Manchester mourns - More Russia leaks - 'Evil losers'

[Balance of Power]( From [Bloomberg Politics]( [FOLLOW US [Facebook Share]]([Twitter Share]( [SUBSCRIBE [Subscribe]](  Britain is reeling from last night's terror attack, which killed 22 people in the northern city of Manchester at a concert by U.S. pop star Ariana Grande. It bore all the hallmarks of a suicide bombing, and children are among the dead. No one has yet claimed responsibility. Prime Minister Theresa May, the country's most experienced politician when it comes to dealing with terrorism, suspended campaigning ahead of next month's general election and other parties soon followed. She condemned the attack as an act of “appalling, sickening cowardice,” and the “ideology” behind it. The tragedy is the latest to traumatize Europe over the past two years and is sure to be discussed at this week's NATO summit in Brussels. U.S. President Donald Trump has been pressuring NATO to do more to fight terrorism, and one of the most difficult decisions on his nine-day foreign trip could be how hard to push that point. The incident is also a reminder that intelligence-sharing will form a crucial part of the upcoming Brexit negotiations. The U.K. will fall out of a lot of European Union's existing frameworks when it leaves the bloc in two years. For now, the U.K. is a country in mourning. Police officers stand in front of the Manchester Arena on May 23, 2017 Photographer: Dave Thompson/Getty Images Europe Global Headlines [A skeptical Middle East]( | Trump's effort in Riyadh to recast his administration’s ties with the Muslim world may have worked a charm on Arab leaders. But as Bloomberg's Middle East team reports, distrust of American intentions still runs deep in homes across the region. 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