g manchester are in stockholm today for the europa league final, between manchester united and ajax. a minute's silence will be observed just before kick—off. the executive vice—chairman of manchester united said that everybody at the club felt numb and their thoughts were with the victims of the attack. andy swiss has been to stockholm. under stockholm sunshine, united fans gathered for the normal big final build—up. but this is now no normalfinal. while the supporters are here in sweden, their thoughts are back in manchester — a club and a city united. we keep getting messages from back home about people we know who were there, some people who've died. it's been quite sombre, to say the least. but equally, we can't let them beat us, they can't beat us, we won't let them beat us. it's for manchester, and it's for all the people involved, the 22 and the 50—odd or so which are still injured and in hospital. so, it's for them as well, it's not just about manchester united, it's about the people.

the whole team now, and all the fans, just want to do it for manchester. yes, definitely. that extra push. yeah. last night, a soleanose mourinho arrived with his team, saying the victims of the manchester attack were in their minds and their hearts. before flying out, the players held in minute's silence. before flying out, the players held a minute's silence. tonight, the whole stadium will do so in memory of those who died. words don't really do justice for, i think, how we all feel. we are numb, the events were sickening, and all our thoughts at the moment are with the victims and the families affected by it. for united's players and for their thousands of fans here, tonight promises to be an emotional occasion. what was originally just a football match has become an expression of sporting solidarity. united's opponents here, ajax, have already paid their respects, as have others across the game, including one united legend, eric cantona. i think to this city, manchester,

and mancunians, that i love deeply. i think to this country, england, and english, that i love deeply. i suffer with you. my heart is with you. this evening, united fans will unfurl this giant banner. the message, once again, clear. on a night when sport will be in perspective, a city will be at its heart. andy swiss there looking forward to what is going to happen in sporting terms later today. but, what is going to happen in sporting terms latertoday. but, of what is going to happen in sporting terms later today. but, of course, the atmosphere here in manchester, still really dominated, understandably, by what happened on monday night. while we have been on air, many more floral tributes have been arriving, and people are coming

to stand quietly in silence and read some of the very moving messages, declaring their faith some of the very moving messages, declaring theirfaith in some of the very moving messages, declaring their faith in the future of the city, despite what happened on monday night. let's pause and get an update on the weather. rather cloudy across western parts of the uk so far today. more sunshine in the east. that will be balancing out a little bit as we go into this afternoon. the far north—west of scotland, staying rather cloudy. and we are seeing some outbreaks of rain, whereas elsewhere it is staying dry. coastal areas, with some missed and sea breezes, are cooler compared with inland temperatures. again, more cloud beginning to develop. the

cloud beginning to develop. the cloud in the north—west, keeping things damp in places. elsewhere tonight, it will become increasingly clear that he still bit of coastal fog around the south—west of england. we have a warm and muggy night to come. into tomorrow, already off to a warm start. the sunshine more widespread, compared to today. the missed in the west and south less of an issue than today. —— the miss. and more of the same on friday. in scotland, getting up

towards 30 on friday. this weather front, friday night into saturday, will be a game—changers. some heat and humidity at the start of the weekend. things turning gradually cooler. the home secretary has announced along with the prime minister the raising of the threat alert. they also mentioned the fact that that was in readiness for troops to be patrolling some of the streets of oui’ patrolling some of the streets of our major cities. here's some of the evidence for you, some of the images just coming in, these are some of the troops in downing streetjust a few moments ago. the likelihood is

that we will see members of the armed forces on duty, notjust in places like downing street but outside parliament and other major venues right across the uk, as they respond to this terror threat alert being raised to the critical level, the highest level. that is all from manchester for now. time to join our news teams where you are. good afternoon, i'm holly hamilton, with the latest sports news from the bbc sports centre. chelsea have announced they've cancelled their premier league victory parade in the wake of monday's terror attack. they had been due to stage the event in london on sunday — but in a statement the club referenced the heightened security alert — and said they felt the decision was in everyone‘s interests. chelsea are of course due to take on arsenal in the fa cup on saturday and plan to wear black armbands as a mark of respect. a security review of wembley is underway — however arsene wenger says arsenal have not requested any additional security ahead of the game. it's a sombre mood for

