Man charged with planning acts of terrorism by UK counterterror officials

A. NICE BUILDING. FOR SURE. FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR. ALL-AMERICA REPORTS. THE STORY WITH MARTHA MACCALLUM. STARTS NOW. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MARTHA MACCALLUM. BREAKING RIGHT NOW, COUNTERTERRORISM. OFFICIALS IN THE U.K. HAVE ANNOUNCED CHARGES. AGAINST A MAN WHO. ENGAGED IN CONDUCT IN. PREPARATION OF ACTS OF. TERRORISM, INCLUDING A POTENTIAL. ATTACK AGAINST REFORM U.K. LEADER, NIGEL FARAGE. THEY SAY THAT THE SUSPECT'S NAME.

IS JOSHUA CARRY, WHO EARLIER. THIS YEAR WAS CHARGED WITH. ORDERING A FORMER BRITISH. POLITICIAN. THIS IS A HUGE STORY. HE WENT INTO HER HOUSE ALLEGEDLY. AND KILLED HER. HOW CORRESPONDENT STEPHANIE. BENNETT JOINS ME NOW ON THIS. BREAKING NEWS OUT OF LONDON. AS WE LOOK AT AN ARRAY OF. INCREASING TERRORIST THREATS. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS. ONE, STEPHANIE. >> Reporter: MARTHA, THIS IS A. DEVELOPING STORY. WE KNOW THAT THE 28-YEAR-OLD, JOSHUA CARRY WAS CHARGED TODAY.

WITH ONE COUNT OF PREPARATION OF. TERRACE ACTS. -- TERRORIST ACTS. THIS IS FROM ACTIVITY ALLEGED TO. HAVE TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN THE. 31ST OF MAY 2024 AND THE. 8TH OF JULY 2026. HE IS DUE TO APPEAR AT THE. WESTMINSTER MAGISTRATES COURT ON. WEDNESDAY. NIGEL FARAGE IS A LEADING. CONSERVATIVE POLITICIAN, LEADER. OF THE REFORM PARTY AND A. WELL-KNOWN CAMPAIGNER FOR BRAGS. AT. IN A STATEMENT, COUNTERTERRORISM. POLICE SAY "WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING.

A HUGELY INTENSIVE AND COMPLEX. INVESTIGATION FOR SOMETIME. THE CHARGE ANNOUNCED TODAY AS A. RESULT OF THE TIRELESS WORK OF. INVESTIGATORS ACROSS THE. COUNTERTERRORISM POLICING. NETWORK. THIS INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LED. BY A DEDICATED TEAM OF. DETECTIVES, ANALYSTS AND. FORENSIC EXPERTS WORKING ON. MULTIPLE LINES OF INQUIRY WHICH. HAS RERESULTED IN THIS VERY. SERIOUS CHARGE. AS YOU MENTIONED, CARRY HAD BEEN. CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER THE. DEATH OF A POLITICIAN BACK IN. JULY. A BRITISH POLITICIAN. A MEMBER OF THE CONSERVATIVE.

PARTY. SHE WAS HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A. HAMMER 21 TIMES AT HER HOME. AS SHE ATE LUNCH. THE ATTACK WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. KERRY THEN DROVE OFF WITH HER. WALLET. HE DID NOT INDICATE A PLEA AND. IT WAS LAST REPORTED THAT HE WAS. DUE TO APPEAR IN COURT ON THE. NINTH WITH A.