this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8:00: police investigating the suicide attack in manchester say they've got hold of a large part of the terror network behind the bombing. they are very significant, these arrests. we are very happy we have got our hands around some of the key players that we are concerned about. as i say, there is still a little bit more to do. with the security level still at critical, armed police are in force at the start of the bank holiday weekend, with more than 1,000 public events taking place. also this hour, an election row asjeremy corbyn links british military intervention abroad to terrorist atrocities at home. the conservatives call his comments crass and ill timed — but the labour leader insists there must be a new approach to foreign policy. 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 countries

that nurture terrorists and generate terrorism. jeremy corbyn has said that terror attacks in britain are our own fault and he's chosen to do thatjust a few days after one of the worst terrorist atrocities we have experienced in the united kingdom. an influential think tank accuses both the conservatives and labour of not being honest with voters about the consequences of their economic plans. and managing expectations — will it be a win for conte's chelsea or wenger‘s arsenal in this weekend's fa cup final? welcome to bbc news. britain's top counter—terrorism officer says they have captured a large part of the terror network involved in the manchester arena attack, where 22 people died.

mark rowley said immense progress had been made in the investigation — but there were still important lines to pursue and arrests to be made. it comes ahead of a bank holiday weekend where more than a thousand public events are taking place. the terror threat remains at a critical level, which means another attack may take place imminently. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. an already vast investigation, still expanding. each day, counter—terrorism detectives raid more properties in manchester, cutting through the shutters at this barbershop. the shop was run by a cousin of the manchester bomber. he was arrested earlier in the week, with at least one of his brothers. police also raided another house in the middle of the night, bringing the number of people in custody to eight, all men, mostly libyan, and aged between 18 and 38. very significant arrests. we are very happy we have our hands

around some of the key players we are concerned about. there is still a little bit more to do. the bomber, salman abedi, came back to manchester from libya last week. renting a flat in this block, he had already bought many of the ingredients for his lethal device. it was here that he spent his last weekend, putting his bomb together, making the final preparations to attack a concert full of teenage girls. detectives say they have made very significant finds and crucially believe they have captured a large part of his terrorist network. we have hundreds of officers working on this investigation from across the national counter—terrorism policing network. we have seized thousands of exhibits which are being assessed. it is fair to say there has been enormous progress with the investigation but still an awful lot of work to do. i understand the finds include

bomb—making chemicals but because of concerns about what might still be out there, the threat level remains at critical. the home secretary saying people could expect much higher security at the 1,300 events across the country this bank holiday weekend. i hope they will take comfort from that, be able to feel more secure, because we must not let this terrible terrorist incident impact on our lives. let's carry on this bank holiday weekend with our families and friends. already, people getting away for the weekend can expect to find armed officers patrolling trains outside london for the first time. as the investigation continues, we are learning more about salman abedi's father, who was detained in libya this weekend. he is believed to have had strong connections to abu qatada, who was suspected of being a senior al-qaeda figure in london. this businessman says that the bomber‘s father was always seeing abu qatada in the capital.

he was one of abu qatada's supporters, he told the bbc. whenever he went to london, they would meet up. detectives do not pretend to have the full picture yet. they are growing in confidence but for now, going into one of the most important weekends of the summer, everyone is nervous. 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. danny savage reports from manchester now on a community grieving for lost family and friends. in central manchester today, people queued to buy flowers in remembrance of strangers. many are at a loss about what's happened, but have to do something. it was inconceivable to try and understand how the families are feeling, especially of the children. it's just shocking.

i've been a coronation street superfan my entire life. 29—year—old martyn hett was one of those murdered on monday night. the outgoing coronation street superfan was well—known online. as these possibilities got less and less and less, you still had some hope there would be something, and when you actually got the call that actually confirmed that he had died in this terrible explosion, it's, it's indescribable. your world just collapses, terrible. the final and 22nd victim to be named today was 15—year—old megan hurley. her brother was seriously injured too. a note on the family business only hints as the true enormity of the tragedy. a picture of the horror which faced the first responders has emerged too. 0n the right here is paramedic adam williams.

he is worried about the long—term effects on him and his colleagues. that is a big concern for all of us. possibly myself, there will be some permanent scars there, emotionally. and i do worry that my colleagues will suffer the same. there is a very sombre and respectful atmosphere here. it may be four days since the atrocity, but that really is just the blink of an eye, and people here are stilljust trying to come to terms with what happened and coming to pay their respects. 22 lives lost, countless others changed forever. families left with just memories of those who will never come home. danny savage, bbc news, manchester. 0ur correspondent clare fallon has spent the day in st anne's square in manchester, where tributes continue to be laid. still, this evening, people are coming along here in the evening sun and laying flowers, and pausing for a moment to reflect, i suppose, upon the events of this week.

