Transcripts For BBCNEWS 100 Days 20170525

But then takes them to task over defence spending. And. A race in montana turns ugly. The republican candidate is charged with assaulting a reporterjust hours before the vote. Hello, i am Christian Fraser, in london. Katty kay is in new york. Were learning a bit more about Salman Abedis movements before the Manchester Attack. Last week we know he travelled through dusseldorf airport, he was in transit, but where was he coming from and who supplied him with the bomb . Are others still plotting . Authorities are trying to answer those questions. There is a lot of sensitive material that still needs analysing and guarding. The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester police, ian hopkins, said that leaks in the United States have caused distress to the families of the victims. But he also said progress is being made in the investigation. The arrests have taken place in manchester, wigan and nuneaton, and we are now carrying out associated searches in relation to those arrests at a number of addresses. These have been an intense three days for the officers and staff of Greater Manchester police along with the National Counter terrorist policing network and uk Intelligence Services. I want to reassure people that the arrests we have made are significant and initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation. Joining us from manchester is catriona renton, outside police headquarters. Significant developments today. A number of bomb scares around the city . The first hours got off to a slow start. Significant progress in the last 2a hours. The Chief Co Nsta Ble, the last 2a hours. The Chief Constable, ian hopkins, spoke to reporters earlier today. He was able to say that eight people, eight men, are in custody. They were arrested in manchester, wigan and nuneaton in the north of england. These, he said, were significant arrests. A woman was arrested, but released without charge. Ongoing at the moment searches ever associated properties. He said initial searches of premises had revealed items they believe to be important to the investigation. Now, as we speak, three properties, where three of those men were arrested, are currently being searched. We understand that the Bomb Disposal Squad are at a property in manchester helping the police there. In wigan, a street has been evacuated. That was another location where somebody was arrested. We also understand that that another property in manchester is currently being searched. A very fast moving investigation with new leads and links coming in all the time. The police have said to expect these searches to take several days. Theyve asked the public to bear with them on this because these searches are very important. What are they looking for . They are looking for components that would have been used to make a bomb or chemicals, elements that would help them discover what else is out there. That is the idea that is coming forward this evening. While there is an enormous sense of progress, there is also a much larger sense of doubt around the bigger picture. What else is out there . That is what police are trying to find out now. Who created the bomb that salman abedi carried and who else is out there may have components . Are there other bombs there. They need to find that. There is no sign at the moment that the threat level will be lowered any time soon. A long way to go with this investigation. Thank you very much forjoining us. It seems to be clear they are anxious to find the rest of this network. I man, from previous experiences, im thinking of paris, which you covered, the bataclan attacks. They dont know whether another attack is imminent. There is another attack is imminent. There is a race against time for investigators now . You are always on the clock if you dont know fully what you are dealing with. You are right, it does have echoes of what happened after the back clan because, remember, there was a suicide vest dumped in a bin in Northern Paris which told them there was a Suicide Bomber who hadnt gone through with it. There was a Support Network for him as well. It was a tip off from the Family Member who was the recruiter for that cell that led them to that flat. When they went in there, you will remember they almost blew up the apartment getting at him, they killed him inside the apart. There was a blot plot to hit the Business District in paris which they disrupted. They we re paris which they disrupted. They were lucky. They went through that sea of information. It was that tip off that helped. They will hope for something similar in that manchester investigation. The british authorities will be speaking to french authorities to learn what happened after that attack, too. Undoubtedly to both the french and german authorities, i would think. Britain held a minutes silence today to remember the victims of the attack. All 22 people who died have now been identified. 23 are still in hospital. The queen visited some of them today. So youd come specially for the concert, had you . Yeah. It was a Birthday Present. Oh, was it, oh, right. Would you say you enjoyed it . Yeah, it was good. She sounds very good, very good singer. Yes. That is 14 year old evie mills, who travelled to the arian grande concert, a Birthday Present she had been looking forward to. Police investigating the attack say they have stopped Sharing Information with american officials after intelligence was leaked to us journalists. The Prime Minister, theresa may, has raised the issue with President Trump at the nato meeting in brussels. Mr trump said that the leaks were deeply troubling adding. I am asking the department ofjustice and other relevant agencies to launch a complete review of this matter. There is no relationship we cherish more than the Special Relationship between the United States and the united kingdom. Heres mrs mays reaction. We have a Special Relationship with the usa. It is our deepest defence and Security Partnership