enrolled recently from salford university, but didn't attend many classes at salford university.was in libya recently and perhaps even syria according to the french government, but certainly out of the country and coming back in, in the last few days. so with more on the investigation, here is our security correspondent frank gardner. the face of salman abedi. identified as a manchester city fire bomber. he's now thought to have had helped quite possibly from an expert bomb maker. this amateur footage ta ken yesterday is believed to show his brother being arrested in manchester. at the family home nearby, police used explosives to gain access and then search for clues. but there are international connections to this plot. from manchester, abedi is believed to have gone to libya, a failed state. and today, the french interior minister said was also a country he'd probably spent time in. increasingly, investigators have been coming round to the conclusion that the bomber, salman abedi, was not working alone. that he was simply the mule, carrying a device designed and built for him

he attended salford university although he didn't go to many lectures.ures. he grew up in manchester and was a keen footballer. he was going back and forth the last few years to libya. the french government say he may also have been to syria. ed thomas has looked into his background. suicide bomber salman abedi, an extremist who attacked the city of his birth. now investigators surround his home. like everyone here, they want answers. this man knew abedi. he had watched him come and go from manchester to libya. now he can't believe what his neighbour did. unbelievably disgusting, to be honest. especially for a muslim. and a libyan as well. to us, obeying the law of the country is the most priority number one. that's what the prophet teaches us. some talk of erratic behaviour, of abedi chanting in the street. he was shouting in arabic. the bbc has been told a black flag with islamic writing hung outside his home. many had no idea what it meant. i saw some sort of flag outside. with islamic writing on it? ididn't i didn't really look at, it was just... was

he was of libyan origin and was a student at the nearby university of salford.rters carried out the attack. thousands of people have gathered for a vigil in manchester city centre in memory of those who died. a minute's silence was held as crowds spilt out on to nearby roads. greater manchester chief constable ian hopkins thanked "the rest of the world for holding us in their thoughts". more now on the story of attack in manchester. police have arrested a 23—year—old man in south manchester, as part of their investigations. they also raided a property linked to the bomber‘s family.

gavin: salman abedi was the son of refugees, a student at salford university. on the streets today, survivors reliving the terror of a concert that ended with murder. this is helen and isabella. >> we hit the corridor when we saw masses of people running in absolute terror and panic to get out. young teenage children, 14, 15. mothers with children carrying them over their shoulder. there were people with even wheelchairs panicking to get out. gavin: laura and isabella's concert ended with a search for an exit. >> we just ran. i don't know which entrance we came out of. we just ran. we found 2 girls who lost their parents. they had to get home on their own. very scared because they were on their own. gavin: manchester has been a city on edge today, shaken by alerts and rumors, and a shopping center evacuated. prime minister may: it is now beyond doubt that the people of manchester and this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attack, an attack that targeted some of the youngest people in our society with cold calculation. this was among the worst te

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he dropped out of salford university and was already known to security services.al i spoke to yesterday who was a very close friend of the family, described him as a nieve individual. described him as a naive individual. it would indicate he could not have put the explosive belt on. he must have had support helping him do that. meanwhile, the search for clues continues. forensic, digital and testimonies from witnesses and suspects. this, say the police, is a fast moving, wide—ranging investigation. let's talk more about the investigation, wide ranging and fast moving. extensive and now international as well. 0ur correspondent catriona renton is at greater manchester police headquarters. what are you being told they're about the likely direction of this investigation? as you said the investigation? as you said the investigation is moving at quite a pace. let me bring you up to date with what we have learned so far. it appears a crucial question in this investigation may have now been answered. was salman abedi acting alone? the chief constable spoke here earlier to

salman abedi was the son of refugees, a student at salford university. 0n the streets, today, survivorsith murder. this is helen and isabella mccourt. we hit the corridor, when we saw masses of people running in absolute terror and panic to get out of the place. young teenage children, 1a, 15. there were mothers with children, carrying them over their shoulder. there were people with even wheelchairs panicking to get out. laura and isabella's eames‘ concert ended in a chaotic search for an exit. wejust ran. i don't really know which entrance we came out of. we just ran, but we also found two girls that had lost their parents, or had to get home on their own. so they were in tow. they were very scared because they were on their own. manchester has been a city on edge, today, shaken by alerts and rumours. and a shopping centre evacuated. it is now beyond doubt that the people of manchester and of this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attack. an attack that targeted some of the youngest people in our society with cold calculation. this was amongst the worst terrorist incid

