89 m. ago UK government admits being ‘too slow’ to spot US mistreatment of prisoners after 9/11

Court admission comes in trial over claims British agents were complicit in CIA torture operationsThe UK government has admitted its intelligence agencies were “too slow” to realise the CIA was mistreating prisoners in its post-9/11 torture programme, acknowledging in court for the first time involvement in US detention operations.The admission was made during a trial that concluded on Friday at the investigatory powers tribunal, which has been investigating claims that British intelligence was complicit in the mistreatment of two men who were repeatedly tortured by the CIA in the early 2000s. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Keir Starmer must come to the defence of his chancellor’s spending review

Editorial: In spite of Rachel Reeves’s much-vaunted increase in MoD expenditure, a rise to 2.6 per cent of GDP can only be achieved by draining the overseas aid budget, reallocating intelligence agency funds, and other sleights of hand. When the prime minister faces Nato leaders, including Donald Trump, he will have no choice but to spin the numbers

Politics

3 d. ago Leaked Russian spy memo claims China plotting secret land grab inside Russian borders

Russia is facing an internal crisis as a leaked document has shown Vladimir Putin's government is in fact fearful of China and believes it is plotting to annex key territories

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4 d. ago Claims that UK spy agencies aided CIA torture after 9/11 to be heard in rare trial

Cases filed by two Guantánamo Bay prisoners allege MI5 and MI6 were complicit in their mistreatmentThe UK government’s decades-long efforts to keep details of its intelligence agencies’ involvement in the CIA’s notorious post-9/11 torture programme hidden will face an “unprecedented” challenge this week as two cases are brought before a secretive court.The cases, filed by two prisoners held at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, will be heard across a rare four-day trial at the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT), which has been investigating claims the UK’s intelligence agencies were complicit in their mistreatment. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Palestinians killed after Israeli military opens fire at aid distribution point, Gaza’s civil defence agency says – Israel

IDF says it fired at ‘individual suspects who advanced towards troops’ during incident at aid point in southern Gaza StripPalestinians killed by Israeli fire at aid point, Gaza officials sayIsraeli strikes on Gaza schools part of deliberate strategy, say sourcesReuters reports that the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which Israeli authorities are using to bypass the traditional aid groups operating inside the Palestinian territories, said it distributed 21 truckloads of food early Tuesday.In its statement about troops opening fire on people near an aid distribution point in southern Gaza, Israel’s military has claimed “IDF troops are not preventing the arrival of Gazan civilians to the humanitarian aid distribution sites. The warning shots were fired approximately half a kilometer away from the humanitarian aid distribution site toward several suspects who advanced toward the troops in such a way that posed a threat to them.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gerry Adams awarded €100,000 damages in libel victory over BBC

Former Sinn Féin leader sued broadcaster over allegation in documentary that he sanctioned murder of MI5 informantGerry Adams has won a defamation action against the BBC over a documentary that carried a claim he approved the murder of an MI5 informant in 2006.A jury at Dublin’s high court on Friday found that the BBC had not acted in good faith or in a fair and reasonable way and awarded the former Sinn Féin leader €100,000 (£84,000) in damages Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gerry Adams wins defamation action against BBC over murdered spy claim

Former Sinn Féin leader sued broadcaster over allegation in documentary that he sanctioned murder of MI5 informantGerry Adams has won a defamation action against the BBC over a documentary that carried a claim that he sanctioned the murder of an MI5 informant in 2006.A jury at Dublin’s high court on Friday found that the BBC had not acted in good faith or in a fair and reasonable way and awarded the former Sinn Féin leader €100,000 (£84,000) in damages Continue reading...

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2 w. ago White House stunned as Hegseth inquiry brings up illegal wiretap claims

Exclusive: Trump advisers lose confidence in Pentagon leak investigation Hegseth used to justify firing three top aidesThe White House has lost confidence in a Pentagon leak investigation that Pete Hegseth used to justify firing three top aides last month, after advisers were told that the aides had supposedly been outed by an illegal warrantless National Security Agency (NSA) wiretap.The extraordinary explanation alarmed the advisers, who also raised it with people close to JD Vance, because such a wiretap would almost certainly be unconstitutional and an even bigger scandal than a number of leaks. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US aid kept many hungry Somali children alive. Now that money is disappearing

The U.S. Agency for International Development once provided 65% of Somalia’s foreign aid

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2 w. ago MI5 probes Putin link to Starmer arson blitz: Spy chiefs investigate claim that Kremlin ordered attacks over UK support for Ukraine

Although no one was injured in the fires, any suggestion that the attacks on a British Prime Minister had been ordered by the Kremlin would represent an extraordinary escalation in tensions.

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3 w. ago Legal aid cyber attack: Lawyers slam government agency for 'inadequate' response to hack

The online Legal Aid Agency portal has been disabled after the cyber attack

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3 w. ago Solicitors criticise ‘antiquated’ Legal Aid Agency IT system after cyber attack

Details including criminal records, dates of birth, national insurance numbers and payment information may have been stolen in the attack.

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3 w. ago Legal Aid hack: Names, financial details and criminal histories compromised in cyberattack, Ministry of Justice says

The cyberattackers claimed 2.1m pieces of customer data had been stolen from the Legal Aid Agency

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3 w. ago Ministry of Justice cyberattack: What data was stolen and what to do next

The cyberattackers claimed 2.1m pieces of customer data were stolen from the Legal Aid Agency

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3 w. ago Legal Aid hack: Names, financial details and criminal histories compromised in cyber attack, Ministry of Justice says

The cyberattackers claimed 2.1m pieces of customer data had been stolen from the Legal Aid Agency

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3 w. ago Hackers steal 'significant amount of personal data' from Ministry of Justice in brazen cyber

The personal data of people who applied to the Legal Aid Agency since 2010, including criminal records, was accessed and downloaded in a cyber attack in April this year, the MoJ has said.

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3 w. ago Cyber attack on Legal Aid Agency exposed ‘significant amount’ of applicant data

The group that carried out the attack has claimed it accessed 2.1 million pieces of data but the Ministry of Justice has not verified that figure.

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3 w. ago Cyber attack on Legal Aid Agency accessed ‘significant amount of personal data’

A ‘significant amount of personal data’ was accessed and downloaded in the cyber attack

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3 w. ago Legal aid cyber attack: 'Significant amount of personal data' stolen in latest major hack to hit UK

A “significant amount of personal data” of people who applied online to the Legal Aid Agency since 2010, including criminal records, was accessed and downloaded in a cyber attack in April this year, the Ministry of Justice said on Monday.

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3 w. ago Russia spy warning over claims Vladimir Putin's agents are 'disguised as lost tourists'

Vladimir Putin's Russian spies are posing as lost tourists as a spy agency warned citizens to keep an eye out for Kremlin agents lurking in their own neighbourhoods

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