the election campaign resumes in britain today after being suspended following the manchester terror attack. also back on this morning, intelligence-sharing between the uk and the u.s. after president trump met with prime minister theresa may and vowed to plug the leaks that led britain to briefly suspend the intel sharing. let s bring in cnn s erin mclaughlin live in manchester. erin, good morning to you. we ve learned that the uk is running 500 terror plot investigations. this certainly speaks to how hard it can be to track many terror suspects. reporter: that s right, dave, and it really gives you a sense of the extent of the terror problem they re facing here in this country. the security minister for the uk giving that interview to the bbc this morning, saying that there are some 500 terror plot investigations currently under
the election campaign resumes in britain today after being suspended following the manchester terror attack. also back on this morning, intelligence-sharing between the uk and the u.s. after president trump met with prime minister theresa may and he vowed to plug the leaks that led britain to briefly suspend the intel sharing. meantime, a u.s. official tells cnn isis likely trained the manchester suicide bomber when he traveled to syria in the months before the attack. and there s been another arrest overnight in manchester in connection with the bombing. for the latest on all these fast-moving developments, let s bring in cnn s erin mclaughlin live in manchester. good morning to you, erin. reporter: good morning, dave. and what s critical here is that investigators seem to be making progress in this investigation into the manchester attacks. that arrest that you just mentioned brings the total number in police custody to eight. they ve released two individuals after questioning wi
uk and the united states after president trump met with prime minister theresa may and vowed to plug the leaks that led britain to briefly suspend the intel sharing. for the latest on all the fast-moving developments, we bring in cnn s erin mclaughlin live for us in manchester. good morning to you, erin. what is the latest today? reporter: good morning, dave. well, crucially, it seems that authorities are making progress on this investigation, some eight individuals in custody, a number of addresses raided, and authorities say out of those raids they uncovered some very important evidence to this investigation. we re also learning more about the bomber. according to a u.s. official, he may have traveled to syria and been trained by isis in the months leading up to the attack. meanwhile, critical intelligence-sharing has resumed between the united kingdom and the united states. it was temporarily halted yesterday in a diplomatic spat.
assault of a reporter is now the next seat holder there. how do you handle it? that is almost as intriguing. the truncated nature of this happening literally ten hours before polls open. it ties their hands. they can say, don t vote for him. we disavow him. it still may not matter given what happened. we need to move on. there are so many top stories that we need to address. ambassador pickering. let s talk about intel leaks and intel sharing. the u.s. two close allies. britain and israel are angry with the u.s. because of intelligence leaks. threatening in the manchester investigation, they will not share intel anymore with the u.s. what does this mean? two aspects to this, alisyn. one is obviously the damage it could do us.
our unshakable bond to that alliance and the unshakable bond with the israeli people but also to understand and help others understand that there must be a way forward on a solution for the israeli-palestinian issue. to use that as a basis for also new partnerships in the region. what you ll hear through the wall trip is we all share common threats. we all share common opportunities. let s work together. israel, the arab states, to help shape the future in a positive direction. to get off this path toward hatred and violence, get on the path towards peace and prosperity. bret: one of the issues is the intel sharing. publicly the israelis are supportive. privately there are serious concerns about that and what the president said to the russians. how will you deal with that in the meetings? i think what you see is very strong confidence that s not been affected by any recent events where the news about