Five arrested by UK police in alleged terror plot near US air base

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British counter-terrorism police are investigating an incident near a base used by the United States air force after arresting five men on suspicion of "preparing a terrorist act”. Armed officers detained the group in the early hours of Sunday morning after a call to emergency services about three "suspicious vehicles which appeared to be travelling towards the air base", London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Some 85 households in the nearby village of Whelford were advised to evacuate, and army bomb disposal experts were called in to examine three large white vans stopped on a rural road. Learn more about this developing story: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/five-arrested-as-uk-police-investigate-alleged-terror-plot-near-us-air-base/iglp2g1r5 SBS News is Australia's trusted news source for the latest news from Australia and across the world. Subscribe to the SBS News YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SBSNews Follow SBS News on Instagram: https://www.inst

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