Corbyn is an enabler, and a communist who gladly cheers on the deaths of innocent people for his political gain, this is why if you vote for him, you are as much a scumbag as he is.

In the 1980s, Jeremy Corbyn was heavily involved with London Labour Briefing – a hard-left magazine which celebrated the Brighton bomb and joked about the death of Conservative MPs.

There is evidence that Mr Corbyn was involved in the magazine, which praised the bomb designed to kill Margaret Thatcher in an article that read: “The British only sit up and take notice [of Ireland] when they are bombed into it” and “What do you call four dead Tories? A start”.

The MI5 have whole dossiers on Jeremy Corbyn, as he is viewed as an insurgent and terrorist collaborator as well as an extremist.

The evil of Corbyn does not stop at his refusal to condemn IRA bombings, but his nonchalance at the deaths of women and children during the troubles.

Even, Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, declared her support for the IRA and claimed “every defeat of the British state is a victory for all of us”.

Where was Corbyn during the 1998 Omagh IRA bombing, which killed 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) as well as injuring some 220 others?

Where was Corbyn during the Hyde Park and Regent’s Park bombings on 20 July 1982 in London? Where the terrorists of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated two bombs during British military ceremonies in Hyde Park and Regent’s Park.

The explosions killed 11 military personnel: four soldiers of the Blues & Royals at Hyde Park, and seven bandsmen of the Royal Green Jackets at Regent’s Park. Seven of the Blues & Royals’ horses also died in the attack.

Jeremy Corbyn was laughing in the pub. He was most probably in the pub with his terrorist friends celebrating the deaths of the innocent people in the bombs.

You want to vote for Jeremy Corbyn and his ridiculous flawed election bribes which will create another mountain of unpayable debt. Fuck you, if you vote for that scum, you are worthless, a coward who revels in the deaths of innocent women and children, and a traitor who will bring this country into economic hell once again under Labour.

A vote for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party is a vote for terrorism, lies and champagne socialist hypocrisy. You are obviously an ignorant communist following terrorist sympathiser to vote for Corbyn. You should hang your head in shame at being duped into such insanity.

A vote for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party is a vote for dead British babies lying on the pavement, dismembered by IRA nail bombs, their guts spewed over their dead mothers, and their flesh torn apart.

You can either wake up now, and smell the coffee from the vantage point of your sheer ignorance in following this dangerous evil man, or you can carry on in your brainwashed manner as the electoral bribes carry on daily from a party that supports terrorism.

It is your choice. </s> It is understood Labour leader has expressed interest in campaign of families and supports their efforts to get justice

Jeremy Corbyn would like to speak to the families of victims killed in the IRA Hyde Park bombing, the Guardian has learned, as accusations surrounding the Labour leader’s past links to the organisation continue to dog the party.

Relatives of the four soldiers killed in the IRA attack in July 1982 are engaged in a fundraising campaign to finance a legal action against the only suspect connected to the bombing, John Downey.

The loved ones of those killed in the explosion had complained they did not receive a reply to a letter they sent to the Labour leader last month.

But it is understood that Corbyn is interested in learning more about the campaign, speaking to the families and supporting them in their efforts to access the justice system.

A Labour spokeswoman said: “Jeremy is committed to seeing truth and justice for all victims of Northern Ireland’s violent and tragic past and believes the best way to achieve this is to see the full implementation of the Stormont House agreement legacy bodies.

“Labour is determined to tackle barriers to the legal system, ensuring that everyone has access to justice.”

The Hyde Park Justice Campaign issued a letter on Monday calling on the Labour leader to take a stand against the outgoing government’s decision not to fund their civil action against Downey.



Mark Tipper, whose 19-year-old brother Simon was one of the four soldiers killed, said he wrote to Corbyn a month ago seeking his help.

In his letter Tipper writes: “More than 20 MPs and Lords from all parties, including your own, turned out at a meeting in parliament to show their support for our cause. Why do they speak out when you will not?”

Referring to recently raised allegations that Corbyn supported the IRA campaign during the Troubles – a charge the Labour leader rebuffs – Tipper said: “Despite the series of reports over the years containing allegations about your support for the IRA, we hoped it could not be true that a leader of the opposition in this country, who could one day be prime minister, would possibly support terrorists and the murder of innocent men, women and children.

