Parliament knifeman denies attack

A suspected terrorist who was caught with a backpack full of knives close to the Houses of Parliament denied he was plotting an attack. Mohammed Omar Ali, 27, allegedly bought knives and travelled to London before being arrested by armed officers yards from Downing Street on 27 April. Ali was stopped 100 yards from the spot where Khalid Masood was shot and killed after mowing down bystanders in a hired car driven over Westminster Bridge five weeks earlier. Ali, who…