the queen visits manchester's children's hospital. to target that sort of thing... children's hospital. to target that sort of thing. .. it is awful. after photos showing debris from the manchester suicide bomb appear in the american media, prime minister theresa may promises to act. i will make clear to president trump that intelligence that is shared between our law enforcement agencies must remain secure. in the past hour, police have described recent arrests as"significant" and said some of the items seized in raids are "very importa nt". a minute's silence is held across the uk in memory of the 22 people who died here on monday.

in the next hour, donald trump is on a charm offensive in brussels. having criticised both institutions in the past, the american president is in brussels for talks with nato and eu leaders. this has become the focal point for people. people arriving here all the time to leave flowers and to read the hundreds of tributes that have been left here to those who lost

their lives and those who were so badly injured on monday evening. a short time ago the queen visited some of the survivors of monday's bomb attack in hospital. 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 in after hearing of the attack. she also met four young girls recovering from the blast, and their parents. well, it's a shock, isn't it? yes, a big shock, a really big shock. for everybody, really. very scary. very wicked. one of the girls she met was 15—year—old millie robson, a proud ariana grande fan, still wearing the singer's t—shirt. i got to meet her before the concert as well, and she was lovely. really, did you? she won a competition for her and her friend to meet her backstage.

the queen's visit was unannounced. but by the time she left, a crowd had gathered. there was a spontaneous round of cheering and applause. andy moore, bbc news. we had a news conference from greater manchester police where they made a lot of interesting statements about the continuing investigation. police describing the recent arrests as significant and they went on to top about the many rates that have taken place in the attack on monday night. a short time ago our home affairs correspondent, who's at greater manchester police headquarters, gave us the latest.

army bomb disposal experts... another fast moving police operation in manchester this morning. officers with guns closing off roads. army bomb disposal experts were rapidly on the scene, responding to a suspect package which was later found to be safe. this has been happening for three days now in manchester. heavily armed officers arriving at the location as police try to manage an ever expanding investigation. overnight, there were more raids and more arrests, including at this house in withington in south manchester. at the moment, eight men are in custody. most appear to be libyans living in britain. these have been an intense three days for the officers and staff of greater manchester police, along with the national counterterrorist policing network,

and uk intelligence services. i want to reassure people that the arrest that we have made significant. and initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation. more details of the bomb itself came out overnight. it appears to have been in a blue backpack, fragments of which were found at the scene. the bomber, salman abedi, probably bought the backpack on friday. the details leaked to the new york times by the american source suggest the bomb had this metal initiator and an unusual high current battery. it is thought the explosive may have been hydrogen peroxide—based, like the tabt. but the leaking of the forensic pictures has caused fury. police have stopped sharing information with the americans, after what they called a breach of trust. the prime minister will now raise it at the highest level. shortly i will be travelling to the nato summit, where i will be working with international colleagues on defeating terrorism. i will make clear to president trump that intelligence that is shared

between our law enforcement agencies must remain secure. and the new manchester mayor expressed his dismay. i made known my concerns about it to the us ambassador. it's not acceptable to me that, you know, here there is a live investigation taking place, and we cannot have information being put in the public domain that is not under direct control of the british police and security services. it seems that salman abedi, the bomber who killed 22 people at the concert on monday, travelled from libya, possibly via prague, to dusseldorf, where german police say he was in transit four days before the bombing. he flew to manchester from there. yesterday, salman abedi's father, ramadan abedi, was detained in libya. a man who knew the father in manchester said he definitely had extremist views. of course, no doubt. he was very extremist, there is no doubt about that. there is no doubt now that

detectives investigating monday's atrocity have made progress. enough to make them think they are dealing with a terrorist network. but there are still important blindspots, particularly around where the bomb was made. and a source said some suspicious substances are unaccounted for. daniel sandford, bbc news, manchester. a short time ago our home affairs correspondent, who's at greater manchester police headquarters, gave us the latest. the most important thing is that sends you got from the chief co nsta ble sends you got from the chief constable before we came nearer about confidence from this investigation. for a couple of days it felt like they were not sure whether they had started making progress and they feel they are making progress. it is something for a cheap constable to come out and

