28 May, 2017
Ariana Grande has called off two London concerts and five in Europe after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at her performance in Manchester, the U.S. pop singer's representatives says.
In his statement, Trump - who was already struggling domestically to stem a tide of damaging leaks from law enforcement agencies - said the information coming out in the United States media was "deeply troubling".
Reports in the USA disclosing details of the investigation sparked outrage among British officials.
His family has come under scrutiny, as well: Libya's RADA counterterrorism force issued a statement on Facebook saying it has arrested and interrogated Abedi's younger brother, Hashim.
"Another man has been arrested in the Manchester area in connection with this investigation, bringing the total number of men in custody to eight", the Greater Manchester Police said.
The attack was the latest in a series of deadly incidents across Europe claimed by IS that have coincided with an offensive on the group's redoubts in Syria and Iraq carried out by US, British and other Western forces.
A minute's silence was observed in honor of the victims at a square in central Manchester and in other places in Britain.
Police have given no information about how the detained men may be connected to the bombing.
Remnants of a backpack used by Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi. Sir Ian Blair, Metropolitan police commissioner at the time of the 7/7 bombings, said his investigation had also been hampered by U.S. indiscretions.
United Kingdom police initially said they believed bombing suspect Salman Abedi acted alone, but on Wednesday they revised their analysis, saying they were investigating "a network".
Following a meeting of the emergency response committee, Mrs May said the terror threat level "will remain at critical" - meaning an attack could be imminent - and the public should continue to be "vigilant".
The Conservatives and Labour are to resume local general election campaigning on Thursday, and national campaigning on Friday.
In Libya, killer Salman Abedi's father and brother are in detention.
A teenage boy and a woman arrested by British police this week have since been released without charge, leaving nine in custody on United Kingdom soil who were arrested "on suspicion of offences contrary to the terrorism act".
The leaks included suggestions that bomber Salman Abedi's family had warned security officials he was risky.
Police say he was part of a network and they are racing to track down his links.
Speaking on Wednesday afternoon, Greater Manchester Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said: "I think it's very clear that this is a network that we are investigating".
Some of the victims had been making their way outside at the end of the Ariana Grande gig when Abedi detonated his "nuts-and-bolts" bomb.
The attack also injured 116 people, of whom 75 were admitted to hospital and 23 remain in a very serious condition, health authorities said on Thursday.
He says police want the approach to be "unpredictable" and to make London "as hostile an environment as possible to terrorists".
