27 May, 2017
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".
Police announced two new arrests Thursday in their probe, bringing the total to eight people in custody in Britain.
Britain's opposition Labour Party has cut the lead of Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives to five points less than a fortnight before a national election, according to the first poll published since a suicide bombing killed 22 people in Manchester. "This is not us".
British police chiefs said the breaches of trust between security service partners were undermining their efforts.
A woman reacts during a vigil at St Ann's square in central Manchester, England, Wednesday May 24 2017.
A fifth man who was carrying a suspect package was then detained in Wigan, northwest of the city.
This morning a 30-year-old man was arrested in Moss Side.
"A third US government source" was cited to identify the attacker as Salman Abedi, or Salman Ramadan Abedi, according to Reuters. Britain has raised its official terror threat to "critical" - meaning it is likely an attack is imminent - and is trying to uncover a suspected extremist network before it strikes again.
British Prime Minister Theresa May will confront U.S. President Donald Trump over leaks of intelligence about a suicide bomb attack in Manchester at a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit in Brussels on Thursday, the Guardian newspaper said.
Even though the senior Abedi denied that he was a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting group, former Libyan security official Abdel-Basit Haroun told the AP on Wednesday that the elder Abedi was a member in the 1990s of the group, which had links to al-Qaida.
"The Dangerous Woman tour with Ariana Grande has been suspended until we can further assess the situation and pay our proper respects to those lost", Grande's management team confirmed to the outlet.
May was to hold a meeting of Britain's emergency committee on Thursday before heading to Brussels.
Mr Kenny says we can not proceed on the basis that "everything is calm and rosy".
There were reports that members of the public blew the whistle on Abedi several years ago by reporting him to the anti-terrorism hotline.
Late Wednesday, the Greater Manchester Policy named two more teenagers killed in the attack - Chloe Rutherford, 17, and Liam Curry, 19.
Meanwhile, surveillance images of Abedi days before the deadly attack have emerged.
In response to the heightened threat, the Government has activated Operation Temperer, providing up to 3,800 troops to support the police in security operations.
Government officials said almost 1,000 soldiers were deployed to Buckingham Palace, Parliament and other high-profile sites across the country.
Ramadan Abedi would often perform the adhan or call to prayer at the mosque, a moderate, modern and liberal establishment, said one of the trustees.
Hashem was arrested in Libya while Ismail was arrested in Manchester.
"He was in contact with his brother and he knew about the attack".
He revealed that Abedi's younger brother Hashim had been investigated for about a month and a half over suspicions that he was linked to IS.
Asked if the U.S. authorities had compromised the investigation, she said: "I wouldn't go that far".
