The announcement comes as the UK and France celebrated the 120th anniversary of their historic Entente Cordiale agreement earlier this month, marking more than a century of the Franco-British friendship. Around 35,000 police and gendarmes are expected to be mobilised each day during the Games, with a peak of 45,000...
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Australian police have declared Monday’s stabbing at a Sydney church a religiously motivated “terrorist act”. A 16-year-old boy was arrested after a bishop, a priest and churchgoers were attacked during mass at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church. At least four people suffered “non-life-threatening” injuries, police say. The attacker...
A 16-year-old boy has been jailed for seven years for plotting a terror attack after researching the Isle of Wight Festival as a potential target. The teenager from Cowes on the Isle of Wight, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was planning to attack people he believed had insulted...
A convicted terrorist who made a chemical weapon has appeared back in court for failing to comply with a notification order, drugs offences and possessing “disturbing” child abuse images. Ian Davison – who also goes by Ian Deleney – was caged for 44 months after pleading guilty to the following...
An 18-year-old man from West Sussex has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences. Cameron Finnigan from Horsham was arrested at his home address on 26 March, Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) said. He has been charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts, one count of possessing...
Russia and China will continue their anti-terrorism cooperation, including via multilateral mechanisms, following the deadly terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall in the Russian capital last month, Sergey Lavrov said. “I want to thank China for their condolences in connection with the terrorist attack in the Moscow Region on March...
A teenager who promoted neo-Nazi Satanism online has been jailed for terrorism offences and having videos of a girl cutting his name into her body. Vincent Charlton, 17, from Birtley, Gateshead, can be publicly named after reporting restrictions were lifted following an application by the BBC. At Newcastle Crown Court...
A man from Bradford has been charged with 10 terrorism offences. Ondrej Sidelka, 20, was arrested in May 2023 on suspicion of collecting information useful to a person committing or preparing terrorism. He was also arrested on suspicion of the dissemination of terrorist publications, Counter Terrorism Policing North East (CTPNE)...
Brussels has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin not to use the Moscow terror attack as a pretext to intensify his war against Ukraine. A spokesperson of the European Commission said on Monday that the European Union is “naturally concerned” by Russian officials’ allegations that Kyiv was involved in Friday’s shooting at a...
A British man who flew to Russia to fight alongside Vladimir Putin’s forces in Ukraine has insisted he is “not a terrorist”. Ben Stimson filmed himself dressed in Russian combat gear and flaunted a grenade apparently looted from Ukrainian forces. He has posted footage appearing to show foreign fighters walking...
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