the most viewed.
:41:51. > :41:56.And her trademark bunny ears popular with millions.
:41:57. > :42:04.She's nice and she's kind, and she's really pretty.
:42:05. > :42:09.Nine-year-old Summer describes herself as the pop
:42:10. > :42:12.She went to the concert last night after getting
:42:13. > :42:17.If I saw Ariana Grande, just that right there, I would cry!
:42:18. > :42:31.And I would hug her, and I'd do anything to meet Ariana Grande.
:42:32. > :42:36.Tens of thousands of fans packed Manchester Arena
:42:37. > :42:49.The singer responded to the attack on Twitter by saying...
:42:50. > :42:55.Other celebrities with young fans have taken to social media to pay
:42:56. > :42:58.tribute to those who died, and to express their shock.
:42:59. > :43:01.I think that the greatest thing we can do is just unite,
:43:02. > :43:14.And I think of Manchester, the place that I know,
:43:15. > :43:16.I think of the spirit of the people there.
:43:17. > :43:21.And I'm telling you, a more tight-knit group of people
:43:22. > :43:26.We will go to bed holding our little ones even tighter this evening.
:43:27. > :43:28.Summer and her father are spending time together.
:43:29. > :43:30.They're talking about what happened - something child psychologists say
:43:31. > :43:42.young people who might be affected by the attack should do.
:43:43. > :43:46.Just to mention, if you have children watching this programme
:43:47. > :43:49.and they're distressed by the news, BBC Newsround has a lot of useful
:43:50. > :44:02.Tonight, in Brussels, the flags of the 28 European Union
:44:03. > :44:07.Leaders from across the world have been expressing
:44:08. > :44:09.sympathy and solidarity with the people of Manchester.
:44:10. > :44:13.President Trump, newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron
:44:14. > :44:17.and Angela Merkel, of Germany, are among those who've sent
:44:18. > :44:20.messages of condolence and reaffirmed their commitment
:44:21. > :44:26.Our diplomatic correspondent, James Landale, reports on reaction
:44:27. > :44:41.Paris and St Petersburg, Brussels and Berlin.
:44:42. > :44:47.The threat of terrorism is one that few nations can avoid and many
:44:48. > :44:49.leaders must face and today it was their turn to
:44:50. > :44:51.share solidarity with the people of Britain.
:44:52. > :44:56.President Trump, visiting Israel's Holocaust memorial, said the wicked
:44:57. > :45:03.ideology behind all terrorism had to be completely obliterated.
:45:04. > :45:07.So many young, beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their
:45:08. > :45:11.lives, murdered by evil losers in life.
:45:12. > :45:14.I won't call them monsters because they would like that term.
:45:15. > :45:16.They would think that's a great name.
:45:17. > :45:18.I will call them, from now on, losers.
:45:19. > :45:35.Because that's what they are, they're losers.
:45:36. > :45:41.The President called Theresa May to express his condolences and offer US
:45:42. > :45:47.help in the investigation. President Macron also spoke to the feminist
:45:48. > :45:47.before visiting the embassy, offering more communication fight
:45:48. > :46:08.against terrorism. And Germany's Chancellor
:46:09. > :46:30.offered her support and sympathy. The Pope issued a Telegraph offering
:46:31. > :46:33.his prayers for the dead and wounded. In Brussels the European
:46:34. > :46:38.Union institutions lowered their flags in a mark of respect.
:46:39. > :46:44.Elsewhere other leaders expressed their condolences through messages
:46:45. > :46:48.on social media. Or by flying the Union flag themselves, such as here
:46:49. > :46:54.outside the Italian Prime Minister's offers. President Putin sent a
:46:55. > :46:55.Telegraph gram to Mrs May offering to increase Russia's
:46:56. > :47:29.counter-terrorism co-operation with Britain.
