this is bbc news. i'm jane hill live in manchester. the headlines at lipm: the queen visits royal manchester children's hospital. she met children caught in the manchester attack and the staff who worked to save them. very wicked. 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. central manchester hospitals trust say here are 32 patients still in hospital, ten of whom are in a critical condition, five children and five adults. president donald trump has said the us leaks of evidence relating to the manchester bombing are "deeply troubling" and has vowed "to get to the bottom of this". the recent attack on manchester in

the united kingdom demonstrates the depths of the evil we face with terrorism. in the next hour: charlie gard's parents lose their appeal. the court of appeal rules doctors can stop providing life—support treatment to the nine—month—old baby who has a rare genetic illness. and net migration to the uk falls by 84,000. most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the queen has been in manchester today, to meet victims of monday's bomb attack. one woman described the injuries

she'd suffered after being hit by nuts and bolts. the queen said what she had been through was "absolutely dreadful". she also met doctors nurses and members of the emergency services who responded to the attack. of the 75 people admitted to hospital across the region, 23 remain in critical care. 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. my dad ran over to me and we tied jumpers around the main wounds on my leg. then we ran outside and a lot of paramedics outside and strangers we re of paramedics outside and strangers were helping. the queen also met a woman who was injured. what happened to you? i have a shrapnel wound. the nuts and bolts. absolutely dreadful. mine has gone through and out the other side so i am due in surgery this afternoon. 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. meanwhile, police in manchester

investigating monday's attack have stopped sharing intelligence with the us after leaks to the media. president trump has described the leaks as ‘deeply troubling'. theresa may says she will raise the issue with president trump when they meet later today at a nato summit. let's take a look at some of the other main developments. 32 people remain in hospital following the attack, of those five adults and five children remain in a critical condition. 0fficers investigating the attack have described the arrests made so far as "significant". eight people remain in custody. the prime minister announced the terror threat level remains at critical, and urged the public to remain vigilant. and earlier today a one minute's silence was observed in tribute to those killed. crowds gathered at famous

landmarks and outside town halls across the country. this report contains scenes you may find upsetting. another fast moving police operation. 0fficers another fast moving police operation. officers with guns closing in. 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 location after location, as police try to manage an ever expanding investigation. 0vernight, there were more raids and more arrests,

including at this house in south manchester. at the moment, eight men are in custody, most appearing to be libyans living are in custody, most appearing to be libya ns living in are in custody, most appearing 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. we have been saying there is a nato summit getting underway in brussels

this afternoon and the prime minister arrived there in the last couple of hours. 0n minister arrived there in the last couple of hours. on her way in, she made comments to the waiting media, and was asked about her upcoming meeting with president trump. 0n 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 conifdently. and i will be making clear to president trump that intelligence that is shared between law enforcement agencies must remain secure. theresa may made that statement two hours ago. more recently we heard from president trump himself at a ceremony at the start of that nato meeting, at which he addressed the

issue of the nato attack in manchester, calling it barbaric. the recent attack on manchester in the united kingdom demonstrates the depths of the eu for we face with terrorism. innocent little girls, and so many others, were horribly murdered and badly injured while attending a concert. beautiful lives, with so much great potential, torn from their families forever and ever. it was a barbaric and vicious attack upon our civilisation. all people who cherish life must unite infinding, people who cherish life must unite in finding, exposing and removing these killers and extremists. and yes, losers. they are losers.

wherever they exist in our societies, we must drive them out and never, ever, let them back in. that was part of what donald trump had to say. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale is at nato hq in brussels where there is a nato leaders meeting. your assessment of some of that language, and perhaps some reaction to it already. first of all, his language on manchester would have struck a chord back home. if you are a grieving family, that is what you wa nt to a grieving family, that is what you want to hear from the leader of the free world. donald trump, what you did not see, he asked for a moment's silence before he spoke to remember the victims of manchester. very strong words condemning what happened, which we have heard before. and then the refrain that he has used on this middle east tour that he has just come from, we have

