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The suspect in the stabbings at Manchester Victoria Station on New Year's Eve has been detained under the Mental Health Act, police said, The Telegraph reports.

Police said the 25-year-old man arrested over the stabbings has been detained under the Mental Health Act on Tuesday evening after being assessed by medical staff.

Donald Trump on Friday used the explosion on a London tube train, which he blamed on "loser terrorists", to promote his travel ban and a "proactive and nasty" policy against Islamic State, reported the Guardian.

The president also tweeted: "These are sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard."

A SPANISH van loaded with gas canisters was stopped by police near a concert venue in Rotterdam after a tip-off by security services, with two people arrested.

Iconic dance venue the Maassilo was evacuated as Californian band the Allah-Las were due to perform in Rotterdam.

Former UK Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage has come out swinging at the British government’s empty words and lack of action following yet another terror attack in the country.

As Breitbart reports, Farage appeared on Fox & Friends today to slam London Mayor Sadiq Khan for telling Londoners “not to be alarmed.”

Police investigating the Manchester bombing have arrested a 24-year-old man.
Greater Manchester Police said the man was arrested on Friday night in Rusholme on suspicion of offences contrary to the terrorism act.
He is the 17th person to be arrested in connection with the May 22 attack at the Manchester Arena.
Six people have since been released without charge.

U.S. pop star Ariana Grande announced on May 30 she would return to Manchester to headline a star-studded benefit concert for the victims of the deadly May 22 Manchester attack on her show last week.

German police have arrested a 17-year-old asylum-seeker on suspicion of planning a suicide attack in Berlin.

He was detained in the village of Gerswalde, 60 miles north-east of the German capital, after allegedly telling family members “he had joined the jihad”.

He sent a farewell message to his family last week, said police in the state of Brandenburg on Tuesday.

British police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the Manchester bombing that killed 22 people last week, Voice of America radio reported.

The arrest was made late Sunday during a raid in the Gorton area of Manchester on "suspicion of offences contrary to the terrorism act," the Greater Manchester police said in a statement.

There were two bombs on May 22. The one in Britain killed at least 22 people and injured 120 as they came out of a concert at Manchester Arena. It was carried out by a suicide bomber named Salman Abedi and claimed by ISIS. The other was in Thailand, and injured 22 people at a military-linked hospital in Bangkok; nobody has claimed responsibility yet.

Armed police are raiding houses in Moss Side, Manchester, as residents have reported explosions being heard.

One resident said on Twitter there was an explosion near Quantock Close and Selworth Road shortly before 2pm.

Dogs have been seen at the scene and police have closed off roads in the area.