Summary

  • Police say the death toll from Saturday's attacks has risen to eight

  • Australian au pair Sara Zelenak is named as the latest victim of the attacks

  • Police searching for French national Xavier Thomas have recovered a body from the Thames

  • A 30-year-old man was arrested for terrorism offences in the early hours of Wednesday

  • Police casualty bureau can be contacted on 0800 096 1233 and 020 7158 0197

  1. How do you shut down terror communication channels?published at 02:43 British Summer Time 6 June 2017

    Dr Elisabeth Kendall speaks to Newsnight about encrypted messaging apps

    BBC Newsnight

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  2. May: 'Threat has evolved and we must adapt'published at 01:55 British Summer Time 6 June 2017

    BBC Newsbeat

    In an interview with Radio 1's Newsbeat, Prime Minister Theresa May has defended her record as home secretary, saying that she gave the police "extra powers to be able to deal with terrorists".

    Asked at a campaign rally in Bradford if she got things wrong when home secretary, she added:

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    No, things have been changing - the threat has evolved and we need to adapt to respond to that threat. We need to work to ensure that we don't see safe spaces for terrorists online. We also have to, as I've said, deal with extremism in our community because that is what preaches a hateful ideology that helps to radicalise young people.

  3. London attacker 'showed extremist colours'published at 01:18 British Summer Time 6 June 2017

    Khuram ButtImage source, UNKNOWN
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    Police have named one of the attackers as Khuram Butt (pictured)

    Police have formally named one of the attackers as Khuram Butt - someone the authorities knew of.

    London attacker showed extremist colours

    Police have formally named one of the attackers as Khuram Butt - someone the authorities knew of.

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  4. Tuesday's front pages ask: How was jihadist free to attack?published at 00:34 British Summer Time 6 June 2017

    Star and i front pages

    The London attack continues to dominate the British press on Tuesday.

    See all of tomorrow's front pages here.

  5. Watch: 'Why is Trump trying to undermine Khan?'published at 23:49 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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    New York's Bill de Blasio rises to London mayor's defence

    New York Mayor Bill de Blasio reacts to feud between President Donald Trump and London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

    'Why is Trump trying to undermine Khan?'

    New York Mayor Bill de Blasio reacts to feud between President Donald Trump and London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

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  6. 'Kick his visit into the long grass'published at 23:30 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    US President Donald Trump is understood to be looking forward to his state visit to the UK this year.

    However, politicians appearing on Newsnight have been calling for it to be cancelled after he launched a Twitter attack criticising Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's handling of Saturday's attack.

    Newsnight's editor Ian Katz has been tweeting:

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    But it seems Mr Trump is, as yet, unaware of the animosity his tweets have created on this side of the pond.

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    You can read more about Mr Trump's Twitter comments here.

  7. Emergency services 'in solidarity' at London vigilpublished at 23:18 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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  8. Manchester attack: update on latest developmentspublished at 23:17 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    Ismail Abedi, the brother of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi, has been released without charge.

    The 24-year-old was arrested after the attack at Manchester Arena, as police looked for evidence of a terror network in the area.

    Attacker Abedi, 22, detonated a home-made bomb in the arena's foyer just after 22:30 BST on 22 May.

    Salman Abedi was one of three siblings and was born in Manchester to a family of Libyan origin.

    His older brother, Ismail, was arrested the day after the bombing after a raid by police in Whalley Range, but was released without charge on Monday.

    Abedi's younger brother Hasham, 20, was detained in Tripoli on suspicion of links with the so-called Islamic State group on the same day.

    Reuters news agency told the BBC that Abedi's father, Ramadan, had also been detained in Libya.

  9. 'How did we let him walk the streets?'published at 23:01 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    Tuesday's newspapers react to news of the attackers

    Several of Tuesday's front pages react to the news that London attacker Khuram Butt was known to police.

    The Daily Star asks why he was not being more closely monitored while the Daily Telegraph says it will add to pressure on the authorities as to whether enough is being done to tackle extremism.

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  10. Watch: Man 'looked into eyes' of London attackerpublished at 22:48 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    Paul Clarke
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    Paul Clarke says the "horrible" images of Saturday night are still with him

    Paul Clarke escaped from the restaurant where at least three people were stabbed.

    Man 'looked into eyes' of London attacker

    Paul Clarke escaped from the restaurant where at least three people were stabbed.

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  11. Australian woman missing after attackpublished at 22:45 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    A 21-year-old Australian woman is also missing after Saturday's attack, her family says.

    Sara Zelenak, from Brisbane, was last seen on London Bridge and had witnessed the attacks before becoming separated from friends, the Herald Sun newspaper reports., external

    Her step-father said his family hadn’t heard from her for 48 hours and authorities had not been able to give any information, the paper added.

    Ms Zelenak had been living in London since March working as au pair. Her family said that she used to call home daily.

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  12. Officers supporting family of 'missing person'published at 22:31 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    The Metropolitan Police say that family liaison officers, external have been deployed to support the family of a person believed to be missing. No details have been given.

