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Four people have gone on trial in France over an August 2015 plot to attack Americans on a high-speed train.

Ayoub El-Khazzani is accused of opening fire on board a train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris, three months before the Paris attacks.

Two people were wounded before he was overpowered by passengers. No-one died in the incident, which inspired a Clint Eastwood thriller The 15:17 to Paris.

Three others are suspected of helping Mr El-Khazzani plan the attack. Bilal Chatra, Mohamed Bakkali and Redouane Sebbar face lesser charges than the alleged gunman. These include conspiring with terrorists and complicity in attempted murder.

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for police traffic stops to be reviewed to look at whether black people are disproportionately affected by some police tactics.

The year-long pilot scheme forms part of an Action Plan published by City Hall to help improve trust in the Met. It comes as Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick admitted the Met “is not free from racism or discrimination”.

Mr Khan said “more must be done and will be done through this Action Plan”.

City Hall published the report to look at concerns that black Londoners are disproportionately affected by policing powers. New data shows black people are four times more likely to be stopped and searched in public than a white person. They are also six times more likely to be stopped in their vehicles, according to City Hall.

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Two men seen acting suspiciously in Westminster have been arrested over a suspected terror plot.

The pair, both aged 34 and from east London, were held in Pall Mall, which connects Trafalgar Square to St James’s Street, shortly after midnight. Officers searched both men and the vehicle.

They were arrested on suspicion of the preparation of terrorist acts, contrary to section five of the Terrorism Act 2006.

The Met Police’s counter-terror unit is leading the investigation.

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Several people have been wounded in a bomb attack at a Remembrance Day ceremony attended by foreign diplomats in the Saudi city of Jeddah.

The embassies of France, Greece, Italy, the UK and the US said an improvised explosive device blew up at a cemetery for non-Muslims on Wednesday morning.

A joint statement strongly condemned the “cowardly attack”.

Saudi authorities confirmed that a Greek consulate employee and a Saudi security officer had been hurt. One British person suffered minor injuries.

The government of Mecca province described the attack on the ceremony as “cowardly” and said security forces had launched an investigation.

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The second lockdown in England is making more young people vulnerable to being groomed by extremists, a senior counter-terror officer has warned.

Supt Matthew Davison, from Counter Terrorism Policing, said extremists were using the pandemic to spread hate and disinformation online. He said young people were being targeted “in their bedrooms”.

At the same time referrals to the anti-extremism Prevent programme are falling.

The government said it would “continue to challenge and disrupt extremists who sow division”.

Supt Davison said online recruitment activity by extremist groups increased during the first lockdown, but referrals to the government-led Prevent programme fell.

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