“Therefore, we still believed you might do the right thing and discharge your duty and stand up to the government in its failure to bring Downey to trial.”

Downey was originally charged with the murders of trooper Simon Tipper, L/Cpl Jeffrey Young, Cpl Roy Bright and Lt Anthony Daly when a bomb packed with nails exploded as the Blues and Royals soldiers rode to the changing of the guard ceremony in Hyde Park on 20 July 1982.

Downey had been arrested at Gatwick airport in 2013 on his way to a sailing holiday in Greece. The case against him was based on fingerprint evidence from car-park tickets found near Hyde Park. But the case collapsed a year later when Downey’s legal team produced a so-called ‘on the run’/‘get out of jail’ card which the court believed gave the Donegal man an amnesty for past crimes connected to the Troubles.

The so-called ‘on the run’ letters to 187 IRA suspects, many of whom were wanted for atrocities such as the Poppy Day massacre of 1987 in Enniskillen, were granted by Tony Blair’s government as a means of winning Sinn Féin support for devolution and new policing structures in Northern Ireland.

It later transpired that the ‘on the run’ letters actually had no legal foundation and that the Police Service of Northern Ireland had to apologise for mistakenly sending the letter to Downey, creating the false impression that it was legally binding.

In response to the collapse of the criminal trial the victims’ families have launched the campaign to finance a civil action against Downey. They are raising cash via their website and through the Sun newspaper.

Their campaign is modelled on the success of the Omagh bomb civil action, in which relatives of the 29 people killed in the 1998 Real IRA massacre sued a number of men in a Belfast court who they said were behind the plot.



In a landmark 2013 ruling, two men, Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly, were found responsible for the atrocity. A criminal case against Daly in connection to Omagh however was dropped last year by Northern Ireland’s public prosecution service.

Earlier, the Northern Ireland secretary, James Brokenshire, challenged Corbyn to condemn the IRA after claiming the Labour leader failed to do so in an interview with Sky News on Sunday. Brokenshire’s comments were passed on by a reporter from the Sun during the launch of Labour’s arts manifesto in Hull.

Asked whether he condemned the IRA as terrorists, Corbyn said: “I condemn all acts of violence in Northern Ireland wherever they came. I spent the whole of the 1980s representing constituencies with large numbers of Irish people in them. We wanted peace, we wanted justice, we wanted a solution. The first ceasefire helped to bring that about those talks which represented all sections of the community of Northern Ireland.



“The Labour government of 1997 helped bring in the historic Good Friday agreement the basis of which was a recognition of the differing cultural histories and values of Northern Ireland. It stood the test of time and it’s still there. We have a devolved administration. We should recognise that that peace was achieved by a lot of bravery both in the unionist and in the nationalist community.” </s> Jeremy Corbyn refused to condemn the IRA in an interview with Sky News on Sunday.

When asked by journalist Sophy Ridge if he would "unequivocally" condemn the Irish Republican Army, he instead denounced only their violent actions, replying: "Look, bombing is wrong, all bombing is wrong, of course I condemn it."

Ridge pushed for a direct condemnation of the group as a whole six times.The IRA was an Irish parliamentary organisation that fought for a unified Ireland, aiming to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom. The group often resorted to terrorism, with car bombings and other violent attacks killing hundreds.

The IRA was an Irish parliamentary organisation that fought for a unified Ireland, aiming to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom. The group often resorted to terrorism, with car bombings and other violent attacks killing hundreds.

According to The Telegraph, the MI5 opened a file on then-Labour backbencher Jeremy Corbyn in the 90s amid concerns over his links to the organisation.

The publication claims the politician had links to the bomb-maker thought to be behind the Hyde Park and Regent's Park attacks, which killed 11 people in total.

The report also says Corbyn shared a platform with an IRA killer and, according to John McDonnell, used to "pin people against the wall" in the House of Commons to lobby them on behalf of Ireland.

Speaking to Sky News, he insisted his backing of high-profile IRA figures was key to achieving peace in Northern Ireland.

"I recognised that you had to bring about a peace process in Ireland. I did my best to assist in that process... You have to talk to people with whom you don't agree," he said, noting that he met and worked with both loyalists and IRA figures.

Despite The Telegraph's claims, support for Corbyn and the Labour Party has been surging.

