A 24-year-old man has been charged over an alleged plan to attack US military personnel in the UK.

Junead Ahmed Khan has also been charged, along with his uncle Shazib Ahmed Khan, 22, both from Luton, with attempting to join Islamic State militants in Syria.

The Met Police said the men were charged with the intention of committing acts of terrorism.

Both men will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court later on Tuesday.

Deborah Walsh, deputy head of counter terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "It is alleged that Junead Khan and Shazib Khan had been planning on travelling to Syria to join the proscribed organisation Islamic State in Levant (ISIL).

"It is further alleged that Junead Khan was planning a terrorist attack on US military personnel in the UK and he has been charged with an additional terrorism offence to reflect this."