plenty of analysis of the bomber, salman ramadan abedi. keen to keep his identity secret for a bit longer? yes, just to help their enquiries. the guardian is interesting, some people are saying that he was a quiet and devout man. the guardian have also published a quote from someone have also published a quote from someone who attended the same moss, who has described him as an angry man. we are getting different pictures of this individual. he has been known to have come back from libya, which may be why he was on the national security radar. as ever, a more complex picture of the individual has been built up very quickly. a local lad. yes, that is a lwa ys quickly. a local lad. yes, that is always the difficulty. what drive somebody to commit such a heinous crime against the people in his own area? it is difficult to understand. he was not regarded as high risk, in the same way that khalid masood, the westminster attack, was not. it is difficult to identify who might be the next attack. yes, thousands of people become people love interes

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 ti

as greater manchester police confirmed earlier today the perpetrator was salman ramadan abedi, a 22-year-oldup in britain. as the emergency services have confirmed throughout the day, his victims were innocent children, young people, and their families. our thoughts and prayers are with them all. i want to reiterate what i said this morning about the professionalism of the emergency services and the bravery of the people of manchester. through their actions they proved that cowardice will always be defeated by bravery but evil can be overcome by good, and that our values, the liberal pluralistic values of britain will alls over power those of terrorists. the security services needed to investigate whether or not abedi acted alone. those investigations continue but the work undertaken throughout the day has revealed that it is a possibility we can not ignore, that there is a wider group of individuals linked to this attack. this morning i said that the joint terrorism analysis center, the independent organization responsible for setting the threat level on the basis of the intelligence availa

this afternoon, british officials identified the bombing suspect as the 22-year-old salman ramadan abediorities are now questioning his 23-year-old brother. investigators do not know if there was any coordination between the bomber and a terrorist network, though isis has claimed responsibity. here now in the united kingdom's ambassador to the united states, kim berric. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> let's start with what we know about this investigation. i know it's in the early stages yet. investigators convinced that this was sort of an isis, if not isis-directed, isis inspired. >> chuck, it's been less than 24 hours since the appalling atrocity last night in manchester. investigators have said it was an act of terrorism. who's responsible is still to -- i mean, the organization behind it, if there was one, is still to be determined. there are 400 police officers working on this. we will get to the truth of the matter. it will be a very complete, very thorough, very intense investigation, but it's too early to draw conclusions. >> the prime minister raised the threa

official briefed by british counterparts says the suspected bomber is 22-year-old salman ramadan abedin on december 31st, 1994. police say he died after detonating an improvised explosive device near one of the vep new's -- venue's exits as the concert was getting out. the attack killed 22 people and injured nearly 60, many of the victims are children joining me senior law enforcement and national security analyst bill bratton the former nypd committee and chairman of ta nay yo risks. isis is already claiming responsibility. what's your reaction? >> well isis is claiming responsibility, it's a little too early to determine if, in fact, they were involved. there are three terms we use relative to terrorist attack spy, enable, directed. this young man will do a rollback trying to determine what was his motivation, was he inspired, was he directed or enabled. it's early to give them credit for this, despite their attempt to claim credit for it. >> we don't know anything about this 23-year-old young man who was arrested in south manchester but the fact that the authorities have made an arr

yesterday, salman abedi's father, ramadan abedi, was detained in libya.new the father in manchester said he definitely had extremist views. of course, no doubt. he was very extremist, there is no doubt about that. there is no doubt now that detectives investigating monday's atrocity have made progress. enough to make them think they are dealing with a terrorist network. but there are still important blindspots, particularly around where the bomb was made. and around where the bomb was made. and a source said some suspicious su bsta nces a source said some suspicious substances or an for. daniel sandford, bbc news, manchester —— some suspicious substances or unaccounted for. in a moment, we'll be live at the nato meeting in brussels, and we'll have more from germany on those reports that salman abedi was in dusseldorfjust four days before the attack. first, let's get the latest on the investigation with our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. lots happening, daniel. explain what is significant as far as you are concerned? well, i think the most im