he was at one point a student at salford university. recently travelled to libya and returned to the uk just a few days before the attack happened. french officials say it's likely that he had travelled to syria. our security correspondent frank gardner has the latest. the face of salman abedi. identified asa the face of salman abedi. identified as a manchester city fire bomber. he is now thought to have had helped quite possibly from an expert bomb maker pulled this amateur footage taken maker pulled this amateur footage ta ken yesterday maker pulled this amateur footage taken yesterday is believed to show his brother being arrested in manchester. at the family home nearby, police used explosives to gain access and then search for clues. but there are international connections to this plot. from manchester, abedi is believed to have gone to libya, a failed state. today, the french interior minister said war—torn syria was also a country he had probably spent time in. increasingly, investigators have been coming round to the conclusion

he was of libyan origin and was a student at the nearby university of salford. islamic state group has published a statement on social media saying one of its supporters carried out the attack. thousands of people have gathered for a vigil in manchester's city centre in memory of those who died. a minute's silence was held as crowds spilled out on to nearby roads. greater manchester chief constable ian hopkins thanked "the rest of the world for holding us in their thoughts". now it's time for world business report. as the uk prime minister ups the security personnel across the country, we assess the cost of keeping britain safe. and balancing the books within a decade — that's the promise from the trump administration as it reveals its spending plans for 2018. hello and a very warm welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock. also in the programme the credit rating agency moody's downgrades china — we'll have the details in a moment. we will be talking to rico hizon. as we've been hearing, britain is now on a critical terror alert — with the military set

salman abedi was the son of refugees, a student at salford university. 0n the streets, today, survivorsded with murder. this is helen and isabella mccourt. we hit the corridor, when we saw masses of people running in absolute terror and panic to get out of the place. young teenage children, 1a, 15. there were mothers with children, carrying them over their shoulder. there were people with even wheelchairs panicking to get out. laura and isabella eames' concert ended in a chaotic search for an exit. wejust ran. i don't really know which entrance we came out of. we just ran, because it — but we also found two girls that had lost their parents, or had to get home on their own. so they were in tow. they were very scared, obviously, because they were on their own. manchester has been a city on edge, today, shaken by alerts and rumours. and a shopping centre evacuated. it is now beyond doubt that the people of manchester and of this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attack. an attack that targeted some of the youngest people in our society with cold calculation. this was among

after going to school in the city he later studied at salford university before dropping out, and worked to now be living back in libya, and it is understood abedi himself recently returned to from the country. this morning the home secretary amber rudd said he was known to security services ‘up to a point‘. we can speak to the director of international security studies at the foreign affairs think tank the royal united is. thank you for joining us. —— royal united is. what do you make of the comment from the home secretary that salman abedi was known to the security services up to a point? i think what that indicate isa a point? i think what that indicate is a reflection of the fact that he clearly knew who he was, he was not a completely unknown figure to them. the question i suppose that how absolutely was the degree to which he was someone who was the focus of attention. was he a priority or had he featured in the background of other investigations as some unrelated or distantly connected to someone unrelated or distantly connected to someone who was unrelated or distantly connected

salman abedi was the son of refugees, a student at salford university.rs, reliving the terror of a concert that ended with murder. this is helen and issa bella. we hit the corridor, when we saw masses of people running in absolute terror and panic to get out of the place — young, teenage children, 14, 15. there were mothers with children carrying them over their shoulder. there were people with even wheelchairs panicking to get out. laura and isabella's concert ended ina laura and isabella's concert ended in a chaotic search for an exit. we just ran, i don't know which entrance we came out of, we just ran. but we also found two girls that had lost their parents or had to get home on their own. we were — they were very scared, obviously, because they were on their own. thank you. manchester has been a city on edge today. shaken by alerts and rumours and a shopping centre evacuated. it is now beyond doubt that the people of manchester and of this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attack, an attack that targeted some of the youngest people i

he dropped out of salford university and was already known to security services.ry close friend of the family, described him as a nieve individual. it would indicate he could not have put the explosive belt on. he must have had support helping him do that. meanwhile, the search for clues continues. forensic, digital and testimonies from witnesses and suspects. this, say the police, is a fast moving, wide—ranging investigation. far more important of course to focus on the victims than on salman abedi so let's do that for a second. 14 abedi so let's do that for a second. 1a people so far name. ijust told you about michelle kiss, he has been named by the police. the latest victim before michelle was surrounded the kosky from leeds. another 1a euros, nelljones was identified earlier today. 32—year—old kelly brewster from sheffield, and 15—year—old olivia campbell, who beat focused a lot on our programmes yesterday. you might have seen the pictures of her mother desperately appealing for information. sadly, she is one of the victims. eight—year—old saffie roussos, desc

