The man accused of the Edinburgh knife attacks has been named as Lewis Hawkes after he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Hawkes, 36, appeared at court charged with five counts of attempted murder ‘aggravated by reason of having a terrorist connection’, the Crown Office said. CCTV footage released appeared to...
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Two men have pleaded guilty to offences in connection with a massive cyber attack which caused Transport for London (TfL) months of disruption and cost the operator £39m. Thalha Jubair, 20, from east London and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall in the West Midlands changed their pleas on what was...
A man has been convicted of four terrorist offences linked to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) data breach in 2023. Christopher Paul O’Kane, 53, from Iniscarn Road in Londonderry, had denied the preparation of terrorist acts and having articles in the use of terrorism, including mobile phones and...
An Islamic extremist has admitted planning a terror attack on the UK’s Defence Academy with the man who went on to kill two men during a knife rampage at a Manchester synagogue. Mohammad Bashir, 31, admitted a charge of preparation of terrorist acts when he appeared in the dock of...
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Russian drone that was part of an overnight attack on Ukraine and then went astray slammed into an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two people in the NATO member country, Romanian authorities said, adding to concerns that the war could spread across the alliance’s borders. The...
The man arrested in connection with a terror plot linked to Taylor Swift’s 2024 Eras Tour concerts in Vienna has been found guilty. He has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Prosecutors alleged that the convicted man, known as Beran A, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist...
The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) has today (30 April 2026) raised the UK National Threat Level from SUBSTANTIAL, meaning an attack is likely, to SEVERE, meaning an attack is highly likely in the next six months. The increase in threat comes following yesterday’s stabbing in Golders Green in North London, but it is not solely a result of...
Police say incident in Dunmurry in which no one was hurt shows ‘murderous intent still exists’ in paramilitaries. “Murderous intent and capability” still exists within paramilitaries in Northern Ireland, officers have said after a car exploded outside a police station on the outskirts of Belfast. Detectives said they...
A man has been arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts by detectives investigating a string of attacks on Jewish sites in London. The 37-year-old was arrested at an address near Barnstaple, Devon, on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police said. The Met Police added that 26 people have now been arrested...
Russian figures are calling for Vladimir Putin to blow up Westminster Bridge in revenge for British drones “destroying a Russian-held crossing in a Ukrainian operation”. Spectacular footage showed the moment of the explosion on the Konka, a tributary of the River Dnipro. The strike was in March last year...
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