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BBCNEWS Newsnight May 22, 2017

From the other side of the arena where the bang was heard from suddenly came running towards where they were trying to get running out. That picture of a certain amount of his terrier that you are pointing out that no suggestion of any injuries at the moment his hysteria. I have seen pictures from looking down on the arena. There we re looking down on the arena. There were blue lights because ambulances may have been sent. No word on injuries. We do know that theory fear it self, people leaving and arena in fear like that, we know that can cause injuries. We know that can cause injuries. We know that police are responding to an incident, that people are scared, frightened, screaming, leaving the arena rapidly in an uncontrolled way. The immediate cause, as you say, if the sound of a bang. One or two, according to some reports. We dont know the cause. I saw pictures of big pink balloons in the arena, whether it was speakers exploding, gunfire, an explosion, as some people are reporting on twitter, a lot of different stories going around and we just dont know what the cause is of this incident that police are describing it as. We understand now, according to network rail, and Emergency Services are there so that includes the police. We have no reports at the moment of any casualties as a result of this. The suggestion is that at least two loud bangs were heard within the Manchester Arena. Quite Neither Centre of the city. Very close to Manchester Victoria Train Station and that caused a lot of panic around about ioas this evening with people tried to leave the Ariana Grande concert that was taking place. Police are still saying this is an incident, they are not referring to any explosion as such but that is what people who were inside the arena are saying, they are talking about two loud bangs. Greater Manchester Police have warned people to stay away from the arena for the moment. Transport out of Manchester Victoria station has been affected as well, according to network rail. It is developing story. We will bring you any more as soon as story. We will bring you any more as soon as we story. We will bring you any more as soon as we get it. President trump has demanded that iran stop supporting terrorists and militias. He underlined the strength of the link between the United States and israel, suggesting there was a rare opportunity to move forward and seek peace between israel and palestinians. Jon sopel sent us this report. Even with his arrival on air force one, a small piece of history was made the first ever direct flight between saudi arabia and israel. The two countries have no diplomatic relations. Hes here on an outreach programme, not that Melania Trump seemed very interested in that. The self proclaimed deal maker is after what he called The Ultimate Deal peace between israelis and palestinians. We have before us a rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace to this region, and to its people, defeating terrorism and creating a future of harmony, prosperity and peace. But we can only get there working together. There is no other way. After the warmth of his reception in saudi arabia, it seemed the whole israeli ruling cast had decamped to the airport to make a public display of appreciation towards this countrys most important ally. It was then on tojerusalem, a still divided city, Whose Future Status will be hotly contested in any peace agreement. When donald trump was a candidate, he vowed the us embassy would move from tel aviv tojerusalem, now under pressure from the palestinians, that seems increasingly unlikely. As a candidate, he had nothing to say about settlement building in the west bank. Now that hes president , hes urging israelis to be cautious. It seems that the candidate and the president can be two different people. But symbols can be as important as words. It wont have been lost on israelis that donald trump became the first president to visit the western wall, one ofjudaisms most holy site. He paused, and put a note in a crevice, in a tradition going back centuries. The Trump Mission to bring together the three great religions of christianity, judaism and islam. This evening, donald trump went to have dinner at the israeli prime ministers residence, and Benjamin Netanyahu was sounding unusually upbeat and positive about the future prospects. For the first time in many years, and mr president , for the first time in my life tip, i see a real hope for change. But in the west bank, talk of change and new beginnings seemed as far away as ever, as Israeli Soldiers clashed with palestinian protesters, some clearly unhappy about the president s visit. Facebook says it takes very seriously its responsibility to monitor offensive material posted on its pages after leaked documents show its policy is not to remove all graphic content, including some threats of violence. The Live Streaming of people self harming is also tolerated because Facebook Says it doesnt want to censor or punish people in distress. Our media editor amol rajan has more details. The founder of facebook is nothing if not an idealist. Facebooks mission is to make the world more open and connected. But such openness comes with dangers. With nearly two billion users now, the sheer volume of content on facebook is proving impossible to control. The leaked Policy Guidelines refer to areas such as extremist violence, revenge porn and self harm. Moderators are required to