hello. this is bbc news at 3pm. the headlines. labour leaderjeremy corbyn criticises the government over police cuts — and says there has been a link between foreign policy and terrorism. we must be brave enough to admit that the war on terror is not working. we need a smarter way to reduce the threat from comp toon army countries that generate terrorism. —— countries that generate terrorism. i'mjane hill live in manchester... with all the latest developments from here. police say a further arrest today brings to eight the number of people in custody. the 22nd victim of monday's night

atrocity has been named. she was megan hurley who was just 15 years old. i will have all the latest from here where people are continuing to arrive to lay flowers. at the g7 summit in sicily, theresa may urges world leaders to discuss fighting online extremism. ben ainslie's bid for sailing history gets under way tomorrow after a delay caused by high winds. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has given a speech this morning, linking british military

action abroad to terrorist attacks here at home. mr corbyn said the ‘war on terror‘ is not working — and that a different approach is needed. he was speaking as election campaigning resumed after monday's attack in manchester. the conservatives have condemned his remarks as crass and ‘appallingly timed'. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the political truce after manchester, ended this morning. but first, there was a further moment of remembrance. can i ask that we all stand for a moment's silence. and thenjeremy corbyn re—drew the political dividing lines. austerity has to stop at the aide wards and at ——accidnet and emergency ward. we cannot be protected and cared for on the cheap. in an attempt to nuetralise the attacks, the labour leader insisted he was patriotic.

then he made a link between uk terror at home and foreign wars. many experts including professionals have pointed out the connections between warders that we have been involved in or supported and fought in in other countries such as libya and terrorism here at home. we must be brave enough to admit that the war on terror is not working. and this message was for the british soldiers. i want to assure you under my leadership, you will be deployed abroad when there is a clear need and only with a plan that you have the resources to do yourjob and secure an outcome that delivers lasting peace. tackling terrorism requires a complex response. jeremy corbyn‘s determined not to steer clear of controversial issues and i'm told he wanted to avoid platitudes in the wake of the manchester attack and promote an honest debate. he has done that.

although the speech went down well with his supporters, his opponents are attacking notjust the message but the timing. this is a very badly timed speech, showing muddled and dangerous thinking. he seems to imply that a terrorist attack in manchester is somehow ourfault. it is somehow britain's fault. jeremy corbyn is far too ready to find excuses. a few days ago a young man prepared a bomb, went to a pop concert and slaughtered 22 people. it seems to me that to choose to make a political point on the back of that is wrong. i disagree with jeremy corbyn's point but i disagree more strongly with his timing. the politicians always call for a united response against terrorism. but it's proving much more difficult to get agreement and possible solutions. our assistant political editor

norman smith has been asking about the timing ofjeremy corbyn's speech. we need to be clear this was a terrible atrocity on our young people and young women seem to be targeted. it was an attack on our democracy no doubt deliberately timed to take place during an election campaign. i think it is right that theresa may and jeremy corbyn have been speaking and agreed to pause the election campaign. given that today that democracy had to begin again. ifjeremy corbyn had not direct lake addressed people's fears and concern this week, people would have rightly accused him of not living in the real world. would have rightly accused him of not living in the realworld. mr corbyn has suggested that a labour government would only intervene in limited circumstances. let me put it to you that is giving a free pass to

oui’ to you that is giving a free pass to our enemies and saying it does not matter what you do, we will not come after you. his words today and he addressed them directly to the military and to the brave men and women who put themselves in harms way on our behalf, his message was you will only be deployed abroad in foreign conflicts if there is clear need and when there is a plan. i think two principles seem to be right. i think they will be well received by many in the military and by people in the country. only when there is a clear need and only with a plan. isn't it the reality that war is very messy and unpredictable? to roll out ticking military action in all but very limited circumstances is frankly to tie his hands were he to become prime minister. the words are clear need. this not ill thought out adventures but when there is a clear and demonstrable need and when we are

going to make things better and not worse. having a plan. ithink going to make things better and not worse. having a plan. i think those are sensible principles that most people in this country and most military people would agree with. either not clear consequences from not taking military action? if you look at syria, we have had millions of refugees and hundreds of thousands dead and some would argue thatis thousands dead and some would argue that is because the west stood by. we can debate what clear need means ina number of we can debate what clear need means in a number of circumstances. the other thing jeremy corbyn said today is that in the end foreign conflicts require political solutions. that means he has been clear in recent weeks. despite all of the character assassination, he is not a pacifist and he would intervene where there isa and he would intervene where there is a clear need but only to make things better and not worse. he said that most conflicts are entered by dialogue and people with whom you disagree. to follow through his logic, we should be talking to

