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Foiled terror plot at bomber base signals wider threat to US military installations: expert
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Five men arrested near a key U.S. bomber base in the U.K. on Sunday may have planned a «complex,» coordinated attack with potentially far-reaching security implications for American military installations globally, a former U.S. intelligence official warned.
As counterterrorism police investigated after officers detained the suspects near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, a former Pentagon official also said President Donald Trump will ultimately be the one to decide the consequences if indeed the «trail leads to Tehran.»
The men were initially held on suspicion of offenses under Britain’s Explosives Act before being arrested on terrorism charges in connection with the airfield, a key U.S. Air Force hub and the primary European base for American strategic bombers.
On Sunday, Trump said U.S. authorities had been monitoring the suspects prior to their capture.
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Police at a road block on the road to RAF Fairford after a major incident was declared, with armed police manning a cordon near the village of Whelford in Gloucestershire, near RAF Fairford on Sunday, September 27, 2026. (Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images)
«We had them under investigation,» Trump told reporters in Chicago. «They were looking to do big damage to our fort.»
«It may have been Scotland Yard. I don’t know. We worked with a lot of them. We had them under view for a long time, and we got them,» Trump added.
According to Sky News, counterterrorism police were investigating whether Iran is linked to the suspected bomb plot.
Former Trump White House official Morgan Murphy told Fox News Digital that British authorities are leading the investigation alongside U.S. law enforcement and intelligence.
«Every phone, bank record and rental receipt will be run through British and American intelligence, and if the trail leads to Tehran, it will be found,» Murphy clarified.
«But as American airmen and bombers seem to have been the target, Air Force investigators on the base, the FBI in London, and American intelligence will likely all work the case.»
«If conclusive evidence proves Iran is behind an attempted attack on U.S. forces, the American President will ultimately decide how Tehran pays,» Murphy added.
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A US Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber jet lands on the runway, beyond a USAF Rockwell B-1 Lancer bomber jet, at RAF Fairford in southwest England on March 9, 2026. (Henry NICHOLLS / AFP via Getty Images)
Former Defense Intelligence Agency official Andrew Badger told Fox News Digital the number of suspects and vehicles involved raised the possibility of a sophisticated operation.
«We are going to see elevated security protocols across Europe, across the U.K., and across the entire world for any U.S. installation,» he said.
«This is a very significant threat, and again, seeing that we had five individuals involved and three different reported vans at the scene, this could have been a very complex, highly orchestrated operation,» Badger added.
«This isn’t just some type of amateur lone wolf operation,» he said, noting Fairford’s strategic importance to the U.S. military. «Fairford is also where the U.S. houses its strategic bombers for Europe as well as the rest of the world.»
He said a potential attack posed broader risks beyond the airfield itself which he said «could have had significant security implications. It could have damaged the nearby area.»
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RAF Fairford is in the spotlight after five men were arrested near the key U.S. bomber base in the U.K. on Sunday. (Reuters)
«They could have tried to use a VBIED or a vehicle-borne explosive device where the first van could have gone off at the front gate, and then the other vans would have gone in and tried to go for the strategic bombers,» Badger said.
British authorities have not publicly identified who they believe was behind the suspected plot or announced a motive, but RAF Fairford had taken on greater strategic importance during the war with Iran.
The U.K. government previously authorized U.S. forces to use the Royal Air Force bases Fairford and Diego Garcia for limited defensive operations, including destroying Iranian missiles and launchers at their source.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) later warned that any base used to attack Iranian territory would be considered a legitimate target.
«Any base used to launch attacks on Iranian territory is a legitimate target for our forces,» the IRGC said, according to reports.
«Tehran warned London in July to keep American bombers off Fairford, and if this plot traces back to Iran, the answer must be more bombers, not fewer,» Morgan said.
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Chief Justice of Iran Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and an IRGC commander general Mohsen Rezaee attend a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2026. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A local councilor 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 told the outlet.
Badger, however, cautioned against assuming Iran was responsible while pointing to other potential threats.
«This could be Iran trying to gain strategic leverage in negotiations, but there are other actors as well,» Badger added.
«But there’s Russia, who’s been launching a campaign of gray zone or hybrid warfare attacks across Europe, as well as Islamic extremists, which are still a significant threat here in the U.K.»
«Was this some type of retaliation by Iran to perhaps try to gain leverage or to try to inflict a cost for the U.S. withdrawing from these negotiations? Again, we don’t know for sure, but it is a possibility,» Badger said.
