Britain must prepare for possibility of attack on UK soil, government warns

The government's new security strategy said it has to actively prepare for potential wartime scenarios

Britain needs to prepare for the possibility of being attacked on its own soil, the government has warned in its security strategy, laying out in stark terms the range of threats ministers say the UK now faces.

Russia's military buildup and Iran's increasing attacks on dissidents abroad mean the country could soon find itself involved in a domestic war, the review says.