UK security and counter-terrorism
- Bangladesh, British identity and society, Counter-terrorism policy, European court of human rights, Home Office, Human rights, Islamic State, Law, Politics, Shabana Mahmood, Shamima Begum, Society, South and Central Asia, Syria, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism
Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons
The fate of the woman who left the UK at 15 in search of Islamic State raises wider questions about citizenshi…
- China, Foreign policy, London, MI5, Politics, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, World news
MI5 ‘very relaxed’ about proposed Chinese super-embassy in London, sources say
Senior Security Service officers told Commons speaker in private meeting they can tackle espionage risks MI5 o…
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China spy row: Berry knew some of his contacts were non-commercial, messages suggest
Man at centre of abandoned spy case has said he reported to Chinese company with clients that wanted ‘to devel…
- China, Chris Philp, Crown Prosecution Service, Espionage, Jonathan Powell, Keir Starmer, Labour, Law, MI5, Politics, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism
Head of CPS faces cross-party pressure to explain China spy trial collapse
Stephen Parkinson called on to give ‘fuller explanation’ as MI5 expresses frustration over charges being dropp…
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I was a terrorist. Now I run a kindergarten – video
Hendi Suhartono was part of a plot to detonate four book bombs and blow up a church in Indonesia. He spent sev…
- Aukus, Australia news, China, Defence policy, Foreign policy, Military, Rishi Sunak, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, Water transport, World news
Size of UK’s nuclear submarine fleet could double under Aukus plans
First of new vessels expected to be seaworthy by the end of 2030s, with Australia receiving theirs in early 20…
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Chinese cameras leave British police vulnerable to spying, says watchdog
Warning in surveillance commissioner’s report comes after Chinese CCTV cameras banned from government property…
- India, Mumbai terror attacks, Politics, South and Central Asia, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, World news
James Cleverly calls for countries to unite to deprive terrorists of funds
UK foreign secretary was speaking at memorial ceremony for victims of 2008 attacks in MumbaiCountries must wor…
- Global development, Human rights, India, Law, MI5, MI6, Religion, Scotland, Sikhism, South and Central Asia, Torture, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, World news
British Sikh activist ‘tortured in India after tip-off from UK intelligence’
Lawyers for Jagtar Singh Johal say he was given electric shocks after unlawful arrest in Punjab in 2017A Briti…
- China, Europe, GCHQ, Russia, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, Ukraine, US news, Vladimir Putin, World news
Putin advisers ‘afraid to tell him truth’ about Ukraine error, says GCHQ head
Sir Jeremy Fleming speech says Russia’s president miscalculated the scale of resistanceRussia-Ukraine war: lat…
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James Pond: Chinese state news agency releases spoof mocking MI6 focus on Beijing – video
Britain’s spy chief has thanked China’s state news agency for 'free publicity' after it posted a James Bo…
- Asia Pacific, China, Culture, Espionage, Film, James Bond, MI6, Thrillers, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, World news
MI6 chief thanks China for ‘free publicity’ after James Bond spoof
Rare response from Richard Moore comes after state news agency posted video mocking western intelligenceThe he…
- Asia Pacific, Cold war, Communism, Espionage, GCHQ, Indonesia, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, World news
Revealed: how UK spies incited mass murder of Indonesia’s communists
Newly declassified papers show shocking role played by Britain in slaughterA propaganda campaign orchestrated …
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Arms trade, George Bush, Islamic State, Osama bin Laden, September 11 2001, South and Central Asia, Tony Blair, UK security and counter-terrorism, US foreign policy, US news, Uyghurs, World news, Yemen
Lives lost, poverty, an arms race, rights destroyed … the continuing cost of 9/11
The US has now spent $8 trillion over 20 years in its response to the attacks. But the true price has been mor…
- Afghanistan, Foreign policy, Islamic State, MI5, Politics, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism
MI5 chief: Taliban Afghan victory has boosted extremists
Ken McCallum says his agency has helped stop six ‘late-stage’ terrorist attacks during pandemicMI5’s chief sai…