The most recent polls show it trailing just nine points behind the Conservatives, a significant improvement in comparison to earlier figures. </s> Mr Corbyn, interjecting, replied: "No, I think what you have to say is all bombing has to be condemned and you have to bring about a peace process.

Ms Ridge noted: "But you're condemning all bombing there, can you condemn the IRA without equating it to..."

Sky News' Sophy Ridge On Sunday asked if he could condemn unequivocally the IRA, Mr Corbyn said: "Bombing is wrong, of course all bombing is wrong and of course I condemn it."

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has defended his links with IRA associated rallies in the 1980s, saying that it had been necessary to bring about a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.

"In the 1980s Britain was looking for a military solution in Ireland. It clearly was never going to work. Ask anyone in the British army at that time.

"Therefore you have to seek a peace process. You condemn the violence of those that laid bombs that killed large of numbers of innocent people and I do."

Pressed to condemn the IRA, Mr Corbyn said: "I've just condemned all those that did bombing, all those, all those on both sides that laid bombs."

Asked again to condemn the IRA without equating it to the deaths caused by British security services, Mr Corbyn said: "And there were loyalist bombs as well, which you haven't mentioned.

"I condemn all the bombing by the both loyalists and the IRA."

Security minister Ben Wallace, a former army officer who served in Northern Ireland, said: "People up and down the country will rightly be outraged that Jeremy Corbyn won't unequivocally condemn the IRA for the bloodshed, bombs and brutal murders they inflicted on a generation of innocent people.

"Jeremy Corbyn has spent a lifetime siding with Britain's enemies, but he and his extreme views could be leading our country and representing it abroad - negotiating with 27 EU countries in just over two weeks' time.

"And it's the British people who will pay for this for generations." </s> Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised after he refused five times to directly condemn the IRA in an interview with Sky News.

Mr Corbyn said all bombing is wrong as he faced repeated questions on the Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme over whether he condemned the IRA alone for its role in the Troubles.

He said: I condemn all the bombing by both the loyalists and the IRA.

Mr Corbyn also defended his associations with IRA-linked rallies in the 1980s.

He said: I wanted to bring about peace in Northern Ireland. You have to talk to people with whom you don’t agree. And I did.

But Security Minister Ben Wallace said voters would be outraged by his refusal to unequivocally condemn the IRA.

Mr Corbyn said: In the 1980s Britain was looking for a military solution in Ireland. It clearly was never going to work. Ask anyone in the British Army at that time.

Therefore you have to seek a peace process. You condemn the violence of those that laid bombs that killed large numbers of innocent people and I do.

Pressed as to whether he would condemn the IRA without equating it to …?, Mr Corbyn replied: No, I think what you have to say is all bombing has to be condemned and you have to bring about a peace process.

Mr Wallace, who served as an Army officer in Northern Ireland, said: People up and down the country will rightly be outraged that Jeremy Corbyn won’t unequivocally condemn the IRA for the bloodshed, bombs and brutal murders they inflicted on a generation of innocent people.

Meanwhile, Mr Corbyn has said that the Labour Party’s immigration policy would reflect fair immigration based on the needs of our society.

The leader refused to give a direct response to the question of whether there should be more or less immigration post-Brexit several times.

Freedom of movement obviously ends when you leave the European Union because it’s a condition of the membership, he said.

He added that Labour would make sure that EU nationals would be able to remain in Britain and recognise the enormous contribution made by those who have come to this country in our NHS, education and transport industries.

Sophy Ridge pressed Mr Corbyn several times on whether he wanted immigration to go up or down, he said: I want us to have a society that works and a balance that works and I cannot get into numbers games because I don’t think it works.

Mr Corbyn also reiterated his party’s commitment to ensuring the pension triple lock, ending the freeze on working age benefits, free school meals, improving public housing and ending tuition fees.

When asked if he was going to win the election, Mr Corbyn said: It’s going very well, large numbers of people are flocking to join the Labour Party and join in our campaigns.

The seemingly positive response to many of the Labour party’s proposed domestic policies is in stark contrast to the mounting criticism of Theresa May’s proposed overhaul of social care funding.

The social care changes, outlined in the Conservative manifesto, would make elderly people liable for the costs of care they receive at home.

The payment would come from their own assets after death, with only the last £100,000 of their estates ring-fenced.

A Survation poll in the Mail on Sunday suggested 47% of respondents opposed the proposals, and 28% said it made them less likely to vote Conservative.

