we are expecting more detailfrom greater manchester arena. ng may well slip. as soon as we hear that from greater manchester police will bring you the latest detail on that investigation. we were outside manchester arena with louise a few minutes ago. you could hear the helicopters overhead and there is plenty of cctv footage. and so many questions which are as yet u na nswered. and so many questions which are as yet unanswered. as the news of the explosion spread, many people went to manchester city centre to see if they could help by offering food and drinks the emergency services, and also lifts home from people caught up also lifts home from people caught up in the incident. we can get more of that now from our correspondent. there was the shock. there will be grief. but there has also been humanity, from people like ian who heard the news and had to leave their beds. i havejust heard the news and had to leave their beds. i have just come down here to see if anyone needed a lift home, if they were stranded. like these two. we live around t

so far19 an explosion at manchester arena. ed dead with around 50 others injured. this is currently being treated as a terrorist incident until police know otherwise." so, that is worth repeating from manchester police, for the first time, they are treating it as a terrorist incident. they are also confirming 19 people have been confirmed dead with around 50 others injured. very grim news indeed. let's go back to alan who was inside the concert venue. when you hear that, alan, it must feel overwhelming to have been there? i feel very lucky now. must feel overwhelming to have been there? ifeelvery lucky now. iwas walking out thinking what was going on. i didn't think that it was nothing but a just got in the car and went home. i've been home for the last hour. it's very scary to think. i normally go out that exit. it could have been myself. effectively, the week to the exit was at the back of the concert hall. towards the train station, yes, that's the main exit, one of the main exits. definitely purposefully done because that's

manchester arena has confirmed it actually happened outside the arena. we heard one eyewitness talking about the force of the explosion blowing him into the arena, and we heard there from our correspondent that this was an area where people would have been congregating to buy merchandise, as the concert finished. we have also heard eyewitnesses talking about the smell of explosives. one eyewitness told the bbc that there were nuts and bolts on the floor. let me stop you there. we will go back to ed thomas in manchester. we have just heard from greater manchester police that they are linking this with terrorism. they say this was a suspected terrorist attack. that has been confirmed in the last few minutes by manchester police. there isa minutes by manchester police. there is a lot of information coming on social media. but that is from greater manchester police, they say that this was a suspected terrorist attack. an incident in manchester, and just a bit more detail about that. we were told at the centre of this explosion was the foyer. as people were l

yes, this is the manchester arena, the biggest concert hall in manchester. 12,000, 13,000 people. there are concerts here weekly. all the big stars come here. i take my daughter to these concerts. and you a lwa ys daughter to these concerts. and you always wait outside the main foyer. what we are hearing from people who are here is that this main foyer, the main big entrance and exit where people stream out of in their hundreds and thousands, but that was the centre of this explosion. it is the centre of this explosion. it is the place where people go after the concert to buy their scarves, to buy their posters, to buy their t—shirts. we being told that that is the place where this explosion happened. one explosion confirmed by the police. we were actually talking to you earlier, there was a controlled explosion which was carried out just further controlled explosion which was carried outjust further down here at cathedral gardens. it was allowed and, again there was panic from people here. but police have now confirmed that that suspected device happened to

i mean, manchester arena is the biggest indoor arena in europe. it has a capacity of up to 201000.ation protocol, and they will have officials, security staff there at the scene. but curiously, in the images we have seen, you know, we didn't see that many officials or security staff telling people what to do, ushering them out. the hats we re to do, ushering them out. the hats were the concert like this ends, the priority is normally let's get people out as quickly as possible. we don't want any bottlenecks. and thatis we don't want any bottlenecks. and that is something they have picked up that is something they have picked up on. could that have been the weak point? you don't monitor who comes in at the end of the gig, do you? it is just when people are arriving to do the security checks. and many eyewitness accounts of saying this is where most of the damage happened, with parents waiting for children to emerge from the concert. just give us a sense of how the security apparatus works, what is happening in manchester? we got a sense when we heard from the police chief in that la

at manchester arena in the north of england. conference by greater manchester police. it was scheduled for about half an hour ago. it has not happened yet. we will bring you that as soon as it starts. andy moore is still with us. about the explosion itself, there we re about the explosion itself, there were so many about the explosion itself, there were so many theories about what it might have been, other than the device. those were gradually discounted through the course of the hours. what do we actually know was behind it? well, according to british transport police, the source of the explosion, the seat of the explosion, was the foyer. and according to manchester arena, they say the explosion was in a public space outside the venue. and we have also heard from several eyewitnesses that they were blown actually inside the arena towards the arena by the force of the explosion outside. so it seems clear the explosion was not in the main auditorium. it was on the perimeter of the arena, either in the foyer or near the foyer or o