but also, of course, to remember the 22 people who were killed in that attack at the manchester arena on monday night. just on the other side of st ann's square from where i am there is a multi—faith vigil going on down there, where they've been reading a prayer for manchester. every so often we hear a spontaneous round of applause from the crowd down there. because, up until today, people have been able to get very close to the manchester arena itself because of the police cordon, this place here has really become the focal point for people wanting to come along and pay their own tribute. as for the police investigation, that clearly is ongoing at a significant pace. police saying that they have made significant arrests and finds, saying today they are making immense progress with that investigation. back here, the investigation isn't the focus for people. right here, people are simply looking to come together as a group, immense

ithink, and remember the people who died. this immense sea of flowers is growing all the time. at the other end of this sea of flowers, people are writing messages on the paving stones, in chalk. you can see people creeping through those messages, trying to find a spare space to write theirs. this city has been clear that things do need to return to some kind of normality this evening and over the weekend. a big sporting event will be going ahead right here in the city centre, the city games. city leaders were adamant that that really should happen, that they should go ahead and do that, despite the events of tuesday night. the determination, i think, to try to get things back to some sort of normality, when you are here, it feels like we are still a fair way away from that. jeremy corbyn has linked terrorist

attacks to british foreign policy abroad. this evening, the prime minister criticised his remarks in a message and timing. chris mason is with us. just remind us what he said? this was an indication of politics attempting to return to normal, but a new normal. this campaign will be shaped by the events in manchester. how could it not be? it will be the prism through which the remaining 11, i2, 13 days which the remaining 11, 12, 13 days of this campaign are viewed through. lots of questions for the party leaders about how they react to this and how they would govern britain in the context of what has happened in manchester. jeremy corbyn gave a big speech this morning, returning to themes he has articulated before, but obviously now in the context of what happened on monday evening.

here is the essence of his argument. 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 countries that nurture terrorists and generate terrorism. that is why i set out labour's approach to foreign policy earlier this month. it is focused on strengthening our national security in an increasingly dangerous world. we must support our armed forces, foreign office, international development professionals and diplomats in engaging with the world ina way diplomats in engaging with the world in a way that reduces conflict and builds peace and security. that speech has provoked a torrent of criticism from voices within the labour party and voices without. take the prime minister, for instance, the g7 summit in sicily, italy, with these reflections this evening. what has happened today as

i have been here, at the g7, working with other international leaders to fight terrorism. at the same time, jeremy corbyn has said that terror attacks in britain are our own fault and he has chosen to do that just a few days after one of the worst terrorist atrocities we have experienced in the united kingdom. i wa nt experienced in the united kingdom. i want to make one thing very clear. tojeremy corbyn, want to make one thing very clear. to jeremy corbyn, and to you. it want to make one thing very clear. tojeremy corbyn, and to you. it is that there can never, ever be an excuse for terrorism. there can be i'io excuse for terrorism. there can be no excuse for what happened in manchester. now coming he did not say there was an excuse for manchester and was wholehearted in his condemnation of what had happened. also, he was to blame for it, the terrorist. but in attempting to set what happened in manchester ina to set what happened in manchester in a broader context, and pose broader questions about the success

01’ broader questions about the success or otherwise of british military adventures abroad in the past, and, of course, given the timing, so soon after what happened at the beginning of the week, clearly feelings are pretty raw and that, i guess, is why we have had the backlash we have had from critics of him. andrew neil is interviewing jeremy corbyn, he has interviewed him as part of his leader interviews. he pressed him quite a lot on trident? he did come he pressed him on trident. lots of conversations about the independent nuclear weapons system that the uk is in possession of, and it is up for renewal. there is a bit of a contradiction, because the election ma nifesto contradiction, because the election manifesto commits the party to the renewal of the nuclear weapon system, butjeremy corbyn is a lifelong opponent of it. there was another element of the andrew neil interview worth focusing on as well. this is the whole question ofjeremy corbyn‘s past, the company he kept

when he was a lowly backbencher, very rarely the focus of the media's gaze. now, in heat of an election campaign, that history is being poured over. particularly in the context of manchester, lots of questions being asked about terrorism, the company kept and conversations that he had surrounding the ira, at the height of the trouble is, in the 90s. this exchange, an aberdeen, between —— this exchange between them is well worth a watch. un to these republican meetings, backed by the ira and apologists. at any time, privately, did you urge them to give up privately, did you urge them to give up the bomb and the bullet?|j privately, did you urge them to give up the bomb and the bullet? i always said there was no military solution to the problems in northern ireland. did you urge them to stop the bombs? ididn't did you urge them to stop the bombs?

