26 May, 2017
The decision to seek parliament approval for the extension followed a defense council gathering top security officials during which the Manchester bombing was discussed, Macron's office said in a statement.
A British official said that Manchester police will stop sharing bombing investigation information with USA amid fury over leaks.
Have the leaks compromised the investigation?
Images obtained by The New York Times newspaper showed a detonator Abedi was said to have carried in his left hand, shrapnel including nuts and screws and the shredded remains of a blue backpack. "Here is a live investigation taking place and we can not have information put into the public domain that is not in the direct control of the British police and security services".
The 22-year-old British suicide bomber who killed 22 people in Manchester allegedly called his mother in Libya hours before the attack and said "forgive me", according to police.
Trump and May met Thursday at a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit, where the American president denounced the leaks as "deeply troubling" and a "grave threat to our national security", calling for an investigation into the matter.
May also said she will make clear to Trump during Thursday's North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit in Brussels that she wants the countries' shared intelligence to be protected.
Photos were published by The New York Times on Wednesday of evidence collected from the carnage, which British counterterrorism officials strongly objected to because they said it "undermines our investigations".
Prime Minister Theresa May has placed Britain on virtually a war footing following the Manchester bombing, warning that another terror attack was "imminent", raising the security to its highest level and calling out the army.
Speaking after a meeting of the government's COBRA crisis committee, May said "the public should remain vigilant".
Also in custody is Abedi's father, who was detained in Libya, and two of Abedi's brothers, one in Libya and another in the United Kingdom.
"She expressed the view that the intelligence sharing relationship we have with the USA is hugely important and valuable, but that the information that we share should be kept secure", a British Government source said.
The bomber's name was allegedly released by USA officials just as raids were underway both in Manchester and in Libya where the bomber's father lives.
"This is until such time as we have assurances that no further unauthorised disclosures will occur", said a counter-terrorism source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The act prohibits them from sharing sensitive information regarding national security but also prevents them from sharing security information involving other countries.
Police in Manchester, England, chose to stop sharing some intelligence with the US after details from their ongoing terrorism investigation were apparently leaked to the American press, the city's mayor told CNN.
People light candles in solidarity with those killed and injured in the terror attack. A woman arrested Wednesday during a raid on an apartment north of Manchester has been released without charge.
