RAF Fairford live updates: Five men arrested over suspected bomb plot are UK nationals from London, say counter terror police

What the coverage shows

All three outlets centre on the arrests near RAF Fairford and the suspected explosives and terrorism offences, with BBC News repeatedly framing the story as a counter-terrorism operation and a major incident. Al Jazeera’s extract is the most stripped-back, while The Independent is the only outlet to foreground Trump’s comment that the suspects were “looking to do big damage.” BBC also has separate follow-up posts about what is known and, later, the US military working closely with UK authorities.

Written by Crossfiled from the 14 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.