he dropped out of salford university and he was already known to the security services.he was a very close of the family —— my close friend, described him as a naive individual, that suggests to me that he would not have been able to put the explosive belt and build it on his own, he must‘ve had some support helping him do that. meanwhile, the search for clues continues. the forensic, digital and testimonies from witnesses and suspects. this, say the police, is a fast—moving wide—ranging investigation. iam i am pleased to say that frank is in london and can join i am pleased to say that frank is in london and canjoin us now. you're talking about the forensic investigation. i was reading about the forensic explosive laporte to in kent. they do extraordinary work pulling together the fragments of bombs. for the day looking for some kind of signature? i spent a day down there in kent, part of the government defence science and technology laporte torres. they examined everything from firecrackers left in a phone box to thejumble firecrackers left in a phone box to the jumble

samantha is a intelligence and security lecturer at the university of salford. bring you up—to—date with everything. but we will be speaking toa everything. but we will be speaking to a lot of people who feel very close to what happened on monday night. more here from manchester later on. studio: we will see you shortly. we will be tack being how you have a conversation with your children about what happened. that's coming up about what happened. that's coming up in the next few minutes. i'm going to remind you at 8.35am. we have had news in the last half an hour that five people have died in a collision on the m6 in staffordshire. the southbound carriageway between junction 15 for stoke—on—trent and 1a for stafford is now closed and will be for some considerable time. we understand this information coming from policement one person has been critically injured according to staffordshi re critically injured according to staffordshire police and the fire service is saying there is severe gridlock. if we get more information we will tell you about it. a 37—year—old

we know he went to school in manchester but dropped out of university in salford.abedi had travelled to libya, returning just days before the attack. our special correspondent ed thomas reports now on the bomber, his background and what may have motivated him. suicide bomber salman abedi, an extremist who attacked the city of his birth. now investigators surround his home. like everyone here, they want answers. this man knew abedi. he had watched him come and go from manchester to libya. now he can't believe what his neighbour did. unbelievably disgusting, to be honest. especially for a muslim. and a libyan as well. to us, obeying the law of the country is the most priority number one. that's what the prophet teaches us. some talk of erratic behaviour, of abedi chanting in the street. he was shouting out the koran in arabic. i don't know their language. the bbc has been told a black flag with islamic writing hung outside his home. many had no idea what it meant. i saw some sort of flag outside. with islamic writing on it? i didn't really look at it. was it english

he was of libyan origin and was a student at the nearby university of salford. islamic state group has published a statement on social media saying one of its supporters carried out the attack. thousands of people have gathered for a vigil in manchester city centre in memory of those who died. a minute's silence was held as crowds spilt out on to nearby roads. greater manchester chief constable ian hopkins thanked "the rest of the world for holding us in their thoughts." let's have a look at the front pages of this morning's newspapers. and of course they're all reporting on the manchester attack. the guardian reports that the security services are urgently seeking to establish if the suicide bomber, was acting alone or was linked to a wider group. the mail reports that troops are to be deployed on britain's streets, in the wake of last night's attack. the i says the bombers‘s accomplices are still at large. the times highlights salman abedi's link to libya, saying he recently returned from the country. the daily telegraph also lead with the deployment of soldie

we know he went to school in manchester, but dropped out of university in salford.but returned just days before the attack. our special correspondent, ed thomas, has spent the day in south manchester, where salman abedi grew up. suicide bomber salman abedi, an extremist who attacked the city of his birth. now investigators surround his home. like everyone here, they want answers. this man knew abedi. he had watched him come and go from manchester to libya. now he can't believe what his neighbour did. unbelievably disgusting, to be honest. especially for a muslim. and a libyan as well. to us, obeying the law of the country is the most priority number one. that is what the prophet teaches us. some talk of erratic behaviour, of abedi chanting in the street. he was shouting in arabic. the bbc has been told a black flag with islamic writing hung outside his home. many had no idea what it meant. i saw some sort of like outside. with islamic writing on it? was an english writing? no. a community worker who didn't want to go on camera has told us that two several people who

he was of libyan origin and was a student at the nearby university of salford.slamic state group has published a statement on social media saying one of its supporters carried out the attack. thousands of people have gathered for a vigil in manchester city centre in memory of those who died. a minute's silence was held as crowds spilt out on to nearby roads. greater manchester chief constable ian hopkins thanked "the rest of the world for holding us in their thoughts". more now on the story of attack in manchester. police have arrested a 23—year—old man in south manchester, as part of their investigations. they also raided a property linked to the bomber‘s family. one of the priorities for investigators is to find out, whether the suicide bomber was working alone — or was part of a network that might have been planning other attacks. mark easton has the latest on the investigation. and a warning, his report contains some flashing images. who was behind this attack on innocence? as the concert ended and the lights came up, as children left for home, music in thei