i didn't meet the ira. i obviously did meet people from sinn fein and i met people from other organisations. i always made the point that there had to be a dialogue and peace process. that interview, in its entirety, is on bbc iplayer. you might remember the prime minister was interviewed by andrew neil earlier in the week. lots of other party leaders being interviewed by him in the coming days. thank you very much. you can also see andrew neil's full interview with jeremy corbyn here on bbc news at 12.30. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the journalist james rampton and lucy fisher, senior political correspondent at the times. the headline is: can the head of the national counter terrorism unit says police have taken hold of a large part of the manchester terror network but that more arrests are likely. the 41—year—old man has been

arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. with the security level at critical, armed police patrol trains for the first time, ahead of the bank holiday weekend. labour leaderjeremy corbyn criticises the government over police cuts — and says there has been a link between foreign policy and terrorism. the g7 group of industrial nations have agreed to do more to fight terrorism and extremism at a summit in sicily in italy. theresa may said the battlefield was moving online and that the g7 had agreed a range of steps to encourage internet companies to remove extreme content. i began by asking about the summit being the first for a number of the leaders. very much a new era, i think, four out of the seven leaders are new. all eyes on the most

important, donald trump. this is very much a test of his attitude to these kinds of events. we know that donald trump is somebody who believes in bilateralism, in other words, america doing a deal with other countries one—on—one. the g7 is a multilateral organisation that believes in doing things collectively. i think the leaders here have been very cautious by slowly but surely exploring how far they can push him on issues where there are disagreements, whether it is climate change or international trade, seeing how far they can push him to get him to change his mind without pushing him so far that he disagrees and ends up with less than the dramatic results. what had been the dramatic results. what had been the most pressing issues they have been discussing? today, they have been discussing? today, they have been discussing? today, they have been discussing terrorism. 0n been discussing? today, they have been discussing terrorism. on that, they have been pretty unanimous, particularly in the wake of events in manchester. what they have agreed

isa in manchester. what they have agreed is a package of measures, very much theresa may's agenda on what she wa nted theresa may's agenda on what she wanted this summer to end up doing. more pressure on internet companies to do more to identify, block and ta ke to do more to identify, block and take down extremist material on the internet. they have agreed to do more to share their experiences with other countries in the middle east to try to stop foreign fighters leaving the region, now that so—called islamic state is losing territory. they have agreed to do more to tackle terrorist financing. there has been unanimity on that. theyissued there has been unanimity on that. they issued a joint statement and they have all been talking about what happened in manchester earlier this week. what other issues, for example climate change and the united states' position on the 2015 paris accord to tackle climate change, that is very much in play and we don't know where america is heading on that. have theresa may

and emmanuel macron have a chat? there are some thoughts that he snubbed her, really?” there are some thoughts that he snubbed her, really? i don't recognise that, i don't think. today, theresa may had three private meetings, one was with emmanuel macron, a formal, bilateral meeting, they sit down, notes are taken and it isa they sit down, notes are taken and it is a proper conversation. it's the first time they have had the chance to do that since he was elected. a lot of talk about brexit. they obviously stated their positions, namely that theresa may wa nts to positions, namely that theresa may wants to discuss britain's divorce and future relationship with the eu at the same time. emmanuel macron represented france and the rest of the eu's view, that it needs to be done one at a time. it is not a snub, just a restatement of the existing positions. we also understand she metjustin trudeau of canada and had a very brief meeting with the us president, where they discussed brexit and agreed not to talk about trade deals, but to say

that they both reaffirmed the importance of the uk and the us increasing their mutual trade after brack said. she has had the usual kind of private meetings that happen on the margins. at least 28 coptic christians have been killed in an attack in egypt. a manhunt has been launched for the attackers. the president said that it would not divide the nation. the attack to swift condemnation from senior muslim clerics. this is the third major attack on coptic christians in egypt in recent months. a student who made a bomb filled with ball bearings and left it on a tube train has been jailed for 15 years. damon smith put his homemade device into a rucksack and left it on a jubilee line train in october 2016. the 20—year—old claimed it was a prank but was found guilty

of possession of an explosive substance with intent. irish police are investigating the death of a baby girl who was left in her father's car for several hours. it's thought she may have died from heatstroke. she was found unresponsive in the vehicle in dundrum in county tipperary, on one of the hottest days of the year. 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 and south yorkshire police has apologised wholeheartedly. the bbc is still disputing the singer's claim for damages. 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 adviser. the fbi is now scrutinising a member of the president's innermost family circle. of interest to investigators, meetings that took place in september, during the transition, between jared place in september, during the transition, betweenjared kushner and the russian ambassador to washington and a leading russian banker. the head of an institution that has been subject to us sanctions, following the annexation of crimea. the person of interest has a of crimea. the person of interest hasa name, of crimea. the person of interest has a name, jared kushner. now we are learning he is and fbi scrutiny... does not mean he is

