UK defence MoD alerted on likely problems in funding action The Ministry of Defence and the Treasury are heading for a difficult negotiation about how to pay for military action in Afghanistan, expected to cost hundreds of millions of pounds. |  Read Investigators transferred to anti-terrorism unit Up to 100 investigators are being transferred to a specialist anti-terrorist unit at Scotland Yard tasked with infiltrating suspected Islamic terrorist groups. |  Read US and UK ready for joint military action The US and Britain are ready to go it alone with military action against Osama bin Laden, prime suspect behind the terrorist atrocities, and his protectors in Afghanistan. |  Read Police presence aims to reassure British public An extra 1,500 police will be on duty in London in an attempt to reassure the public and to protect Muslims who may be vulnerable to racist attacks. |  Read Blair tells US of readiness to order troops into action Tony Blair said he felt a "huge and heavy responsibility" as he carried a message to the US that he was prepared to order British forces into action to avenge the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. |  Read