say the arrests are significant and items that were imported to the investigation have been found. it has been clouded by the row with the americans, amber rudd saying she hopes that relations will resume. questions for the intelligence services about whether they miss the opportunity to stop salman abedi. security forces pointing out that he had been one of a larger pool of subjects of interest that one point but that had been assessed that perhaps it was not something to focus on a bad time, and this process of deciding who to focus on inevitably relies on difficult professionaljudgments inevitably relies on difficult professional judgments and it inevitably relies on difficult professionaljudgments and it will bea professionaljudgments and it will be a question of going back and looking at those judgments and trying to work—out where was missed. one thing that has emerged is that

salman abedi was in germany a few days before the attack on monday evening. our correspondent in berlin explained more about what is known about that trip to germany. german police have confirmed that he was in germany four days before the attack. he was in dusseldorf airport in transit. it appears he did not leave the security transit zone. you are transferring from a flight possibly from the middle east according to various different media reports and it seems he flew from dusseldorf to manchester. german police have confirmed they have been investigating closely with british intelligence services, that is what german officials have told us. they have also said so far they have no evidence indicating that the attacker had any links to german islamists. that is important because

the area, dusseldorf, is known to be a region where there are suspected islamist extremist cells. the berlin christmas market attacker had links to extremists in this region so that was the big worry. police say that was the big worry. police say that was not on the cards, he had no links with people in germany. the next stage is to look at whether he had any other links elsewhere and where the support network was because that is what people want to know now. we have also been reflecting on the lake of intelligence, photographs for example that initially went to the new york times. a huge amount of anger within the intelligence community that that was leaked out of america. theresa may saying that she would be raising the issue with donald trump and i have been talking

about that with our north america editor. i think at the moment downing street and the white house are trying to sort by to arrange that meeting. it may happen tomorrow in sicily. theresa may will make clear her displeasure. i suspect donald trump is going to say something to the effect of, welcome to my world, this is what i am up against on a daily basis with our intelligence services leaking against me and giving information up like it is candy. donald trump may be rather sympathetic and use it for his particular battle with american intelligence services. i spoke to someone intelligence services. i spoke to someone senior intelligence services. i spoke to someone senior a intelligence services. i spoke to someone senior a few moments ago who are very well aware just how angry the british are about this. i am being told that highest levels between mi6, mi5, the nsa, the cia, the links continued with the exception of stuff to do with the

manchester investigation. at a lower level it may be that the police may well have stopped sharing information with our counterparts. there is a very different culture in america about the handing out of information. in britain we are much more obsessed about the secrecy of an investigation. in the us it is often surprising just how much information is given out very quickly indeed and it may be that whoever leaked this detail material to the new york times may have thought, i do not think i am doing anything wrong or unusual in doing so. anything wrong or unusual in doing so. our correspondent in brussels where that need to meeting will take place later today. at "am, a minute's silence was held across the country for those affected by the attack. perhaps 1000 people came here to pay their respects. i cannot overstate

how incredibly moving it was. the silence was anticipated but also what followed, spontaneous applause, sustained applause, and then singing and chanting. it was extraordinarily moving and there were silences held up moving and there were silences held up and down the united kingdom as a mark of respect for the people so badly affected by events here in this city on monday night. our correspondent sarah campbell reports. remembering the children, teenagers, mothers, fathers, relatives and friends who lost their lives. a nation united in silence. bell chimes. trumpets play.

as we come from different faiths, different traditions, different cultures, we come as one to declare that we are manchester and we will continue to be that manchester, and so we ask your blessing upon this time and we ask for your love and support on those who suffer, that they will know that, above all, lies the everlasting arms of god. the applause in st ann's square in manchester lasted for a minute more after the silence. we are manchester through and through, and we wanted to make sure that we were here today to show the people of manchester that we not only stand with you, we are part of you and we are with you. when something really bad happens, everybody needs to just stick together and do what they can to get everybody who's affected,

and ijust can't imagine what they are going through. my daughter spent last night crying because she was so fearful of what might happen next. so i came for several reasons. i came to show my children that we are here notjust to grieve but to celebrate, to celebrate what is in the hearts of our nation and our people. so many people didn't return home on monday evening. they will not be forgotten. sarah campbell, bbc news. the names of three more of monday's victims were released today. eilidh macleod was 1a years old and from barra in the outer hebrides. she was at the ariana grande concert with a friend who is still in a serious condition in hospital. wendy fawell was 50 years old and from otley in west yorkshire. wendy's son adam fawell said the family were "devastated",

