Trial date set for Manchester Arena bomber's brother

The younger brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi will stand trial on 5 November at the Old Bailey in London, charged with the murder of the 22 victims of the attack.

22-year-old Hashem Abedi was remanded in custody and will next appear for a plea and trial preparation hearing in early October, having appeared at Oxford Crown Court by prison video link for a preliminary hearing.

Abedi was extradited to the UK earlier this month after being detained in Libya shortly after the May 2017 suicide bombing in which 22 people died.

He is also charged with one count of attempted murder, encompassing all others present at the arena, and one count of conspiring with his brother Salman Abedi to cause explosions.