An image has surfaced of a bomb with the words “Love from Manchester” written on it, confirmed to be genuine by the Ministry of Defence (although, perhaps because of how outrageous the sentiment seems, it was originally dismissed by many as “fake news”.) 
 
 After the appalling tragedy in my hometown of Manchester on Monday night, the photograph sickens me. It utterly disrespects the people of my wonderful city by slapping our name on a missile, an instrument for causing death and destruction, mere days after a terrible loss of life occurred where we live. 
 
 The people of Manchester have pulled together in a time of crisis, showing incredible strength in supporting one another, regardless of religion, ethnicity or background. Manchester is grieving. We want healing, not more violence and horror. 
 
 The words written on the bomb are an unpleasant example of everything that’s wrong with our current approach to foreign policy and our penchant for funding chaotic conflicts that further destabilise countries and create the conditions ideal for extremism to flourish. It is the very embodiment of “an eye for an eye”, which we all know leaves the whole world blind. 
 
 Speaking in central London today, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has given voice to something many of us have been privately thinking. The wars that our Government has fought and supported abroad are linked to terrorist incidents at home in Britain. They are not the sole cause, but they are part of the story. 
 
 Corbyn's speech on terrorism 
 
 As headlines across the media scream “Corbyn says UK policy caused Manchester attack!”, it’s definitely worth reading his full speech instead. He doesn’t blame our foreign policy for causing these things to happen, perpetrated as they are by violent and unforgivable individuals, but rather addresses the fact that the “war on terror” isn’t working because it isn’t keeping us safe in Britain. What happened at the Manchester Arena this week is proof enough of that. 
 
 He said: “The responsibility of government is to minimise that chance [of a terrorist attack], to ensure the police have the resources they need, that our foreign policy reduces rather than increases the threat to this country, and that at home we never surrender the freedoms we have won, and that terrorists are so determined to take away.” 
 
 UK foreign policy does not give those who commit acts of terrorism and barbarism an excuse for doing so, but it’s important that we are brave enough to recognise that something is not working in terms of our approach to military involvement abroad. 
 
 In the 2010 Chilcot enquiry, Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, the Director General of M15 from 2002 to 2007, confirmed unequivocally that the invasion of Iraq in 2003 led to a “substantial” increase in the threat of terrorism in Britain. Our involvement in the Iraq war had a direct impact on the number of threats, and forced the security service to request that their budget be doubled. 
 
 As an employee of a humanitarian aid charity working in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Palestine, I see the effects of missiles like the one in the photograph every day. I know that Isis holds civilian areas under siege, denying innocent families food, water and basic medical care. These besieged locations are the most difficult to work in, as it’s hard to access those who desperately need aid. 
 
 When foreign bombs target Isis-held areas, they often cause a massive loss of life for frightened families who are just trying to survive in a shocking humanitarian situation. No one with any compassion or humanity could take pleasure or satisfaction in seeing children in other countries with their arms and legs blown off, or parents with their little ones dead in their arms, white with dust from collapsed buildings. These are the images that my office receives from conflict zones, many of which have some form of UK and US involvement. 
 
 Killing and maiming people abroad will not bring back the Manchester victims. It won’t help the city or the devastated families of those who died to heal or find comfort. It won’t punish the man who committed the atrocity. It’s not guaranteed even to punish those involved in Isis. 
 
 Keep your bombs; don’t drop them in my name, and not in the name of Manchester. ||||| (CNN) Members of the British Royal Air Force are sending a message to ISIS in a storied way -- scrawled on the outside of a bomb. 
 
 "Love From Manchester ❤," it reads, in all caps. 
 
 The photo of the message began circulating on social media on Thursday. It's unclear when or where the image was created or if the bomb was ever dropped -- but in an email to CNN an RAF spokesperson confirmed the photo is "genuine." 
 
 The RAF has taken part in airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria. 
 
 Messages written on bombs are a sort of tradition amongst air crews. 
 
 Read More ||||| Manchester, England (CNN) The UK raised its terrorism threat level to "critical" -- the highest level -- for the first time in a decade Tuesday. 
 
 Prime Minister Theresa May warned that intelligence services believe an attack may be "imminent." 
 
 Hours earlier, police identified 22-year-old Salman Abedi as the suspected suicide attacker who detonated a bomb as throngs of teenagers poured out of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, killing 22 people. 
 
 People hug near armed police who responded to the scene. 
 
 People hug near armed police who responded to the scene. 
 
 An injured man is helped at the scene. 
 
 An injured man is helped at the scene. 
 