saying his mother was a wonderful woman and she'll be sadly missed. courtney boyle was 19 and from gateshead. she was at the concert with her stepfather philip tron, who also died. courtney's mother said they were now both her angels flying high in the sky. elaine mciver was an off duty cheshire police officer. in a statement from her family, she was described as "everyone's friend, the best we could ever have wished for". the head teacher of a school in leeds has been paying tribute to one of the victims. the whole school community is saddened and shocked. our thoughts and prayers are with

herfamily our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends at this very difficult time and with the families of others who have lost their lives or been injured. she was simply a delightful student and as her grandfather said yesterday, she was happy. grandfather said yesterday, she was happy, creative and confident. she had a great group of friends, enjoyed her studies, she was an asset to our little high. we cannot understand why this has happened but we are grateful to the council, police and other external agencies who have been in to support our young people and staff, many of whom have been devastated. it is one day at the time but i am phenomenally proud of the way everyone in school has come together and i am inspired by the way our young be both have tried to cope with their loss. our focus is on continuing to support our young people. the police

investigation very much continuing. we have the news briefing from greater manchester police earlier. our security correspondent is following this in london. so many strands to this. initial thought about the police telling us here in manchester that information, materials, they have seized, very significant. and the rest are very significant. and the rest are very significa nt. what is significant. and the rest are very significant. what is your reading of that sort of language? that is encouraging that letters cut to the chase. unless there is some wonderful news that we have not yet been told they have not found bomb yet. any further explosive devices or the person who they think has built the device that killed 22 people in manchester on monday night. that is the key thing. that is why this country is still at

critical threat level. as the live they find it and they think they have neutralised the immediate threat we will go back to severe. as long as we are critical it means another terrorist attack could be imminent. it does not mean it is inevitable but it could be. that is the key indicator. theresa mayjust before lunchtime said that we will remain criticalfor time before lunchtime said that we will remain critical for time being. before lunchtime said that we will remain criticalfor time being. we cannot stay up at this level of readiness for long, it was the night daysin readiness for long, it was the night days in 2006 and four days in 2007. we have been on it tuesday, wednesday, thursday, this is the third day, it is really stressful for everyone having their leave cancelled, everybody being on high alert, but they have to do this until they find this device which they suspect there could be more than one that were built by whoever the bomb maker was. what is your

assessment of the fact that police here in the uk have said they will no longer be sharing information with the us? there is a political element that but also in terms of the practicalities, the police trying to do theirjob, to do the work you are talking about, what is the impact? let us be specific. this is any information, any intelligence, about this specific manchester attack investigation that is discovered and provided will not be shared with the americans because twice they have revealed that to the media. the uk and greater manchester police have said enough. normal intelligence sharing between m15 and mi6 in this country with their us cou nterpa rts mi6 in this country with their us counterparts will continue. the normal day—to—day business between embassies will continue. it is a

small bump in the road but it is quite a serious one for britain to withhold any intelligence from its closest ally, this is a backward step, a very necessary one in this case because the priority is to let the police get on and do theirjob and catch the bomb maker and stop any further devices being detonated and anything that gets in the way of that has to be removed. it is totally understandable how they are feeling. there have been some pretty harsh words in the us. it was not the white house. it was not donald trump revealing something more than he was supposed to. it was from the us intelligence community and that isa us intelligence community and that is a sprawling community employing hundreds of thousands of people, ex—dean different agencies across the us, fbi, nsa, homeland security, cia, the list goes on, it is one of

those agencies. pressure on the newspapers with ever shrinking readerships means that newspapers are now in a rush to do a scoop and i think are now in a rush to do a scoop and ithink in are now in a rush to do a scoop and i think in this case it has backfired. in the last few moments, frank was talking about newspapers, the new york times has put out a statement being that it is defending its decision to publish those photographs, the images you might have seen of shrapnel and so on from manchester arena, saying it defends that decision and that it did not think that printing those photographs was inappropriate. the new york times again defending that decision. we will keep you up—to—date with very developments here in the investigation in manchester as people continue to come all the time in this blistering sunshine to pay their tributes and to read the many cards and look at

the flowers that have been left here in memory of those who lost their lives on monday. after a warm welcome in the middle east and a "fa ntastic" visit with the pope us president donald trump faces a tougher agenda today as he meets leaders of nato and the eu, both organisations he has criticised in the past. nato says it will become more involved in the fight against so—called islamic state militants but the president is likely to face pressure on trade and environmental concerns. donald trump has questioned the eu's future. he seemed in no hurry to start his first visit to brussels. it was all is going to be an awkward beginning. donald tusk for his part.

