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UK: Two Latvian men arrested for breaking into RAF base

DW8 October 2026, 22:19 UTCUnited Kingdom

The men were arrested for breaching a perimeter fence at a UK air base that houses US and NATO intelligence operations. The incident comes after an alleged terror plot at another air base in England was foiled recently.

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