that we have. Of course that partnership is built on trust and part of that trust is knowing that intelligence can be shared confidently, and i will be making clear to President Trump today that intelligence that is shared between Law Enforcement agencies must remain secure. Joining us to discuss this issue is pete hoekstra, a Trump Campaign advisor and former chairman of the house intelligence committee. How unusual is this kind of a rift between british and american Intelligence Services, congressman . I think its kind of unusual. The United States, the brits, the australians, new zealanders, canadians we have a relationship that means these are our closest allies. Our closest partners in Sharing Information. Basically, theres almost total transparency between all of our Intelligence Agencies to Work Together and co ordinate their activities. American officials like to refer to the british relationship as the Special Relationship. The brits do it all the time too and sometimes it goes through wobbles. Its a relationship that american officials prize. How embarrassing is this to the United States at the moment that these leaks are happening in this particular incident, where so much pain has been caused in manchester . I think its very embarrassing. Its a place that the United States of america doesnt want to be. Its a very, very Special Relationship. More importantly, at thess an Essential Relationship if were going to be successful in, you know, ifyinging going to be successful in, you know,ifyinging Radical Islam or other threats that we will face in the future, we need this kind of co operation. As you said earlier in your news report, you know, we need to be co ordinating with the french, we need to be co ordinating with the germans and we need to figure out where this terrorist was, whether it was libya, on the continent, to put the pieces together to find what may be a network cell. Its absolutely essential that we co ordinate and Work Together if were going to be safe. Congressman. Iming back to the snowdon leak and they were trying to investigate where it came from, there were 800,000 people who had from, there were 800,000 people who ha d a ccess from, there were 800,000 people who had access to that information. So when donald trump says, well investigate and prosecute if we can, investigate and prosecute if we ca i. Investigate and prosecute if we can, its not going to be so straight forward, is can, its not going to be so straight forwa rd, is it . Can, its not going to be so straightforward, is it . Im sure that the brits have found that other people who work in the intelligence area, we found it here in the United States, its very difficult to identify where the leaks are coming from and what the actual motivation may be for any of these leaks. That doesnt mean that we shouldnt try. In this case, theres a limited numberof in this case, theres a limited number of people who may have had information to the data that the brits believe is very, very sensitive. Weve had some other leaks here recently again, a small universe of people. I think, if you put a concerted effort, if you demonstrate that there is a concerted effort that when there is a leak we will do everything we can to find you and to hold you accountable to the law, thats what i would expect our intelligence and Department Of Justice to i would expect our intelligence and department ofjustice to do. I think thats what our partners would expect that we would do, to at least demonstrate an effort to stop this. Briefly, you served on the Trump Campaign, do you think the president bears any responsibility for this in this context. He has said some things about the Us Intelligence services which have clearly not endeared them to those officials and agents. Is that part of the break down in trust that were seeing in the Intelligence Services . That may lead to a break down between the president and the Intelligence Community, but, you know, these types of leaks break down the effectiveness of the Intelligence Community and they break down the relationship the trust that we have between the United States and the brits. There is absolutely no excuse for anybody in the Intelligence Community to be leaking this information to do damage to the president because they may damage the president but they are damning the National Security of the United States and our allies. There is absolutely no excuse for this type of behaviour. Thank you very much for your thoughts. Donald trump and theresa may talking today of the Special Relationship. Is this a really big problem for them . Look, i think everybody on both sides of the atlantic. I have spoken to senators here and british officials in the last 24 hours recognise this relationship is very important be, but they will will get over this. I have never in my time in the United States, over the last 20 years, i cant remember an occasion with where a British Service like the Manchester Police who said, we are not serving intelligence with america any more. Thats serious. Its embarrassing to us owe fishals and Us Intelligence services. They will get over it. It doesnt sit well with with the american intelligence to like to pride themselves of having a Good Relationship with the united kingdom. Leaking of information is turning into a trend in the United States. A transcript has appeared of a Telephone Call between donald trump and the Philippine President , Rodrigo Duterte ,which took place in late april. The transcript revealed that mr trump disclosed that the us military had moved two Nuclear Submarines near to north korea something pentagon officials have said should not have been discussed. But the transcript was clearly confidential attached to it was a cover sheet saying just that. It came this leak, not from the United States this time, from the philippines. The question will be why was mr trump giving this information . Should not have been discussed. Submarine, the very point of it. Nuclear submarine. Even worse. Ok. Donald