as listed the new us administration asa as listed the new us administration as a threat to the eu. these are leaders with widely differing opinions of the world. the us president sceptical about three trade and fighting climate change, the ukraine to stress the importance of it —— the ukraine to stress the importance of it -- eu the ukraine to stress the importance of it —— eu dean two. the ukraine to stress the importance of it -- eu dean two. a lot of countries, a lot of leaders, some great leaders... donald trump said he had met some great leaders on his trip. apparently he mentioned the size of his election victory. it seemed there was little warmth in this meeting. look at the body language as they left. awkward. a sign there was little real agreement behind closed doors. the us president that no press conference so president that no press conference so it was left to the eu donald to make his own solo statement and hence how wide the differences are.

some issues remain open like climate and trade and i am not 100% sure we can say today, the president and myself, that we have a common position, common opinion, about russia. in berlin a very different perception. for donald trump's predecessor. one of my favourite partners throughout my presidency is sitting next to me today, at angela merkel has been outstanding work.- leaders are certainly more co mforta ble leaders are certainly more comfortable with the last president than the current one. to act on the basis of shared values and principles, not just basis of shared values and principles, notjust interests. our defence correspondent is at nato headquarters where those leaders are meeting. it is going to be difficult for donald trump, issues with nato,

historically he has had a go at them. one of his biggest allies in britain, he has a tough meeting with theresa may as well. he probably has got a tough meeting although i think as our north american editor said earlier the president will try on the concern about us intelligence agencies leaking because that has been a complaint of donald trump in office particularly about the involvement of russia. the meeting he had with the russian foreign minister in which he was accused of passing on intelligence that was lea ked passing on intelligence that was leaked eventually. it is possible that donald trump will say welcome to my world and sympathise with theresa may. theresa may hasjust arrived down the blue carpet. we are still waiting for the us president to arrive. we do not will yet when

they will have that meeting. it maybe they will have to wait until they get to sicily for the g7 meeting to have those moments alone. they could easily have a brief conversation on the margins here shoulder to shoulder and then a more in—depth meeting later at the g7. everything about this meeting at nato has been designed to try to get something that donald trump can agree with so they are talking about theissues agree with so they are talking about the issues he wants to talk about, the issues he wants to talk about, the fight against terrorism, need to is going to become a member of the anti—so—called islamic state coalition. they are talking about burden sharing, nato countries paying more, this new building cost 1.2 billion euros. guess who is the biggest contributor? the us. 22%. britain 11%. theresa may arriving on

the blue carpet. she is the first to arrive before donald trump and we still do not know whether she will have that meeting here at the nato new headquarters or whether she will wait until sicily to have some time with the president. it is possible they may brush shoulders. donald trump will unveil a statue, a 9/11 memorial. the symbolism of that is that 9/11 was the first and last time that nato declared article 5 which is essentially one for all, that they will come to the defence ofan that they will come to the defence of an ally under attack. they are hoping at nato headquarters that this meeting will go smoothly and i do not think they want to rove even if that is about intelligence sharing, the kind of disagreements between the us and the uk. you mentioned money and that has been at the heart of donald trump's criticism of the two in the past, that america seems to be paying too

much and others need to pull their weight. yes. that is why when he was campaigning he talked about needle being obsolete. it has changed his mind. he has not done anything as far as nato is concerned to undermine the alliance. more troops since the end of the cold war, in the baltic states carrying out military exercises. america's contribution to nato has not changed since donald trump arrived but his opinion has. he sees the importance of the alliance. he still wants to see of the alliance. he still wants to see other european countries pay their way and they still have a long way to go. there will be an agreement about needing to do more, america's allies in the alliance, but still some of them... remember only five of them are paying 2%, the need to target of the national income on defence, and many big countries are not spending anywhere