Mrs May has insisted the plans are intended to ensure fairness across generations and ensure the long-term sustainability of the social care system.

But in addition to attacks from Labour and the Liberal Democrats, the proposals have also come in for criticism from some within the Conservative ranks.

Conservative think-tank, The Bow Group, described it as a stealth tax, and Sarah Wollaston who was the Conservative Chair of the Health Select Committee in the last parliament has said it could encourage people to stay in hospitals, if they felt they could not afford special care at home.

Mr Corbyn has accused Mrs May of attempting to set young against old, creating a war between the generations.

The message is getting through. Get on any bus, get on any train, go in any cafe, talk to people. The whole discussion and the whole debate is unravelling from the Tory point of view, he told a rally in Birmingham.

:: General Election 2017: Where the parties stand on the key issues

It all comes as opinion polls in both the Mail on Sunday and The Sunday Times, the first to be published since the manifesto launch, suggest Labour is chipping away at the Conservative lead.

The latest Survation poll puts the Conservatives at 46% and Labour at 34% – a 12 point difference that has closed by five points over a week.

In the Sunday Times, a YouGov poll put the Conservatives at 44% and Labour at 35% – reducing the gap to single digits for the first time since the snap election was called.

This apparent trend would represent an improvement on the 30.4% of the vote received by Ed Miliband in the 2015 General Election, if borne out on 8 June.

However, there have been words of caution from within the Labour Party, with candidate Lucy Powell writing on Twitter let’s not over-analyse the polls. Either way.

Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer rejected the idea that improving on the 2015 vote share would constitute a success.

We are in a first-past-the-post system, therefore we measure success in the number of seats… establishing a reasonable vote share if your rival gets much more of a vote share just doesn’t do it he told the Guardian.

Meanwhile, Labour’s former deputy prime minister John Prescott has shown his support of the Labour leader in The Sunday Mirror, describing Mr Corbyn as transforming into a prime minister in waiting.

Lord Prescott also hailed the programme unveiled by Mr Corbyn on Tuesday as the best manifesto Labour has published since 1997.

:: Sky is hosting the first live studio audience Q&A of the election with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn – find out how you can be involved.

:: And don’t forget to watch it on Sky News: The Battle For Number 10 on Bank Holiday Monday, 29 May, at 8.30pm.

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 (c) Sky News 2017: Jeremy Corbyn refuses five times to directly condemn IRA </s> MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The Latest on the blast at an Ariana Grande concert in northern England (all times local):

Greater Manchester Police say they have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the apparent suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in the city.

Police say the man was arrested in south Manchester Tuesday, a day after the explosion killed 22 people and injured 59, many of them teenagers.

They did not provide details.

Police also said officials arrested a man at the Arndale shopping center in central Manchester — but that the arrest is not believed to be connected to Monday night’s attack.

Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni says efforts are underway so that this week’s G-7 summit in Sicily will yield a stronger, common anti-terrorism commitment.

Condemning the bombing that killed 22 people in Manchester, England, Gentiloni told reporters Tuesday in Rome that the summit on Friday and Saturday provides the opportunity to insist that “the cowardliness that snuffs out the lives of young people won’t get the better of our freedom.”

He said Italians can count on the “dedication and professionalism” of their nation’s security forces to ensure international events are carried out safely.

He says he planned to call British Prime Minister Theresa May to express “closeness, solidarity” to Britons.

Police have evacuated a large shopping center in Manchester, England. Police declined to comment on media reports that they have arrested a man there.

July McKenzie, who was shopping when the Arndale shopping center, said: “We were just in the shop and could hear people screaming and security guards telling everybody to get out.”

Some people left the scene in tears, while others waited outside the mall.

The Arndale center was rebuilt after an IRA bombing in 1996.

Turkish officials say they “strongly condemn” the attack in Manchester and promised to work together with the United Kingdom against terror. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that Turkey “shares the pain of the state of England and the English people” in the attack that killed 22 people.

Turkey has been hit by a string of attacks blamed on the Islamic State group and Kurdish militants since 2015, killing at least 550 people.

British Prime Minister Theresa May says that it is “beyond doubt” that Britain and the city of Manchester have fallen victim to “a callous terrorist attack.”

