one week from the manchester terror attack and victoria station reopens. more tributes for the 22 people killed in the suicide bombing. meanwhile, 14 people have been arrested. we will speak to our correspondent for the latest. manuel noriega is dead at 83. the former panamanian strongman dies while serving a prison sentence. and an eighth day of fighting

between security forces in the philippines and extremists. the government is urging fighters to lay down their arms as they get closer to recapturing the city. also coming up this hour, british airways says it is back running on full service after this weekend's i.t. outage. the fingers pointed at cost-cutting. we will have the details in our business update. week on since the manchester terror attack and victoria railway station has reopened. the station is attached to the arena where a suicide bomber killed 22 people at a concert eight days ago. it had been closed for a forensic search. 14 people have been arrested in connection to the attack.

meanwhile, monday evening, hundreds of people turned out to mark the one-week anniversary with a bell tolling at the time the attack occurred. let's speak to our reporter duncan woodside. duncan, eight days since the attack, what is the latest? : a number of people are in custody. there were 16 arrests during the course of the investigation here in the u.k.. beenf those people have released -- a lady and a 16-year-old boy. that results in 14 people still being held in custody as of now according to the manchester police. in terms of the spread of the investigation, obviously the center has been manchester. the investigation is being led by the greater manchester police, but there have been arrests and rates, not just in the city, but in the northern woodland, ander,

in the south, on the south coast, where a trainee pilot was arrested on monday. so, the investigation is still very much ongoing. the threat level has been reduced. froms reduced sunday critical to severe. there is still a possibility that elements of the network around the bomber, salman ramadan abedi, might still be at large. in that context, the threat level is still elevated, but slightly reduced to the official level of severe. >> a severe threat level, but this coming ahead of a general election -- how is the manchester attack affecting the run up to that vote? duncan: elections are due next thursday here in the u.k. it had originally been thought that theresa may could have her

reputation as a strong and stable leader further consolidated because the main leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, had been perceived as weak on security. that is a message being hammered home by the right wing press here in the u.k. who are very asn to portray jeremy corbyn terrorists, associated with political wing of the irish republican army in the 1970's and the 1980's. they have also lambasted him for hamasd links to thomas -- -- that is sitting. theresa may is strong on security, while jeremy corbyn is perceived by the right wing press and members of the public as weak on security, but the same time polls have narrow -- the lead for theresa may is down from 20% at one stage to around

5% or 6% at the moment. , thef the issues and labor opposition party has focused on this -- there have been significant cuts to policing in the u.k. and all front-line services, and there are concerns that some of those cuts to policing may have enabled the bomber to evade the detection -- you made detection by the security services. so, at the moment, it seems the momentum is very much with the opposition in terms of this election campaign, and events of the last few days haven't further dented the reputation of the leader of the opposition party, jeremy corbyn. quite the contrary, it would seem. >> thank you, duncan. our reporter, duncan woodside, from manchester. manuel noriega is dead at the age of 83. his death comes after he has surgery in march to remove a brain tumor. espionage, corruption, murder --

his reign was far from democratic. and spied fora the cia, the american intelligence agency, providing the u.s. a key asset amid rising communist influence in latin america. he was forcibly removed and later jailed once the u.s. invaded. dictator -- soldier, dictator, drug trafficker, spy -- manuel noriega lived an extraordinary life. he was born into poverty in panama city, and after losing his mother at a young age and being abandoned by his alcoholic father, he was awarded a scholarship at one of the top high schools in the country. it was at the military school where he was first recruited by the cia. he received training in the u.s. and agree to spy for them. in panama, he succeeded in gaining the confidence of the general, who took part in a 1968

military coup. manuel noriega was instrumental in defeating a later coup attempt. he was named chief of military intelligence. he used his influence to intimidate opposition groups and by the late-19 70's was considered the most feared man in panama. throughout his time, he maintained ties with successive u.s. administrations and help them fight against the commonest regime in cuba and nicaragua. there were rumors that he was actively participating in the drug trade and was close to colombian kingpin pablo escobar. noriega tussled with others to lead the country. he succeeded in 1983. his military regime lasted five years until his relationship with the u.s. sour. it set and 20,000 troops to seize panama city and capture him. former dictator would spend the rest of his life behind bars,

firstly in the u.s. where he served 17 years in prison. to2010, he was extradited france to be sentenced for money laundering, but served just over a year before being sent back to panama to answer for crimes committed during his will, including the murder of a political opponent -- during his rule, including the murder of a political opponent. >> french president emmanuel macron called his meeting with vladimir putin and frank exchange -- "what else would you expect in france?" despite the blistering heat, it was an ic meeting. relations have been strained. weaponsalling chemical in the syrian civil war a red line. the two leaders did find some common ground, appearing ready to cooperate in the fight against terrorism. well the new french president was lauded for the g7 and nato summits, russian media has been

