2 h. ago British troops sent to Israel to help maintain Gaza ceasefire after US request

British troops have been sent to Israel to help monitor a ceasefire in Gaza after a request from the US, Defence Secretary John Healey said

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2 h. ago Stolen Louvre 'crown jewels' were worth £76MILLION as Paris police issue major security update

France's culture minister has told the National Assembly that the Louvre's security cameras were working during Sunday's infamous heist, raising further questions

Economics

6 h. ago Trump’s nomination of Paul Ingrassia loses Republican support following racist text messages

Ingrassia, Trump’s pick to lead the office of special counsel, allegedly described himself as having ‘a Nazi streak’US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s nomination of a conservative attorney and commentator to oversee federal whistleblower protections appeared to be collapsing after his racist text messages surfaced this week and the Republican Senate leader suggested the White House should withdraw the pick.Paul Ingrassia, currently a White House liaison at the Department of Homeland Security, previously advocated for making 6 January a national holiday and publicly questioned whether the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack was a “psyop”. But the fans were flamed again on Monday after Politico reported text messages in which Ingrassia allegedly described himself as having “a Nazi streak” and suggested Martin Luther King Jr Day should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell”. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Attorney General Lord Hermer and No10 enforcer summoned to give evidence to MPs and peers on China spying case

The National Security Strategy Committee has called Lord Hermer and Darren Jones to give evidence on the collapse of the trial.

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14 h. ago Prince Andrew was 'deemed national security risk over links to suspected Chinese spies'

Cabinet ministers allegedly knew about the concerns which were first raised by security services in 2021 after the then-Duke of York held meetings with suspected spy Yang Tengbo.

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21 h. ago Putting UK boots on the ground in Ukraine would cost 'over £100million', says Defence Secretary

Speaking in London, John Healey (pictured) revealed Britain has been planning in detail along with its Coalition of the Willing over the last six months.

Economics

22 h. ago UK ready to spend ‘over £100million’ to send Brit troops to Ukraine as Putin views Britain as ‘his number one enemy’

THE UK is prepared to commit over £100 million on sending British forces to Ukraine, the defence secretary has said. John Healey called Vladimir Putin the UK's "number one enemy" and cautioned the world is entering a "new era of threat". Healey said the UK would be ready to deploy forces to the war-torn nation...

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23 h. ago UK peace force for Ukraine would cost ‘well over £100m’, says defence secretary

John Healey says he has already brought forward millions in spending for swift deployment if ceasefire agreedThe cost of Britain’s contribution to a post-ceasefire stabilisation force for Ukraine would be “well over £100m”, the defence secretary, John Healey, has said after a speech in the City of London.Healey said he had already brought forward millions in spending so that a “multinational force Ukraine” led by the UK and France could be ready to deploy quickly if peace talks produce a ceasefire. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Nuclear security agency begins furloughing workers as part of shutdown, energy secretary says

Furloughs have begun at the federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile

Events

31 h. ago John Swinney warns blocking Chinese wind investment would be 'setback' for Scotland

John Swinney has defending meeting Ming Yang to lobby for investment in Scotland, despite national security concerns.

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31 h. ago John Swinney says blocking Chinese wind investment would be 'setback' for Scotland

John Swinney has defending meeting Ming Yang to lobby for investment in Scotland, despite national security concerns.

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31 h. ago Nation’s nuclear weapon watchdog gutted to just 400 workers from nearly 2,000 as Trump shutdown layoffs hit agency

National Nuclear Security Administration is tasked with safeguarding U.S.’s nuclear stockpile. ‘These are not employees that you want to go home,’ one congressman said

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37 h. ago Military to get new powers to shoot down drones menacing British bases

Defence Secretary John Healey will set out the planned changes to the law in a speech in London on Monday night.

Events

54 h. 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

Politics

64 h. ago Revealed: How SNP ministers have wooed controversial Chinese firm MingYang for floating wind investment

Scottish Government ministers have met with the company several times despite national security concerns.

Politics

3 d. ago ‘Super Dom’ Cummings cunningly waits five years to reveal national security lapses | John Crace

Only a genius like Boris Johnson’s former right-hand man would have had the wisdom to keep stumm until nowAnd relax. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Super Dom! At a time of heightened worries about national security, who better than Dominic Cummings to shine a light on the murky world of spying?The man who turned a drive to Barnard Castle into an advert for SpecSavers. The man who gave us Brexit. Which one of us didn’t vote for a 4% hit to GDP? The man who gave us Boris Johnson. Truly, Dom has enriched us all over the past 10 years.A year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde and Pippa Crerar. On Tuesday 2 December, join Crace, Hyde and Crerar as they look back with special guests at another extraordinary year, live at the Barbican in London and livestreamed globally. Book tickets here Continue reading...

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4 d. ago US sanctions former Haitian security head, gang leader for aiding gang coalition

The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on the former head of Haitian presidential security when the leader of the Caribbean nation was assassinated and the head of a Haitian gang

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4 d. ago The Guardian view on Trump and the law: a restraint on the executive is morphing into its weapon | Editorial

The indictment of critics including John Bolton rings alarm bells as the US president expands his power and seeks to use the justice system to exact revenge“He who saves his country does not violate any law,” Donald Trump posted after beginning his second term – emboldened, perhaps, by the supreme court’s bombshell ruling on presidential immunity last year, which many say gave the office-holder the powers of a monarch.Millions of Americans are expected to push back against the president’s growing power at No Kings protests across the US on Saturday. The demonstrations come as former intelligence and national security officials warn that the country is sliding towards “competitive authoritarianism”, in which elections and courts survive but are systematically manipulated by the executive. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump vs Bolton: How it all led to an indictment after FBI raid of former national security adviser’s home

Bolton held the high-profile position of national security adviser from 2018 to 2019. He later became an outspoken critic of President Trump, particularly regarding his approach on Russia

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4 d. ago Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton indicted by justice department

Move is latest by the DoJ against US president’s critics

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