An Iraqi doctor has become the first person to appear in court charged in connection with the suspected car bomb plots in London and Glasgow.
Bilal Abdullah (27) was remanded in custody when he appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London.
He was arrested after a flaming Jeep was driven into Glasgow Airport a week ago. He is accused of conspiring to cause explosions.
Dr Abdullah, who wore a white sweatshirt and was flanked by two plain-clothed security officers, spoke only to give his name and to confirm his date of birth.
The court clerk told him: "The charge against you is that between January 1st and July 1st this year within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, you unlawfully and maliciously conspired with others to cause explosions of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property in the United Kingdom."
Karen Jones prosecuting, told the court that the charge was related to suspected bomb attacks in London and Glasgow on June 29th and June 30th.
There was no application for bail and Dr Abdullah was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on July 27th.
Other suspects remain in custody pending a charging decision, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said in a statement last night.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said earlier that investigations stretching from Britain to Australia are "getting to the bottom" of a cell behind the failed car bombings.
Mr Brown said he had spoken to Australian Prime Minister John Howard about the probe into the suspected al-Qaeda-linked plot, in which eight Middle Eastern and Indian medics have been arrested.
Australian police, already holding one Indian doctor since Monday, extended their probe to at least five others and searched two hospitals.
"This is an international investigation now," Mr
Brown said of the hunt for those behind two failed car bombs in London and a botched attack on Glasgow airport in Scotland by two men who smashed a jeep into a terminal building.
"I believe that, from what I know, we're getting to the bottom of this cell that has been responsible for what is happening," he told the BBC.
In a separate case, a court in Manchester sentenced a man described by police as a terrorist "sleeper" to nine years' jail for possessing a trove of al-Qaeda-related computer material.
That followed the conviction of three other men this week for inciting terrorism over the Internet. Verdicts are due shortly in other trials - part of a slew of cases that have highlighted Britain's appeal as a target for militant Islamists.