Rubio Says 'Foreign Actor' Behind Suspected RAF Fairford Plot

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a "foreign actor" was "clearly" behind a suspected plot targeting RAF Fairford, according to a live report from The Guardian, as some evacuated residents near the UK air base began returning home.

Rubio and President Donald Trump both expressed concerns about the decision to grant bail to suspects connected to the case, according to the report, though further detail on the identities of the suspects or the specifics of the alleged plot was not included in the available excerpt.

Some residents who had been evacuated in connection with the incident were reported to be hesitant to return home, the report said, without specifying the reasons for that hesitancy or how many residents remained displaced.

RAF Fairford has taken on added significance in recent months: the UK granted the United States permission in March to use the base for "specific defensive operations into Iran" aimed at destroying Iranian missiles at their source. US bombers and other aircraft have since been observed taking off and landing from the base, which the report described as the only site on Britain's mainland used for that purpose.

The report did not specify what evidence linked a foreign actor to the suspected plot, nor did it name the country or organization Rubio's comments were understood to reference.

Further details on the investigation, the status of the suspects, and the timeline for residents' return were not available in the report.