Meeting of the cabinets emergency committee, cobra, the third in the past 2a hours. Good progress with the operation has been made with a number of arrests made over night, and that will continue. We have now gone to a critical level in terms of the threat. Well have all the latest live with huw in manchester. The other headlines this lunchtime. President trump meets the pope at the vatican and receives a signed copy of the pontiffs views on Climate Change. And profits at Marks And Spencer fell by almost two thirds last year, following a costly business overhaul. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Manchester united fans pay tribute to the victims of monday nights attack, ahead of Tonights Europa League final in stockholm. Good afternoon from Albert Square in the heart of manchester. This is where thousands gathered last night for a vigil, to remember the victims of monday nights bomb attack at the manchester arena. People have been coming here all morning to leave messages. Let me
Election debate. We are on the Asian Network, and the bbc news channel. Im nomia iqbal, here in the Splendid Alga Concert Hall at the university of birmingham, and on stage here in the concert hall. With me is our audience, people from all different backgrounds, different political allegiances, and with just one week to go before the big vote, they have a lot of questions about a wide range of issues. They will be putting those questions to our panel of gu ests putting those questions to our panel of guests from different Political Parties. With us today is Shailesh Va Ra parties. With us today is Shailesh Vara from the conservatives, Khalid Masood mood from labour, Baroness Sheehan from the liberal democrats, bob bob dhillon from ukip, and leanne wood from plaid cymru. Following the horrific Terror Attack in manchester last week, campaigning for the election had been suspended. Of course it has now resumed. But the events of manchester are still very much on peoples minds. I was in th
They have a lot of questions about a wide range of issues. They will be putting those questions to our panel of guests from different Political Parties. With us today is Shailesh Vara from the conservatives, Khalid Mahmood from labour, Baroness Sheehan from the liberal democrats, bob dhillon from ukip, and leanne wood from plaid cymru. Following the horrific Terror Attack in manchester last week, campaigning for the election had been suspended. Of course it has now resumed. But the events of manchester are still very much on peoples minds. I was in the city reporting and i am from manchester. There were a lot of questions being asked in the aftermath. Lets begin the debate today with talking about what happened in manchester, and looking at some of the issues that came from it. Lets go to our first question. In light of the recent atrocities committed in manchester, should muslims do more to condemn terrorism within their communities . Shailesh vara from the conservatives . Let me expr
They have a lot of questions about a wide range of issues. They will be putting those questions to our panel of guests from different Political Parties. With us today is Shailesh Vara from the conservatives, Khalid Mahmood from labour, Baroness Sheehan from the liberal democrats, bob dhillon from ukip, and leanne wood from plaid cymru. Following the horrific Terror Attack in manchester last week, campaigning for the election had been suspended. Of course it has now resumed. But the events of manchester are still very much on peoples minds. I was in the city reporting and i am from manchester. There were a lot of questions being asked in the aftermath. Lets begin the debate today with talking about what happened in manchester, and looking at some of the issues that came from it. Lets go to our first question. In light of the recent atrocities committed in manchester, should muslims do more to condemn terrorism within their communities . Shailesh vara from the conservatives . Let me expr
It is centre stage in British Politics. Italy is eating members of parliament, of the 650 At Westminster. This is the breakdown. Green, sinn fein. That represents those who want Northern Ireland to leave the 80 kingdom. And red, dup. Those are the ones that the conservatives would like to get support from. It has proved controversial. They do not approve of same six marriage. That has prompted the leader of the scottish conservatives to see this. received a categorical assurance that in talking to the dup, no row back of lgbt rights. We introduced equal marriage, to the house of commons, these are the assurances i received. That was one issue. Also some concerns about the Power Sharing agreement. Irish nationalists and unionists must work together, and for various reasons that system broke down injanuary. This is alistair campbell, who used to be tony blairs press officer. Explaining why he thinks this idea of the conservatives and the dup going together is not good. This is about the