manchester united ahead of tonight's europa league final in denmark. do themselves. —— you want to enjoy themselves. i was in paris on the night of the attacks. it is a huge shock. it's a sombre mood for manchester united ahead of tonight's europa league final in denmark. fans there have already been paying tribute to the victims of monday night's attack in manchester — unveiling a banner earlier today. uefa yesterday accepted united's request to cancel their press conference ahead of the game against ajax. security there has been tightened with 1,200 police on duty around the stadium. the spotlight has been known manchester for all the wrong

reasons. hopefully tonight there may those who've lost loved ones who will take something from a victory. elsewhere — a minute's silence was held before liverpool's end of season friendly against sydney earlier. both teams wore black armbands at the anz stadium as a mark of respect to those who died. liverpool won the match 3—0. and manchester city midfielder yaya toure and his agent have pledged to donate £100,000 to help the victims. his representative says toure loves manchester and has a big affinity with the city and its people. england's cricketers take on south africa in the next half hour as part of their preparations for the upcoming champions trophy. a minute's silence will be staged before the start of the match at headingley — where a significant police presence and heavy security is expected. i think it's on was the perfect preparation. if you look back to before the t20 preparation it

corresponded with them dominating about that as learning within that and we came back strongly. we're playing against one of the best size the world. they a hard team to beat but we can certainly contend. tributes are continuing across the world of sport with formula i organisers are trying to hold a minute ‘s silence before the monaco grand prix on sunday. that's all sport for now. let's return to the bomb attack in manchester in which 22 people died. we're waiting for further details from a police news conference shortly —and will bring that live to you as soon as it gets underway. this lunchtime police have raided a property in the city centre. let's talk to our correspondent danjohnson about how much more we've learned about the attack and its victims. this is the latest property to be

searched by police in manchester. this flat in a bowl game in the city centre which was raided by a head of of —— this flat in a building in the city centre which was raided by heavily armed team. we're not sure who carried out the rate but there area number of who carried out the rate but there are a number of police officers here in the last hour or so in this building. we don't know any more about who lives there or who was livings using the flat. it is suggested it was available for rental can be used by anyone. there was a fire engine here earlier that has now left. police numbers are reducing. we have not seen anybody taken away this property. it is a sign of how this police investigation is spreading across the city. the 22—year—old man

arrested yesterday is believed to be the brother of the suspect. this is the brother of the suspect. this is the latest property that police have searched in manchester city centre itself. we are expecting to get more information from greater manchester police. perhaps the top of the earth. it looks like information may be being released as we speak. we are not able to hear exactly what is going on over there. they will try and get some information and bring it to your listeners can. we will let you go seek and get straight over to the briefing that seems to be happening behind you. we will get back to you to find out what said there. as dan was seeing this morning three people were detained in south manchester. 0mar alfakhuri is a neighbour who saw the arrests earlier. the father was taken in first and

then they started to deal with the younger ones. the very young. you're talking about 12 or 13. quite calm neighbourhood doesn't get involved and problems with anybody. he's fairly nice and smelly. this is as much as i know about. i saw isaw him i saw him in the mask and the rest of the business of his life i don't know much about. but surely a

picture of troops in downing street. —— in the mosque. -- in the mosque. the government has operated operation tempora. buckingham palace and downing street will be among sites protected by armed troops. we havejust will be among sites protected by armed troops. we have just heard from a school that one of its pupils was one of the 22 who died the attack. meljones, a nine—year—old from cheshire died in the attack. the school of just from cheshire died in the attack. the school ofjust put out that from cheshire died in the attack. the school of just put out that very sad news. we have heard that all of

the victims have been identified but it will be sometime perhaps the full details are given to the public because the priority is ensuring that all of the families and made com pletely that all of the families and made completely aware. —— nelljones. nine years old is not right. nell jones. was at year nine people. —— nelljones was a year nine pupil. the youngest victim of the attack, saffie roussos, was just eight—years—old. today her headteacher, chris upton, from tarleton community primary school in lancashire, has been paying tribute to her.

