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Google is "committed" to creating an international forum designed to tackle extreme content appearing online, the technology giant has said.

It's what Theresa May is calling for at a meeting of the G7 in Sicily today. She also believes more pressure should be put on tech companies to remove extreme material and that they should report such content to the authorities.

Google says it will continue to invest in "fighting abuse" on its own services. A spokeswoman said:

At a news conference by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, its director Paul Johnson outlined what the think tank has identified as information gaps in the parties' manifestos.

He said a bigger state as Labour had proposed was perfectly feasible, but added that the party "should not pretend that such a step-change could be funded entirely by a small minority at the very top".

The IFS said that the Conservatives' additional funding vows for the NHS and schools largely confirmed proposals made in the Budget in March.

Two new polls suggest the gap between the Conservatives and Labour has narrowed again. It's down to eight points in Kantar Public's poll and just five points in YouGov's - smaller than the actual gap between the parties at the 2015 election.

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Commenting on Jeremy Corbyn's forthcoming speech on British foreign policy, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: "A few days ago, a young man built a bomb, walked into a pop concert and deliberately slaughtered children. Our children. Families are grieving. A community is in shock.

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The security minister has criticised Jeremy Corbyn's decision to make a speech on counter-terrorism calling his timing "crass".

Ben Wallace said Jeremy Corbyn was trying to make a political statement out of the Manchester attack. Mr Wallace said counter-terrorism is about the "whole chain" and not just "boots on the ground".

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Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood's main message is that Wales could be "forgotten" if her party doesn't send a strong team to Westminster.

That's according to her interview with Newsbeat, in which she was asked for five reasons why people should vote for her party.

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Supporting the government's arguments for more grammar schools on the Today programme earlier was Charlotte Martin, deputy chair of the Grammar Schools Association.

She said they add diversity:

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Neither the Conservatives nor Labour are being honest with voters about the economic consequences of their policy proposals, a think tank has warned.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said the Conservatives had very few tax or spending commitments in their manifesto, while Labour was proposing very big increases in tax and spending.

However, the IFS said Labour's plans for paying for its proposed expansion in state activity would not work.

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Labour has suspended one of its vice-chairmen in Surrey after he suggested the government could have been behind the Manchester bombing.

Daniel Ewen - vice-chair in Esher and Walton - wrote on Facebook: "I would not put it past our establishment, our rightwing government or Theresa May to blow up their own people in order to continue to secure power for themselves".

The Labour party has confirmed to BBC Surrey that Mr Ewen has since been suspended.

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DUP leader and former first minister Arlene Foster tells the Today programme this election is about "Northern Ireland's place within the UK and the EU exit, and the restoration of devolution".

She acknowledges "challenges" associated with Brexit but predicts the UK will emerge as "a stronger nation", stressing Northern Ireland's "most important market is the rest of Britain".

On the border issue, she says: "Nobody wants a hard border - that's been stated by the prime minister. If we are innovative we can find a solution - we should think about using new technology, many private sector companies are doing this all over the world."

On the inquiry into her own role in the renewable heating scandal, she says she's "glad it's taking place" but her leadership "is not the only issue - it's outrageous to say Sinn Fein can decides who leads the DUP".

She declares she's "very confident" we won't see a united Ireland in her lifetime and "people are superimposing Brexit on another issue".

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The former head of Ofsted Sir Michael Wilshaw has criticised Conservative pledges to open up more grammar schools and places.

Sir Michael Wilshaw told the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 that in areas such as Kent and Southend, which have selective schools, the children who were not in grammar schools were being let down.

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Prime Minister Theresa May will chair a session on counter-terrorism with G7 leaders in Sicily, Italy, today, where she will urge world leaders to do more to combat extremism online. She will say more pressure should be put on technology companies to remove extreme material.

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A new Conservative government would leave schools in England worse off financially than they currently are, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

It says when inflation is taken into account, plus growing pupil numbers and the cost to schools of staff and pensions, investment per pupil will fall 2.8% by 2022.

The think tank will be launching reports looking at the main parties' spending plans later this morning, but earlier, its associate director Luke Sibieta said:

The Liberal Democrats' plans protect per pupil spending over the course of the Parliament in real terms at the present level (for 2017-18).

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Security Minister Ben Wallace describes Jeremy Corbyn's timing as "incredibly disappointing and crass - to make a political statement at this time".

On the suggestion that more investment in policing could have averted the attack in Manchester, he objects "that's not correct at all - it's not just about boots on the ground but investment in intelligence and technology".

"This is about terrorism and what should be unequivocally rejected - no amount of twisted foreign policy can be used as an excuse."

He refers to the past activities of the IRA, insisting: "We absolutely reject terrorism and so should Jeremy Corbyn."

The Labour leader recently said "all bombing is wrong", as he was repeatedly asked to condemn the IRA alone for its role in the Troubles.

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Security Minister Ben Wallace tells the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 he can't comment on different leads but "this is not a lone individual, we have to close down every lead we find, we have to follow it up and make sure we make the arrests".

He adds "police are confident they're in a position to have good coverage of what's happening - it's still very live, very hot".

"There's been no specific threat against an individual event" this weekend, he says.