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Security and terrorism policy featured strongly as the Green Party and UKIP leaders faced a Question Time audience.

UKIP leader Paul Nuttall called for 20,000 more police officers on UK streets, and for a review of funding of mosques in Britain. Green co-leader Jonathan Bartley said the Prevent counter-radicalisation strategy should be scrapped.

The Bristol Q&A was the latest in a series of special shows ahead of Thursday’s general election. It took place the day after the London Bridge terror attack, which killed seven people and injured 48.

Mr Nuttall, who has previously stated that detention without trial should not be ruled out for terror suspects, said a return of control orders and tagging should also be considered. He said the UK needs to “fight fire with fire” when it comes to Islamic extremism, adding that he agreed with the prime minister that the country had been “tolerant” of extremism. “We’ve got to get real now – these people are a clear and present danger to our own people in this country… I wouldn’t take anything off the table in dealing with these people,” he said. “There are a small number of people in this country who quite clearly hate who we are – hate the way we live – and want to destroy our democracy. They are cancer and they need to be cut out.”

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Police investigating Saturday night’s terror attack in London say they know the identity of the three attackers who killed seven people and injured 48.

The Met Police said their names would be released “as soon as operationally possible” as officers work to establish if they were part of a wider network.

They were shot by police after driving into pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbing people in Borough Market.

Officers searched two addresses in east London on Monday morning. Police said a “number of people” had been detained following the raids, in Newham and Barking. It comes after 12 people were arrested in Barking on Sunday following raids at a flat – believed to be the home of one of the attackers. A 55-year-old man has since been released without charge.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said a “huge amount” of forensic material and evidence had been seized from the van and police raids. She said the investigation was moving very quickly and the priority now was to establish if anybody else was involved in the plot.

The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The first victim of the attack has been named as Canadian national Chrissy Archibald. A statement from her family said she had worked in a homeless shelter until she moved to Europe to be with her fiancé. A French national was also killed in the attack, according to foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

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Twelve people have been arrested after the London terror attack which left seven people dead and 48 injured.

The arrests in Barking, east London, followed a raid at a flat belonging to one of the three attackers.

A van hit pedestrians on London Bridge at about 22:00 BST on Saturday. Three men then got out and stabbed people in nearby Borough Market; the attackers were shot dead by police minutes later.

Condemning the attack, Theresa May said it was “time to say enough is enough”.

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Seven people have been killed and at least 48 injured in a terror incident in London in which three male attackers were shot dead by police.

A white van hit pedestrians on London Bridge at about 22:00 BST on Saturday, then three men got out and stabbed people in nearby Borough Market. Police said the three men were wearing fake bomb vests.

One of those hurt is a police officer who was stabbed after going to help. His injuries are not life-threatening.

Political parties have suspended national general election campaigning and the prime minister is chairing a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee. Theresa May described Saturday night’s events as “dreadful”, while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called them “brutal and shocking”.

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At least 36 bodies have been recovered from a casino and hotel complex in the Philippine capital, Manila, where a lone gunman opened fire overnight.

Most of the dead suffocated in thick toxic smoke after the man set fire to casino tables.

The gunman, whose nationality is not yet known, began shooting in the casino in Resorts World Manila in the early hours of Friday morning. Police said he later killed himself by setting himself on fire.

Authorities initially said there were no casualties, but appear to have only found the bodies while sweeping the complex after the gunman’s body was recovered. Officials insisted that the incident was a robbery attempt, and was not terrorism-related despite a claim by so-called Islamic State (IS). The group, which posted the claim on Friday via the messaging app Telegram, offered no further details.

The man, who has yet to be named, entered the casino shortly after midnight and began firing an assault rifle, sparking widespread panic.

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