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Theresa May has said she will change human rights laws if they “get in the way” of tackling terror suspects.

She said this would help “restrict the freedom and movements” of those posing a threat and deport foreign suspects.

The UK could seek opt-outs from the European Convention on Human Rights, which it has abided by since 1953. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the UK would not beat terrorism “by ripping up basic rights” while the Lib Dems said it was a “cynical” pre-election move.

Ahead of Thursday’s general election, rival parties have been criticising the Tories over police cuts following the terror attacks in London and Manchester. Speaking after the London attack, Mrs May said “enough is enough” and that “things need to change” in the terror fight.

Addressing activists in Slough on Tuesday evening, she did not make any specific new policy proposals but said: “I mean longer prison sentences for those convicted of terrorist offences. “I mean making it easier for the authorities to deport foreign terrorist suspects back to their own countries. “And I mean doing more to restrict the freedom and movements of terrorist suspects when we have enough evidence to know they are a threat, but not enough evidence to prosecute them in full in court. “And if our human rights laws get in the way of doing it, we will change the law so we can do it.”
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Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi may have used items stored in his car “to help assemble the device” he used to kill, police have said.

The white Nissan Micra was seized from Devell House in Rusholme on Friday.

Det Ch Supt Russ Jackson said Abedi made “repeated trips” to and from the car between 18 and 22 May, the day of his attack.

Meanwhile, police have arrested a man at Heathrow Airport in London in connection with the Manchester bombing. The 38-year-old was apprehended in what police described as a “planned” operation on suspicion of “offences contrary to the Terrorism Act”.

Greater Manchester Police said “there was no direct threat to the airport”.

Abedi’s attack at Manchester Arena following an Ariana Grande concert killed 22 people.

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Germany says it plans to move its aircraft and military personnel out of Turkey’s Incirlik airbase, as Turkey refuses to allow visits by German MPs.

Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said they would relocate to Jordan’s Azraq airbase.

German Tornado jets fly reconnaissance missions over Iraq and Syria from Incirlik, helping US-led forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS). German-Turkish talks broke down in Ankara on Monday.

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said 250 German troops and military equipment would have to transfer from Incirlik, in southern Turkey. The reason, he explained, was that his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu had told him visits to the base by German MPs could not take place.

According to Ms von der Leyen, Jordan has agreed to host the German contingent at Azraq. She said there would be a suspension of the German surveillance flights for a few weeks.

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The third London Bridge attacker has been named as 22-year-old Youssef Zaghba, a Moroccan-Italian man.

Pakistan-born Khuram Butt, 27, and Rachid Redouane, 30, both from Barking were the other two attackers.

Meanwhile, another victim has been named as Australian nurse Kirsty Boden, 28, who her family said had run towards London Bridge to help people.
Seven people were killed and 48 injured in Saturday night’s attack – the three attackers were shot dead by police.

Zaghba, Butt and Redouane drove a hired van into pedestrians on London Bridge at 21:58 BST on before stabbing people in the area around Borough Market. Armed officers killed all three within eight minutes of receiving a 999 call.

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Police in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia have shot dead a man after a hostage situation at an apartment building.

Officers went to the address in Brighton after reports of an explosion – they found one man already dead in a stairwell. Another man holding a woman against her will was found inside the building.

Specialist police began negotiations but officers then stormed the building and shot the hostage-taker dead.

Three officers received non-life threatening injuries in the operation, one requiring hospital treatment. The woman was rescued unharmed.

The area has been cordoned off and people are being advised to stay away. Victoria Police said they were investigating whether the incident was terror-related.