this is outside source, the search for a nswers this is outside source, the search for answers following monday's attack in manchester continues. we are finding out more about salman abedi, his father and brother arrested in libya, it is said they have connections to islamist groups. soldiers have been deployed on the streets after the threat level was raised to its highest possible level, a sixth person has been arrested in connection to the attack. also donald trump has met the pope at the vatican, the leaders have clashed in the past over the border war plans but struck a more consolatory tone today. that is the moment the supporters of equal marriage in taiwan heard that the country's top judges had ruled in favour of gay marriage. and a minutes silence at head of manchester united's europa league final against ajax, we will bring you the latest. let's continue coverage of the

manchester attack, a lot of you sending in questions for myself and christian who will be live from manchester and we'll get to them in a few moments but a sixth person has been arrested in connection with the attack on monday evening. we also know the father of the attacker and brother been arrested in libya. before the father was arrested he gave an interview to reuters and some of the details are starting to come through. let me update you, he said he condemns terrorist attacks on civilians and innocence people, he went on to say his son did not have extremist beliefs or belong to islamic state and that he had not travelled to syria. i said earlier

that police have expressed suspicions he may have been to syria. he said he was going on a pilgrimage. reuters speaking to the father of the man who carried out the attack, saying the last time he spoke to his son was five days ago and everything was normal. tragically everything clearly was not normal and the details of the man who died but also the involvement or possible involvement of his family continues to be a key area of this investigation. let's bring in christian fraser who is live from manchester, we are getting lots of questions from viewers in the uk and around the world, one watching on the bbc news channel would like to ask what information we have on those who are wounded. would like to ask what information we have on those who are woundedlj am we have on those who are wounded.” am sorry, we have on those who are wounded.” am sorry, could you say that again? what information do we have on those

who are wounded on monday night? we know there were 64 admitted to hospital and 20 of them remain seriously injured. you can imagine the injuries we are talking about, major organ trauma, missing limbs, some quite devastating injuries. many of those people will be remaining in hospitalfor some time. the walking wounded, we were told today by doctors that many of the walking wounded in the hospital could see the enormity of what these hospitals in manchester were dealing with and check themselves out of hospital, they said they could manage and they should carry on with the others which shows more of the solidarity. 0ne element in the detail we got from the doctors today that i thought was interesting, the fa ct that i thought was interesting, the fact they were dealing with people in the hospitals who did not come in with the name and did not come in with the name and did not come in with any parents and staff said when they were debriefed afterwards that that was the most unsettling thing,

families were split up and they could not reassure people coming in seriously injured because they did not know who they were. another question, what are the connections between the manchester bomber and the man arrested in wigan today, we cannot add to that specifically but what do we know about that arrest? this man was on a bus coming through wigan, police had him on the floor and the red package next to him, they are not taking any risks and certain people connected to the network of salman abedi. there was an arrest in a more upmarket part of the city, and we have arrayed tonight in prestwich, danjohnson is down there, we know very little about that. we are getting pictures from the arndale centre of salman abedi on friday evening with a

rucksack on his back, clearly in the city on friday which is a crucial piece of evidence for the police because they have picked up his trail before the weekend, before the atrocity on monday night. another question, why is it north—west manchester got attacked with mainly london gets not protection? that is reference to the deployment of soldiers onto streets, we have seen them on downing street today, do we know how the government decides whether deployments are?” know how the government decides whether deployments are? i imagine it's the most critical spots in the cities, from my experience in paris they put them near the big tourist areas, soldiers deployed today at downing street and buckingham palace and of course outside westminster and of course outside westminster and these are places of course where you have a lot of armed police and the idea of this is to free up the armed police so they can go and

patrol through the city, standing positions, critical spots like transport hubs, tourist destinations, government offices and embassies will be covered first. because they are so big and unique 360 protection that frees up a lot policeman at the same time. 984 soldiers currently on the streets but we are told anything up to 4000 are available. thank you very much. here is a question asked what is the government saying about intelligence lea ks government saying about intelligence leaks in the us? i can pick that one up, amber rudd has said she was irritated that the identity of salman abedi came out through american intelligence because at the time uk police were opting not to release his identity because they we re release his identity because they were investigating people close to him. but beer in mind what has

happened since, the new york times publishing an article with pictures showing what appears to be the bomb used on monday night. if the initial lea k used on monday night. if the initial leak was irritating we await a response from the uk government on the new york times article but christian, the uk government sees the american government and in charge and services over there as allies and this will not help. yes, you would imagine donald trump who is suffering from these leaks has saidi is suffering from these leaks has said i told you so and will point to domestic problems but that is of cold comfort to the authorities here who have the most complex investigation in many years. it has to quite naturally involved foreign intelligence agencies and particularly the likes of germany and the united states. they may well share information but they suspect it will be closely guarded by the sister agencies. 0n it will be closely guarded by the sister agencies. on this occasion and twice now that has not happened.