 People sit outside near the arena. The crowd was made up of mainly younger people who had come to see Grande in her first of three scheduled concerts in the UK. 
 
 People sit outside near the arena. The crowd was made up of mainly younger people who had come to see Grande in her first of three scheduled concerts in the UK. 
 
 People are escorted away from the arena. 
 
 People are escorted away from the arena. 
 
 Greater Manchester Police tweeted that emergency services were "responding to (a) serious incident at Manchester Arena. Avoid the area. More details will follow as soon as available." 
 
 Greater Manchester Police tweeted that emergency services were "responding to (a) serious incident at Manchester Arena. Avoid the area. More details will follow as soon as available." 
 
 People receive medical attention at a railway station close to the arena. The incident happened shortly after Grande had left the stage, shortly after 10:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. ET) according to eyewitnesses. Calvin Welsford, an 18-year-old concertgoer, said that he heard a "loud bang" a couple of minutes after Grande's set had finished. 
 
 People receive medical attention at a railway station close to the arena. The incident happened shortly after Grande had left the stage, shortly after 10:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. ET) according to eyewitnesses. Calvin Welsford, an 18-year-old concertgoer, said that he heard a "loud bang" a couple of minutes after Grande's set had finished. 
 
 People gather outside the arena. "We can confirm there was an incident as people were leaving the Ariana Grande show last night," police said on Twitter early on Tuesday. "The incident took place outside the venue in a public space. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims." 
 
 People gather outside the arena. "We can confirm there was an incident as people were leaving the Ariana Grande show last night," police said on Twitter early on Tuesday. "The incident took place outside the venue in a public space. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims." 
 
 Police help someone after the attack at Manchester Arena on Monday, May 22. 
 
 Police help someone after the attack at Manchester Arena on Monday, May 22. 
 
 British Prime Minister Theresa May condemns the "callous terrorist attack" as she delivers a statement in London on May 23. 
 
 A forensics team works at the scene of the explosion on Tuesday, May 23. 
 
 A forensics team works at the scene of the explosion on Tuesday, May 23. 
 
 Women cry after placing flowers in Manchester on May 24. 
 
 Women cry after placing flowers in Manchester on May 24. 
 
 Police officers deliver flowers to a makeshift memorial in Manchester on Wednesday, May 24. 
 
 Police officers deliver flowers to a makeshift memorial in Manchester on Wednesday, May 24. 
 
 Local residents hold Manchester City and Manchester United soccer jerseys during the national minute of silence. 
 
 Local residents hold Manchester City and Manchester United soccer jerseys during the national minute of silence. 
 
 A Manchester road is closed off as police raids continued on May 25. 
 
 A Manchester road is closed off as police raids continued on May 25. 
 
 A women sheds tears after observing the minute of silence in St. Ann's Square. 
 
 A women sheds tears after observing the minute of silence in St. Ann's Square. 
 
 Flowers and tribute messages are left for victims in St. Ann's Square. 
 
 Flowers and tribute messages are left for victims in St. Ann's Square. 
 
 A police officer guards a house in Manchester as investigations continued on May 25. Police say a man carrying explosives acted as a lone attacker and died in the blast. 
 
 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II speaks to 15-year-old Millie Robson and her mother, Marie, during a visit to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital on May 25. The Queen was visiting those injured in the attack. 
 
 People in Manchester, England, gather in St. Ann's Square on Thursday, May 25. They were observing a national minute of silence to remember the victims of a suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert. 
 
 Key developments 
 
 Police have carried out two raids in Manchester. 
 
 Queen Elizabeth II described bombing as "act of barbarity." 
 
 59 people injured, some in life-threatening situations. 
 
 US President Donald Trump slams attackers as "losers." 
 
 Ariana Grande suspends her world tour. 
 
 Lone attacker? 
 
 The suspect apparently acted as a lone attacker and died in the blast Monday night, police said, which left the wounded and the dead scattered across the arena's bloodied entrance and sent screaming girls running for cover. 
 
 The bombing has drawn condemnation and horror from around the world as a heinous assault targeting children. 
 
 Teen concertgoer Olivia Campbell, whose mother spoke to CNN during an agonizing wait for news from her daughter, is the latest victim to have been confirmed dead. 
 
 Fifteen-year-old Olivia had gone to the concert with her friend Adam to celebrate his birthday. She is one of four victims, including eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos , who have been identified. 
 
 Olivia Campbell, 15, had been confirmed as one of the dead. 
 
 While police believe Abedi acted alone, May warned that investigators could not discount the possible involvement of a "wider group" of terrorists. 
 
