Three Iran-backed suspects plotted attacks including RAF Fairford incident, US says
- Newsrooms
- 3
- Last 3 hours
- 1 report
- Momentum
- Steady
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Against the past week
More newsrooms than 58% of the past week’s 3532 stories, and number 417 of 1481 in News.Part of a bigger story
RAF Fairford: 5 developments since Tue 10 Nov.Why it’s moving
- ScoopBBC News had it 2 hr before anyone else.
1The US Department of Justice says the men were involved in a string of plots, including a major incident near the UK airbase that is used by US armed forces.
In BBC News’s words.2
The bigger story: RAF Fairford
5 developments since Tue 10 Nov.
- US aircraft pulled from second UK RAF base, sources say
1 newsroom. Linked by RAF, aircraft, pull, second, base
- No 10 insists British air bases safe after US aircraft moved from RAF Mildenhall
1 newsroom. Linked by RAF Mildenhall, base, aircraft
- Iran-backed terror suspects charged with 'plotting bomb attack on RAF base while behind bars'
1 newsroom. Linked by RAF, base
US charges three men allegedly linked to RAF Fairford incident
You’re here3 newsrooms. Linked by RAF Fairford, RAF, iran, backs, suspect, plotted
The story so far
3 newsrooms- Reports
- 3
- Newsrooms and sources
- 3
- Last 3 hours
- 1
First with it: BBC News, 1 hr 44 min before anyone else.
Reported by 3 newsrooms.
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Where the coverage is from
How it spread
Newsrooms reporting it, each counted at its first report.
- Newsrooms
- 3
- Over
- 4 hr
- To three newsrooms
- 4 hr
| Time | Newsroom | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 12:01pm AEDT | BBC News | 1 |
| 1:45pm AEDT | Sky News | 2 |
| 4:01pm AEDT | Al Jazeera | 3 |
Bigger than 94% of News stories this week. Reached three newsrooms in 4 hr; a typical News story that gets there takes 7.6 hr.
Every report, in order
3 reports from 3 newsrooms, first to latest. Each links to the original.


