One Love Manchester: Stars to sing 'with greater purpose' after London attack

Ariana Grande's Manchester concert will go ahead "loudly" and "with greater purpose" after Saturday's terror attack in London.

In a statement released on Sunday, Grande and Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun said the tribute concert will be to "honour those lost" in both the Manchester and London's attack.

"After the events last night in London, and those in Manchester just two weeks ago, we feel a sense of responsibility to honour those lost, injured, and affected," he said.

"We plan to honour them with courage, bravery, and defiance in the face of fear," he added.

"Today's One Love Manchester benefit concert will not only continue, but will do so with greater purpose."

Sunday night's show will raise money for the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund, and will feature A-list acts such as Coldplay, Katy Perry, Usher, Take That and Miley Cyrus.

"We must not be afraid and in tribute to all those affected here and around the world, we will bring our voices together and sing loudly," Braun said.

Image:The tribute show will also feature British band Coldplay

The manager said artists "have the full support of Greater Manchester Police and the government and are assured the safety of all those attending is the highest priority".

Greater Manchester Police chief constable Garry Shewan also issued a statement following Saturday's attack, which left 7 dead and many injured.

"We're deeply saddened to hear about last night's horrific attacks in London and our thoughts are with everyone affected," he said.

"There are two large-scale events taking place in Greater Manchester today and we would like to assure people that these will still take place, but with additional security in place to ensure the safety of everyone," he added.

Shewan guaranteed fans will see "a significant number of officers from both GMP and colleagues from other forces, some of which will be armed".

There will also be "additional security checks taking place and everyone will be searched".

Greater Manchester Police is asking attendees "not to bring bags if they can", in order to speed up entry.

Grande was one of many stars tweeting messages of support for victims of the London attack, writing: "Praying for London".

Supermodel Cara Delevingne also wrote a statement, reminding Londonders to "stay safe" and "not let this break us".

The attack came less than two weeks after the harrowing attack at an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena on 22 May, which saw 22 people killed and 116 injured.

UN extends North Korea sanctions in 'clear message' to Pyongyang

The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to expand sanctions against North Korea to include 14 more people and four organisations.

The US-drafted resolution has imposed a global travel ban and asset freeze on those added to the blacklist, which previously contained 39 individuals and 42 North Korean entities.

Among the new names targeted are the Koryo Bank and Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean People's Army, as well as the head of Pyongyang's overseas spying operations.

It was the first time since President Donald Trump took office that America and China - Pyongyang's only major ally - agreed to adopt such a resolution.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the council was sending a "clear message to North Korea today - stop firing ballistic missiles or face the consequences".

Image:North Korea fired a 'scud missile' into Sea of Japan

While she said the US would "continue to seek a peaceful, diplomatic resolution", she made clear they were "prepared to counteract North Korean aggression through other means, if necessary".

The public vote has been seen as a clear message to Pyongyang that the council is unhappy with their repeated defiance of the UN ban on ballistic missile launches.

Pyongyang has carried out 12 ballistic missile tests this year, as it attempts to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland.

As tensions have increased between Pyongyang and Washington, the US has been pressing China to rein in Kim Jong Un's nuclear programme.

Previously it was thought that China would only consider new sanctions on Pyongyang if North Korea conducted a long-range missile launch or another nuclear test.

US defence secretary James Mattis said the US was encouraged by China's efforts to restrain North Korea, and that the threat from North Korea was "clear and present".

Image:The USS Carl Vinson and USS Ronald Reagan take part in the exercises

The Chinese ambassador described the situation as "complex and sensitive" but said there was "a critical window of opportunity" to seek a resolution.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has voiced support for the unanimous UN decision and called on North Korea to refrain from repeated nuclear tests and missile launches.

The Japanese defence minister said the threat had "entered a new stage" and urged the North to "abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programs" and "cease its provocative actions".

Last week, North Korea fired what appeared to have been a short-range Scud missile off its east coast, with the rocket flying about 280 miles into the Sea of Japan.

Four days later, the US and Japan staged military training exercises in the Sea of Japan - the first exercise of its kind in 20 years.

Cybercrime agreement to be signed by global leaders

Global leaders are preparing to agree how police access digital evidence which may physically be located in another jurisdiction.

The amendment to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime will allow signature states' police forces to receive digital evidence in criminal investigations in a timely manner - something those forces complain is currently a major problem.

Since the opening of the convention in 2001, the importance of internet media to criminal investigations has grown significantly.

While data can traverse borders effortlessly over the internet, police have complained about struggling to follow it due to conflicting laws about whether they can access data which may physically reside in data centres outside of their jurisdiction.

The head of the Council of Europe's cybercrime division, which led the development of the treaty, Alexander Seger spoke to Sky News to explain the need for the protocol.

He said: "The problem is, when you're looking for evidence on a computer system, that evidence could be held on a single server in another country, or it could move between servers, or the data itself could be fragmented and held in different jurisdictions."

