US embassy in UK has advised citizens to avoids schools, churches, tourist locations and vary their travel routes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 2 May 2026<\/span>2 May 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The United States embassy in London has issued a security alert telling its citizens in the United Kingdom to be cautious after the British government raised the national threat level to \u201csevere\u201d.<\/p>\n The embassy advised citizens on Friday to remain \u201calert in public places\u201d and to stay away from schools, churches, tourist locations and transportation hubs.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n It also said that US nationals should vary their \u201ctravel routes and times\u201d to reduce predictability and to keep a low profile.<\/p>\n The UK\u2019s domestic intelligence agency, MI5, said on Friday that the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre had raised the threat level from \u201csubstantial\u201d to \u201csevere\u201d.<\/p>\n This is the second-highest level, signalling that an attack within the next six months is \u201chighly likely\u201d, MI5 said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cThe UK has been experiencing a gradual increase in terrorist threats for some time,\u201d the agency said, adding the changed threat level also followed after the stabbing of two Jewish men in the Golders Green area of London on Wednesday, \u201calthough it is not solely a result of that attack\u201d.<\/p>\n The increased danger has been \u201cdriven by a rise in both Islamist and Extreme Right-Wing terrorist threat from individuals and small groups in the UK,\u201d MI5 said, noting threats in particular to \u201cJewish and Israeli individuals and institutions, in the context of the conflict in the Middle East\u201d.<\/p>\n This is the second security notice from the US embassy in the UK in the last few weeks.<\/p>\n Recently, it posted a statement noting the recent attacks and threats \u201ctargeting Jewish and American institutions\u201d, and advising citizens to be cautious.<\/p>\n Last week, the Finchley Reform Synagogue in north London was targeted. Other incidents have occurred, including an attack on the Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n US embassy in UK has advised citizens to avoids schools, churches, tourist locations and vary their travel routes. Published On 2 May 20262 May 2026 The United States embassy in London has issued a security alert telling its citizens in the United Kingdom to be cautious after the British government raised the national threat level […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/a11f7b32d0ba4a41ac4d70b6cd9d24ed_6.jpeg?resize=96%2C96&quality=80)
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