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6 People Charged in UK with Belonging to PKK

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Canary Wharf financial district in London, Britain, August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Susannah Ireland/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A view of the Canary Wharf financial district in London, Britain, August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Susannah Ireland/File Photo
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6 People Charged in UK with Belonging to PKK

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Canary Wharf financial district in London, Britain, August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Susannah Ireland/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A view of the Canary Wharf financial district in London, Britain, August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Susannah Ireland/File Photo

British police have charged six people with belonging to a banned Kurdish militant group, the PKK.
London’s Metropolitan Police force said the suspects were due in court for an initial hearing later Tuesday, charged with “membership of a terrorist organization.”
The six, aged between 23 and 62, were all arrested in London on Nov. 27. A 31-year-old suspect arrested the same day was released without charge.
The PKK, or Kurdistan Workers’ Party, has waged a decades-long insurgency in Türkiye aimed at winning an independent Kurdish state and is banned as a terrorist group in the UK.
After the arrests, police searched premises in north London including a Kurdish community center, sparking protests.
Detective Chief Superintendent Caroline Haines, who leads local policing for Haringey, an area of London that is home to large Turkish and Kurdish communities, acknowledged local Kurds “have been particularly impacted by this activity.”

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China Says Philippine Plan to Deploy Midrange Missiles Would Be 'Extremely Irresponsible'

A Chinese national flag flutters on a financial street in Beijing. (Reuters)
A Chinese national flag flutters on a financial street in Beijing. (Reuters)
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China Says Philippine Plan to Deploy Midrange Missiles Would Be 'Extremely Irresponsible'

A Chinese national flag flutters on a financial street in Beijing. (Reuters)
A Chinese national flag flutters on a financial street in Beijing. (Reuters)

China said a plan by the Philippines to deploy midrange missiles would be a provocative move that stokes regional tensions.
The Philippines top army official told reporters in Manila earlier on Monday that the military plans to acquire a midrange system to defend the country’s territory amid tensions with China in the South China Sea.
“Yes, there are plans, there are negotiations, because we see its feasibility and adaptability,” Lt. Gen. Roy Galido said.
The US deployed its Typhon midrange missile system in the northern Philippines in April and troops from both countries have been training jointly for the potential use of the heavy weaponry.
China opposes US military assistance to the Philippines and has been particularly alarmed by the deployment of the Typhon system. Under President Joe Biden, the US has strengthened an arc of military alliances in the Indo-Pacific to counter China, including in any confrontation over Taiwan.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that deployment of the weapon by the Philippines would intensify geopolitical confrontation and an arms race.
“It is an extremely irresponsible choice for the history and people of itself and the whole of Southeast Asia, as well as for the security of the region,” she told a daily briefing.
The Philippines would not necessarily buy the Typhon system, Galido said.
The army is working not only with the United States but with other friendly countries on a long list of weapons platforms that it plans to acquire, he said.
The Philippines defense plan includes protecting its exclusive economic zone, which reaches 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers).
“It is paramount for the army to be able to project its force up to that extent, in coordination, of course, with the Philippine navy and the Philippine air force," Galido said.