the police say they were called at 10:33pm to manchester arena. ster has called this an attack of appalling and sickening cowardice. the arena was full because people we re the arena was full because people were streaming out of the doors at the end of the concert by the american singer and —— ariana grande. surrounding streets had been sealed off and nearby victoria railway station has been close. richard galpin reports and i must warn you that the report contains some distressing images. we will bring that to you in a moment, actually, but let me just tell you that theresa may, we gather, is about to speak because she has come to manchester to meet the chief co nsta ble, to manchester to meet the chief constable, and other senior commanders and air of greater manchester, andy burnham, and other civic leaders as manchester tries to come to terms with this appalling tragedy in which 22 people have lost their lives. we know that to them we re their lives. we know that to them were aged just eight years old and 18 years old, and that many of those at

the drum roll, signalling the start of the one—minute silence in memory of the victims of the manchester arenaombing. we've had a message from the duke of cambridge, who says "like everyone, catherine, harry and i are left shocked and saddened by the tragedy that unfolded in manchester overnight. " the duke of cambridge saying "hundreds of parents, friends, children and partners are confronting unimaginable grief today and we send our thoughts to them all. we also send our our thanks to the people of manchester, for their display of strength, decency and community, that is an example to the world. words of sympathy and support there, from the duke of cambridge. the #r0i8 —— the royal family at buckingham palace, observing a minute's silence for the 22 people killed and 59 injured in manchester. you are watching bbc news. well, this is a city now, trying to come to terms with the horror of what happened here last night. in the manchester arena, just behind me, thousands of young people had gone to that concert by ariana grande, the 23—year—old american actress—turned singer and, just hoping it

at a couple of hundred meters away from the manchester arena. that is giving in, isn't it? very much so. that's a lwa ys isn't it? very much so. that's always the message coming out of greater manchester. back in 1996, the ira bomb, the euro 96 game went ahead the following day and we will not be defeated by these extremists, because they want to divide us. greater manchester is up place which stands together and we will. the police priority is whether this was one man acting alone macro—road you could've been acting with others. one man acting alone macro—road you could've been acting with othersm course i can't go into details on that. those investigations are ongoing. what i'd can say is there isa ongoing. what i'd can say is there is a need for the city to come together so we are making arrangements for a vigil in the centre of manchester this evening in albert square in front of a town hall because i think it is important that we send out that clear message that we send out that clear message that we send out that clear message that we are g

year-old man has been arrested in south manchester and there is a link between the events at the manchester arena behind me. other than that, they are not going beyond what the link might be. another arrest that is taken place in a different part of central manchester, the oldest of these central shopping precincts. one man arrested after a panic among the crowd. police never confirming nor denying. yes, this man was arrested, it said on twitter. to tell usot decided more which points to the fact there is a lot of uncertainty and fear, stoking anger or provoking if too much is said. at the moment, very much on the edge after the events last night. the suicide bomber into rhythm of manchester arena, the concert by arrieta grind date, the american popstar -- every on a grand day, the american -- ariana grande, the amerco popstar whose fans are young. the 22 people who lost their lives were actually children. little by little, stories emerging all those children were, how much they loved going concerts and we can only begin to imagine the sadness, detracted, the overwhelming sense of grief. anchor:

it was pointed directly at the manchester arena and from the outside inside his car, you could hear boom, one big boom, so clearly if you could hear that inside the car on the outside of the arena inside the arena, it must've been extraordinarily loud. still waiting for officials to get back to us with numbers and exactly more specifics of how this happened. >> tucker: to be totally clear, it seems at this point there is very little question this was an intentional act. is anyone claiming credit? >> no one's taken credit that we know of so far in the early going there was some reports that it might've a balloon that exploded in front of a microphone or might've been a speaker that went off them. now, they're kind of taking that out because we have two different bomb squads that are arriving on the scene right now, the police are saying there are high number of fatalities and even higher number of injuries so at this point, they are investigating this as an act of terrorism and there is very little doubt that this was accidental. very little doubt that this was anything but an intentional

greater manchester police, as you say, talking about some kind of incident at the arena. ation and are urging people to stay away from the area. then we have an update from greater manchester transport police. manchester transport police. manchester station is nearby. a similar message, they are aware of an incident at manchester and arena. they say they have offices at the scene. they say they have offices at the scene. network rail talk again of an incident, unspecified, near the station. they say trains may be delayed and are also talking about lines blocked. it is a very confusing picture that we have from several official sources that there is an incident of some sort going on in the area but we do not know the cause. on social media, there seems to be pictures coming out suggesting there is quite a lot of confusion with inside the arena. definitely. there is a lot of fear, his terrier and panic. whether that is justified, whether that is just loud bangs being heard and people reaching the wrong conclusion, we don't know. —— hysteria. again, we don't know. —— hysteria