we got the name of salman abedi coming through the new york papers, and then these pictures tonight. that's a chronic leak we seeing because it's very close to the investigation i would suspect a certain number of people in the united states only have access to that material. and tell this attack oui’ that material. and tell this attack our brokers was on the uk election campaign which has passed, the media has paused talking about politics as well, understandably. some people are asking if this is a political event and when does the campaign resume? campaigning resumes on friday, local campaigning tomorrow after a minute ‘s silence at 11am. some people have been asking me if this is advantage conservatives but i suppose the answer to that is how you look at it. the conservatives have in the past have been stronger on crime and security and immigration and we know the problems jeremy corbyn has had with the shoot

to kill order issues he got into trouble over. but people will remember that before monday night we we re remember that before monday night we were talking about a major u—turn from the manifesto and theresa may trying to explain why those social security and social care costs they are expecting the public to meet, why they had not put a cap on it. it will be back to politics next week and theresa may will have to face difficult questions. there is a police union saying we are having to put soldiers on the street because of the deep cuts the tories have inflicted on the police forces which isa inflicted on the police forces which is a political debate and no doubt the conservatives will answer in due time. thank you for your time, we appreciate that. if you're just joining us, this one cutting straight to the heart of the story, courting greater manchester police saying i think it is clear it is a

network we are investigating. whilst the bomber did others involved in the bomber did others involved in the attack did not that the investigating. yesterday you would have seen theresa may seeing that the terror threat level was to be increased to critical, the highest level it can be set at. mi5, this is the website, it lists what the threat levels mean. critical means an attack is expected imminently. it also means the army can be deployed at key sites and major events which we have just been discussing and something several of you watching we re something several of you watching were asking about. these deployments could impact buckingham palace in london, westminster, downing street as well. the idea is that by using the military it frees up police to carry out patrols. we have these pictures from earlier with the military in downing street, these are some of around 1000 troops being

deployed across the uk, that figure could go up, the fa cup final this weekend, the chelsea flower show at the moment, both of those expected to receive heightened security. let's hear from a security expert who helped us last night, here he is on what practical differences the raising of the threat level will mean for the police and security officials. it changes it quite drastically in terms of is deleting their focus and priorities. drastically in terms of is deleting theirfocus and priorities. as it is created by the joint terrorism analysis group they are fundamentally driving as a group the directives, it's notjust coming from the security services it's coming from this independent group within the security services. as such those agencies will see the priority to responding to the threat level which is at the highest now which means that not only is the threat highly likely, it is also potentially imminent. which means of

focus needs to be drawn towards it. how long this high threat level is retained and continues will be down to the progress made by the security services and counterterrorism in determining and ascertaining other known associates to the perpetrator. for people watching here in the uk, particularly larger cities, the shift will have been visible today, the presence of more security services on the streets. indeed and the introduction of military personnel. this is something that has been planned back to 2015 as a contingency should we have this critical level, optimum level in terms of threat. ultimately the introduction will work quite differently to some of the comparisons i have heard today in regard to say france and their state of emergency. we have up to 5000 military personnel, just less than 1000 have been deployed today and they will be two key and critical

sites loosening up and relieving armed police officers to go off and be tasked to do other duties. as you may know manchester united and ajax playing in the europa league final, the build—up to the match overshadowed by the manchester attack, the players wearing black armbands and marking a minutes silence for the victims. let's bring in the bbc sports centre, i have not had a chance to look at the score, how is it going? it has finished, manchester united winning 2—0, after all the tragedy, manchester united qualify for the champions league next season beating ajax 2—0. the first goal came from paul pogba, his first goal came from paul pogba, his first season at the club, the record signing at the beginning of the season, then henrik mkhitaryan who started the season slowly that has finished it well, his sixth goal in