islamic state. he has been very clear we cannot be talking to islamic state. we are in conflict with them, how do we end that if you believe is negotiation‘s cannot have a one—sided conversation and you cannot have a conversation with the suicide bomber. there are other conflicts all across the world that are feeding in two power vacuums and into the fermenting of terrorism. there are other conflicts in the world that feed into islamic state. what is labour's strategy if you're not going to negotiate and intervene against them? well, we have not said that we will not intervene against them. we have said we will only intervene where there is clear need and where that is a plan. we will be very, very conscious about entering into conflicts when we do not have a way out and the road map with we are putting people in harm ‘s way. we

are going to be accused of making things worse and not better. i think what he said today was sensible. the heart of the speech was about uniting in this horrible moment and returning to our democracy. it was not attack politics, no personal attacks on any other politician or party. he said it is hisjob to attacks on any other politician or party. he said it is his job to set out labour's style but even more importantly than that, we are going to return to our democracy, our general election in defiance of this atrocity this week. so let's get the latest on the investigation into the terror attack in manchester in which 22 people were killed. police have made another arrest in the moss side area of manchester as they continue their investigation. it brings the total number of suspects in custody to eight — aged between 18 and 38. jane hill is in manchesterfor us. thank you. good afternoon from manchester. 22 people died in the city on monday night. many more are

in hospital and we will talk more about their situation later on. let's start by talking about the investigation. as you say, the number of arrests, several properties raided including some in the moss side area of the city. our home affair correspondent has the latest on the investigation. the hunt for the accomplices of the manchester bomber led to this barber's shop in moss side overnight. police appeared to have sawn through the security shutter to get access. local shopkeepers say the two brothers who ran the barber's were arrested on tuesday and police cut their way into the shop last night. there was another raid in st helens in merseyside, but nobody was arrested there. police still have eight people in custody — they're men aged between 18 and 38, all are being held on suspicion of terrorism, and most appear to be of libyan origin. the flat that salman abedi seems to have rented for the final days

before the attack is still being searched. it's thought this is where he did the final assembly of the bomb, but police are worried that there are components for one more bomb that are missing, so the threat level remains at critical, meaning another attack may be imminent. that's why armed police officers are patrolling on trains outside london for the first time, and the army are still very much involved. over this weekend, normal events will take place. the police are engaging with the organisers of the events to ensure that we can get all of the support at the events that people want to have, and we may see additional military presence there. but i hope that they can take comfort from it, be able to feel more secure, because we mustn't let this terrible terrorist incident impact on our lives. the bomber, salman abedi, flew back into the country from libya. and we're learning more about his father, ramadan abedi, who was detained in libya this week. he's believed to have had strong

connections to abu qatada, who is suspected of being a senior al-qaeda figure in london until he was detained after 9/11. adel alyrayni, who knows the father well, told bbc arabic that abu qatada and ramadin abedi were always together in london. "he was one of abu qatada's supporters in london," adel alrayni said — "whenever he went to london, they used to meet up." and all the time, the police operation is expanding as detectives try to find any missing bomb parts and any members of the bomber‘s network not already in custody. daniel sandford, bbc news, manchester. all of those who died in monday's attack have now been named. the 22nd victim was 15—year—old megan hurley — she was from halewood in merseyside.

a reminder of the very, very young people that work what up in that atrocity. danny savage reports from manchester on a community grieving for lost family and friends. manchester — a city which has been punched and badly winded. yes, it's trying to carry on, but it doesn't feel right. the people of this conurbation just feel so sorry for those directly affected. how do you explain that to your children? someone just come and... done that. ina concert... it's just awful. i'll be holding on to my kids that little bit tighter. it is inconceivable to understand how the families are feeling. especially of the children. it'sjust shocking. you just want to do something.

even if you canjust come here and bring flowers, put it down and remember the dead. i've been a coronation street superfan my entire life... 29—year—old martyn hett was one of those murdered on monday night. the flamboyant coronation street superfan was well known online. his mum paid tribute to him today. i genuinely... at the moment, it will change, it will hit me at some point, but right this minute i don't feel the need to be upset and cry. when i think of martyn, all i can think of is smiling, because i have so many fond and really funny memories. the final and 22nd victim to be named today was 15—year—old megan hurley. her family's sandwich—shop business on merseyside is closed

as they try to deal with their loss. in the north east, further tributes have been made to chloe rutherford and liam curry. the teenage couple were devoted to each other. chloe was an apprentice travel agent in south shields. just from the moment she walked in the door, she had that smile on herface, and it rubbed off on everybody else. if you'd had a busy day, her smiling face just lifted you. there is a very sombre and respectful atmosphere here. it may be four days after the atrocity, but that really is just a blink of an eye. and people are still trying to come to termed with what happened — and coming to pay their respects. this sea of tributes will grow over the coming days, a focal point for a city in shock. danny savage, bbc news, manchester. we continue to reflect on the fact that the 22—year—old who blew himself up at the manchester arena on monday night was born here. warren in manchester. a lot of

