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meeting of the cabinet s emergency committee, cobra, the third in the past 2a hours. good progress with the operation has been made with a number of arrests made over night, and that will continue. we have now gone to a critical level in terms of the threat. we ll have all the latest live with huw in manchester. the other headlines this lunchtime. president trump meets the pope at the vatican and receives a signed copy of the pontiff‘s views on climate change. and profits at marks and spencer fell by almost two thirds last year, following a costly business overhaul. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. manchester united fans pay tribute to the victims of monday night s attack, ahead of tonight s europa league final in stockholm. good afternoon from albert square in the heart of manchester. this is where thousands gathered last night for a vigil, to remember the victims of monday night s bomb attack at the manchester arena. people have been coming here all morning ....
business overhaul. good afternoon, welcome to manchester. you can see that we have it moved position to the manchester by manchester arena behind me. we are told that police are still on site and the forensic work will continue, because the principal focus of the police right now is to establish who the bomb maker was. there will be fragments of bomb material in the foyer area and the forensic work will continue as long as is needed to pull together all the pieces as they need in this fast moving investigation. we know a little bit more about the bomber, named as 22 year old salman abedi, a manchester boy, he was in enrolled recently at university. he was knowing to security services, says amber rudd, to a point. it was known that he had left the country, he had gone to libya at some point. there are reports from the french government that he may have even gone to syria, but that is very much pa rt gone to syria, but that is very much part of the investigation. let s ....
seen across greater manchester will have seen a across greater manchester will have seen a significant increase in the number of armed officers on mobile patrol and at static points across the city. we have been supported by forces from across the north west and beyond and this forms part of oui’ and beyond and this forms part of our well tried and tested plans for any major terrorist attack. obviously with the announcement from the prime minister last night of the increase in the threat level to critical, you will be aware that the military are supporting policing gci’oss military are supporting policing across the country under the codename operation temperer. this is about the military being used to guard iconic sites and other sites outside of london and across parts of the north. this frees up armed police officers to then give the police service capacity to deploy them to places like manchester as pa rt them to places like manchester as part of our plans for k ....
representative to read the press statement. thank you. good afternoon all. peace be upon you. peace be upon you all. my name is fawzi haffar and i upon you all. my name is fawzi haffarand i am upon you all. my name is fawzi haffar and i am a trustee of the manchester islamic centre. i would like to make one point very clear that after reading this press statement we will not be making any further comments and we will not be taking any questions. so we will not be taking any questions. the press statement reads as follows, the manchester islamic centre s thoughts and prayers are with the victims, theirfamilies, theirfriends, and prayers are with the victims, their families, their friends, and oui’ their families, their friends, and our diverse communities across greater manchester. the horrific atrocity that occurred in manchester on monday night has shocked us all. it has indeed shocked us all. this act of cowardice has no place in our religion or any other religio ....
tributes are being paid to the victims of monday night s attack. the suspect, salman abedi, a 22 year old born in manchester to libyan parents had been known to security services. it is said it is unlikely he was acting alone. the terror threat alert has been raised to critical, its highest level. more rate of taken place across the city today as police continue their investigation. so far, four people have been arrested, one is the suspect‘s older brother. the bbc understands the bomber is thought to have detonated a device built by someone else. the terror threat alert indicates further attacks may be imminent. hundreds of troops have been deployed to protect key sites across the country, including downing street. an off duty female police officer was among the 22 killed in the attack. husband is critically ill and their two children were also injured. we will have all the latest elements in manchester and reaction, but first this report. of those killed in the atta ....