A British man has been arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of spying and terror-related offences. The BBC understands he is thought to have carried out surveillance for Iran on the RAF Akrotiri base on the island. Local media say he is of Azerbaijani descent and has connections to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. He appeared in a...
Joel Gunter Reporting from Kyiv BBC Oleksandr Bondarchuk was unable to make it to a shelter when the strikes hit Kyiv. “It was terrible,” he said. “Everything was destroyed.” Evhen Povarenkov was standing at a line of police tape that separated the public from the intensive search and rescue operation around his building. He stared...
EPA Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, better known as Mo Chara, arriving at Westminster court in central London Supporters of Irish language hip-hop group Kneecap have gathered outside a court in London where one of the rappers is appearing on a terror charge. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, charged under the name Liam O’Hanna, is...
Duncan Leatherdale BBC News, North East and Cumbria BBC Euan and Andrew survived being caught in a rip current On Saturday 17 May, two brothers got caught in a terrifying rip current at a popular surfing beach in north-east England. They hope sharing their experience will save lives. It was a great day for a...
A man charged with terrorism offences, as well as arson attacks on two leisure venues and a bomb hoax, has appeared in court. Ilyas Akhtar, 20, is accused of arson attacks at Salt Hill Activity Centre in Slough, Berkshire, and Slough Ice Arena in May, police have said. He appeared on Saturday at Westminster Magistrates’...
Unfortunately, Raskin was not arguing that people really need to learn to use their guns against terrorists more quickly and with deadly accuracy, which is the lesson that any normal human being would have to stop crazed Islamist terrorists from setting Jews on fire. Instead, he really went on television to argue that the attack...
If Democrats truly have a leadership crisis, as this weekend’s CNN poll suggests, they seem blissfully unaware of the reasons why. The reaction by practically everyone on the Left to the terror attack in Boulder offers a clear demonstration. Our friends at Twitchy have curated some of the weak and ambiguous statements following the arson...
Are the Hamasholes feeling empowered yet? Sure seems like it. This is unbelievable, reading an eyewitness account and watching the aftermath of what happened. I guess it’s been a regularly scheduled, little peaceful demonstration for this group on Sundays. They show up at the pedestrian mall between these streets with their flags and Israeli signs...
Beege wrote an excellent piece earlier today about the vicious murder of two employees of the Israeli Embassy. Elias Rodriguez, the social justice “activist” whose many, many, many “causes” include promoting antisemitic Palestinian terrorism, Black Lives Matter, and, inevitably, Socialism. In his mind, they are all of a piece. For that matter, in the minds of...
An art dealer who appeared as an expert on the BBC’s Bargain Hunt has been charged with terror offences, the Metropolitan Police has said. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, of west London, has been charged with eight counts of “failing to make a disclosure during the course of business within the regulated sector”, following an investigation into...
The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the suspected target, as first reported by the Times, citing operational reasons. But the BBC understands the report is...
André Rhoden-Paul BBC News BBC Armed police descended on suspects across the country on Saturday Searches are continuing at a number of addresses after five men were arrested on Saturday over an alleged terror plot in the UK. Home Office minister Dan Jarvis said hundreds of officers were carrying out forensic investigations and collecting evidence...
Video shows counter-terrorism officers making an arrest Five men are continuing to be questioned by police over an alleged terror plot in the UK. The men, including four Iranian nationals, are being held over an alleged plan to “target a specific premises”, the Metropolitan Police said. They were arrested in Swindon, west London, Stockport, Rochdale...
There are several stories leading Monday’s papers. The Daily Mail focuses its coverage on raids conducted by counter-terrorism police across England, which resulted in eight arrests as part of two separate investigations. A “major attack” was being plotted, the Mail reports, citing unnamed sources – one that “could have led to an imminent threat to...
A man has been charged with a terrorism offence after allegedly attempting to enter the Israeli embassy in London with a knife on Monday. Abdullah Sabah Albadri, 33, of no fixed address, was charged on Wednesday with preparation of terrorist acts and two counts of possession of a bladed article, the Metropolitan Police has said....