questions being asked about what has gone wrong and what allowed him to do that. let's speak to doctor chris allen, lecturer in social policy at the university of birmingham. so many people are asking... you talk to a lot of people here and they are laying flowers and people get into discussions about how can that happen? how can someone who is born in the city do what he has done to the people of this city? we should be be looking for answers? the first thing is to recognise that the perpetrator of the terrible atrocity on monday is one of the minority. there are people in this country who are drawn to extremist ideologies and that is very difficult for us to address and also to understand and rationalise. i think what we have looked at so far is that we have looked at approaches of trying to intervene in that

pre—criminal space. of trying to intervene in that pre—criminalspace. looking of trying to intervene in that pre—criminal space. looking at trying to identify people who may go on to do something else, whether they do or not, we do not know. that becomes very difficult because it is very difficult to identify the individuals that we are looking for but also to evaluate that afterwards and see if it is is excess. that afterwards and see if it is is excess. where we need to be looking and focusing our attention is at the intelligence and if we look at the su ccesses over intelligence and if we look at the successes over the intelligence and if we look at the successes over the past decade where we have been able to stop these terrible atrocities to be taking place is by intelligence led activities. i am place is by intelligence led activities. iam not place is by intelligence led activities. i am not sure if prevent had been successful in doing that. are you saying that it is almost impossible to get in early and prevent that radicalisation and the only way to protect the public is through intelligence methods? we know a lot of plots have been filed. are using their is nothing that can

be done at the other end? not at all. if we look back to the coalition government and look at the conservatives, there are various variations of this programme. the bean talks about rebranding it and calling it engage. what it is is about the fundamental flaws. we need to look about a sense of belonging. when we see these individuals who are vulnerable to these extremist ideologies, when we're talking about those on the far right or more islamist extremist ideologies, we're talking about individuals who do not feel like they belong. they feel like their grievances out with a sense of belonging here. it can be about immigration, british foreign policy. what we need to be doing is rethink this. not necessarily think about communities themselves have the answer but actually looking at how do we create a narrative around issues around cohesion and integration about how we develop

that sense of belonging. rather than focusing on communities and problem communities. those communities themselves, they do not know who those individuals are. i think by constructing this kind of narrative around looking at cohesion and integration and a sense of belonging, that is much more beneficial to us all in a society rather than trying to do programmes which to date have not worked in terms of trying to identify those who are most bombed rubble. —— those who are most bombed rubble. —— those who are most vulnerable. i wonder whether people who are watching will say that makes a lot of sense, the narrative, that makes sense. how is that on a practical level done? is this something that is done in schools? what are we talking about? are we talking about more citizenship lessons? if we look back over the last couple of months and we see the attacks in manchester and westminster, neither of those

individuals would have been picked up individuals would have been picked up via the present programme. we have to do realise that this... what we are doing and the programme we have got isn't necessarily fit for purpose. those individuals who are going to go off and commit those crimes and atrocities are not coming up crimes and atrocities are not coming up on the radar. we have seen is that they are on the radar of the intelligence services or known to the police. the more investment into the police. the more investment into the police. the more investment into the police. if we look at the government, there has been cutbacks on policing that will have these serious impacts on community policing but also an intelligence led services. rather than... that is a place for it it in schools, around the ideas of belonging. talking about british values which has been the preference of the conservative government, that is looking at a britain that looks to its past and look at former glories and doesn't acknowledge the diversity and

benefits of that and looking at our shared journey and how we became the britain of the 21st—century looking forward how we can be be britain of the 21st and 22nd century. really interesting to talk to you. thank you very much. thank you for your time this afternoon. the bbc has also been talking to a school friend of the brother of the bomber who killed himself on monday night. this man did not want to be identified but he described what he was like at school before he left at the age of 14 to school before he left at the age of 1a to fight in libya. school before he left at the age of 14 to fight in libya. he was a bit ofa 14 to fight in libya. he was a bit of a trouble maker. he got in trouble. he was ok. he did not seem different to anybody else. isigh him not seem different to anybody else. i sigh him about one year and a half ago. he was going to do and access

course. you seem like he was on the straight and narrow and sorted himself out. he was back and forward to libya and he was involved in the fighting there. it is odd that he was involved in fighting and was back on the straight and narrow. was involved in fighting and was back on the straight and narrowlj don't know but i do know when he was fighting... people make it seem like he was fighting for isis. the group he was fighting for isis. the group he was fighting for isis. the group he was fighting for is a conservative islamist group but they are not the types that go around trying to create a caliphate or anything like that. they wanted to bring in sharia. they were fighting way before what happened in libya. people try to tie them to isis which is unfair. they are not exactly a great group of guys but it is not fairto great group of guys but it is not fair to say they are isis or whatever. i think some of them had links to al-anda. they were minty anti-qaddafi. -- mainly

anti—gaddafi. they wanted to stop gaddafi. did he ever talk about anything? no, itopped gaddafi. did he ever talk about anything? no, i topped about life and what he was going to do. he seemed like on the straight and narrow? yes, he seemed like he was. that was a school friend of salman abedi's brother. the investigation is continuing and we will keep you up—to—date with any development in that. that aside, we're also reflecting on the many positives here in manchester and it is the start of a bank holiday weekend and there are a lot of things going on here this weekend. including the start of the great city games. let's go to our sports correspondent who has more on that. fill us in on everything that is happening there tonight. just to give you some idea

