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British police were questioning five men on Monday on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences after their detention near an air base in Fairford used by the US to strike Iran.

Officers seized the men in the early hours of Sunday after a tip-off that three large white vans were heading to the military airfield of RAF Fairford in west England and a source familiar with the investigation said an Iranian-linked motive was considered the most likely.

US President Donald Trump said the suspects had been looking to do "big damage" and had been under investigation by British and US authorities.

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00:00Music
00:30I don't know if you're right, sorry.
00:49The arrest in the U.K. was fantastic.
00:52Working with Britain, it was an amazing job.
00:55We had them under investigation.
00:58They were looking to do big damage to our port.
01:02And working with the British worked out great.
01:04Were they migrants?
01:05It may have been Scotland Yard, I don't know.
01:07We worked with a lot of them.
01:09We had them under view for a long time, and we got them.
01:18Mr. President, do you know any more about the attacks?
01:21Were these suspects migrants in the U.K.?
01:25Is there a connection to Iran?
01:27We know all about them, and you'll be hearing about it very soon.
01:29We caught them.
01:30Thank you very much, everybody.
01:31What do you think about Dario's warnings about AI?
01:39Police received a call relating to three suspicious vehicles travelling towards RAF Fairford.
01:45Armed officers responded and subsequently arrested five men in the Welford area on suspicion of committing offences under the Explosives
01:53Act.
01:54The men were taken into custody where they remain.
01:56A 400-metre cordon has been put in place around the vehicles while the Army's Explosive, Ordnance, Disposal Unit examined
02:04them.
02:05As a precaution, around 85 households have been advised to evacuate while these examinations take place.
02:12A nearby leisure centre has been opened for those who are unable to stay with family or friends.
02:17The emergency services have well-rehearsed plans for dealing with major incidents such as this.
02:22Work to establish the full nature of this incident is ongoing, and we are in constant communication with our partners
02:28both locally and nationally.
02:30In particular, we are working closely with our partners in counter-terrorism policing.
02:36Residents have been evacuated to a safe place in Sirencester, and as you can see, there's a continued police presence
02:43while they figure out what's going on.
02:45We don't know all of the details about incidents, but we do know that there was a suspected explosive device
02:52located in the Welford village.
02:54This is an important base. The Americans who run it take their sense of responsibility of being in this location
03:02seriously, but I think there's always more we can do.
03:05There was a specific threat about six weeks ago from the Iranians on this base.
03:09At the time, there was an increased surveillance around the area.
03:14This is an operational base. It's no secret that we have American bombers here that are taking part in what's
03:22happening in the Middle East at the moment.
03:24So there's always the risk, but I think the local community are very vigilant, and I have complete faith in
03:30the security services to do their job.
03:31I think people are solid, you know, a little bit.

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