at 10:33pm last night the police were called to reports of an explosion at manchester arena in manchesterwe now know that a single terrorist detonated his improvised explosive device near one of the exits of the venue, deliberately choosing the time and place to cause maximum carnage and to kill and injure indiscriminately. the explosion coincided with the conclusion of a pop concert which was attended by many young families and groups of children. all acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people, but this attack stands out for its appalling, sickening cowardice. deliberately targeting innocent, defenceless children and youngsters, who should have been enjoying one of the most memorable nights of their lives. as things stand, i can tell you that in addition to the attacker, 22 children have died and 59 people have been injured. those who were injured are being treated in eight different hospitals across greater manchester, many are being treated for life—threatening conditions. and we know that among those killed and injured were many children and young. we struggle to compre

this following reports of an explosion at the manchester arena. about a loud bang. sam ward was telling us about that, as were some of our other guests, eyewitnesses, who said that towards the end of the concert, there was a loud bang. the suggestion from greater manchester police is that that was some kind of explosion, and they are confirming that a number of fatalities have resulted as a result of all about. sam, from the sound of the explosion, does it surprise you that it sounds as if some people might have lost their lives. —— lives? note. it was an externally loud explosion, to the point where our lot of people work going out in curiosity. —— no. it was very out of the ordinary. just now, as i look at the ordinary. just now, as i look at the fire station, there are about six or seven rapid response vehicles lighting up with a number of police vehicles as well. it looks like some kind of operation. sam, you can see this happening in front of you from your apartment? yes. this is happening as we speak. is the area clear? the suggestion is that

we are just at the edge of that cordon, and there is the manchester arena. g sunshine. you canjust perhaps see the steps leading out the arena. that is where there were scenes of panic last night after that bomb went off. the suicide bomber detonated his device and people than for their lives. there we re people than for their lives. there were a lot of young people, not only stu d e nts were a lot of young people, not only students and teenagers, but some of them were primary school age as well. they had been dropped there by theirfamilies well. they had been dropped there by their families and after they ran, many were put up in hotels overnight. they were effectively separated from their friends and family and were looked after by hotel staff. all through the day, we have been hearing eyewitness accou nts have been hearing eyewitness a ccou nts of have been hearing eyewitness accounts of what happened in there at10:30pm accounts of what happened in there at 10:30pm last night as the concert had ended. the explosion went off. people have been telling us the

many of those injured have been treated at hospitals around manchester. the arenaould have been thousands of people, thousands of people, at the venue. it is very close to one of the main stations in manchester, victoria station. there will be no trains from there. the station is closed. it is close on tuesday and the prime minister will be chairing a meeting with the emergency cobra thomas has been in manchester, talking to people who are coming out in various states of shock. it was quite large. this bang happened. we looked at each other and we were like, it can't be something you see on the news all the time, that doesn't happen to people like us.

pleat has been treating greater manchester placing that their officers remain at the scene of manchester arena. walking around inside their colleagues of greater manchester police. the fire and rescue service. they are urging people to avoid the area. we know that the services have been suspended as well because this incident has happened very close to the mainline, just by the arena. people being asked to stay away from the arena, understandably people are worried. we are told the greater manchester police, i haven't seen numbers yet. that will of course be over great concern to many thousands of parents because this is a big arena. it can house more than 20,000 people. at that concert was well attended we understand. so can potentially be a lot of people pretty worried about what's happened to their loved ones, hopefully they've all managed to gather themselves and call their families to let them know they're safe. people that are a bit short. should be up and running soon. >> we certainly haven't seen it here, the casualties will be released by greater manchester police and as you mentioned

it seems that this was one explosion which came from d foyer of the manchester arena referee: manchesteritish transport police spoke about an explosion on the record in the foyer area. “— explosion on the record in the foyer area. —— they did not use the plural. in terms of casualties, andy, we have not been told any specific numbers. what we have most recently heard is that perhaps the fatalities are in double figures? that is a suggestion from the home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. the fact that british police are setting up a casualty bureau suggests that there have been many casualties. we have from one eyewitness, and he spoke about 20— 30 people lying on the ground, and he believes many were dead. we have heard from local ambulance services, pleading with people, really, not to bother them with anything less than an absolute emergency, given how overstretched this is making all the services in the area? that is right. the north—west ambulance service said please do not contact them u nless said please do not contact them unless in a life—threatening emergency. they've sen

