By Aran Dharmeratnam

President Trump’s visit will hopefully rekindle US UK relations where there have certainly been some fraying threads.

Prominent US political figures , including the President himself have raised awareness about the issues of crime that plagues Europe. This includes predatory attacks on women and knife based violence.

However the threats that the police and the security services of both nations have had to prevent during the Presidential visit represents a far more complex risk landscape.

Firstly, there is a new type of threat actor- as demonstrated by the attempted assassination of President Trump, in July 2024.

Then, there was the recent horrific murder of Charlie Kirk, which will invariably has caused security levels to rise to new heights.

As we have seen in these incidents and........

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