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singapore. this is bbc world news. its newsday. hello, it is midnight here in london, 7am in singapore and also of course the midnight in the city of manchester police are responding to what they say is a serious incident ata what they say is a serious incident at a concert venue. in the last few minutes, they have reported a number of fatalities. this happened at the manchester and arena at the end of a performance by american singer ariana grande. there were reports of loud bang. police say they are investigating. they may have been explosions. it is not entirely clear what those banks were from eyewitnesses have said earlier they we re eyewitnesses have said earlier they were a number of casualties. the building is above a railway station. train services have been suspended. let s recap what we know because there are so many things at this stage which are unequivocal stop however, in the last few minutes, manchester police have confirmed that there are a number of fa ....
iand i and about a ten minute walk from the arena. the area is completely cordoned off. the area that is cordoned off. the area that is cordoned off. the area that is cordoned off seems to be, we are being pushed back by police. they are keen to clear the wider area. there are still pockets of people who are obviously still in shock. people are looking for information and they are on their phones, contacting their friends and family. there is still a great sense of confusion here at the moment. 0nly there is still a great sense of confusion here at the moment. only a small amount of information seems to be filtering out from police. yeah, people are just very, very shaken. i ve spoken to people who are in tea rs i ve spoken to people who are in tears and people, very, very upset. i have spoken to one mother who was with her daughters and said her priority was simply getting back home and getting her daughters back home and getting her daughters back home safely. 0ther h ....
young. for some it would have been their first concert and our parents are trying to reunite them, parents trying to reunite themselves with their children. in addition to this, their children. in addition to this, the railway station has been closed down, a lot of people will have come to and from the venue by train. that has been closed down, so thatjust add to the picture of confusion. thank you very much forjoining us for now. we will certainly come back to you when details emerge of what exactly happened there at the manchester arena. of course, as theresa may mentioned, this is being treated as a terror attack as security forces and emergency services in manchester and london try to piece together what exactly happened. as andy mentioned, a lot of teenagers at the concert, a lot of teenagers at the concert, a lot of confusion and a lot of panic but their testimony, as shaken as they might be, will be crucial to this investigation and piecing together the series of ....
out to be nothing. manchester is on edge. it reflects the current climate. if you hear a bang, u nfortu nately, climate. if you hear a bang, unfortunately, people think the worst because of terror attacks around the world. i think there are ripple effects across the globe with people reacting to this. wherever you are in the world, people will be hearing about this story, and u nfortu nately, hearing about this story, and unfortunately, it will resonate with people. paris has it as well. u nfortu nately, people. paris has it as well. unfortunately, this is something we are hearing about a lot more. we heard from theresa may, the british prime minister, i will read that statement again, we are working to establish the full details of what is being treated by the police as an appalling terror attack. all of my thoughts are with the victims and the families and all who have been affected. she said in the last hour she has suspended campaigning for the general election here ....
them in leeds. but i decided to go pick them up, and i m just so glad i was there to get them. you know, what s going around in our head now is what if. and it shouldn t be like that, but it is, unfortunately. imran, what did your partner say she experienced when she was rushing out? what was it like, what was the explosion like from her perspective? she just said she just heard this bang, and she just literally grabbed hold of my daughter s hand and just run down the stairs. that s it, that s all she said. she was literally feet away from me. she got to the top of the stairs, where the exit was, and the explosion happened. and we just heard one explosion. definitely, definitely heard one explosion. and, like i say, i were from when the explosion, and when she heard it, to getting in my car, it were seconds. because i was parked literally ten foot from the exit, from the door, on the old bridge street drive, right, parked across the road from the door. so there were ....