got to drive them out. but he did move into the business here of nato, after he unveiled that memorial to 9/11 macro and tied in the terrorist attack there with what happened in manchester and the need to tackle the people he said were barbaric, evil, vicious, and the need to drive those out. here he was talking about the need for nato members to pay their edge you —— to pay that money on defence, the target for nato being 2%. he was saying there was chronic underpayment at the moment and that 2% is the bare minimum, noting that only five of the 28 members of nato at the moment are paying that 2%. it was a very stern lecture from the president to his nato allies, and i think they would have been very, very uncomfortable. he also talked about nato needing to tackle terrorism, which they are trying to do in an agreement they

will produce today, but he also said that nato needed to tackle immigration. nato is not designed to tackle immigration. that is something the european union is designed to tackle, and member states. so that probably was not on the cards before he gave the speech. the other thing i should say is that separate to this address, these comments by the president, he has talked about the leaking of that information, the alleged leak of that intelligence on the manchester bombing to us media. he said these lea ks a re bombing to us media. he said these leaks are deeply troubling. he said that these leaks have been going on for some time, referencing what has angered him, that there have been lea ks angered him, that there have been leaks against him, he believes, from some of the agencies that would have perhaps been given some of this information. and then he said it posed a threat to national security, and stressed that the end of it, in tune with what theresa may was saying, that there was no relationship we cherish more than

the special relationship with the uk. so certainly when they meet donald trump and theresa may to discuss what has happened, i think there will be a meeting of minds. thank you very much, jonathan beale in brussels. let's stay with the issue of intelligence leaks. jeffrey ringel spent more than 20 years at the fbi, and is now a director at the security consultancy group, soufan. he joins me on webcam from new york. thank you for your time and for talking to us here at the bbc. i am curious what you made of the intelligence leaks. curious what you made of the intelligence lea ks. there curious what you made of the intelligence leaks. there are the photographs on the front page of the new york times, but even before that, the fact that the name of the man who perpetrated this atrocity on monday was released in the us, when the authorities here in the uk did not want that, why was that done, in your opinion? firstly, iwant not want that, why was that done, in your opinion? firstly, i want to say

that having been an investigator, i know the importance of keeping information tight, and to keep control of it, because releasing information such as the name of a mark, or the evidence pictures, that can be detrimental to the investigation. to answer your question, why was it released, i think the media wanted to get a jump on it. no one other than the investigators and people involved in the investigation really needed to know the name at that point, and nor did anybody needs to see the evidence photos. they are not meant for general consumption. evidence photos. they are not meant for general consumptionlj evidence photos. they are not meant for general consumption. i guess i am trying to get to the bottom of it. do you think it was a junior member of staff, who just thought it was not such a big deal, because if you are saying that you understand why a particularly the name should not have been released at that point because it could compromise the investigation, why would someone do

that, when 22 people had died?|j can't speak to the reasons why somebody did something. i willjust go back to my experience. most of the people i have worked with understand the importance of keeping this information tight hold. i see that reporting has two us officials. who those officials were, they were -- if who those officials were, they were —— if they were law enforcement or someone —— if they were law enforcement or someone else, i don't know. i would have to say at this point, other than the associated press saying there are two us officials, we don't know who that is. the only thing that can be done right now is to tighten the control of information. and what do you think all of this has done to the relationship between the two countries, in terms of intelligence sharing, which surely is hugely important and might even turn out to be important in this

particular investigation? it is going to be important in this investigation. i have been involved in many international terrorist investigations and what happens in one location has a direct effect on things that are happening in your own country. so the information flow has got to stay open and has got to stay fluid. stopping the information will only hurt the british investigation and could hurt any other investigations that may be launched against —— based upon what has been discovered. it could also be detrimental to the general public. if information is not shared, that could assist further attacks. so i hope that this obstacle, this blip that has occurred will be quickly rectified and there will be more controls put on the information, that the information flow will continue but there will have to be, as i said, controls on who gets it and to keep

it strictly within a need—to—know basis. very good to have your analysis of that. thanks for your time. in terms of the human impact of all of this, let's return to that. we are here in glorious sunshine in the centre of manchester. this has become a focal point for people. i could not begin to count the number of people who have come here today to lay flowers and read the cards and messages that are left, and the overwhelming theme running through the messages is one of defiance and solidarity. at 11am, a minute's silence was held across the country for those affected by the attack. it was extraordinary moving, the silence and the applause that followed. 0ur 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. 22 people lost their lives, many

