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Government & Politics
Top counter-terror chiefs and victims’ families warn lives at risk if ‘Martyn’s Law’ delayed
(ITV) Lives are at risk because ministers are dragging their feet with a law requiring venues to improve their security, counter-terror chiefs and victims’ families have warned. Britain’s former top counter-terror officer Neil Basu joined Figen Murray, whose son died in the […]
Crime
‘Physical threat’ from Iran on people living in UK has ‘increased significantly,’ watchdog says The Intelligence and Security Committee says there have been 15 Iran-backed murder or kidnap attempts on UK targets since the beginning of 2022 [through] August 2023.
(Sky News) The threat of physical attacks by Iran on people living in the UK has increased “significantly” since 2022, according to a new report by parliament’s intelligence watchdog. Iran poses a “wide-ranging, persistent and unpredictable threat” to the UK, according to […]
Law Enforcement
Smethwick teenager charged with terrorism offences
(BBC) A teenager has been charged with seven terrorism offences. Amir El-Harith,18, from Smethwick, West Midlands, was arrested on Wednesday and charged the next day. Among the accusations are sharing terrorist publications, encouraging terrorism, and having information likely to be useful for […]