near that amount of money and are nowhere near that target at the moment. he may cajole them. we have some good news in the weather. it is very warm with temperatures reaching 27 degrees. it looks as if it could be in the next hour or so, getting close to 28 celsius across the north of scotland making at the warmest day of the year so far for scotland. really widespread in the mid—205. cooler across the eastern and south—eastern costs. this evening a fine and to the day. it is going to be clear and warm. it will

be warm night to come. plenty of sunshine, more of a breeze across the south and south—west that the chance of a shower in the west of northern ireland. a hot day to come. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the queen has been visiting the royal manchester children's hospital were she spoke to child survivors of monday's bomb attack, and some of the members of staff who have been treating them. there's anger over the leak of photographs showing bomb fragments and a backpack to an american newspaper — the prime minister theresa may is to meet president trump to discuss it. police in manchester say that they have made a number

of significant arrests and seized items of importance, following raids in the city. a national minute of silence has been held to pay tribute to victims of the manchester attack. 22 people were killed and 64 injured in the bombing. us president donald trump is brussels to meet with nato and eu leaders. following the president's calls for the alliance to take a more active role in tackling is. nato has agreed to join the us—led coalition against so—called islamic state. and now we have to sport. wayne rooney has been left out of the england squad for the world cup qualifier against scotland and the friendly against france next month. rooney has dropped down the pecking order with manchester united team—mate marcus rashford preferred instead. that means rashford won't go to the european championship with the under 215. goalkeeperjack butland is recalled for the first time since march 2016 and there's a first call up for spurs defender kieran trippier. the full squad of 25 players is on the bbc sport website.

16—year—old ethan ampadu has been included in the wales training squad, ahead of their qualifier against serbia in june. the exeter city defender is one of seven uncapped players. he made his professional debut last august and was named wales' young player of the year in november. real madrid forward gareth bale and aston villa defender neil taylor are suspended for the game. leeds united manager garry monk has resigned — after less than a year in charge. he was appointed last summer and guided leeds to seventh in the table. he had been expected to sign a new deal following a buyout of owner massimo cellino this week. the club says it's shocked and disappointed. manchester united have dedicated their win over ajax in the europa league final to the victims of monday night's attack. the club has also made a joint pledge with manchester city of £1 million to the we love manchester emergency fund. the team had also paid tribute last night with a minute's silence before

kick—off as a mark of respect. paul pogba gave united the lead with within the first 20 minutes. henrik mikataryan added the second after the break. it means united qualify for next season's champions league. european sprint champion asha philip says people ‘mustn't live in fear‘ as she prepares to race in manchester tomorrow. philip who won gold over 60 metres at the european indoor championships in march, will run the 100 metres at the great citygames, in the city centre. manchester needs a light to guide them out of this big dark cloud

at the moment and to have an event like this, they do not want to be in their houses. you want to go and enjoy your time. it is after work, after—school. it is in the middle of the street and it is something you can do when you are passing. to perform in front of everyone is to feel like you can stand up to this and we can still enjoy our lives. the second practice session for this weekend's monaco grand prix is under way. mercedes' lewis hamilton was quickest in first practice earlier. jenson button has returned forjust one race for mclaren — standing in for fernando alonso, who is competing at the indianapolis 500 this weekend. button's currently 12th fastest with hamilton in eighth. welcome back to manchester. people are arriving all the time with flowers. taking a lot of time to read the messages that have been left in the wake of the terrorist attack on monday night. the queen has been visiting a hospital where staff battled

to save the lives of children caught up in the manchester arena suicide bomb. she also met some of the young victims of the attack — and staff. one of the many people the queen met was millie robson — who was injuried in the attacks on monday night. you had enjoyed the concert? yes, it was really good. she was lovely. you had edwin —— won a competition? so you had seen the backstage? yes. a very good thing to be able to do? yes, it was lovely. iwasn't hurt.

