Palestine Action to be banned after RAF base break in

The home secretary will move to proscribe the Palestine Action group in the coming weeks, effectively branding them as a terrorist organisation, the BBC understands.

Yvette Cooper is preparing a written statement before Parliament on Monday - which if passed will make becoming a member of the group illegal. It will then need to be enacted through new legislation.

The decision comes as a security review begins at military bases across the UK, after pro-Palestinian activists broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and sprayed two military planes with red paint.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer condemned the action as "disgraceful," describing it as an "act of vandalism".

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