32 year old Kelly Brewster came from sheffield. A polish couple who havent been named were also killed. 64 people are still in hospitals across manchester 20 of them are in a Critical Condition. Good morning. It is tuesday the 24th of may. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. More details are emerging about the salman abedi who carried out the attack on Manchester Arena in which twenty two people died. The government has raised the Terror Threat level to critical following the bombing, meaning another attack is imminent. This Morning Police in manchester have arrested three more men in connection with the investigation. The Home Secretary amber rudd says it is likely salman abedi was not acting alone. Its likely abedi was not acting alone, and he was known up to a point to the Security Services. His brother is among those arrested. The French Interior minister says he had probably travelled to syria, its thought he may also have just returned from libya the official Terrorism Threat Level in
Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt
of salman abedi, who detonated a bomb at the manchester arena in may 2017 at the end of that ariana grande concert, killing 22 people. salman abedi s younger brother, hashem abedi, was jailed last year after being convicted of murdering those victims at the arena. we will bring you more details on that as we get it. the inquiry we re told may use its powers to compel attendance, has urged ismail abedi to comply, but where hearing that he has left the uk. the head of the european commission has told poland she will not allow the country to put european values at risk. ursula von de leyen was speaking at the eu parliament in strasbourg, which is debating the growing row between the two sides. brussels claims a new ruling by poland s constitutional tribunal undermines the european union s legalframework. warsaw says the eu has no right to tell it how
older brother of the manchester arena suicide bomber, salman abedi, who killed 22 people and injured many more in an attack at the end of an ariana grande a concert at the manchester arena in 2017. so, an ariana grande a concert at the manchesterarena in 2017. so, ismail abedi, his elder brother, has left the uk, we are learning, ahead of an appearance ata the uk, we are learning, ahead of an appearance at a public inquiry he had been ordered to attend. ismail abedi has been refusing to answer questions from the inquiry. the inquiry had rejected his position, his position was that he wasn t going to answer any questions in case he incriminated himself. the inquiry had rejected his position and demanded he appear as a witness this week. but we re learning that he has left the uk ahead of an appearance at a public inquiry. no more details on the circumstances of him leaving. he is the older brother
children. you have sons of your own. yeah, you have to worry about them. reporter: violent extremism he told us is a danger no parent can afford to ignore. a tee cametika shubert, cnn, ma. so let s talk more about abedi s ties to libya. what are you learning? reporter: well, a lot of the information that we are getting is coming from family, friends or the special deterritoment fo in tripoli. now, they say on tuesday, they detained salman s younger brother, hashim, and they claim that he was planning to carry out an attack himself in the libyan capital. they also detained the father, ramadan abedi, on wednesday and they are interrogating him.