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UK airbase terror suspects being released on bail as Iran denies connection

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United Kingdom police are releasing five terror suspects on bail Monday after they were arrested on suspicion of a terror plot targeting a U.S. air base in Britain this weekend.

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Laurence ​Taylor, head of ​Counter Terrorism Policing, confirmed that investigations into the five men are ongoing, «including ⁠that this may be actively committed ​by proxies ​or ⁠individuals either knowingly or unknowingly working on ⁠behalf ​of a ​foreign state.» Meanwhile, the Iranian Embassy in the U.K. has denied any connection to the five men.

The Sunday night arrests came after a local resident and farmer in Gloucestershire told the BBC that she had called police late in the evening after coming across three white vans blocking a road near RAF Fairford air base. As she turned her car around, she told the BBC that her headlights illuminated a group of «hooded and masked men» who «panicked» upon being spotted and scrambled into a nearby woods.

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A B1 Bomber at RAF Fairford on July 25, 2026 in Fairford, England. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has declared RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire a «legitimate target» after U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers used the British base to launch defensive bombing missions against Iranian military targets. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Authorities identified the five men as «U.K. nationals,» but did not offer any further details.

RAF Fairford plays host to significant U.S. Air Force assets and has been used as a launching point for multiple U.S. operations in the war against Iran in recent months.

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Defense Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed that the local farmer had at least a «partial picture» of the incident.

«I do want to thank the member of the public who acted quickly and called this in,» Streeting told the BBC.

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Police at a road block on the road to RAF Fairford after major incident has been declared, with armed police manning a cordon near the village of Whelford in Gloucestershire, near RAF Fairford which is used by the United States Air Force (USAF). Picture date: Sunday September 27, 2026. (Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images)

«I would also just say, respectfully, that she has a partial picture. And I won’t go beyond that, in terms of commenting on operational security matters,» he added.

The local, who asked to remain anonymous, told the BBC that she was astounded it had been her 999 call that «foiled whatever plans they had,» adding that she was surprised the base didn’t have more significant surveillance and security.

Iran’s Embassy vehemently denied any connection with the incident in a public statement on Monday.

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«The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in London categorically rejects and strongly condemns the recent unfounded and malicious speculations published by some British individuals and media outlets attempting to link Iran to arrest of five suspects in the vicinity of RAF Fairford base,» the Embassy wrote on X.

Military personnel position munitions beneath a U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber on a runway at a British air base.

Ground crew prepare to load munitions onto a U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber at RAF Fairford on March 11, 2026, in Fairford, England. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

«The Circulation of such fabricated speculations, particularly in the aftermath of the criminal acts of aggression committed by the United States and the Israeli regime against the Iranian people, will serve no purpose other than to fuel Iranophobia propaganda in the U.K.,» the statement continued.

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«The Islamic Republic of Iran reserves the right to take appropriate legal measures, as necessary, to safeguard the rights and interests of the country and its people in response to misleading and damaging media narratives,» it added.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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Pro-Israel leader warns Democrats failing to condemn ‘vicious Jew haters’ in Congress

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When Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed could not say Iran is a bigger threat to the U.S. than Israel, it was a warning of elections in a post-Oct. 7 world, Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) president Morton Klein says.

American and even Israeli leaders are failing to show strength against hate as anti-Zionist voices gain power, Klein told Digital in a Monday interview.

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«Ilhan Omar is one of the most vicious Jew haters in America,» Klein said, speaking on behalf of himself and not as the leader of the ZOA. «And it is very painful to me that the leaders of the Democratic Party have not continuously and vigorously condemned her» and other antisemitic political leaders, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., El-Sayed and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

They are not merely «pro-Palestinian» voices, Klein says: «They’re anti-Israel voices. They don’t really give a damn about the Palestinians either. They just hate Jews in the Jewish state. That’s my opinion.»

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The ZOA is a 501(c)(3) that is unpermitted by law to talk candidacies as opposed to their positions, Klein stressed, before unloading on the voices that take aim at Israel and ostensibly handing political power to the antisemites and terrorists – which even includes Israeli elections just two weeks from now.

