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Under-Fire MI5 Says It Foiled Alleged Terror Plot to Assassinate PM

PERFECT TIMING

As Britain’s security services are accused of missing the chance to stop the Manchester attack, MI5 breaks its silence to describe an alleged plot against No. 10 Downing Street.

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LONDON—Britain’s security services responded to criticism over their failure to prevent the bombing of an Ariana Grande show in Manchester this year by revealing that they recently stopped a terrorist attack on Prime Minister Theresa May.

On the same day that an independent report found

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