Terrorism

The police themselves have been angered by the behaviour of their US colleagues after yet more information from the Manchester investigation was leaked to the American media. Speaking at the Nato summit in Brussels, President Trump promised to prosecute whoever was responsible. That’s before he chastised an assembled group of Nato leaders for not paying…

With the UK threat level still set at critical, British Transport Police say for the first time they will put armed officers on trains, while NHS emergency departments have been told to prepare to deal with possible further terrorist attacks.

A defiant Donald Trump has insisted he was perfectly within his rights to share “information pertaining to terror” with the Russians. After aides last night scrambled to deny any classified information had been revealed, today the President declared his meeting with Russia’s foreign minister had been “very, very successful”.

Three years after they were snatched from their school in Chibok, northern Nigeria, 82 girls have been freed by Boko Haram islamist militants. Over 100 girls remain missing.

Police in Westminster have arrested a man on suspicion of planning a terror attack and possession of an offensive weapon. Officers say knives were recovered from him but there was no immediate known threat.

Tens of thousands of police officers and elite special forces are being deployed across France after last night’s shooting, the authorities determined not to let Sunday’s Presidential elections be disrupted.

German police investigating the bomb attack on the Dortmund football team bus say a letter found near the scene suggests a possible Islamist link – and one suspect has been taken into custody. But they admitted they are still “in the dark” as to the motive.

The biggest ever gathering of British police officers joined mourners at the funeral of PC Keith Palmer, who was stabbed to death inside the gates of Parliament last month.

Swedish police confirm they discovered a suspect device – thought to be explosives – inside the lorry which was driven into a Stockholm shopping centre.

There should be no hiding place for terrorists, the Home Secretary Amber Rudd has declared – saying she’ll be meeting internet companies next week to discuss how to allow intelligence services get access to encrypted messaging services.

The latest victim of the attack has been named as 75-year-old Leslie Rhodes – a retired window cleaner from south London – who died in hospital yesterday from his injuries. His neighbours today described him as  the “glue” who had bound their neighbourhood together.

The man who police believe killed three in Westminster yesterday, 52-year-old Khalid Masood, had a string of convictions. But none of them were for terrorism offences.

Yesterday’s terrorist attack was aimed at the heart of British democracy, the Houses of Parliament. But it is less than a year since one of its elected representatives died at the hands of a far-right extremist.

We leave you with some images of a city determined not to be cowed by yesterday’s events.

The people of this city woke today knowing that London has joined Paris, Brussels and Nice – in playing host to a violent terrorist attack.