All news on the topic: National Security

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Former Kyrgyz security chief Kamchybek Tashiev convicted over alleged coup plot against President Japarov
A Kyrgyz court has found former security chief Kamchybek Tashiev guilty of attempting to violently seize power from his longtime ally and friend, President Sadyr Japarov.
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Britain faces growing "grey-zone war" threat from Russia, Iran and China
Britain is facing a major national security challenge from hostile states operating below the threshold of war, the country’s independent reviewer of terrorism and state threats legislation has warned.
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SpaceX investor list reveals China-linked backer tied to sanctioned military contractors
One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors.
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Former immigration official and ex-Hong Kong officer jailed for spying for China
A former British immigration official and a retired Hong Kong police officer have been jailed for spying for China.
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US government orders Anthropic to block foreign nationals from top AI models
Anthropic will "abruptly disable" its most advanced AI models for all users after the US government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns.
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Starmer says he will not quit as Healey and Carns resignations deepen defence crisis
Sir Keir’s authority suffered further blows in recent days after John Healey resigned as Defence Secretary, followed by Al Carns’ resignation as Armed Forces Minister, over the long-delayed Defence Investment Plan (DIP).
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Al Carns tells Starmer to focus on defence spending after Ministry of Defence revolt
The Prime Minister must focus on defence spending, former armed forces minister Al Carns told LBC after his resignation along with that of the defence secretary plunged Sir Keir Starmer’s Government into a fresh crisis.
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Dan Jarvis appointed Defence Secretary after Healey resignation triggers Starmer crisis
Dan Jarvis has been appointed as the new Defence Secretary following John Healey’s bombshell resignation.
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Armed Forces minister quits after warning UK is failing soldiers on defence investment
Keir Starmer has suffered another setback after his Armed Forces minister resigned, just hours after the Defence Secretary’s departure.
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Healey attacks Starmer’s defence plan as resignation exposes £28bn funding gap
John Healey has dramatically quit as defence secretary, accusing Sir Keir Starmer of failing to provide enough funding for the defence spending plan.
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Healey’s resignation letter leaves Starmer wounded before crucial G7 summit
A bomb has gone off under Keir Starmer’s leadership.
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“I should never have had to write this letter”: Healey resigns after accusing Starmer government of failing UK defence
John Healey has published a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, accusing his government of failing to provide the funding necessary to address growing security threats.
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Belfast riots show what Farage’s ‘pure cold rage’ really looks like
On Tuesday hundreds of masked men spread across Belfast, pulling migrants and non-white people onto the street and setting their homes on fire.
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Secret report says £28bn in UK taxpayer cash went to terrorists and hostile states
Over £28 billion of taxpayer cash has been handed to terrorists and hostile states, according to a confidential government report.
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Secret report says £28bn in UK taxpayer money reached terrorists and hostile states
Terrorists, hostile states and gangsters have been given more than £28bn of taxpayers’ money, including through aid payments, according to a secret government report.
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Most ex-British military chiefs appearing in media failed to disclose defence industry ties
Nearly 60 percent of retired senior British military officers now working in the defence industry have appeared as expert commentators in UK media without any disclosure of their commercial ties, a conflict research charity has found.
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Epstein cover-up unmasked: ISC prepares massive Mandelson files drop after Starmer ignored Powell’s vetting warnings
The second tranche of documents relating to Lord Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the US will be published on Monday, three sources involved in the process have told the BBC.
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Cabinet ministers withheld chats with Lord Mandelson from investigators
Cabinet ministers attempted to conceal their messages with Lord Mandelson from Parliament, The Telegraph can reveal.
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Nigel Farage pressed to explain Russian hacking claims tied to secret £5m crypto billionaire “gift”
Nigel Farage has been urged to clarify whether he reported allegations that Russian spies hacked his phone to expose a secret £5 million "gift" from a crypto billionaire.
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Lithuania fears Russian spy operation after 600,000 state records stolen
Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s Office reports that unknown individuals copied 600,000 records from the Register Centre’s database.
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Europe is trapped between US software and Chinese hardware, Finnish spy chief warns
Europe will likely never be fully independent from foreign technologies because it relies too much on software from the United States and hardware from China.
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Ministers face billion-pound bill to rescue failing British Steel
Ministers have already spent hundreds of millions keeping British Steel afloat. Nationalizing the struggling steelmaker is set to cost taxpayers billions more, multiple steel industry figures.
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Sanctions evasion pipeline: Oleg Tsyura uses offshore firms to disguise Russian ferrochrome as Indian and channel money into Russia’s defense sector
Ukrainian entrepreneur Oleg Tsyura, in collaboration with international intermediaries, is engaged in organizing schemes to circumvent EU sanctions by rebranding Russian ferrochrome as "Indian".
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Nuclear submarine risks kept secret as UK regulator sides with MoD over national security fears
The UK Information Commissioner is facing criticism for supporting the Ministry of Defence’s insistence on concealing issues with nuclear weapons due to growing threats from other countries. Secrecy allows "fake news" to fester, say campaigners.
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Elite forces warn Troubles bill could expose soldiers to legal persecution
Labour MPs are being urged by Britain’s elite Special Forces veterans to rebel against the Government’s Troubles legislation, in a stark warning that it risks exposing former soldiers to “lawfare” and undermining national security.