others were injured, some of them very badly. we have had an update this afternoon from the medical director of manchester royal infirmary. he has been explaining that five children are among those who are still in critical care. first of all, i would like to express our heartfelt sympathies for all the families who have been tragically affected by monday's awful event in manchester. here at central manchester hospital trust we have four hospitals on this site which are interlinked, with a dental hospital nearby and trafford and old trench hospital in the neighbouring borough of trafford. through our emergency department at manchester royal infirmary and the children's

emergency department in the royal manchester children's hospital, emergency department in the royal manchester child ren's hospital, both on this site, we received a total of 55 patients over monday evening and monday night from the bomb explosion in the city centre. just under half of those were children. like the rest of the nhs, we have practised and trained forjust such a major incident and that has helped enormously. this was a terrible incident for the people involved, and challenging for those tasked with dealing with the aftermath. i am enormously proud of all our staff who have risen to those challenges magnificently. they have worked tirelessly, with the care, compassion and skill that we knew they would, and i thank them from they would, and i thank them from the bottom of my heart for that. many of the injuries were horrific and potentially life changing for patients involved. as well as the physical support for patients, we are also providing emotional support for them and their families.

are also providing emotional support for them and theirfamilies. as of this afternoon, there are 32 patients still in hospital, receiving treatment for physical injuries. of the 18 adults, five remain in critical care, and of the 14 remain in critical care, and of the 1a children still in hospital, five also remain in the children's critical care unit. all patients continue to receive ongoing care, with many needing further surgery. we anticipate by the end of the bank holiday weekend that some will be able to return to their homes. but some patients will require staged reconstructive surgery and intensive rehabilitation for some time yet. this has been a challenging time for staff, who are receiving ourfull support, and we will continue to provide that. i would also thank all of our colleagues in other hospitals across greater manchester and

beyond, who have offered and given their unstinting support. and i also give special thanks to colleagues in the north west ambulance service and greater manchester police who are and have been integral members of the team dealing with this incident. finally, i would like to repeat again our most sincere condolences to those who have lost loved ones in this incident, and our continuing support to those who remain in our care. professor bob pearson with the update that 32 people are still in hospital, five adults and five children still requiring critical ca re children still requiring critical care in light of what happened here in manchester on monday night. we will have more from here at 5pm. for now, simon, back to you. as we have been hearing, donald trump has been reacting to the leaks of information to the new york times. he has described them as deeply troubling. at the nato

meeting earlier, he had a chance to chat, as you can see, to theresa may. the white house and downing street say they are trying to schedule a meeting, where theresa may is expected to protest strongly at those leaks. but clearly, the two of them had some time whilst on the podium to talk, relaxed talks, as you can see. theresa may has said she intends to take up the issue. the president had already said that the leaks were deeply troubling, and if appropriate he said the culprit should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. and he said there is no relationship we cherish more than the special relationship between the united states and the united kingdom. earlier, as he unveiled a memorial to 9/11, he repeated calls for nato allies to increase their defence spending to at least 2% of gdp, to the apparent

disbelief of some of the leaders listening to him. he said nato members owed the united states a lot of money. this is what he had to say. i have been very, very direct with secretary stoltenberg and members of the alliance in saying that nato members must finally contribute their fair share, and meet their financial obligations. but 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying, and what they are supposed to be paying for their defence. this is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the united states, and many of these nations over massive amounts of money from past years, and not paying in those past years. 0ver

and not paying in those past years. over the last eight years, the united states spent more on defence than all other nato countries combined. if all nato members had spentjust 2% of combined. if all nato members had spent just 2% of their combined. if all nato members had spentjust 2% of their gdp on defence last year, we would have had another $119 billion for our collective defence, and for the financing of additional nato reserves. we should recognise that with these chronic underpayments, and growing threats, even 2% of gdp is insufficient to close the gaps in modernising, readiness and the size of forces. we have to make up for the many years lost. clearly aimed ata the many years lost. clearly aimed at a domestic audience, if it did not go down too well with the audience in front of him. more reaction to that speech and more

