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thousands of people have gathered for a vigil in manchester city centre in memory of those who died. a minute's silence was held as crowds spilled out on to nearby roads. greater manchester chief constable ian hopkins thanked "the rest of the world for holding us in their thoughts". the manchester terrorist attack dominates the global news media. eight—year—old victim saffie roussos on many front pages. the daily telegraph reports on extra troops now being deployed to police the streets. there are heightened fears over a potential second terror plot. and as authorities try to figure out if the suicide bomber had
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accomplices, the guardian paints a picture of the killer, 22—year—old salman ramadan abedi. the manchester man of libyan decent has been described by some in his community as a quiet and respectful person, and this incident took them by surprise. he was, however, known to security services. in other news, the new york times looks at donald trump's first foreign trip to the middle east, and now europe. this article looks at the roles his family members have taken on, roles taken on during the official visits. the times has donald trump, too, and the unveiling of his first budget. it looks at how the us president wants to raise billions of dollars by halving america's emergency oil reserve, and leasing land for drilling in the arctic. le figaro pays tribute to actor sir roger moore, who's died at the age of 89. he was best known for playing the spy james bond. we end with the gulf news, and the price of pizza. $25 sounds reasonable, right?
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well, seven years ago, a man paid roughly that, but with the equivalent in bitcoins — 10,000 of them — and the value of the coins now is more than $20 million dollars! that's a lot of people. —— pizza. with us is lawrence gosling, editor—in—chief of investment week. it is quite sad, the photographs we are seeing. is quite a juxtaposition, these photos of beautiful children and policeman on
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front pages —— it is. a lot of other cities such as paris would have been through this process. it is about looking forward, really, isn't it? yes, and it is not thinking about the fact that there is intelligence that there is going to be an attack, it is about ruling out accomplices and whether there could be something else. we would hope that the authorities are being proactive and cautious. although we are at a critical state, we don't know whether there really is a genuine second threat. we just want to know that there is a bit more security so that there is a bit more security so that we can go about our lives. ple nty of that we can go about our lives. plenty of analysis of the bomber, salman ramadan abedi. the british police were keen to keep his
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identity secret for a bit longer? yes, just to help their enquiries. the guardian is interesting, some people are saying that he was a quiet and devout man. the guardian have also published a quote from someone have also published a quote from someone who attended the same moss, who has described him as an angry man. we are getting different pictures of this individual. he has been known to have come back from libya, which may be why he was on the national security radar. as ever, a more complex picture of the individual has been built up very quickly. a local lad. yes, that is a lwa ys quickly. a local lad. yes, that is always the difficulty. what drive somebody to commit such a heinous crime against the people in his own area? it is difficult to understand. he was not regarded as high risk, in
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the same way that khalid masood, the westminster attack, was not. it is difficult to identify who might be the next attack. yes, thousands of people become people love interest for different reasons. but they cannot follow every single one of them. that is the kind of risk we run now, we don't know what will trigger someone to go off and do this. hopefully we will start to get a picture of this, that helps the security services reduce the threat of that happening again in the future. this overshadowed everything else, but interestingly, the new york times has done a piece focusing on donald trump's family and the role they played in his major visit, his first big trip abroad. let's
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just have a look for a moment at what he is trying to do. he has been so what he is trying to do. he has been so supportive of israel, it is going to be difficult to find a balance. he has met benjamin netanyahu, he has come away with some very positive comments —— he has met mahmoud abbas. yes, he has taken his daughter, wife and son—in—law out to do. the middle east is a very family orientated culture. slightly odd language he has used in these diplomatic situations. he has said all the right things, however. there isa all the right things, however. there is a sense that the us wants to be seen as a peacemaker is a sense that the us wants to be seen as a peacemaker again. that image has stalled a little bit over the last few years, criticism that