Speaking outside her offices in London, she says “Although it is not the first time Manchester has suffered in this way, it is the worst attack the city has experienced, and the worst ever to hit the north of England.”

May says police believe they know the attacker’s identity but are not disclosing it immediately.

British Prime Minister Theresa May says police and security staff in Manchester believe they know identity of the apparent suicide bomber who attacked people leaving an Ariana Grande concert Monday night, but they are not revealing the name for the time being.

Speaking in London, May said: “This attack stands out for its appalling, sickening cowardice.”

She says the attack, in which 22 people died, was one of the worst the nation had suffered.

Harun Khan, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, has joined the condemnations of the Manchester attack.

In a statement, Khan says: “This is horrific, this is criminal. May the perpetrators face the full weight of justice both in this life and the next.”

He adds: “I urge all those in the region and around the country to pool together to support those affected.”

Finance ministers from the 28 European Union countries, including Britain’s Philip Hammond, observed a minute’s silence in memory of those killed and injured in the attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.

Ahead of the regular EU meeting of finance ministers, Hammond expressed his condolences to the victims and their families of “this barbaric attack” in Manchester.

“It is, as far as we know, a terrorist incident,” he said. “We are treating it as such.”

Hammond, who was due to speak at a panel in Brussels, is to return to London at the meeting’s conclusion instead.

Flags are also flying at half-staff outside the European Commission in the heart of the Belgian capital.

France’s interior minister says the government will be issuing instructions Tuesday to regional administrators on working with event organizers on how to secure public spaces.

After a high-level security meeting in Paris Tuesday, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said organizers of sports events, concerts and other performances already had a series of instructions on how to secure their venues. Collomb said France’s airports have also been secured.

France has been on heightened alert since the Nov. 13, 2015, attacks that struck a concert, the national stadium and cafes and bars.

Early Tuesday, the Paris mayor’s office said all shows and concerts scheduled in coming days are going ahead as planned. Ariana Grande is scheduled to perform in Paris on June 7.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia is ready to boost anti-terror cooperation with Britain in the wake of a deadly explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England.

In Tuesday’s telegram to British Prime Minister Theresa May, Putin offered condolences over what he called a “cynical, inhuman crime” and wishes for a quick recovery of all those hurt.

Putin reaffirmed Russia’s readiness to “expand anti-terror cooperation with British partners, both on bilateral level and within the framework of broad international efforts.”

Britain and other NATO allies have cut cooperation with Moscow on fighting terrorism over Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and support for a pro-Russia insurgency in eastern Ukraine.

Manchester police say an apparent suicide bomber set off an explosive device at the end of the concert, killing 22 people.

Former Manchester United soccer star David Beckham posted on Facebook: “As a father & a human what has happened truly saddens me. My thoughts are with all of those that have been affected by this tragedy.”

In targeting Manchester, the attacker struck at one of Britain’s cultural hearts. The once gritty industrial city, with London and Liverpool, has been one of the main cultural influences on modern Britain, with its iconic Manchester United football team, its cross-city rival City and chart-toppers Oasis, The Smiths and other globally famous bands. Oasis singer Liam Gallagher tweeted that he is “in total shock and absolutely devastated.”

Peter Hook of Manchester bands New Order and Joy Division tweeted that his daughter “made it home safe” from the Ariana Grande concert and added: My heart goes out to all parents & those involved. Manchester stay strong.”

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has denounced the “ugly terrorist attack” in Manchester, speaking after a West Bank meeting with President Donald Trump. Abbas says he is sending his condolences to the British prime minister, the British people and the families of the victims.

Both Trump and the Palestinian leader opened their remarks with a condemnation of the attack in which 22 people were killed by a bomb blast during a concert in the city in northern England.

President Donald Trump is expressing solidarity with the United Kingdom in the wake of a deadly explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, condemning the “evil losers” behind the blast.

Trump spoke Tuesday after a meeting in Bethlehem with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD’ ah-BAHS’).

Manchester police say an apparent suicide bomber set off an improvised explosive device at the end of the concert, killing 22 people.

Trump says the attack preyed on “innocent children.” He says this “wicked ideology must be obliterated. And I mean completely obliterated.”

Manchester police so far have said nothing about the attacker’s identity or possible motivation.

Social media users are helping the desperate hunt for people missing in the Manchester concert bombing by circulating names and photos with the MissingInManchester hashtag.

