another $119 billion for our collective defence and for the financing of additional nato reserves. we should recognise that with these chronic underpayments and growing threats even 2% of gdp is insufficient to close the gaps in modernising readiness and the size of forces. we have to make up for the many years lost. president trump with his message to nato leaders in brussels. there was a partial resumption of campaigning in the general election today as the leader of ukip, paul nuttall, launched the party s manifesto. but the event was overshadowed by the party s accusation that theresa may had some responsibility for the manchester bombing. the current home secretary, amber rudd, said it was not the time to make political points. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. manchester on everyone s minds, but ukip‘s manifesto was hardly a quiet affair. the party accusing theresa may of playing a part in creating the circumstances that led to monday s attack. the prim
terrible at doing that, they allow their start to fade. when martin came in and said the football we looked a bit blankly hash star.|j looked a bit blankly hash star.|j look blankly at football as well but it is something i do for a living! star. it is something i do for a living! star. thank you very much, it has been a pleasure tonight. another look at the papers online. now it s time for meet the author. ann patchett is a novelist who spends her stories without letting the effort show. they race along with the complexities and their rich subtleties subsumed into a rich narrative that never seems to flag. commonwealth is a story of american life told over nearly five decades from the early 60s, when a gate crasher at a christening sets in train a series of chance events that change two families forever. welcome. why do you think it is that so many readers want to come back so often to family stories? it is the universal after all. it is the one thing that we all have.
sri lanka s worst flooding in years. all the homes, shops, worship places, schools, everything is under flood. over 50 people died in this district. thousands of people have been cut off from basic services. sebastian vettel wins the monaco grand prix for ferrari, extending his formula one championship lead over lewis hamilton to 25 points. lewis hamilton finishes in seventh place. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. police investigating the manchester arena terror attack have arrested another man on suspicion of terror offences. the man, who s 25 years old, was detained in old trafford, and officers are searching a property in the moss side area. there s also a report of a controlled explosion. this is the 14th arrest by police investigating the concert attack which left 22 dead. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is in moss side in manchester. what is the latest on the operation which has been taking place? what is the latest on the operation which has been taking place7m lo
thornley held off a determined late burst from 44 year old bela russian ekaterina karsten, a two time olympic champion. and one cricket line to bring you. england play south africa in the third and final one day international at lords tomorrow eoin morgan s side already have an unassailable 2 0 lead in the series. moeen ali, ben stokes and chris woakes have all been rested so there are three fresh faces middlesex pair steven finn and toby roland jones and hampshire spinner liam dawson have been drafted in. that s all from sportsday. there ll be more sport on the bbc news channel throughout the evening. next on bbc news, its meet the author. ann patchett is a novelist who spends her stories without letting the effort show. they race along with the complexities and their rich subtleties, subsumed into a narrative that never seems to flag. commonwealth is a story of american life told over nearly five decades from the early 60s when a gate crasher at a christening sets in tr
concern maybe younger people who are concerned. maybe, authority would expect it would be the older people who would be more concerned. but it is one explanation as to why the tory poll lead is narrowing quite substantially, although it still suggests that theresa may is en route for a fairly large overall majority. but it does not look quite as secure as majority. but it does not look quite as secure as it looked a fortnight ago. it does not. let s leave it there for now. you will be back later. don t forget all the front pages are online on the bbc news website, where you can read a detailed review of the papers. it s all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and you can see us there too, with each night s edition of the papers being posted on the page shortly after we ve finished. ruthis ruth is so polite, always saying, may i say! you may! now it s time for meet the author. this week on meet the authorjim naughtie talks to ann patchett about her new novel c