critical macron of. -- of macron. we spoke to our correspondent, thomas low. talked about how it is being referred to in the newspaper,e moscow with a large leadership, is saying that what we have seen is .n authoritative macron that is the point that vladimir putin would have been surprised just about how he came out fighting. challenges, onn syria, for example, where he said the use of chemical weapons by bashar al-assad would cross a red line and entail the use of france's military. russia very much involved in syria on the side of bashar al-assad, so to say that in a public forum so early in the relationship laying down some form of a gun. -- andng on the role

using the phrase "france expects" -- that is not something we have heard in recent time, vladimir putin -- in public. certainly in the case of ngos. and macron calling for more work to be done on what is happening in chechnya. we have heard horrific stories of gay people having to escape because of oppression in that public plan a putin -- that republic. vladimir putin saying that will be investigated. the reaction here has been we have an authoritative leader in macron, some of that russia is going to have to take careful consideration of as weak move into the future when it comes -- as we move into the future when it comes to europe. >> tropical storm moore has made landfall in bangladesh. hundreds of poorly built homes

have been destroyed. maximum sustained winds of 89 miles an hour, and got up to 117. of these were immediately reported, partly because 300,000 people were evacuated monday, and more than 1000 shelters were set up in several districts. meanwhile, tens of thousands of volunteers were also on hand. one indonesian, one via minis, appeared in a malaysian court, accuse of assassinating the half-brother of the north korean leader. they do in our charges, but could face the death penalty if found guilty. they are accused of smearing a inve agent on kim's phase february. south korea accused north korea of orchestrating this. it is an allegation in young

than us. rebels linked to the islamist state group had launched a seize. more than 100 people have been killed, including 24 civilians could the military said extremists were planning violent attacks during the holy month of ramadan. we spoke to our correspondent, dean. offer tore has been an surrender, and as the assessment of the military says, the fighting has been sporadic. this is not a major, or a big conflict. it has been limited to a few houses -- i battle amongst neighbors. and there have been a few houses that have been controlled. certain regions of the city have been under the control of the military and the police. now, this is the eighth day.

this has been raging for a week of peoplend thousands remain trapped within the city, and they were not allowed to escape by the terrorists. they were all supposedly given this ultimatum that they have to pledge allegiance to the group. now, the threat continues to become a volatile problem in the region because some are feared to have escaped using the refugees as shields, trying to pose themselves as civilians. primarilyare targeting the foreign nationals allegedly involved in the siege. there have been reports that .alaysians have joined of course, the target their is the main leader of this group, the branch that has private --

pledged allegiance to the isis caliphate. saywo opposition leader they were attacked by security forces in the list antigovernment protests in venezuela. candidateresidential -- says he and his team were ambushed during a march. dozens of people have been killed in nearly two months of nearly daily protests. accusing nicolas maduro of consolidating his power and cracking down on dissent. leaderzuelan opposition enrique -- being led away after being tear gassed. he said shortly after his team was assaulted by shoulders. punched us, robbed us, all of my staff. all the members of my staff were injured. withed them what is wrong you, and their reaction was to give me over the face with a helmet.

months now,y two opposition groups have faced tear gas and water cannons as they protest. threat nicolas maduro's to consolidate power. the opposition is accused of defending a dictatorship. the venezuelan president, meanwhile, has announced a new antiterrorist group to maintain security. they blame foreign influence for the uprising, notably from the u.s. >> something worse and horrifying than the government of barack obama has arrived -- the presidency of donald trump, and the right wing that hates our future and our country. >> a fresh round of sanctions were announced after the supreme court announced a really, -- ruling, further undermining madu

ro. cap -- clashes have broken out in the western state and neighboring arenenas where hugo chavez grew up, and known as the cradle of his revolution. >> time for a look at the business news. stephen carroll joins me, starting with british airways, where things are returning to normal after they chaotic problems. stephen cole and the airlines has i.t. services are back up and running. they are running full service from london's heathrow airport today, but the country -- company is warning it might take time to return lost bags to passengers. the i.t. system was hit by a power surge. it will also affect the company's finances at a time it has returned to profifit after years of cost-cutting. >> it t is a scandal that is digging into british airways' on profit.

it could cost the airline nearly 3% of its estimated yearly earnings, a bill that could run up to nearly 80 million euros. >> we are working -- he will make a full investigation, exhaustive. we will find out exactly what happened, and we will make sure this will never happen again. >> british airways is one of the world's biggest airlines, but like many major air carriers it has been struggling to fend off low-cost competition as the market has opened up facing record losses in 2009, british airways cut thousands of jobs and introduced a two-year pay freeze in a planet said was necessary to ensure long-term debt plan it said was necessary to ensure long-term -- in a plan it said was to ensure its long-term societal -- survival. the union has been blaming the problems on cost-cutting, pointing to the outsourcing of

