UK: Man charged in soldier kidnap plot

One of the terror suspects arrested last week in Birmingham has been charged with plotting to kidnap and kill a member of the British armed forces, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

The head of the CPS counter terrorism division, Sue Hemming, told a press conference at West Midlands police headquarters that Parviz Khan and four other men, who were detained in Birmingham on January 31, had been charged with various offences under the Terrorism Act.