UK plays the blame game, terror in the skies, Russia’s red lines: RT stories that shaped the week

This week, we also looked at NATO’s farcical ‘peace prize’ win and a Russian breakthrough deep in the Arctic The terror plot that wasn’t A group of men arrested near RAF Fairford, England, September 27, 2026 The arrest of five men at RAF Fairford in the UK on Sunday sparked a terror panic whose consequences are still playing out almost a week later. Shortly after the arrests, British Foreign Secretary Ed Milliband described the incident as an example of “the threats our country faces,” while the British media’s ‘security experts’ pinned the blame on Iran – or in some cases Russia. The RAF Fairford ‘terror plot’: Unpacking escalation in the UK echo-chamber The men – all British nationals aged between 21 and 25 – were released on bail on Monday, and no explosives were found in their vehicles.

Nevertheless, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced on Thursday that “we can confirm our belief that we believe Iran to have played a part. ” “Our belief that we believe” is not the most confident assertion, and this was immediately picked up in Tehran . “I can confirm Iran’s belief that releasing supposed terrorists working for foreign states really says it all. You’re barking up the wrong tree,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X. Counterterror police arrested a British-Iranian dual national in connection with the supposed plot on Thursday, but it’s still unclear whether he’ll be charged. Russia reveals its red lines It is unsurprising that the British media immediately used the incident to escalate tensions with Iran and Russia. After days of intensifying war rhetoric from Ukraine’s British and European backers – which RT is tracking in our ‘Escalation Watch’ special – Russia definitively restated its red lines this week. In a statement released by three of its…