St. James's Palace Receives Letter Containing White Powder

February 22, 2018 / By Armoured Cars / In security

A letter sent to St James's Palace containing a substance is being investigated by police.

The Met Police tested it and said it was not harmful. No arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing.

The Evening Standard reports the letter was addressed to Prince Harry and his fiancée, Meghan Markle.

It was received on February 12 - the day before a package containing white powder was sent to the Palace of Westminster.

It is alleged the substance sent to St James's Palace was also white powder. Officers are looking into whether or not the two packages are linked.

War In Syria Is 'Catastrophic' Says Doctor

February 21, 2018 / By Armoured Cars / In security

A doctor working in the Syrian rebel enclave of the Eastern Ghouta says the situation is "catastrophic" - and he believes the international community has abandoned the people living there.

"We don't have anything - no food, no medicine, no shelter," Dr Bassam said. "We don't have bread. We don't have anything." "Maybe every minute we have 10 or 20 air strikes," Dr Bassam said.

Three days of bombing in the area has reportedly killed nearly 300 people.

London Stabbings Leave Two Men Dead

February 21, 2018 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Two men have been stabbed to death within the space of two hours in Camden, north London.

One victim, believed to be in his late teens, died in Bartholomew Road after he was stabbed at about 20:30 GMT on Tuesday.

Police were then called to Malden Road soon after 22:10, following reports of a disturbance, where they found a man with serious knife wounds. The Met said they were trying to identify if the killings are linked.

The second man, thought to be about 20, was given first aid but died at the scene near the junction with Marsden Street.

UK And US In Talks About IS Terrorists Captured Last Month

February 20, 2018 / By Armoured Cars / In security

The US and UK are in talks about what to do with two men from west London who were detained in Syria last month on suspicion of terrorist activity, the home secretary has said.

Amber Rudd said the captured men, Allexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, should go on trial. They are suspected of being members of an Islamic State cell that killed Western hostages.

The pair have been stripped of their UK citizenship.

Controversial Photo Posted On Facebook By Australian MP

February 19, 2018 / By Armoured Cars / In security

An Australian MP has drawn criticism for posting a photo online that showed him aiming a gun and asking: "Do you feel lucky, greenie punks?"

George Christensen, a government MP, put the photo on Facebook on Saturday.

The Greens party said the conservative MP's post was "disgraceful", noting it came in the same week that 17 people died in a US school shooting.

IS Claim To Be Behind Attack On Church Worshippers In Russia

February 19, 2018 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Five women have been killed in a shooting at a church in Russia's volatile republic of Dagestan.

Five others, including a police officer and a national guardsman, were injured, Russian officials said. Two are said to be in a critical condition.

A man fired at people leaving an evening service in the city of Kizlyar. The attacker was shot and killed at the scene. He was later identified as 22-year-old Khalil Khalilov, a resident of Dagestan.

US And Turkey Agree To Defuse Crisis In Northern Syria

February 16, 2018 / By Armoured Cars / In security

The US and Turkey, whose forces are at loggerheads in northern Syria, have agreed to try to defuse the crisis.

The Nato allies said joint teams would meet shortly to work through their diplomatic differences, including a dispute over the city of Manbij.

Turkey has threatened to attack US-allied Kurdish forces in Manbij, whom they regard as terrorists.

Pro-Turkish forces are battling the militia in nearby Afrin, across Turkey's southern border with Syria.

Thomas Cook Selling Tunisia Holidays Again After 2015 Terror Attack

February 16, 2018 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Tour operator Thomas Cook is taking British tourists back to Tunisia this week for the first time since an ISIS gunman massacred 38 people - 30 of them British - on a beach in Sousse in 2015.

Until last summer, the Foreign Office advised against travel there due to the high risk of terrorism. So what has changed and is it safe for western tourists to go back?

On a beach of pristine sand, the sun beats down from a cloudless sky and the turquoise blue of the Mediterranean glitters on the horizon. But something is missing: tourists.

Former Pupil Kills 17 In Mass School Shooting

February 15, 2018 / By Armoured Cars / In security

The FBI was warned about the teenager who allegedly carried out a mass shooting at his former school in Florida.

Nikolas Cruz, who has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, reportedly left a comment on a YouTube video last year stating: "I'm going to be a professional school shooter." A user alerted authorities to the post.

Teachers were also warned about Mr Cruz, who was not allowed on campus with a backpack, US media report.

President Macron Reaffirms His Stance On The Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria

February 14, 2018 / By Armoured Cars / In security

French President Emmanuel Macron has threatened to "strike" Syria if proof emerges that its government is using chemical weapons against civilians.

"We will strike the place where these launches are made or where they are organised," he told reporters. But Mr Macron said French intelligence had so far found no evidence that banned chemical weapons had been used.