Brussels mayor joins minute of silencepublished at 11:18 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
Image source, AFPBrussels mayor Yvan Mayeur (centre) joined people for the minute of silence at the city's Place de la Bourse
Summary
EU interior and justice ministers due to hold a crisis meeting in Brussels
More than 60 people still in a critical condition following the blasts, medical officials say
Two suicide bombers named by prosecutors as brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui
Airport blasts killed at least 11 while 20 died in explosion at Maelbeek metro station
So-called Islamic State has said it was behind the attacks
Brussels mayor joins minute of silencepublished at 11:18 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
Image source, AFPImage caption, Brussels: Holding hands in solidaritypublished at 11:16 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
Media caption, People in Brussels hold hands in show of solidarity
Brussels attacks: Victims and survivorspublished at 11:08 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
Image source, FacebookImage caption, Adelma Tapia Ruiz, 37, died at Brussels airport while her husband and twin daughters played nearby
The names of victims of the terror attacks in Brussels are slowly emerging, among them a Peruvian woman who was at the airport with her husband and young children.
Victims of the Brussels attacks
Most of the victims of the terror attacks in Brussels have been identified and they include the citizens of at least 11 nations.
Read MoreMinute's silence across Belgiumpublished at 10:58 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
Image source, ReutersBritish PM chairs emergency meetingpublished at 10:52 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
British Prime Minister David Cameron has chaired a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee on the Brussels attacks.
"We are concerned about one missing British national and we are in close contact with the Belgian authorities," a statement said.
"We are aware of four British nationals who were injured in the attacks - three are being treated in hospital, one has already been discharged. Our embassy staff are working to assist all British nationals affected."
Image source, APImage caption, British Prime Minister David Cameron at Downing Street
Terrorists 'will get through in UK'published at 10:47 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
Image source, PATerrorists "will get through" the UK's defences to carry out an attack similar to that in Brussels, former home secretary Lord Reid tells the BBC.
Terrorists 'will get through in UK'
Terrorists "will get through" the UK's defences to carry out an attack similar to that in Brussels, former home secretary Lord Reid tells the BBC.
Read MoreBelgian and French prime ministers to meetpublished at 10:45 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel will meet his French counterpart Manuel Valls at 1400 GMT, according to a Le Soir journalist, external.
Chalk tributes on Belgium's pavementspublished at 10:43 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
Media caption, People converged on Place de la Bourse in Brussels to express their feelings
Brussels explosions: What we knowpublished at 10:36 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
Image source, PAImage caption, The departures hall at Brussels Zaventem airport following the explosions
Many people have been killed or seriously injured in twin explosions at Brussels international airport and another on the metro system.
Brussels explosions: What we know
Thirty-two people were killed and many more seriously injured in twin explosions at Brussels international airport and another on the metro system.
Read MoreGrieving brother of Peruvian victim says she planned to come homepublished at 10:33 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
Media caption, The brother of Peruvian victim Adelma Tapia Ruiz, 37, tells the BBC she was planning to return home.
Najim Laachraoui arrest 'confirmed'published at 10:21 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
BreakingNajim Laachraoui, the man suspected of being the third attacker at Zaventem airport, has been arrested in the Brussels district of Anderlecht, Belgian media is reporting, quoting judicial sources.
Image source, APImage caption, Images of Najim Laachraoui issued by Belgian Federal Police on 21 March 2016
Euro 2016 impact?published at 10:17 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
A member of Uefa's executive committee has raised the possibility of Euro 2016 matches being played behind closed doors following the attacks in Brussels, BBC Sport is reporting.
Former Italy FA chief Giancarlo Abete says the tournament in France in June and July is an event we "can't delay or postpone", and Uefa cannot exclude playing behind closed doors as the organisation cannot exclude terrorism".
Royal visit to Brussels victimspublished at 10:12 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium are visiting victims of the attacks, in Erasme hospital in Brussels. They were greeted as they arrived by Prime Minister Charles Michel and health minister Maggie De Block.
Image source, AFPSuspect 'held'published at 10:02 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
Brussels attacks suspect Suspect Najim Laachraoui has been arrested in Anderlecht, Belgium's DH newspaper, external is reporting. He was named as one of the three men in CCTV footage released by police after Tuesday's explosions but was already being sought over his alleged links to November's Paris attacks.
Monuments in Europe light up in tribute to bomb victimspublished at 10:01 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
Media caption, Europe monuments lit up in tribute to Brussels
Merkel denounces 'inhumane' attackerspublished at 09:46 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
"The murderers of Brussels are terrorists who have no regard for the precepts of humanity," German Chancellor Angela Merkel says.
"The perpetrators are enemies of all the values for which Europe stands today, and which we as members of the European Union believe in - and, particularly on this day, with great pride - the values of freedom, democracy, and peaceful co-existence as self-confident citizens."
"Our strength is in our unity, and that is how our free societies will prove themselves stronger than terrorism," she said.
German police, meanwhile, have tightened security on the borders with Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, as well as at airports and railway stations.
Image source, EPAImage caption, Mrs Merkel was speaking as Germany undergoes a significant tightening of border security
'Stand firm'published at 09:30 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
The front pages of Belgium's newspapers were placed on display on a billboard in Brussels on Wednesday morning.
"Stand firm", says Le Soir. "The day everyone feared," reads the headline in De Standaard.
Image source, EPAGerman newspaper headlinespublished at 09:29 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
BBC MonitoringGerman press headlines lament the "attack on the heart of Europe" while comments combine calls for stricter security measures with concerns about sacrificing basic freedoms.
A commentary in conservative Die Welt , externalcriticises Belgium for not raising its alert level until after the attacks and calls for extra funding for a "calm, uncompromising fight against terror". But centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, external in turn criticises those who think the security services could have predicted the attacks, saying that they have an "unenviable task". "It is a dark day for Europe", it concludes.
The liberal Munich paper Sueddeutsche Zeitung urges readers to remember that most victims of terrorism worldwide are Muslims.
'Empty feeling' on Belgium's trainspublished at 09:23 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016
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The day after: Few on board the train for a Wednesday. Strange, empty feeling
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