Badger also pointed to RAF Welford, a major U.S. ammunition storage facility that primarily supports operations at RAF Fairford.
US EMBASSIES IN MIDDLE EAST WARN AMERICANS OF ‘UNFORESEEN ESCALATION’ AS LATEST STRIKES HIT IRAN
Members of the US military offload equipment from a US Air Force C-5 Galaxy at RAF Fairford in south west England on March 6, 2026. Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given approval for Washington to use the bases of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean and RAF Fairford in southwest England to bomb Iranian missile sites, after several Gulf countries were targeted by Iranian retaliations. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)
«RAF Welford is actually the second-largest weapons and ammunition depot in all of Europe,» Badger said, noting that the facility where the U.S. stores ammunition «could have been a target as well.»
«Other bases across Europe, including European and U.S. partners, have already been on a heightened state of alert,» Badger continued.
«But of course, after this attack, I think they’re going to be in an even more heightened state. You’re going to have more frequent security patrols.»
«There are reports that RAF Fairford was put onto what’s called the Delta alert, which is the highest state of security alert within the military base system,» Badger said.
«So this is basically that ‘an imminent terrorist attack is inbound,’» he concluded.
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Su padre le dio una golpiza, vio que no respiraba y lo tiró en una zanja: el brutal crimen que conmociona a Uruguay
El adolescente Jonathan Correa, de 15 años, tuvo una fuerte discusión con su padre, Jonathan Calero, el viernes de noche y el mayor lo comenzó a golpear tomando un cable. El hombre, de 37 años, le dio una fuerte golpiza en su dormitorio, mientras su madre y su hermana (de nueve años) estaban en otra habitación. Cuando terminó de golpearlo, lo mandó a dormir. El adolescente ya no se despertaría.
Entre las dos y las tres de esa madrugada –según la reconstrucción que hizo Fiscalía consignada por La Diaria–, Calero se levantó y fue hasta el dormitorio en el que hacía algunas horas había golpeado a su hijo. Allí vio que el menor no reaccionaba, que estaba sin signos vitales. Entonces decidió cargarlo, llevárselo de la casa y tirarlo en una cuneta.
Cuando la madre se levantó, vio que el adolescente no estaba y ambos empezaron a buscarlo. Hasta que finalmente el hombre confiesa que está en un lugar. Allí intentaron reanimarlo, pero no había nada por hacer. Jonathan, el adolescente de 15 años, había muerto.
Lo primero que dijo Calero cuando vio que su hijo había fallecido fue que se podría haber caído de un “puentecito que había cerca”, de acuerdo al relato de la fiscal.
El caso generó conmoción en Uruguay. Con el paso de los días se supo que la UTU (el secundario especializado en oficios al que asistía) había denunciado que Jonathan sufría violencia desde que era chico, pero esa denuncia nunca avanzó ni en la Policía ni en Poder Judicial. También hablaron las autoridades políticas –hasta el presidente de la República, Yamandú Orsi–, quienes lamentaron la omisión que hubo de parte del Estado en este caso.
La Justicia dispuso que Calero sea imputado por un delito de violencia doméstica agravada y homicidio especialmente agravado por haberse cometido contra su hijo y en presencia de menores de edad, tal como lo pidió la fiscal del caso, Sabrina Flores.
Calero era un clasificador y feriante.
Violencia desde “hace mucho tiempo”
Jonathan era en la secundaria un chico introvertido. Así lo recordaron sus compañeros en el noticiero uruguayo Telemundo. El joven no era muy sociable: no tenía amigos ni molestaba. Eso sí: era un “buen pibito”, “inteligente” y “querido” por sus compañeros pese a su timidez. Pero los otros alumnos de la UTU también notaban que en su casa sufría violencia. Tenía moretones en los brazos y se los tapaba con una campera”, relató uno de ellos. También contaron que se lo notaba con los “ojos negros”.
La violencia no solo fue una percepción de sus compañeros: también quedó reflejada en las pericias forenses que fueron analizadas por la Fiscalía, y consignadas en el artículo de La Diaria. En el escrito de imputación, la fiscal concluyó que hubo “diferentes tipos de violencias físicas sobre el cuerpo” de Jonathan. La médica que realizó la autopsia forense planteó que tiene “múltiples heridas, de diferente tiempo de antigüedad”, y que la causa de muerte son los golpes que recibió.