:47:30. > :47:31.President Xi Jinping, who visited London last year,
:47:32. > :47:34.telephoned the Queen to say China stood with Britain at this difficult
:47:35. > :47:36.time. And in Australia's parliament in Canberra,
:47:37. > :47:39.the Prime Minister there condemned what he called a vile attack
:47:40. > :47:42.This is an attack on innocence. Surely, there is no
:47:43. > :47:44.crime more reprehensible than the murder of children.
:47:45. > :47:50.on freedom everywhere. on young people everywhere,
:47:51. > :47:58.Before we go, let's just pull together what we know so far.
:47:59. > :48:01.22 people have been killed in last night's suicide bombing
:48:02. > :48:04.at the Manchester Arena - the youngest just eight years old.
:48:05. > :48:07.12 children under 16 were among the dozens taken to hospital.
:48:08. > :48:09.One man has been arrested in connection with the attack,
:48:10. > :48:12.as police try to find out whether the killer was
:48:13. > :48:19.In a moment we'll be hearing from our correspondent,
:48:20. > :48:21.Danny Savage, at a vigil here in Manchester,
:48:22. > :48:23.but first our special correspondent, Ed Thomas, is at the Manchester
:48:24. > :48:40.This of course is the scene of the attack last night. What is it like
:48:41. > :48:44.now? It's calm now. The teenagers, the young children who were at the
:48:45. > :48:49.centre of this attack, they've all left now, but what won't leave this
:48:50. > :48:54.place is the sense ever disbelief and the shock that's been left
:48:55. > :48:57.behind. Within an hour of this attack last night, we watched young
:48:58. > :49:01.people, teenagers, walking around here in confusion. They were on
:49:02. > :49:05.their phones, trying to get hold of their parents. They just wanted to
:49:06. > :49:09.get out of this city. We also saw mums and dads as well. They were
:49:10. > :49:12.confused. They didn't know where their children where. They didn't
:49:13. > :49:17.know if they were safe. But we also saw something else. Strangers coming
:49:18. > :49:21.down to cordons like this one, to give out water bottles. Just to try
:49:22. > :49:26.and offer help. At 3.00am last night we saw a man holding on tightly to
:49:27. > :49:32.his 10 and 12-year-old daughters, he just said, "I don't know where I am,
:49:33. > :49:37.I want to go." We watched a stranger walk up to him say, look, I'm not a
:49:38. > :49:40.taxi driver. I've got a car. I will take you home, you will will be
:49:41. > :49:45.safe. Tonight there are many people trying to hold on it to that sense
:49:46. > :49:51.of good. It was an attack on defenceless vulnerable children. Ed,
:49:52. > :49:57.thank you very much. We can go to Danny Savage at that vigil. Danny,
:49:58. > :50:01.Ed there talking about, if you like, the kindness of strangers. You
:50:02. > :50:05.saying earlier that what you're seeing is the community spirit
:50:06. > :50:09.that's here in Manchester. Yeah. There is a feeling of defiance here
:50:10. > :50:13.in Albert Square tonight as thousands of people packed in for
:50:14. > :50:16.that vigil. There was a huge cheer when the emergency services were
:50:17. > :50:23.mentioned. Great support for them here. The parting words from the
:50:24. > :50:27.clergy leading the ceremony "go from here to wour places, schools and
:50:28. > :50:31.communities and rebuild this city in England's green and pleasant lands."
