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At least 20 people were killed and possibly "hundreds" of others were injures after one or more loud bangs were heard Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in England, multiple law enforcement told NBC News. Law enforcement sources in both Britain and the United States told NBC News there were possibly two explosions. There was no immediate information on what kind of explosions occurred, and the sources stressed that the information was preliminary and subject to change....

Police warn people to stay away from the Manchester Arena area following reports of an explosion. Here's what we know: :: Police have confirmed a number of fatalities after reports of an explosion at Manchester Arena :: The arena was hosting an Ariana Grande concert and the "loud bangs" were heard just after the concert ended :: The cause of the bangs has not yet been confirmed Greater Manchester Police have confirmed a number of confirmed fatalities

Several people were killed after two explosions at Manchester Arena at the end of an Ariana Grande gig tonight. Video footage showed people fleeing in tears from the venue after reports of bangs immediately after the concert finished. Bloodied concertgoers were pictured being helped by emergency services outside the gig and armed police were seen patrolling the arena. Evie Brewster, who attended the concert, told MailOnline: 'Ariana Grange had just finished her last song and left the stage when a huge explosion sounded. 'Suddenly everybody started screaming and running for the exit.

British Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to publicly backtrack on one of her most striking election pledges on Monday after plans to force elderly people to pay more for their social care halved her party's opinion poll lead in just a few days. In what amounts to her biggest misstep of the campaign to date, May set out plans on Thursday to make some elderly people pay a greater share of their care costs, before hastily announcing on Monday there would actually be a limit. Questioned at an election event, she grew increasingly irritated at suggestions she was backing...

Imagine firing a gun and taking out a sniper so far away that the bullet takes 3 seconds to arrive, traveling at supersonic speed. With one shot! But an unnamed British SAS Special Forces sniper is reported to have done just that. The UK Daily Star has the story: The long-range shot took place almost two weeks ago as part of a counter-sniper operation during the battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul. The SAS soldier, a sergeant who was a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, hit the Iraqi in the throat as he left a burned-out...

ENGLEFIELD, England — Pippa Middleton, radiant in a custom-made wedding gown, married a wealthy financier Saturday as two likely future British kings and other members of the royal family, including her sister, looked on. In what was seen by many as the society wedding of the year, Middleton and hedge fund manager James Matthews said their vows in a ceremony at St. Mark’s Church in Englefield, west of London. Before the wedding, a crowd of well-wishers and reporters gathered outside the church grounds, hoping for a glimpse.

Villagers say they’ll boycott St David’s Church, in Blaenporth, Ceredigion, Wales, in protest. Church bosses say pilates is OK, but not yoga, which ‘might be seen to be in conflict with Christian values and belief’.

Prince Harry’s romance with Suits actress Meghan Markle has been going from strength to strength since the pair started dating last year. But royal insiders claim the prince is now keen to pop the question and has reportedly asked the Queen for permission.

Swedish Police officially dropped their seven-year long investigation into rape accusations against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, but a British arrest warrant still hangs over his head. Assange, 45, was the subject of an arrest warrant from Sweden during the height of Wikileaks’ prominence in 2010, over accusations he had raped a woman in the country. Fearing an arrest by Sweden would lead to his extradition to the United States where he is wanted for espionage, Assange went to ground in 2012 by taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has lived ever since. While the arrest warrant...

One of Britain’s top private schools is bringing in ‘gender-neutral’ uniforms that would allow boys to wear skirts, as teachers report growing numbers of children ‘questioning their gender identity’.

Suspect, armed with knives, reportedly confronts young girls, saying, ‘You Jews run away from here before I kill you’ An assailant armed with a meat cleaver threatened Jews in the London neighborhood of Stamford Hill on Tuesday before he was arrested, according to a local Jewish neighborhood patrol The Shomrim of North East London wrote on Twitter that the attacker — who also held another knife — was detained by police after confronting young Jewish girls, brandishing the weapons and yelling that he would kill them. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The man tried to enter a kosher...

Britain’s foreign secretary says Brussels may have to pay Britain for its exit from the European Union, rather than the other way around. Boris Johnson says Britain’s share of EU assets is so valuable that the EU may have to end up paying Britain when it leaves the bloc. He spoke to The Telegraph newspaper. […] The outspoken politician called Brussels “ruthless in its negotiating techniques” and said “they are going to play dirty.” …

EU cohesion policy will “suffer heavily” during Brexit given the anticipated halting of payments for certain projects until 2020, the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) warned. EurActiv Greece reports.Speaking with journalists in Brussels, CPMR’s secretary general, Eleni Marianou, focused on the impact of Brexit, stressing that there are two bills to be paid, one now and one post-2020. “The first bill is the one the UK needs to pay before leaving the EU, which is €60 billion, and I don’t know if Theresa May is going to pay that,” she argued. She added that the “cohesion policy will suffer...

The new polymer bank notes appear to have had an unintended effect in stopping people snorting cocaine. The plastic notes have been leaving people with cut noses after they use them to sniff the drug.

After Luton, UK native Tommy Robinson saw muslim hoardes spitting on parading British veterans and their families, he could stand it no more. Robinson had never been an activist or troublemaker but he organized a patriotic march to protest what the shocking scene that unfolded in his hometown. His life quickly changed as the British Police repeatedly brought him in for questioning at the exact times he'd scheduled his marches. They arrested his wife, then six month pregnant, and subjected her to eight hours of questioning, telling her she could go away for 5-8 years in prison on trumped up...

PLEASE SIGN the PETITION at http://www.JusticeForChelsey.com Tommy Robinson of TheRebel.media says: Chelsey Wright is a mother of three who was drugged and raped last September. Police arrested six "refugees" then released them and dropped the case.   PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION:  http://www.JusticeForChelsey.com   Chelsey and her community have organized marches, and meetings with police and councillors, but none of this has worked. We demand that Independent Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird DBE QC personally intervene to ensure that justice is done. SIGN THE PETITION   http://www.JusticeForChelsey.com  

A man arrested near Prime Minister Theresa May's office in London last month appeared in court on Wednesday and was remanded in custody after being charged with terrorism and explosives offences. Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali, 27, of north London, was detained by counter-terrorism officers on Parliament Street, near the parliament building and May's Downing Street office on April 27.

Jeremy Corbyn said this morning that Brexit was ‘settled’. Now, it seems, he isn’t quite so sure. The Labour leader was quizzed repeatedly on whether the UK would definitely leave the EU behind if he becomes Prime Minister on June 9th. Seven times, Corbyn refused to answer. Instead, Corbyn insisted that he would ‘get a good deal from Europe’ – but wouldn’t say what would happen if he didn’t. Here’s what he told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg: LK: …My question is if you’re prime minister we will leave come hell or high water whatever is on the table at the...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party has an 18 percentage point lead over the main opposition Labor Party, implying a majority of at least 132 seats in a June 8 national election, according to an ICM poll for the Sun on Sunday. The Conservatives were at 46 percent, down one percentage point, against Labor on an unchanged 28 percent, the paper said.

... declared Brexit a “crime” in his manifesto, and pledged to be “tough” on the UK in an interview in February. Macron told Channel 4: “If your Government decides to organise a Brexit, I will be pretty tough on it. “We have to preserve the rest of the European Union and not to convey the message that you can decide to leave without any consequences.”