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UK Terror Threat Level Raised to "Critical"

BBC World Service - Newsday, UK Terror Threat Level Raised to "Critical"

The military will be deployed to protect key sites and events across the UK.

Following the Manchester bombing which killed twenty-two people, the British government has for the first time in ten years raised the terror threat level, meaning further attacks could be imminent. We'll speak to a security analyst. 

In the audience at the concert in Manchester by Ariana Grande there were many children and young people, so how can parents help them through this traumatic time? 

And the World Health Organisation has a new boss who will start work next month and is for the first time from Africa. We'll find out more about him.

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