suspected of a crime, or that he is accused of wrongdoing. but investigators do apparently believe that he has information that is releva nt to that he has information that is relevant to the inquiry. his lawyer told the bbc that the 36—year—old is already volunteering 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. whether it is russia or anybody else, my total priority, believe me, is the united states of america. during this presidency, the extraordinary has become everyday. this is noteworthy because it takes the fbi's russian inquiry inside the white house. jared kushner is the only west wing official known to be a key figure in that investigation. an important archive showing the remarkable footage of explorers from a hundred years ago, has been found and bbc news has been given exclusive access to the films. they show the frozen mountains

of the himalayas to the searing libyan desert as they were first discovered by western adventurers. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has been to have a look. this is the first ever view of mount everest from the air. it was shot in 1933 by a group of pilots who risked their lives to help create an aerial map of the mountain. the film is part of the royal geographical society's archive. it includes the very first attempt to climb to the top of mount everest, in 1922. the climbers are treated to a ritual dance at a tibetan monastery. around the dancers' waists are aprons made from a lattice of human bones. the cameraman was captainjohn noel. his daughter recalls how her father filmed the expedition. he had a purpose built tent he'd taken with him to base camp. and at night, using water from the glaciers and yak dung as a source

of heat, he processed 10,000 feet of film on themountain. 10,000 feet of film on the mountain. conservation specialists are painstakingly restoring 138 films of some of britain's greatest explorations frame by frame. one of them is of a young army officer crossing the vast expanse of the libyan desert by motorcar. ralph bagnold and his friends drove thousands of miles for weeks on end into the blistering heart of the libyan desert. his son has read stories about these incredible expeditions, but it's the first time he's seen them. that's my father driving now. he even wrote scientific papers about how sand moves. his research is helping space agencies to this day, to develop rovers that can drive across the surface of mars. to see this film makes me feel very proud of him. i'm in awe of what he managed to do. we can all now relive these

extraordinary adventures, stories from a bygone age when the world held so many mysteries. amazing footage. let's take a look at the weather forecast. good evening. again, we have beaten yesterday's temperatures, making it the hottest day of the year so far, 29 degrees. we keep looking at the statistics to try to find a 30, but it was hot across the board, 25 or more in many areas. this was a lovely photograph sent in from anglesey. plenty of lovely weather photos sent in. please keep sending them if it is safe to do so. seafox coming in from the north sea. more importantly, thunderstorms close by across northern ireland. overnight they will creep in across the south—west and into wales. uncomfortable, muggy, especially

with thunderstorms breaking out. that low—pressure meanders north, close to northern ireland. that means close to northern ireland. that m ea ns wet close to northern ireland. that means wet weather coming here in western scotland. a band of showers, the odd one thundery, moving eastwards during the morning. behind it, brighter weather. there will be some cloud around the coast. because it is still hot, you have that heat in the equation later in the day and we could see big storms around. it looks like southern areas might escape during saturday, catching theirfair escape during saturday, catching their fair share escape during saturday, catching theirfair share on escape during saturday, catching their fair share on sunday. escape during saturday, catching theirfair share on sunday. for the midlands, north wales, northern england, some torrential downpours, perhaps scotland as well. so, there are warnings out because there are still a lot of heat to be released, a lot of energy to be released from the atmosphere before this heat finally diminishes. that process continues. through saturday night it will not be quite as oppressive as the coming night. we have not lost on humidity altogether by any means. temperatures and humidity will not be quite as high. we still have

rain, showery rain across northern and western scotland. the weather and western scotland. the weather and takes its time to ease away through sunday. low cloud and sea fog around. and improving picture, if you like, to the course of sunday. and the heat comes through and the sunshine materialises, we could see some torrential downpours developing across southern areas, moving across the channel and then northwards through sunday night. it could be a really wet and muggy night across the country. there are warnings out for this thundery rain event for wales and southern and eastern parts of england during sunday evening and overnight into bank holiday monday. as ever, more on the website. hello. this is bbc news at 8.30pm. the headlines: police investigating this week's suicide bombing at a concert in manchester have tonight arrested a ninth man. it comes as the head of the national counter terrorism unit says police have taken hold of a ‘large part‘ of the manchester terror network.