from manchester in a moment. first, a weather update. helen willetts. good afternoon. it is hot out there, the hottest day of the year so far, and the highest temperature has been recorded in the highlands of scotland. but it is pretty much sunshine all the way. it is because of high pressure, the feed off the continent, bringing dry air. you might have noticed a weather front starting to show its hand later tomorrow. through this evening and overnight, we pick up some sea fog close to the coast in north—east england and eastern scotland. 0therwise, north—east england and eastern scotland. otherwise, it will be a little warmer than last night, so we continue to seek increasing amounts of muddiness over the next few nights. there is a breeze, so it

will not feel quite as oppressive by the morning. the breeze will allow temperatures around the coast to pick up. as we go into friday, mr fogg around the coast first thing. inland, temperatures will be soaring. 0n the west coast, because we have the south—easterly breeze, we have the south—easterly breeze, we will see temperatures getting into the high teens potentially. but it is strong sunshine. you do not see high—level sub ultraviolet very often in this country, so the sun is really now not far off its peak. three weeks away from the longest day. it is strong sunshine. if you are heading out, the strong sunshine continues into the evening tomorrow. then things will start to change. as is ever the case with these thundery breakdowns, some uncertainty as to where and when the storms will

strike, but it looks as if we will see a prong of thundery rain heading across the northern half of the country, northern and central england. some short lived in heavy in thunderstorms southern areas. it will take away some of the heat by the end of saturday but perhaps another area of thundery rain will move up into the south, where we will still have heat and humidity. by will still have heat and humidity. by this stage we will have lost it further north with the first set of thundery rain. it is these areas in the south most likely to see the humid and showery air on bank holiday monday. further north, it looks dry and brighter with a scattering of showers. we will keep you posted. headlinesjust headlines just after az30pm. the queen has been visiting the royal manchester children's hospital, where she spoke to child survivors of monday's bomb attack, and some of the members of staff who have been treating them. the hospital trust have confirmed five children and five adults remain in critical care. we anticipate, by the end of the

bank holiday weekend, that some will be able to return to their homes. but some patients will require staged reconstructive surgery and intensive rehabilitation for some time yet. police say items found in raids across the city represent a significant development. it's thought a network of individuals were assisting bomber salman abedi, and his links to libya are a key part of the investigation. there's anger over the leak of photographs of the crime scene — showing bomb fragments and a backpack — to an american newspaper. president trump has said the leaks are deeply troubling and will get to the bottom of this. a national minute of silence has been held to pay tribute to victims of the manchester attack. in total, 22 people were killed in the bombing. in other news — the court of appeal rules that doctors can stop providing life—support treatment to the nine month old baby, charlie gard, who has a rare genetic illness.

time for the sport. wayne rooney says he is more or less the size about his manchester united future, but he won't say what that is for another couple of weeks. as for his international career, that looks to be drawing to a close. he has been left out again by gareth southgate. the england head coach has named his squad to face scotland and france next month. southgate says he has better options in rooney's favoured number ten roll up front, the likes of dele alli and marcus rashford. rashford's inclusion means he won't go to the u21 european championships this summer. goalkeeperjack u21 european championships this summer. goalkeeper jack butland u21 european championships this summer. goalkeeperjack butland has been recalled for the first time in over a year. a first call—up to spurs defender kieran trippier as well. the full squad is on the bbc website. staying with manchester united, together with city, the two

clu bs united, together with city, the two clubs have pledged £1 million to the wheel of manchester emergency fund, established to help 22 people who died's families. wales manager chris coleman has dismissed speculation linking him with the vacant manager ‘sjob at linking him with the vacant manager ‘s job at crystal palace. 16—year—old ethan and that it has been included in the welsh squad in the training squad. the exeter city defender one of 12 uncapped players in that. he was named wales's young player of the year back in november. real madrid's forward gareth bale and aston villa defender neil taylor are suspended for that match. leeds united manager garry monk has resigned after less than a year in charge will stop he guided leeds to seventh in the table, missed out on the championship play—offs. he had been expected to sign a new deal following a change of ownership of the club says it is shocked and disappointed he has left. the

