A major British terror trial can be heard largely in secret, the Court of Appeal has ruled in an unprecedented move, due to fears that the evidence could jeopardise national security.
State prosecutors wanted to hold the trial completely behind closed doors, in what would have been the first ever secret criminal trial in Britain.
However, following a challenge by media organisations, judges at the appeal court on Thursday said parts must be heard in public, although the "core" of the case will still be held in secret.
Part of the ruling means the accused, who had been known only as AB and CD, can be named as Erol Incedal and Mounir Rarmoul-Bouhadjar.
Incedal is charged with an offence relating to the preparation of terrorist acts.
He and Rarmoul-Bouhadjar are both charged with an offence contrary to anti-terror laws relating to the collection of information.
Rarmoul-Bouhadjar is also charged with an offence relating to the possession of false identity documents.
The trial is due to begin on Monday at the Old Bailey in London, England's central criminal court where the highest profile trials are held.
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