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Police receive early-morning tip-offFive men arrested for suspected explosives offencesUS base has been used to strike IranTrump says the arrests were fantasticBritish police arrested five men on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences on Sunday near an air base that has been used by the US to strike Iran, after a tip-off that three vans had been seen heading to the military airfield. US President Donald Trump said the suspects had been looking to do “big damage” and had been under investigation by British and US authorities. British counterterrorism detectives leading the investigation said police had received a call about three suspicious vehicles that appeared to be travelling towards RAF Fairford in the west of England in the early hours of Sunday. Five men were arrested by armed officers and later held on suspicion of preparation of a terrorist act. Police, who said they believed the incident was now contained, have not yet publicly stated who they assessed was involved. An Iranian-linked motive is considered the most likely, a source familiar with the investigation said, while a Russian sabotage operation or an Islamist plot were also being looked at. POLICE WORKING TO UNDERSTAND CIRCUMSTANCES”We are in the early stages of an investigation, and five men remain in custody,” Counter Terrorism Policing Senior National Coordinator Vicki Evans said in a statement. “As you would expect we are working closely with our partners to understand the circumstances of the incident.” Police said a 400-metre cordon was in place around the base as the bomb disposal unit investigated the vans. Local residents in 85 homes in a nearby village were evacuated and armed officers were patrolling the site. The British government, which has given authorisation to the US to use bombers based at Fairford to strike Iranian missile sites that were attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz, said Prime Minister Andy Burnham was being updated on the incident. Burnham thanked the police and armed forces, saying on X: “I know today’s incident near RAF Fairford will be deeply concerning for local residents and for many people following developments across the country”. Britain said in July its armed forces were ready to protect the country from any attack after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned it not to allow US bombers to fly from Fairford, saying any base used to launch attacks would be a legitimate target. “The arrest in the UK was fantastic,” Trump told reporters, saying it was “an amazing job”. “We had them under investigation. They were looking to do big damage to our fort and working with the British worked out great … We had them under view for a long time, and we got them,” Trump added. On Sunday morning the base was blocked by armed police while large machinery also prevented access, and Reuters witnesses said security had been increased at other bases used by the US, with armoured vehicles and soldiers at the gates of RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall in eastern England. DECLARATION OF A MAJOR INCIDENTA local farmer told the Daily Telegraph newspaper she had alerted police after seeing the vans and men acting suspiciously as she drove home from a party. “I saw a group of Middle Eastern-looking young guys running off through the trees. Some of them had masks or balaclavas on, and they all scattered ahead of us as we drove back past,” she told the paper. “Some of them ran into the fields, and some of them turned to run towards the air base … I mean, you don’t see masked men running around at half one in the morning in the countryside near a secure air base and not have concerns.” Local councillor Tristan Wilkinson told Reuters there had been a recent security alert at Fairford and surveillance had been stepped up. “So there was a specific threat about six weeks ago from the Iranians on this base. At the time, there was increased surveillance around the area,” he said. A spokesperson for the US Air Force declined to discuss specific force protection measures at the base. “The 501st Combat Support Wing and our fellow UK-based Wings remain vigilant and will take appropriate actions to ensure the safety and security of our US service members, civilians, contractors, and their families,” the spokesperson said. British ministers have also previously briefed providers of critical infrastructure on the threat posed by Russia, with the government increasingly concerned about possible sabotage operations and cyberattacks. Related Story Source link
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Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping began talks yesterday in Kyrgyzstan, where a dozen other heads of state also gathered for a two-day summit of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO), which seeks to be a counterbalance to the West.Iran's leader Masoud Pezeshkian, Turkiye's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, India's Narendra Modi and Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif were also among those in Bishkek to attend the summit of the regional SCO bloc, which celebrates its 25-year anniversary.The summit takes place four-and-a-half years into Moscow's Ukraine invasion and six months into the war between Washington and Tehran.Putin and Xi have previously used SCO summits to promote their vision of a multipolar world and present a united front against the West.Xi told Putin he was ‘happy’ to see him, saying Russia-Chinese ties have become ‘more solid’ and that their ‘prospects will be even brighter’.’The amount of uncertainty and unpredictability in the international order has obviously increased,’ the Chinese leader said.Putin told Xi: ‘Cooperation is successfully developing on all fronts.’ The pair last met in May.Russia's economy has become increasingly dependent on China during its invasion of Ukraine. Western countries have called on Beijing to pressure Moscow to end its offensive.The Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media the pair only discussed the Ukraine war ‘in passing’.Putin also met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with both leaders arriving in the same car for the talks.The Russian leader said Moscow was ‘following the path’ towards resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, without elaborating.The peace talks, brokered by the US, remain stalled.Putin is also expected to hold separate talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.Russia and Iran — among the most sanctioned states in the world — have massively deepened their military and economic ties since Moscow invaded Ukraine.US President Donald Trump has warned Moscow and Beijing against arming Iran.Putin's meeting with Pezeshkian will come days after the CIA's director John Ratcliffe made a rare trip to Moscow, with US media speculating he could have discussed Ukraine and Iran with his Russian counterparts.Speaking in Bishkek after the first exchange of fire between the US and Iran in a month, Iran's Pezeshkian said continuing the war was not in Tehran's interests.’We continue to strive for a path of agreement and understanding, and we believe that continuing the war is neither in our interest, nor in the interest of the region,’ he told India's Modi.Putin, Xi, Pezeshkian, Modi and Sharif are due to take part in a plenary session chaired by Kyrgyz leader Sadyr Japarov.The SCO has historically focused on economic issues but has gained momentum in recent years under Moscow's and Beijing's leadership.On top of its 10 members, it now has 15 ‘dialogue partners’, including Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.It also has two observer countries: Afghanistan and Mongolia.The Bishkek summit takes place at a time when some SCO members are in the midst of real wars — the Ukraine and Iran conflicts — or trade wars, with the imposition of US tariffs on Chinese and Indian goods.This month, the US slapped secondary sanctions on Iran's trading partners in the sectors of gold, technology, digital assets, aviation and maritime transport, aiming to cripple Tehran's economy.Washington has also threatened Iran's allies with sanctions.China, a major importer of Iranian oil, responded by saying it would ‘firmly defend’ its interests.Iran, living under sanctions since its 1979 revolution ended with Islamic authorities taking charge, has regularly said it will not cave to economic pressure.But Pezeshkian has acknowledged his country faces ‘economic difficulties’.Iran only joined the bloc in 2023.Mohammad Hassan Najmi, an international relations expert, told AFP that Tehran ‘believes its membership and active participation in these alliances can enable it to circumvent US and European sanctions’.But concrete benefits of the group are uncertain, he said, as ‘in times of crisis, these alliances have rarely allowed Iran to resolve its difficulties’.While the bloc claims to represent some 40% of the world's population and 25% of global GDP, it remains diverse, with disagreements among members. Source link
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The State of Kuwait has vehemently denounced the Iranian attack on the United Arab Emirates using a one-way attack drone Monday as a flagrant violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity and a peril to the security and stability of the region.In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated that Kuwait stands firmly with the United Arab Emirates in all measures pursued to protect its sovereignty, security and territorial integrity. Source link
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