i would like to send our deepest condolences to our friends —— have friends and family. she was loved by eve ryo ne friends and family. she was loved by everyone and her kindness will be remembered by all. she was quiet and unassuming but with creative flair. she comes from a close and loving family and they can only imagine what they are going through. it is ha rd what they are going through. it is hard for adults let alone children to grasp the unfairness of this terrorism. 0urjob is to support her children and families to deal with the after—effects of this dramatic experience. we are being supported bya experience. we are being supported by a specialist team from lancashire cou nty by a specialist team from lancashire county council. this morning we came together and in our hall we had a music. we held a minute ‘s silence in her memory. we sang don't stop believing. as you can imagine there

we re believing. as you can imagine there were tears from the children and the staff. we know together we have to hold onto the love amongst us. we all that to saffie and her family. we please ask of members of the press now give space for the children and their families to agree. in manchester, on the night of the terror attack, there were many stories of people coming to the aid of those caught up in the blast. phil and kim dick from bradford came to the aid of a bleeding 14—year—old girl they found on floor after the ariana grande concert. earlier they described to my colleague victoria derbyshire what happened in the moments after the bomb went off. we can cross live now to greater manchester police

ijust i just started screaming ijust started screaming my babies are in there. there were bodies everywhere. it was chaos. it was silence and then weeping and crying. it was quite confusing in the first second of two. astonishingly you we re second of two. astonishingly you were not injured, i understand that. though there and able to help. you are unable to help 114—year—old girl. she was staggering towards me. there was nobody with her. i went forward to hold because i thought she would fall over and i saw there was blood coming out of her mouth and down her arm and leg. her hair

was burned. that was blood coming out of her mouth. there is a plastic bag went her here. i her. we got her out of the 48 here. —— fire. —— foyer. i said you look after this little girl and i will find our daughter and granddaughter. her legs gave way and i dropped out through the doors to win against the wall and laid her down. that's when blood was coming out her mouth so i thought to lift up and i sat out and lifted her and dragged towards the

wall. i try to keep up and there was blood pouring out of five. people we re blood pouring out of five. people were just blood pouring out of five. people werejust running blood pouring out of five. people were just running around and blood pouring out of five. people werejust running around and i was just screaming. my babies out there. i was covered in the girls blood that i was seeing that i'm 0k. is this little girl. ijust had to keep alive and there was confusion and another little girl came walking in staggering everywhere with blood on her leg. she was crying. i told her to sit down and i was not able to reach and i was just holding the little girl up and telling them helpless coming, the ambulances coming and you are being really brave. my husband was reeling backwards and forwards.|j

brave. my husband was reeling backwards and forwards. i went back in to see if our daughter and granddaughter were right there because wasjust the granddaughter were right there because was just the time we were due to meet them. i went back in to check if they were injured. i check every single person there to see if it was our daughter and granddaughter and thankfully for us it was dark. for us they would not there. but we thought the blast was in the arena and religious court the outskirts of it. —— we just caught the outskirts of it. i went through security doors and i saw there was no debris and ashen things through the, there was only what are believed to be the remains of the suicide bomber through there. all the destruction was out in the

foyer. i knew had not seen my daughter and granddaughter amongst injured andl daughter and granddaughter amongst injured and i came back end. meanwhile i was just trying to comfort little girl. i was just trying to comfort and keeper awake because she kept trying to close her eyes and i told she was brave and asked her name and who was coming for her and asking her dad ‘s name and telling her she is brave and is going to be ok. the other little girl was crying and crying and crying for her mum. she was shaking and tried to ring her mum. she managed to talk to her mum and was crying. all i could do was tell them they were brave and you're going to be ok. just trying to comfort them the best i could. as we've been reporting

security of course has been massively tightened across the uk, with more armed police visible on the streets, the military prepared to be deployed at major events where there'll be big crowds, and in the air, after the government raised the threat level of another terror attack to critical, which means an attack may be imminent. a little earlier i spoke to raffaello pantucci who is director of international security studies at the foreign affairs think tank, the royal united services institute. i began by asking what he made of the comment from the home secretary amber rudd that abedi was known to the security services ‘up to a point‘. i think what that indicates there is a reflection of the fact that they clearly knew who he was. he was not an unknown figure to them. what the a nswer an unknown figure to them. what the answer listed is the degree to which she was the focus of attention. was