“Hay tantas lesiones que la forense no pudo constatar bien dónde había iniciado el sangrado”, señala el pedido de imputación de la fiscal, que fue leído en la audiencia.
El padre de Jonathan fue enviado a la cárcel en prisión preventiva por 180 días, mientras avanza la investigación.
La defensa no se opuso a la formalización ni a la prisión preventiva. Sin embargo, su abogado (de oficio) solicitó atención médica en la cárcel para continuar un tratamiento de asma. También pidió una pericia psiquiátrica para saber si es capaz que apreciar el carácter ilícito de sus actos: es decir, para saber si es imputable o inimputable.
La hermana de Jonathan originalmente fue a vivir con su abuela, pero sobre ella también hay acusaciones de violencia, según informó El Observador. Por eso, la Justicia dispuso que tanto ella –que tiene nueve años– como dos de sus primos fueran enviados a centros del organismo estatal de menores de Uruguay (INAU).
Yamandú Orsi: un crimen “espantoso”
El presidente uruguayo se refirió el jueves a la muerte de Jonathan y marcó las fallas estatales que hubo.
“Es espantoso, terrible. La muerte de un niño nos parte el corazón. De esa forma, además: una muerte violenta”, expresó Orsi en una rueda de prensa. Señaló también que la vida que llevan menores como Jonathan significa “otro golpe” para el Estado uruguayo. Y como tercer lugar planteó una pregunta: “¿Cómo desde el Estado no pudimos resolverlo a tiempo, cómo no lo pudimos impedir?”.
El presidente le dio la razón al ministro del Interior, Carlos Negro, quien antes había expresado su “indignación” y “profunda tristeza” por la muerte del joven. “El Estado todo falló. Los mecanismos de protección que debemos tener frente a las instancias evidentemente fallaron. Tenemos que hacer un reconocimiento de estas fallas en los controles, tenemos que seguramente asumir las responsabilidades como Estado e investigar qué fue lo que sucedió, qué fue lo que falló y luego sacar conclusiones”, expresó.
Negro anunció que se inició una investigación administrativa para buscar responsabilidades.
La Suprema Corte de Justicia, en tanto, también pidió informes para saber cómo fue el accionar de la Justicia luego de la denuncia que presentó el centro de estudios por la violencia que recibía Jonathan.
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Finnish and Swedish fighter jets scrambled for the first time on Sept. 24 to intercept supersonic Russian military aircraft flying over the Gulf of Finland, marking a major milestone in Nordic defense cooperation amid heightened tensions with Moscow.
The mission also came one day before Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed European warnings about the threat from Moscow in the region and mocked Estonia’s new defense minister over the Baltic state’s preparations for a potential Russian attack.
Finnish F/A-18 Hornets and Swedish JAS 39 Gripens were scrambled after Russian aircraft were detected in the international airspace, according to the Swedish Armed Forces.
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Finnish and Swedish fighter jets scrambled for the first time on Sept. 24 to intercept supersonic Russian military aircraft flying over the Gulf of Finland. (AFP PHOTO MICHAL CIZEK (Photo credit should read MICHAL CIZEK/AFP via Getty Images)
The Russian formation included a Tu-134 transport plane, a high-altitude, supersonic MiG-31 interceptors designed to detect and engage long-range threats; and Su-30 multirole fighter jets which are designed for air-to-air and air-to-ground combat.
«This is what close cooperation looks like in practice,» Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman, commander of the Swedish Air Force, said in a statement following the joint operation.
«Built over years on trust and strong personal relationships, we can now operate seamlessly together — as air forces, as nations and as Allies.»
Concern over Russian military activity along NATO’s eastern flank has grown following a string of airspace violations.
These include Russian drones entering Polish airspace, a Mi-8 helicopter crossing from Kaliningrad into Poland, drones crashing in Romania and Moldova, and armed Russian jets entering Estonian airspace before being intercepted by NATO aircraft on Sept. 18.
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The Russian formation included Su-30 multirole fighter jets designed for air-to-air and air-to-ground combat. (Sergey Mihailicenko/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images))
In Estonia, Defense Minister Martin Herem warned that Russia could be capable of using military force against Estonia within a year and argued that Tallinn must determine whether its defenses are sufficient for such a scenario.
Prime Minister Kristen Michal stated that the government is ready to shut down border crossing points on short notice if threat assessments change, according to reports.
Speaking at the St. Petersburg International United Cultures Forum on Friday, Putin pushed back against such warnings.