This makes it very difficult for the police to address a single judicial authority with the legal ability to demand that this evidence be handed over.

Mr Seger also said: "Let's assume that law enforcement in the UK arrests a drug trafficker in London, and at the time of the arrest, the suspect's smartphone is open - can you access that data?

"Assume they use Gmail, can you access that, or any of their cloud accounts, or are you intruding on the territory of another party? Are you seizing data in another territory?"

"This isn't clear, and while some law enforcement agencies will do this, others have received judicial criticism for it," said Mr Seger, and police do not want to risk evidence being found to be inadmissible in court.

At the moment, when police forces around the globe need to work with those in another jurisdiction, they use Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties, or MLATs.

However, the MLAT process, which allows evidence and information in criminal investigations to be shared, has been criticised for being extremely slow.

Mr Seger said that even something as simple as receiving subscriber data - finding out which individual was using a particular communication service - was difficult when it should be routine.

The protocol to the Budapest Convention would specifically address subscriber information and allow police to pursue suspects with more haste.

"We (also) need emergency procedures for full access to data in the face of threat to life," Mr Seger added.

At the time of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, the French authorities were able to access information on the suspects from the Americans very quickly, as the US has adequate emergency procedures in place, he said.

"Only the US has these in law," he went on.

Corbyn challenges Theresa May over 'dementia tax'

Jeremy Corbyn has challenged Theresa May to reveal the impact of her controversial social care policy in the final days of the election campaign.

The Labour leader said it was "staggering" that pensioners had not been told at what level social care costs would be capped or how many elderly people would lose the winter fuel payment, worth up to £300.

Labour claims the Conservative plan to means-test winter fuel payments could affect up to 10.8 million pensioners, while people who need social care could face spending up to 42% of the value of their estates if the cap was set at £100,000.

Mr Corbyn said: "It is staggering that just six days from polling day millions of pensioners still don't know what's in store for them if they are unlucky enough to get dementia or any other condition that needs care in the home.

"The dementia tax is itself unfair but what's made matters even worse is the way Theresa May announced a cap and then failed to say how much it would be.

"Alongside this, older people face the additional uncertainty of not knowing who will be eligible for a winter fuel payment. The introduction of a means test could mean more than 10 million people losing the payment.

"Theresa May's only offer to pensioners is insecurity and cuts."

Under the Tory social care policy, the value of the family property will for the first time be taken into account when working out how much an individual must pay towards care in their own home, like with residential care.

The party would introduce a new guarantee that nobody's assets will be depleted below £100,000 because of care costs, more generous than the current floor of £23,250.

But after the changes attracted criticism and were dubbed a "dementia tax" by critics, Mrs May performed a u-turn and committed to a cap on the total costs people would face.

The level of the cap will be decided after the election.

Those receiving care at home will be able to defer payments until after they die, as residential care-users already can, so that they do not have to sell their home during their lifetime.

May refuses to rule out income tax rise, despite ministers' pledge

Theresa May has refused to rule out an income tax rise, despite senior ministers pledging there will be "absolutely" no increase for higher earners.

The Prime Minister declined to guarantee income tax would not rise despite promises to voters from her Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary.

When asked to clarify the commitment from Boris Johnson and Sir Michael Fallon during her visit to Dewsbury on Saturday morning, Mrs May said only that the Conservatives were the "low tax party".

She said: "Our position on tax has not changed. We have set it out in the manifesto.

"What people will know when they go to vote on Thursday is that it is the Conservative Party that always has been and always will be the low tax party and it is our firm intention to reduce taxes for ordinary working families."

:: TV leadership showdown: Voters 1-0 leaders

She went on to outline the Conservative plans to increase the amount people can earn without paying tax to £12,500 and raising the 40p tax threshold.

It comes after Mrs May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn faced fierce questioning from voters in the final television showdown before voters go to the polls.

Image:Boris Johnson and Sir Michael Fallon have both made pledges on income tax

Sir Michael Fallon had ruled out income tax increases for higher earners in an interview with a newspaper, published on Saturday morning.

He said the Tories were not in the "business of punishing people for getting on" as he made a bid to get wealthier voters to the polling stations on Thursday.

His comments were the first to explicitly rule out an income tax increase for higher earners.

In their manifesto, the Conservatives scrapped their triple lock pledge not to raise income tax, VAT and national insurance contributions.

They committed to keep income tax "as low as possible" but did not rule out a hike.

However, asked if higher earners could be confident a Conservative government would not increase income tax, Sir Michael told The Daily Telegraph: "Yes. You've seen our record. We're not in the business of punishing people for getting on, on the contrary we want people to keep more of their earnings.

"The only way they can be sure their taxes won't rise is to vote Conservative. We already know your tax will go up if you vote Labour on Thursday."

On Friday night, Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, also ruled out increases to income tax, telling BBC's Newsnight that the party had "absolutely no plans" to do so.

