00:00A major development in the RAF Fairford terror investigation as a sixth suspect a dual UK and
00:05Iranian national has been taken into police custody. Counter-terrorism officers detained
00:10the 25-year-old man in Westminster on Thursday on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism with
00:15specialist teams searching two London properties as part of the ongoing operation. He joins five
00:20British nationals all in their mid-20s who were detained near the Gloucestershire Air Base over
00:25the weekend initially held on terrorism and explosives charges before being released on
00:29strict police bail. RAF Fairford is a key strategic hub to the United States military and has recently
00:35been used by the US to carry out defensive strikes against Iran following the conflict in the Middle
00:40East that broke out earlier this year. Counter-terror police stated that no explosive devices were found
00:45in the vans that triggered the initial security alert but forensic teams did discover a quantity of petrol.
