way. we do have a busy time coming up around the country this summer period. music festivals are about to start happening, wimbledon injuly, at the beginning ofjuly, will be another important security operation. there are many armed officers. and we will need them all. the metropolitan police and other forces have an increase in armed officers that they have been able to call upon the year or so, specially trained counterterrorism officers to trained counterterrorism officers to train alongside soldiers who can do things like ripping out of helicopters onto buildings. they are trained not just in helicopters onto buildings. they are trained notjust in standard police firearm techniques that military techniques as well, such as laying down suppressive fire so they can deal with a marauding attack when, potentially, many terrorists are large with firearms. they are newly trained in those sorts of techniques. i think the metropolitan police and the other police forces involved will say that the correct people will be on the street and the army will fill in behind. fascinating detail. is lots of detail there from tom. —— lots. of course, police are trained to ascertain how salman abedi came by the bomb. did he made himself, or learn how to make it's was he taught by somebody to make the bomb, or, in the worst case scenario, as concert, is somebody a ball make out that supplied that to him? and are they known to the security services? the possibility that they don't could be why be threat level has been raised. who was behind this attack on ederson —— who was behind this attack on innocence? who chose this moment to indulge their hateful ideology? take your time indulge their hateful ideology? take yourtime and indulge their hateful ideology? take your time and exit the building. police are convinced that the suicide bomber was salman abedi, but working with the security services, counterterrorism officers are desperately trying to find out if he had accomplices who are still at large. our priority, along with the police counterterrorist - and fiecllrite is lo our security partners, is to continue to miliil whether he our security partners, is to c°ntinue to 2 whether he was continue to establish whether he was acting alone or working as part of a wider network. the man named as the suicide bomber is salman abedi, a 22 and born in manchester. he was the son of libyan refugees who fled from colonel gaddafi. and apparently noble boy, he went to local $4? ;.1 is united, and it supported that is united, and worked in a bakery. today, police launch raids on the homes of people thought to be his associates. a 23 rob manuel ‘s arrest. a short distance away, a controlled explosion took place. it is like when you watch films and you hear a boom, but with a muffled sound. it was likely see a movie. everybody was likely see a movie. everybody was scared at that moment. it all just hit home that it is real, it is your doorstep. this part of the city is known as the home of several extremists of the last few years, some with links to libya and syria. salman abedi returned from tripoli just a few days go. to construct a bomb they could be taken through security and bone up on command is ha rd to security and bone up on command is hard to achieve. lycee the bomb was home—made and loaded with nuts, bolts, and ballbearings. the view among security experts is that the attack bears all the hallmarks of a co—ordinated operation. attack bears all the hallmarks of a co-ordinated operation. this attack was planned, premeditated, and they are almost certainly will the others involved. the most important thing is to catch them and identify them, and bring them into custody. until we have done that, this attack is not over. almost exactly one year ago, police and emergency services in manchester held a training exercise for just this kind in manchester held a training exercise forjust this kind of terrorist incident. stay down! stay down! for a number of terrorist incident. stay down! stay down! fora number of years, the threat level has been set at severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. now it has moved to critical, an attack is expected imminently. under satterley, the city is on edge. there is a determination not to be out by terror. manchester united is a fitting response to what has happened. it has been a sombre day here in manchester. we have heard from 70 people. let poznikhirfrom one person that we spoke to last night, alan andrews, who was at the concert and had a late escape. —— let's. allen, let's talk about the last 2a hours. as a subsisting him? yes. i try to go to work, and it's of singh soon. you seal the latter is coming m, soon. you seal the latter is coming in, andjust soon. you seal the latter is coming in, and just thinking back about the faces, reality is quite harsh. —— sunk in. you put a note on one of the churches around here. a lot of people have been reacting to that. why don't you tell us about it? i was sinking the car about everything that i've been feeling the last few hours. i thought i would rise so began a nice note. —— sitting. it was a lucky escape. life must go on, and we must come together as a community. i was listening till late on the radio, this into 5 live, and identity we even knew the enormity of what had happened, even in the morning. no. i was of what had happened, even in the morning. no. iwas almost of what had happened, even in the morning. no. i was almost time when it hit the news. but you are quite certain from the explosionfiand- to yes. when you saw the kids be? yes. when you saw the kids saying there was people running, blood everywhere, you realise how serious it was. it was good work by the stewards who kept the kids away. they kept us calm and save a lot of dramatic people come in there. and congratulations for what you managed to pull off today, because not many ” ”" % you brought all of these hours, you brought all of these people together, and it really did help a lot of people that i stood next to tonight, to hear andy berman and the people on the stage. we are pleased at how it went? yes, what happened last i was at a tragic incident. but today, you saw the true resilience of manchester. there is so much good heart here. as you saw last night, people offering free taxi right time, people opening their doors to their flats in the