with the security level still at critical, armed police are in force at the start of the bank holiday weekend, with more than 1,000 public events taking place. jeremy corbyn says he will change british foreign policy if he becomes prime minister, to try to reduce the risk of terror attacks in the uk. the institute for fiscal studies says that neither of the two main parties are presenting voters with an honest set of choices in their election manifestos. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. manchester city have won the race to sign the portugal interntational bernardo silva for a fee believed to be in the region of £113 million pounds. the 22—year—old monaco midfielder has been a target for several big clubs including manchester united but he'll leave the french champions for the etihad in july. well in a statement on the club's website,

silva said "i am happy to be part of manchester city's team. when you have the opportunity of being trained by pep guardiola, you don't say no. if he is not the best coach in the world, he is one of the best — it's great to be working with him and to have this opportunity." meanwhile one of the players released by city, pablo zabaleta, willjoin west ham on a free transfer this summer. 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 in manchester though, he's signed a contract extension with manchester united for another two years... he captained the side for wednesday's europa league triumph and will have been their a decade when his new deal expires in 2019. the fa cup final tomorrow sees arsenal take on premier league champions chelsea at wembley. it's been a season of contrasting fortunes for the two managers — with arsene wenger under pressure as his side missed out on a champions league spot next season. while antonio conte could do the double in his first season.

and despite speculation about his future it seems he's keen to stay at stamford bridge. we have the same idea about the future. the way that we have to do it together, to improve on the squad, to improve the team. i may be for this season, i am happy to stay here. i hope to stay here also for many years. manchester city centre held its first major sporting event since the terrorist attack on monday as the great city games took place. there was a minute's silence before the event started to remember the 22 people who lost their lives. the london 2012 olympic long jump champion greg rutherford was among the athletes taking part. he won his event in front of a large crowd at albert square. he recorded 8.18 metres in his finaljump. in the pole vault,

britain's holly bradshaw set a new national outdoor record of 4.80 metres. she later posted on social media — what a day! manchester that was for you! andy murray heads the draw for the start of the french open tennis on sunday... the world number one and top seed has never won the title at roland garros... he'll start against russia's andrey kuznetsov, who's ranked 85th in the world... meanwhile british number 0nejohanna konta faces the unseeded soo way shay of chinese taipei. heather watson didn't qualify. meanwhile the london fire brigade were called to a blaze at wimbledon earlier today. images posted on social media showed a hedge on fire close to the practice courts. this year's championships begin at the all—england club onjuly the third. it's a bleak weekend of the rugby

union with the finals of the premiership and pro 12 tomorrow but to my northampton are in action against starred francais are trying to reach next season ‘s european champions cup. the saints are losing 6-22. there's a new leader at cycling's giro d'italia. nairo quintana is the overall leader with two stages to go. dutch rider tom dumoulin, who's led the race since stage ten, lostjust over a minute to his main rivals on the final climb of stage 19. team sky's mikel landa broke away from the field to claim his first stage win this year. quintana leads dumoulin by 31 seconds. that's all the sport for now. more in the next hour here. thank you, lizzie. 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. in a way, both parties are being honest.

labour say that they want to raise taxes to pay for better public services, the conservatives wish 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. the parties say that they wish to be fairer but the institute for fiscal studies are saying that they are not honest about that. conservatives wish to means test

winter fuel payments or tackling the tripping lock. but the measures will not raise much money. £1 billion. nothing from that in the next five years. what about labour's plans? they say that they are for the many 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. campaigning for the general election has recommenced after being paused following the manchester terror attack. it's been quite a week in politics, with social care, tuition fees and security all hitting the headlines on the campaign trail. joining me now to discuss the big political moments of the week arejohn rentoul, the independent‘s chief political commentator and katy balls, the spectator‘s political correspondent. welcome. understandably, almost all other stories this week have been overshadowed by what happened in manchester on monday night with that suicide bombing. it has now started to affect some of the discussions in the election campaign. how sensible do you think it was, katie, four jeremy corbyn to make the statements he made about terror and foreign policy? i think when the campaign restarted the tories were quite

prepared to go quite softly on the issue of the attack. not really attacking jeremy corbyn on defence even though he is quite weak and there, because they did not want is an opportunistic. in a way, by giving his first speech, jeremy corbyn talking about the correlation between foreign policy and attacks at home, he has brought to the table. now they see it as fair game. in the times today, there is talk about the effect of terror on elections and how elections are decided well in advance of an attack that might happen close to a poll. what effect if any, might there be on britain? it's a bit tasteless to speculate, really. buti on britain? it's a bit tasteless to speculate, really. but i think philip collins is right, i don't think events like this do have much effect. if people think that jeremy corbyn is weak on terrorism, for example, then they will probably continue to do that. a lot of

criticism from people like boris johnson no? indeed. ithought criticism from people like boris johnson no? indeed. i thought the timing of that speech was shocking. i thought was very surprising that he should use the resumption of campaigning to make a party political attack off the back of the bombing. but i doubt if it will change many peoples minds. my point. this evening he has been interviewed by andrew neil, pressed on trident, and the ira. how much impact is that going to have in if you are a small voter. it wasn't really an interview that would amend that, he did not resolve those things. trident added more reason, even though trident is in the labour manifesto, the fact he personally would not vouch for trident‘s use means especially in constituents like barrow, you are going to think twice now about voting for labour. you might not

