by Bryan McManus / Danny Kemp Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump on Thursday launched an extraordinary broadside at North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies for failing to pay their fair share of the defense bill. The billionaire leader used the highest possible profile platform of his first NATO summit in Brussels to accuse members of the alliance of owing “massive amounts of money.” Unveiling a memorial to the 9/11 […]
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Mother of Manchester bombing victim pleads for unity
BURY, United Kingdom (Reuters) – The mother of a Manchester bombing victim asked for unity on Wednesday (May 24). Charlotte Campbell, who was visibly emotional, urged people to “stay together” after giving thanks for the support she received following Monday’s (May 22) suicide attack which killed 22 concert-goers, including her 15-year-old daughter Olivia. In a last conversation, Campbell had been thanked by Olivia for allowing her daughter to go to the Ariana Grande concert. The […]
Manchester terror attack probe widens as US leaks grate
by Rosie Scammell Agence France Presse MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain raced Thursday to track down a jihadist network suspected of orchestrating the Manchester concert attack, while a row escalated between London and Washington over leaked material from the probe. As more children were named among the 22 victims of Monday’s massacre, the suicide bomber’s father and brother were arrested in Libya and police in Britain made new arrests. However, British authorities were left […]
Manchester terror attack: The victims
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — Twenty-two people were killed in Monday’s suicide attack on a Manchester pop concert, including an eight-year-old girl, teenagers and several parents who had come to collect their children. Here are the victims named so far in what was the deadliest terror attack in Britain since the 2005 London bombings: ‘Beautiful little girl’ Eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos from Leyland in Lancashire, northwest England, is the youngest victim among those named so […]
UK police make 7th arrest in Manchester terror probe
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police arrested a seventh person Wednesday in connection with the massacre at a Manchester pop concert that left 22 people dead. The arrest was made following searches at an address in the town of Nuneaton in central England, and is the first outside the Manchester area. “This evening we have been carrying out searches at an address in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and arrested a man,” the Greater Manchester Police force […]
ISIS inako ang Manchester attack
(Eagle News) – Inako ng terrorist group na Islamic State in Iraq and Syria o ISIS ang naganap na pagsabog sa Manchester Arena kung saan nagsasagawa ng concert ang United States singer na si Ariana Grande. Ginawa ito ng ISIS sa pamamagitan ng IS channels sa messaging app na Telegram. Magugunitang aabot sa 22 katao ang namatay habang mayroong 59 sugatan sa naganap na suicide bombing na isinagawa matapos ang concert. Kinondena naman ng iba’t ibang world leaders ang […]
EU Commission holds minute of silence for Manchester victims
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and members of the college of Commissioners observed a minute of silence on Wednesday (May 24) in solidarity with the victims of an attack in Manchester that killed 22 people. Guenther Oettinger, European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources said Europeans “mourn with the British people.” The minute of silence was held on the sidelines of the weekly commissioners meeting, while EU flags hung at half-mast […]
British police raid Manchester property following attack
British police raided a property in the Manchester district of Fallowfield where they carried out a controlled explosion on Tuesday (May 23). The raid followed a suicide bombing that killed 22 people, including children, in an attack on a crowded concert hall. Manchester remained on high alert, with additional armed police drafted in. The suspected attacker was named as Salman Abedi, aged 22. Two United States officials who have been in contact with British authorities […]
Manchester Police name bomb suspect
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (Reuters) – A man who killed 22 people in a suicide bomb attack on a crowded concert hall in the northern English city of Manchester was identified by British police on Tuesday (May 23) as 22-year-old Salman Abedi. “I can confirm that the man suspected of carrying out last night’s atrocity is 22-year-old Salman Abedi,” Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins told reporters, adding that he would not make any further comments about […]
Witnesses recall deadly Manchester terror attack
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (Reuters) – The city of Manchester of the United Kingdom continues to deal with the aftermath of a large explosion which killed 22 people, including many children. The city woke up to a terrible reality. It had become the latest victim of a large-scale terror attack, the worst to hit the country since the London bombings on July 7, 2005. As people travelled to work, there was a visible security presence across […]
Britain raises terror threat level after concert carnage
by Edouard Guihaire / Rosie Scammell Britain prepared to deploy soldiers at key sites on Wednesday, having raised its terror threat level to maximum after a suicide bomber massacred 22 people at a pop concert in Manchester. Addressing the nation from her Downing Street office, Prime Minister Theresa May warned late Tuesday that a new attack “may be imminent” and there was a possibility of “a wider group of individuals linked to this attack.” May said […]
Deadly attacks in Europe since 2015
PARIS, France (AFP) – The deadly bombing at a pop concert in the British city of Manchester which killed 22 people including children was the latest attack against targets in Europe, most of them by radical Islamists. Police say they believe Monday night’s attack, just after US star Ariana Grande, a favourite among teens and pre-teens, had ended her performance, was committed by one man. No-one has yet claimed responsibility. Here are some of the major […]