of the geography. you are about 200 metres behind the camera and here in albert square outside the town hall, they have set up over the last couple of hours this athletic track. there is a pool ball and the long jump there is a pool ball and the long jump pit your. about 200 yards down the hill on dean skate, one of the main routes through central manchester, the most famous shopping streets, and athletic track has p°pped streets, and athletic track has popped up. a quarter to five this evening, the games begin. we will see the biggest names in athletics ta ke to see the biggest names in athletics take to the track year at the long jump take to the track year at the long jump pit we will have greg rutherford and down on the track, as ha rutherford and down on the track, asha philip, one of the rising stars. the crowds will be able to enjoy it. all of this is just a 510 minute walk away from the arena where on monday night that bombing took place. this is the first big event that manchester has had since

that terrible tragedy. security is really tight in albert square here. armed police everywhere you look and bomb dogs checking out for explosives and checking out the threat. lots of it is routine but many more police than you would expect normally. security is very tight and it would be interesting to see how monday's tragedy affects the crowds coming down. it is a free event and you do not need a ticket. will people stay away? i imagine, given the response, the exact opposite will be true. there will be more people coming out to show solidarity and to enjoy the sunshine and enjoy the sport. having said that, the sport is a sideline. the message is the most rewarding thing. life here continues as normal. thank you very much. we will have more from you over the course of the afternoon as that gets under way. we will keep you up to date of any

developments. rachel, back to you. a post—mortem is expected today after the death of a baby girl in ireland. she was found unresponsive in a car in the village of dundrum in county tipperary, on one of the hottest days of the year. our island correspondent joins our island correspondentjoins us 110w. “ our island correspondentjoins us now. -- ireland. this is an unspea kably sad story. now. -- ireland. this is an unspeakably sad story. the baby girl who died has been named as cloete fogerty. people are trying to piece together what has happened here. it is understood that her dad was meant to drop her off at a nursery on his way into work. he became distracted and he did not drop her off at nursery. a a few hours later he remembered that cloete was in the car. paramedics were called and they arranged for the baby girl to be airlifted to hospital in limerick,

the nearest city. doctors were sadly unable to save her life. a postmortem examination is due to be carried out. because of death has not been confirmed. yesterday was one of the hottest days of the year so one of the hottest days of the year so far in ireland. temperatures in the mid—20s. it seems likely that cloete died from heat stroke. there has been an outpouring of sympathy for the parents. they are said to be a very well—respected couple. they got married a couple of years ago. they are well known in business circles. one of her neighbours has been speaking today. the whole community is devastated that such a tragedy happened to such nice and decent people. the team unity will support them. i have no doubt about that. —— community. many words of sympathy for the family. the irish police force have described this as a personal tragedy and one that is

being felt by her family and their friends and county to dreary. this isa friends and county to dreary. this is a story which i think has shocked people. nobody can believe that a heat wave has caused the death of a baby girl. —— county tipperary. sir cliff richard and south yorkshire police have settled a legal fight over reports naming him as suspected sex offender. the singer sought damages from the force, and the bbc, over media coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. he was investigated over historical sexual assault allegations, which he denied. the case was dropped last year. what has happened today? there has been a settlement between cliff richard and south yorkshire police. he took legal action against the bbc and said the police over coverage of and said the police over coverage of a raid in august 2014. at the time sir cliff was investigated over

sexual assault allegations which he denied and the case was dropped by the crown prosecution service in june last year. he claimed he had suffered profound and long—lasting damage from this incident. he said the way the police and the bbc had cooperated had infringed his brother say. we know he has settled that case today. we do not have any information on the damages. south yorkshire police had previously said the apologise for the additional anxiety caused by the force's handling into the investigation into the singer. it is not over. he has settled with the police but not with the bbc. bbc have made no comment. previously they have said they are very sorry that he has suffered anxiety. we stand by ourjournalism. that case is still ongoing. thank you for the update. president trump is at a meeting of

g7 leaders in sicily. theresa may is expected to urge her colleagues there to do more on tackling extremism online. james landale is in sicily, james! well, yeah, this is a fascinating summit. for many of them, it is a first time, four of these leaders, that they have come to one of these summits, so they are feeling their way, and the interesting question hovering over the summit is how does donald trump react to this? we know that as president of the united states, he is in favour of bilateral deals, that is his approach to so much, so coming somewhere like this, where the attitude is the opposite, you can do things better together on a multilateral basis, all the other leaders arejust a multilateral basis, all the other leaders are just testing the water to see how much they can push in. for example, they have agreed today,

