All news by author: Chris Hughes

Mike Tapp and ex-Royal Marine captain Fred Thomas are fed up after 13 years of the Conservatives - so have put themselves forward to stand for Labour

The scale of China’s espionage against the UK is immense and has increased dramatically in the past 20 years, with its spies now penetrating many aspects of our society

The Taliban is allowing Osama Bin Laden's terrorist network al-Qaeda to gain a foothold in Afghanistan and opposition leader Khalid Noor of Afghanistan’s National Resistance Council warns it could see another 9/11-style attack plotted

A former soldier who served with prison escapee Daniel Khalife says the wanted man would go on lone survival weekends which he would use to sharpen his techniques

Kim Jong-un's tyrannical regime claims it has developed a nuclear attack submarine bizarrely dubbed 'Hero Kim Kun Ok' - North Korea's Korean Central News Agency claims it can launch tactical nuclear weapons from underwater

Daniel Abed Khalife escaped from category B prison HMP Wandsworth yesterday morning by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery van and has been at large since

A major Russian cyber crime gang is facing international sanctions from both the US and UK for their hacking activities, which included infiltrating a hospital system during the Covid-19 pandemic

All-points alerts from counter-terror officers within MI5 and the police will have been issued - making it difficult for Daniel Abed Khalife to escape, writes the Mirror's Chris Hughes

Insiders say that Russian despot Vladimir Putin is desperately hoping a change of power in the White House could lead to the US pulling support for the war in Ukraine

The warning came after it emerged Kim Jong-un is likely to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin within weeks and they will discuss Ukraine, as Russia is running short of missiles

Our pictures are taken from a video on a Russian Telegram channel which is said to have close ties with the security forces - clips are described as 'a security breach'

Vladimir Putin said the Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who launched an ill-fated coup against Moscow, had 'made mistakes' - but a US intelligence official said the plane crash was suspicious

Yevgeny Prigozhin has been a dead man walking for two months since his so-called “march on Moscow” mutiny faltered - his death was inevitable after going too far for Vladimir Putin

It is believed the Russian president put the Wagner Group boss on a 'kill list' weeks ago and ordered his ­execution for his part in a botched coup in Moscow in June

Royal Marines joined the two allies and 10 other nations for Exercise Talisman Sabre to practise storming sea defences Down Under

One of Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officials says there is a soaring number of young people expressing extremist beliefs, including sharing instructions for 3D printed firearms

Mysterious callers and messages coaxed women and men into trying to burn down the draft centres after scammers persuaded them younger relatives would die if they refused

The Ukraine leader made his defiant statement while visiting injured troops and presenting medals for bravery, and he has also made morale boosting trips to the front line

The new drones could drain Ukraine's resources as each missile can cost between £100,000 and £450,000 to shoot down but can be mass produced for as little as £20,000

An unnamed high-ranking officer died after his Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter was hit by a British-supplied Stormer Starstreak missile and Crimea-based troops were also hit by British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles on Tuesday

The drills were held after Russia again blitzed Ukrainian grain and agricultural warehouses linked to exports, so far destroying 100 tonnes of peas and 20 tonnes of barley

New laws set by Moscow mean reservist males who hold the highest ranks such as General can be called back to the front up to aged 70 instead of 65

A long-awaited study of the future for UK defence notes escalating threats from Moscow while China also poses a long-term challenge along with North Korea and Iran

Petty Officer James Brown, 45, allegedly threw a 'hard punch' then hit Leading Hand Gemma Brice 'repeatedly' four times as a late-night brawl broke out between sailors

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dramatically scrapped a wartime deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia after the Crimea bridge was blown up again