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Police have been given more time to question a 31-year-old man arrested in connection with the attack on a synagogue in Manchester earlier this year.

A prominent Tunisian activist was arrested on Saturday as hundreds protested in the capital against the curtailing of freedoms, an AFP journalist and lawyers said.

The FBI has been working with local law enforcement to identify and arrest the perpetrators.

His stern, just-the-facts Joe Friday recitals of arrests, seizures, drug lab takedowns and other enforcement actions are signature moments at presidential news briefings.

He was arrested after the incident on Thursday morning.