largely on a consensus, over the need to do more to combat global terrorism, particularly in the wake of the manchester attacks. theresa may has been leading on this, talking about what countries can do to share information, put pressure on internet companies to do more to ta ke on internet companies to do more to take extremism material off the internet. but there are also differences over climate change and global trade, so i think the g6, as the other leaders are now known, pushing the americans on this to see how fair donald trump will go. what has been interesting on this global tour that donald trump has made for the first time, when he was in the middle east, he was very softly softly, very consensual, very supportive of saudi arabia and israel. in europe, he has been more confrontational. at nato yesterday, he was very robust with european leaders, saying, look, you have to spend more on defence. here in sicily, we are seeing whether he is

willing to push things, to say, no, he has a different view on global trade to the europeans, actually he thinks there is a case for protectionism, americanjobs thinks there is a case for protectionism, american jobs first. we have seen an indication of that, a bit ofa we have seen an indication of that, a bit of a tussle with cue leaders, donald tusk and jean—claude juncker, making clear his view, donald trump, that the import of cars from germany is having a negative impact on the industry in the united states. so it isa industry in the united states. so it is a jockeying position that is going on. ok,james, is a jockeying position that is going on. ok, james, i know you will monitor things and keep us updated, but for now, james landale, thank you very much. looking lovely in sicily, stav has the prospects for the bank holiday weekend. it did look glorious in sicily, and we have our own glorious weather, but it will break down gradually as this weather front begins to move in from the west, a thundery breakdown initially in ireland, northern ireland, wales and the south—west,

thunderstorms, there could be impressive lightning. further east, it should remain dry, a warm nights to come. this area of low pressure marks a change to our weather, moving eastwards over saturday. of it, plenty of sunshine, thunderstorms moving northwards and eastwards quickly through the morning. hit and miss, eastwards quickly through the morning. hitand miss, some eastwards quickly through the morning. hit and miss, some areas will stay dry, others will get a torrential downpour. the focus of the thunderstorms later will be over northern england, central and southern scotland, intense with lightning, lots of sunshine, he'd across the south, more rain across western scotland and northern ireland, where it will turn cooler. let's look at our headlines just after 3:30. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has pledged that he would change

british foreign policy if he became prime minister, to try to reduce the risk of terror attacks in the uk. the institute for fiscal studies has said neither of the two main parties are presenting voters with an honest set of choices. police investigating the manchester attack have made a further arrest, in the moss side area of the city. eight men are now in custody as part of the investigation. the 22nd victim of the attack has been named as 15—year—old megan hayley from merseyside. let's have a look at all the sports news 110w, let's have a look at all the sports news now, we canjoin hugh at the bbc sport centre. it looks like manchester city have

agreed a deal with silva, the portuguese international, he was pa rt portuguese international, he was part of the monaco side that knocked city out of the champions league. the signing is expected to be officially announced later today. meanwhile, one of the players released, pablo za baleta, meanwhile, one of the players released, pablo zabaleta, willjoin west ham on a free chance further. he's signed a two—year deal. zabaleta has described the move as an "absolute pleasure." he spent nine years with city. antonio valencia will be staying put in manchester, though, he's signed a contract extension with united for another two years. he captained the side for wednesday's europa league triumph and will spend a full decade at the club, having arrived from wigan in 2009. tomorrow's fa cup final see premier league winners chelsea take on their london rivals arsenal. however, there have been contrasting fortunes for the sides in the league this season. arsenal could only finish fifth, missing out on the champions league for the first time in 20 years,

and arsene wenger, their manager, still hasn't confirmed if he'll be at the club next season. his midfielder alex oxlade—chamberlain thinks victory would be a morale boost for the club. we have given ourselves an opportunity to win a trophy, and when you are in football, winning trophies is what it is all about, so it will obviously be a bonus to the season to finish on a more positive note. obviously, there will always be that thing we wanted to finish higher up the league, no doubt, we cannot hide from that, we need to own up to that. it is a big trophy, it is one we want to win, and it will definitely boost morale going into next season. inverness full—back lewis horner has received a suspended eight—match ban for betting on football matches, including at his own club. however, he'll not serve any punishment if he proves he's beaten his gambling problem with the help of addiction support services. horner admitted breaching the scottish fa's zero—tolerance betting rules both in the current season and in the 2011—12 campaign, when he played for

east stirlingshire on loan from hibernian. the draw has taken place for the opening round of the french open. world number one and top seed andy murray will play russia's andrey kuznetsov, who is number 85 in the world. the world number two and defending champion novak djokovic will take on marcel granollers of spain. british number one johanna konta will be hoping for a good run, she faces unseeded su—wei hsieh of chinese taipei. this year's tournament at roland garros starts on sunday. wasps back kurtley beale has been ruled out of tomorrow's rugby union premiership final against exeter at twickenham. the wallaby hasn't recovered from a hamstring injury picked up in the semifinal victory over leicester. willie le roux switches to full—back, with josh bassett, who scored the winning try against the tigers, starting on the wing. exeter have made one change to the starting xv which overcame saracens, with wing olly woodburn replacing james short. scott jamieson leads the way and a