 The raising of the terror threat level means "not only that another attack remains highly likely but that a further attack may be imminent," she said. 
 
 It will enable the government to deploy armed military personnel of support of police and other security forces, particularly in the guarding of key sites, concerts and sporting events, May said. 
 
 Emergency crews evacuated victims at the Manchester Arena Monday night. 
 
 "I do not want the public to feel unduly alarmed," she said, calling the response "proportionate and sensible" to the threat level. 
 
 The blast marked the deadliest terror attack on British soil since the 2005 London bombings. 
 
 Claim of responsibility 
 
 ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack but offered no evidence. The terror group said on its Telegram channel Tuesday that a "soldier of the caliphate" was able to "plant explosive devices" at the arena, a US counterterrorism source told CNN. 
 
 ISIS routinely claims attacks it has no proven connection to. 
 
 Authorities have discovered no evidence of a link between the attacker and an established terror group, a British counterterrorism official told CNN. 
 
 A US counterterrorism official said bombing "looks much like" an ISIS attack but that American intelligence officials were working with British counterparts to determine more. 
 
 No determination has been made on the sophistication of the explosive device or what chemicals were involved, the official said. 
 
 Remembering the victims 
 
 "We will stand together to say that this city is greater than the force that aligns itself against it," David Walker, Bishop of Manchester, told the crowd. 
 
 "We are sending a signal not just to Manchester, but across the world that you can not defeat us because love in the end is always stronger than hate." 
 
 Saffie Rose Roussos, 8, was among those killed in the Manchester Arena attack. 
 
 Eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos from Leyland has been named as one of the fatalities, the Lancashire County Council confirmed. 
 
 Chris Upton, the head teacher at the Tarleton Community Primary School, described her as "simply a beautiful little girl" who was "quiet and unassuming with a creative flair." 
 
 Georgina Callander, 18, was also killed, according to her school, the Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy. 
 
 "All of our students will gather together today for a time of prayer and reflection and to give thanks for the life of Georgina," the school said. 
 
 At least 12 victims aged 16 or under were being treated at a children's hospital for serious injuries, some of them fighting for their lives, a Manchester health official said. 
 
 Grande, who had just finished the first of three scheduled UK performances, tweeted about her devastation several hours later: "broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words." 
 
 broken. 
 
 from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words. — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) May 23, 2017 
 
 The pop star has suspended her "Dangerous Woman" tour following the attack, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN. Grande was scheduled to perform in London and across Europe through mid-June. 
 
 Queen Elizabeth II said Tuesday that "the whole nation has been shocked." 
 
 Around 400 police were deployed overnight following the attack, and on Tuesday, large groups of armed police were seen in several parts of the city. Security was boosted in London. 
 
 A poster from an Ariana Grande fan sits alongside flowers at Manchester's St Ann's Square. #manchesterattack A post shared by Bryony Jones (@bryonysjones) on May 23, 2017 at 7:40am PDT 
 
 Trump calls attackers 'losers' 
 
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 US President Donald Trump slammed the attack, saying that terrorists were "losers." 
 
 "So many young beautiful innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers in life. I won't call them monsters because they would like that term. They would think that's a great name. I will call them from now on losers because that's what they are," he said. "This wicked ideology must be obliterated." 
 
 The US Department of Homeland Security said it was "closely monitoring" the situation.
– A photo circulating online in the wake of the Manchester attack has sparked controversy, and the British Royal Air Force has confirmed it's indeed a real pic, CNN reports. The image, which started proliferating on Thursday, shows what appears to be a bomb with a written message on it apparently meant for ISIS: "Love from Manchester," it reads in neat black marker, a small heart directly underneath. While some may have initially thought the image was fake news, the RAF confirmed to CNN in an email that it was "genuine," though CNN notes no one has said where or when the message was created, or whether that bomb was ever dropped in Iraq or Syria, where the RAF helps out with airstrikes. "I'm sure they heard this loud and clear," writes Sarah Palin on Twitter. But not everyone is cheering the explosive message. "What does this achieve?" one commenter posted on Twitter, while in an op-ed in the Independent, Manchester native Harriet Williamson says she's "sickened" by the RAF response and that "killing and maiming people abroad" doesn't bring back those lost in her hometown. "No one with any compassion or humanity could take pleasure or satisfaction in seeing children in other countries with their arms and legs blown off, or parents with their little ones dead in their arms, white with dust from collapsed buildings," she writes. "It won't punish the man who committed the atrocity. It's not guaranteed even to punish those involved in ISIS." Her full column here.