The city’s regional government and its mayor, Andy Burnham, were among scores of Twitter users that circulated the hashtag to help people seeking missing family members and friends.

Those named as missing included Olivia Campbell. Her mother, Charlotte Campbell, said the 15-year-old attended the Ariana Grande concert with a friend from school who has since been found and is being treated in a hospital. But Olivia is missing, having last called home just before the concert, the mother told ITV television’s Good Morning Britain breakfast show.

She says: “I’ve called the hospitals. I’ve called all the places, the hotels where people said that children have been taken and I’ve called the police. If anyone sees Olivia, lend her your phone, she knows my number.”

A Czech woman who was at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester says that “there was almost no security check, rather zero. They let us get in without any check if we have anything with us.”

Nikola Trochtova told the Czech public radio that “the only thing they were interested in was if we had any bottles of water with us. They almost didn’t check our bags, they didn’t take a look.”

She says she was leaving the venue when she heard an explosion at the entrance, but learned the details only after returning to her hotel.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it’s “incomprehensible” that someone would target a pop concert to kill and wound people.

Merkel said in a statement Tuesday that the attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester “will only strengthen our determination to keep acting together with our British friends against those who plan and carry out such inhuman deeds.”

She added: “I assure people in Britain that Germany stands beside you.”

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says Europe is mourning with Britain after a bomb killed 22 people at a concert in Manchester.

Juncker said in a statement Tuesday that “today we mourn with you. Tomorrow we will work side by side with you to fight back against those who seek to destroy our way of life.”

He adds: “It breaks my heart to think that, once again, terrorism has sought to instill fear where there should be joy, to sow division where young people and families should be coming together in celebration.”

NATO’s chief is expressing solidarity with Britain after a bomb attack in Manchester killed 22 people, just as leaders of the military alliance prepare to meet to discuss counter-terrorism.

Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a tweet Tuesday that “NATO stands with the U.K. in the fight against terrorism.” He also said his thoughts were with all those affect by the “barbaric” attack.

President Donald Trump and other NATO leaders at to gather in Brussels on Thursday to discuss ways the military alliance can do more against terrorism.

The German government is offering condolences to Britain after the deadly explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.

Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel wrote Tuesday on Twitter: “Terrible news from Manchester! Our thoughts are now with our British friends. United we stand.”

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, tweeted: “Our thoughts (and) prayers are with the people in #Manchester affected by the blast. We mourn for the dead (and) hope the injured can recover fully.”

France’s government is offering sympathy and solidarity following the bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester which killed 22 people.

In a statement, French President Emmanuel Macron said France would continue to work with Britain to fight terrorism. Macron said he would speak with British Prime Minister Theresa May to stay abreast of developments.

Paris has grim experience with the type of attack that struck Britain, after multiple Islamic State attackers struck a concert hall, the national stadium and cafes and bars on Nov. 13, 2015, killing 130 people.

The White House says President Donald Trump is being provided updates on the Manchester concert explosion by his national security team.

Trump is in the midst of his first overseas trip as president. He’s meeting Tuesday in Bethlehem with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and speaking at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.

His spokesman Sean Spicer provided the update on Twitter.

Manchester police say an apparent suicide bomber set off an improvised explosive device at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.

Police raised the death toll to 22 early Tuesday, and dozens more have been reported injured.

Chief Constable Ian Hopkins says forensic investigations are continuing to determine if the attacker had accomplices. He provided no information about the individual who detonated the device.

Greater Manchester Police have raised the death toll in a blast at an Ariana Grande concert to 22.

The force’s chief constable, Ian Hopkins, said Tuesday they believe one person carried out the attack. Police are trying to determine if the person acted alone or had support in the Monday night blast.

Police say some 400 officers were deployed overnight to help with the investigation.

Officials say children are among the victims.

Police say they are treating an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in northern England as terrorism. Greater Manchester Police says the blast killed at least 19 people, and the ambulance service says 59 people have been taken to hospitals.

Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins says police are treating the blast as an act of terrorism “until we know otherwise.”

There was panic after the explosion, which struck around 10:30 p.m. (2130 GMT) Monday night as Grande was ending the concert.

Grande, who was not injured, tweeted hours later: “Broken. From the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I don’t have words.”

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says he and Prime Minister Theresa May have agreed to suspend election campaigning until further notice.