two of the pga championship. he finished the first day one shot behind, but now he leads by a single shot from belgian thomas pieters. he is currently eight and a macro par through 14 holes, lee westwood is also in contention, three shots back at the carding three under par. england say ben stokes is fit to play in the second one—day international against south africa tomorrow. the all—rounder injured his knee on wednesday during england's 72—run win in the first one—dayer, but has been passed fit by medical staff to play at southampton. england are looking to wrap up the three match series with a win. that is all the sport for now, lizzie greenwood—hughes will have more in the next hour. neither the conservatives nor labour are presenting an "honest set of choices" to the public over their tax and spending plans — that's according to an influential think—tank. the institute for fiscal studies has criticised both parties‘ election manifestos,

saying they fail to address the country's long—term challenges. here's our economics correspondent andy verity. ina way, both parties are being honest. labour say that they want to raise taxes to pay for better public services, the conservatives want to continue with existing plans, but the institute for fiscal studies says that neither party is being honest about how those plans will play out. so take labour. they plan to raise £49 billion through tax measures but the institute for fiscal studies says that they reckon it will be a lot less, more like £40 billion. but what about the conservatives? they plan to continue with austerity. the institute for fiscal studies says there is a risk if they implement cuts there could be serious damage to the public services. labour will bring in more money, but the risk is they will not bring in the revenue. under the conservatives, the risk is that the squeeze to public services will not prove deliverable.

booth parties say that they want more fairness, but the institute for fiscal studies are saying that they are not honest about that. conservatives wish to means test winter fuel payments and scrap the triple lock. but the measures will not raise much money. nothing from that in the next five years. they are saying that they are for the many, not the few, as they are scrapping tuition fees, but the institute for fiscal studies says it is the wealthier segment of the population that goes to university and they are going ahead with cuts for some of the poorest families out there. and there are questions that neither party is answering, in labour's case, the tax burden is going to be at its highest level since the 1940s, as a share of the economy it brings it up to the average

internationally, for all countries but it is the highest tax burden for the uk since the 40s. what about the conservatives? their immigration plans, according to the ifs, are likely to damage the economy and create a £6 billion hole in the public finances. so £6 billion less coming in tax. all of those are the views of the institute for fiscal studies. the us secretary of state rex tillerson, who is on a visit to london, has said his government takes full responsibility for leaks of the british police investigation into monday's bomb attack in manchester. he appeared alongside the foreign secretary, borisjohnson. the information that was released by someone, information vital to an ongoing investigation, and vital to capturing those who were involved in this heinous event. we condemn that. the president has been strong in his condemnation and has called for an investigation and prosecution of those who were found to have been responsible for leaking any of this information to the public.

we take full responsibility for that. we obviously regret that happened. in terms of how to fix the relationship between the us and great britain, this special relationship that exists between our two countries will certainly withstand this particular unfortunate event. president trump's son—in—law and adviser, jared kushner, is reported to be under scrutiny by the fbi inquiry into alleged russian interference in last year's presidential election. investigators are said to believe mr kushner might have relevant information, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's suspected of a crime, as nick bryant reports. jared kushner is arguably donald trump's most trusted white house adviser and so the fbi is now scrutinising a member of the president's innermost family circle. of interest to investigators are meetings that took place in december last year, during the presidential transition,

between mr kushner and sergey kislyak, the russian ambassador to washington and also a leading russian banker. sergey gorkov is the head of an institution that has been subject to us sanctions imposed by the obama administration following russia's annexation of crimea. jared kushner, the president's son—in—law... the person of interest has a name, and that name isjared kushner. tonight we're learning that jared kushner is under fbi scrutiny in connection to its investigation... this doesn't mean that jared kushner is suspected of a crime or that he's been accused of wrongdoing, but investigators do apparently believe he has information that is relevant to their inquiry. mr kushner‘s lawyer told the bbc that the 36—year—old has already "volunteered to share with congress what he knows about these meetings and will do the same if contacted in connection with any other inquiry." there is no collusion. russia is fine, but whether it is russia or anybody else, my total priority, believe me, is the united states of america. during this trump presidency, the extraordinary has

become the every day. this is noteworthy because it takes the fbi's russian inquiry inside the white house. mr kushner is the only west wing official known to be a key figure in that investigation. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. let's go back to jane hill in manchester now, as it comes to terms with the aftermath of monday's terror attack. she's in st ann's square, where people are gathering to mourn the city's tragedy. rachel, thank you very much, and as you will see from this, the carpet of flowers has been growing and growing over the last few days, the barriers keep being extended further back. a lot of people coming and paying quiet respects, leaving

