. >> andrew on the story for us from manchesteter. thank you very much. >> the charlemagne prize recognizes outstanding contribution to european unification. this year it has gone to a british academic. he received the award at a ceremony in the german city today. the organizers singled him out for his engagement and commitment to a strong and unified europe. >> today the british and european flags were waving side-by-side. the prizewinner hopes that his nation in europe and maintain such unity. the german president had warm words in honor of the 61-year-old historian. >> he was europe's witness. europe's chronicler. europe's companion. he researched and described europe's growth and development during the last four decades likeke no other. now an oxford professor he traveled to berlin for doctoral research. the theme of your became clear to him. in his most recent book, his call for freedom of opinion drew a lot of attention. he emphasized european institutions are the means to an end, not an end in themselves and they must adapt to

are follolowing foror you, it's being reported that two brothers and the father of the suspected manchesteterbr have been arrested. one brothther was allegedly plannining a terrorist attack in the libyan capital, tripopoli. authorities have confirmed they are investigating a network that supported the manchester attack. the u.k. raised its terror threat level to critical. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. stick around. laura: welcome back. the headlines this hour. the father and two brothers of the suicide bomber who attacked the manchester rina on monday i has been arrested following a series of rate in the u.k. and libya. the u.k. terror alert remains at its highest level. donald trump expected to present nato leaders with a big bill. the u.s. president is in brussels on the latest leg of his world tour and said it's time for european allies to start paying their fair share of defense. and taiwan becomes a first country in asia to recognize same-sex marriage.