Corbyn said Tuesday he is “horrified” by the events in Manchester and that his thoughts are with the families and friends of those who have died and been injured.

Campaign events ahead of the June 8 general election will now be put on hold as Britain comes to grips with the incident and its aftermath.

Corbyn says he had spoken with May after the explosion.

Australia’s prime minister has told the Australian Parliament that the deadly explosion at Manchester Arena appeared to be a “brutal attack on young people everywhere.”

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the British were treating the blast that killed at least 19 people and injured more than 50 as a terrorist attack, although its cause was unknown.

Turnbull says: “This incident, this attack, is especially vile, especially criminal, especially horrific because it appears to have been deliberately directed at teenagers.”

In Tokyo, a spokesman for the Japanese government condemned the attack.

Campaigning has been suspended in Britain’s national election after a deadly explosion at Manchester Arena.

Prime Minister Theresa May canceled campaign events Tuesday after the blast, which killed at least 19 people and injured more than 50. She is due to chair a meeting of the government’s emergency committee, COBRA, later.

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron canceled a campaign tour to Gibraltar after the explosion.

Britons are due to go to the polls on June 8.

A number of Manchester taxi services offered free rides to people stranded by the incident.

The taxi companies posted messages about the free rides on Twitter after an explosion at Manchester Arena after an Ariana Grande concert Monday night. The blast killed 19 people and injured dozens more.

The service could also be used by people trying to get to local hospitals to look for loved ones.

In addition some city residents opened their homes to provide overnight lodging for people who were stranded by the shutdown in some train services because of the incident.

City officials said the true spirit of Manchester was surfacing in the hours after the incident.

The Department of Homeland Security says there is no evidence of credible threats against music venues in the U.S., as England reels from an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert late Monday.

The department says the U.S. public may experience increased security in and around public places and events.

DHS says it is closely monitoring the situation at Manchester Arena and working with U.K. officials to obtain additional information about the cause of the explosion.

The government is urging U.S. citizens in Manchester to heed directions from local authorities and be vigilant about their security.

The explosion killed at least 19 people and injured dozens. Police say they are treating as a terrorist attack.

Frantic loved ones of young people missing after an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert have taken to Twitter and Instagram with their photos and pleas for help.

Many Manchester residents responded early Tuesday with offers of shelter and details on locations where displaced concert-goers had been taken in.

The 23-year-old Grande, true to her youthful fan base, is a social media phenomenon with 105 million followers on Instagram and 45.6 million followers on Twitter. Her fans, proud “Arianators,” were among those who took to Twitter with prayers and tears.

Taylor Swift tweeted, “My thoughts, prayers and tears for all those affected by the Manchester tragedy tonight. I’m sending all my love.”

Ellie Goulding, Cher (fresh from a big night at the Billboard Awards) and Katy Perry were among others to tweet their support. </s> (CNN) London is once again waking up to bloodshed.

Here's what we know so far about an incident in which a van drove into pedestrians near Finsbury Park Mosque , north London, in the early hours of Monday morning. One person was killed, and several injured.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said the attack is being treated as a "potential terrorist attack," in comments reported by the UK Press Association.

The driver of the van, a 48-year-old man, was held by people at the scene until police could arrest him. The Metropolitan police's Counter Terrorism Command forces are investigating the incident which happened during Ramadan.

Two eyewitnesses tell CNN they saw three men in the van. One was detained and two left the scene. Police said they've not identified any other suspects at the scene nor have any been reported to police.

The Metropolitan police have deployed extra officers to "reassure communities, especially those observing Ramadan," according to London's Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Islington's Seven Sisters Road, where the attack took place, is home to at least four mosques, and would have likely been filled with worshipers leaving late-night taraweeh prayers.

The Islington borough of North London, of which Finsbury Park is a part, is home to a large Muslim community. Around 10% of the borough's population is Muslim.

Abu Hamza, who was the mosque's imam from 1997 to 2003, was later extradited to the United States, where he was convicted of supporting al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, and sentenced to life in prison in 2015.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said police are treating the van incident near Finsbury Park "as a potential terrorist attack," the UK Press Association reported.

The association quoted the Prime Minister saying: "I will chair an emergency meeting later this morning. All my thoughts are with the victims, their families and the emergency services on the scene."