millie's dad was there. you were there? yes, not good. very alarming. that was part of the queen's visit to the children hospital in manchester. nearly 60 people very badly injured on top of the people who lost their lives on monday night. the chief constable of manchester police gave journalists an update on the continuing investigation and he said the arrests that have been made so far are significant. this continues to be a very fast moving investigation and there has been a significant amount of activity taking place to the diet and this morning and i wanted to give you an update —— taking place

last night. you are aware that offices are in the hulme area of manchester. asus bishops package has been declared safe. —— a suspicious package. i also hope that people will understand that we will always ta ke will understand that we will always take reports such as this very seriously. in relation to the full investigation, we have eight people in custody, and a female that was arrested yesterday has been released without any charges and the arrests have taken place in manchester, wigan and nuneaton and we are taking place associated searches immolation to those arrests. it has been an intense three days for the star, along with the counterterrorism

network —— for our star. i want to assure people that the arrests we have made are significant and initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation. these searches will take several days to complete. as you would expect, there will be localised disruption in and around those premises. but it is vitally important that we continue those searches and do it very very thoroughly. alongside the investigation, as i said yesterday, we have a team of specially trained family liaison officers along with us. family liaison officers along with us. last night the family liaison officers shared with families in fa ct officers shared with families in fact intelligence had been published in the new york times after it was lea ked

in the new york times after it was leaked and it is understandable, the distress this has caused to these families who are already suffering as everyone can imagine. the statement was issued last night. and ido statement was issued last night. and i do not wish to add anything further to that at this stage. and i won't be commenting on information sharing arrangements with our international partners. it will take several days before formal identification of the victims can ta ke identification of the victims can take place but we're helping loved ones take place but we're helping loved ones in their assistance. i doubt how important it is to those families that you are publicising their tributes to their loved ones andi their tributes to their loved ones and i thank you for doing that ——i know how important. we have been overwhelmed with support from members of the public and i would ask for patience to continue from our local communities as we carry

out those searches and this investigation. assist incident in hulme happens, people need to remain vigilant and report any concerns they had to the anti—terrorist hotline —— has this incident. or use 999. thanks. thanks forjoining us. we can revert to the leak of intelligence. we can speak to a former director of intelligence at gchq and he joins us from our studio in bristol. so many strands to this now. given what we we re strands to this now. given what we were hearing from ian hopkins, i'm interested in your take as much as we can gauge on the continuing investigation itself. at the moment,

it's a very complex investigation and there are a number of strands to follow and to tie that up to the element the chief constable referred to around the intelligence leak in the united states. that is a distraction that neither he or the families need, but the arrests have been very swift and effective, and investigations of that type take a lot of time to develop and it needs to be done with integrity and full trust of our international and domestic partners. you have expertly taken me onto my next point, is it right that that sharing of information has stopped for time being? is that inevitable? in your opinion. and what went through your

mind when he saw some of this information was being leaked? we need to make sure that we keep everything in perspective. in terms of intelligence related to the investigation, the commander has an absolutely right to take what action he needs to protect the integrity of his investigation and maintain the victims families are looked after as possible, and if he chose that it was the right decision to stop intelligence sharing on that subject, he has a right to do that. what is especially bad about this element, the relationship between law enforcement and the media has a lwa ys law enforcement and the media has always had to be a close one because of the nature of law in investigations but the fundamental principle that has been bridge, this was not the americans intelligence to leak to their press —— that has been breached. to do this is

inexcusable and this creates a distraction from the investigation and damages relationships when they need to be at best august. —— to be at their best. initial assessment that this is about tracking down his associates? that is so crucial, because of all the evidence which seems to suggest that the bomb was expertly made, if we can use that word, but you take my pod, he clearly, did not do this on his own —— you take my point. clearly, did not do this on his own -- you take my point. this is the key point, this is not a lone wolf attack and there is a network of people behind him providing capability that was used and potentially a wider network behind that. that comes down to the point again which is why the ability to be able to move information around

confidential and is absolutely critical. to this investigation. and to pursue that network whether it is solely within the uk or internationally has got to be the focus to prevent similar attacks happening when we know there is a support network already out there. very good to hear your thoughts. we appreciate your time. that is brian lord, a former director of intelligence at gchq. we will keep you up—to—date with any developments. people continue to flock here, there is a lengthy strea m flock here, there is a lengthy stream of people here leaving flowers a nd stream of people here leaving flowers and reading the two beads to those who died on monday night. —— regime the tributes. —— reading. the court of appeal has upheld

