we must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of america. our hearts are heavy once again, but our resolve must never, ever waver. payton gendro. the uk government says it wouldn t be deterred from taking action over post brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland to try to help restore power sharing at stormont. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote. good evening. in response to russia s invasion of ukraine finland and sweden have abandoned their military neutrality and announced their intention to join nato. the alliance s secretary general yens stoltenberg has described jens stoltenberg has described the move as historic while president putin, talking of finland, called the plan a mistake . nato the north atlantic treaty organization is a military alliance, formed in 1949 by 12 countries, including the us, uk, canada and france. after the soviet union s collapse in 1991,
Has been named as 22 year old salman abedi. The big question for investigators was he working alone . One man has been arrested in manchester. The flag at half mast over Downing Street. Election campaigning has been suspended for the day. All acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people, but this attack stands out for its appalling sickening cowardice deliberately targeting innocent, defenseless Young Children. At four oclock this afternoon, the queen led a minutes silence at buckingham palace. Well be hearing from the fans youngsters who will remember last night for all the wrong reasons. It had been building up for years. When we booked the tickets it was so exciting, but its turned into the most traumatic thing. This is the scene right now at Albert Square a vigil to remember the dead and show solidarity. With many people still searching for missing loved ones, well have the latest. And in other news tonight, the actor sir roger moore has died at the age of 89. He was b
To reach the upper floors because of intense heat and falling debris. This is a completely unprecedented fire. In my 29 years in the London Fire Brigade i have never seen a fire of this nature, and i have seen many high rise fires. Residents have been taking shelter in nearby community centres, some are still looking for missing relatives. She said we cant do it because the smoke is killing her, the smoke is coming. The smoke is coming through the doors, shes keep covering it but. Its everywhere. And that was the last time we heard from her. Theres no word yet on the cause of the blaze. Residents say they had raised concerns about fire safety in the block. Dozens of people are being treated in londons hospitals, 18 are said to be in a critical condition. The block had recently been refurbished. Ministers have ordered urgent checks on buildings where similar work has been carried out. Stay with bbc news throughout the evening for all the developments from our correspondents at the scene