it is important also that people here in manchester avoid the area around manchester arena, so that emergencycident at that location. thank you very much. that was greater manchester police updating us on the situation. it has to be said, little more was added at that press conference. sarah, obviously the priority for the police is still reconnecting parents with their children and friends and families, back together. not much of the operation itself. i think what i picked up in particularfrom that press statement there is that this is still very much an ongoing situation, five hours since that explosion occurred. it is still very much hands—on for all of the emergency services, who are still at the scene. we have heard in a date, as well, from the manchester fire service. they said crews are still supporting greater manchester police and the north—west ambulance service at the scene of this horrific incident, and they added please don't dial 999 unless you really need a huge operation. so i think that sums it up pretty well. it is incredibly busy around that area in manchester. the court an

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the manchester arena behind me is the biggest concert venue around manchester with a capacity for 20at have announced they are postponing their plan show tonight in liverpool. colin paterson, of entertainment corresponded, reports. it was a situation with which any parent could identify. dropping your children off at an event they've been looking forward to for months and coming back to pick them up a couple of hours' later. they'd come to see ariana grande's dangerous woman tour but ended up being the ones in danger. members of an audience which became the target of a terrorist attack. the singer made her name as a children's tv star and still attracts a very young, predominantly female fan base. many in the crowd pre—teens, some as young as seven or eight. entertainment stars expressed their horror at the night's event. it shocks me every time we hear this sort of news, that attacks like this can happen, but especially when there will be so many children at this concert tonight. we'll all go to bed holding our little ones even tighter this evening. last year, time magazine named ar

manchester. the northern u.k. city. police and helicopters are being flown in. and all roads into the arenabeen blocked off and trains as well. the f.b.i. says it has been made aware of reports of a possible bombing in manchester, u.k. this is one of the most frustrating incidents i have ever had to report. because there are so few facts available. we are told by the manchester police that there are injuries, that there are fatalities. that it is a serious incident. they do not describe the incident. they do not have a number of fatalities, they do not have a number of injuries. it is very disturbing. the first responders, law enforcement agencies and police in manchester are terriblably beset upon to come up with public information at a time when it's most desperately needed by the people of manchester as well as all around the world watching whether on sky news or fox business whatever network. joining me now, co-host of "the five," kimberly guilfoyle. we'll keep you up to date on what's happening in manchester as soon as the scantest detail he mornings. i want to turn to former prosecuto

police are trying to determine who is responsible for this deadly explosion at the manchester arena. of people were pouring out of the arena behind me there when the explosion took place. suddenly a huge blast. this is what eyewitnesses had to say. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> what's happening? >> what's going on? oh, my god. >> they were just letting everyone out. the music had just gone off. there was a massive, massive explosion. there was a bang. there was smoke coming up. there was smoke coming like up through the steps. and everyone was just screaming and saying it could be a bomb. and there were people shouting to their kids, people shouting trying to find people. there were just bodies scattered about everywhere. [ inaudible ] it was just chaos. >> at least 19 people were killed according to greater manchester police, more than 50 people wounded. this an area of the ariana grande concert. her fans young female, betweens, teenagers as well. you can imagine if this is a terrorist attack as police expect, but it probably is, it was intended to target that particular dem grap

>> hi, i'm a few hundred yards away from the manchester arena. lot of traffic in manchester as you might imagine. police have blocked off a number of roads here. pedestrians are allowed to walk through the city center here. we're in a part of manchester healthily populated by office buildings. a lot of people on their way to work this morning. a lot of roads are closed. it's had an impact in the city in terms of logistics and an emotional impact. >> the terrorist threat has been at level four since even before the westminster attacks. are there calls for this to be raised at the most severe level? >> you're right, it's been at this level since 2014, whether it gets raised to critical is something for services to decide. it has never been at that level. it indicates imminent attack at any time. clearly we've seen two attacks in four months. so theresa may meeting with her senior ministers today on downing street, they will be discussing that threat level with security officials. >> i had a guest on the show earlier, john raines, he said it may be

kelly, let me go back to you, we hear it's at manchester arena. where is manchester?le more information on this. >> right. so manchester is one of the uks largest cities behind london, of course. it is in the northwestern part of the country, very populace city in the uk. as i said, this arena holds huge, tens of thousands of huge number of people. it's the largest indoor arena in the uk. this part of the country i a very mixed population, parts of manchester, birmingham, these are areas that were very high, industrial areas, the population is a mix of indian pakistanny, british. this was a heavy industry area for a very long time in the uk, now shifted quite a bit. but, again, manchester itself is well as birmingham have blossomed over the past couple of years or so and become much more diversified. a place like manchester arena, when you're talking about an ariana grande concert, obviously, you'll have a lot of young people, people in their 20s, huge space and a mixed -- a mixed group, not necessarily one religion, one race, very diverse population inside that arena

