First charge in Britain over failed July 21 attacks

LONDON police on Saturday charged a suspect in the failed July 21 attacks with conspiracy to murder and possession of explosives - the first charges to be laid in Britain against any of the would-be bombers.

Yassin Hassan Omar, 24, is suspected of trying to bomb a subway train near Warren Street station on July 21. The Metropolitan Police said he was charged with conspiring "with others unknown to murder passengers on the transport for London system".

The July 21 attacks came two weeks after suicide bombers killed 56 people on three subway trains and a bus.