15 h. ago Tanzania police arrest opposition party official after deadly election protests

Chadema party says deputy secretary general arrested and calls election of incumbent president fraudulentTanzanian authorities have detained a senior official from the main opposition party Chadema amid a spate of arrests in connection to deadly protests during elections last week.More than 1,000 people were killed by security forces during the demonstrations, according to Chadema and human rights bodies. The Tanzanian government has said these figures were exaggerated but did not give its own figures. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Tanzania officials seek arrest of opposition leaders after fatal election protests

Incumbent president won with 98% of vote but opposition was barred from running and say result was fraudulentTanzania is seeking the arrest of 10 people, including senior opposition figures, it has blamed for the deadly protests during elections last week.More than 1,000 people were killed by security forces during the demonstrations, according to the main opposition party, Chadema, and human rights bodies. The Tanzanian government has said these figures were exaggerated but did not give its own figures. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Man, 111, reveals how to live longer and his two secrets to reaching his 100th birthday

Zhan Changcheng has nine children, three sons and six daughters aged between 59 and 82, and has lived through World War I, the Warlord Era, the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Civil War, and 76 years of communist rule

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8 d. ago Royals latest LIVE: Andrew won't leave Royal Lodge for months, with no plans to remove him from line of succession

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s name also struck from the official roll of the peerage, marking a key step in formally removing his titles

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8 d. ago Royals latest LIVE: Andrew struck from roll of peerage as King strips him of 'prince' title

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s name is struck from the official roll of the peerage, marking a key step in formally removing his titles

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1 week ago Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for beetroot, apple and feta fritters | Quick and easy

These warming and filling fritters are a hit with all the family, and perfect for a lunch platter or winter dinnerThese are autumn in a fritter. Not only were they an unexpected hit with my 18-month-old, but, after trying one myself, I instantly crossed out the saffron arancini at the top of my list for an upcoming lunch party and replaced it with a delirious, “OMG make these fritters!” Not bad for a five-ingredient dish, and a lot less faff than arancini. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UK taxpayers paying £15m a year to Chinese firms to run asylum hotels as part of Beijing's £190 billion British business empire

Hotels in Cheshire, Kent and Cardiff used to house migrants are ultimately owned by Chinese businesses close to the communist regime.

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2 w. ago Tanzania's first female president has defied early hopes that she would ease repression

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who rose from the vice presidency to become the country’s first female leader in 2021, is seeking her first elected term in office in a vote set for Oct. 29

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2 w. ago Chinese Communist Party ousts 11 key officials in biggest purge since 2017

Zhang Shengmin replaces He Weidong as second-ranked vice chair of powerful Central Military Commission

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2 w. ago Chinese Communist Party replaces 11 key officials in biggest purge since 2017

Zhang Shengmin replaces He Weidong as second-ranked vice chair of powerful Central Military Commission

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2 w. ago MingYang: Government ministers warned against 'handing over' energy grid to Chinese Communist Party

It comes after GCHQ warned that China has the potential to shut down the national grid in a cyber security attack

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3 w. ago ‘You’re in spy territory’: how two UK nationals got tangled in a Chinese espionage row

The Met’s elite SO15 unit alleged a parliamentary researcher helped his friend create 34 reports for a shadowy frontFor Christopher Cash it was а job he adored. The young parliamentary researcher, then in his late 20s, was a China specialist working successively for two influential backbenchers, Tom Tugendhat and Alicia Kearns. He had a parliamentary pass and was plugged into Westminster’s gossip network during 2022, a year of Conservative turmoil in Westminster, three prime ministers and future policy uncertainty.At the same time, Cash was in close contact with a friend, Christopher Berry, a teacher based in Hangzhou, eastern China, where the Britons had first met five years earlier. They discussed politics constantly, using an encrypted app. At one point, on 18 July, Berry allegedly told him he had met a senior Chinese Communist party leader (though he now denies meeting anybody of that rank). In a reply the next day, Cash said: “You’re in spy territory now.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Chinese stole state secrets from No.10 for YEARS: Catastrophic blunder heaps fresh pressure on Starmer over collapsed spying case

Former No 10 aide Dominic Cummings said on Wednesday that the communist superpower stole 'vast amounts' of material, including some with the highest security classification.

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3 w. ago Chinese stole secrets from No. 10 for YEARS: Newly exposed outrage by communist regime heaps fresh pressure on Starmer over collapsed spying case

the Mail understands that the Chinese were allowed to purchase a company that controlled a data hub used by government departments to exchange information, including on highly classified projects.

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4 w. ago Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancyTony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed.The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy. Continue reading...

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