he was of libyan origin and was a student at the nearby university of salford. islamic state group has published a statement on social media saying one of its supporters carried out the attack. thousands of people have gathered for a vigil in manchester city centre in memory of those who died. a minute's silence was held as crowds spilt out on to nearby roads. greater manchester chief constable ian hopkins thanked "the rest of the world for holding us in their thoughts." now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. do you remember the tumultuous events in the early 19905 in eastern europe? from the soviet empire, a more prosperous region emerged anchored in the eu and nato. the european bank for reconstruction and development was created to foster that transformation. my gue5t todayi5 foster that transformation. my gue5t today is the president, sir suma chakrabarti. today is the president, sir suma chakra barti. the5e today is the president, sir suma chakra barti. these days, today is the president, sir suma chakrabarti. the

country. joining me is a senior lecturer at the university of sa lfo rd , lecturer at the university of salfordg. we we re psychotherapy and counselling. we were just talking about some of those heart—rending stories. these flowers, and all these people that are here tonight, for those who have lost people, does this make a difference? i'm sure it must be an incredible comfort to know that hundreds of thousands of people are supporting them and entire communities are behind them. the thing we know that makes the most important difference to people who have experienced trauma is social support, which comes from family, friends, colleagues, peers, classmates, but also from the wider community. so this must make them feel very cared for. how does it change the psychology of the city? i am from the north, some of my northern friends said we used to think that all terror attacks were focused on london, and they are nervous about the tube in london, but now they realise it can happen here in the most ordinary place. but now they realise it can happen here in the most ordinary placelj am here in the m

abedi was, for a period, a student at the university of salford.nown that he'd travelled to libya and returned a few days before the attack. our special correspondent ed thomas reports now on the bomber, his background and what may have motivated him. suicide bomber salman abedi, an extremist who attacked the city of his birth. now investigators surround his home. like everyone here, they want answers. this man knew abedi. he had watched him come and go from manchester to libya. now he can't believe what his neighbour did. unbelievably disgusting, to be honest. especially for a muslim. and a libyan as well. to us, obeying the law of the country is the most priority number one. that's what the prophet teaches us. some talk of erratic behaviour, of abedi chanting in the street. he was shouting in arabic. eidams know the language. —— i don't know their language. the bbc has been told a black flag with islamic writing hung outside his home. many had no idea what it meant. i saw some sort of flag outside. with islamic writing on it? ididn't i didn't rea

he was a business student at the university of salford, but stopped apparent tettending cla. he was a lonely child and recently become more devout and growing a beard andr dressing i long robes. this as uk raising the threat level to critical for the first time in a decade. >> assessment is an attack is highly likely or imminent. >> reporter: experts noting the sophistication of the bomb and target could indicate influence from a larger terror cell. >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: isis taking responsibility, but so far british authorities have no evidence supporting that claim. >> you cannot defeat us because love in the end is also stronger than hate. >> reporter: a moment of silence in manchester. a city grief-stricken but resilient. pausing to remember those lost including 8-year-old saffie rose roussos. her teacher said she was simply a beautiful girl and loved by everyone. georgina callander was 15. she met ariana grande in 2015. tweeting how excited she was to see the pop singer the night before. 26-year-old john atkinson was a college student who loved to dance. his local

and he was actually a student at the university of salford, which is in a manchester suburb.e was studying business and management. apparently had not been attending his

and he was actually a student at the university of salford, which is in a manchester suburb. he was studying business and management. apparently had not been attending his lectures this year, which is perhaps unsurprising. people on campus didn't really seem to know much about him. he certainly wasn't involved in sort of social university life as such. but one family friend told cnn that he had been sort of a loner as a kid, that he seemed quite reclusive, in recent years he had started to wear islamic robes instead of western-style clothing, that he had grown his beard long. but the main thing that authorities are trying to ascertain at this stage, anderson, is whether he was acting alone or whether it's possible that there was a larger network at play here. and i think the fact that explosives were involved, the fact that this wasn't such a crude kind of improvised attack but appears to have been somewhat more coordinated, potentially sophisticated, that's what has authorities here concerned, anderson. >> what are authorities doing for those concertgoers and families and fr

