The 2026 CT Strategy formally elevates Western Hemisphere cartels and domestic anarchist networks to co equal threat status with Sunni jihadist organizations and directs whole of government enforcement against all three.

UK counterterrorism police are investigating an arson attack at a former east London synagogue as part of a broader pattern of antisemitic incidents, with authorities assessing possible links to other attacks and examining whether foreign-state involvement may be behind some recent violence targeting Jewish sites and community members.

Four men accused of plotting to burn Maryam Mosque in Galway are moving to the Special Criminal Court in a terrorism case involving alleged far-right ideology, pre-attack messaging, weapons, explosive materials, and threats of wider violence against Muslims, migrants, and IPAS-linked targets.

Essa Suleiman, 45, was identified as the Golders Green attacker who stabbed two Jewish men on behalf of HAYI; he had been referred to Prevent in 2020 and the case was closed, raising questions about long-term monitoring of closed Prevent cases and the gap created by HAYI's non-proscribed status in the UK.

HAYI claims lone-wolf stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green, London; Metropolitan Police declare terrorism. One suspect arrested. HAYI continues attacks while four members face Old Bailey trial. UK has not proscribed HAYI. Pattern consistent with IRGC-adjacent proxy operation targeting Western Jewish communities.

Iranian embassies in the UK, Germany, Australia, and Sri Lanka are openly recruiting diaspora members for the state-directed 'Jan Fada' martyrdom program through official Telegram channels and the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Mikhak portal; the UK formally summoned the Iranian ambassador in response.