«Many people in Europe say they expect an attack from Russia and therefore claim they must prepare for war with Russia,» Putin said.
«I want to emphasize once again: we are not preparing for military action against Europe. We have no such plans, no basis for them, and, most importantly, no real motive to escalate the situation with Europe.»
Putin then mocked Herem’s warnings: «As we jokingly say in Russia: ‘The circus has left, but the clowns remain.’ It is political clowning. … Clearly, these statements are complete nonsense and absurdity,» Putin said, according to EurAsia Daily.
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Putin spoke at the St. Petersburg International United Cultures Forum and downplayed comments made by Estonian Defense Minister Martin Herem, who warned that Russia could be capable of using military force against Estonia. (Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
Estonia sits across the Gulf of Finland from Finland, with the three countries forming part of NATO’s increasingly integrated northern and eastern defenses amid concerns about Russian military activity.
Finland formally joined NATO as its 31st member in April 2023, roughly doubling the alliance’s land border with Russia. Sweden followed as the 32nd member in March 2024. Estonia, which regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, has been a NATO member since 2004.
The Baltic Sea region has also remained on heightened alert following incidents involving gas pipelines, sabotage and hybrid threats since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Reuters has reported.
NATO said in June that it was enhancing protection of its eastern members in the cyber and space domains while helping countries build resilience against what it describes as hostile Russian actions, including cyberattacks, sabotage and airspace violations.
NATO says its military activities along the eastern flank are entirely defensive and that it is «ready, willing and able to defend every Ally.»
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during the launch of the NATO Secretary General’s Annual Report for 2025 at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (Virginia Mayo/AP Photo)
The alliance has said an attack against any member would be met with a «resounding response.»
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte recently underscored Washington’s role in the alliance during a visit to Iowa, telling The Associated Press that Putin «knows that the United States and Europe are totally intertwined.»
«We have to make sure that we are prepared, we are strong, and he knows it,» Rutte said.
«And if he does anything silly, he knows our reaction will be tough,» he warned.
European intelligence officials said Sept. 24 that Russia could test NATO’s defenses.
Denmark’s Defense Intelligence Service assessed the risk of a limited Russian military attack against a NATO country in the coming months as «low but growing» and said Moscow is expected to intensify its hybrid campaign against NATO and the West.
The service said in a statement that a full-scale Russian invasion of a NATO member remains highly unlikely but can no longer be ruled out.
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Elecciones en Brasil: Lula da Silva y Flávio Bolsonaro entran en la recta final y afinan sus estrategias para evitar el balotaje
A una semana de una de las elecciones más polarizadas en la historia de Brasil, el presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva y el senador Flávio Bolsonaro, técnicamente empatados en los sondeos, luchan por el llamado “voto útil” para intentar definir la Presidencia sin necesidad de un balotaje.
La disputa por los votos de los candidatos minoritarios para convencerlos de la necesidad de definir la elección el próximo domingo en la primera vuelta quedó en evidencia en los últimos actos, mensajes y discursos tanto del presidente de izquierda como del senador ultraderechista.
El hijo mayor del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) viene defendiendo la necesidad de que la derecha se una desde la primera vuelta para evitar el balotaje, mientras que el líder del izquierdista Partido de los Trabajadores (PT) alega que necesita el apoyo del electorado que rechaza su Gobierno para derrotar al “fascismo” sin correr riesgos.
Un eventual balotaje se realizaría el 25 de octubre.
“Jubilar a Lula y libertar a Brasil”
Bolsonaro dejó clara su intención al publicar este domingo un mensaje en redes en el que, aprovechando el alto índice de desaprobación del presidente, pidió votos para “jubilar a Lula y libertar a Brasil. No deje para la segunda vuelta lo que puede resolver en la primera”, indicó.
Acaparando el 76 % de la intención de voto en el último sondeo de la firma Datafolha (un 40% para Lula y un 36% para Bolsonaro) y con el porcentaje de indecisos reducido a solo el 2% (un 5% decidido a votar en blanco), los dos favoritos disputan el voto del 17% de los que apoyan a los otros diez candidatos.
Ni Lula ni Bolsonaro tienen más del 50% en ninguna encuesta, un porcentaje que necesitarían para ser elegidos sin necesidad de balotaje, pero los sondeos indican que tienen espacio para avanzar sobre los electores de los candidatos minoritarios, muchos de los cuales admiten estar en duda y que pueden cambiar su voto a última hora.
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