the response to the manchester arena bombing.tors for what remains the showpiece of english football. a wreath was laid by the duke of cambridge followed by a period of silence to remember the victims. chelsea arrived as premier league champions and firm favourites. but asked not made a blistering start, opening the scoring through alexis sanchez. the goal finally sanchez. the goalfinally given sanchez. the goal finally given after suspicions of handball and offside in the build—up. it could have been worse for chelsea after two goal—line clearances and there were also saved by the post but they can rally and diego costa beating all but the goalkeeper. chelsea pressed but when moses was shown a second yellow card for diving they brought a goal and a man down. not for long with diego costa doing what he does best to make it 1-1. no doing what he does best to make it 1—1. no sooner had they finished celebrating that arsenal were back in front with aaron ramsey timing his arrival to perfection. chelsea's dreams of the double over. a

in the north-west, manchester arena in the north—west, and greater manchester police have said that thereave been a number of fatalities. more coming up at the top of the hour. eye one in london. the headlines. police in the uk say there are confirmed fatalities after reported explosion at a concert in the city of manchester. witnesses report hearing a blast during a concert by a merrick and singer ariana grande. —— american. israel, on the second leg of his foreign trip, donald trump says he has high hopes of a peace deal. i have heard it is one of the toughest deals at all but i have a feeling we are going to get there eventually, i hope. south korea's former president of park geun—hye will face court today. live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. its newsday. hello, it is midnight here in london, 7am in singapore and also of course the midnight in the city of manchester police are responding to what they say is a serious incident ata what they say is a serious incident at a concert venue. in the last few minutes, they have reported a number of fatalities.

at the manchester arena to see ariana grande in concert. what they hoped would be a memorable evening is now one which they can't forget. i have had flashbacks. i have been sat in an appointment waiting to be seen and then in the distance i have heard an ambulance coming and i have just broken out into an absolute sweat. for each family the sounds and scenes of that night still haunt them. it is surreal. i watched the news. and to think that we were there and there is all those people that were killed, injured, and we are sat here. there are reminders everywhere of last week's attack. the manchester arena remains closed behind barriers. sold—out concerts have been cancelled. outside the building all thoughts are with those who never returned home from here. people are going to live in fear. really? yes. we've just been to a hotel and wejust parked our car and there was some armed police checking a car and be suddenly got a bit panicky. we got really panicky and we had to get out. the terror threat level has reduced but this kind of police p

manchester royal infirmary. maxwell outside 10 downing street. and outside the arena thanks to all of. >> joining us in los angeles. form fbi yibt. counterterrorism expert and editor of the foreign desk international a uts frmgs news website also in boston cnn national security juliet kiem. juliette first to you we have to remind ourselves that the target here women and children. what does that say to you about how may have been behind this cheerily just -- just how devastating this attack was? >> yes, i mean there is terrorist attacks we sort of get used to. and then there is ones that set a new bar or lower a new baier sort of targeting not just a concert we've seen that before say in paris, but one whose audience is like, 11, 12, 13, 14-year-old girls some no often not with the parents. some of the pictures you've been showing all night you see the parents on the other side of the security. any parent knows they drop off the kid and wait around then the kid comes out. the primary focus you've been seeing of course is family unification by now a couple hours later n

to tell you what i can at this stage. 10:33 last night, there were reports of an explosion at manchester arena in manchester city center near victoria train station. we now know that a single terrorist detonated his improvised explosive device near one of the exits deliberately choosing the time and place to cause maximum carnage and to kill and injure indiscriminately. the explosion coincided with the conclusion of a pop concert which was attended by many young families and groups of children. all acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people but this attack stands out for its appalling, sickening cowardice, deliberately targeting innocent, defenseless children and young people who should have been enjoying one of the most memorable nights of their lives. as things stand, i can tell you in addition to the attacker, 22 people have died, 59 have been injured. those who are injured are treated in eight hospitals across greater manchester. many are treated for life-threatening conditions and we know among those killed and injured were children and young people. we struggle to comprehe