salman abedi -- was not acting alone.security has conducted raids and multiple arrests have been made.abedi's former neighbor says the libyan community in manchester is furious with him:akram ben ramadan/salman abedi's neighbor: "a lot of people are very angry. i met a few boys this morning and they're all very angry and said 'this is going to affect our libyan name'."u-s military officials say abedi spent three weeks in libya and returned to the u-k just before the bombing.but there's frustration among the british intelligence community about leaks. images of a purported explosive device used in the attack were published by the new york times, which said british authorities provided access to photos of materials found at the scene.but some details about the blast emerged before being released by british authorities.u-k officials fear leaks could undermine the investigation and reveal details to any other attack plotters:carlton king/fmr. scotland yard special branch & mi6 officer:"they might have thought all the evidence was destroyed. now they know that all the evidence wasn't destroyed. so you get that ... the operation is just hampered by it."samuel burke/manchester : "now uk offi

yesterday, salman abedi's powder, ramadan abedi was detained in libya.said he definitely had extremist views. of course, no doubt. no doubt about that. there's no doubt now that detectives investigating monday's atrocity have made progress but enough to make them think they are dealing with the terrorist network but there are still important blindspots, particularly around where the bomb was made and a source said some sisters pleasures su bsta nces said some sisters pleasures substances are unaccounted for. —— some suspicious substances. in a moment we'll speak to catriona renton, who's at greater manchester police headquarters, but first let's cross to our washington correspondent nick bryant who'll give us the latest on the diplomatic fallout from the leaks about the investigation. what sense are you getting as to whether there is concern for you are or do people not consider it particularly surprising. give us your take on how this has developed. there is concern from a number of quarters on the side of the atlantic, there is concern on capitol hill

yesterday, salman abedi's father, ramadan abedi, was detained in libya.ho knew the father in manchester said he definitely had extremist views. of course, no doubt. he was very extremist, there is no doubt about that. there is no doubt now that detectives investigating monday's atrocity have made progress. enough to make them think they are dealing with a terrorist network. but there are still important blindspots, particularly around where the bomb was made. and a source said some suspicious substances are unaccounted for. daniel sandford, bbc news, manchester. a short time ago our home affairs correspondent, who's at greater manchester police headquarters, gave us the latest. the most important thing is that sends you got from the chief co nsta ble sends you got from the chief constable before we came nearer about confidence from this investigation. for a couple of days it felt like they were not sure whether they had started making progress and they feel they are making progress. it is something for a cheap constable to come out and say the arrests are

yesterday, salman abedi's father, ramadan abedi, was detained in libya.the father in manchester said he definitely had extremist views. of course, no doubt. he was very extremist, there is no doubt about that. there is no doubt now that detectives investigating monday's atrocity have made progress. enough to make them think they are dealing with a terrorist network. but there are still important blindspots, particularly around where the bomb was made. and a source said some suspicious substances are unaccounted for. daniel sandford, bbc news, manchester. we have been saying there is a nato summit getting underway in brussels this afternoon and the prime minister arrived there in the last couple of hours. 0n minister arrived there in the last couple of hours. on her way in, she made comments to the waiting media, and was asked about her upcoming meeting with president trump. 0n the intelligence sharing with america, we have a special relationship with the usa, this is our deepest defence and security partnership that we have, which is built on trust. part

salman abedi -- was not acting alone.security has conducted raids and multiple arrests have been made.abedi's former neighbor says the libyan community in manchester is furious with him:akram ben ramadansalman abedi's neighbor: "a lot of people are very angry. i met a few boys this morning and they're all very angry and said 'this is going to affect our libyan name'."u-s military officials say abedi spent three weeks in libya and returned to the u-k just before the bombing.but there's frustration among the british intelligence community about leaks. images of a purported explosive device used in the attack were published by the new york times, which said british authorities provided access to photos of materials found at the scene.but some details about the blast emerged before being released by british authorities.u-k officials fear leaks could undermine the investigation and reveal details to any other attack plotters:carlton king/fmr. scotland yard special branch & mi6 officer:"they might have thought all the evidence was destroyed. now they know that all the evidence wasn't destroyed. so you get that ... the operation is just hampered by it."samuel burke/manchester : "now uk offic