trump was keen to use the nato meeting to raise the issue of defence funding among member countries. But in the light of the Manchester Attack, much of the discussion has been about combating terrorism. Nato has agreed to take a bigger role in the fight against so called Islamic State. Here was President Trump speaking out on mondays attack. It was a barbaric and vicious attack upon our civilisation. All people who cherish life must unite in finding, exposing and removing these killers and extremists. And, yes, losers. They are losers. Joining us now from washington is former Us Ambassador to nato, kurt volker. Nato members and the president seem to agree. How much can nato be doing in the fight against islamic terrorism and terrorism in general . There is a couple of ways to look at it what was agreed and decided today. Nato an organisation will be pa rt today. Nato an organisation will be part of the coalition. That means that certain nato assets such as surveillance aircraft, air to ground surveillance, communications, command and control, they could be made available to the coalition. It also provides a bit of additional cover for individual allies to contribute. What more nato could do is to look at sharing intelligence internally, creating a fusion cell and looking more at Terrorist Activities Inside Nato Areas itself. That is something nato has not yet done, but could do more of. That is an area in which the leaders seem to ee, an area in which the leaders seem to agree, of course, an area which there is some disagreement over is Donald Trumps relationship with nato more broadly. I understand there is some disquiet at the brussels meeting that the president didnt come out and offer more fulsome support of nato. He didnt come out and say it was be o sow lee. He didnt support the alliance. Would it have been helpful if he did so. Would it have been helpful if he did so. People are watching the words too carefully. Since he became President A Change in the language and a change in the policies from what had been discussed during the campaign. We had Vice President pence at the Munich Security Co nfe re nce pence at the Munich Security Conference and meetings with rex tillerson, the Secretary General calling trump a few times and visiting him at the white house. You had strong support for nato. A push on nato defence spending. Wouldnt it have been use to have have heard that directly from the president . Well, im not sure that they didnt hear that directly. I think people are parting words too much. What i think the president is trying to do though is to keep the focus on european contributions and commit am to nato. The us is under a microscope here in the words he uses. We are actually doing the most of the nato efforts and the european allies are not. He is trying to keep the focus on them. Its no secret that nato leaders have been nervous about mr trumps presidency. When he talks about spending he doesnt pull his punches. But take a look at the reaction of some of the european leaders as he lectures them from the podium. If all nato members had spent just 2 of their gdp on defence last year, we would have had another 119 billion for our collective defence and for the financing of additional nato reserves. They dont like be lectured. That is clear from that Body Languagelj would clear from that Body Language would say they feel sheepish. They have all agreed to these multiple times. They know they are not doing it yet. There we are. I think you are right. Good to talk to you. Thank you very much for coming on the programme. What do you make of this . That is dusko markovic, the Prime Minister of montenegro, who is getting the trump brush off. Mr trump doesnt like being upstaged and especially not by the newest member of that alliance. Perhaps he should be in the front row. Im glad you werent studying your Body Language during the first lady and the president during this trip. This goes down well with nato members they want somebody like the american president to come in and, ive heard it, saying you have to up your defence spending. I think this doesnt go down quite so badly as we might think. We now know who died in the Manchester Attack. There are 10 teenagers and children among those who were killed, the youngest was just eight years old. The memorials are continuing to grow and also emerging are some of the Heart Rending stories of the causalities. Judith moritz has this report. They were loved and they are mourned. Taken by the bomb, their names keep coming. Elidih macleod. She was full of nine. 19 year old cou rty boyle she was full of nine. 19 year old courty boyle described as an amazing rock. She went to the concert with her step dad, philip tron. He too lost his life. Two people gone from one family. Wendy from leeds. A mum and school helper. Said to have touched the lives of so many. In her home city today friends and neighbours observed the minutes silence, joined by wendys relatives. Devastated. She knew a lot of People Shechl had a lot of friends, family. I think, even people who just knew of her, its just such a tragedy. Its just awful. Also named today, Chloe Rutherford and liam curry, girlfriend and boyfriend, known to be inseparate. They died together. Elaine, a Police Officer who loved music and was on a night out off duty. Flowers have been laid for elaine who started out as a Volunteer Special Constable and rose up Volunteer Special Constable and rose up to work for the organised crime unit. She spent 20 years working for cheshire police. Her colleagues and friends came in to work to learn that theyd lost one of their own. Cheshires Chief Co Nsta Ble one of their own. Cheshires Chief Constable opened a book of condolence for the officer. Elaine, from all ive heard, all the best traditions about the police service. Somebody who cared about community and cared about victims. She left a lasting impression on those who met her, both professionally and in victims of crime she helped. The families of those killed can hardly ta ke families of those killed can hardly take it all in. Charlotte campbell shared her grief at a vigil to mark the loss of her teenage daughter, olivia. This is such a hard time for us. Olivia. This is such a hard time for us. I had to come. I didnt know what to do. I dont know where to be. I dont know what to do. Ijust knew, something told me i had to come here. The injured, so many injured, have so much to come to terms with, too. 15 year old Laura Anderson has had surgery to remove shrapnel from her leg and shoulder. My shrapnel from her leg and shoulder. My ears went muffled. Everyone was rushing around me. I was screaming. I felt rushing around me. I was screaming. Ifelt pain in rushing around me. I was screaming. I felt pain in my rushing around me. I was screaming. Ifelt pain in my legs then, i think. 