Two men have been convicted of mounting an Isis-inspired terror plot targeting Jewish people in Manchester Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, planned to carry out a mass shooting, while Walid's younger brother Bilel Saadaoui failed to tell the authorities what he knew about their plan

Greta Thunberg has been arrested under terrorism laws at a London protest, for holding a sign reading: “I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide” The law used criminalises displaying items that “arouse reasonable suspicion” of support for banned groups www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/w...

A British man, Philip Young, has been charged with drugging and raping his wife over a 13-year period. Five other men have also been charged with sexually abusing the same woman Joanne Young, 48, has waived her legal right to anonymity www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...

Exclusive: Britain is advancing a new "home defence programme" preparing for Russian attacks on home soil Plans for a new force to protect critical national infrastructure will be presented to the government next year, and the police are scoping different scenarios www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/w...

The Home Office has lost (for the third time) an attempt to stop the First Tier Tribunal considering the lawfulness of removing asylum claims from the system, when hearing legal challenges from people who lost housing and financial support as a result The Court of Appeal dismissed its case today

In this story, I reported how counter-terror police warned the Palestine Action ban was creating "a lot of noise in the system that risks detracting from our core mission" New stats show it drove terror arrests up from 248 to 1,886 in the last year www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...

Update from the Metropolitan Police: 4 people were arrested at a Palestine Coalition protest "for racially aggravated public order offences, all involving the alleged shouting or chanting of slogans involving calls for intifada" They did not specify if it was "globalise the intifada" specifically

Two people who "shouted slogans involving calls for intifada" have been arrested for racially aggravated public order offences in London It comes hours after the Met Greater Manchester Police announced they would treat saying "globalise the intifada" as an offence www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...

For more than 10 years, Isis has been calling on supporters to kill Jews and non-Muslims in the West in any way they can - just so long as they make their allegiance clear The attacks in Bondi, Manchester and elsewhere show people are still listening www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...

When Paul Doyle ploughed his car into dense crowds celebrating Liverpool's Premier League victory in May, many believed they were witnessing a terror attack But the only motive prosecutors could find is what a judge described as "inexplicable and undiluted fury" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/w...

The Bondi attack closely fits advice issued by Isis in propaganda calling for attacks on non-Muslims around the world It said it was "essential to leave some kind of evidence or insignia identifying the motive," like the handmade Isis flags found in the gunmen's car www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

'Tis the season

“If you were a member of the public, you would think that grooming gangs is the biggest threat to children in our country,” says the director of Britain's Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce “But in the overall statistics, that represents just over 0.5% of offending” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...

In an interview with Sadiq Khan last month, I asked the London mayor why he thought that London - and him personally - had become such a target for Donald Trump and his supporters "London is the antithesis of everything they stand for," he said. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

I'll be appearing on BBC Radio 4's PM programme shortly to discuss the findings of the inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess 🎙

The leaders of multiple barristers' associations have issued a joint statement opposing the government's plans to limit jury trials They say they have "seen no evidence" it will solve the backlog, and that the proposals have "not been piloted or thoroughly modelled" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...

A man has been charged with helping the Manchester synagogue attacker prepare for a different terror attack weeks earlier Mohammad Bashir, 31, allegedly drove Jihad al-Shamie "to a UK defence location to carry out hostile reconnaissance" on 14 August 2025, prosecutors say

Vladimir Putin "must have authorised" the 2018 Salisbury novichok attack and bears “moral responsibility” for the death of a British mother who was accidentally poisoned with the nerve agent that was intended to kill a former spy Sergei Skripal, an inquiry has found www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/w...

🔴 BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access to 10+ Labour MPs and minister Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...

The last day of the judicial review of the ban of Palestine Action has ended Dame Victoria Sharp said she and the two other judges would reserve their decision and would be "in touch with parties in the normal way once the judgment ready to hand down", but gave no indication of timescale

David Lammy has announced the details of his plans to restrict jury trials in England and Wales, which he said were "bold but necessary" But critics say there is no evidence the changes will reduce the backlog, and that juries are not the cause of the crisis www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...

David Lammy will announce the full detail of how he wants to restrict jury trials later today But I have seen an inter-government briefing showing it goes beyond Leveson's recommendations to affect a larger pool of cases www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...

The way Palestine Action ban was approved by MPs has been raised in the High Court, with Dame Victoria Sharp noting 2 unrelated groups were on the same order She says MPs may have been "reluctant" to vote against it but the home sec lawyer says the court should be "cautious" giving that any weight

Absolutely terrifying perfect about what happened when one editor started digging into a pitch that was too good to be true, and uncovered countless AI-generated fake articles in international outlets under the same byline A plea to all outlets - start training people to spot this stuff

Police are investigating former British MEPs who were tasked by Nathan Gill on behalf of his handler Several EU forces are investigating other politicians who may have been instructed directly by Oleg Voloshyn, and an international investigation team has been started www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...

