# Marco Rubio says UK airbase incident involved ‘foreign actor’

https://mins.news/en/item/78328

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-29 09:12 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/29/uss-marco-rubio-says-uk-airbase-incident-involved-foreign-actor?traffic_source=rss

> US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a suspected bomb plot near RAF Fairford in the UK involved a “foreign actor” and called it “a very serious situation”. Five British men were arrested, while counterterrorism police investigated whether they acted for a foreign state. Iran denied involvement.

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