Tehran has also used the threat of unconventional attacks to inflict chaos on global energy markets and threaten the safety of Air Force One.

August Hanning is accused of selling state secrets to at least one foreign state. It could be the worst breach at the German foreign intelligence agency since the Cold War’s end.

Multiple streams of intelligence warned of possible attacks on the U.K. base hosting the aircraft, according to people familiar with the decision, with concerns rising after police arrested five men in white vans.

Police provided no further details on the latest suspect beyond identifying him as a 27-year-old man who was detained in London.

The “espionage alert” issued by MI5 is part of an extraordinary shift by the British government to raise public alarms about the scale and threat of Chinese espionage.

Police did not detect explosives in vans found near Royal Air Force Fairford, adding uncertainty around a suspected terrorism plot.

The Israeli prime minister has denied any advance knowledge of the Hamas attack in 2023, but as a national election nears his role is under new scrutiny.

Britain has confronted dozens of lethal plots traced to Iran in recent years, but the release of the suspects could indicate they were not seen as an imminent threat.

A strike on a train that imperiled former European leaders and CIA officers is among a spate of attacks that risked a dangerous escalation with the West, experts say.

The terrorist organization and its offshoots have set up at least eight training sites over the past three years, taking advantage of the Taliban’s return to power.