11 europa league matches. mourinho in his first season in charge winning the community shield, the league cup and the europa league. quite a tragic last 48 hours but the supporters, looking at the pictures, paul pogba who scored the first goal, his father died recently as well, the supporters were fantastic, it was a pretty dour game, not the greatest of all time. ajax finished second in the dutch league which means they qualify for the champions league through the qualifying stages next season so hope for them but for mourinho what season it has been, missing the likes of ibrahimovich and eric bailly as well, they are into the champions league. he has had a bad season in the premier league but mourinho will not mind, he has got the europa league in the trophy cabinet. stay with us, we will be reporting from taiwan

because this is how people reacted when the top judges in taiwan decided gay marriage must become legal. more details have emerged about the victims of monday's consort attack including two 14—year—old girls. of the 64 people injured, 20 domain in critical condition, another who died was a 29—year—old pr manager from stockport, martyn hett. earlier today his cousin and aunt took flowers to albert square and we ask them how they were doing. we were holding out hope that he had lost his phone or ended up somewhere, we we re

his phone or ended up somewhere, we were reading comments about how brilliant people in manchester had been and held onto that, that we would find him somewhere and he was going to wonder what all the fuss was about. sadly we got confirmation late last night that that wasn't the case. none of us knew him, but from the pictures, what we have heard, he was a real character. a proper character, unique. very characterful. he loved life. had so many friends who loved him. could not say anything bad about him. such a nice guy. big coronation street fan and big ariana grande fan and was due to go to america. today, he should have flown out today. two months travelling, he had saved up for a year. he could not wait. he was very excited, the last couple of days he had been saying goodbye to

his friends and having leaving parties and i think the consort was the last thing he would see his friends. something to do before you we nt friends. something to do before you went away. just didn't turn out well. he is going to be a huge hole in the family, how do you think you're to cope? i think we're just going to support each other, that you can do. nobody plans for something like this, we are not the only ones in this boat, other families out there in the same situation. the vigil yesterday, the city coming together and laying flowers, can that help? definitely, we have always lived in manchester, it is our home town and it does not surprise me at all. the warmth of the people. we are alive in the bbc newsroom,

our lead story is that the father and brother of the man behind monday's attack on manchester had been arrested in libya. last week if you're watching you will have seen as report on ukraine are blocking one of russia's biggest social networks. today ukraine has made another big push against russian media. a new law will force tv channels to broadcast most of their shows in ukrainian, the consequence being a limit on russian programmes. the president says this is to stop russian propaganda in ukraine. all of this in the context of russia annex in crimea in 2014 and the three years of fighting in the east ukraine between government forces and separatist rebels act by russia. you might be thinking there isa russia. you might be thinking there is a ceasefire and there is but it does not mean the fighting is not going on. we will focus on one—time

close to the border between russia and ukraine. a massive drive against russian language in ukraine, the ukrainian parliament has overwhelmingly backed a bill which now requires major ukrainian tv broadcasters to have at least three quarters of the programmes in the ukrainian language. now three years into the armed conflict in the east of ukraine which is being allegedly backed by russia, russian language remains strongly present on many ukrainian tv channels. the president of ukraine petro poroshenko is expected to sign the bill into law any day now. when that happens ukrainian tv broadcasters will have to either comply or place severe fines. 0pponents

to either comply or place severe fines. opponents of the bill say that by cutting back the share of tv programmes broadcast in the russian language, the ukrainian government will meet an angry response from the regions where russian has been historically preferred. we are talking about the eastern ukrainian rite now where are pro—kremlin moods dominate. all these initiatives in kiev are happening just a week after ukraine blocked russia's most popular social media and a top search engine. all in an effort to d efy search engine. all in an effort to defy kremlin propaganda. all these steps in ukraine are viewed as measures to reinforce patriotic moods in ukraine and emphasise anti—moscow stance of kiev. i was incorrect, she was not in the east of ukraine. we have covered

donald trump attempting to reform american health care, he tried the first time and did not get the necessary votes , ca me first time and did not get the necessary votes, came back a second time and it got through the house of representatives. a significant step but still needs to get to the senate if it is to become law. it's not for me to say if this is good or bad news but we have details coming in from a nonpartisan congressional agency which has looked at estimating the impact of this new proposed health care system and it says an estimated 23 million people would live coverage why 2026. it remains to be seen what impact that will have on how republicans in the senate to view the legislation. we will see. next let's turn to

