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Home secretary Theresa May has unveiled new counter-terrorism measures in response to current increased terror threat level being faced by Britain.
The measures are set be introduced as a part of a new Counter Terrorism and Security Bill in Parliament during an event in London this week.
Ms May has told around 40 terror plots to attack Britain have been foiled since coordinated bomb blasts killed 52 people on London’s transport network in 2005 remembered as 7/7 incident.
The Home Secretary has indicated that plans to carry out Mumbai-style atrocities, blow up the London Stock Exchange, bring down airliners and assassinate a British ambassador were among those stopped by the police and intelligence services.
The terror threat level in U.K. was raised from “substantial” to “severe” earlier this year in response to major threats posed by ISIS, which Ms May said has “made no secret of their desire to bring death and destruction to the United Kingdom, the United States and to other Western countries.” She has said the country was more at risk from a terrorist attack than at any time before or since the occurrence of 9/11.
As a National Counter Terrorism Awareness Week has been launched in London, Ms May has described IS as “one of the most serious threats we face” but it is not alone and Britain is at risk from other terror groups as well including Nigeria-based Boko Haram and Al Shabaab in East Africa.
During the awareness campaign, events will be held in schools, airports, shopping centres, cinemas and farms in a bid to engage people in helping to prevent terror attacks.
Speaking at London’s Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Ms May has told: “This is a struggle which is being fought on many fronts and in many forms. It is a struggle that will go on for many years.
“And the threat we face right now is perhaps greater than it ever has been – we must have the powers we need to defend ourselves.”
The home secretary has also revealed proposed new terror laws: tightening airliner security, introducing anti-terror measures in schools and prisons and forbidding insurance firms to reimburse ransom payments. She has also said Internet service providers would be required to retain users’ IP addresses which will enable police to identify who is using an internet service at any given time.
However, the London-based advocacy group Liberty criticized this move as “blanket surveillance of the entire population.”
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