(National-UAE) British authorities consider Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be the greatest threat to national security amid reports the group is increasing activities in the country. Home Secretary Suella Braverman is said to be concerned over reports that the group […]
(BBC) The number of people crossing the English Channel in small boats has passed 15,000 for the year so far. The figure was reached as the government announced a partnership with social media companies aimed at stopping smuggling gangs advertising. The voluntary […]
(Jerusalem Post) Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) leadership preached an ultimate war on the Jewish people in live-streamed talks arranged by the Islamic Students Association of Britain, according to a Jewish Chronicle report on Thursday. Some of the speakers who addressed the Muslim […]
(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 […]
(AP) The trial of radical British preacher Anjem Choudary on a charge of leading a terrorist organization will start in May of next year, a judge said Friday. Choudary, 56, is also charged with two other counts under the Terrorism Act: membership […]
(GB News) A group of British imams has met with Taliban ministers during a visit to Afghanistan supporting a charity that was previously investigated for links to jihadists, GB News can reveal. An NHS Muslim chaplain who supports patients in South London […]
(GB News) More and more youngsters are being radicalised online, with the head of UK Counter Terrorism Policing warning that their extremism is turning into “real threats of violence on our streets.” Radicalised teenagers have increased five-fold in the past four years, […]
(ITV) A teenager found with “viable bomb-making instructions” has been jailed for nearly four years. Mohammed Afzal, 18, posted extremist material that was deemed to “encourage terrorism,” Liverpool Crown Court heard. He also collected terrorist information, including directions on how to make […]
(Politico) Cabinet minister Grant Shapps rejected claims Wednesday that the Bibby Stockholm, a barge the U.K. government is planning to use to house asylum seekers, represents a fire safety “death trap.” The stark warning over the 222-bedroom ship — currently moored at […]
(Sky News) British Muslims are having their bank accounts closed “without adequate transparency and recourse,” representatives have claimed. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said individuals and organisations in the community were being “disproportionately affected by this issue” — leaving the group […]
(BBC) A woman has pleaded guilty to disseminating terrorist materials relating to conflict with the United States and the 9/11 attacks. Roma Iqbal, 23, admitted distributing two publications on 10 December 2021. Prosecutors accepted her plea of not guilty to providing terrorist […]
(BBC) A draft law drawn up after campaigning by the mother of a Manchester Arena bombing victim would be ineffective, a report has said. Known as Martyn’s Law, the legislation would mean UK venues and local authorities must draw up preventative plans […]
(Arab News) A British-Egyptian man accused of fighting for Daesh has been found dead in prison. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 32, was on trial in Madrid charged with numerous terrorist offenses and online fraud in order to raise money for the group. He […]
(ITV) The jury in the trial of a man charged with manslaughter after four people died whilst attempting to cross the English Channel in a small migrant boat has been discharged. Ibrahima Bah, of no fixed address, was charged with four counts […]
(Global News) A Canadian arrested for terrorism after landing in the United Kingdom last week allegedly used social media to disseminate the ideological materials of a group banned by the British government. Khaled Hussein, a 28-year-old Edmonton resident, has been charged with […]
(Sky News) The “turmoil” at the top of the Tories has led to “slow” progress in tackling Islamophobia within the party, an independent reviewer has said. Boris Johnson launched an inquiry into discrimination within its ranks after the last election in 2019. […]
(CBC) A Canadian man arrested by British police at Heathrow Airport last week on suspicion of terrorism offences has now been formally charged. “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorized charges in relation to Anjem Choudary and Khaled Hussein under the Terrorism Act,” […]
(BBC) Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has appeared in court accused of directing banned group Al-Muhajiroun. The 56-year-old Islamist from east London has also been charged with addressing meetings to encourage support for the organisation. Another man, Khaled Hussein, 28, was charged on […]
(Arab News) The UK’s domestic intelligence agency thwarted a plot by an Islamist extremist to attack a music festival attended by about 90,000 people every year, Mail Online reported. In 2022, a tipoff led [MI5] officers to arrest a 15-year-old boy suspected […]
(Arab News) The UK lacks the resources to monitor 120 convicted terrorists and people deemed “terrorist risk offenders” due to be released across the year to March 2024, according to a report issued by the country’s inspectorates of prisons, the police and […]
(KDVR) A Castle Rock 18-year-old charged with supporting a terrorist organization had been in contact with a known Muslim extremist, who himself was just arrested for suspicion of a terrorism offense. That detail was released at a Thursday bond hearing for Davin […]
(BBC) Tony Blair was warned there could be a UK terrorist attack “even more appalling” than 9/11, declassified government documents have revealed. Days after the 2001 US attacks, the then-prime minister was told of the dangers of weapons of mass destruction. In […]
(Canadian Press) British police have arrested a Canadian man on suspicion of being a member of a terrorism group. The Metropolitan Police in London, England, say counterterrorism detectives arrested a 28-year-old Canadian national at Heathrow Airport shortly after noon. They say the […]
(Sky News) The risk from terrorism is “rising,” Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said. The cabinet minister was speaking as the government published a review of its counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST, which has been updated for the first time in five years. Ms […]
(BBC) The Illegal Migration Bill is set to become law after the government won a final series of votes in the Lords. The legislation is central to the prime minister’s pledge to stop small boats crossing the English Channel. Under the bill, […]