taiwan, topjudges we will see. next let's turn to taiwan, top judges throwing their support behind gay marriage. this would make taiwan the first place in asia to legalise gay marriage. this is the moment the ruling was handed down. cheering applause an emotional moment. hundreds of people from the lgbt community in taiwan have gathered outside the parliament building to celebrate the court ‘s ruling. granting same—sex couples the right to get married will not affect heterosexual marriages, will not have never give impact on social order and instead will contribute to stability in the society. they said current marriage laws which prevent same—sex couples getting married violate the meaning and spirit of the freedom of

marriage under the constitution. what this means is that taiwan's parliament will now have to either amend the current laws or pass new laws to allow same—sex couples to get married. what the lgbt community onceis get married. what the lgbt community once is that the parliament simply amend the current laws to include same—sex couples. that would in effect to grant them equal rights in everything from parenting to adoptions to inherited wealth and property, to making decisions in medical emergencies. but what they fear is that the parliament will actually pass a special law that will allow them to get married but will allow them to get married but will not grant them equal rights. the opposition which is mainly religious groups and parents groups say this ruling does not represent public opinion. they cite surveys showing more than 50% of taiwanese people do not favour legalising same—sex marriage. they say it goes

against god ‘s creation and the foundation of the family and fewer this will lead to schools liberally teaching homosexuality and teenagers experimenting with being gay. they also say such an important issue should not be decided by 14 grand justice but by society as a whole. ina justice but by society as a whole. in a referendum. both sides will now focus their attention on lobbying parliament to do what they want. so for both sides the battle is not over, it is simply the beginning. that report ending this edition of the programme, thank you for watching, we will be with you same time tomorrow. goodbye. temperatures will continue to climb over the next few days, probably

peaking in scotland on friday and across eastern england on saturday. 26 degrees on wednesday and on thursday likely to be warmer as well, fair weather crowd, foggy weather lifting. 0n the whole blue skies, lots of sunshine around. temperature is higher as well. widely into the mid—20s and could peak at 27 or 28. fine end to the day with late sunshine, those temperatures overnight will not fall, not as much fog, we will lose some of the cloud on the far north of scotland, temperatures overnight perhaps no lower than 15 or 16. the high—pressure still across the uk as we head into friday, the centre of it further east, allowing us to draw up it further east, allowing us to draw up winds from the near continent so a fresh breeze perhaps on friday but drying up some warm air and dryer

airso againa drying up some warm air and dryer air so again a lot of sunshine, another very warm and mostly sunny day as well, that warmth getting pushed north into scotland, 29 degrees possible. widely inland across the rest of the uk, mid to high 20s. as we head into the bank holiday weekend we have got this hot and humid start, then the chance of and humid start, then the chance of a thundery breakdown before eventually cooler, fresher conditions following from the west. the winds coming from the near continent ahead of this weather system which is going to bring us this thundery breakdown and might bring thundery downpours into england and wales. the wettest and most consistent whether pushing north into scotland and northern ireland. change here, temperatures law, and head of the showers across the south east, the weather front moving through, taking away heavier

downpours and introducing some slightly fresher air, but that weather front never far away from the english channel. whilst most places will start dry with sunshine we could import more showers, heavy and thundery showers back up from the south to more southern and eastern parts of england especially later on in the day. the wettest weather will come later on sunday, sunday night into the early hours of monday morning across england and wales. we could start off rather wet, especially for central and eastern england before things dry off slowly, one to showers but also sunshine and it would be quite as warm. the problem is from monday into tuesday we still have this potential for warmer, into tuesday we still have this potentialforwarmer, more into tuesday we still have this potential for warmer, more humid into tuesday we still have this potentialfor warmer, more humid air bringing showers from the south. that should pull away and we are looking out of the west to see whether coming in, areas of low pressure approaching so more

u nsettled pressure approaching so more unsettled conditions, the high—pressure does not look quite so dominant, mainly going to be affecting more southern parts of the uk. as you go further north and west next week will turn more unsettled, showers and longer spells of rain, could still be showers towards the south but for the most part it should be somewhat drier and sunshine but it would be quite as hot as the next few days. is tonight at ten - the manchester bomber was not working alone. during the day, a series of raids and arrests in the greater manchester area as police insist the investigation is making progress. it's very clear that this is a network that we are investigating and, as i said, it continues at a pace.

there's extensive investigations going on. conveys its outrage at what happened on monday night. this act of cowardice has no place in our religion,