associated press reports other suicidected manchester bomber salman abedi, ramadan, has been arrested. the father said his son was innocent and had been planning a trip to saudi arabia for a pilgrimage. president trump held talks with belgian prime minister charles michel. afterwards, the president addressed to the manchester bombing. mr. trump: we are fighting very hard, doing very well under our generals and making tremendous progress. when you see something like what happened two days ago, you realize how important it is to win this fight. and we will win this fight. >> president trump will meet with nato and european union officials tomorrow before flying to sicily to speak with g7 leaders. the president has not decided if the u.s. will remain part of the paris climate accord, that is according to rex tillerson. pressure mounts from pope francis, and democratic lawmakers, to remain in the historic pact to address global warming. secretary tillerson says the president's decision on paris will not be made until after he returns from his first foreign trip. the u.s. ambassador to the

ramadan abedi, the arrest? that was ramadan abedi, the father of salman abedi, and he is in typical denial.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. libya is a mess and it hasn't got one sovereign government in charge of the country. it isa government in charge of the country. it is a lot of different fiefdoms who don't recognise each other. the place is awash with weapons, explosives and ammunition. it is a basket case, unfortunately. it is sad because it should be a success story. there is a big expat libyan community who has grown up in manchester. someone to fight in libya in 2011, not exactly with the blessing of the british government, but they didn't object because they we re but they didn't object bec

ramadan abedi, a father who allowed his children to fight on the front line in libya. his son hashim, suspected of supporting so—called islamic state. and then, salmanicide bomber who murdered in his own city. i met him at a mosque, and we just prayed, and that was it. he stayed after for a bit, extra 5—10 minutes. this is his friend. they played football together, supported manchester united. now, he is too scared to show his face and says, over the past six months, salman abedi changed. there was something up. you could tell that there was something up with him, like, something was bugging him. then it came to a point where he didn't want to listen to music anymore, didn't think about girls. if there was a nice track on, i'd be like, oh, this is a good song. he'd be like, nah, man, turn it off. shouldn't listen to music, it's the devil. he goes, even if you're to do bad stuff, and like sell weed or do whatever, like, even drink alcohol, as long as you're praying, just pray and just keep it up, ‘cause you still can get forgiven. but like, just ‘cause he knows himself, doing what he did, he'll go to hell. so i don't know why he did it. the bbc has b

repotrero: su nombre es ramadÁn abedi, trabajo como borde de seguridad y hoy mismo dice ser el padre mÁs sorprendido de libia. porque su hijo salmane trÍpoli, conversÓ con la agencia de noticias bloomberg junto antes de ser justo antes de ser detenido por la investigaciÓn. dijo que no que imagino que su hijo fuera capaz de semejante crueldad. abedi sostiene que conversÓ con su vÁstago cinco dÍas antes de su muerte y Él le mencionÓ que tenÍa como destino arabia saudita y que allÍ pretendÍa ir a una popular celebraciÓn en la meca. agrega que no pensaba que su hijo se iba a quedar permanentemente en marcha estar. el sospechoso acusado de esta barbarie tenÍa 22 aÑosy vivÍa en un barrio libio su casa fue allanada por las autoridades inglesas y haber y no estÁ de acuerdo con la manera violenta y que los agentes ingresaron para investigar.. harÁ defender a su hijo, este padre argumenta que cuando se enterÓ de esta tragedia, revisÓ los dos pasaportes de salman y no encontrÓ evidencias de que haya viajado a siria. por lo que insiste que su desaliento no pertenece a ninguna organizaciÓn terrorista. ademÁs, lo describiÓ como un buen estudian

