TWO men have been arrested by counter-terror police in Greater Manchester in connection with Monday’s attack, bringing the number in UK custody to eight.

One of the men was detained following searches of an address in the Withington area of the city, while another was arrested in a part of Greater Manchester that was not disclosed.

A woman arrested in the Blackley area of Manchester on Wednesday has been released without charge.

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THE brother of the alleged Manchester bomber had links to the Islamic State group and was aware of his brother’s plans, a Libyan security force said.

The Special Deterrent anti-terror force said in a statement on its Facebook page that the arrest of Hashim Abedi took place in Tripoli as he was receiving cash transferred from his brother Salman.

The force’s statement says: “The brother was aware of all the details of the terrorist attack.”

The Libyan security force claimed that Hashim Abedi told authorities that both he and his brother belonged to IS.

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NORTH Korea has accused South Korea of firing 450 machine gun rounds at a flock of birds earlier this week, dismissing Seoul’s claim that it fired warning shots because of an object flying across the border.

The North’s general staff said the South’s firing was a “reckless military provocation” aimed at promoting hostility towards Pyongyang and maintaining a confrontation on the Korean peninsula.

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THE family of football mascot Bradley Lowery said he does not have long to live after his cancer began to spread “at a very fast rate”.

The terminally ill Sunderland fan, who is suffering from neuroblastoma, has touched people around the world with his fight against the disease.

A statement on Facebook said a scan had revealed new tumours and he was now receiving palliative care at home.

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