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Suspicious Public Tip Off Police Over 3000 Times In The Last Two Months
Police received over 3,000 tip-offs by the public about possible terrorist activity in the last two months.
The National Police Chiefs' Council said a significant number of calls had been made after the Westminster attack. It said that despite most of the information being false alarms, some of the calls had resulted in further action that might have been missed.
A spokeswoman for the council said the increased public response "had been really heartening".
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Student Found Guilty Of Leaving Bomb On Tube Train
A student has been found guilty of building a bomb and leaving it on a London Tube train.
Damon Smith built the device in the home he shared with his mother before packing it into a rucksack and leaving it on a Jubilee line train in October.
The 20-year-old had admitted perpetrating a bomb hoax but claimed he had only intended it to give off smoke and scare people. But it contained ball-bearing shrapnel for "maximum damage", jurors heard.
Had it worked, it would have exploded just as commuters were being ordered off the platform at North Greenwich station.
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Three Egyptian Police Officers Killed By Militants
Suspected militants have killed three police officers and wounded five others in an attack in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the interior ministry says.
The assailants, riding in two vehicles, opened fire on a security convoy on the main ring road in the Nasr City area. No group has yet said it was behind the attack, which occurred on Monday night.
However, jihadist militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers since the military overthrew Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
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Dozens Of Civilians Killed By IS In Syria
More than 30 civilians and Kurdish-led fighters have been killed in an attack by Islamic State militants near Syria's north-eastern border with Iraq.
They targeted a makeshift camp for displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees at Rajm al-Salibi, near the town of Shaddadi in Hassakeh province.
The militants also also clashed with members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stationed at a nearby checkpoint.
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Woman Shot By Police During Terror Raid In Willesden
Police say they have foiled an active terror plot after a woman was shot during a raid on a house in Willesden, north-west London.
The 21-year-old woman was one of the subjects of the investigation and is in a serious but stable condition. A raid also took place in Kent, with six people arrested in total.
Officers say the operation was not connected to an arrest near Parliament on Thursday, when a man was detained on suspicion of terror offences. Police said the house in Harlesden Road, Willesden, had been under observation.
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19 Year Old London Man Admits Planning Bomb Attack
A 19-year-old man has admitted planning a bomb attack, which may have targeted an Elton John concert in Hyde Park on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Haroon Syed, from Hounslow in west London, was caught after chatting online to undercover British agents.
The Old Bailey heard how Syed tried to buy weapons online - including a bomb vest or explosives - and researched busy areas of London to target. He will be sentenced in June, after a probation and psychiatric report.
Judge Michael Topolski QC said Syed faced a "discretionary life sentence".
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Man Arrested In Whitehall On Suspicion Of Terrorism
A man who was carrying knives near the Houses of Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences.
The man, thought to be 27, was arrested at 14:22 BST by armed police as part of an intelligence-led operation on Parliament Street.
A witness described seeing two knives on the ground, one of which he described as a large bread knife.
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New Aircraft carrier launched by China
China has launched a new aircraft carrier in the latest sign of its growing military strength.
It is the country's second aircraft carrier, after the Liaoning, and the first to be made domestically.
The as-yet unnamed ship was transferred into the water in the north-eastern port of Dalian, state media said. It will reportedly be operational by 2020.
It comes amid heated rhetoric between the US and North Korea and ongoing tensions in the South China Sea.
China has had only one operational aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, which it bought from Ukraine and refitted.
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Court Hears Student Left Bomb On Tube As A Joke
A student has admitted building a bomb and leaving it on a Tube train but said it was for a prank, a court heard.
Damon Smith denies making or possessing an explosive substance with intent to endanger life but at the Old Bailey he admitted perpetrating a bomb hoax.
The prosecution said Mr Smith intended the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to explode and endanger the lives of people on the Jubilee Line train. Prosecutors said the IED contained ball bearings to act as shrapnel.
Jonathan Rees QC, for the prosecution, said this was to "increase the destructive effect of the device".
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US Submarine Arrives In South Korea As Tensions Mount
A US submarine has arrived in South Korea, amid worries of another North Korean missile or nuclear test.
The missile-armed USS Michigan is set to join an incoming group of warships led by aircraft carrier Carl Vinson. North Korea is celebrating its army's 85th founding anniversary on Tuesday. It marked the event with a large-scale firing drill, South Korea said.
Tensions have risen in the area in recent weeks, with the US and North Korea exchanging heated rhetoric.
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