Peter Smith

Aug 8, 2024 | lgiu.org | Peter SMith |Peter Smith

We were all shocked and stunned by the knife attacks in Southport, Merseyside, that resulted in the deaths of three young girls and the wounding of eight other children and two adults, carried out by a 17-year-old boy. It was a horrific event that stunned the whole country.

Jan 14, 2024 | unherd.com | Lucas Webber |Peter SMith |Peter Smith

While the public’s focus on non-state actor threats is shifting to military action against the Houthis, a resurgent Islamic State (Isis) threat abroad and within the West continues to fester. Three days into 2024, the Islamic State reminded the world of its ability to conduct international attacks with a coordinated pair of suicide bombings in Kerman, Iran, that left 91 people dead.