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Men arrested on suspicion of explosives offenses near U.S. air base in Britain in major incident

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LONDON — British police evacuated homes and arrested several men on suspicion of explosives offenses on Sunday near an air base that the U.S. Air Force had been using to facilitate strikes on Iran.

A major incident was declared, with a massive emergency service presence seen around RAF Fairford, which is about 90 minutes outside London, close to the village of Whelford in west England.

The Gloucestershire police force said it responded in the early hours of Sunday to reports of three suspicious vehicles moving toward the base, and arrested five men “on suspicion of committing offenses under the Explosives Act.”

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‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys

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