Today's arrests are part of a long-running investigation and part of our ongoing work to disrupt malign activity where we suspect it. We understand the public may be concerned, in particular the Jewish community, and as always, I would ask them to remain vigilant and if they see or hear anything that concerns them, then to contact us.
Police arrested one Iranian and three dual British-Iranian nationals on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service. The investigation relates to the suspected surveillance of locations and individuals linked to Jewish communities in London.
This is incredibly serious, deeply concerning, a matter of national security rightly being investigated by the police. And that needs to be a thorough investigation so we can get to the bottom of it. It's deeply concerning right across the political spectrum. I think the scale of international interference now in our broader politics is really, real.
David Taylor, who is married to the Scottish Labour MP Joani Reid, is accused of assisting a foreign intelligence service. Taylor, 39, and two other men aged 43 and 68 were arrested by counter-terrorism officers at addresses in London and Wales on Wednesday and have been released on bail until May, the Metropolitan police have said.
New South Wales police said public order and riot squad officers would carry the weapons at the fifth and final Ashes Test, which starts on Sunday at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), after similar measures were implemented at the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and New Year's Eve events in Sydney. Police said the decision was not due to any active or imminent threat.
Today in Palmyra, Syria, two United States Army soldiers and one civilian U.S. interpreter were killed, and three were wounded. He continued, The attack occurred as the soldiers were conducting a key leader engagement. Their mission was in support of on-going counter-ISIS / counter-terrorism operations in the region. The soldiers' names, as well as identifying information about their units, are being withheld until 24 hours after the next of kin notification. Parnell wrote that the attack was under active investigation.
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers supported by armoured vehicles have conducted raids in the Palestinian town of Tubas near Nablus in the biggest such military deployment by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank since the ceasefire came into effect in Gaza last month. Palestinian media reported that a curfew was imposed on Tuesday night on Tubas and some neighbouring communities, roads were closed by earthen barriers and families forced from their homes to allow Israeli forces to use the buildings.
A man with a large knife is believed to have been shot with a Taser by police after going on a bloody rampage on a high-speed train after it left Peterborough station in Cambridgeshire on Saturday evening. British Transport Police (BTP) declared a major incident and said two people were arrested after the train was stopped at Huntingdon station. Police also declared "Plato", the national code word used by police and emergency services when responding to a "marauding terror attack", before the declaration was later rescinded.
PA Media A self-proclaimed Satanist who claimed he made a pact with a "red-horned devil" has been found guilty of having extreme right-wing material. Former Brit school of Performing Arts student Declan George Candiani, 26, was stopped by counter-terrorism police at Stansted Airport as he attempted to go on holiday to Finland with his girlfriend, on 13 August 2024. On seeing the contents of his phone, officers arrested him and searched the home he shares with his mother in Streatham, south-west London.
We can confirm that on Saturday, counter-terrorism officers at Gatwick airport stopped a man in his 70s and a woman in her 40s under schedule 3 of the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. Neither of them were arrested and they were allowed on their way.
Counter-terrorism authorities have characterized keeping up with terrorist organizations as a game of Whac-a-Mole, especially with the rise of digital tools and social media.