european indoors went champion asha philip says people mustn't live in fear. she was going to be one of the stars on show in manchester centre tomorrow evening. the great city games brings athletics to the streets and she will run the 100 metres down one of the main thoroughfares in the city. manchester i believe need a big light into this dark cloud they are in at the moment. to have an event like this will hopefully bring that out in them. they don't want to be in their houses, i don't want to leave, you just want to go out and enjoy your time. it is after work, after school, on the way home, it is the middle of a street so it is something you can just do when you are passing. to perform here in front of everyone is not like a tribute, it is more that we can stand up to this and still enjoy our lives. formula 1 championship leader year linda sebastien vettel was fastest in second practice in the monaco grand prix qualifying. lewis hamilton was quickest in the first session but slipped down to eighth in the second. fellow britjenson button finished 12th. the 2009 world

champion has returned tojust button finished 12th. the 2009 world champion has returned to just one race for mclaren. he is standing in for fernando alonso, who is competing at the indianapolis 500 this weekend. england's ben stokes isa this weekend. england's ben stokes is a doubt for the second one—day international against south africa in southampton on saturday. the all—rounder injured his knee during the victory at headingley last night. he is going to be assessed later today by the england medical tea m later today by the england medical team when he arrives on the south coast. that is all the sport. we will be back with a little bit more in the next hour. there were angry scenes at ukip's manifesto launch — as party leaders accused theresa may of being partly to blame for the manchester atrocity. the party's deputy chairwoman suzanne evans said mrs may "must bear some responsibility." she cited mrs may's failure to curb immigration, the scrapping of stop and search powers, and cuts to police numbers. reporters were shouted down as they sought to challenge party leader, paul nuttall. from westminster, here's our political correspondent leila nathoo. ukip back in campaigning mode after the manchester attack.

lighting candles, they say, is not enough. instead, an accusation that the prime minister must bear some responsibility for what happened. theresa may has allowed jihadists who fought alongside islamic state back into our country. she has failed to stop extremists spreading hatred in our universities and mosques. on her watch, even non—eu migration spiralled out of control and let spiralled out of control and net migration rates reach record highs. paul nuttall promised his party would cut out what he called the cancer of radical islam. denying he was exploiting a tragedy... with harsh words for theresa may. this is the home secretary who cut the number of police officers, cut the number of border guards, cut the number of prison officers. i am sorry, it isn't a good record at all. as for blaming her personally for the attack, absolutely not, i am not doing that. what i am saying is that the politicians in this country are too cowardly at the moment

to actually face up to what the real issue is. i think she must bear some responsibility. all politicians who voted for measures to make cuts are some responsibility. ukip used this manifesto launch to push their integration agenda, to try to persuade almost 4 million people who backed them last time to stick with them, and win over new support. they are promising more troops, more police, cutting the overseas aid budget to fund the nhs, a ban on the full face veil and an english parliament. the message is that ukip is prepared to do and say what the other parties won't. and on brexit, a pitch to still play a role. ukip is the country's insurance policy, and if the government begin to backslide during these negotiations, then it must know that ukip will be there.

but where? after a dismal performance in the local elections, and a depleted roster of parliamentary candidates, ukip has a struggle on its hands to prove it remains relevant. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. perhaps you don't get a sense from that report ofjust how angry things got. that's right. reporters when they were trying to ask questions of paul nuttall being heckled and shouted down really quite aggressively by some of the ukip supporters who were there. now you could have decided to return full throttle to the election fray. we know that the other parties have decided to have a pause. there will be some local campaigning today and then more national campaigning tomorrow, but probably at quite a low level and quite restrained, i think. but the argument from paul nuttall that it was right to show respect of those who died in manchester, but also right to return to the election, because, he said, things had to be talked about. now,

his argument is very much that this is not offensive, that this is the right thing to do. that he's willing to co nfro nt right thing to do. that he's willing to confront these issues, because he says there's a pattern here. we have these terrorist atrocities, he says, and it's not enoughjust these terrorist atrocities, he says, and it's not enough just to light candles, was the way he put it. their argument in their manifesto, which they say has been watered in respect of this attack, they were going to say before, and we do know they have been —— has not been altered in respect of this attack. he said it is time that politicians stood up and spoke about that. now, you heard that despite suzanne evans saying theresa may should hold some of the blame, and listing watches it was her bad record as home secretary, they did try to row back on that a bit, saying they're referring to all politicians being cowardly but there was no doubt that ukip feel very strongly that these kind of arguments need to be made. and they feel it is completely fair enough, even if others will find it

