Friday 2 October 2026 21:52, UK Two Iranian nationals have been charged over a suspected terror plot against Jewish people in Manchester. Salam Ahmadyan, 36, of Liverpool, and Rahman Salehi, 34, from Salford, were arrested by counter terror police in Manchester on 20 September. Both suspects have been...
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By Henry Moore, BBC News Published 2 October 2026, 19:30 BST Updated 1 hour ago The man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe has also been charged with preparing acts of terror including against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Counter terror police said Joshua Kerry, 28, was charged on Friday...
Kevin Rees destroyed a camera using a rudimentary improvised explosive, in a “terrorism-linked” blast that caused damage to cars and homes more then 100 yards away. Friday 2 October 2026 16:32, UK An anti-ULEZ activist who deliberately blew up a street camera in southeast London using a homemade...
Counter Terrorism Policing Published 2 October 2026 Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, reflects as we mark the one year anniversary of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue attack. One year ago on Yom Kippur, a day of profound reflection and atonement for the Jewish...
Henry Moore, BBC News Published 1 October 2026, 17:43 BST Updated 1 hour ago A UK-Iranian dual national has been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with the incident at RAF Fairford, counter-terror police have said. The 27-year-old man was arrested in Westminster, London. A...
Dominic Casciani BBC Home and Legal Correspondent More than 100 academics linked to British institutions have unwittingly assisted China’s espionage operations against the UK via a front company working for its intelligence and security services, MI5 has warned. In the highly unusual public alert, the UK’s internal security service...
Chris Mason BBC Political editor Published 1 hour ago The government believes that Iran played a part in the RAF Fairford incident which resulted in five men being arrested and then bailed, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said. “There are strong indications that Iran played a part in what...
ByHafsa Khalil Published 30 September 2026, 08:51 BST Updated 1 hour ago A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was unexpectedly diverted to Saudi Arabia after a pilot was stabbed, Israeli officials have told local media. The Flydubai plane – which took off from Dubai International Airport in the United...
ByNaj Modak North West Detectives have been granted an extra week to question two men arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to target the Jewish community in Manchester. The extension means the men – both in the 30s – can now be detained until...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c65y7nl29k0et Summary A major incident has been declared near RAF Fairford and several men have been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, Gloucestershire police say Residents in a nearby village have been evacuated to a leisure centre while investigations continue – officers say they believe the incident...
The Conversation
No. 1Martyn’s Law: the last six months before the clock starts
No. 2After Leipzig: the drone threat is no longer theoretical
No. 3Sabotage-for-hire: why your company is now on a hostile state’s target list
No. 4Younger, faster, less ideological: the new radicalisation curve
No. 5The chatbot in the attack cycle: what the evidence on AI and terrorism actually shows
No. 6From Heaton Park to HAYI: the state-terror hybrid
No. 7Cars and blades: why low-tech attacks remain the hardest to stop
No. 8The executive as target: protective intelligence after Thompson
No. 9Islamic State’s southern pipeline: why the Sahel is now Europe’s problem
No. 10The hoax as a weapon: this week’s aviation bomb threats
No. 11When the freezer is the target: cyber-physical convergence
No. 12The insider for hire: how criminals and states now buy their way in
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