greater manchester police have warned people to stay away from manchester arena.espond to what they are describing as an incident amid reports on social media of some kind of explosion. by the following morning, the scale of the violence had become clear. breakfast invited three of those who had been at the ariana grande concert into the studio. i'm still processing it myself. it is, you know... i really admire you for coming on this morning and talking with such honesty about this because there is all sorts of quotes people can come out with saying, we will fight back and go one and we will continue. but at a time like this, it is just devastating to be involved in that and to be part of it. yeah. no, it definitely is devastating. but discussion divided newswatch viewers, with anne williams one of a number concerned that: adrian clark was also not alone of a number concerned that: adrian clark was also not alone in writing: over the days that followed though, there were further complaints about other eyewitness interviews, and some of the images shown on televisi

these 11—year—old pupils have been given the chance to talk about what happened at the manchester arenar to us.|j always speak to an adult about any worries i have a mainly my mother. but maybe if she is not available and it is late at night, i have a teddy bear that sits at the end of my bed. it makes me feel a lot better. i talk to my dad and he said it would be all right and police office rs it would be all right and police officers would investigate and everyone is helpful. how do you feel about what you have heard this morning? for teachers, sharing this news is never morning? for teachers, sharing this news is never easy, morning? for teachers, sharing this news is never easy, but they said they are reassuring the children as much as they can. all of these children involved, it makes it even more difficult for children to understand, and it makes it even more important for us to talk about it to reassure them and help them feel safe, because, you know, lots of them go to the manchester arena and see concerts. it is somewhere they would no. it becomes really real for them. i think

manchester. i'm very moved by this story tonight. as of right now our best information is that an explosion at a concert arena in manchester has killed 19 people, dozens more injured. a caution that will apply to everything this hour, but especially these details i'm about to give you now, is that these are early days. we will often look back at the initial reporting we get out of a major incident, particularly a major maybe terrorist incident, and we will find that initial reports were conflicting or did not bear out over time. so that caveat and that caution applies to everything we're learning in the aftermath of this incen

it is important also that people in manchester avoid the area around manchester arena so that emergency services can continue to effectively deal with the incident at that location. thank you very much. . that was the chief constable with the greater manchester police department. and that, as you heard him say, will be the only official statement. it is the first official on camera statement by the police department in greater manchester after this tragedy that you're seeing unfold over and over again as these various views of it come in from social media. kelly cobiella, our correspondent in our london bure has been cerin since the first word that something had gone wrong tonight in manchester. kelly? >> yeah, brian, and we first learned of this at about 10:30 local time. we were seeing reports on social media of some sort of explosion possibly at the ariana grande concert in manchester. and there was a lot of confusion at that point just in those first few minutes, several minutes or so. reports on social media saying maybe it was something inside the concert venue, outside the concer

to reports of an explosion at the manchester arena. this was at the conclusion of the ariana grande concert. we then received more than 240 calls and emergency services responded very quickly to the scene. emergency numbers have been established for anyone who is concerned for their loved ones who may not have returned home. 01618569400. or 0161856-949900. we have been treating this as a terrorist incident and we believe at this stage, the attack last night was conducted by one man. the priority is to establish whether he was acting alone or as part of a network. the attacker, i can confirm, died at the arena. we believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive device which he detonated, causing this atrocity. we would ask people not to speculate on his details or share names. this is a complex and wide ranging investigation. our priority is to work with the national counter terrorism policing network to establish more details about the individual who carried out this attack. we have received tremendous support from across the

arena. going down south of manchester. there must be something serious if you're running away. >> reporter: steve, thanks for talking to us. thank you for your time. steve crosby there, whose house is an apartment that backs onto the arena. i will show you the scene here. down to the main square, past the tram platform. we can see a police. a police van. beyond that, some ambulances. beyond that, to the left -- the print works, for anyone who knows manchester, that's where the pubs, the cinema is. left of that is the arena. he said he heard the bang at 25 to 11. that concert ended at around 10:30 p.m. people were starting to leave as the lights went on and they heard the bang, the explosion. some people described people hitting the ground. the melee, the chaos of trying to get out of the arena. we see some people crossing, trying to get through this police tape. excuse me, would i be able to have a quick chat? or are you the concert? >> shepard: fred flight, here with us now. senior vice president at the center for security

at 10:33 last night, the police were called to reports of an explosion at manchester arena in manchester city center, near victoria train station. we now know that a single terrorist detonated his improvised explosive device near one of the exits of the venue. deliberately choosing the time and place to cause maximum carnage and to kill and injury indiscriminately. the explosion coincided with the conclusion of a pop concert, which was attended by many young families and groups of children. all acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people, but this attack stands out for it's appalling, sickening cowardest. deliberately targeting innocent, defenseless children and young people who should have been enjoying one of the most memorable nights of their lives. as things stand i can tell you that in addition to the attacker, 22 people have died and 59 people have been injured. those who were injured are being treated in eight different hospitals across greater manchester. many are being treated for life threatening conditions. and we know among those killed and injured were many chi