«Viciously antisemitic members of Congress have not been condemned in any significant way by the Democratic Party,» he continued. «So it’s disappointing to me as an American that we don’t condemn people who are filled with hate and not filled with what’s best for America.»

Anti-Israel rhetoric has moved from the political fringe into elected office, he said, warning that Democrats have not forcefully condemned members of their own party who he says traffic in antisemitism.

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It has even forced Israeli leaders to move toward a dangerous level of «appeasement,» according to Klein.

«I blame the Jewish leaders and the Israeli leaders themselves: You might find that surprising,» he said. «The Israeli government over the years has not made it clear that the Hamas Charter has two clauses that say, murder every Jew on earth, destroy Israel. And, most recently, El-Sayed not only refused to clearly name Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror, as a greater threat than Israel during a Michigan Senate debate, «he said worse,» Klein lamented.

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«He said both of them are dangerous to America, and he said Israel is as evil as Hamas,» he continued.

«The Democratic Party has not condemned him. Worse, [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer endorsed him, has given him tens of millions of dollars to run,» Klein said. «Elissa Slotkin, the senator from Michigan, Jewish senator, has endorsed him. And [Dana] Nessel, the attorney general, Jewish attorney general has endorsed them. This is disgraceful.»

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«If this guy was unequivocally anti-Black, they would have all condemned him. Why don’t they condemn people who hate Jews for no reason whatsoever? It’s very, very frightening,» he said.

During his push to hold the Michigan Senate seat for Democrats, Abdul El-Sayed described Judaism as «a light unto the world,» expressing deep gratitude for the Jewish community’s contributions.

«My commitment to Jewish safety is equivalent to the commitment to the safety of my own daughters,» he said.

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Klein also weighed in on Mamdani for declining to condemn the phrase «globalize the intifada,» a call to violence against Jews around the world, he warned.

«Mamdani was asked to condemn the phrase, globalize the intifada … he refused to condemn this phrase,» Klein said. «This guy is a monster. He is a jihadist Jew-hater supporter of terrorism.»

Despite the criticism, Mamdani has pledged to «protect our Jewish neighbors» and stated his commitment to «mourning with them, and committing to fight against evil and antisemitism.»

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As Mamdani has done explicitly, Israel is often portrayed as the aggressor and perpetrator of a so-called «genocide» in Gaza, Klein observed, stating that the reality is those atrocities were committed by Hamas terrorists Oct. 7, when terrorists invaded Israel specifically to kill «Jews,» not merely «people,» Klein said.

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«They went in house to house, door to door, murdering every single family,» Klein said. «Can you imagine? They go in and there’s a mother and a father and children sitting, they’re scared out of their minds, and they shoot them to death. And oftentimes they raped the mother first and then they murdered them. Then they put babies into ovens and killed them that way. It’s just a nightmare what they did.»

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«Yes, their goal is to murder every single Jew. In fact, the leaders of Hamas have said repeatedly: ‘We will have many, many more Oct. 7s; you wait, many, more Oct. 7s,» he added.

Klein said any future Israeli government after the Oct. 27 elections must be «as tough as nails, responding with overwhelming force for any terrorism,» and do as the «the people demanded: destroy Hamas.»

Klein warned, however, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be weakened politically if he is forced to form an alliance with left-of-center parties after Israel’s elections.

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«The polls show that it’s likely that Netanyahu will win again, but he may have to have a broader coalition to bring in people from the left of center,» Klein warned. «I think the odds are high Bibi will continue to be the prime minister. But his hands will be somewhat tied if he’s forced, and I think he will be forced, to bring people from left of the center to have coalition.»

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Asked whether the process of forming a coalition could weaken Israel’s response, Klein answered, «Yes.»

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«Yes, because some of the left-of-center people are appeasement-oriented,» Klein said. «They still believe just give the Arabs more, it’ll be all right.»

«And people have to understand, and these people don’t quite understand, this is not a war about land or about a Palestinian state. This is a war about destroying Israel and killing Jews.»

He argued that Israel should reject further concessions and project strength until its enemies accept that the Jewish state cannot be destroyed and the decades of calls for a Palestinian state are a proven failure.

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«They had it; they controlled it,» Klein said. «They could have just said a new country of Palestine has now emerged. No, because the goal is not that. The goal is Israel’s destruction.»