flowers, but what is happening now in st ann's square is that people are starting to write messages on the pavement as well. there was a little bit of that before, but you can see just a sense of how this is growing, so many messages from people who just want to leave their mark, god bless, pray for the community on barra, a reference to the young girl from there who died on monday night. another sign here that says, one say manc, always a manc. that was written by trevor here, who lives in north wales, but thank you for talking to us, you we re thank you for talking to us, you were born and brought up in manchester. yes, i left manchester in 1985, but ijust manchester. yes, i left manchester in 1985, but i just felt manchester. yes, i left manchester in 1985, but ijust felt compelled to come back today and spend a bit of time in the square. you have only been back for a few hours, i am furious whether you can sum up how

you feel, your home city is responding to what happened on monday. contemplation, thoughts, calmness, it is very calm in the square, very quiet. yes, very. it is just... it isjust square, very quiet. yes, very. it is just... it is just time to think and stop for a minute, think about what has happened, think of the future as well. timer stopped for a minute, really. we have all been affected by this emotional time, as you quite clearly are, as someone born and brought up here, and you and to be coming this bank holiday weekend to see take that, their concert has been postponed, of course, but i was struck by what you are saying earlier, you go to a lot of concerts, and this will not stop you. no, no way, we are off to see

elo at wembley in july. a very big venue, but you are not frightened? no. not at all. it will not stop us. we have been too a lot before, we have always felt safe, so touch wood, we will be ok for the future. is that the spirit that has to continue, do you feel? everybody has to be strong, that is the only way to be strong, that is the only way to face it, just keep together, keep strong. mancunians are a strange breed, some say that we have a chip on our shoulder, but we are all right, manchester together, manchester to stay strong. what is so manchester to stay strong. what is so interesting, that absolutely echoes all the messages, written in chalk on the pavement, as many tributes as i have been able to read on the flowers, that sense of defiance, strength and defiance, to me, that really comes across from the messages. absolutely, and there

are people here from all over the country, people from europe, and the m essa 9 es country, people from europe, and the messages just say it all, really, don't they? one line, two lines, it isa don't they? one line, two lines, it is a privilege to be here, really.|j hope the rest of your weekend will be all right for you, i can tell you it will be emotional, we wish you all the best, as we do to everybody affected by this. thank you, trevor and dawn. they have come to manchester, they will spend a couple of days here now, just reflecting on what this city went through on monday night. 22 people were killed in the explosion at the manchester arena, and scores of people, of course, still in hospital. we will have more from here at the top of the hour, rachel, back to you. in a moment, egon will have a summary of the business news, but first our headlines on bbc news. labour leader

jeremy corbyn criticises the government over police cats and says there has been a link between foreign policy and terrorism. the tories and labour are not being honest with would—be voters on the issues over taxation and spending, says an influential think tank. and police investigating that terror attack in manchester say a further arrests today brings to eight the number of people in custody. hello, now the business news. a leading think—tank says neither labour nor the tories are being honest about the economic impact of their planned policies. the institute for fiscal studies says tory plans would most likely mean more austerity, while labour plans would mean big increases in tax and spending. new regulations on payday loans come into force today. online lenders will have to advertise on at least one price—comparison website.

this comes after an investigation by regulators who want borrowers to know about other options for borrowing. the industry has already complained about being over—regulated. the price of crude has fallen by about 5%. that's despite oil producing countries agreeing to extend their cut in production until march next year. investors had been hoping they'd extend the cut even further. it's friday, it's sunny, and it's almost time to clock off. so many of you will be thinking about a nice glass of wine after work. but willl you be cracking open an english bottle? it's fair to say the domestic industry is overshadowed by its better—known cousins from europe and the new world. but english wine week starts tomorrow, and the fightback is on. mark andrews is the co—founder of noble rot magazine for wine enthusiasts and a wine bar owner. thanks forjoining us. what is the

state of the english wine industry at the moment? it is a good question, a big question. iwould say english wine is in the best state it has ever been right now, and there is a lot of potential for future growth and improvements, so things looking pretty rosy. what is driving that? a mixture of things, the quality of the product has improved significantly over the last decade or two, we have seen major strides coming from greater understanding of not only our own resources in terms of weather wonderland we have got, but also the science and to need behind making world —class science and to need behind making world—class wine. but there is also a demand which, certainly today, we didn't see before, and i imagine that will continue to increase as more people taste the wines and see how great they are and realise that we don't always have to look to our cousins abroad, as you mentioned before, we have got a lot of world —class before, we have got a lot of world—class wine at home that we can

enjoy. i wanted to ask you about awareness, when people come into your wine bar, they ask in for english wines? absolutely, people are very much aware of it. it is still a niche proposition, shall we say, so there are names that people will be more faux early —— more familiar with, but the jury wine drinker wants to learn more about it, and whether that is coming to oui’ it, and whether that is coming to our wine it, and whether that is coming to ourwine baror going to it, and whether that is coming to our wine bar or going to a vineyard 01’ our wine bar or going to a vineyard or wine merchant, or even some of the supermarkets have been a real force for good in spreading the message about english wine, there is lots of places to discover it, and people are far more tuned into what is happening and how they can get involved. you mentioned the weather, not always particularly kind, there was a frost earlier this year, how has that impacted the industry? was a frost earlier this year, how has that impacted the industry7m will have a big impact in terms of the amount of crop that people will ta ke the amount of crop that people will take from their vineyards, in some