22 killed, more than 100 injured. We know their names and their harrowing stories, but we will never understand their terrible, unfathomable loss. Judith moritz, bbc news. Manchester still coming to terms with the most terrible Terrorist Attack it had to face. A thoughtful report has come out in the last couple of days in the states about how the press should cover this kind of attack. It makes the point that actually replaying endlessly the loops of the attacks itself is in some ways doing exactly what these attackers want us to do. Glorifying their actions in a horribly, perverted way. What this report suggests is that one of the most useful things we can do is talk about the victims and who they were as people and the lives they led and theirfamilies. It as people and the lives they led and their families. It suggests we should talk about the way that communities come together after attacks like this. And the acts of kindness that we see and the acts of heroism that sometimes follow these when people are acting in desperate circumstances. You have come from manchester. It sounds trite to say that cities pull together and we see the best of humanity. The stories out of manchester, im sure you heard them, acts of heroism and a city pulling together . So many acts of heroism. The eternal dilemma for the media how much you focus on the bombing. People want to know and understand why someone would do that. Inevitably, because of that, you focus On Salman Abedi and where he has come from and who he is with. Really, it should be, it must be the victims that are forefront in our minds. That square st anns square where i was standing last night. Look at that. The flowers now, that has grown that sea of flowers since last night. People have come and sung songs there and held hands there. They have been lost with their thoughts. It really shows how their thoughts. It really shows how the community has come together. We spoke to someone last night on the programme who said, it does help the families when communities come together like that. The great city games start tomorrow. Help each other. They will be around the corner. The greatest athletes in the worldcoming to manchester. People will be out celebrating it. Well they should. Youre watching 100 days plus from bbc news. Still to come as the investigation into the Manchester Attack deepens, well be speaking to a former fbi agent who knows all about the fight against Terrorist Groups. And the race for a vacant congressional seat that took an unexpected and violent turn. Thats still to come on 100 days plus, from bbc news. Good evening. The strong or indeed very strong sunshine has lifted the temperatures to the highest theyve been so far this year. 28 degrees in highland scotland. 28 degrees in north east wales. The reason for the high pressure, we have the warm winds off the continent. It will bring a change later tomorrow. In the meantime, we have had plenty of photographs like this. This was from aberystwyth. This was enjoyed in highland scotland. Barely a cloud in the sky here. As we go through the evening and the sunsets very little will change. Temperatures will drop away. We will pick up sea fog near the north east coast of england and scotland. A warmer night in the south. Not as oppressive in the south. Not as oppressive in the south because there is more breeze as we head into friday morning. That will have the effect of lifting the temperatures in similar areas to today. This change a foot later on. The showers not too far away from the west of northern ireland. For the west of northern ireland. For the daylight, fine, dry and hot. We will exceed todays temperatures by a degree or to to the north. London as well. The north sea coast will be cool at this time of year, that will temper the feel. It wont be as hot. If you are finding this heat sultry you can head to the coast. That said even on the coast, where it is cooler, these uv index is as high. 23450ush unusually high levels across southern 23450ush unusually high levels across southern areas. 23450ush unusually high levels across southern areas. That is unusual at any time of year in the uk, we are only three weeks away from the longest day. It starts to change through friday night with the arrival of thundery rain. It looks as if the intensity and the duration will be more likely across northern parts of the country. But we will see some thundery showers to southern areas. More likely it will break the heat with nasty thunderstorms, Severe Weather in the north on saturday. Potentially in the south on sunday, they will have heat and humidity around, we will have lost the humidity, scattering of showers and sunny spells in the north and bank holiday monday. We have that warm, humid air close by on the south. There will be a risk of heavy, thundery downpours. Welcome back to one hundred days plus. Im katty kay in new york. Im Christian Fraser in london. Our top stories. Police in manchester say significant arrests have been made in relation to mondays attack which left 22 people dead. President trump says leaks to us media about the investigation into the attack are deeply troubling as he