    Meanwhile, they add, officers are working with families of the victims and the coroner to identify those who were killed in Saturday's attack.

    None of the seven victims have been officially named by British authorities.

    But there has been confirmation that Canadian national Chrissy Archibald, 30, is one of the victims.

    The sister of 32-year-old James McMullan, from Hackney, east London, said he is also believed to be among those who died, after his bank card was found on a body at the scene.

  13. Attacker 'lived in Dublin and married British woman'published at 22:17 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    Picture of Khuram Butt and Rachid RedouaneImage source, Metropolitan Police
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    Khuram Butt (L) and Rachid Redouane have been named as two of the three attackers

    Details are emerging about the identities of the two men named as being Saturday's attackers.

    Pakistan-born Khuram Butt, 27, from Barking, east London, who was known to police, had previously worked for London Underground, Transport for London said.

    The other was Rachid Redouane, 30, from Barking, who police said claimed to be Moroccan-Libyan. Redouane, who was a chef, also used the name Rachid Elkhdar. He was not known to police.

    He had also lived for a time in Dublin, Ireland's RTE reports., external

    Redouane married a British woman in Ireland in 2011 before moving back to the UK, it added. They both returned to Ireland in 2016 for a short time before separating.

    Documentation, believed to be an identity card, was found after he was shot dead, the broadcaster says.

  14. Farron questions need of greater surveillance powerspublished at 22:11 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron speaking at a BBC Question Time debate in EdinburghImage source, PA

    The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron, has called for greater investment in the police and security services following the recent attacks in London and Manchester.

    Facing a BBC Question Time audience, Mr Farron said: "The additional £300m ($387m) that the Liberal Democrats would put into policing across the country would make us safer. The cuts Theresa May's made over the last seven years as home secretary, then prime minister, have not made us safer."

    But he questioned the need for the intelligence agencies to have greater surveillance powers and warned against "giving up our freedoms and our liberties" saying that was what the terrorists wanted.

  15. London attack: All 12 arrested released without chargepublished at 22:02 British Summer Time 5 June 2017
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  16. Brother of Manchester bomber released without chargepublished at 22:01 British Summer Time 5 June 2017
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    The brother of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi, who was arrested in connection with the investigation into the arena attack, has been released without charge.

    Ismail Abedi, 23, was arrested on 23 May in Whalley Range, Manchester.

    A total of 18 people have been arrested in connection with the investigation, of which eight people have been released without charge.

    Ten men remain in custody for questioning.

  17. Sturgeon warns against "knee-jerk" responses to attackspublished at 21:53 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking at a BBC Question Time debate in EdinburghImage source, PA

    Scotland's first minister has warned against "knee-jerk" responses to the terrorist attacks in Manchester and London that could undermine people's freedoms and liberties.

    Facing a BBC Question Time audience, Nicola Sturgeon condemned the attacks as "horrific and cowardly" and said that extremism had to be challenged and "rooted out" wherever it was found.

    But she said the Muslim community must not be used as a "scapegoat" and there needed to be continued investment in the police and security services.

    Ms Sturgeon did not automatically back increased powers for the police and intelligence agencies saying any new proposals should be looked at carefully and people needed to move forward with "consensus".

  18. Watch: 'We mourn together, we come together'published at 21:48 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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    'We mourn together, we come together'

    London residents unite at vigil for victims of London Bridge attack.

    'We mourn together, we come together'

    People at the London Bridge attack vigil on why they gathered at City Hall.

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  19. 'There are lessons to be learned'published at 21:47 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    A former chief superintendent of the Metropolitan Police says there are "lessons to be learned" in how authorities deal with information they receive from the community.

    Officials had been alerted about one of the men involved in Saturday's attack in London, as well as about the Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi.

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    There’ll be some lessons to be learned in how we deal with that information. But we have to look at the information. I have some sympathy with the police in terms of information (that) comes in and they have to grade it. They can’t have the same response to every single person, every bit of information.

    Dal Babu, Former Chief Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police

    When asked whether recent cuts in the number of police officers could have had an impact on their work, he said:

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    If you had a 15% cut in policing, 20,000 less police officers since 2010, it’s a no-brainer, it’ll have an impact on what the police can do in terms of resources.

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    When I was a police officer, I got information from talking to the local community… I would go and speak to people, find out what was happening then come back and do intelligence reports on that. And there’s no substitute for that, for two people sitting in an office, going on computers and trying to work out what’s actually happening on the ground. So you need those people on the ground.

    The latest figures show that between September 2010 and September 2016 police workforce numbers in England and Wales fell by 18,991, or 13%, according to the Home Office.

    Overall police budgets, excluding counter-terrorism grants, fell by 20% between 2010 and 2015. Since 2015, the overall policing budget has been protected in real terms, but not every force will benefit.

    But over the same period, the ring-fenced counter-terrorism grant has been rising in line with inflation.

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  20. Watch: 'We should stand together'published at 21:33 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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    People tell us how they feel after the terror attacks

    People around England tell the BBC how they feel after the terror attack and how they are trying to keep safe.