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UK Raises Terror Threat to Severe After 30 Arrests.

5/5/2026

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  • Police opened an investigation after a cabinet near a wall with protest photos was burned in Golders Green.
  • Metropolitan Police searched a Romford address as part of the probe.
  • London counter-terrorism units made thirty arrests and charged nine people linked to recent incidents.
  • The United Kingdom raised its terrorism threat level to severe, the first rise in more than four years.