intervene when there is a statement of intent to commit violence against an identified and vulnerable person. So a specific threat targeted against the american president would be deleted. But a more general expression of massive such as this would not. Malice. These guidelines show that the soon to be 7500 moderators who work for facebook are often making hugely important decisions under immense time pressure. But the reporter behind the story says its just too big a responsibility. We realise what the extent and breadth of the problems that facebook has, everything from racial problems on the site to revenge porn. Theres no way that Mark Zuckerberg would have thought iii years ago that facebook would have been facing those issues in 2017. A former facebook staffer says its role is not to be the arbiter of what is and isnt offensive material. Its not a bunch of people making it up as they go along. Over many years, this rule book has been built up as new Social Problems come along, new users come along. The company says, we work hard to make facebook as safe as possible while enabling free speech. In addition to investing in new people, were building better tools to keep our community safe. Amy wilson, who has self harmed in the past, was upset when asked by facebook to remove images of her healing wounds. She believes such images can symbolise recovery. But the images of people in crisis should never be shown. I dont think photos of actual self harm and somebody doing it on the live streams or photos of wounds, i dont think they should be shown at all. I dont understand how there could be any positive in it. Facebook say they work with Law Enforcement to save lives. But all this is uncharted terrain, neither a simple platform nor conventional publisher, Technology Giants are a new kind of Company Growing so fast that the law and Public Opinion is struggling keep up. 0k, ok, we bring you an update on the situation in Greater Manchester. British police, greater Manchester Police, said today that they responded to an incident in a venue in manchester. That is the Manchester Arena, where the american singer, Ariana Grande, was performing. These are pictures from inside the arena, there. Eyewitnesses said they heard a large bang. Somebody described it as the sound of an explosion. That sent a lot of people into a panic. There was a frenzy there as they all try to head to the exit. This all happened at about quarter to ii this evening. That at the end of the concert at the Manchester Arena. We are getting here some more lines. British Transport Police saying that manchesters Victoria Station is blocked with Emergency Services in attendance. There are Transport Problems out of the area as well. Emergency services are on the scene. Greater Manchester Police are saying at this stage, and this is a good half an hour since this happened, they have not given any more clarification, just saying that they are attending an incident, and they are attending an incident, and they are advising people not to head to that area where all of this is taking place. As i say, local lines from out of manchesters Victoria Station is blocked. Chris wood is a problem. The suggestion is people are still tried to get away from that area. So transport is a problem. Of an hour since we got the first reports from Greater Manchester at police say they responded to an incident. Half an hour. They are responding to a large bang according to local people and eyewitnesses that Manchester Arena. Wed go to the weather, but we will bring you more on this feeding. More sunshine and rising cambridges as well. It was quite warm. cambridges as well. It was quite warm. Good evening. More on this after we hear about it. Sunny skies further south. Rising temperatures. fie¥ cloud the of across the north of the uk. Particularly where the particularly in scotland, where the cloud has brought with it some outbreaks of rain, some heavy showers. That wetter weather is pushing its way towards the paws as are pushing its way towards the wards are skies isles, eventually. There are skies behind for many. A lot of low cloud sitting in the south west. That will feed its way overnight into wales and the south west of england, and the South West Ofenglanw Working. Where and the South West Ofenglanw Working where i are and the South West Ofenglanw Working. Where f are clear as well. Butwhere there arefileer the as well. Butwhere there aretleer the countryside to it skies, in the countryside to it could be chilly pursing in the morning. Warming up in the sunshine. Not much that to begin the day, though. A bit of hill fog. Some drizzle. The Channel Islands see more cloud. This south east see more cloud. They will push into the midlands. Northern inward, northern ireland, scotland, generally dry and sunny. Temperatures rising quickly, of course, in the sunshine. We start with cloud and rain towards shetland. That should clear away. For most, a clear day, with the cloud coming and going. Itll be a cloudy cold a along the south coast and in the south of england. Not as much sunshine is today in the south east of england. 