BBC:

Five men are continuing to be questioned by police over an alleged terror plot in the UK.

The men, including four Iranian nationals, are being held over an alleged plan to "target a specific premises", the Metropolitan Police said.

They were arrested in Swindon, west London, Stockport, Rochdale and Manchester.

Three other Iranian men were arrested in London on Saturday in relation to a separate counter terrorism investigation.

On Sunday, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the two operations "reflect some of the biggest counter state threat and counter terrorism operations that we have seen in recent years".

As part of the investigation into an alleged terror plot police arrested the five men - two aged 29, a 40-year-old and another aged 46 - in the early hours of Saturday morning. The fifth person's nationality and age has not been confirmed.

Last year MI5 said it had responded to 20 Iran-backed plots since January 2022.

Director general Sir Ken McCallum, said these presented "potentially lethal threats to British citizens and UK residents".

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