700 i.t. jobs to india. the carrier has firmly denied this, saying the damage affected a datacenter where work was not out force. british airways is not the only airline that has had technical problems. delta and southwest have grounded flights over the past year. stephen: have been watching shares of british airways parent company. since the london markets were closed on monday, we have been looking at reactions today. across the board on european markets, we have shares falling on the main indices. new figures on the economic confidence in the euro zone showing a slight dip from the last month. >> now to greece in the way there seems to be another debt drama on the way. governmente greek has denied reports it could opt out of the next installment of bailout loans if lenders failed to come up with a data released -- debt relief plan.

the finance minister says there are no excuses for its creditors not a green to a deal on debt -- agreeing to a deal on debt relief. he told journalists in athens that exiting the bailout should be the responsibility of the creditors as well as the greek government. he said we have done our share of the deal. it is now to our creditors and the imf to do theirs. more of the business headlines for you next. ryanair says it is focusing on new routes in continental europe as the u.k. plans to leave the eu. they reported a 6% rise in profits to 1.3 billion euros in the year to the end of march. curious as it is lacking a -- a sense of certainty or direction. shares in the telecom giant reliant have fallen in trading today after reports the company defaulted on interest payments after a massive drop in share price monday that wiped almost

100 million euros of the company's value. saturday, reliance reported its first annual loss as the petition has heated up in india's telecom markets. japan's unemployment rate remains at its lowest level in 23 years. just 2.8% of the workforce was without a job, and the ratio of jobs per applicant has risen as well, to a thai's since 1974. -- to its highest level since 1974. >> sweden has taken the extreme step of putting its entire country on airbnb. stephen: this is an effort to promote the freedom to roamam principal -- that means you can take your tent and pitch it whatever you like as long as it is not on private property. the campaign was designed in conjunction with the tourist board and airbnb. it suggests a number of locations including a force, and

a rocky island. aredds the locations available 365 times a year, limited beds, and a check-in time of whenever. >> networks currently for me. -- that works perfectly for me. i will be stopping by. time for press review. in france -- lots of focus on the meeting between emmanuel macron and vladimir putin, the first official meeting that took place yesterday. >> it is front-page news in france. let's start with a photo of the handshake between the two presidents, and the headline, an entente against terrorism. they had a firm and direct dialogue on sensitive topics, speaking about syria, ukraine. emmanuellear whether macron convinced the russian president, but he certainly

figaro."o convince "le he has some skills. you can see in this article they are talking about the surprising performance of emmanuel macron yesterday. managed to win over some international media. florence: he certainly did. let's look at an article in the daily beast -- glowing words for macron, who managed to get under please stand by's -- get under putin's skin after showing up truck. -- truck. , who is only 39 years old, was in complete control of the press conference. christopher says it is early days in his five-year term as president, and many things could go wrong in the presidency, but

for a demoralized europe, macro and is like a model of useful yes youthful energy --macron is a model of youthful energy. others are more skeptical, not so thrilled about the thought in franco-russian relations. florence: it is a cause of alarm for "liberation," skeptical about the rekindling of the relationship, and the french slate" goeslate -- further. , who canky for macron and must talk to russian without conceding anything. we have to remember who we are given with, and they say putin would be more appropriate appearing in a courtroom not this prestigious hall in the versailles palace. >> a word on french politics --

a new scandal involving a minister in macron's government. inrence: this is front-page france as well, a close ally of emmanuel macron. he is the new minister of territorial cohesion, and he is in hot water over a property deal involving his partner that came out in the satirical weekly that has revealed many scandals in recent days. now, he and the government say there was nothing illegal or unethical in the deal. he isn't under investigation, but it is a false note for macron, who has vowed to clean up french politics. you hear them talking about making french politics more ethical. when is that going to happen? this scandal is coming as a new investigation has emerged concerning fictitious jobs at the european parliament is time.

-- this time. you might never this is a story we are talking about in the lead up to the national election party was accused of hiring people fictitiously at the parliament. investigators are looking at 19 euros members including the current minister for european sarnez, whoielle de is close to the master that will be in charge of driving a lot to make french politics more ethical. interesting stuff. morocco,move to authorities announcing they arrested a fugitive leader of a protest movement and has shaken the northern region. florence: there has been protest their four months -- there for months now. they are talking about how the king, mohammed the sixth, has

manage thesion to social demands of the region. the photo there is the rebel leader who was arrested. there is a good portrait of him on our france 24 website here in france. old, unemployed, he has become somewhat of an internet sensation for his rants on what he calls the corruption of the police state. this unrest started in october after a fishmonger was crushed to death in a rubbish truck after he protested against the seizure of a swordfish caught out of season. it is a story that has been developed in morocco and is picking up steam. we will bring you all the latest details here on france 24. >> on a lighter note -- a word on the french visionary, which ingoing to get new words 2018. florence: eight new words make

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