![]() ![]() What she's doing is hearing that people are - can only deal with so much of that shock and sorrow. She's also talking about international agreements to regulate cyberspace to reduce what she calls the safe spaces for ideology. She's talking about enhanced penalties, sentences for terrorism offenses and even for lesser offenses for those suspected of extremism. She's talking about enhanced resources for security services, to monitor the thousands of people who have fallen into the category of suspected extremism. Perhaps the most striking thing she said - things must change. ![]() Even while we are seeing forensic evidence technicians and police activities behind us, still about a block away from the scene of the attack here, the prime minister is trying to address not just the shock and the sorrow of her people, but the increasing frustration and even anger over this relentless series of attacks. TERRY MORAN, ABC NEWS CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT: She is, George. ![]() But she's also saying things are going to have to change. We heard the prime minister there saying life must go on. Our chief foreign correspondent Terry Moran on the scene in London. STEPHANOPOULOS: Strong words there from the prime minister. And, united, we will take on and defeat our enemies. As a country, our response must be, as it has always been, when we have been confronted by violence - we must come together. Everybody needs to go about their lives as they normally would. THERESA MAY, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: But it is time to say enough is enough. In her first response, British Prime Minister Theresa May defiant. There are no claims of responsibility yet, but this comes on the heels of that ISIS-inspired suicide bombing in Manchester less than two weeks ago just ahead of the memorial concert taking place later today. Armed officers shot them dead on the scene. Then, wearing fake explosive vests, they set out on a stabbing spree at the Borough Market nearby, killing at least seven, injuring 48. First, three attackers in a white van mowed down scores of pedestrians walking on the iconic London Bridge. ![]()
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