World news | The Guardian1d ago
Proxies carrying out antisemitic attacks in UK could face 14 years in prison https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/06/proxies-carrying-out-antisemitic-attacks-in-uk-could-face-14-years-in-prison #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy #Antisemitism #HateCrime #UkNews #Politics #KingsSpeech #Iran
Proxies carrying out antisemitic attacks in UK could face 14 years in prison

Plans to be included in king’s speech will allow tougher action against proxies for foreign powers such as Iran

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
UK terrorism threat level raised to ‘severe’ after Golders Green attack https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/30/uk-terrorism-threat-level-raised-to-severe-after-golders-green-attack #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy #UkNews #ShabanaMahmood #London #Politics
UK terrorism threat level raised to ‘severe’ after Golders Green attack

Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre’s assessment means terror attack ‘highly likely’

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World news | The GuardianApr 25
Security vetting stepped up after MP is given bodyguard with far-right links https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/25/security-vetting-stepped-up-after-mp-is-given-bodyguard-with-far-right-links #Politics #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy #UkNews
Security vetting stepped up after MP is given bodyguard with far-right links

Extra social media checks brought in amid growing threat to politicians from extremists

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World news | The GuardianApr 24
Starmer pledges to bring forward law proscribing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/24/starmer-pledges-law-proscribing-iran-revolutionary-guards #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #Antisemitism #Politics #Iran #UkNews #CounterterrorismPolicy
Starmer pledges to bring forward law proscribing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Prime minister tells Jewish leaders legislation against malign state actors will go before parliament in July

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World news | The GuardianApr 11
State failing to learn lessons of Southport attack, say victims’ lawyers https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/11/state-failing-lessons-southport-attack-victims-lawyers #SouthportAttack #PreventStrategy #UkNews #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy #Crime #Children #YoungPeople #Society
State failing to learn lessons of Southport attack, say victims’ lawyers

Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests young people who pose ‘catastrophic’ threat still slipping through system

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World news | The GuardianApr 2
‘Overwhelmed’ Prevent at risk of missing threats as referrals rise, UK counter-terror chief says https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/02/overwhelmed-prevent-at-risk-of-missing-threats-as-referrals-rise-uk-counter-terror-chief-says #PreventStrategy #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy #Politics #UkNews #Police
‘Overwhelmed’ Prevent at risk of missing threats as referrals rise, UK counter-terror chief says

Exclusive: Laurence Taylor says separate scheme needed to report concerns over young people’s non-ideological interest in extreme violence

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World news | The GuardianMar 31
Anti-terrorist programme Prevent ‘outdated and inadequately prepared’, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/01/prevent-anti-terrorist-programme-outdated-inadequately-prepared-report-finds #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy #UkNews #Politics
Anti-terrorist programme Prevent ‘outdated and inadequately prepared’, report finds

The home affairs select committee said Prevent cannot deal with the modern challenges of fighting extremism

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World news | The GuardianMar 17
Europe must prepare for drone strikes by terrorists and criminals, warns Zelenskyy https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/europe-must-prepare-for-drone-strikes-volodymyr-zelenskyy #VolodymyrZelenskyy #Ukraine #Russia #KeirStarmer #Politics #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy #UsisraelWarOnIran #Iran #UkNews
Europe must prepare for drone strikes by terrorists and criminals, warns Zelenskyy

Ukraine’s president says mass attacks on civilians are no longer the preserve of a ‘madman like Putin’

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World news | The GuardianFeb 21
‘Immensely heartened’: Sally Rooney hails Palestine Action high court ruling as victory for UK civil liberties https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/21/sally-rooney-high-court-palestine-action-ruling #PalestineAction #SallyRooney #Books #Culture #UkNews #CounterterrorismPolicy #Law #Politics
‘Immensely heartened’: Sally Rooney hails Palestine Action high court ruling as victory for UK civil liberties

Exclusive: Irish author, who feared her books being withdrawn from UK, says proscription had been ‘extreme assault’ on rights and freedoms

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World news | The GuardianFeb 13
Ruling against Palestine Action ban is embarrassing defeat for the government https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/13/high-court-ruling-palestine-action-ban-proscription #PalestineAction #Protest #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy #Politics #Law #Labour #UkNews
Ruling against Palestine Action ban is embarrassing defeat for the government

Proscription of British direct action group has been fiercely controversial from moment it was proposed last June

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