Fatima Al-Kassab

The container landed in a parking lot and there were no injuries.

It comes after two other arson attacks in northwest London in recent weeks, including one targeting a synagogue and another on ambulances linked to a local Jewish charity.

Earlier this week, the Metropolitan Police said it was dealing with an unprecedented level of national security investigations with suspected links to foreign states.

Many, it said, with dangerous intentions.

Fatima al-Kassab, NPR News, London.

For nearly a week, slow-moving convoys of trucks and tractors have brought parts of Ireland to a standstill, blocking major roads and access to fuel depots as protesters demanded more government support with rising fuel prices brought on by the US and Israel's war in Iran.

Now, the Irish Taoiseach, or Prime Minister, has announced more than $500 million in tax cuts on petrol, diesel and gas oil to help those hit hardest by the rising costs.

But opposition party Sinn Féin says it will bring a motion of no confidence in the government's handling of the crisis.

Hundreds of fuel stations around the country remain without petrol or diesel as a result of the protests.

Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR News, London.

After President Trump said the U.K.

and a couple of other countries are sending minesweepers to the Strait of Hormuz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain will not be supporting the U.S.

's blockade.

Speaking to BBC Radio, he said he would not go into operational matters, but that the UK's efforts would be aimed at reopening the strait.

He said that was the only way to get energy bills down for people in the UK, who he said were paying the price of the war in Iran.

Fatima al-Kassab, NPR News, London.

For nearly a week, slow-moving convoys of tractors and trucks have blocked major highways and roads across the country, including some of the busiest streets in Ireland's capital, Dublin.

Protesters are demanding more support from the government as fuel prices continue to rise,

because of the US and Israel's war against Iran.

The Irish government has been meeting with farmers and truckers over the weekend and say more support is coming.