19 killed in Manchester explosion | More than 50 injured | Election campaigning suspended

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By Justin Parkinson

19 killed in Manchester explosion     Nineteen people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a suspected terror attack on the Manchester Arena. An explosion happened just after the end of a pop concert by the US singer Ariana Grande, who is popular among children and teenagers.   Police say the blast - which unconfirmed reports from two unnamed US officials suggested had been carried out by a suicide bomber - occurred in the arena's foyer.   The Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP have suspended election campaigning and the prime minister will chair a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee. She called the explosion an "appalling terrorist attack", with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn describing it as a "terrible incident".   "The whole building shook," said Emma Johnson, who was waiting to pick up her children from the concert when it happened. "There was a blast and then a flash of fire afterwards. There were bodies everywhere."   We'll have all the latest information updates on the Manchester Arena explosion and its aftermath on our live page.

Confusion and chaos after explosion   One thing that has been apparent is the many young people who had attended the event, some of them with parents or guardians. There was a huge sense of confusion with dozens of people seen searching for information on their phones. Some shops and takeaways in the busy city centre area around the Arena appeared to be handing out drinks, while taxis swarmed to the area to help take people away.           Read full analysis >          Tom Mullen BBC News

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What the papers say

"Terror carnage at arena concert" is Metro's headline, as the papers report on the explosion in Manchester. The Mirror says that injuries sustained were consistent with being caused by a nail bomb, while the Guardian's headline is "Murder in Manchester".

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Today's lookahead

Today The Institute for Fiscal Studies release a briefing on its costings of the Conservative and Labour Party manifestos.       15:00 Former CIA director John Brennan testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election.       Today Donald Trump continues his first overseas tour as US president, travelling to Italy.

On this day     1998 Nine people die instantly and seven die later from injuries, as an explosion occurs at a water treatment plant in Abbeystead, near Lancaster.       1998 The Good Friday agreement, to set up a power-sharing assembly in Belfast, is ratified in a referendum in Northern Ireland.

From elsewhere       Do open-label placebos work?(Guardian)         Family build dream home in four days (Independent)             The inevitable rise of robocops (CNN)       The westernisation of emoji (The Atlantic)

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