UK PM May: Terror threat level raised from "severe" to "critical"

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has stated that terror threat level in the country has been raised to "critical", which suggest another attack could be "imminent". May has ordered armed military personnel to deploy across the country in order to increase security.

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