city. that is the spirit of manchester. immediately, people asked what they could do, could they get together? there were still a lot of investigations going on, and we didn't know if we should do so on, but sony people wanted to come together. as you saw today, the slight positive here is that the true spirit of manchester cow today when the poet read upon, and the speeches... the people had spent the last few hours here, after the vigil finished, play music, show the solidarity, coming out. we shouldn't forget the victims of night. the dramatic things that iran has to go through. a lot of people asking how they tell their children about what happened. —— the dramatic things that everyone. but perhaps we should focus on tonight, and what everyone did in response. focus on the good. you can't begin to imagine what kind of evil. that was beyond evil. it was monstrous. it was coming off the scale. but to hit us in our home city, these are our children, and we had friends and family at the concert. this was supposed to be a dress occasion to them. yet for young people and children, we can show there is a good message. there are more important things to do for are more important things to do for a community. manchester is one place, we are all together, regardless of your sexuality, religious background, where you are from, who you are. we all come together. those who have a try to divide us, they will not get their way. we will win. a resilient spirit. they give the —— thank you forjoining us, both. we will be looking at how this has been reported in the newspapers in a few minutes time, but let's pause for a moment and get the weather. hello there. a quieter spell of weather to come. just an showery outbreaks in the north. elsewhere there will be cloudy amounts around. murky start in the south—west, with coastal fog lingering across parts of the west country and south wales. eventually, that should ease away, and sunny spells for many of us. just a scattering of showers across eastern scotland will be more persistent northwards. as we move into thursday, we keep quiet them. coastal mist and fog returning. more sunshine coming through on thursday. asa sunshine coming through on thursday. as a consequence, sunshine coming through on thursday. as a consequence, it will be warmer. dry for all, with light winds and top temperatures of 25 degrees in the south—east, 23 for glasgow. this drive—in set to continue for the rest of the week. lots of warm sunshine coming through. as a consequence, it will turn very warm, in fact, hot for some. hello and welcome to our lookahead key papers. —— hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are laura hughes, political correspondent at the daily telegraph and jack blanchard, political editor at the mirror. and there's really only one story in town. and the guardian reports that the security services are urgently seeking to establish if the manchester suicide bomber, was acting alone or was linked to a wider group. the mail reports that troops could be deployed on britain's streets, in the wake of last night's attack. the times highlights his link to libya, saying the bomber recently returned from the country. the daily telegraph says thousands of soldiers will be deployed on the streets amid fears of further attacks. the daily mirror features pictures of two of those killed at the manchester arena, including the youngest victim known so far, 8—year—old, saffie rose roussos. while the metro also carries a picture of saffie roussos and reports that theresa may has raised the uk terror threat level to ‘critical‘. first, we have the pictures are two of the victims, saffie and georgina. between them, some words, but also the pop singer, ariana grande, that they both went to see it that concert. both excited. both delighted. like so many, hundreds of young girls, were to be at that concert. lots of women have actually written some amazing pieces today about how significant that moment is for a young teenage girl, to go to her first ever concert, maybe with her first ever concert, maybe with herfriends, or parents have taken herfriends, or parents have taken herfor her birthday, or a herfriends, or parents have taken her for her birthday, or a christmas present. and it just her for her birthday, or a christmas present. and itjust showers how artfully brutal this attack was. it was targeting young people enjoying a moment, actively going to see enjoyment, and to have this moment that this attack chose to pick that, you know, it was not evenjust... he will would have known who would have beenin will would have known who would have been ina will would have known who would have been in a concert hall. and the vision of parents waiting outside for their young daughters to come out, and then suddenly, it hits, that something is going on, where is my daughter? that moment of panic. it is so extraordinary, as theresa may made the point, like many have, they targeted young girls in this country who were having this cultural moment, really, that a lot of us have. and they have taken out a way. yes. at the bottom end of the front page, soldiers on the streets. this is the response from theresa may, and an announcement in the last hour and may, and an announcement in the last hourand a may, and an announcement in the last hour and a half or so, i think it was, or maybe two hours, operation tempura, we go to see guys, military personnel, on the streets, with guns, the police? it was an extraordinary statement that the prime minister made, to see her come out and say that another attack could be imminent and to tell is that thousands of troops will be on our streets tomorrow. this is something very rare in britain. the last time this happened i think was 2003 when there was a perceived threat to heathrow and that was targeted at the airport. the prime minister was talking about troops at football matches, the fa cup finals coming up, presumably we will see the army outside. what we're used to in the country and it shows how concerned they are that this is not the end of this story. i have travelled to enforce between brussels for work and getting off the eurostar over there and there are armoured personnel carriers waiting at the station and troops with machine—guns, it is not a pleasa nt with machine—guns, it is not a pleasant atmosphere to arrive into and you