03 June, 2017
Police say they are now holding 11 men, aged between 18 and 44, in custody and have made major progress in their investigation.
Police have tracked Abedi's movements in the days before the bombing and say he traveled from Libya through Turkey and Germany on three flights to arrive at Manchester. Abedi's family remained a focus, too, with a brother in England, his father and another brother in Libya among those being detained.
Following the terror attack, the country's main political parties suspended their campaigns ahead of the 8 June general election.
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a bomb strapped to his body in the foyer area, killing 22 persons and injuring 116 others.
Britain's security level has been upgraded to "critical" meaning officials believe another attack may be imminent.
Corbyn promised to reverse the police cuts, many of them implemented by May in her former role as interior minister, and said Britain could not be "protected on the cheap".
Abedi, 22, was born in Manchester and his family of Libyan descent. Based on what the bomber's brother has told the militia, "everything was prepared in Manchester" since the end of 2016, he said.
As investigators pushed ahead with the probe into the attack, British authorities were left "furious" by repeated leaks of material shared with their United States counterparts that they said undermined the investigation.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. right, speaks to Millie Robson, 15, and her mother, Marie, as she visits the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in Manchester England, to meet victims of the terror attack in the city earlier this week and to thank members of staff who treated them Thursday May 25, 2017.
Police have said they have arrested a large part of the network behind the bombing, which killed 22 people at a concert hall, and two more men were arrested on Saturday as police continued to close in on the group.
Prime Minister Theresa May said "a significant amount of police activity" and several arrests had led to the level being lowered. "We must be fearless enough to admit the "war on terror" is not working", he said.
She said details are still being finalized and she will "have details to share ... as soon as everything is confirmed".
The leaks culminated in the New York Times publishing crime scene photos.
Libya said it was working closely with Britain to identify possible "terrorist networks" involved.