offensive, it is fair enough to make them in the middle of a general election campaign like this. that said, it will inevitably take attention away from their attention, which was to focus on the manifesto. yes, although we know ukip have had problems recently. they have had in fighting for a couple of years but those local elections show they may well be on the slide. lots of people, the almost 4 million people who supported them at the last general election, there has been a big change since then. we have decided to leave the european union, so the very reason for ukip coming into existence really, some would argue, has disappeared. the argument today from paul nuttall was no, now we are leaving, brexit needs to be delivered and they will make sure there is no backsliding and all of this. there are lots of other measures there in their manifesto, about funding the nhs for examples with an extra £11 billion a year, cause they want to axe the aid that goes overseas. so there are other

arguments there but of course this will dominate everything, and they say will demand questions and a nswe rs say will demand questions and answers of the theresa may, who has not yet answered questions from reporters. although she has made statements, they would say there is lots of questions her to answer about intelligence, funding, cuts the policing funding. they would say it has all had an impact on our defences. so tomorrow things get back to normal, do they? probably not quite normal. theresa may, she is at this nato conference, speaking to donald trump and others there there will then be a g—7 summit, but she will leave that early. there will be some campaigning tomorrow. there are some interviews planned with some of the politicians, but i think it will still be pretty low— key, think it will still be pretty low—key, nothing like what we have heard today. and then, beyond that, i suppose, the weekend, but it does feel like a tricky atmosphere really with that investigation still in full swing in manchester. the names of those who have sadly died still being given out and tributes being paid. it does of course have an

impact on campaigning, and you wonder how much it will get back to normality in the coming days. the former tv weatherman fred talbot has been found guilty of seven charges of indecent assault on teenage boys during school trips to scotland in the 1970s and early 1980s. talbot was a teacher at a grammar school in the manchester area at the time and took boys away on camping and boating trips. he was jailed for five years at manchester crown court, in 2015 for the indecent assault of two 14—year—old boys. he'll be sentenced next month. a man who planned to target a railway line using a home made bomb made from a pressure cooker and fairy lights has been convicted of preparing for acts of terrorism, at birmingham crown court. 29—year—old zahid hussain was arrested in august 2015, after becoming radicalised online. elizabeth glinka reports. and early morning commuter train on

its way from birmingham to london in july 2015. the man in the herd is 29—year—old zahid hussain. thejury was told he made repeated visits to a section of the west coast main line as it passes through the alan rock area of damning. days later, he clambers into a nearby storm drain. prosecutors said this was research for a possible attack. this is the main high—speed rail line that links london to birmingham, and, as you can see, it is just metres from the street where hussein came often in the early hours of the morning. he was arrested after the people that live here reported his suspicious behaviour to west midlands police. when they searched his birmingham home, police found books on gorilla warfare. this one marked on a page about how best to derail a train. they also found a home—made bomb built ina they also found a home—made bomb built in a pressure cooker, filled with hundreds of nails and screws, and fairy lights modified by hussain

to act as improvised igniters. the prosecution said he had rebuilt and electronic doorbell in the hope of using it to detonate another bomb. radicalised online, images of the boston bombers who used a similar device, were found on his computer. the court was told mistakes in the building of the pressure cooker ied meant it would not explode but it had been built to cause devastation. he was convicted of preparing for a cts he was convicted of preparing for acts of terrorism. he is due to be sentenced later. in a moment, a look at how the financial markets in europe closed today, but first the headlines at exactly a quarter to five. the queen visits royal manchester children's hospital, she met children caught in the manchester attack and the staff who worked to save them. a minute's silence is held across the uk in memory of the 22 people who were killed

in the bombing. central manchester hospitals trust say there are 32 patients still in hospital, ten of whom are in a critical condition, five children and five adults. hello, let's have a look to see how those markets in europe have ended the trading session. a little bit of a mixed bag, initially drifting higher but then struggling to make gains as the session progressed, failing to mirror those games we saw in asia and the us. but here in london the blue—chip ftse100 index did gain, although it hasn't moved much after the week's recent run that saw it hit record highs over the past few days. stirling, however, that was pushed lower today. —— sterling. but london stock market clearly managing to shrug off today's 0ns report that the uk economy grew at a slower rate than previously forecast. the office for

