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UK counter-terrorism police probe Iran link to suspected bomb plot at RAF base

Since March, RAF Fairford has been used by the US military to launch air strikes on Iran as the war in the Middle East rumbles on.

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00:00Five men were arrested in the United Kingdom on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack
00:05against the Royal Air Force Fairford Air Base in Gloucestershire, southwest of England.
00:10The base was also being used by the United States in its war on Iran,
00:15and authorities are currently probing whether an Iran link is evident.
00:19U.S. President Donald Trump revealed without elaborating that Washington is well aware of the situation.
00:30Migrants in the U.K., and is there a connection to Iran?
00:34We know all about them, and you'll be hearing about it very soon. We caught them.
00:37The five men were traveling in three vehicles towards the base.
00:42Police are searching their vehicles for possible explosives,
00:45an operation which has forced the evacuation of dozens of houses in the area.
00:50A 400-meter cordon has been put in place around the vehicles
00:53while the Army's explosive, ordnance, disposal unit examine them.
00:58As a precaution, around 85 households have been advised to evacuate while these examinations take place.
01:06The U.K. government authorized U.S. forces to use the base for defensive operations against Iran,
01:12including strikes on Iranian missile sites.
01:16The move triggered an angry response from Tehran,
01:19with the Revolutionary Guards warning the U.K. in July against getting involved in the war
01:24and threatening repercussions.

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