United Kingdom lowers threat level as Manchester probe advances

Home searches across Manchester and beyond have uncovered important items in a fast-moving investigation into the concert bombing that left 22 people dead, Manchester's police chief said Thursday as a diplomatic spat escalated over us leaks about the investigation to the media.

May also said Thursday that progress is being made in the Manchester bombing investigation noted the national threat level remains critical - meaning another attack may be imminent.

Mr Rowley admitted there were still "gaps in our understanding" of 22-year-old Abedi's network and said it will "take a little more time" to close them.

"I want to make one thing very clear to Jeremy Corbyn and to you, and it is that there can never, ever be an excuse for terrorism", she said at a summit of Group of Seven leaders in Sicily. And I don't like it because apparently he was in Libya and now he's the one that did the bombing in Manchester.

Britain's political parties suspended campaigning for the June 8 election after the bombing at U.S. singer Ariana Grande's Manchester concert.

Police added they have served 17 warrants, mainly in Greater Manchester, in relation to the attack and have arrested 13 people. Abedi's father Ramadan was allegedly a member of the al-Qaida-backed Libyan Islamic Fighting group in the 1990s - a claim he denies.

Right-wing white fascism has also been responsible for murders and terrorist attacks, with Labour MP Jo Cox having been murdered by terrorist Thomas Mair. "There are 11 people in custody, the operation is still really at full tilt in a way".

Hopkins, the Manchester police chief, said the leaks had "caused much distress for families that are already suffering terribly with their loss".

Rudd said up to 3,800 soldiers could be deployed on Britain's streets, taking on guard duties to free up police to focus on patrols and investigation. An initial deployment of 984 had been ordered, initially in London, then elsewhere.

Britain on Saturday lowered the terror threat level which was hiked after this week's carnage in Manchester as police pushed forward with their investigation, arresting two more people.

Rudd also scolded United States officials for leaking details about the investigation into the Manchester attack before British authorities were prepared to go public.

The BBC reported that security services thought the bomb was too sophisticated for Abedi to have built by himself.

The blast occurred minutes after Grande left the stage while her fans, many of them young girls, filed out of the venue.

So far, police have arrested 13 people in Manchester and raided 14 locations across the city in an effort to track down those who may have helped Mr. Abedi. The U.S. singer had been scheduled to perform two shows at London's O2 arena this week.

Chelsea soccer club said it had canceled a victory parade that had been set to take place on Sunday to celebrate its Premier League title.

More than 1,000 armed police are on standby as major spectacles, including the FA Cup Final at Wembley and the Premiership Rugby Final at Twickenham, are expected to draw tens of thousands of people into public spaces on Saturday.

The suspect in the deadly Manchester concert bombing was driven by what he saw as unjust treatment of Arabs in Britain, a relative said Thursday, confirming he made a final phone call in which he pleaded: "Forgive me".

France, which has repeatedly been hit by devastating militant attacks since 2015, extended emergency powers after the Manchester bombing.