think yourjob is safe. voting for labour. you might not think yourjob is safelj voting for labour. you might not think yourjob is safe. i thought he did that and be very well, actually. if you are talking about people who do not know jeremy if you are talking about people who do not knowjeremy corbyn, perhaps paying attention to politics for the past time, if they had seen that, then he has been through quite a lot for the past couple of years. —— paying attention to politics for the first time. you might expect him to be unpopular but he's got quite good at it and came across reasonably well. how much damage is theresa may in particular are likely to carry on sustaining as a result of the social ca re sustaining as a result of the social care ideas she put forward, this view that you would keep £100,000 of assets including a house? that was the big campaign event of the week. before the bomb. she was on the defensive that night, monday night, in herandrew neiland defensive that night, monday night, in her andrew neil and to be. i thought that really has cut through toa thought that really has cut through to a lot of people who would expect to a lot of people who would expect to be natural conservative

supporters, homeowning pensioners of modest means, are the people who are going to be hit by this measure. that's quite surprising mistake for theresa may jamaica. feels like such a long time to make now because of the events we have seen this week. she has said that nothing has changed, and rival parties are just trying to scare older people. this is one of the big problems with her u—turn. it's a u—turn where you don't accept that you performed a u—turn. what you should do is address peoples concerns, they are worried about the 100 k gap. weather was not a cap, but they wanted a cap. but they are refusing to save the policy has changed in any way which means you are losing. people who are worried being told nothing has changed, so they are still worried. there is no clarification because we do not know what this new cap is going to be. she has not said ansell has not given us a bigger, so has not reassured anybody. taking issue with some of these claims that

the labour and conservative parties have made in their policies, the financial institute. i wonder how well the other parties, the lib dems, snp, greens, ukip. how would their figures dems, snp, greens, ukip. how would theirfigures stand dems, snp, greens, ukip. how would their figures stand up to close scrutiny? the only figures that really matter are the ones in the conservative and labour manifesto. either theresa may is going to be per ministerorjeremy either theresa may is going to be per minister orjeremy corbyn is. in a sense, the liberal democrats can propose what they like. they have got some quite attractive policies. they want to put a penny on each rate of income tax to pay for the nhs and someone. were they to be in a coalition, possibly, with labour ina hung a coalition, possibly, with labour in a hung parliament, then that would become part of the mix. the main contest is between labour and conservative. the 155 assessment do not —— do provide the sort of information bridges need. not —— do provide the sort of information bridges needm not —— do provide the sort of information bridges need. it does pick things for people. especially those of us who find figures

difficult to penetrate. definitely. while it should pick things, it probably has kept things quite confused. i'm surprised that labour seem to have got away with this thing thatjeremy seem to have got away with this thing that jeremy corbyn was asked about by andrew neil, the issue of bonds. trying to pretend that is not borrowing. that really is gcse level economics. the jeremy corbyn to try and pull that one is quite disgraceful. i don't know if they will get away with it. part of the problem is because the tories have not come up with a manifesto that is com pletely not come up with a manifesto that is completely costed, it does take the pressure off labour. we saw things with their free breakfast policy this week. they have had to row back on that... because the costin was wrong. apparently across more than seven pager have breakfast. you think! it's not the most important

meal of the day under the conservatives. let's think about polls them, and this tightening of believed that the conservatives are said to have. depends on your view of polls, after what we have seen in the last few years, how accurate they are. we have been told not to trust polls, and we all promised every election and every referendum we will never trust polls again. then we get a poll and get very excited and spend a day talking about it. but the problem is, 5—point lead that the tories have fallen to seems very slim, but given that the past few years have taught us that the past few years have taught us to expect the unexpected, you can't completely dismiss the possibility that labour are really edging in. certainly labour have been advancing in the polls generally. whether a 5— point been advancing in the polls generally. whether a 5—point lead is going to be sustained over the weekend will be a lot more polls over the weekend, so we will see. we should have a poll of polls! katie is absolutely right. every election,

we journalists promise not to obsess about polls as much. i don't think it is that we don't trust polls, because there is no other way of assessing public opinion. there is no better way. we just have two rememberthe no better way. we just have two remember the degree of uncertainty in those numbers. so we don't really know what the position is. we can say labour has been closing the gap may have to close the gap. people can change their minds and they don't have to tell the pollster the truth. last full week of campaigning, then. even though it is not tilljunior, campaigning, then. even though it is not till junior, last week campaigning, then. even though it is not tilljunior, last week of a full week. what are you expecting to see? from all the parties, notjust labour and conservatives. from all the parties, notjust labour and conservativeslj from all the parties, notjust labour and conservatives. i would have thought conservatives will be unleashing personal attacks on jeremy corbyn and drama channel and diane abbott. because there is enough on the historical record net, which will be quite difficult for them to do so on. whether it will