places 50% down, in other places even worse than that. this is able utterly contemporary issue for english wine, not that the frost is a contemporary thing, but in terms of the impact on winemaking. abroad, in places like burgundy and bordeaux, this is a regular part of the picture, it is part of the life of the buying grow and winemaker, an u nfortu nate of the buying grow and winemaker, an unfortunate by—product of the fact that we deal with mother nature on a daily basis. so catastrophic in terms of volume of yield this year, and hopefully we will be able to ove 1120 m e and hopefully we will be able to overcome that if we can dodge the frost in future years to come. 0k, good luck, act very much. no problem at all, thank you. some other stories to update you on. the amount of money stolen from contactless bank cards and mobile devices has soared. fraudsters took almost £7 million last year compared to 2.8 million the year before, according to financial fraud action uk. contactless is really

popular these days. we spent more than £25 billion that way in 2016, so the pressure is on to try to improve security. walkers are finding out the hard way that it's not always wise to get the public to participate in their marketing campaigns. the company came up with the bright idea of getting consumers to tweet mocked—up selfies featuring themselves and gary linker. some smart alecks responded by mocking up pictures of gary and a host of unsavoury characters, including murderer fred west. walkers has apologised and have shut down the campaign. many of you will have been enjoying the sunny weather today. but it is good news for the national grid. around 24% of our energy today is going to be coming from solar, and that is a record. let's have a quick look at the markets. it has been a record high on the ftse. but it is a different story for sterling. that has fallen because of increased

uncertainty about the election, but the weaker pound does help british exporters, helping fuel the rise in the ftse. elsewhere, bank stocks have taken a bit of a beating, the impact of oil prices also playing a role. in the us, the markets are pretty flat, not much action ahead of the bank holiday weekend over there. rachel. just before we go to the weather, how do you deal with someone who wa nts to how do you deal with someone who wants to steal your car? would you, for example, do this? this is melissa smith, who was filling up her car in milwaukee, wisconsin, when a thief jumped her car in milwaukee, wisconsin, when a thiefjumped in and tried to drive off. she had other ideas. the 28—year—old said she was acting on instinct and it wasn't until later that she considered how dangerous actions had been. the thief did eventually give up and ran off. daring stuff! let's get a look at

the weather with stav, who was across the newsroom with the outlook for the bank holiday weekend. maybe a bit too hot recently for some, and if you don't like the heat, things will be turning back to normal, cool and fresher. heat, things will be turning back to normal, cooland fresher. high pressure dominating, bringing fine weather today, this will bring a thundery breakdown later tonight and into tomorrow. it is already showing at hand across western parts of ireland, but before that plenty of sunshine. temperatures touching 30 degrees in scotland, we could see isolated thunderstorms, but most places should stay dry, a hot end to the afternoon. quite breezy in places, quite a relief from the warmth, and overnight showers spinning up from the south—west and in towards northern ireland. it and miss, but if you catch one, you will know about it, plenty lightning around. we start to see changes in

towards saturday, ahead of it this area of low pressure brings sunshine, but slowly moving northeastwards, bringing the thunderstorms with it. a narrow band of storms will move through quite quickly, hit and miss once again, but northern england, central and southern scotland could be pasted with some thunderstorms. to the south, largely dry in the afternoon, sunshine, feeling hot and humid, maybe 30 celsius in one or two places. midlands northwards, this is the focus of some pretty intense thunderstorms, frequent lightning with hail mixed in, gusty winds and flash flooding. maybe some downpours into central and southern scotland, eastern parts of northern ireland, but generally speaking western scotland, northern ireland, persistent rain, cloudy, feeling cooler. into sunday, a cooler, fresher feel to northern and western areas, some sunshine, this is quite areas, some sunshine, this is quite a pessimistic picture. across the south, further thundery downpours later on sunday, sunday night could

see some intense thunderstorms moving northwards. bank holiday monday, central, southern and eastern areas at risk of seeing thundery downpours, again, fairly warm and humid, cooler, fresh air across northern and western areas will eventually reach all parts by the end of the bank holiday weekend into the start of the week. so sunny spells across the country during the bank holiday weekend, increasing chance of thundery downpours, and thenit chance of thundery downpours, and then it will be turning cooler and fresher from the west, particularly tuesday onwards, with temperatures returning to where they should be for the time of year. this is bbc news. the headlines at 4pm: labour leaderjeremy corbyn criticises the government over police cuts — and says there has been a link between foreign policy and terrorism. we must be brave enough to admit the

war on terror is not working. we need is smarter way to reduce the threat from countries that generate terrorism. i'mjane hill live in st anne's square in manchester. the city continues to defy the bombers. the great city games will go ahead in the city tonight as planned.