Former Ukip MEP and ex-leader of Reform in Wales Nathan Gill has been jailed for 10.5 years for taking bribes for pro-Russian statements This story is from when he pleaded guilty, and today prosecutors gave more detail about how Gill was tasking other Ukip MEPs www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/w...

I've done my best to explain the "earned settlement" policy announced yesterday, which will create a series of new tests that claim to assess "contribution" to Britain rather than granting ILR based on time spent in the UK alone The winners? High earners www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...

Another 120 people have been charged under the Terrorism Act for holding signs reading "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action", bringing the total people prosecuted in London to 254 At an initial glance the oldest person was born in 1939 and the youngest in 2004. Many are pensioners

The man accused of committing the knife attack on a train travelling between Peterborough and Huntingdon has been charged with committing a series of further offences including attempted murder on the previous day Anthony Williams, 32, has been charged with the following on 31 October:

A new wave of protests against the Palestine Action ban is starting today in cities across Britain More than 2,000 people have already been arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding signs, in a campaign of civil disobedience that wasn't predicted by the government www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...

Train worker Samir Zitouni has been discharged from hospital after suffering critical injuries in the Huntingdon attack In a statement via the police,his family said: “We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from the public, and very touched by all the kind words about Sam’s brave actions"

A rapist described by the Metropolitan Police as “one of the most prolific sex offenders” ever seen has been given a life sentence for drugging, assaulting and filming multiple women Xu Chao targeted Chinese students he met through his recruitment firm www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/w...

The government has announced that Police and Crime Commissioners will be scrapped in 2028 - which would have been the next elections - saying it will "cut the cost of unnecessary bureaucracy" Many senior police officers have long wanted them gone, as seen here www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

The British government predicted that the public would be "largely unconcerned" about a decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group An official community impact assessment failed to predict the protests that have so far seen over 2,000 people arrested www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...

London mayor Sadiq Khan stayed up on Tuesday night to watch the election results from New York I interviewed him about what lessons the international left should take from Zohran Mamdani's victory, and why he says the right's attempts "to scare people" failed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has congratulated Zohran Mamdani on his election victory and what he called a “historic campaign" "New Yorkers faced a clear choice - between hope and fear - and just like we've seen in London - hope won," he said www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

Days before Sadiq Khan won his first term as mayor of London in 2016, his Conservative opponent wrote an article suggesting he had links to terrorists It was illustrated with a photo of a bus bombed in 2005, during London’s deadliest terrorist attacks www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...

Police have announced that a 32-year-old man who was arrested is now being treated as the only suspect for the train stabbing and the 35-year-old has been released with no further action They say he was "reported in good faith" by witnesses but enquiries confirmed that he was not involved

British Transport Police say that "at this stage there is nothing to suggest this is a terrorist incident" and they are still working to establish the full circumstances and motivation for the train attack Of 11 injured people, 4 have been discharged and 2 remain in a life-threatening condition

The investigation into the train stabbing in Cambridgeshire is being supported by Counter Terrorism Policing The step is routine for violent incidents where the motivation is unclear, and police say they are working to understand the full circumstances of the attack www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...

If Zohran Mamdani wins next week's NYC mayoral election, both New York and London will be led by Muslim sons of immigrants The far right hates them and has been using near-identical narratives against both online, but are they actually that similar? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...

The first time I was targeted by a phone snatcher in London was in 2012, when I was standing on a train platform looking up Andy Murray's live scores in the Olympics Since then, almost everyone I know in London has had their phone nicked or witnessed a theft www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/i...

I'm seeing a lot of discussion about the case of Harry Whittaker, who was convicted yesterday of explosives offences I haven't covered the case but have been sent information on it from the police and CPS. On that basis, the reasons that coverage did not focus on his far-right ideology are these 🧵

The government has announced that it will convert two military bases to house up to 900 asylum seekers When the Conservatives attempted a similar strategy, it cost millions more than predicted and was hit by delays, legal challenges and local opposition www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...

🎙️Very happy to have contributed to this edition of BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend, looking at hostile state threats Listen for Russian journalist Roman Dobrokhotov's account of being targeted by a group paid to conduct surveillance on the Kremlin's enemies www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Very interesting analysis of pro-Reform Facebook activity around the Caerphilly by-election by Nation.Cymru As the article says, "bots can't vote", but they can try to shape the talking points of local voters nation.cymru/opinion/refo...

Breaking News: Timothy Mellon, a banking heir, is said to be the anonymous donor who gave $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the shutdown.

I'll be on BBC Radio 4's World This Weekend programme at 1pm tomorrow talking about hostile state threats and the unlikely gang of Russian saboteurs jailed yesterday Tune in at 1pm on Sunday or listen here afterwards www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

A British drug dealer who volunteered himself to Russian agents for sabotage missions was jailed today Only one mission - the arson of warehouses full of aid and satellite equipment for Ukraine - had been completed when he was arrested, but many more were planned www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/w...

Welsh Parliament by-elections don't normally garner international interest, but today's result in Caerphilly is significant In what could be a view into the future, it was a two-horse race between Plaid Cymru and Reform U.K., with Labour's previous dominance gone www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/w...