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Terror Threat From "Lone Actors" Growing: Priti Patel On UK Stabbing Spree
The threat from "lone actors" is growing, British Home Secretary Priti Patel warned today as she visited the scene of the terror attack in the southern English city of Reading where three people were killed in a knife attack.
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Some Of Manchester Bomber's Network May Still Be At Large, Says Britain
Members of Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi's network are still potentially at large, British interior minister Amber Rudd said, after the terrorism threat level was lowered because of significant progress in the investigation.
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23,000 Terror Suspects In United Kingdom Keep Intelligence Agencies Busy
Out of 23,000 terror suspects in the UK, at least 3,000 people have been judged to pose a threat and are under investigation or active monitoring in 500 operations being run by police and intelligence services. Libyan-origin Salman Abedi had killed 22 people in Manchester Arena during a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.
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UK Cities Under ISIS Threat For Boxing Day: Expert
A counter-terrorism expert has warned that British cities could be a target of an Islamic State (ISIS) terror attack on Boxing Day, marked the day after Christmas, according to a leading specialist.
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Seven UK Terror Attacks 'Stopped' in Last Six Months: David Cameron
British security services have foiled around seven terror attacks since June with fighters returning from Syria posing a growing threat, Prime Minister David Cameron said today.
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Britain Unveils Plan for New Internet Spying Laws
Britain's government publishes proposals for new Internet spying laws Wednesday to keep pace with the digital age and crack down on terror threats, but which critics have branded a "snooper's charter".
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UK MI5 Spy Chief Calls For More Powers To Counter Terror Threat
The head of Britain's domestic spy service, MI5, called on Thursday for greater powers for the security agencies to keep pace with technology used by militants in the first live media interview by a British intelligence chief.
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Police Say Over 700 Britons Have Travelled to Syria, Half Now Home
More than 700 Britons are thought to have travelled to Syria and over a half have since returned home where they now pose a significant terrorism threat, British police said on Thursday.
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UK Reviewing Security After Hoax Call to Prime Minister David Cameron
British officials say they are reviewing security measures in the government after a hoax caller managed to get through to Prime Minister David Cameron on the phone.
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Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Meet Amid Specter of Terrorism in Europe, US
Growing fears about the specter of terrorism in Europe and the West are lending themselves to a sense of trans-Atlantic solidarity as US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron meet at the White House.
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Britain Raises Terror Threat Level on Iraq, Syria Fears
British Home Secretary Theresa May today said the country's terror threat risk level was being raised to "severe", meaning an attack is "highly likely".
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US evacuates around 75 staffers from Yemen embassy after Al Qaeda threat
Some 75 staffers at the US embassy in Yemen have been evacuated aboard a US military plane because of a region-wide terror threat, a US official said today.
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London taking 'terror threat seriously'
Craig Reedie, one of the architects of London 2012's successful bid for the Olympics, said Thursday that the security threat in the British capital was more significant than at most previous Games.
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UK bans Indian Mujahideen
The UK has banned Indian Mujahideen (IM), citing the "indiscriminate mass casualty attacks" carried out by the Lashkar-e-Taiba linked terror group in India and the threat it posed to British nationals there.
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London apartments set to host missiles for Olympics
Residents of some of the London apartments will get troops and surface-to-air missiles on their rooftops for the Summer Olympics to help combat airborne terror threats to the Olympic Games, which will be hosted from July 27 to August 12 this year. British security officials identified potential sites for the missiles on Monday and announced plans f...
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Terror Threat From "Lone Actors" Growing: Priti Patel On UK Stabbing Spree
The threat from "lone actors" is growing, British Home Secretary Priti Patel warned today as she visited the scene of the terror attack in the southern English city of Reading where three people were killed in a knife attack.
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Some Of Manchester Bomber's Network May Still Be At Large, Says Britain
Members of Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi's network are still potentially at large, British interior minister Amber Rudd said, after the terrorism threat level was lowered because of significant progress in the investigation.
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23,000 Terror Suspects In United Kingdom Keep Intelligence Agencies Busy
Out of 23,000 terror suspects in the UK, at least 3,000 people have been judged to pose a threat and are under investigation or active monitoring in 500 operations being run by police and intelligence services. Libyan-origin Salman Abedi had killed 22 people in Manchester Arena during a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.
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UK Cities Under ISIS Threat For Boxing Day: Expert
A counter-terrorism expert has warned that British cities could be a target of an Islamic State (ISIS) terror attack on Boxing Day, marked the day after Christmas, according to a leading specialist.
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Seven UK Terror Attacks 'Stopped' in Last Six Months: David Cameron
British security services have foiled around seven terror attacks since June with fighters returning from Syria posing a growing threat, Prime Minister David Cameron said today.
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Britain Unveils Plan for New Internet Spying Laws
Britain's government publishes proposals for new Internet spying laws Wednesday to keep pace with the digital age and crack down on terror threats, but which critics have branded a "snooper's charter".
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UK MI5 Spy Chief Calls For More Powers To Counter Terror Threat
The head of Britain's domestic spy service, MI5, called on Thursday for greater powers for the security agencies to keep pace with technology used by militants in the first live media interview by a British intelligence chief.
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Police Say Over 700 Britons Have Travelled to Syria, Half Now Home
More than 700 Britons are thought to have travelled to Syria and over a half have since returned home where they now pose a significant terrorism threat, British police said on Thursday.
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UK Reviewing Security After Hoax Call to Prime Minister David Cameron
British officials say they are reviewing security measures in the government after a hoax caller managed to get through to Prime Minister David Cameron on the phone.
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Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Meet Amid Specter of Terrorism in Europe, US
Growing fears about the specter of terrorism in Europe and the West are lending themselves to a sense of trans-Atlantic solidarity as US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron meet at the White House.
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Britain Raises Terror Threat Level on Iraq, Syria Fears
British Home Secretary Theresa May today said the country's terror threat risk level was being raised to "severe", meaning an attack is "highly likely".
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US evacuates around 75 staffers from Yemen embassy after Al Qaeda threat
Some 75 staffers at the US embassy in Yemen have been evacuated aboard a US military plane because of a region-wide terror threat, a US official said today.
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London taking 'terror threat seriously'
Craig Reedie, one of the architects of London 2012's successful bid for the Olympics, said Thursday that the security threat in the British capital was more significant than at most previous Games.
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UK bans Indian Mujahideen
The UK has banned Indian Mujahideen (IM), citing the "indiscriminate mass casualty attacks" carried out by the Lashkar-e-Taiba linked terror group in India and the threat it posed to British nationals there.
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London apartments set to host missiles for Olympics
Residents of some of the London apartments will get troops and surface-to-air missiles on their rooftops for the Summer Olympics to help combat airborne terror threats to the Olympic Games, which will be hosted from July 27 to August 12 this year. British security officials identified potential sites for the missiles on Monday and announced plans f...