(National-UAE) British radical cleric Anjem Choudary has been arrested by police investigating suspected terrorism offences. Police arrested the 56-year-old, from East London, on Monday following dawn raids at three properties in the area. A second man, who had just landed in the […]
(BBC) Training AI to incite violence or radicalise the vulnerable would become an offence under a Labour government. Labour’s Yvette Cooper said current laws were not fit for purpose in the face of emerging cyber threats. The shadow home secretary pointed to […]
(ITV) A homegrown terrorist considered launching a mass gun attack on the late queen’s funeral after converting to Islam in prison, a court has heard. Edward Little, 22, rejected the plan as “too late” and instead decided to target a Christian preacher […]
(Garowe Online) Kenya is set to deport a convicted terrorist to Britain, Daily Mail reports, with preliminary investigations showing that the accused is closely connected to the famous “White Widow” Samantha Lewthwaite, who is linked to several attacks. Jermaine Grant, 40, faces […]
(National-UAE) France has banned the director of campaign group Cage from entering the country and accused him of spreading conspiracy theories about “Islamophobic persecution.” Muhammad Rabbani arrived in Paris last Tuesday but was detained for 24 hours before being sent back to […]
(National-UAE) ISIS and Al Qaeda are plotting attacks in the UK, the government is expected to warn on Tuesday. Home Secretary Suella Braverman will describe terrorism by Islamist extremists as “the predominant threat” facing British security in an update to Contest, the […]
(BBC) Two men from the West Midlands have been charged with terrorism offences. Roshman Azad Wali Saeed, 28, from Birmingham, is charged with two counts of distributing terrorist publications. Tshko Ahmad Mohamad, 32, from West Bromwich, meanwhile is accused of fundraising for […]
(BBC) Two men from the West Midlands have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. An 18-year-old from Birmingham and a 22-year-old from West Bromwich were detained on Wednesday during a pre-planned operation. They were held in connection with disseminating terrorism material […]
(BBC) A teenager accused of killing four migrants while crossing the Channel has told his trial he was beaten and threatened by people smugglers. Ibrahima Bah, 19, from Senegal, has pleaded not guilty to four counts of manslaughter. At least four people […]
(BBC) Emergency “grab bags” have been installed around York city centre for use in the event of a terrorist attack. York council said the bags contained “information and equipment that will aid the early response” before emergency services arrive at the scene. […]
(AFP) Former British rapper and notorious Islamic State suspect Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, who was arrested in Spain in 2020, went on trial in Madrid on Wednesday. The 32-year-old former rapper from west London, who allegedly posted an image of himself holding a […]
(Sky News) Rishi Sunak has insisted his plan to stop small boat crossings in the Channel is “working” — despite more than 1,000 people making the journey over the weekend. The prime minister said he has always acknowledged that crossings “will increase […]
(BBC) Emergency services have taken part in joint training exercises to test its response to a terror attack or mass-casualty incidents. It comes after a public inquiry found a catalogue of failings by the emergency response to the aftermath of the Manchester […]
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(BBC) Two brothers have admitted planning a trip to Afghanistan to join a branch of Islamic State (IS). Muhammad Abdul Haleem Heyder Khan, 21, and Muhammad Hamzah Heyder Khan, 18, from Ward End in Birmingham appeared at the city’s crown court on […]
(AFP) A key suspect in the 2021 drowning deaths of at least 27 people trying [to] cross the Channel in a dinghy has been charged in France, a judiciary source said Monday. He was extradited on Friday by Britain, where he had […]
(ITV) A prisoner has admitted distributing so-called Islamic State radicalisation magazines. Denny De Silva, 31, from Luton, Bedfordshire, pleaded guilty to disseminating two issues of Dabiq magazine in January 2021. The online magazine was used by the so-called Islamic State terrorist group […]
(BBC) A man accused of killing four migrants has claimed he had to pilot the boat they used to cross the Channel to Kent because he was threatened with death. Ibrahima Bah, 19, from Senegal, denies four counts of manslaughter at Canterbury […]
(BBC) A man accused of setting alight two elderly men as they left mosques has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. Mohammed Abbkr, 28, is accused of injuring his alleged victims in Ealing, west London, in February and the second in Birmingham […]
(ITV) Emergency workers and the mayor of London have paid tribute to the victims of the July 7 bombings on the 18th anniversary of the terror attacks. Coordinated attacks in 2005 on three London Underground trains and a double-decker bus killed 52 […]
(BBC) A file of evidence regarding a police officer’s comments in reviews of the Manchester Arena bomb is being passed to the Crown Prosecution Service. Ch Insp Dale Sexton was working in the control room for Greater Manchester Police on the night […]
(BBC) A primary school has apologised to parents and carers for serving non-halal meat that was labelled as halal. The principal of Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill in Wakefield said he discovered last week that not all the meat served to pupils in […]
(BBC) Two brothers filled in application forms to join the Islamic State group in Afghanistan, a trial has heard. Muhammad Abdul Haleem Heyder Khan, 21, and 18-year-old Muhammad Hamzah Heyder Khan both deny preparing for acts of terrorism. The prosecution at Birmingham […]
(Sky News) There is no mechanism to make sure improvements have been made by MI5 after they made “mistakes” over the Manchester Arena bombing, the chairman of the inquiry has said. Sir John Saunders said there is no agreement on how to […]
(GB News) Crossbench peer Lord Alex Carlile says the Home Office is “administratively incompetent” on the subject of handling terrorism among refugees. Speaking to Camilla Tominey, Lord Carlile said the government “knew this was coming” when the House of Lords tweaked the […]
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