attends his first nato meeting in brussels. A minutes silence was held in manchester today for the 22 People Killed on monday. Police say they have now made eight significant arrests meanwhile, President Trump has promised a full investigation into the leaks that are coming from the us which he says are deeply troubling. The New York Times has defended its decision to publish photos and details of the attack despite the criticism. Well, one person who has been on the front lines of the fight against Terror Groups from al qaeda to Islamic State is former fbi special agent ali soufan. His book the anatomy of terror has just been released and hejoins us now. Ali, when you look at what happened in manchester how much do you learn from what is in the Public Domain so far about how an attack like this is planned and carried out . Nuno, its so planned and carried out . Nuno, its so difficult to make a final determination as the investigation is still unfolding and we see that what happened in manchester is connected to different places around the world, its connected to syria now from what we read from public reporting, and connected to libya. Just another example of how the Terror Threat in the last decade or so Terror Threat in the last decade or so morphed and mutated from organisations to message to an ideology. We see that threat in the uk now unfolding in a very similar way to what we have seen in other places in europe and the United States where people get inspired, somejoined the states where people get inspired, some joined the so called Islamic State and some are in contact with members and supporters of the group that tries to inspire them to conduct Terrorist Attacks in their countries where they live. We have seen countries where they live. We have seen that in new york, we have seen it in san bernardino, weve seen it in orlando and in different places in europe but what we have seen now, from what we know so far, what we have seen in manchester seems to be more complicated, seems to be more organised and seems to be not only inspired but theres some sort of training, organisation and planning that took place. So thats the challenge, right, for counterterrorism authorities, that these organisations move fast. We learn a lot from these attacks, they learn a lot from these attacks, they learn even more from them and they keep changing their methods, as you say and more. How then do Terrorism Experts and authorities, how can they possibly anticipate what the next kind of attack, the next generation is going to be like . That isa generation is going to be like . That is a very good question. I think what we have seen today in manchester, what we have been seeing around the world as an ideology meaning we more than an organisation. For example, lets look at what happened in manchester, a cell connected to libya and syria, so a cell connected to libya and syria, so what can we do to counter that . We need to figure it out, in order to point at the threat in our society, the equation between terrorism and counterterrorism is dangerously unbalanced these days, you have thousands of fighters who joined Terrorist Groups in these places just from western europe, 20 of them came back and many of them died in the conflict zones yet a few of them are still there, trying to inspire attacks in their own countries, now we have limited resources to monitor each and every one of these guys. Unfortunately we have to be successful 100 of the time. They have to be successful only once and they will get the coverage they need. Just a quick one on the former fbi man, they are pointing the finger at the fbi in new york, specifically, does the New York Times statement missed the point, they are justifying that it was right to buy the pictures but does this justify prejudicing the investigation . If it comes to court with this prejudice it . Is a former fbi member who led Counterterrorism Investigations i can tell you how frustrating it is when you see leaks in the newspaper or in general regarding the investigation. It not only damages the credibility of the evidence that you are collecting but also it impedes it by giving your information to everyone including the bad guys. And the situation in the bad guys. And the situation in the uk was a very dangerous one, continuing to be a dangerous situation, there isnt imminent threat coming off investigators working against time in order to bring down the threat level from critical and then they see information that you hold very dear, so information that you hold very dear, so its very frustrating but it is way beyond troubling. I think it is reckless and dangerous, as are the pictures in the New York Times, and what you talked about, the leaks, i think i am not there yet to point fingers as you mentioned, even the New York Times said. Ali, im afraid that is all we have time for, such an interesting topic, we do know that there were links between the family Of Salman Abedi and libya, his parents fled the country after posing colonel gaddafi, they went back and he himself returned shortly before the attack. After opposing colonel gaddafi. His father claims that his son is innocent. The younger brother Of Salman Abedi is also in custody, it was said that he knew of his Brother S Plans and as a member of the so called Islamic State group. Earlier i spoke to sir Jeremy Greenstock in 2003 he was the uk Special Representative to iraq and he was formerly the chairman of the Un Security Councils Counter Terrorism committee. Are we now paying the price i asked him for our Military Intervention in libya . We are paying the price of not knowing what might follow the gaddafi machine, ithink knowing what might follow the gaddafi machine, i think there were reasons for helping the libyan people get out from under the gaddafi regime, we were never going to go in on the ground, libya was therefore bound to go through buffets, its a fairly easy area for these hard it on people to set up camps in, we cannot control the whole