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the last few years, criticism that the 0bama administration was calling ina the 0bama administration was calling in a different way. we are looking for hope in situations like this, i think. also convenient timing regarding the headlines last week surrounding his firing ofjames comey. moving on to sir roger moore. the james bond actor dying at aged 89. the first of the bond actors to die, which is significant. 89. the first of the bond actors to die, which is significantlj 89. the first of the bond actors to die, which is significant. i didn't know that. actually, i may have been incorrect... the second. i am of the generation where roger moore was one of the persuaders. i haven't seen that! there was a great debate in the 70s as to whether roger moore
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was up to playing james bond. he became a much loved actor that we all fondly remember —— the persuaders. interesting that the figaro is one of the ones paying tribute to him. we went through a phase in the uk where we had power cuts, and we had no power to watch the persuaders. i remember myself and my two sisters, we were distraught —— le figaro. it was the end of the world for one week. it didn't matter that there was no hot water, we missed the movie. in this bizarre story about the price of a pizza that was purchased with bitcoins, could you talk us through it? it is about the value of the bitcoin going through the roof. it? it is about the value of the bitcoin going through the roofm has gone through the roof periodically over the last ten yea rs, periodically over the last ten years, as people move from that,
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from ordinary currencies to that. who uses it? it is a peer to peer sort of thing, it is an electronic currency. if we decide we want to have our own currency. if we decide we want to have oui’ own currency currency. if we decide we want to have our own currency and trade between us, there are hundreds of versions of apra won. —— versions of bitcoin. i am just versions of apra won. —— versions of bitcoin. i amjust getting versions of apra won. —— versions of bitcoin. i am just getting word in my ear that george lazenby is still alive, so you are correct that roger moore was the first james bond act to die. —— actor. moore was the first james bond act to die. -- actor. have a great day, we will see you soon. hello there. tuesday was a predominantly dry day with the heart of the country seeing the best of the sunshine. if we look at the weather watcher's picture from herefordshire,
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this illustrates the point nicely. there was cloud topping and tailing the country in the cloud, but enough for outbreaks of showery rain in the far north west of scotland. this is how we closed out the day yesterday with cloud and rain in the north and a little cloud lingering down to the south—west and that will still be with us first thing this wednesday morning. some coastal and some sea fog here. it will be quite a warm start, however, to the day. mid teens already and so temperatures are set to lift as we go through the morning. but we keep the cloud to the south—west with the best of the brightness really across south—eastern and eastern areas. we will chase cloud through the day but we get the best of the sunshine and temperatures will respond. into northern ireland we start off with showery outbreaks of rain to the north and west of scotland but these will primarily
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sit towards the north—west of the great glen and as we go through the day, a couple showers will filter further east. they will be isolated by then. elsewhere, broken cloud, some sunshine and where we get the best of the sunshine, the temperature will respond. but despite cloud around it will be a warm day for all of us, generally at around 19 or 25 degrees. maybe a little bit fresher in the far north of scotland. one thing is for certain, later on in the week we keep that dry theme and there will be more in the way of sunshine. as a consequence, temperatures respond. warm to hot in places, particularly in the south—west corner. we can see first signs of that on thursday with decent spells of sunshine coming through much of the country and you can see that we will see high 20s likely into the south—east corner, maybe as high as 23 or 2a in sheltered western areas of scotland. this area of high pressure may drift further east and that will allow it to continue to drag up even warmer air from the near continent but at the same time, however, there is a potential for a weather front to push on from the west.
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as we move out of friday into the start of the weekend, yes, it is a bank holiday weekend, there is a potential for some of us to see 30 degrees however, with that front knocking on the door there is also the potential for a thundery breakdown. do not make this the last forecast you see for the bank holiday weekend. there is the potential for sharp thundery downpours to moving from the south—west, of it, however, it will stay quite warm with lots of sunshine. the prime minister raises the threat from international terrorism to its highest level in the wake of monday's suicide bombing here in manchester. the work undertaken throughout the day has revealed that it is a possibility we cannot ignore, that there is a wider group of individuals linked to this attack. it means that from today, military personnel will be deployed on the streets of the uk to support police. a fourth victim is named, as the mother of olivia campbell posts a tribute to her "precious" daughter.
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