national statistics revised down economic growth are the first three months of the year to 0.2%, down from 0.3%. the 0ns saying that household spending also slowed. traders today also welcoming indications from the federal reserve , indications from the federal reserve, that is the american central bank, that us interest rates could rise next month. fed minutes showing there was talk of more monetary tightening as the snp reached new highs and raised last week ‘s losses. also in today's much anticipated 0pec meeting in vienna of the world's top oil producers, we saw an agreement reached for a nine—month extension to the november 2016 cuts that were agreed previously. major 0pec members, including saudi arabia, iraq, iran and nigeria were also included by non—0pec member states, including russia. russ, iwas non—0pec member states, including russia. russ, i was talking to an oil trader earlier. he said that the

main feeling about the agreement reached in vienna today was one of disappointment. there were some people who are certainly hoping that the production cuts would go deeper than the ones that were announced last november, or perhaps they would be extended for longer. as it was, we have ended up with the same 1.2 million barrel per day cut, and an extension tojust nine million barrel per day cut, and an extension to just nine months. non—0pec looks to be playing its part, with russia chipping in with a reduction. in the end the big wild ca rd reduction. in the end the big wild card is what will happen with us shale production? 0pec has no control over that and the more 0pec tries to squeeze back to squeeze the oil price back, the easier it is for oil price back, the easier it is for oil companies eus to finance their exploration work. the cuts 0pec is looking to push through could easily be offset by movement in the us. slightly disappointing news for the state of the uk economy today, the ons state of the uk economy today, the 0ns revising down economic growth for the first three months of the

year to for the first three months of the yearto 0.2%. for the first three months of the year to 0.2%. with that come as a surprise to you? the number comes out and there is or is at least two guesses afterwards, so it does tend to move around a bit. sterling to get more badly than the stock market today. the pound had gone down. from an investment perspective, it has already happened. stocks are looking forward to the next quarter, the next year or two. from an investment perspective it is not a big deal. the bank of england mark carney won't be dashing to raise interest rates. looking at first rate rises around the third quarter of 2019. i think people are still looking to see what brexit me. too much consumption, not enough manufacturing and exports. the ons report also pointed out that household spending has slowed. in a slightly different story come we also found out today that the uk housing market has, i think the phrase was, moved sideways. chuckling

yes, it uk credit card use is at pretty much record highs, uk consumer debt is pretty much at record highs. the bank of england, through quantitative easing, has tried to create a wealth effect through stocks, bonds, housing, but obviously that only benefits a certain section of society. and in the end you can only spend so much. if you are a plutocrat, you only have one backside so you only need one ferrari at any given time. the trickle—down effect may not have been as much as the bank of england we re been as much as the bank of england were hoping. we also learned thanks to the minutes out of the us central reserve , to the minutes out of the us central reserve, that the fed might be raising interest rates next month ‘s stateside. why do we care? in the end where the us economy goes, the world economy tends to go, and the stock market. america is the biggest economy, the home of the reserve currency, biggest stock market, biggest bond market, it does matter in that respect. but equally, i don't think the bank of england will

be dashing to tighten, even if the federal reserve does. that is always good to talk to you, russ. a quick reminder of how the ftse100 finished the session here in london. 0n the up, but only ever so slightly. meanwhile, over in the states, record highs after those minutes from federal reserve showing policymakers are expected to pick up momentum comes to the economy, raising interest rates potentially, all of this comes after wall street scored a fifth straight day of gains on wednesday. you can get in touch with me on twitter. 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 0rmond 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". a short while ago our correspondent helena lee was outside the court. charlie's parents were sat at the front of the court to hear the judge deliver their verdict here at the appeal court, and to say that the appeal had been dismissed. charlie remains in intensive care at great 0rmond street hospital. he suffers from a rare genetic terminal disorder. his parents had wanted to ta ke disorder. his parents had wanted to take him to america for experimental treatment, but last month here at the high court, a judge ruled in favour of great 0rmond street hospital, and said that he should be moved onto palliative care. but here at the appeal court earlier this week, legal teams for charlie's pa rents week, legal teams for charlie's pa re nts ha d week, legal teams for charlie's parents had argued that charlie was