are immediately on guard and worried, when would you feel safe? you hope that that is not the society we move towards, you hope this is a short term measure while they try and figure out who else was involved in the plot. there has been a state of emergency in paris for over a year? and how long are we going to have these troops? theresa may said it could be up to 5000. this kind of brigade at i understand, is on standby for occasions like this and that obviously the reason they have done this is that they decided in a cobra meeting, that meeting is what triggered it, what are they basing this decision on? that is the question. do they have intelligence that this man was not acting alone and he was part of a larger network could there still be people out there? what prompted them to do this? orare there? what prompted them to do this? or are they concerned that there may be copycat attacks?m this? or are they concerned that there may be copycat attacks? it is a transformation that we will see right across the country, potentially. airports, you know, football stadiums, anywhere where many people will gather. but does it... you talk, jack, about seeing troops on the streets in brussels, i have seen them there as well and in paris. does that make you feel safer? different people react differently. some people feel safer, seeing an armed presence. certainly not everyone. i have spoken to other people who do not feel safer when they see men with guns wandering around on the streets. it seems like around on the streets. it seems like a natural reaction to where we are right now, there is much expert analysis of what this guy did last night who are saying that commie now, this does not tend to be something you do on your own. if there is any possibility that there isa bomb there is any possibility that there is a bomb maker out that planning further attacks and they need to do what they can to keep people safe and, especially at big events like we saw last night. my point is when iam in we saw last night. my point is when i am in paris and i see these soldiers with their automatic weapons, i think if there is a suicide bomber who wants to blow himself up, he would just run in blow himself up. the soldier will not have time to turn react, shoot the guide and stop this from happening. while we have a public show of security on the street, there has got to be much more invested when the scenes. get intelligence gathering. keeping an eye on suspects. that is where the real work has to take place, isn't it? and one hopes that those resources will now be there. and in fairness to our services they have done a brilliantjob over the last 15 years. it is amazing how rare this has been and how long it is taken for one to get through, if you like. we have been told over and over that it is a matter of when, not if, and i think they have foiled a dozen or so big plots. we cannot be critical of the in a general sense. inevitably, ithink be critical of the in a general sense. inevitably, i think many people realise that this day is going to come. we have had a statement from the mayor of london following the cobra meeting and theresa may announcing that the threat level has been increased, the mayor of london has put out a statement saying that the national threat level has been raised to critical an advice of the security experts in the aftermath of the barbaric terrorist attack in manchester. he says that london stands in solidarity with the people of manchester, those who seek to harm and divide us through barbaric a cts harm and divide us through barbaric acts of terrorism will never succeed, we will never be cowed by terrorism. that is the latest from the mayor of london. on to the mira 110w. the mayor of london. on to the mira now. georgina callander there on the front as well saffie. a similar picture to what was on the front page of the daily mail. you are pointing this out, laura, that this... the softest of targets. a rite of passage for many young girls, going with their mothers to their first concert. and girls, going with their mothers to theirfirst concert. and killed by evil, that is what the daily mirror has on its front page. the scale of how mini people will been affected by this as well, we have seen in an pictures of two young girls but 21,000 young people were at that concert. it is one of the biggest venues, possibly the biggest in north england. i spoke to a group from the outskirts of manchester, people who know people who know people who know people who know people who know people who know people who was there, somebody‘s cousins or dads friends daughter everybody will have been affected by this in some way. it is that, you know... especially for the young people, they will have to live with that. and then it is all over the media and it is everywhere. it is difficult to escape. and given the political campaigning has been stopped, we will wake up tomorrow and see the army potentially on the streets, this is not something that will be easy for anyone to even stop thinking about for a bit. and ever present is danger, obviously, but one that you can put at the back of your mind. but if you see troops on the streets... given how many people we re the streets... given how many people were in that concert, each one of those people will have family and... you think how many people are now going to be looking at their weekend plans. will they go double concert of plans. will they go double concert or festival over the summer? any of sporting event. friends of mine in paris no longer go to a crowded place. what appearance meant to tell their children now? on the front page of the times. libya terror link. this man, they have a name for him, he was born in manchester. salman abedi. from libyan stock, his pa rents salman abedi. from libyan stock, his parents came here as refugees in the mid— 90s. this suggestion is that this man flu back from libya quite recently. that is a new kind of angle that has emerged this evening. that he actually may have just only recently returned on libya. and what was he doing that in libya? was he being trained in a camp to do the things that he has come back to do? there will now be a massive effort out there to work out what he was doing, who he had associations with, who did he fly out and fly backwards? was he on our radar? did we know about this