Meeting of the cabinets 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. Well 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 pontiffs 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 nights attack, ahead of Tonights 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 nights bomb attack at the manchester arena. People have been coming here all morning to leave messages. Let me
Tributes are being paid to the victims of monday nights 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 suspects 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 attack on monday night,
meteorologist chad myers monitoring tropical storm debby, chad, debby s proven to be pretty stubborn. not moving really at 5 miles an hour. and it s still spinning at 40 miles an hour. so don t get me wrong, it s still there, but it s not moving along, so when it begins to rain in one spot, it rains for hours. in fact one spot in tallahassee picked up 20 meninches of rain. it s still flooding right now. we re still trying to get crews into these areas to see how bad it is. east of panama city, near the panhandle of florida, but not all the way to jacksonville. this is the latest, the 11:00 advisory, east at 3 miles an hour. it doesn t even make landfall until 8:00 tomorrow morning and it s only about 60 miles away from shore. it s going to take a long time to get across the body here of florida, then back out into the ocean and then eventually turning on up into the northeast. and when it gets out here, these are spinning again, because it turns into a tropical storm again,