«Only when they understand that, that it’s hopeless for them to destroy the Jewish state of Israel, only then might they finally lay down their arms and say, we give up.»

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Macron rechazó la violencia que sacude a Francia: “Los que intentaron derribar la República, tendrán que responder”

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El presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, afirmó que “nada justifica” ni “excusa” la violencia desatada durante las protestas en Francia y advirtió que “los que intentaron derribar la República, tendrán que responder”.

Lo hizo en un discurso a la Nación transmitido por la televisión francesa, después de dos días consecutivos de saqueos, disturbios y choques entre manifestantes y fuerzas de seguridad en movilizaciones contra el costo de vida.

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“Nada lo justifica, nada lo explica, nada lo excusa”, dijo Macron en su discurso televisado. Además, llamó a no confundir a los alborotadores con los cientos de miles de personas que manifestaron pacíficamente el sábado contra el encarecimiento de la vida.

También subrayó su disposición al diálogo por las reivindicaciones de los manifestantes.

Las protestas dejaron casi 2400 detenidos y 1000 policías heridos, según el ministerio del Interior.

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Macron reconoció que los servicios de información de la policía subestimaron la violencia de la jornada de protestas del sábado.

Denunció además que las fuerzas del orden “pese a su profesionalismo tuvieron que sufrir una violencia inédita en muchas ciudades”.

Disturbios en París (Foto: REUTERS/Abdul Saboor)

Según afirmó, pidió al Ejecutivo que “saque todas las lecciones en materia de información y de anticipación para que eso no se vuelva a producir” una situación de este tipo.

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“Los que destruyeron deben pagar, los que saquearon, deben devolver. Los que intentaron derribar la República, tendrán que responder”, alertó.

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Canadian PM Carney says 4 service members killed, dozens injured in military base fire

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Sunday that four service members were killed and dozens more seriously injured after a fire broke out during military training at a base in Alberta, calling it one of the country’s worst peacetime military tragedies on domestic soil.

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The deadly fire erupted Saturday at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, where fierce winds fueled flames that spread beyond the installation and into surrounding rural areas. Canadian military officials said there were no indications of terrorism, though the cause remained under investigation.

Carney said in a televised address that the families of the four service members killed had been notified and that the situation was still evolving.

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Paramedics load an injured person into an ambulance at the Wainwright Health Centre as injured military members are treated after a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, outside of Wainwright, Alberta Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (John Ulan/The Canadian Press via AP)

The prime minister said those affected included reservists and soldiers from Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, one of Canada’s oldest military regiments. Personnel had traveled from bases across the country to participate in training exercises at Wainwright.

Mark Carney speaks at a podium on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a statement on Parliament Hill following a deadly fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta, in Ottawa on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty initially confirmed fatalities and injuries but did not provide a casualty count, Fox News Digital previously reported.

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«I cannot recall such an incident in my short time for sure as a minister, but I cannot recall an incident like this in recent memory,» McGuinty told reporters.

The exact number of injured service members remained unclear Sunday, with victims receiving treatment at hospitals in Wainwright, Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary.

Several hospitals across Alberta activated a «Code Orange,» an emergency designation for mass-casualty incidents, as medical personnel scrambled to treat the wounded.

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Paramedics work at the Wainwright Health Centre as injured military members are treated after a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, outside of Wainwright, Alberta Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (John Ulan/The Canadian Press via AP)

«This number of patients would overwhelm the city of Edmonton,» Dr. Warren Thirsk, an emergency department physician at Royal Alexandra Hospital, told CBC News. «It is more patients than any of us want to count right now. It’s a disaster.»

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said officers responded to reports of a fire in a training area at the base shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday. Firefighters battled intense winds, with gusts reaching up to 62 mph, as flames spread beyond the installation.

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By late Saturday, local officials said the fire was being held and that property and critical infrastructure were protected. No evacuation order had been issued for nearby residents.

McGuinty said the RCMP was involved in investigating the incident, describing the situation as «very, very active and delicate.»

Carney announced that flags would fly at half-staff on federal buildings nationwide in honor of those killed and injured. He also praised emergency crews who battled the flames through the night.

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Fox News Digital’s Michael Sinkewicz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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