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six people are now being held in connection with the investigation into monday s bomb attack in manchester. a woman detained on wednesday evening has been released without charge. during one raid, a controlled explosion was used to gain entry to a house in the city. the names of two more of the 22 victims were released overnight and a minute s silence will be held across the uk at 11 o clock this morning to remember those who died. our correspondent, gavin hewitt reports. late morning, central manchester, and a raid on a block of flats, part of a huge operation to discover the network of the manchester bomber. police believe he stayed there as recently as 7pm on monday evening of the night of the attack. today s operation involved armed units, some wearing military clothing. got to the front door and was greeted by an armed police officer with a helmet, face mask machine gun. i asked him what was happening. hejust said operations, out! to gain access to the apartments ....
the united kingdom demonstrates the depths of the evil we face with terrorism. in the next hour: charlie gard s parents lose their appeal. the court of appeal rules doctors can stop providing life support treatment to the nine month old baby who has a rare genetic illness. and net migration to the uk falls by 84,000. most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the queen has been in manchester today, to meet victims of monday s bomb attack. one woman described the injuries she d suffered after being hit by nuts and bolts. the queen said what she had been through was absolutely dreadful . she also met doctors nurses and members of the emergency services who responded to the attack. of the 75 people admitted to hospital across the region, 23 remain in critical care. andy moore reports. the queen met dozens of staff who had worked through the night to deal with the victims of the bombing. many of them had volunteered to come ....
nice to be here. would you agree with me that your bank has moved an awful long way from those early days and from its original mission? no, i wouldn t. i would certainly agree with you that we have expanded our geographically, but the mission is the same. private sector development, the creation of effective markets. we re still actually operating in oui’ we re still actually operating in our traditional region. but because of the success of the business model, we decided we should expand to turkey, central asia and north africa, as you said. it is a sign of success, not mission creep. the problem with that is that from the beginning, you were a financial institution underpinned by a clear statement of values. in the places you ve just outlined where you operate today, those values do not seem to be applied in the same way. sometimes there are values, such as political, democratic, values, pluralism, like stated. they are certainly applied inconsistently in some plac ....
welcome. police investigating the manchester suicide bombing will resume sharing intelligence information with their us counterparts. cooperation was temporarily suspended after details of the investigation were leaked to american media. president trump said those responsible should be prosecuted. in the uk, a minute s silence was held to remember the 22 people who lost their lives in the attack. from manchester, gavin hewitt reports. in the minutes before the silence, thousands headed to the squares, the open spaces, the office doorways, a moment for a wounded community to reflect, to remember, to stand together. in manchester, a long minute ended with applause. applause it was really beautiful, i thought it was so nice, everyone coming here and showing respect. today s been a time to reflect and a time of remembrance. and at the same time, to show strength and unity, and our support to those who ve lost their loved ones. i ve come to pay tribute to those who were so c ....
police investigating the manchester suicide bombing have decided to resume the sharing of intelligence information with their us counterparts. cooperation was temporarily suspended after details of the investigation were leaked to american media. it was a day of quiet reflection and intense investigation across manchester and the uk. it began with a minute s silence to remember the 22 people killed in monday s terror attack. the queen also visited young survivors in hospital. our chief correspondent gavin hewitt starts our coverage. in the minutes before the silence, thousands headed to the squares, the open spaces, the office doorways, a moment for a wounded community to reflect, to remember, to stand together. in manchester, a long minute ended with applause. applause it was really beautiful, i thought it was so nice, everyone coming here and showing respect. today s been a time to reflect and a time of remembrance. and at the same time, to show strength and unity, an ....