of the North African empty desert with these people can go. I dont think we should go down that road. We have to deal with the consequences of states changing their nature, changing their governments, and eventually learning to be stable down the road somewhere but these things take time and in the meantime you will have an governance space. The meantime you will have an governance space. We cant control the spaces that we can control the people linked to our society in britain. Manchester has a very big libyan population. There were a number of dissidents there who went off to fight in the revolution in 2011. Some say the Intelligence Agencies were complicit in that, fully aware that people were going back, maybe even helping them so maybe we are paying the price for that. Possibly, that give the Security Services some credit for some of the things that have not happened, they must have been following hundreds of people. Lets talk about nato, donald trump is there today and has been critical of nato in the past and says they are too focused on conventional war and not against the fight against so called Islamic State and terrorism. And make a difference of nato becomes more involved in the Us Led Coalition . He used the word o bsolete Led Coalition . He used the word obsolete in his campaign and there was a point to that because nato was conceived to face a cold war situation, to keep russia out. Mr trump is right to ask me to the question but there are other agencies to ask nato the question but there are other mechanisms you can use to deal with counterterrorism. When it comes to the president himself, do you think that he is a force for good in terms of Global Security or is a part of the problem . We dont know. He may at times be a problem but the americans at times are an immense power for good americans at times are an immense powerfor good and americans at times are an immense power for good and the president is only one member, an important member, of the system. You can cause problems by thinking board thoughts or going in directions but it is up to his advisers to make sure that what he is saying and doing fits with True American interests, not british interests, but our interests are british interests, but our interests a re often british interests, but our interests are often allied with american interests. So do notjudge President Trump too much by what he says and tweets or says in his latest speech, what what he achieves by way of results by putting the american system into an act a result. There i think the pragmatic deal making trump, the transactional trump may be quite useful in certain circumstances. Turning now to a congressional race here in the us which has taken a violent turn. The race for a vacant congressional seat in montana wouldnt usually grab National Headlines but that all changed overnight. Republican candidate Greg Gianforte has been charged with misdemeanour assault after he is alleged to have body slammed a reporter. The journalist is benjacobs who writes for the us edition of the guardian. The paper has released this audio of the incident. Goodness me. On the eve of the election. Will that make a difference . It is a dangerousjob, covering American Politics i think it might do. Three montana newspapers who had endorsed Greg Gianforte have now pulled their endorsements of him. One said, we simply cannot trust him. Another said, there must be freedom of the press. But one third of Montana Voters have already voted by absentee ballot, obviously their votes wont be affected by this. I should point out that this montana race, who thought about this, weve spoken about liberal dissent in the country, democrats thinking they could take back the House Of Representatives next year, they are watching this montana race, a true blue republican state, the state trump won by 20 points, they are hoping that the democrats win it because that would be a good sign for them, broadly and nationally. Well keep an eye on the result. Thank you, katty. I will be away next week for half term but katty will hold the fort. Well be back at the same time on monday. Thank you for watching. Hello. This is bbc news with me julian worricker. President trump says hes deeply troubled by alleged us leaks on the investigation into mondays attack. A spokesperson for theresa may says she had raised the matter with the president. Police hunting the terrorist network behind the attack say theyve made significant arrests and have seized what they describe as very important items. The queen visits royal manchester childrens hospital, she met children caught in the Manchester Attack and the staff who worked to save them. Some pictures from the last hour in wigan weather has been a significant level of increased Police Activity. To put this in contact there has been one arrest in wigan. This was some hours ago in connection with the Manchester Bombing. But more recently, around 6 20pm this evening one particular st was cleared and people were encouraged to leave their homes and what you are seeing is some of that Police Activity including as you can see in the foreground, a bomb Disposal Unit which has arrived at the scene. And as you can see from the gestures of these Police Officers, the general message to people in the vicinity was to move away from the scene. You can see the number of Police Vehicles parked up. A particular area was a road called Springfield Street Where One Arrest had previously been made, our north of england correspondent suggested something more significant may have been found and this was the scene live close to where the activity was taking place. Police officers on the street, you can see it in the distance by that green traffic light, onlookers, perhaps residents waiting to get home, waiting to find out what is going on. We will keep an eye on that for you. As details of the victims of the Manchester Bombing emerge, the city continues to grieve, Big Questions still remain. Why were mostly children targeted