a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosion at the manchester arena last night.t happened just after grande closed the show sending screaming fans toward the exits. at least 22 people were killed including children and dozens more were injured. ariana grande herself tweeted she is broken. she was not injured. police are trying to determine if the attacker acted alone or had support. >> and taking a look here out over the commodore barry bridge, you can see a little bit of gray haze out there as the sun tries to peek its head out from between the clouds. it is 5:45 and 61 degrees. >> karen rogers joins us. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. we have dry roads this morning but some low clouds so you'll be driving in and out of a little bit of fog. you can kind of see the hint of that here. we're in exton chester county 202 at the 30 bypass. traffic moving nicely now but we're still getting used to the new traffic pattern. we've got one northbound lane running in the southbound side and that's been causing some extra slowing but the extra overnight constructio

this happened at manchester arena following a concert of the american pop star ariana grande. nchester police say that about 59 people were injured in that explosion, it happened at about ten: 35 on monday night. that's when people were called to reports of an explosion at that arena. we have heard from the police constable, this is what he had to say. >> i can confirm the details of last nights infinite. incident. >> the police commissioner when the boston marathon happened, thanks so much. >> good morning, you are welcom welcome. >> the early forensics work, explain to us how important it is and how much you can learn from it. >> within minutes of the blast, we had to reconstruct the device. it was important, what was used in the methodology and construction of the bomb. we were picking up the detonator within a few minutes of arrival at the scene. we had rebuilt the device just from picking up small pieces of evidence and understanding the explosive that we used. in our case, it was gunpowder. a very powerful explosive, maybe something more powerful than gunpowder, it's hard

the concert had just ended at the manchester arena. there were tons of kids, teenagers loved ones packed in the arena that holds 21,000 people. we're told it was sold out and many are still unaccounted for. joining us by phone is andy james. andy attended the concert with 10-year-old brother ellis. it was an early birthday for him, his first concert experience ever. we're joined by joel goodman, the photographer who captured the explosion quick afterwards on the scene. andy james, tell us about the night before this happened. >> we were just going into the arena, about 10 past 7:00, you know, taking our seats, seemingly unaware of what was going to happen really. we entered the arena, later on when the explosion actually happened. just took our seats. really enjoyed the concert. then i think it was about 10:35, 10:40, we went to go and leave, to the merchandise, t-shirts and all that. we were gout to walk up the stairs where the explosion happened. it rattled all the chairs and felt it in your chest. it was terrifying. >> alisa is okay,

they are now questioning 11 men over the attack by salman abedi at manchester arena on monday. spondent tom symonds reports. another morning in manchester, another area of the city evacuated. this is a terrorism investigation that is not yet over. this time it was moss side. police had been searching here for some time, and this morning roads were closed off again and the bomb—disposal team arrived. they're trying to work out where the bomb was made, where its components stored, and that means there is a constant risk. the investigation is now focusing on who abedi knew, resulting in more arrests. about three o'clock, we heard a blast... a blast this morning as police in cheetham hill blew open this door in yet another raid. local people have helped us established the identities of the 20 and 22—year—old men arrested here last night, and we've already been able to establish a link between one of them and a member of salman abedi's family. that's the pattern of the police investigation — start with the bomber, find out who his friends and acquaintances are, and arrest them. polic

after shirt, people are showing support for the families of the 22 people who were killed at the manchester arenatoll along the race route they stood silent to show their respect. and inside manchester cathedral, they joined that spirit of remembrance. the names of each of the 22 people who died were read out during today's services. we as a city need to hold together and stand together and live out all those values of compassion, of caring, of togetherness. manchester is on the way back to not living in fear. the terror threat has been reduced, but it remains severe and this is a city still in need of reassurance and support. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham was among the runners taking part in the race. he explained why organisers were so determined that it should take place. we did think very carefully about it. always, we wanted to do it. we wanted to send the message out that you are not going to beat us. you are not going to change us. you will not stop as doing what we want to do and live the life we want to live. that is what we were trying to do all week. that is the message

one man carried out a suicide man at the manchester arena, grant day suspended rest of the world touresident trump addressed the attack saying the u.s. stands in solidarity with england and president trump has strong reaction to the manchester bombing. president made his first public comments about the attack at a joint appearance with palestinian president. >> so many people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers in life. i won't call them monsters, because they would like that term. they would think that's a great name. i will call them from now on losers, because are. they're losers. >> president urged leaders throughout the mideast to stand with the u.s. in fighting islamic terrorism. again, we're not sure about the origin of this lone attacker. president trump added if they can make to peace it would lead to further peace agreements among other middle eastern countries >>> they honored richard collins the third he was supposed to graduate from bowie and will be honored. police are investigating whether this was a hate crime. the suspected killer was denied bond i

