South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has begun testing its new four-legged unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) for counter-terrorism operations. The six-month trial will allow the country’s Army Special Warfare Command to evaluate the effectiveness of the robot dog in supporting real-world counter-terrorism scenarios. It will also assess the UGV’s overall performance...
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An investigation by the Met Counter Terrorism Command, following the use of powers under Schedule 7 at an airport, has led to the conviction of a man for sharing terrorist documents. Zaheed Hossen, 30 (12.01.1994) from north London, was found guilty on Thursday, 8 August of five counts of disseminating...
Police will carry out a risk assessment ahead of Taylor Swift‘s return to London later this month to decide whether her five concerts will go ahead after shows in Vienna were cancelled over an alleged terror plot. Scotland Yard will examine potential risks but said there is currently not ‘anything of note’ in...
Britons are bracing for further riots after a leaked target list showed dozens of communities are set to be targeted in a fresh wave of chaos on Wednesday. A message being spread on the encrypted messaging platform Telegram, seen by Express.co.uk, reveals 38 towns and cities potentially facing ugly clashes on...
A Leeds man will appear in court today charged with stirring up racial hated following disorder in the city. Jordan Parlour, 28, has been charged with using threatening words or behaviour threatening to stir up racial hatred. The Crown Prosecution Service [CPS] says the charges relate to alleged Facebook posts made between August 1...
There are 30 gatherings planned tomorrow, police sources have told Sky News. Wednesday is expected to be a big day, with lawyers’ offices potentially being targeted, Sky News understands. Some 30% of trained riot cops are mobilised (6,000 officers), with sources saying police are better prepared than last week. Police...
Downing Street is expected to hold a Cobra emergency response meeting this morning after hundreds of far right thugs were arrested in riots which saw attacks on police and buildings set alight on the sixth day of escalating disorder. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer vowed rioters would ‘regret’ engaging in ‘far-right...
The threat from international and domestic terror presents a “breadth of challenge greater than it has ever been”, according to senior US and UK police officers who oversaw the successful prosecution of Anjem Choudary. The Islamist preacher from east London is starting a life sentence for directing a group banned under...
Nearly 40 police officers sustained injuries with 27 taken to hospital after an angry mob of suspected EDL members unleashed chaos on a residential street in Southport. The violent scenes erupted last night (July 30) close to where a knife attack which claimed the lives of three children took place. A major incident...
Anjem Choudary, the leader of the banned terror group al-Muhajiroun, has been jailed for life and may never leave prison alive. He was found guilty of directing the group and encouraging support for it through online meetings. The sentence means that Choudary cannot seek to leave jail on licence until...
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