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Why a Chinese ‘mega embassy’ is not such a worry for British spies
Politicians are raising the alarm, while MI5 quietly welcomes the prospect of Beijing’s new London facilityWhi…
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China in ‘covert and calculated’ effort to recruit MPs and peers, minister says
Dan Jarvis gives Commons statement after MI5 alert about LinkedIn profiles of Amanda Qiu and Shirly ShenMPs an…
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US and China seek to project power with huge and expensive aircraft carriers
China launches £5.4bn ship capable of carrying 60 aircraft that Beijing values as much for maintaining its glo…
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MI5 chief ‘frustrated’ at failure to put men accused of spying for China on trial
Ken McCallum, the domestic spy chief, says he will ‘never back off’ from confronting threats from BeijingThe M…
- Gaza, India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, South and Central Asia, Ukraine, World news
India’s Pakistan strikes show how warfare has been normalised again
All-out war is unlikely but shifting of goalposts amid Gaza and Ukraine conflicts suggests Kashmir crisis coul…
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Prince Andrew spy scandal may have further exposed threat posed by China
Royal’s relationship with alleged spy, Yang Tengbo, should be seen as a blessing in disguise, says China analy…
- China, Europe, Nuclear weapons, Russia, US foreign policy, US military, US news, Weapons technology, World news
US arms advantage over Russia and China threatens stability, experts warn
Academics say vulnerability of the two countries’ nuclear launch sites makes dangerous mistakes more likelyThe…
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Row as Nato chief hints at talks to increase availability of nuclear weapons
Jens Stoltenberg accused of ‘escalation of tension’ as he warns of growing threat from Russia and China The Na…
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Global spending on nuclear weapons up 13% in record rise
States are on course to spend $100bn a year, driven by a sharp increase in US defence budgetsGlobal spending o…
- Afghanistan, Ben Wallace, British army, Defence policy, Military, Ministry of Defence, Politics, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
UK minister says he ‘cannot disprove’ claims Afghans were unlawfully killed
Johnny Mercer tells UK inquiry of reports SAS had killed civilians between 2010 and 2013The UK’s minister for …
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UK special forces blocked resettlement applications from elite Afghan troops
MoD conducts review but stands accused of conflict of interest while public inquiry investigates conduct of SA…
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Inquiry to open into claims British soldiers summarily killed 80 Afghans
Public inquiry into alleged actions of SAS units to begin amid victims’ families pleas for truth to be uncover…
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Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh victory highlights limits of Russia’s power
With Moscow’s resources ‘clearly finite’ the Kremlin has had to adapt to Baku’s rising powerAzerbaijan’s milit…
- Africa, Arms trade, Asia Pacific, Egypt, Europe, Human rights, Middle East and North Africa, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Technology, UK news, Ukraine, Vietnam, Weapons technology, World news
Record numbers expected as Europe’s biggest arms fair opens in London
Egypt, Vietnam and Indonesia among countries sending delegations to four-day DSEI at ExCeLEurope’s biggest eve…
- Afghanistan, Ben Wallace, Military, Ministry of Defence, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
SAS must be named in inquiry into alleged unlawful killings, says Afghan families’ lawyer
MoD acknowledged at preliminary hearing that ‘UK special forces’ were present in AfghanistanA partial admissio…