The Latest Breaking News from Matt Jukes

War in Gaza ‘fuelling more radicalisation than birth of Islamic State caliphate’

National Crime Agency warns of impact of ‘misinformation and disinformation’ over conflict

Evening Standard · May 13, 2024

UK Taking Election Interference Threats 'Very Seriously'

The UK is taking threats of foreign interference elections expected later this year "very seriously", the defence minister said Sunday, after a warning from a counter-terrorism official.

International Business Times · Jan 22, 2024

'Unprecedented rise' in terrorism threat since Gaza conflict began, Metropolitan Police chief says

Matt Jukes tells reporters that his term coincided with conditions colliding for terrorism

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2024

Number of teenagers being radicalised for terror online rises five-fold in four years

The number of teenagers being radicalised online into terrorist activity has risen five-fold in the past four years in a “contagion” of “real concern”, the country’s head of counter-terror policing warned on Thursday.

Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2023

Teenagers ‘risking prison over extremist content without leaving their rooms’

The head of Counter Terrorism Policing said they were seeing more online hatred spill over into ‘real threats of violence on the streets’.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2023

UK Police Foil 15 Iranian Terrorist Plots

Police and the security services have foiled 15 plots by Iran to either kidnap or kill British or UK-based individuals it considers "enemies of the regime," announced the head of the counter-terrorism policing at the Met, Matt Jukes. According to The Guardian, Jukes confirmed that Iran International TV has "reluctantly"…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 20, 2023

Met police and MI5 foil 15 plots by Iran against British or UK-based ‘enemies’

Attempted assassinations and abductions made public as Iranian broadcaster forced to quit London for US after safety concerns

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023

Counter-terror chief reveals ‘real threat’ of school terror plots

Police stopped ‘eight late-stage terror plots’ in the past year

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2023

Several terror plots foiled in Britain last year were 'close calls'

Would-be attackers had picked targets and were gathering weapons when officers intervened, the head of counter-terrorism policing has said

Wales Online · Feb 16, 2023

Police chief: ‘Several terror plots foiled in Britain last year were close calls’

Some foiled would-be attacks were described as close calls or goal-line saves.

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023