have as much impact as people like me,| have as much impact as people like me, i have never been ajeremy corbyn fan. i hadn't realised! i would have thought that a lot of the positions he has taken in the past on the ira and the falklands, and foreign policy generally, would not serve him very well but people do not seem to mind as i thought they would. he has a lot of young support. people who will not recall all of that. and as i say, in the andrew neill interview tonight, i thought he came across very well and has actually got his arguments which i don't respect. i think he is quite often skating over his real position. but i think he has got his arguments out quite well. katie? we have learnt the tories are most happy when talking about brexit or how bad jeremy corbyn is. we will probably get more of those two things. they are really going to

zonein things. they are really going to zone in on defence, and corbyn's voting record on terrorism measures. we will get a lot more of that. we saw today the tories cancelled a campaign event. maybe that is because they are putting a new strategy double sparkle us next week. they mightjust give the car keys to lynton crosby who was very effective last time for cameron. you run the campaign, takeover. at this late stage? well, it is late. but katie is right about brexit. they do desperately needs to bring it back to the one big issue. what it was all about, wasn't it. the reason they called the election and the first place was brexit. to contrast theresa may's leadership on brexit withjeremy theresa may's leadership on brexit with jeremy corbyn is, theresa may's leadership on brexit withjeremy corbyn is, i think that will be a contrast which will be favourable to the conservatives. never a dull moment. john and katie, thank you. act now to the terror attacks in

manchester. jeremy corbyn has the country should pursue a less interventionist foreign policy to reduce the risk of terrorism. the prime minister said there could be no for attacks. when publicising the attacks they claim, they say in the case of france that they're responding to france's bombardment of isis targets in syria. they were responding to france's effo rts they were responding to france's efforts in north africa to rollback advancers by islamist extremists. secondly, the evidence is that although we do not know the exact motivation of salman abedi, it could

really be one of three things. first he may have been taught that it is dreadful to live in our society. in other words, but our values as your previous speaker said, are to be combated. secondly he may have been taking revenge for a particular act. we do not know precisely what revenge he might have had in mind. his sister has suggested it was about the killing of syrian children. that is a foreign policy matter. it could be that he was taking revenge for the killing in manchester moss side of a young libyan last year. those are all powerful indications that although, asa powerful indications that although, as a previous speaker said, the foreign policy element is not a sufficient motive for attacking us in the dreadful way we saw in manchester, in the minds of many extremists. it does form part of

their narrative thatjustifies in their narrative thatjustifies in their own minds what they are trying to do. adam dean from the think tank which works to counter extremism told us the labour leader did not seem to understand the radicalisation process. there would be an impact obviously, but in terms of radicalisation and extremism, this sounds like a comment from someone who does not actually understand the radicalisation process. there are many factors involved in radicalisation. but to focus on foreign policy at the expense of ideology is absurd. but he has a point, to what extent? we can argue that perhaps foreign policy and the impact of foreign forces in the middle east may be a necessary condition but it is not a sufficient condition. what we saw in manchester, what we saw with this

horrendous crime, cannot be explained by simply saying that foreign policy was behind this. the radicalisation process, what it does is takes grievances and contorts them for its own agenda, extremist agenda. that's the only way we can understand that someone would commit such a venus crime. in its simplest form, what is the ideology that these young men, and it is usually young men, are buying into? to quote isis themselves, last year, in one of their magazines. it says, we hate you first and foremost because you are disbelievers. we hate you because of your secular, liberal values. i think that summarises it. a line of breaking news. we are hearing that egypt has launched air on libya. this is reuters, quoting

the egyptian state news agency. it says that six air strikes were carried out on a site in libya, according to military sources. egyptian authorities say the strikes we re egyptian authorities say the strikes were directed at camps where militants were training, and these militants were training, and these militants are thought to have attacked the bus in which coptic christians were travelling in the south of cairo. 28 of them have died. egypt's air force launching six air attacks against terror camps in libya in retaliation for that deadly attack on coptic christians. more details have been emerging about the manchester arena bomber, salman abedi — and his family. the bbc spoke to a former friend who said his behaviour changed in the last few months. the family attended didsbury mosque in the past and tonight the chairman has admitted "mistakes may have been made" but insisted the authorities were tipped off. our special correspondent ed thomas has been speaking to him. if we feel someone is being

radicalised, even if they are being radicalised, even if they are being radicalised outside and they attend this mosque, i will be the first person to report them to the counter terrorism. did anybody report this young man? yes. it has emerged that about five years ago one of our imams, one of the gentlemen who calls for prayer or rather who does prayer, had reported this person. we we re prayer, had reported this person. we were not aware it, it was a private matter. this imam had reported the suspect, we had no idea what happened. we only found out on tuesday. it was a matter between the imam and the counterterrorism police. the man did not tell anybody inside the mosque? he did not. that has to be a worry. it has two b, because we as trustees should know what is going on. have you told imam

