2nd Man Charged over Fires at Properties Linked to UK PM

19 May 2025, United Kingdom, London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gestures during a reception for UK and EU businesses in Downing Street. Photo: Hannah Mckay/PA Wire/dpa
19 May 2025, United Kingdom, London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gestures during a reception for UK and EU businesses in Downing Street. Photo: Hannah Mckay/PA Wire/dpa
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2nd Man Charged over Fires at Properties Linked to UK PM

19 May 2025, United Kingdom, London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gestures during a reception for UK and EU businesses in Downing Street. Photo: Hannah Mckay/PA Wire/dpa
19 May 2025, United Kingdom, London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gestures during a reception for UK and EU businesses in Downing Street. Photo: Hannah Mckay/PA Wire/dpa

British police said a Romanian national was charged with arson offences on Tuesday, the second man to be charged in an investigation into a series of fires at properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Police were called to a blaze at a property belonging to Starmer in north London earlier in May. No one was injured, but the entrance to the home was damaged.

Two further fires on separate days, targeting a nearby flat and a car, both linked to the prime minister, are also part of the investigation.

A 21-year-old Ukrainian, Roman Lavrynovych, was charged over the fires last week.

Police said the Romanian national, 26-year-old Stanislav Carpiuc, will appear in a London court later on Tuesday charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. He had been arrested at London's Luton Airport on Saturday.

Police also arrested a third man in connection with the fires on Monday. He remains in police custody, Reuters reported.

Counter-terrorism police have led the investigation given the prime minister's involvement.

Starmer, who has lived at his official 10 Downing Street residence in central London since becoming prime minister last July, has called the incidents "an attack on all of us, on our democracy and the values we stand for.”



Trump Says Musk Will Face ‘Very Serious Consequences’ If He Funds Democratic Candidates

 President Donald Trump points as he arrives on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, NJ, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP)
President Donald Trump points as he arrives on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, NJ, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP)
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Trump Says Musk Will Face ‘Very Serious Consequences’ If He Funds Democratic Candidates

 President Donald Trump points as he arrives on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, NJ, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP)
President Donald Trump points as he arrives on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, NJ, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP)

US President Donald Trump, in an interview with NBC News on Saturday, said there would be "serious consequences" if billionaire Elon Musk funds Democratic Party candidates to run against Republicans who vote for Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill.

Trump declined to say what those consequences would be in the phone interview, and went on to add that he had not had discussions about whether to investigate Musk.

Asked if he thought his relationship with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO was over, Trump said, "I would assume so, yeah."