2026-09-29
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That is the top priority of investigators,
to work out if there is a state link to this, in particular if it's Iran.
The arrest in the UK was fantastic.
Working with Britain, it was an amazing job.
We had them under investigation.
British authorities, investigators have been saying it wasn't an intelligence-led operation.
In other words, it was a tip-off from a vigilant member of the public.
The impression given is an investigation that's growing in size and complexity, not one that's reducing.
From the Guardians today in Focus, this is The Latest with me, Lucy Hart.
It's been a very dramatic and fast-moving 24 hours since the early hours of Sunday morning
when three vans were found near an RAF base in Gloucestershire.
Five men we now know are British nationals were arrested under the Explosives Act.
They've now been released on bail.
Dan Sabber, you're our Defence and Security Editor.
Let's go back to where this started and how things unfolded.
Well, it's an extraordinary incident.
There are slightly different accounts of what happened,
but the essence of it is that a group of what looks like five men in three white
vans sort of turned up in this Gloucestershire village just by RAF Fairford, a really sensitive military site.