being deprived of his liberty, and they said thatjudges shouldn't take away their parental rights. the pa rents away their parental rights. the parents said they had come here because they didn't want to look back and think what if. but great 0rmond street hospital, their legal team, had argued that the parents's right is not for the parents, the parents's right right is not for the parents, the pa rents's right bob right is not for the parents, the parents's right bob duty is to decide what is in the best interest of their child. trasch right of duty. that news, which will be difficult to say the least, for the pa rents of difficult to say the least, for the parents of charlie gard, that their appeal at the high court has been dismissed. net migration to the uk fell by a quarter to 248,000 in 2016 — driven by an increase in eu citizens leaving the country. figures published by the office for national statistics show a statistically significant increase in emigration, and, in particular, a 36 % increase in eu citizens leaving — compared with 2015. here's our economics correspondent andy verity. on these latest official numbers,

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 you with net immigration of 248,000, down by a quarter. we are determined to make sure that we do continue to overall reduce the net migration number but also to continue to attract the brightest and best for our economy. we asked eu immigrants why they thought more were leaving. they 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. my boyfriend is english. 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 with the brexit situation. people are not sure what the terms will be for immigrants. 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. the uk was a more attractive place to come and live and work for a while before returning home. 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 just 5,000, the lowest it has

been since theyjoined the eu. the eu eight have been coming to the uk in large numbers since 2004. and it seems evident now that some of those may be starting to go elsewhere. today, we learned the economy, on a revised estimate, grew by 0.2% in the first three months of the year, a sharper slowdown than previously estimated. what we don't yet know is whether or not slower immigration played a role in that. now, a look at the weather. helen willetts will bring some sunshine. certainly will have the next day or two but it is not all plain sailing. there are changes afoot. so we have had some really pretty weather watch photographs in today, this was a live in lancashire are a, fairweather cloud around, barely a cloud in the sky in cornwall,

looking beautiful on the beach. it is sunshine virtually all the weight today and it has been yesterday and it will be the most tomorrow. we have had 27 degrees today, making it the warmest day of the year 27 in highlands of scotland and in heathrow as well, the top to tell the country seeing the hot heat but the country seeing the hot heat but the weather system is approaching to change the shape of the weather tomorrow night. but for this coming night, if anything, the most notable feature is it will be warmer still compare that last night, perhaps not so much of the south, picking up more of a breeze, but certainly in the north. high humidity, a bit of sea the north. high humidity, a bit of sea fog in the north coast of england. it should have lasted too long. sunshine for the most part. the showers aren't too far away from the western side of northern ireland later in the day. ahead of that, we could see temperatures in the mid—20s, 28 in of highland scotland. a notch up on today, north wales, north—west england, parts of the north midlands and into the

south—east of england. round the coast from yes, a little bit cooler with the onshore breeze but i should imagine that should be quite refreshing if you are finding this heat is just a little stifling. if you are heading to the coast where may feel fresher, the levels of uv arejust as may feel fresher, the levels of uv are just as high. may feel fresher, the levels of uv arejust as high. in may feel fresher, the levels of uv are just as high. in fact, may feel fresher, the levels of uv arejust as high. in fact, you very rarely see very high uv in the uk and that is what is forecast tomorrow again as we saw today. high sunindex tomorrow again as we saw today. high sun index if you like, even around the coasts where it is cooler. so then through tomorrow evening and overnight, the heat remains with us. we have that south—easterly breeze and then it becomes quite oppressive in the west with these thundery downpours arriving. very uncomfortable weather. there will be some fairly significant southern storms we think, some severe weather as we go through friday night in saturday, bringing to an end that he too many parts of the country, particularly central and northern areas, the south and east in particular holds onto that heat. 0nce particular holds onto that heat. once again on sunday we could see the threat of more thundery downpours again across southern

parts of england and wales in particular where we hang onto that heat and humidity. elsewhere, a drier picture and a fresher picture by the time get the sunday and in bank holiday monday. still if you showers around but it looks as though the heaviest with the heat and humidity lingers in the south and humidity lingers in the south and east. plenty more on our website. this is bbc news. i'mjane hill live in st ann's square in central manchester — where thousands of people have been paying tributes to those who lost their lives in monday's bombing. the queen visits royal manchester children's hospital — to offer support to survivors and members of the emergency services. it's awful, really. a minute's silence is held

across the uk in memory