is that if they suspect anyone of terrorism they should let the trustees know? we have not. do you think that's important? before we have made mistakes. did you make a mistake here? salman abedi was spotted inside this mosque, and imam of this mosque was so concerned he rang counterterrorism police and nobody else knows. five years later he has killed 22 people. absolutely. i really deplore what salman abedi has done. as i said, the responsibility is no longer with us. when the authorities are aware that this person is radical, or maybe doing wrong things, the responsibility is not ours any more. is that where your responsibility ends, after one phone call to police? absolutely. this man stays in the moss? we cannot confirm that. i personally have not seen him, ever in our mosque. what about this leaflet waved on national tv last

night? indeed, i watched it leaflet waved on national tv last night? indeed, iwatched it last night. i have never seen this leaflet. did that come from this mosque? i cannot say it came from this mosque, but the leaflet was not printed by the mosque, it did not have our name or manchester even on it. allegedly it had an address in birmingham. this man picked it up inside your mosque. that is correct, allegedly. i respect what he said last night. how did he get into your mosque? we cannot control what leaflets are given outside the para meters leaflets are given outside the parameters of the mosque. is that not the problem? are you abdicating your response ability? it is a problem indeed. i have to remind you and the listeners or viewers that this mosque has a parameter. 0utside the perimeter, it is public domain and it is a public pavement. people can give leaflets outside the mosque. you picked this leaflet up inside the moss? he allegedly said

yesterday it was found in a pack of pamphlets and a dvd that we do indeed give here in the mosque. this is for new muslims or non—muslims who want to learn. as i have mentioned, sometimes leaflets are brought in and left in here. on numerous occasions, we personally, me personally, have actually picked up me personally, have actually picked up these pamphlets which are not in our name. i threw them in the bin. they really perceived values which are not western, british, islamic values. the trustee of didsbury mosque speaking to our correspondent. it's a bank holiday. can we expect most weather? it's almost as if the weather? it's almost as if the weather knows it's a bank holiday. it does this almost every time. u nfortu nately we have it does this almost every time. unfortunately we have had the good

weather, haven't we? if you like the heat, that is. i know it has been a bit stifling for some, me included. 29 the high today. but in many parts of the u:k.'s saw 25 degrees or more. will that he glass? u nfortu nately more. will that he glass? unfortunately not. i think we will have another hot sultry day tomorrow, perhaps 28. we have seen the peak. let me show you ever the watch picture from anglesey. and let me show you what is happening at the moment. we have got change taking place. we have these weather front starting to march their way in off the atlantic. some showers to the west, across wales and south—west england as we head towards saturday. there are some rumbles of thunder around. that of low pressure stag nates around. that of low pressure stagnates across northern ireland, so quite a wet feeling day here at times. for most of us just a band of showers passing through. some will be thundery. some pressure and a bit more cloud but we still have that heat. we don't clear that out the south—east. it's here where we could

still see 28 celsius. by the time we get to what we cool maximum heating, that weather front is across northern england and the north midlands, lincolnshire, into southern scotland, it is combining with the highest temperatures of the day. we could see some scriptural downpours. there are warnings quite rightly about thunderstorms, large hail, flash flooding. they will rumble on into tomorrow evening, if you have plans for a barbecue across the northern half. the southern half fairing editor better. it won't be quite as oppressive tomorrow night because we have that heat and humidity building with the onset of their showers. lost a bit of that come sunday morning. mostly in the north, and improving picture as that rain starts to pull away. there will still be a lot of peat across the southern southern half of the uk. we could start to develop some thunderstorms through the day. if it rains it will pour. later, we could start to import some thundery rain. it often happens that way, becoming

thundery across france and it crosses the channel and arrives on our shores. it pushes northwards. the question is bank holiday monday, how far north for that thundery rain travel? recent runs on the computer ta ke travel? recent runs on the computer take it a bit further north, so there is some doubt. devils in the detail as we head to the end of the weekend. we will keep you updated. this is bbc world news today. i'm kasia madera. our top stories: another arrest has been made in connection with manchester's suicide bombing. british police believe they have made "immense progress" in the manchester suicide bombing investigation with many significant arrests. they are very significant, these arrests and we are very happy we have got some of the key players we are concerned about but that is still more to do. the egyptian president says the army has targeted a jihadist training camp, in retaliation for an attack on coptic christians which killed 28 people.

we understand the president said the government will take the utmost measures to guarantee the safety of christians but a lot of people here do not believe that very much. tough talks at the g7 as leaders reach agreement on extremism —