The Conservative manifesto has ruled out an increase in VAT, suggesting that the Chancellor Philip Hammond might well increase National Insurance contributions, as he had planned to in the Budget, but reversed after protests.

Mrs May also refused to be drawn on whether the government would increase the National Insurance contributions for self-employed people.

Labour's plans would see the 45p rate of income tax kick in for people earning £80,000 instead of the current £150,000 and a new 50p rate for people earning more than £123,000.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the Defence Secretary's comments showed the Tories were the party for "the few, not the many".

He said: "The only guarantee the Tories are prepared to give at this election is to big business and high earners while low and middle income earners have seen no guarantee from Theresa May that their taxes won't be raised.

"And pensioners are left to worry about whether they will be able to heat their homes or even keep their homes, with no clarity on cuts to winter fuel payments or the dementia tax."

May and Corbyn grilled on social care and defence by voters

Blistering questions from a studio audience put Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn under pressure on their weak spots of social care and defence.

In the final TV event of the campaign featuring the leaders of the two major parties, the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition faced a 45-minute barrage from members of the public.

Mrs May was taken to task by four members of the audience about her social care policies; and by an emotional voter who had waited 18 months to access treatment for mental health problems.

Mr Corbyn, a long-standing advocate of nuclear disarmament, struggled and was accused of "dodging the question" by veteran host David Dimbleby as he refused to say what he would do if Britain was threatened with a nuclear strike.

He claimed a Government he led would ease tensions with countries such as North Korea through negotiations "before it reached that stage", and would not say if the UK would hit back if struck by another country.

Image:Jeremy Corbyn was accused of 'dodging the question'

:: Tory declares innocence over election charge

The Prime Minister had the most difficult moments of the debate when questioned about public services.

A nurse, who said she had seen a real terms cut in her pay over the past seven years, asked the Prime Minister why she was not investing in the NHS amid heckling from other guests.

Mrs May offered her little reassurance, saying: "We have had to take some hard choices across the public sector, and I'm being honest with you that we will put more money into the NHS but there isn't a magic money tree we can just shake."

She added: "We are putting record levels of funding into the NHS and will continue to put money into the NHS."

In awkward scenes, Mrs May listened as a partially sighted voter who had waited 18 months for counselling became emotional as she recounted a bad experience with the Work Capability Assessment.

Ariana Grande's surprise visit to Manchester hospital delights injured fans

Ariana Grande has hugged fans and posed for photos as she made a surprise hospital visit to children recovering from the Manchester terror attack.

The singer returned to the city on Friday morning ahead of a star-studded benefit concert - One Love Manchester - on Sunday.

But she also took time to visit the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

Image:Jaden Farrell-Mann says she was thrilled to 'meet her queen'. Pic: Peter Mann/Twitter

Among those over the moon to see her was 10-year-old Jaden Farrell-Mann, who suffered fractures to both legs and shrapnel wounds.

Her father, Peter Mann, posted photos of Grande talking to his daughter and the pair sharing a hug.

He tweeted: "This means more to us than all the amazing things people have done this week. when your daughter asks after her 2nd operation: 'Is Ariana ok?'

"So happy she came I could burst! Never seen Jaden so happy! Even cried again myself."



I got to meet my queen today❤❤love you @ArianaGrande💖💖xxxxxx pic.twitter.com/xTymQaRoN2— jaden farrell mann (@dustyblu10) June 2, 2017

Jaden, 10, also wrote on Twitter of her joy, saying: "I got to meet my queen today".

Evie Mills, 14, also met the singer. The teenager was also there when the Queen visited the hospital a few days after the Manchester Arena suicide attack.

:: Prince William visits Manchester bombing heroes



Tonight's visit from @ArianaGrande was amazing. Just the lift all the kids (and parents) needed! What an absolute angel ❤️ pic.twitter.com/TD9tHvTDeu— Lauren Thorpe (@LaurenEveThorpe) June 2, 2017

Lily Harrison, who was also injured in the bombing, "looked on Cloud Nine" after her time with Grande, according to her father Adam Harrison.

Mr Harrison told People: "What Ariana Grande did tonight was so selfless and amazing."

Grande also posted a black and white image of the hospital visit on Instagram, which picked up more than a million likes in an hour.

Image:Evie Mills also had a visit from the pop megastar

Pop stars including Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Take That and Miley Cyrus will join Grande for Sunday's concert.

The £40 standard tickets sold out in less than 20 minutes, while those who were at the concert on the night of the bombing have been offered free tickets.

Proceeds will go to the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund to support families and victims of the terror attack.

In a statement on Twitter last week, Grande said of the attack: "We won't let this divide us. We won't let hate win."

Twenty-two people were killed and dozens injured on 22 May when Salman Abedi detonated his device as fans streamed out of the arena at the end of Grande's gig.

:: Manchester bombing: 'Significant' car seized