London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the incident "a horrific terrorist attack." In a statement Khan said, "While this appears to be an attack on a particular community, like the terrible attacks in Manchester, Westminster and London Bridge it is also an assault on all our shared values of tolerance, freedom and respect.

A statement released by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) condemned what it described as a "terror attack." "During the night, ordinary British citizens were set upon while they were going about their lives, completing their night worship. My prayers are with the victims and their families," read the statement.

Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party tweeted "I'm totally shocked at the incident at Finsbury Park tonight. I've been in touch with the mosques, police and Islington council regarding the incident. My thoughts are with those and the community affected by this awful event." </s> Britain has raised its terrorism alert to critical — the highest level — and soldiers are being deployed to assist armed police, Prime Minister Theresa May announced Tuesday.

May addressed the country one day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, killing 22 people and wounding nearly 60. She said members of the military will be deployed along with police at what she called “big events,” including football (soccer) matches and concerts.

The prime minister said the national terror threat level is being raised from severe to critical, which means another attack is expected “imminently.”

She said it is possible a “wider group of individuals” may have been responsible for Monday’s Manchester bombing — something British police are urgently trying to determine.

Police have identified the suicide bomber as 22-year-old Salman Abedi, but have given no other information about him.

Islamic State is claiming it was behind the attack, but neither British nor U.S. intelligence have confirmed that.

Police raided a residential area of Manchester Tuesday and carried out a controlled explosion at a house in Fallowfield, a racially mixed suburb.

They also arrested a 23-year-old man elsewhere in Manchester, but have not given any information about how he may have been involved in the blast.

The bomber blew himself up in a hall just outside the arena, where American pop star Grande had just ended her show.

May said the bomber deliberately chose the “time and place to cause maximum carnage and to kill and injure indiscriminately.”

Video shows the joy in the audience turning to confusion and then to panic and a scramble to get out of the building as the realization of what just happened spread.

Witness say they saw blood covered bodies on the floor while others, badly wounded, staggered toward the exits.

Many of the victims were young girls who idolize Grande. The youngest was just 8 years old.

The scene outside the concert hall was just as chaotic, with traffic snarled and parents rushing to the scene. Some mothers and fathers were still looking for their children on Tuesday.

Grande wrote on Twitter that she is “Broken. From the bottom of my heart, I am so, so sorry. I don’t have words.”

Pictures of Grande posing at an earlier show with one of the victims have cropped up on social media.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth held a moment of silence at a garden party at Buckingham Palace. French President Emmauel Macron signed a condolence book at the British embassy in Paris. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the attack only strengthens Germany’s resolve to work with the British.

The U.N. Security Council also condemned the bombing.

President Donald Trump, visiting Bethlehem in the West Bank, called those responsible for the blast “evil losers in life.”

“I won’t call them monsters because they would like that term; they would think that’s a great name,” Trump said. “I will call them from now on losers, because that’s what they are.”

He added, “We cannot stand a moment longer for the slaughter of innocent people.”

May said she does not want the British people to feel “unduly alarmed,” but she appealed to them to cooperate with police and other security services.

She ended her address to the nation Tuesday night with the traditional appeal to Britons to carry on and stand defiant.

“The spirit of Manchester and the spirit of Britain is far mightier than the sick plots of depraved terrorists. That is why the terrorists will never win, and we will prevail.” </s> Jeremy Corbyn’s so-called “refusal” to condemn the IRA in a TV interview is a “dead cat”, his party’s education secretary has said.

The Labour leader came under fire following a television interview on Sunday in which he faced repeated questions over whether he condemned the Republican group.

Mr Corbyn, who attended rallies and protests organised by the Republican-backed Troops Out Movement in the 1980s, said he condemned “all bombing” but would not single out the IRA on Sky News’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday.

Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Angela Rayner said: “I think it’s a bit of a dead cat because the Conservatives know that at the moment they are on the rack, because they are trying to bring in a dementia tax which will hurt older people.

“Jeremy Corbyn on Sophy Ridge did condemn the bombing (by the) IRA, he did condemn that bombing and he was quite clear about that.

“Labour have got a proud record, under Tony Blair we brought about the peace process in Northern Ireland.

“Jeremy has been absolutely clear, he condemns the bombing by the IRA in Northern Ireland and we want to continue to see that peace process flourish.”
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will visit families of victims of the IRA bombings in Hyde Park and Regent's Park.