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An Undated handout photo originally issued by the Metropolitan Police shows Norwegian Johannes Kongsnes Natland, who has been sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court to 20 years' detention for traveling to England to carry out a killing on behalf of an international crime gang backed by Iran. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH via Reuters Connect)
October 16, 2026, 6:28 pm
Norwegian teen sentenced to 20 years for plotting UK murder tied to Iran-linked gang
Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, convicted of conspiracy to carry out contract killing of an unknown target for $28,000; he was arrested with two guns and ammunition
By AP and Reuters
Sally Rooney’s books are displayed for sale at a bookshop in London on October 15, 2026. (AP/Kin Cheung)
October 16, 2026, 11:26 am
Rooney has UK bookstores scrambling to see if they’re breaking terrorism law by selling her books
Anti-Israel author says her books can no longer be sold in UK because she helps finance the banned terror group Palestine Action
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Director General of MI5 Ken McCallum speaks at Thames House, the headquarters of the UK's Security Service in London, Oct. 13, 2026. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP, Pool)
October 13, 2026, 5:21 pm
MI5 chief says Iran is targeting military bases in UK, airbase plot ‘not unique’
Ken McCallum: UK security agency has seen ‘major shift’ in Iran’s overseas attack ambitions, Tehran now looking to ‘come at harder targets, like military sites’
By Jill Lawless
Police guard a road leading to RAF Fairford, in Fairford, England, September 28, 2026. (Alastair Grant/AP)
October 12, 2026, 8:13 pm
UK’s Burnham says Iran’s IRGC likely behind airbase incident
British PM says country ‘will not tolerate’ threats, promises to crack down on Tehran’s use of criminal networks; foreign ministries of 29 countries issue joint condemnation
By Reuters and Lazar Berman
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot visits Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on October 7, 2026. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)
October 7, 2026, 5:18 pm
World leaders solemnly mark 3 years since Oct. 7, as Hamas and Iran celebrate anniversary
Trump says he spoke to Netanyahu, ‘other side paying a very big price’ for massacre; Macron calls assault ‘barbaric’ as French FM visits Israel to commemorate victims, hostages
By Nava Freiberg, Nurit Yohanan, Luke Tress, Agencies and ToI Staff
A police van is parked outside of a warehouse park housing offices of a the Persian-language TV station, Iran International, in Wembley, northwest London on April 16, 2026. (Henry NICHOLLS/AFP)
October 6, 2026, 3:00 pm
British court tries 3 Iranians accused of spying on journalists
Prosecutors say defendants surveilled journalists from UK-based Iran International, an opposition outlet, with the ‘ultimate objective’ of violence
By AFP
A B1 bomber prepares to take off as police officers man a checkpoint near RAF Fairford air base, in Fairford, England September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
October 6, 2026, 11:15 am
US removed bombers from British airbase due to potential Iran drone attack – report
Citing officials, WSJ says B-1 bombers relocated from RAF Fairford due to intel on IRGC drone plot to target American troops; Trump downplays incident, Iran denies involvement
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Abdullah Albadri (UK Crown Prosecution Service)
October 5, 2026, 8:32 pm
Kuwaiti jailed for life in UK over attempted attack at Israeli embassy in 2025
Abdullah Albadri, 34, had a note saying he intended to be a martyr ‘for the glory of God,’ police said; he twice sought asylum in UK, was motivated to attack by Gaza war
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The UK’s Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan Stephen Doughty talks to the media after a meeting with Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos at the foreign ministry house in Nicosia, Cyprus, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
September 29, 2026, 10:13 pm
UK official rejects claim London has broadened restrictions on Israel arms exports
Official denies report by Jewish Chronicle, after Middle East minister says more than 80 licenses have been suspended or refused over Gaza
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a press briefing after his meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 27, 2026, 11:48 am
Hamas chief’s ex-guard got asylum in UK, then hatched terror plot against Jews – report
Former bodyguard for Ismail Haniyeh was not on British security services’ radar despite his links to the terror group’s leadership being public knowledge, UK Times says
By ToI Staff
Former star striker Wayne Rooney stands on the pitch before the Champions League soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Liverpool, England, November 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
September 24, 2026, 3:13 pm
British soccer legend Wayne Rooney reveals Jewish ancestry
Raised Catholic and once interested in becoming a priest, former England striker learns his great-grandmother fled Poland for Liverpool
By ToI Staff
People ride their motorbikes under a billboard showing Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi with a phrase that reads, in Arabic; “master of words and deeds,” in Sanaa, Yemen, September 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
September 22, 2026, 9:57 am
Houthis say Saudi strike killed 6 in Mokha, as G7 urges Iran-backed group to halt fire
Group of countries also calls on Iran to stop arming Houthis; UK, France pledge ‘defensive’ support to Saudi Arabia to secure energy supply; Trump speaks with Yemen’s leader
By Agencies
A police van waits outside the Iranian Embassy, flying the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, central London, January 12, 2026. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
September 15, 2026, 7:50 pm
US, UK and Netherlands issue joint advisory on Iran-linked spyware
Islamic Republic uses so-called ‘CHOSEN BRICK’ family of hacking software to ‘collect intelligence, conduct data leaks, and inflict reputational harm’ against targets, FBI warns
By Reuters
An illustration taken on July 7, 2024, shows the National Health Service (NHS) logo displayed on a screen backdropped by the Union Jack flag. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
September 15, 2026, 2:53 pm
British healthcare system rife with ‘malignant’ antisemitism, watchdog alleges
Film by Campaign Against Antisemitism shares several anecdotes, including surgeon telling patient during a procedure that Jews kill Palestinian kids ‘for fun,’ nurse doing Nazi salute for colleague
By Michael Horovitz
(L to R) Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader John Swinney, Rhun ap Iorwerth of Plaid Cymru in Wales, Mary Lou McDonald, president of Irish Republicans Sinn Fein and Michelle O’Neill, vice president of Irish Republicans Sinn Fein pose together with a memorandum of understanding as they attend a meeting in Cardiff, Wales on September 14, 2026, to press for self-determination votes in their territories. (Adrian DENNIS/AFP)
September 14, 2026, 5:28 pm
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish parties sign agreement asserting right to leave UK
SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein sign memorandum of understanding declaring ‘Westminster’s time is coming to an end,’ days after Trump backed a united Ireland
By Kimberley Mannion
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