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Legal

UK police charge two men with belonging to Hezbollah, attending terrorism training

December 16, 2025 Michael Holden and Sam Tobin  

(Reuters) Two British-Lebanese men appeared in a London court on Tuesday, charged with belonging to the banned ​Iran-backed group Hezbollah and attending terrorism training camps, with one ‌of the two accused of helping procure parts for drones. Annis Makki, 40, is charged […]

Government & Politics

UK prosecutors say knifeman who tried to enter Israeli embassy carried ‘martyrdom note’

April 30, 2025 Michael Holden and Sam Tobin  

(Reuters) A man armed with two knives who tried to enter the grounds of Israel’s London embassy was carrying a “martyrdom note” and told police he wanted to send a message to end the war in Gaza, prosecutors said after charging him […]

Interfaith

Gaza war increases risk of Islamist attacks in Europe, security officials say

November 24, 2023 Andrew MacAskill, Michael Holden and Sarah Marsh  

(Reuters) European security officials are seeing a growing risk of attacks by Islamists radicalised by the Israel-Hamas war, with the biggest threat likely to come from “lone wolf” assailants who are hard to track. More than 10 intelligence and police officials in […]

Interfaith

UK antisemitic incidents soar after start of conflict in Israel

October 10, 2023 Michael Holden, Sachin Ravikumar and William James  

(Reuters) Reports of antisemitic incidents in Britain since the weekend have tripled compared with the same period last year following the outbreak of new Israel-Palestinian conflict, a Jewish charity said on Tuesday. The Community Security Trust (CST), which advises Britain’s estimated 280,000 […]

Government & Politics

Britain expects up to 56,000 immigrants to arrive in small boats this year

April 19, 2023 Michael Holden and Sam Tobin  

(Reuters) Britain is anticipating that 56,000 migrants will cross the Channel in small boats to its shores this year, court documents show, meaning it would be need[ing] to house as many as 140,000 asylum seekers. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made stopping […]

News: Europe

Man shot dead by British police wanted girlfriend to behead her parents

February 2, 2020 Michael Holden  

(Reuters) The man shot dead by police after wounding two people in a stabbing spree on a busy London street had been jailed for promoting violent Islamist material and had encouraged his girlfriend to behead her parents. He had also once written […]

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