:50:32. > :50:33.The difficult thing will be the age of the victims as they
:50:34. > :50:38.emother-in-lawing over the next few days. It's something the city will
:50:39. > :50:47.struggle to come to terms with. They are defiant, but this is going to be
:50:48. > :50:51.a long yourny. -- journey. Now we can catch up with the weather: Thank
:50:52. > :50:57.you very much. It will get warmer over the next few days. It felt warm
:50:58. > :51:03.today. In the sunshine, blue kies skoo in Rhyl, more cloud in the
:51:04. > :51:06.south-east of England here at Walton-on-Thames in Surrey. The
:51:07. > :51:10.cloud has gun to break up, we have more cloud for Northern Ireland and
:51:11. > :51:14.across Scotland over night it will bring rain and drizzle. A few spots
:51:15. > :51:18.of that into the north-west of England. Misty low cloud returning
:51:19. > :51:22.back into Wales and the south-west. Clearer skies for eastern England, a
:51:23. > :51:26.warm night, temperatures typically 13, 14 in towns and cities. Some
:51:27. > :51:30.early sunshine for eastern England. Early rain and drizzle for
:51:31. > :51:34.north-west Scotland. That will peter out in areas that start sunny will
:51:35. > :51:42.see cloud developing. Areas that will be cloudy we will see sunshine
:51:43. > :51:47.developing. Temperatures widely into into the low 20s. Later on into the
:51:48. > :51:50.week, not only does it stay fine and dry, we will find the cloud breaking
:51:51. > :51:54.up to allow us to see much more sunshine and that will lift the
:51:55. > :51:58.temperatures higher and higher. Moving into Thursday and Thursday
:51:59. > :52:01.should be a fine day. There will be some patches of cloud here and there
:52:02. > :52:04.for the most part winds will be light, there will be more sunshine
:52:05. > :52:07.around. That warmth is pushing northwards into Scotland and
:52:08. > :52:12.Northern Ireland. We could be peaking easily into the mid 20s. The
:52:13. > :52:15.dry weather coming due to that high pressure. The centre of the high
:52:16. > :52:19.pressure crucial it drifts towards the east, allowing us to draw our
:52:20. > :52:23.air from the near couldn't tent by the end of the week. Ahead of this
:52:24. > :52:29.weather front here that will push in from the south-west it threatens
:52:30. > :52:32.heavy and thundery showers. Ahead of that warmth temperatures could be
:52:33. > :52:40.close to 30 degrees. That's it. George. Thank you very much. There
:52:41. > :52:45.have been moving speeches this evening at the vigil held at Albert
:52:46. > :52:48.Square, praise for the emergency services and people of Manchester
:52:49. > :52:55.for their help and solidarity throughout the night and day. Last
:52:56. > :53:00.night the people of Greater Manchester showed the world how much
:53:01. > :53:06.we care. How much we care about each other and how much we were prepared
:53:07. > :53:11.to help those in need. I've heard some tremendous stories of doctors
:53:12. > :53:14.coming in to support, police officers, ambulance workers giving
:53:15. > :53:22.up their days and turning up to help those in need. I want to thank
:53:23. > :53:26.everybody from those emergency services who worked tirelessly
:53:27. > :53:30.throughout the night, to the members of the public for their solidarity
:53:31. > :53:33.and for the rest of the world for holding us in their thoughts.
:53:34. > :53:56.APPLAUSE The as the bishop said the greatest
:53:57. > :54:01.of it this region is the diversity of people and thought we must stand
:54:02. > :54:05.together and not let the terrorist defeat us not let stop us going
:54:06. > :54:09.about our daily business and create fear. We must live in harmony with
:54:10. > :54:17.each other as we stand together it defeat terrorism. Thank you very
:54:18. > :54:21.much. A few moments earlier the Manchester Poet Tony Walsh read out
:54:22. > :54:27.his Odi to the city. We can hear a bit of that now. There's hard times
:54:28. > :54:31.again in these streets of our city, but we won't take defeat and we
:54:32. > :54:37.don't want your pity because this is the place where we stand strong
:54:38. > :54:40.together, with a smile on our face. Mancunians forever because this is
:54:41. > :54:45.the place in our hearts, in our homes, because this is the place
:54:46. > :54:56.that's a part of our bones. Because Manchester gives us such strength
:54:57. > :55:10.from the facts that this... Is the place. We should give something back
:55:11. > :55:14.always remember, never forget... Forever Manchester. Choose love,
:55:15. > :55:19.Manchester, thank you. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE high pressure
:55:20. > :55:23.The poet Tony Walsh. I will be back in half an hour. Now, it's time to
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