a previous ruling that doctors can withdraw life support from a sick baby with a rare genetic condition against his parents' wishes. specialists at great ormond street hospital said eight—month—old charlie gard has irreversible brain damage and should be moved to palliative care. his parents connie yates and chris gard, from london, had wanted to take him to the us for a treatment trial. and now they've lost their appeal — what they described as their "only remaining hope". the hearing was on tuesday where threejudges heard evidence from all of the legal teams in this case, just to remind you, a nine—month—old baby in intensive care at great ormond street hospital and he suffers from a very regimented condition, which is terminal. last month his parents here at the high court, they wanted to take their son to america for experimental treatment but his condition is so rare and so complex that the treatment hasn't been tried on anyone else before. great ormond street hospital argued it was not in

the interests of charlie to take him to america for that treatment and thejudge last month to america for that treatment and the judge last month agreed with them and said that great ormond street hospital could move charlie onto palliative care and withdraw life support. here at the high court thejudges have decided life support. here at the high court the judges have decided that the permission to appeal against last month's ruling has been dismissed. there was never the action or very little reaction from charlie's pa rents little reaction from charlie's parents who were in the court room, at the front of the court, but there we re at the front of the court, but there were family members at the back. some of them broke down in tears and they have had that confirmation from they have had that confirmation from the threejudges they have had that confirmation from the three judges that their permission to appeal against that decision has been rejected. we should soon hear the judge a decision has been rejected. we should soon hear thejudge a bit later this afternoon in terms of why they came to that position. what happens now? how long is the question? we are expecting to hear

from great ormond street hospital who have told us they will release a statement this afternoon. the pa rents statement this afternoon. the parents do have a chance, if they want, to appeal or take this further to the supreme court and whether they decide to do that is another matter. whether they decide that this is the final part of where they are going to take it. but remember they were very successful in terms of raising a huge amount of money, they raised, crowdfunding, £1.3 million to take charlie to america for this treatment. and in the court on tuesday and last month, everyone agreed just our dedicated they have been to their baby son. we might hear from been to their baby son. we might hearfrom their been to their baby son. we might hear from their solicitor later. in terms of whether they will take this further to the supreme court or whether this is it for them. thanks for joining whether this is it for them. thanks forjoining us. ukip‘s deputy chairman suzanne evans

has sharply criticised theresa may over the prime minister's record on tackling extremism. she was speaking at her party's manifesto launch in central london. our chief political correspondent vicki young joins us now. this was not presumably have the ma nifesto this was not presumably have the manifesto launch they hoped would be sunk —— they hoped would be covered. this has produced some anger? yes, they said it was now time to move on, not that the terrorists win and they said they were difficult questions that needed to be answered. these are the kind of issues that ukip have been raising for a long time and they would say this is not just for a long time and they would say this is notjust in response to the manchester attacks. they denied they are trying to make political capital out of that and they said his country has a problem with integration and not enough has been done about that. they also said the

people allowed into this country must share our values. but it was the accusation from the deputy chairwoman who said theresa may had to bear responsibility for the attack. theresa may has allowed jihadists who fought alongside islamic state back into our country and she has failed to brent extremists spreading hatred in our universities and masks —— to prevent. —— universities and mosques or stop. when journalists picked up on that, saying, are you accusing the prime minister of being responsible? there was a lot of heckling from ukip supporters in the audience, and she and paul nuttall said it was the cowardice of all politicians over the years. paul nuttall said is not enough to just light some candles and people have to talk about the issues. there will

be questions for theresa may when she answers questions from journalists about the intelligence that was around and the prevent scheme and the scheme which is there to encourage people to speak out and to encourage people to speak out and to talk when they are suspicious of people in their community and also the question of resources, policing, the question of resources, policing, the monetary going into intelligence, they will be questions that theresa may has got to answer. ukip will say when better to do that than in the middle of the general election campaign. thanks for joining us. we can now hear from theresa may. on the intelligence sharing with america, we have a special relationship with the usa, this is our deepest defence and security partnership that we have, which is