that is taught that doctor samantha newbury from the university of salford, a lecturer in contemporaryind us, such a soft target for this attacker. we know there are security checks for people going into the arena, we do not yet know whether thatis arena, we do not yet know whether that is still the case for people entering at the end of the show which seems to be what has happened in this case. even if security is very tight, there is of course going to be crowds of people coming up at the end into an area which is much harder to protect. the attacker must have known many of his victims were going to be very young people, one of the fatalities as young as eight yea rs of the fatalities as young as eight years old. yes, that is a very unusual aspect for this attack and what makes it particularly shocking. so—called islamic state have claimed responsibility for this attack. do you attach any credibility to that? we know in the past they kind of jump we know in the past they kind of jump onto any bandwagon and claim responsible at you for an attack they did not know anything about in adv

abedi was for a time a student at the university of salford.e attack. his father and a younger brother have now been detained in libya. speaking just before he was detained, salman abeidi's father ramadan gave an interview in libya defending himself and his son. our security correspondent frank gardner is here now. let's pick up on that point, his father and younger brother arrested in libya, what can you tell us about the arrest? that was ramadan abedi, the arrest? that was ramadan abedi, the father of salman abedi, and he is in typical denial. we saw that from the father of the nice truck driver who mowed down people in france last year. no parent wants to admit their son is a mass murderer, but that is the situation here. salman abedi is a mass murderer. was, he is dead. that is his father, saying no, he didn't do it, this is the security services persecuting the security services persecuting the libyan community in manchester. he has been arrested by a counterterrorist unit of a militia in libya that is part of the un recognised government.

university of manchester. hejoins me from our studios in salford. good evening, thanks very much indeed forjoining us.ly the case that a number of trusts simply didn't update with the latest security software their computers, and as a result, we saw the meltdown that happened over the few days? whereas in wales, for instance, they conducted all their upgrades ages ago and they weren't affected at all. i think this is a sign of the widespread distribution of different sorts of systems. some people will have made a conscious decisions not to update because of the changes might have had to their systems and therefore, as a result of the update of the systems, you might have heard stories running months ago as a result of updates. there was a case when the department for work and pensions ran update and people couldn't get their benefits, so people couldn't get their benefits, so it is not quite so clear cut although listening to your report, what does seem to be clear is that we have got all shades of the spectrum. we got some organisations who long since should have updated their systems and, again, thi

at the university salman abedi briefly attended in salford, experts say it is too simple to draw a straight are in the grip of a psychotic delusion. they're sucked into this terrorist cult ideology that actually has nothing to do with those concrete circumstances. so you can have a very much protectionist withdrawn foreign policy and it probably makes no difference to people that get sucked into those ideologies, they will still try to attack humanity and they will still try to make a name for themselves in the belief they will get to the promised land eventually. even if conflicts do end in iraq and syria, and that's a big if, they will always be those who are attracted to twisted, dangerous ideologies. graham satchell, bbc news. just a reminderfor you just a reminder for you that the incident investigated in central manchester has been declared a false alarm. police and bomb disposal experts were called there are a little earlier this morning to a block of flats which we understand is owned by a local housing association on llambi street. for a time it was a scene of intense activity. tha

salford royal foundation trust, another trauma centre, received six patients. royal manchester children's hospital received the most patients, they received 12 patients. the universityved six patients. stepping hill hospital in stockport received six patients. bolton hospital received eight patients. oldham hospital, the royal oldham hospital received seven patients and north manchester hospital received five patients. there were also a good number of walking wounded. well after the attack last night we had seen a huge response from people wanting to donate blood and a chief nurse wanting to donate blood and a chief nurse joins wanting to donate blood and a chief nursejoins me from wanting to donate blood and a chief nurse joins me from the wanting to donate blood and a chief nursejoins me from the nhs. jane, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. on this incredibly busy day for your service. i know first you want to thank the people who have made the effort to donate blood. yes, like other services we are working to support the hospitals across manchester after this dreadful incident and our thoughts are with those directly affected by that. we have had an ov

at the university salman abedi briefly attended in salford, experts say it is too simple to draw a straightolicy and it probably makes no difference to people that get sucked into those ideologies, they will still try to attack ideology and they will still try to make a name for themselves in the belief they will get to the promised land eventually. even if complex to end in iran and syria, and that‘s a big if, they will a lwa ys and that‘s a big if, they will always be those who are attracted to twisted, dangerous ideologies. graham satchell, bbc news. we will continue coverage in the aftermath of that attack on monday night and we will be talking to the chief executive of the north—west ambulance service medal get some insight later on in the programme on how emergency services have been coping. of course after treating victims of the bomb attack at manchester arena. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m sonia jessop. londoners will pay their respects to the victims of the manchester terror attack today, holding a minute‘s silen