Fiona Hamilton

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1 week ago | thetimes.com | Fiona Hamilton |George Grylls

The Israeli embassy was the target of a terror plot linked to Iran, The Times has learnt. A group of Iranian men are suspected of planning an atrocity at the embassy in Kensington, west London. Counterterrorism officers, supported by the military, swooped in to make arrests at the weekend fearing that an attack was imminent. Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, said that it was one of the biggest counterterrorism operations in recent years.

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Fiona Hamilton

Counterterrorism police visited Iranian dissidents to warn of the threat posed by the regime in Tehran just days before two suspected terrorism plots were foiled, The Times has learnt. Detectives spoke of the risk of kidnapping and violence, telling dissidents to improve their home security and not to travel to countries near Iran where they could be kidnapped.

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Fiona Hamilton

Members of a Russian cell convicted at the Old Bailey of spying had previously attended an event at the Palace of Westminster. The trio met representatives of European political parties when they went to the event to debate Brexit in a committee room in May 2016. Orlin Roussev, Biser Dzhambazov and Katrina Ivanova were involved in what police described as one of the largest foreign intelligence operations in the UK.