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A soldier killed in a suspected terrorist attack in south-east London is expected to be named later, while two men remain under arrest in hospital.

The soldier's family have been informed

Shortly after the killing in Woolwich, one man - his hands covered in blood- was filmed by a passer-by, saying he carried out the attack because British soldiers killed Muslims every day.

Two men were shot by police at the scene. One is in a serious condition.

The PM has chaired a Cobra emergency response committee, as counter-terrorism police investigate the attack.

A blue vehicle believed to be involved in the incident was covered with red tarpaulin and towed away from the scene - it is thought the victim may have been hit by the car before he was attacked.

Security has been increased at barracks across London and the BBC understands the Ministry of Defence has issued guidance to members of the armed forces to "conceal" their uniforms.

The two suspects were shot and wounded by police after the attack - which took place in Artillery Place, off John Wilson Street, at 14:20 BST.

Eyewitnesses say the victim was hacked to death by two men shouting Allahu Akbar (God is Great).

The men made no attempt to flee and encouraged people to take pictures of them and their victim.

In footage obtained by ITV News, one of the men was filmed wielding a bloodied meat cleaver and making political statements.

"You think politicians are going to die?", he said. "No, it's going to be the average guy - like you - and your children.

"So get rid of them. Tell them to bring our troops back so you can all live in peace".

Another eye witness said the police "didn't even get a chance to get out of their car".

"They just had to shoot him because he was just hurtling towards them," Graham Wilders told the BBC. "And then the other one, with the handgun, lifted it up and obviously they shot him."

Meanwhile, two men have been arrested after separate attacks on mosques.

A 43-year-old was held in custody on Wednesday night suspected of attempted arson after reportedly walking into a mosque holding a knife in Braintree, Essex.

Another man was arrested in Gillingham on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage as around 250 supporters of the English Defence League gathered in Woolwich and clashed with police.

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A way of creating more effective vaccines which could protect against a broad range of flu viruses has been reported by US researchers.

A different seasonal flu jab is produced every year as the virus is a constantly shifting target.

This animal study, published in the journal Nature, showed a single jab could protect against multiple strains.

Flu scientists said it was an important advance, but a vaccine which could defeat all flu was a long way off.

While there are different strains of flu circulating each year, there are bits of the flu virus which do not change.

Many groups of researchers believe that targeting these weak spots could lead to a single, universal flu vaccine.

The normal seasonal flu jab is made by growing the virus in chicken eggs. It is then inactivated and injected into people to train the immune system to fight off that virus.

A group at the pharmaceutical company Sanofi used a different approach to design a new protein which was half virus.

Spikes which stick out from the surface of the virus, which hardly vary between strains, were fused with a 'transporter protein' which is naturally found in blood.

Groups of these hybrid proteins then spontaneously formed tiny spheres, which were tested in ferrets.

Flu researchers use ferrets as they are can be infected with human viruses, which results in similar symptoms.

The vaccine gave the animals immunity against multiple batches of flu ranging from viruses circulating in 1934 through to 2007.

Dr Gary Nabel, the chief scientific officer at Sanofi, told the BBC: "We think this is a step down the path towards a universal vaccine. It's not a universal vaccine yet.

"There's lots of research in the early phases and this looks as good as anything out there."

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