Manchester attack, a lot of you sending in questions for myself and christian who will be live from manchester and well get to them in a few moments but a sixth person has been arrested in connection with the attack on monday evening. We also know the father of the attacker and brother been arrested in libya. Before the father was arrested he gave an interview to reuters and some of the details are starting to come through. Let me update you, he said he condemns Terrorist Attacks on civilians and innocence people, he went on to say his son did not have extremist beliefs or belong to Islamic State and that he had not travelled to syria. I said earlier that police have expressed suspicions he may have been to syria. He said he was going on a pilgrimage. Reuters speaking to the father of the man who carried out the attack, saying the last time he spoke to his son was five days ago and everything was normal. Tragically everything clearly was not normal and the details of the man who died b
Alarmed by a sharp rise in arrivals and wants other eu countries to open their ports. And theres concern the number of rescue boats are encouraging ever more people to make the perilous journey. David campa nale reports. Night, morning, day. Over the long hours of the mediterranean summer, migrants cram into boats as they venture from libya towards europes most accessible border, italy. Bambino first the numbers are unimaginable and the risks are high. The work ofjustice, one Volunteer Agency dedicated to rescuing migrants, reveals the fear, desperation and hope that drives people on. They flee failed states, persecution, hunger and war. All seek a fresh start, a better life. Italy has taken over 12,000 migrants in the past week alone. It says without greater help, it will close its ports to fresh arrivals. In italian imposible. Translation its not possible to not understand that something is not working. If we have vessels coming from all European Countries flying various european fla
Trade, britains only surviving cloth hall opens after a multi Million Pound renovation. Good morning. Its tuesday 1st august. Im julian worricker. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. British gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. Its owner centrica says Electricity Prices will increase by 12. 5 from 15th september. 3. 1 million customers will be affected. But the companys gas prices will be held at their current level. The average annual dual fuel bill for households on a standard tariff will rise by £76, up by 7. 3 . Ian conn is the Chief Executive of british gass Parent Company, centrica. He explained why the price rise was necessary despite a decrease in the wholesale cost of energy. First of all, the last time we moved our Electricity Prices was in january 2014 and since then they have been held flat. From that time, and you are correct, wholesale prices have fallen, we estimate about £36 on an average bill, that is not what is d
Growth figures later. They are expected to show the economy did pretty well at the end of last year, but with rising prices and a fall in the value of the pound, what will the value of the pound, what will the year ahead have in store . In sport, a Wembley Final for southampton. They knock liverpool out of the league cup with an injury time winner. It has taken tim peake to space and back. Now the Soyuz Capsule is going to be landing in london. Well be finding out why. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Today is a cold start to the day. Weve also got a fair bit of cloud around. Some of it will break to see some sunshine and a few of us will see some snow. Wherever you are it will feel raw in the wind. More details in 15 minutes or so. Good morning. First, our main story the us President Donald Trump has said he believes that torture can work to get information out of suspected terrorists. But he said he would seek further advice before deciding whether to bring Back Techniques su
That memory . With that, its very simple. Whenever i feel sad, depressed, worried, i think of that day and the courage of those First Responders and it lifts me up and it works every time. Really . When you have witnessed so much courage and heroism, there is no way you can complain about life. Not wanting to find a solution. Thats a pretty remark annual thing if thats what you take away from it. Yes. Not all of the loss and the pain and the horror but you saw the beauty and resolve of people to save others. Yes. You always see that. Thats a big lesson weve learned. The moment where the world seems the darkest, thats where you have this ray of light, this ray of hope that comes. For us it was the First Responders that saved us. Or Everyday Americans or people were in the towers saving people and helping each other. Be sure to watch the full episode of the film 9 11, fifteen years later. You can see it here on cnn at 6 00 p. M. In hong kong, 8 00 p. M. In london and 8 00 p. M. In new yo