1 hour ago Major terror attack 'was just hours away' before being foiled by UK police sting

Counter-terror officers and Special Forces raided two suspected Iranian cells in a ‘highly significant’ operation to tackle growing activity by the hostile state in the UK.

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2 h. ago Iranian terror attack 'hours from being launched' before being foiled by police

Eight arrested in UK’s biggest separate anti-terror operations for years, says Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

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2 h. ago UK terror attack 'foiled just hours before it was set to take place' as police swoop in

Two suspected Iranian terror cells were raided on Saturday in a sweeping operation specifically targeting groups believed to be working on behalf of the state against the UK

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2 h. ago Israeli cabinet approves expansion of Gaza offensive as Netanyahu calls upon reservists to join war

Israeli army chief says his forces will ‘operate in additional areas and destroy all of [Hamas’s] infrastructure above and below ground’

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2 h. ago Major UK terror attack 'was just hours away' before being foiled by police

Counter-terror officers and Special Forces raided two suspected Iranian cells in a ‘highly significant’ operation to tackle growing activity by the hostile state in the UK

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3 h. ago Israel approves plans to intensify Gaza operations, official says

An Israeli official says Cabinet ministers have approved plans to intensify military operations in the Gaza Strip

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4 h. ago A massive coastal restoration project is in peril amid claims Louisiana concealed a critical report

An ambitious project to restore a rapidly vanishing stretch of Louisiana coast devastated by the 2010 Gulf oil spill has been thrown deeper into disarray amid claims by Gov. Jeff Landry that his predecessor concealed an unfavorable study that could imperil the $3 billion effort

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5 h. ago Maltese authorities block food supplies to stricken Gaza aid ship hit by drone attack

Activists are being prevented from delivering food supplies to an aid ship bound for Gaza which was damaged in a drone attack off the coast of Malta.

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6 h. ago Sabotage and secret identities: Russia’s spy network – podcast

Shaun Walker reports on the history of Russia’s ‘Illegals’ programme and what it looks like todayShaun Walker is the Guardian’s central and eastern Europe correspondent and author of The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West.He tells Helen Pidd about the history of Russia’s ‘Illegals’ programme, and how Russian intelligence operates in western countries today. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Miss England surfer, 24, says she can't train for the world championships because sewage was dumped in the sea off the Cornish coast

Milla Magee, 24, who is also a lifeguard and keen surfer, had been preparing off the coast of Newquay ahead of flying to India on Wednesday to represent England at the international pageant.

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8 h. ago Major terror attack 'was just HOURS away' before it was foiled by the special forces and police: Seven Iranians arrested in raids after 'biggest counter

Counter-terror officers and Special Forces raided two suspected Iranian cells in a 'highly significant' operation to tackle growing activity by the hostile state in the UK.

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9 h. ago Experts seen starting £20million operation to raise the doomed Bayesian almost a year after superyacht tragedy

The vessel sank in a freak storm off the fishing village of Porticello, Sicily, last August, killing seven - including billionaire tech tycoon Mike Lynch, 59, and his daughter Hannah, 18.

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9 h. ago The threat from Iran: a ruthless regime suspected of orchestrating terror attacks on UK soil

MI5 chief Ken McCallum disclosed last October that his operatives have tackled 20 'potentially lethal' plots backed by Tehran since 2022 - mostly aimed at dissidents opposing the regime.

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10 h. ago Lorraine Kelly shares health update and gives huge praise to NHS staff

Lorraine Kelly was admitted to hospital to undergo a major operation, as she provided fans with an update on Sunday night.

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11 h. ago Emmerdale wedding at risk as John Sugden's secrets finally exposed

Emmerdale's John Sugden - played by Oliver Farnworth - has been keeping secrets from his fiancé Aaron Dingle that could threaten to ruin their wedding day on the ITV soap opera

Society

13 h. ago Salvage operation on sunken Bayesian superyacht begins off coast of Sicily

A salvage operation has begun on the superyacht Bayesian which has lay sunk off the coast of Sicily for eight months.

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14 h. ago Mike Lynch: Experts start difficult recovery of tragic superyacht that sank off Sicily

Prosecutors are investigating the captain and two crew members for possible responsibility in connection with the sinking

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14 h. ago Eight men arrested in terror raids over 'plot to target specific premises'

Raids were held at various locations as part of a 'pre-planned' probe into a plot to target 'specific premises', according to the Metropolitan Police, whose Counter Terrorism Command led the operation

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15 h. ago Weather map reveals where temperatures will plunge as Britain marks VE Day bringing balmy heatwave to an abrupt end

The Met Office forecasts that temperatures will reach a maximum of 15C on the south coast of England on bank holiday Monday.

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15 h. ago Conservative judge should be removed after investigation finds she misrepresented her military career, agency says

District Judge Tiffany Foxworth-Roberts is reported to have falsely claimed she had attained the rank of Captain, and was deployed overseas in Operation Desert Storm

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