ita she was the focus of attention. was it a priority in some investigation hadi featured in the background of other investigations are related and d ista ntly other investigations are related and distantly connected to someone who was a priority. in many ways it's a difficult one because on the one hand the fact the authorities were looking at him and knew he was could be interpreted as a loss. why did they catch earlier? the other side to that coin is if they didn't know who he was a would be potentially even worse. at least it means to be looking in the right sort of places. if they were unable to identify that he was specifically someone with the potential. the home secretary said it is likely he was not acting alone. what will be going on in terms of trying to find out what connectors there may have been? as we have seen in the arrest that have taken place this morning clearly the authorities magister and around the country are finding out and trying to figure out who this individual wasn't he knew. they will be tracking his movements, where he has been a new year ‘s been connected to

and try to make sure that those people are not other potential terrorists who may be part of a larger network. i think they will be keen to try to identify the explosive device he made because one ata explosive device he made because one at a high—tech device it was a fairly sophisticated one in that it succeeded and seems to have caused so succeeded and seems to have caused so much death. this demonstrates a certain level of technical capability which they will want to make sure the nobody came from. that was someone else make sure the nobody came from. that was someone else who had given it to him and trained how to do it of where he had specifically learned that skill. it is interesting that we have heard from france on information about where he had been travelling with the possibility he had been in syria. what does that say about the connections that are in terms of monitoring what has been going on? are things -- i think european security agencies work closely together and have had for sometime. for back to 2014 when the

threat level in the uk was initially raised it was in part raced back then because of the growing threat that people saw on the continent europe. when you're looking at european terrorist networks these are ones that don't necessarily stopped our borders. in terms of places people transit through and people who will know each other and be connected together and gather together on the battlefield to fight alongside one of the groups there. everything back to the paris attacks there was the story about the man in there was the story about the man in the heart who is linked to the brussels attack. he visited the 30 kingdom. european networks really are one sort of large community of people with different nodes of focused around the continent. —— he visited the united kingdom. time for a look at the weather.

a good deal of sunshine to western and eastern areas. some patchy cloud developing but in the west are some holes around. i think most of us will see some sunshine at some stage in the afternoon although in north—west scotland as these mini clarity and in the northern isles outbreaks of rain. elsewhere it is dry. a bit misty and murky around wales and the west of england. cooler compared to inland on the shores. we have already seen 2224 celsius in the south—west of england. expected a double cloud for use blue sky. mainly cloudy in the west and north west of scotland although sony and the south—east. some drizzle to come at times

overnight. increasingly clear overnight. increasingly clear overnight. still some patchy mist and fog around the coast and west and fog around the coast and west and south and the hills to south—west england. increasingly clear skies. temperature is not going down very fast. already very muqqy going down very fast. already very muggy out there and a warm and muggy night to come. warm start tomorrow and tomorrow even more widespread sunshine. these temperatures heading up sunshine. these temperatures heading up even further unlikely to exceed today's values in most places. capitalism the upper 20s in scotland are going through a large part of england and wales and in the warmest parts in northern ireland. tomorrow and friday, even hotter in friday in scotland, getting close to even 30 degrees. this weather front going from friday to saturday brings thundery showers into western areas

especially on saturday northern ireland and scotland will bring the temperature down. some heavy downpours in places. still near 30 celsius. still at least the start of the weekend some heat and humidity around. then that gradual fund at the breakdown. south—eastern areas of england will hold onto warm and humid weatherfor of england will hold onto warm and humid weather for longest as we and goes on. change coming at the weekend. until then plenty of sunshine and heat. aspect of the word.

this is bbc news. i'm christian fraser live in manchester, where more details are emerging about the attack which killed 22 people. it's thought the suspected suicide bomber, 22—year—old salman abedi, may have been part of a wider network, planning further attacks. three more men have been arrested in manchester today as police seek to establish whether the bomber acted alone. troops are being deployed on the streets of major cities

and at key locations after the terror threat level was raised to critical, the highest possible, late last night. so far, the names of 12 victims of the bombing at the manchester arena have been released, but police say they do not know the identities of all those who died. —— do know. in other news... president trump meets the pope at the vatican and receives a signed copy of the pontiff's views on climate change.