together after the worst terror attack in its history. 22 people have been killed inside the manchester arenaast night as thousands of young fans at a concert realise there's been an explosion. the emergency services were called within minutes of the suicide bombing. 60 ambulances took dozens of injured to hospitals. shouting, mad, chaotic rush the nearest exit. all i could hear was screaming, crying, people running everywhere. it was total madness. student georgina callander was the first victim to be named. the youngest was saffie roussos. she was just eight years old. the man who police suspect carried out the attack and died in the blast has been named as 22—year—old salman abedi. the big question for investigators — was he working alone? one man has been arrested in manchester. the flag at half mast over downing street. election campaigning has been suspended for the day. all acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people, but this attack stands out for its appalling sickening cowardice — deliberately targeting innocent, defenseless young children. at four o'clock this afterno

to twitter with condolences and messages of love for those impacted by the terror attack at manchester arena mars posted here, no word can describe how i feel about what happened in manchester. i don't want to believe that the world we live in could be so cruel. >> demi lovato, first to tweet. tearing up imagining innocent concert-goers losing their lives. >> others spoke out at various events last night. here are a few. >> it's devastating what happened out there. that's really unfortunate. so, my heart goes out to everyone out there. and i hope she is okay. i hope that her fans and, everyone involved is all right. >> we want to send our thoughts and prayers to all of those affected by the concert explosion in manchester, england. >> i also wanted to send my love and my sorrow, my heart is heavy tonight for the people who were hurt and killed tonight at her concert in manchester. >> so many celebrities speaking out. as you can understand of course, ariana grande concert. many of them, know her personally, because, they could just imagine the pain she is going through as well. >> we have hea

—year—old man is arrested as armed police stage a further raid as part of inquiries into the manchester arenaof the manchester bombing. british airways is still having to cancel and delay flights at heathrow. it follows yesterday's computer collapse which saw thousands of travellers stranded around the world. we've tried desperately to contact ba by email, by phone, on their website and also trying to find ground staff, and we haven't seen anybody on the ground at all.

police will be on duty at high profile events around the uk over the bank holiday following the manchester arena concert attack. british airways apologises to passengers who are experiencing delays. new revelations about president trump's son in law, jared kushner, and his alleged involvement in secret dealings with russia. leaders of the g7 leading industrial nations fail to reach agreement on climate change at a summit in italy. deep concern as one nhs trust considers reducing the number of children diagnosed with autism. also in the next hour... all to play for in the all—london fa cup final. arsenal last did it three years ago. now chelsea are hoping to do the double. and dateline london assesses president trump's first overseas trip. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. british airways is apologising to customers are facing delays following what the airline is calling an it outage. our correspondent is following events. what do we know? we have a brief on line confirmation of some sort of problem. we do not know the extent of the problem. what happe

the manchester arena. 22 people were killed and 59 injured.e killed in the attack. only say they are supporting their families. the youngest was just eight years old. also killed, a polish couple from york and a serving off duty police officer. all day in manchester, people have been coming to the town hall to lay flowers and to remember. just pain, because everybody in manchester seems to know somebody that attended. my daughter had a friend that went. it is like we are all linked together. it is like it happened to someone in your own family. i brought my red, white and blue rose down and just wrote some words. i felt like i blue rose down and just wrote some words. ifelt like i had to come. that was the mood here, defiance, but they need to show and share hurt. there is nothing any of us can really do from this end, but you wa nt to really do from this end, but you want to do something, even if it's just a few flowers to say we care. that's something. tonight, manchester is a city that knows there may be people in its midst who have planned

the area amount —— around manchester arena is cordoned off.rs on the trains and stations today. victoria, the stations today. victoria, the station very close to the arena. as well as the global expressions of solidarity, in manchester, people are showing solidarity. we heard from the mayor of manchester. my heart goes out to families who have lost loved ones. a terrible night oui’ lost loved ones. a terrible night our great city. but one thing that really has come through is a lot of people have praised the quick response from the police, the ambulance service, the fire brigade who were there extremely quickly. you can stay up—to—date with all the developments by going to the bbc website. that is all the important information coming in to us. regular updates on casualties and eyewitness accounts. go to the website. that is it from us. back at the top of the hour. hello there. last week, across the british isles, the weather came from this area of low pressure. we change the week and the nature of the weather due to high pressure close to us t