Monday 28 September 2026 07:30 UTC
Five Arrested Near RAF Fairford in Terror Investigation
British police arrested five men near RAF Fairford, a UK base used by US bombers, on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offences. Officers found three suspicious vans about two miles from the base. Authorities evacuated homes, locked down the base and sent Army bomb-disposal teams to examine or defuse suspected explosives. A farmer said masked men fled towards the base before police detained them within 25 minutes. Counterterrorism officers are examining possible Iranian, Russian and Islamist links, but officials said the investigation remained at an early stage and named no responsible actor.
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Iranian forces tried for a second consecutive night to attack commercial ships using the US-guarded route through the Strait of Hormuz, according to accounts in the data. Iranian state-backed media said Iran had struck 19 vessels over two days. The Revolutionary Guard’s navy separately claimed it captured a US Remus 600 autonomous underwater vehicle near the strait. A newly disclosed account said an Iranian cruise missile injured eight US Marines on September 14 aboard a vessel that was not a US Navy ship.
Iran also attacked camps belonging to Kurdish groups in Iraqi Kurdistan with ballistic missiles and drones. Missile impacts were reported around Erbil, while Shahed-136 drones were said to have targeted Koya.
Russia launched 277 strike drones against Ukraine in the latest reported wave, including 155 jet-powered models. Strikes damaged homes, schools, kindergartens, communications sites and energy infrastructure across several regions. Ukraine reported three deaths in Zaporizhzhia region and one in Kyiv. Over the full week, Russia launched more than 2,200 drones, about 1,650 aerial bombs and 38 missiles, according to Ukrainian figures.