movement? were the security services watching? there will be many questions and, again, libya is a sore point given britain's role in the country and questions again will be asked about that. the guardian as well. young life stolen by terror. two pictures of the same girls on the front and on the bottom of their people holding pictures, placards saying that they love manchester. and, indeed, an interesting phrase now. manchester, united. red and blue together. anyone who watched the footage of the vigil tonight would have been deeply moved by it. i know manchester quite well and i know how proud people are of the city and how much of a sense of the community there is there. it was incredibly powerful to see so many people out there in the late evening sunshine coming together. i don't if you saw, there was a poet who read our pome about manchester that is incredibly powerful to watch. everyone should really see that. i think the new mayor of the city has done a terrificjob mayor of the city has done a terrific job today. he mayor of the city has done a terrificjob today. he is only two weeks into thejob terrificjob today. he is only two weeks into the job and he terrificjob today. he is only two weeks into thejob and he has terrificjob today. he is only two weeks into the job and he has spoken for the city. manchester has been through some thing similar to this before, this is not the first time they had been targeted. nothing as serious as this, obviously, but it isa serious as this, obviously, but it is a city that has come back from this before and will come back again. and there were amazing stories, as there always are and we should focus on them. people, heroes that rushed towards the scene. was london taxi drivers. people offering free lifts, offering their homes, charging phones, food, water, a homeless man who ran straight into the middle of the scene and i saw a scene earlier, someone set up a page to raise money for him so he has somewhere to sleep tonight. there are extraordinary stories and are always up and it is important that we celebrate that. one coward but thousands... anyone who went away much today or a tribute... there is one of him and far more of us. looks at the helpers, it is a nice phrase. you always see it in the footage on the photos, there are always people helping everytime full it is an instinctive action of almost everybody. we only have a couple of minutes left. we will end with the daily telegraph. interesting, commentary on the bottom is there from allison pearson. there has been a load of debate about how we as a nation or how any western nation should respond to this kind of attack. there is a sense for some people that the idea that we should just carry on, soldiers through is not enough. people need to get angry and society needs to get angry. is there a sense that, perhaps, we as a nation, in dealing with these kinds of attack, are not getting angry enough? certainly in this commentary it has been made clear and she thinks there should be internment camps. it is belittling to tell people how they need to respond to this and to tell them that they are not angry enough. everyone i spoke to today is gutted by what happened in manchester but it is about acting on the right way and the response is important. this terror attack is not a sign of strength, a sign of weakness. the most cowardly thing that you can do. and they will not harm institutional democracy, they will only do that if we react in the wrong way to something like this. shouting at people that they need to get angry shouting at people that they need to getangry and shouting at people that they need to get angry and set off internment cla m ps get angry and set off internment clamps is the wrong result. that is precisely what terrorists want you to do and that is why we should not do it. we are angry, of course, but we must be rational and think about how we respond to this in a way that keeps our society is strong. we saw the response of theresa may, that was quite strong. whatever you think of her, whatever your alignment, she is good at delivering that message of we will not be cowed we will not be defeated. i think that is actually come as a country, what to do. i remember after the bombings in 2007, everyone was on the tube the next day and carried on. that is how we win. the response of britain to things like this is magnificent and people on the sidelines shouting that we need to get angry and reacting on the wrong way will not help. many thanks to both of you to look at the only headline, really the outpouring of grief following that atrocity last night in manchester. many thanks for that. that is it for us. thank you. hello there. it is a settled weather story at the moment with high pressure keeping things relatively quiet. showery outbreaks of rain continuing across the far north—west. luke lowden drizzle here. there will be a fair amount of cloud down on to the south—western coastal fog the sting in the morning. it will not be a cold start and as we go through the day we will be chasing cloud around that it will be chasing cloud around that it will be dry and where the sunshine comes through, temperatures will respond. 25 degrees lightly on the far south—east. continuous acquired story as we go into thursday morning but i suspect on thursday there will be more sunshine coming through and asa be more sunshine coming through and as a consequence of that, that britain will respond up to highs of 25 degrees in the south—east corner and in sheltered western areas that will be warmer here as well. 23 or 24 will be warmer here as well. 23 or 2a degrees not out of the question. the rest of the weekend will be dry with lots of sunshine and eventually it will turn quiet warm, perhaps hot as we move into the weekend. hello and welcome. i'm karin giannone in london. the headlines this hour: after 22 people are killed in a suicide bombing in manchester, the uk terror threat level has this evening been raised to critical — the highest level, meaning another attack might be imminent. this means that their assessment is not only that an attack remains highly likely, but that a further attack may be imminent. the prime minister orders the army to help police patrol the streets, warning that the bomber might be part of a wider network. police have named the attacker as 22—year—old salman abedi.