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The UN Special Envoy has told the Security Council that four years of relative calm in Yemen have ended, with the Houthis taking the Red Sea port of Mokha and attacks on shipping resuming near the Bab el-Mandeb strait.
France, Germany, the UK and the United States say UN sanctions on Iran are back in force under the snapback mechanism. Russia and China reject that reading and are blocking the sanctions committee from functioning.
Published SIA figures show 24,969 security licences revoked between January 2022 and August 2026, of which 22,526, about 90 percent, were pulled for having no right to work in the UK. Right-to-work revocations have climbed sharply year on year.
The Security Council has welcomed an agreement signed by Libyan parties on 30 August covering the elections commission and electoral framework, and called for parliamentary and presidential elections within two years. The FCDO posture on Libya, last updated in July, is unchanged.
France, Germany, the UK and the United States say UN sanctions on Iran are back in force under the snapback mechanism. Russia and China reject that reading and are blocking the sanctions committee from functioning.
The Security Council has welcomed an agreement signed by Libyan parties on 30 August covering the elections commission and electoral framework, and called for parliamentary and presidential elections within two years. The FCDO posture on Libya, last updated in July, is unchanged.
The Foreign Office has added a warning that protests are planned in Kinshasa on 15 September, against a standing posture that advises against all travel to parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and against all but essential travel to others.
Published SIA figures show 24,969 security licences revoked between January 2022 and August 2026, of which 22,526, about 90 percent, were pulled for having no right to work in the UK. Right-to-work revocations have climbed sharply year on year.
The Security Industry Authority has opened a consultation on changes to licence qualifications, including making an in-date first aid qualification a licence condition for close protection operatives, door supervisors and security guards.
Martyn's Law, the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, hands protective teams a ready-made checklist for a venue recce. Its statutory guidance sets two tiers by capacity and four public protection procedures a responsible site should be able to run: evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication. Knowing them turns an advance from a walk-round into a structured assessment.
The Security Council is scheduled to hold a thematic counter-terrorism meeting on 11 September, marking 25 years since the 2001 attacks on New York, while the UK national threat level remains SEVERE.
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