03 June, 2017
"The recent attack in Manchester in the United Kingdom demonstrates the depths of the evil we face with terrorism", USA president Donald Trump said.
"Sadly one of the chief culprits in leaking information has been the president himself, who may have injured our relationship with one of our other partners over his conversations with the Russians in the White House", said Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.
In Brussels on Thursday for a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit at which Trump will also be present, May said she would "make clear" to the USA president that leaking of sensitive information to the media must cease, the Press Association reported.
News reported the Greater Manchester Police will no longer share information about the Manchester Arena bombing with US authorities.
According to recent reports, the British government operated an "open door" policy which allowed exiled Libyans in the United Kingdom to join the fighting, even though they had been placed under counter-terrorism control orders - similar to house arrest.
Ms May and Mr Trump met European leaders at North Atlantic Treaty Organisation headquarters, where the president delivered a message for other countries to pay their fair share.
"The British police have been very clear that they want to control the flow of information in order to protect operational integrity. the element of surprise, so it is irritating if it gets released from other sources and I have been very clear with our friends that that should not happen again." she said.
The "Five Eyes alliance" is an intelligence-sharing operation between the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
"It's not acceptable to me that here there is a live investigation taking place, and we can not have information being put in the public domain that's not in the direct control of British police and security service", Burnham told the BBC Wednesday. "I can confirm that we did a spot fix and that there's unprecedented intelligence cooperation with the U.S.", defence minister Avigdor Liberman said. Initially, GMP said the bomb team was sent to a college in Trafford.
The suspected bomber has been identified as 22-year-old Salman Abedi, born in Manchester to Libyan parents who fled the regime of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi. The magazine also wrote that German authorities are trying to determine whether Abedi had contact with Islamic extremists in Germany.
Greater Manchester Police indicated that information will no longer be shared with U.S. counterparts as the force described the eight men who remain in custody as "significant" arrests in their "fast-moving investigation".
Abedi's older brother was arrested by British authorities in Manchester soon after.
The New York Times has defended the publication of leaked photographs appearing to show the bomb used in the Manchester terror attack and said the decision was "responsible". Not all of the victims have yet been named, however eight-year-old Saffie Roussos and 15-year-old Olivia Campbell are among those who lost their lives.