22 degrees in london, not as warm as today. But the most part, high teens and low 20s. Or two showers. The most part, high teens and low 20s. Ortwo showers. Elsewhere the most part, high teens and low 20s. Or two showers. Elsewhere a dry story. We will start with more cloud. Especially in the west. And seigjfimmeefleeermthmgfi 7 pressure across the uk, and there will be with us for fud. Eastern parts in particular. For will be with us for fud. Eastern parts in p and jlar. For will be with us for fud. Eastern parts in p and jfe more will be with us for fud. Eastern parts in p and iii more sunshine for days. Dry and some more sunshine for the rest of the week. Getting our airfrom the near the rest of the week. Getting our air from the near continent, the rest of the week. Getting our airfrom the near continent, but saturday, at just should at 30 airfrom the near continent, but saturday just should at 30 airfrom the near continent, but saturday temperatures i at 30 airfrom the near continent, but saturday temperatures should 3 degrees. Temperatures should peak. Youre watching bbc news. We should be bringing you newsnight about now. We will continue with news, following the breaking story out of Greater Manchester, concerning an incident at Manchester Arena. We will bring you more on that when we get it. But lets continuous or election news. And the idea of a Capital Letter was put forward in a Government Review of social care costs. That was commissioned by David Cameron as prime minister. It was due to come into force last year, but then was put off until 2020. Alison holt examines ~ ~ ~. Year, but then was put off until 2020. Alison holt examines how ,. , ~ ~. Benfine getter safe . for his 88 year old mother, doris. Limited savings mean they qualify for council help, getting three visits a day. Like some more tea . Oh, i would love a tea. Ok, ill make you another cup of tea, then. Peter has spent the last few days trying to work out what the conservative care plans would mean for them. He believes theyd lose local authority help because the value of their home would be included in calculations for the first time. At the moment, were paying £68 a month. And if the new system came into effect tomorrow, wed be paying £950 a month. He says he finds little reassurance in the promise they could pay later. He also wants more details on how a care cap would work. Under the new system, i see only uncertainty. Rising very quickly. And just a complete lack of certainty for the future. So what would the tory plans mean for people who need care . At the moment, in england, anyone who has assets or savings of more than about £23,000 pays for their care. Last week in their manifesto, the conservatives said theyd increase that, allowing people to keep £100,000. The value of their home would be included in the calculations for both residential and home care, deferred payments would allow the costs to be recouped from someones estate after death. But it is what was missing that has caused the controversy. No mention to the cap or limit to the massive costs someone would still face before they got council help. It had been a 2015 election promise. Now theresa may says they will consult on what she calls an absolute limit, but doesnt say what that will be. Sir Andrew Dilnot wrote the report which said a cap on care costs was essential to help people plan ahead. Worried by last weeks proposals, he welcomes this change. The proposals, as they were described last week, failed to answer one of the two Big Questions about social care how is everybody going to manage the risks that they face . So people with last weeks proposals were left with an enormous fear about the future. Putting a cap in place means that people will be able to manage it, and that means this set of proposals is much better. Many questions remain about the costs and details of the plans, but for people like peter and doris, getting this right couldnt be more important. Alison holt, bbc news. We were telling you earlier about the breaking news out of Greater Manchester of the police and Emergency Services are attending what they described about 20 minutes ago as an incident, that they were having to deal with, now, greater Manchester Police have tweeted that it isa Manchester Police have tweeted that it is a serious incident at Manchester Arena. That is the tweet. Local people are being told to avoid the area. We know from network rail that transport services out of nearby Manchester Victoria station have been badly affected and Spero Blockages there. This all w 2 at w w; at about ioas this evening. Happened at about ioas this evening. And as they are blockages there. It was at the end of an ariane dirt grand a concert. Ariana grande. There were reports of a loud bang coming from inside the arena and the pictures you are seeing is some of the footage shot by somebody on their phone on what is clearly panic and hysteria as people are concerned for their safety. Those pictures are coming in in the last few minutes or so. Coming in in the last few minutes or so. There are suggestions from eyewitnesses that they have been casualties but that has not been confirmed a local ambulance or greater Manchester Police. There are there but i there certainly selim stage suggesting it. An Explosion Stage suggesting it was an explosion although eyewitnesses say it sounded like an explosion and thats certainly what people have been writing on social media who have been leaving that concert venue. The Emergency Services are in attendance, greater Manchester Police are there. As i say, in the last 20 minutes or so, they are upgrading that incident, as it were, to a serious incident. That is something they were not saying a few minutes ago. These are the pictures we have inside the venue. We are going to try and bring you any comments i can we had on the fact, i think we had

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