ramadan abedi, a father who allowed his children to fight on the front line in libya. his son, hashim, suspected of supporting so—called islamic state. and then salman bomber who murdered in his own city. i met imet him i met him at the mosque. hejust prayed, and that was it. he stayed after for a prayed, and that was it. he stayed afterfor a bit, prayed, and that was it. he stayed after for a bit, an prayed, and that was it. he stayed afterfor a bit, an extra prayed, and that was it. he stayed after for a bit, an extra five or ten minutes. this is his friend. they played football together, supporting manchester united. now he's too scared to show his face and says over the past six months salman abedi changed. you could tell there was something up with him, something was something up with him, something was bugging him. it came to a point when he didn't listen to music any more, didn't think about girls, if there was a nice track on, i said, let's put this track on, he says, we should listen to music, it's the devil. even if you would do bad things, sell weed, alcohol, as long as you are praying, keep it up, you can still get forgiven. he knows him

. >> reporter: the brother and father of the suspect salman abedi were taken into custody in libya today. libya security forces say ramadan was a member of a group that was a precursor to al qaeda before he fled to britain seeking political asylum. investigators say they were in there shortly before the bombing. surveillance video spotted someone a body lying a backpack last week. british security forces think he may have just been a mule. investigators say the bomb filled with nails, nuts and bolts was not rudimentary but quite sophisticated with a detonator held in salman 's left-hand all running off of a 12 v battery sparking concerns a bomb maker still may be on the loose. the concern led to a show of force on the streets of britain today as soldiers during police to protect potential targets like buckingham palace and parliament. >> we have a limited number of police officers in the uk. >> reporter: the investigation is no longer centered on the terror network in britain but it's ties to militants outside the country. tomorrow, theresa may will meet with president donald trump at the nato summit in brussels. andria b

the bomber, salman abedi, flew back into the country from libya. and we're learning more about his father, ramadanned in libya this week. he is believed to have had strong connections to abu qatada, a suspected senior al—kyleda figure in london until he was detained after 9/iii. this man told bbc arabic that abu qatada and ramadan abedi were always in london together. he was one of abu qatada's supporters in london and would always meet up. all the time, the police operation is expanding as the detectives try to find missing bomb parts and members of the bomber‘s network not already in custody. katrina renton is our correspondent at greater manchester police headquarters. ring us up—to—date with what police there are telling you about the latest in this continuing investigation. we've got some more detailfor you now. we heard that overnight one man was arrested in the moss side area of manchester and we understand there will are several searches going on in properties across the north—west in england. in a pizza shop in merseyside and in a barber's in moss side in manchester. the number of arrests

the bomber, salman abedi, flew back into the country from libya. and we're learning more about his father, ramadanthis week. he's believed to have had strong connections to abu qatada, who is suspected of being a senior al-qaeda figure in london until he was detained after 9/11. adel alyrayni, who knows the father well, told bbc arabic that abu qatada and ramadin abedi were always together in london. "he was one of abu qatada's supporters in london," adel alrayni said — "whenever he went to london, they used to meet up." and all the time, the police operation is expanding as detectives try to find any missing bomb parts and any members of the bomber‘s network not already in custody. daniel sandford, bbc news, manchester. all of those who died in monday's attack have now been named. the 22nd victim was 15—year—old megan hurley — she was from halewood in merseyside. a reminder of the very, very young people that work what up in that atrocity. danny savage reports from manchester on a community grieving for lost family and friends. manchester — a city which has been punched and badly winded. yes, it'

