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A fun night out of music and togetherness has ended in death, injury and mayhem for hundreds if not thousands of teenagers and children leaving a pop concert in the English city of Manchester. British police say the blast at the Manchester Arena was detonated by a 22-year-old man carrying an improvised explosive device after a performance by the young American artist Ariana Grande. The grisly count at one of the world's largest live venues - stands at 22 dead and 59 injured.

Police confirm the count stands at 22 dead and 59 injured after the Manchester Arena bombing, authorities say the suspect, a 22-year-old-man used an improvised explosive device in what seems to be a suicide bombing. British police are treating it as a terrorist attack although that remains unconfirmed. Chief Constable Ian Hopkins says the priority is to establish if the attacker was part of a network or acting alone.

The Japanese parliament has passed legislation which targets conspiracies to commit terrorism - but which critics say could allow police to erode civil liberties. The government says the law is needed to prevent terrorist acts at the Tokyo Olympic games in 2020. But opponents see it as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's broader agenda to tighten the government's grip on individual freedoms. A United Nations independent expert has already raised his concerns about the law.

After months of turmoil over a series of financial scandals, the NSW branch of the RSL has elected a new president. James Brown, an Iraq and Afghanistan Veteran and vocal critic of the existing leadership, won the vote comfortably. Today's election, in the RSL's hundredth year, comes at a time when the league is being investigated by police, the charities regulator, and multiple auditors.

One of the Union's representing coal mine workers says Adani should not be granted a royalties break. This comes as a political stalemate within the Queensland Government continues despite increasing pressure to make a decision on royalties. Some say it's also testing regional voters' faith in the Queensland government.

The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says mining magnate Andrew Forrest's $400 million donation yesterday is an extraordinary act of love. But in WA's remote Pilbara, the traditional owners on whose land Mr Forrest built his iron ore fortune view the gift very differently.

In Tasmania, the state government is establishing a new scheme so that people can see a specialist doctor and be prescribed medicinal cannabis. But several people who already use the drug say the cannabis that will be available through the hospital will be up to six times more expensive than the drug on the black market.

On Business PM: We take a close look at what impact the credit rating downgrade on smaller lenders will have on ordinary borrowers: Ratings agency Standard and Poors downgraded more than 20 smaller banks citing increased risks of a property price collapse which will push up rates for borrowers. The Bank of Queensland is demanding the regulator intervene.

The UK Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, has described the Manchester attack as a 'barbaric act'. In a message broadcast in Sky News, she pays tribute to the emergency services, victims, their families, and the Manchester community.

BBC Sports Reporter Tulsen Tollett is in Manchester. He spoke to our reporter Thomas Oriti in the aftermath of the incident.