The Archbishop of Canterbury has called for solidarity in the wake of today's attack in Sousse, Tunisia, which has left at least 37 people dead.

Two gunmen opened fire on a beach in the tourist resort earlier today. Five Britons are known to have died.

In a statement tonight, the UK foreign Minister Phillip Hammond warned a "high proportion" of the casualties were expected to be British.

Tunisian authorities say one gunman was shot by police while another has been arrested.

Tourists are thought to be leaving the resort, and some are reporting sirens and police activity around the hotel.

Archbishop Justin Welby meanwhile has urged people not to let the deadly shooting divide communities.

He said: "All of us must be full of grief at the attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait.

"They are intended not only to destroy but to divide, not only to terrify but to take from us our own commitment to each other in our societies.

"Let us together mourn for the victims, weep with the bereaved, support the injured and pray for them all to the God who in Jesus Christ went to the Cross and died rather than bearing a sword.

"Facing such a global and long term menace, we are called to reaffirm our solidarity with each other and affirm the great treasures of freedom, in religion and so many other ways.