4 d. ago Tim Mayer accuses FIA president Ben Sulayem of ‘reign of terror’ after announcing candidacy

American will challenge incumbent in December voteMayer accuses Ben Sulayem of centralising powerTim Mayer opened his campaign for the FIA presidency in combative fashion by accusing his election rival and the incumbent, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, of overseeing a “reign of terror” during his four years in charge.Mayer, the son of the co-founder of the McLaren F1 team Teddy Mayer and a former longstanding FIA steward, with 15 years in the role in F1, maintains he was sacked at Ben Sulayem’s behest. He issued a withering assessment of the president’s tenure as he aired his platform for the vote, which will be held on 12 December. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Man denies amassing armoury of weapons and trying to whip up pandemic uprising

Paul Martin has appeared in court charged with encouraging terrorism, possessing articles for the purposes of terrorism, and possessing a stun gun.

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6 d. ago Four charged by counter terrorism police after £7million of damage to RAF planes

The four will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday

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6 d. ago Four people charged by terror police after £7million worth of damage done to two aircraft at RAF Brize Norton 'by Palestine Action'

Amy Gardiner-Gibson, 29, Jony Cink, 24, Daniel Jeronymides-Norie, 35, and Lewie Chiaramello, 22, have been remanded in custody after £7 million in damage was caused to two Voyager aircraft.

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6 d. ago Four charged by counter terrorism police after planes damaged at RAF base

The four will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

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6 d. ago French police charge ‘incel’ suspected of planning knife attack on women

Detention of 18-year-old man part of anti-terror police force’s first case linked to involuntary celibate movementAn 18-year-old French man suspected of planning attacks on women has been charged in the country’s first case of a terror plot linked to the misogynist “incel” movement, officials said.The suspect was arrested on Friday by the DGSI domestic intelligence agency near a public high school in the southeastern city of Saint-Etienne. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Woman, 82, attacked with flamethrower at Israel protest DIES as cops upgrade charges against suspect

Boulder terror suspect Mohamed Soliman is now facing murder charges and 66 additional counts after the death of an 82-year-old woman injured in June 1 flame attack

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1 week ago Kneecap lead Glastonbury chants of 'F*** Keir Starmer' and urge crowds to riot in Westminster court when one of the Irish rappers next appears on Hezbollah flag charge

The group's lead rapper, Liam O'Hanna, 27, whose stage name is Mo Chara, is on unconditional bail after being charged with terrorism for supporting Hezbollah, a proscribed terrorist organisation.

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1 week ago Kneecap's Mo Chara says 'I'm a free man' as controversial band hit Glastonbury stage

Mo Chara was charged with allegedly displaying a flag in support of proscribed terrorist organisation Hezbollah at a gig last November, but was granted unconditional bail by a court earlier this month

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1 week ago Glastonbury bosses closes stage amid crowd crush fears as Kneecap perform set that BBC refuses to air live

The rap trio took to the West Holts stage at 4pm on Saturday, just over a week after one of their members appeared in court on terror charges.

Society

1 week ago Kneecap to play Glastonbury’s West Holts stage amid terror charge controversy

Keir Starmer has said it wouldn’t be ‘appropriate’ for festival to give the trio a platform

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1 week ago Kneecap to perform at Glastonbury amid calls for them to be banned

Band member Liam Og O hAnnaidh appeared in court last week charged with flying a flag in support of proscribed terrorist organisation Hezbollah.

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1 week ago Former Venezuelan intelligence chief pleads guilty to US drug charges

Hugo Carvajal faces narco-terrorism and weapon charges amid accusations he helped lead a drug-trafficking groupA former top Venezuelan military intelligence chief has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to narco-terrorism conspiracy, drug-trafficking and weapons charges, piling further US pressure on the government of Nicolás Maduro.Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, AKA “El Pollo” or “The Chicken,” was the director of Venezuela’s military intelligence under presidents Hugo Chávez and Maduro. On Wednesday, days before his trial was set to begin, he pleaded guilty to four federal counts, related to accusations that he helped lead a drug-trafficking group within the Venezuelan government. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis defends letting controversial rappers Kneecap play festival telling critics to 'go somewhere else'

The 89-year-old spoke out as the event ignored demands to pull the Irish republican rappers from the bill after one of the trio was charged with a terror offence.

Culture

1 week ago Former Venezuela spymaster pleads guilty to narcoterrorism charge ahead of trial

A former Venezuelan spymaster who was close to the country’s late President Hugo Chávez has pleaded guilty to narco-terrorist charges

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1 week ago Boulder terror attack suspect charged with federal hate crimes

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, has been charged with 12 federal hate crime counts

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2 w. ago German prosecutor seeks arrest on terror charges of a Syrian man who allegedly stabbed 4

Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office has submitted a new arrest warrant based on terrorism allegations for a Syrian man who stabbed and critically injured four men outside a restaurant in the western city of Bielefeld last month

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2 w. ago Two men charged with terror plot on Jewish community to stand trial in October

Walid Saadaoui, 37, and Amar Hussein, 51, deny the charges

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer backs Badenoch call and claims Kneecap slot at Glastonbury 'not appropriate'

Sir Keir Starmer said he did not believe Kneecap should be allowed to perform at Glastonbury Festival next week, after a member of the group was charged with a terrorism offence

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2 w. ago Luigi Mangione’s defense claims ‘bias’ after diary entries reveal possible motive for killing of United Healthcare CEO

Mangione faces a terrorism charge in New York, and federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty

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