Washington, Sept. 29 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a security incident involving suspects linked to a US air base in Britain is "very serious" and involved a foreign actor, while declining to provide further details.
British counterterrorism police have arrested five men on suspicion of explosives offences and preparing a terrorist act near an airbase in southwestern England used by US long-range bombers during the war against Iran, authorities said.
Police were alerted shortly after midnight on Sunday to three suspicious vehicles travelling towards Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford in Gloucestershire. Armed officers responded and arrested the five men in the nearby village of Whelford, police said.
Rubio, speaking in an intervi...