salman abedi was arrested today. he was asked about the likelihood of abedi becoming radicalised while on a visit to libya. we heard this evening from the militia which detained hashim, the younger brother, and ramadan contact with his younger brother, sal man, and funds were transferred between them and hashim was planning an attack in tripoli, they are holding him in beliefs they have links to the islamic state. thejourney him in beliefs they have links to the islamic state. the journey sal man took here was a regular trip. his parents man took here was a regular trip. h is pa rents left man took here was a regular trip. his parents left libya as part of an exodus during gaddafi's time. gaddafi said extremists were fleeing here. but that isn't the whole story because there was another exodus that happen here in libya after 2011 when moammar gaddafi was ousted and that exodus was thousands of libyan fighters heading towards syria. they've taken the skills they learned in the battle against gaddafi and they honed them further in syria. then they returned here to libya with those sharpen skills and they set up a base for the islamic state in syria inside this country. hugh, it's worth remembering, we

salman abedi's younger brother and father. on the left, hassem. on the right, the father, ramadan. a spokesman for libya's malitia says that hassem confessed to helping salman prepare for the attack. it's not clear why they arrested the father. he allegedly used to be part of a group that al-quaida backed. he told the associated press, that wasn't true and he said his sons are innocent. rick leventhal has more. >> shep, many of the nuggets we're learn ing are coming from abedi's family. if it's true his younger brother confessed to knowledge of the plot, he may have information about other suspects. as you know, manchester police are carrying out aggressive raids, making eight arrests since tuesday morning. they call the arrests significant to the case and say that items recovered during the raids are very important to the investigation. >> these searches will take several days to complete. so as you would expect there will be some localized disruptions in and around the premises. however, it is vitally important that we continue those searches and do it very, very thoroughly. >> a

that he spoke to salman abedi five days ago, that his son was getting ready to visit saudi arabia and after that, libya to spend ramadan with his family. question about his travel history are growing now. officials say they're looking into trips that he made to libya and syria as they race to prevent another potential attack. there's also the issue of the weapon itself and whether the suspect had the ability to create such a device or somebody helped him. "the new york times" has just posted photos and they're here in my vat this afternoon. this they tell us, remnants of backpack that carried the bomb. you can see it's from a british clothing manufacturer. and then these are some of the things they found around. they believe this is the detonator. you can see the sides of it here. a small detonator found on the floor there. and then these are some of the shrapnel. you remember that some of the victims had shrapnel wounds. this was a crew on the floor. they think that was in the bomb. this is a bolt here filled with that sort of thing to provide for maximum death and destruction. the box office here. this is the spot wh

tuesday, they detained salman's younger brother, hashim, and they claim that he was planning to carry out an attack himself in the libyan capital. they also detained the father, ramadan abediy and they are interrogating him. they have not released any information about what they may have obtained from the father, but so far the information that is coming out from this armed group relates to thhashim abedi they say that he has provided them with information. of course how the information is obtained we cannot var railroad g verify. they say that he knew his brother was planning to carry out an attack and that his brother sal ma'man called him 1 minutes before the attack. and they say hashim was in the united kingdom during the planning phase of the attack. now, why the abedi brothers were in libya in the first place, we're learning this from family and friends who tell us that the father ramadan who left the unitedgdom in 2011 returned to tripoli, and he was concerned about his two younger sons, hashim and salman, worried that they were getting in to some sort of gang violence in manchester. so about a month ago, he went back and brought them to tripoli, confiscated their p

by salman abedi, what is the likelihood of the possibility that he became radicalised on these visits? we have heard this evening from the militia which detained the younger brother, hashim, and ramadan planning an attack in tripoli, they are holding him in the belief that he had links to the so—called islamic state. the journey taken by salman here was a regular trip. his parents left libya as part of an exodus during the time of one gaddafi. gaddafi has said it was extremists who were fleeing here. that is not the whole story, another exodus happened in libya after 2011, when gaddafi was ousted. but exodus was thousands of libyan fighters heading towards the rear. they had ta ken fighters heading towards the rear. they had taken the skills they had learned in the battle against gaddafi and hold them further in syria. then they returned here to libya with those sharp and skills and set up a base for islamic state and set up a base for islamic state and syria within this country. western governments do not have a presence inside libya. they closed all of their embassies, making it much more difficult for western intelligence agencies to have a presence and to gather information on th