built on trust. part of that trust is knowing intelligence can be shared competently is knowing intelligence can be sha red competently and is knowing intelligence can be shared competently and i will be making clear to president trump that intelligence that is shared between law enforcement agencies must remain secure. “— law enforcement agencies must remain secure. —— competently. and now to the news. and this is regarding jonathan king. the former itv weatherman fred talbot has been found guilty of seven charges of indecent assault on teenage boys during school trips to scotland in the 19705 and early 19805. talbot was a teacher at a grammar school

in the manchester area at the time and took boy5 away on camping and boating trip5. talbot was jailed for five years at manchester crown court, in 2015 for the indecent assault of two 11; —year—old boy5. he'll be sentenced next month. net long term migration — that's the number of people coming to the uk minus the number of people leaving — fell to below a quarter of a million last year. that was driven by an increase in eu citizen5 leaving the country. the office for national statistics said the change was driven by "a statistically 5ignifica nt" increase of 40,000 people leaving the country. there was a 36% increase in eu citizens leaving. here's our economic5 correspondent, andy verity. on these late5t number5, the rise in population due to immigration is still more than double what the government's target is, but they show it dropped substantially in 2016 compared to the year before. fewer people are coming to the uk and more are leaving. to arrive at the net immigration number, you take the number of immigrants arriving in the uk, 588,000, down more than 40,000, and take away the number of emigrants leaving, which was 339,000, which is up about 40,000. that leaves net immigration of 248,000, down by a quarter. we are determined to make sure

we continue to overall reduce the net migration number but also to continue to get the brightest and best for our economy. we asked eu immigrants why they thought more were leaving. we are scared about brexit and don't know what is going on. i think it's a sign that the economy in other countries is getting better. so they don't need to be abroad, because most people prefer to be in their country. i was speaking to him yesterday and telling him i'd like to go back, because i don't really feel safe here. i don't know what's going on. i think it's got to do with the uncertainty about the brexit situation. people are not sure what the terms will be for immigrants. like ourselves. two years ago, each £1 you earned would exchange for more polish or czech republic currency than it does now.

but as the value of the pound has diminished, so has that attraction. what was especially notable was the number coming from the eu eight countries, those like the czech republic and poland thatjoined the eu in 2004. the number arriving was down a third, to 48,000. the number leaving, up by more than half to 43,000. the difference, net migration to the uk from those countries, was 5,000, the lowest it has been since theyjoined the eu. and it seems evident now that some of those may be starting to go elsewhere. today we learned the economy, a revised estimate, grew by 0.2% in the first three months of the year, a sharp slowdown than previously estimated.

what we don't yet know is whether or not slower immigration played a role in that. time for a look at the weather we have had a top temperature of 28 in scotland and 27 in wales. some places, barely a cloud in the sky. you can see through the course of the afternoon, barely a cloud in the sky continuing for scotland and northern ireland, it will be a hot end to the day. 28 degrees in the north and in the mid—205 in the central belt. cooler along eastern coastal areas, may be the mid—to high teens. also a breeze developing in the south coast, taking the edge off the temperatures. through the evening it will be a fine enter the

day. it will be a muggy end to the night. it will be quite uncomfortable in towns and cities. no lower than 17 in some areas. there could be some low cloud across coastal areas and that will clear away coastal areas and that will clear r coastal areas and that will clear away very quickly. another hot and sunny day, fairly breezy over the south west. temperatures reaching the mid—teens. some places could touch 30 degrees. we have a change friday night into saturday morning, the chance of hefty thunderstorms, with the weather system. some localised flooding in some places. the whole line of showers and thunderstorms moves north—east, becoming confined to scotland and eastern parts of england. a risk of flash flooding. a fine afternoon to

come, but sunshine, it could be hot and humid especially east anglia and the south—east. a return to a thundery plume. warm and humid, further north and west, a fresher feel to temperatures. bank holiday monday, it looks like much of the north and west will be slightly fresher with sunshine and showers, and the south—east with the main warm and humid, and the continuation of some showers and thunderstorms. a mixed bag into the bank holiday weekend. go online for the latest updates. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill live in manchester. the headlines at 3pm: the queen visits royal manchester children's hospital, where staff battled to save the lives of children caught up in the manchester attack. to target that sort of thing...

it is awful. a minute's silence is held across the uk in memory of the 22 people who were killed in the bombing. after photos showing debris from the manchester suicide bomb