19 h. ago BBC journalist probed by secret services over China spying allegations

The journalist is said to have cultivated potential targets for the hostile state, while working as a reporter in Brussels for a different media outlet. They remain employed by the BBC

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50 h. ago OAP gave boys given sweets 'laced with sedatives' at summer camp to abuse them

Jon Ruben, 76, has admitted sexual offences against two boys, aged nine and 10, after kids became unwell during summer camp after allegations that sweets had been spiked with sedatives

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3 d. ago Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’

The outgoing head of the Secret Intelligence Service on the rise of China, why Putin is not interested in talks — and how screen spies aren’t always far from the truth

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5 d. ago Tim Davie tells BBC staff ‘we have to fight for our journalism’ but does not address Trump’s $1bn lawsuit threat – live

Outgoing director general says freedom of press under pressure and that he sees ‘weaponisation’Here is a round-up of what various lawyers and commentators have been saying about Donald Trump’s legal case against the BBC.Joshua Rozenberg, the legal commentator and a former BBC journalist, has said in a post on his A Lawyer Writes Substack that the corporation should settle. He explains:Given what Brito is claiming, the lawyer is unlikely to be impressed with the BBC’s assertion that “the purpose of editing the clip was to convey the message of the speech made by President Trump so that Panorama’s audience could better understand how it had been received by President Trump’s supporters and what was happening on the ground at that time”.So the BBC would be well advised to draft a retraction and apology in terms that the president’s lawyer finds acceptable. Brito is also calling for this to be broadcast as prominently as the original programme. And the corporation will have to pay compe...

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5 d. ago Tim Davie tells BBC staff ‘we have to fight for our journalism’ as Trump threatens $1bn lawsuit – UK politics live

Outgoing director general says freedom of press under pressure and that he sees ‘weaponisation’Here is a round-up of what various lawyers and commentators have been saying about Donald Trump’s legal case against the BBC.Joshua Rozenberg, the legal commentator and a former BBC journalist, has said in a post on his A Lawyer Writes Substack that the corporation should settle. He explains:Given what Brito is claiming, the lawyer is unlikely to be impressed with the BBC’s assertion that “the purpose of editing the clip was to convey the message of the speech made by President Trump so that Panorama’s audience could better understand how it had been received by President Trump’s supporters and what was happening on the ground at that time”.So the BBC would be well advised to draft a retraction and apology in terms that the president’s lawyer finds acceptable. Brito is also calling for this to be broadcast as prominently as the original programme. And the corporation will have to pay compe...

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6 d. ago Vatican Swiss Guard investigated for alleged spitting gesture at Jewish women

Women, in St Peter’s Square for audience with Pope Leo in which he condemned antisemitism, say guard ‘noticeably hissed at us’A member of the Vatican’s Swiss Guards, the world’s smallest army whose primary role is to protect the pope, is under investigation for allegedly making a spitting gesture towards two Jewish women.The alleged incident occurred at one of the side entrances to St Peter’s Square as people gathered for a general audience on 29 October, during which Pope Leo condemned antisemitism. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago China’s latest aircraft carrier enters service to extend reach into high seas

Experts say hi-tech Fujian will help expand country’s military influence and reach farther beyond its own watersChina’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier officially entered service this week, signalling a new era in Chinese military expansion after a ceremony overseen by the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, state media has confirmed.The Fujian is China’s first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier, and the third for China’s rapidly expanding navy, which is already the world’s biggest by ship count. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago What to know about China's newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian

China’s newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has officially entered service, making it the third in the country’s fleet

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1 week ago BBC accused of doctoring Trump January 6 speech in bombshell whistleblower's report

Concerns about BBC Panorma programme were raised in a memo by former journalist Michael Prescott

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2 w. ago Starmer raised BBC journalist unable to leave Vietnam with visiting leader

The BBC journalist, a Vietnamese national, has been unable to leave the country for several months after travelling there to renew their passport.

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2 w. ago Hermer blames collapse of China spy case on law ‘not fit for purpose’

The Attorney General said prosecutors had been working in ‘good faith’ to secure a conviction.

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2 w. ago Vietnam leader’s UK visit overshadowed by ‘interrogation’ of BBC journalist

British government being urged by friends of journalist to pressure Vietnam's top leader, who is scheduled to meet Sir Keir Starmer, to secure her release

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2 w. ago BBC journalist barred from leaving Vietnam and interrogated repeatedly

BBC ‘deeply concerned’ for journalist’s wellbeing after Vietnamese police withhold their ID card and passportVietnamese authorities have barred a BBC journalist from leaving the country and subjected them to days of interrogation, in a press freedom case that comes to light during a high-profile visit by Vietnam’s leader to the UK.The journalist, a Vietnamese citizen who lives and works in Thailand, had returned to their home country in August to renew their passport, according a source with knowledge of the situation. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago BBC journalist barred from leaving Vietnam and repeatedly interrogated

BBC ‘deeply concerned’ for journalist’s wellbeing after Vietnamese police withhold their ID card and renewed passportVietnamese authorities have barred a BBC journalist from leaving the country and subjected them to days of interrogation, in a press freedom case that comes to light during a high-profile visit by Vietnam’s leader to the UK.The journalist, a Vietnamese citizen who lives and works in Thailand, had returned to their home country in August to renew their passport, according a source with knowledge of the situation. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago In UK’s interest to ‘protect’ collapsed China spying case documents – minister

The case was withdrawn last month after the Crown Prosecution Service said it did not have the evidence to secure a conviction.

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2 w. ago Kensington Palace responds to claim William 'threatened to take Beatrice and Eugenie's titles'

Former BBC journalist Emily Maitlis, who grilled Prince Andrew in his infamous interview on BBC Newsnight, made the claim despite Kensington Palace saying no meeting between Prince William, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie took place

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2 w. ago Tories to demand release of documents in collapsed China spying case

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry deny wrongdoing.

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2 w. ago Prosecution chief to be quizzed in Parliament over collapse of China spying case

Director of public prosecutions Stephen Parkinson and securocrat Matt Collins will be questioned by MPs and peers.

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3 w. ago Scientists at secret military base at centre of Novichok murder probe fear their details may have been stolen by cyber criminals

Workers at the Defence Scientific Technical Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, Salisbury, were alerted to the security breach this month by union officials.

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3 w. ago China ‘enemy’ reference was removed from spy case evidence ‘to fit Tory policy’

National security adviser Jonathan Powell said Counter Terror Police and the Crown Prosecution Service were aware of the change.

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