Salman Abedi was a "mule" who detonated the bomb at Manchester Arena on Monday for a larger network of collaborators, the BBC understands.

But friends remember Abedi, 22, very differently - as a good footballer, a keen supporter of Manchester United and a user of cannabis.

His parents, from Libya, had fled that country after becoming opponents of Colonel Gaddafi's regime.

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After the bombing on Monday, the British Red Cross, alongside Manchester City Council and the Manchester Evening News, launched the 'We Love Manchester Emergency Fund' to support those affected by the attacks and their families.

The charity has just tweeted the running total so far, and it is quite an amazing figure...

After a moment of silence to remember the victims in Manchester, the crowd began to sing Oasis' "Don't look back in Anger".

BBC's Radio 5 Live speaks to the woman who started the singing to find out why.

Friars Walk shopping centre in Newport has been evacuated, with police warning people not to visit the area.

Tweets from Gwent Police at around 3.30pm said they had attended the scene following reports of a suspicious vehicle.

Armed police are guarding the cordon around the building.

Salman Abedi's family were part of a large Libyan community in Manchester.

US president Donald Trump is speaking in Brussels at the Nato summit.

He said: "This ceremony is a day for both remembrance and resolve.

"The recent attack on Manchester demonstrates the depths of the evil we face with terrorism. Innocent little girls and so many others were horribly murdered and badly injured while attending a concert.

"It was a barbaric and vicious attack upon our civilisation.

"They are losers. Wherever they exist in our societies, we must drive them out.

"We must be vigilient. The Nato of the future must include a great focus on terrorism and immigration as well as threats from Russia."

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The former chief constable of Greater Manchester Police says the public has to be realistic about the challenges facing the investigators into the Manchester Arena attack.

Sir Peter Fahy, who retired in 2015, told the World at One his former colleagues faced "a race against time" to analyse intelligence in what was "just a huge sea of information" to find out whether Salman Abedi, the suicide bomber, was working alone.

He added the challenge was also to find a balance between "the surveillance reach of the state into our private lives" when many parliamentarians "were unhappy about that happening".

The UK premiere of The Mummy has been cancelled in the wake of the Manchester attack.

The film's leading star Tom Cruise was due to attend the red carpet event at London's Leicester Square next Thursday.

A spokesman for Universal Pictures said in a statement: "All of us at Universal have been devastated by the terror attack in Manchester and continue to stand with the community and country as it recovers.

"Out of respect to those affected by this tragedy we have decided not to move forward with the London premiere for The Mummy, scheduled to take place next week."

Cruise was due to be joined by his co-stars Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis, Courtney B Vance and Sofia Boutella at the high-profile event.

The cancellation comes after Wonder Woman's European premiere in London next Wednesday was also pulled "in light of the current situation".

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A woman who found out her son was homeless when she read about how he helped people after the Manchester Arena bomb attack says she just wants to 'talk to him'.

Chris Parker who was begging in the foyer of the arena ran to the blast zone to help people who were injured. His mother Jessica, who last spoke to him six months ago and hasn't seen him for years, had no idea he was sleeping rough until she read about his bravery.

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President Donald Trump has vowed to "get to the bottom" of leaks to the US media of information about the Manchester bomb investigation, describing them as "deeply troubling".

He said: "The alleged leaks coming out of government agencies are deeply troubling.

"These leaks have been going on for a long time and my administration will get to the bottom of this.The leaks of sensitive information pose a grave threat to our national security.

"I am asking the Department of Justice and other relevant agencies to launch a complete review of this matter, and if appropriate, the culprit should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

President Trump, speaking from Brussels where he is attending a Nato summit, added there was "no relationship we cherish more" than that with the UK.

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The great-uncle of Eilidh MacLeod, one of the victims of the Manchester attack, has said she was "a lovely young person" and a "very valued member of the community".

Donald Manford, who is also a Barra councillor, described to Martha Kearney how Eilidh was "a very accomplished piper" and had a keen interest in music.

The 14-year-old from Barra in the Outer Hebrides was at the concert with her friend Laura MacIntyre who is seriously ill in hospital.

Mr Manford said: "We wish Laura every support we can give her speedy recovery."

There are still 32 people being treated in Manchester following the bombing on Monday.

Of the 18 adults still in hospital, five remain in a critical condition, and of the 14 children being treated, a further five are also still critical.

Professor Bob Pearson, medical director of the Central Manchester University Hospitals Trust, said the blast injuries were unlike the normal injuries dealt with by staff, calling them "complex and challenging".

But during a press conference outside Manchester Royal Infirmary, he praised the hard work of teams across the trust.

"Like the rest of the NHS, we have practiced and trained for just such a major incident and that practice has helped enormously," he said.

"This was a terrible incident for the people involved and challenging for those tasked with dealing with the aftermath.

"I am enormously proud of all of our staff who have risen to those challenges magnificently.

Prof Pearson said he hoped some of the patients would be able to return home by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend, but warned that others would need reconstructive surgery and extensive rehabilitation for some time.

People have been sharing pictures of their Manchester bee tattoos on social media.

Manchester tattoo artist Sam Barber came up with idea to offer the design for a £50 donation towards the attack victims fund.

The idea, based on the symbol of the city, spread across the city and now many tattoo studios say they are fully booked.

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Arriving in Brussels, the Prime Minister, Theresa May, has said she will make clear to US President Trump that shared intelligence must remain secure.

Her comments come after details about the Manchester bombing investigation were leaked to US media.

She said: "We have a special relationship with the USA. It is our deepest defence and security partnership that we have. Of course that partnership is built on trust. And part of that trust is knowing that intelligence can be shared confidently.

She added: " I will be making clear to President Trump today that intelligence that is shared between law enforcement agencies must remain secure."

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A former classmate of the Manchester suicide attack suspect has said Salman Abedi was "involved" in the Libya conflict and he and other pupils were pictured with guns on social media.

"He was in Libya for a period of time, as were many other Libyans that I knew from Manchester. They were armed and they were involved in military action in Libya. These are exactly the type of people that are recruited by terrorist organisations." he said.

Asked if he knew about this the classmate, who attended Burnage Academy for Boys with Abedi but does not want his name to be publicised, said:

"It was common. People that had him on Facebook. People that had him on Instagram. It was publicised, you know - those pictures with a gun."

On a visit to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, the Queen met Evie Mills, 14.

The Queen told Evie, from Harrogate, she thought Grande was a "very good singer".

"She sounds very, very good," she said.

The Queen told Evie and her parents: "It's dreadful. Very wicked. To target that sort of thing."

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The New York Times has defended its publication of leaked photos from the Manchester attack that has led to a row between UK and US security services.

The newspaper's full statement is below:

"The images and information presented were neither graphic nor disrespectful of victims, and consistent with the common line of reporting on weapons used in horrific crimes, as The Times and other media outlets have done following terrorist acts around the world, from Boston to Paris to Baghdad, and many places in between.

"Our mission is to cover news and inform our readers. We have strict guidelines on how and in what ways we cover sensitive stories. Our coverage of Monday's horrific attack has been both comprehensive and responsible.

"We cover stories about terrorism from all angles. Not only stories about victims but also how terrorist groups work, their sources of funding, how they recruit.

"Acts of terrorism have tremendous impact on how we live, on how we are governed and how we interact as people, communities and nations.

"At times the process of reporting this coverage comes at personal risk to our reporters. We do it because it is core to our mission."