6 h. ago Stricken oil tanker is 'essential for US national security': US

Dozens of people have been rescued and brought ashore after the MV Stena Immaculate exploded into a 'massive fireball' off the Yorkshire coast today.

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9 h. ago More than 30 nations will participate in Paris planning talks on a security force for Ukraine

Military officials from more than 30 nations are expected to take part in Paris talks on the creation of an international security force for Ukraine

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12 h. ago Starmer's Blairite 'fixer' behind 'surrender' of the Chagos Islands has been coaching Ukrainians ahead of crunch peace talks in Saudi Arabia

National security adviser Jonathan Powell was pictured in Kyiv at the weekend meeting Andriy Yermak, head of the office of the president in Ukraine.

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21 h. ago Calls for private UN Security Council meeting over spiralling violence in war

The US and Russia have jointly called for the United Nations Security Council to meet over the spiralling violence in Syria, after over 1,000 people were massacred this week.  

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22 h. ago Trump suggests pause on intelligence sharing with Ukraine could be lifted

It comes as the UK’s national security adviser has been in Kyiv for talks over the weekend.

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53 h. ago Scotland vs Wales LIVE rugby: Latest score and updates from Six Nations as hosts secure first

Scotland bid to bounce back from their Calcutta Cup heartbreak against an improving Wales

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54 h. ago Ireland vs France LIVE rugby: Result and reaction from Six Nations as visitors secure extraordinary win in title decider

Ireland 27-42 France: A resounding, remarkable win for the visitors leaves them in control of their own destiny

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3 d. ago Trump 'considering banning China's AI DeepSeek' over fears it could spy on people

The Trump administration is reportedly “likely” to ban Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek from US government devices after politicians raised concerns it could pose a greater threat to national security than TikTok

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3 d. ago Frightening flaw found in iPhone app that's downloaded by default 'could be a national security threat'

Researchers from George Mason University in Virginia uncovered a flaw in an iPhone app that they warned poses a risk to national security by letting hackers spy on certain devices.

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3 d. ago China vows action over ‘arbitrary’ tariffs as Trump pauses measures against Canada and Mexico – US politics live

Foreign minister calls measures ‘two-faced acts’ Staff on hundreds of foreign aid projects left in limbo by the Trump administration’s funding freeze have received a survey that asks them to justify their work under an eccentric list of criteria that meet the White House’s new national security priorities.The survey, copies of which have been obtained by the Guardian, asks foreign aid programme staff to detail whether they contribute to limiting illegal immigration or securing US borders, “combatting Christian prosecution”,and whether they help the US secure access to rare earth minerals.Trump told his cabinet secretaries that they are in charge of hiring and firings at their agencies, not Elon Musk.The House has voted to censure Democratic congressman Al Green for disrupting Trump’s address to this week’s joint session of Congress. The motion was approved with 224 votes in favor and 198 opposed, with 10 Democrats in support.In an escalation of his pressure campaign, Trump said the ...

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3 d. ago US foreign aid projects asked to justify their work in White House survey

Staff questioned on eccentric list of criteria that meet Trump administration’s new national security prioritiesStaff on hundreds of foreign aid projects left in limbo by the Trump administration’s funding freeze have received a survey that asks them to justify their work under an eccentric list of criteria that meet the White House’s new national security priorities.The survey, copies of which have been obtained by the Guardian, asks foreign aid programme staff to detail whether they contribute to limiting illegal immigration or securing US borders, “combatting Christian prosecution”,and whether they help the US secure access to rare earth minerals. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Usual for ministers to make representations on national security, No 10 says

The decision follows a letter David Lammy wrote to Angela Rayner over the proposed new Chinese embassy.

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5 d. ago US suspends intelligence sharing with Ukraine in major new blow to Kyiv’s war against Russia

Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz says Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky must show he is ‘serious’ about participating in peace talks

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5 d. ago US and Kyiv officials to meet, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff says, after intelligence sharing with Ukraine curbed – Europe live

Andriy Yermak says he has discussed next steps with US national security adviser Mike Waltz after CIA move to force sides to negotiation tableRussia takes a positive view of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement last night that he is willing to negotiate over the war, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, however, that it was not clear how this would work because Ukraine had a legal ban on negotiating with Russia, Reuters noted. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump will consider restoring aid if talks with Ukraine progress, White House national security adviser says – Europe live

Mike Waltz says ‘president will take a hard look at lifting this pause’ if negotiations confidence-building measure put in placeRussia takes a positive view of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement last night that he is willing to negotiate over the war, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, however, that it was not clear how this would work because Ukraine had a legal ban on negotiating with Russia, Reuters noted. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago While our eyes are on the welfare state’s destruction, Trump is building a police state | Judith Levine

Republicans aren’t simply shrinking the government. They’re investing billions in defense, border control and prisonsLast week, the federal human resources department sent out a seven-page memo ordering agencies to submit detailed plans on how they will work with the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) to slash their payrolls. To do this, they were to eliminate whole job categories – except one. Untouchable were positions “necessary to meet law enforcement, border security, national security, immigration enforcement, or public safety responsibilities”.While we’ve had our eyes on the wrecking ball–Doge pulverizing social services, environmental protection and scientific research, we’ve hardly taken notice of what is being constructed. In the footprint of the already shabby, now half-demolished US welfare state, the Trump administration is building a police state. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Elissa Slotkin focuses on economy and national security in Democratic rebuttal to Trump address

‘I'm thankful it was Reagan and not Trump in office in the 1980s. Trump would have lost us the Cold War,’ says Michigan senator

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6 d. ago Labour is accused of placing its relationship with Beijing over national security

Labour has been accused of placing its ties with authorities in Beijing over its national security interests after government chose to leave China off its updated register of foreign influence.

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6 d. ago Taiwan vows most advanced tech will not go to US under $100bn Trump deal

Country’s government says deal with TSMC needs assessment as opposition claims it will reduce defencesBusiness live – latest updatesTaiwan’s government has promised its most advance semiconductor technology will not be moved to the US under a new $100bn (£79bn) deal signed between the chip maker TSMC and Donald Trump, amid accusations that it is allowing the island’s national security to be undermined.The government said the deal must still go through government assessments, which would take into account the interests of the country as well as investors. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Putin is not Hitler. His actions in Ukraine are horrific enough to need no exaggeration | Simon Jenkins

Keir Starmer has said we face the greatest threat to our national security since the cold war. Such hyperbole helps nobodyIs Vladimir Putin another Adolf Hitler? The western world seems to think so. In which case is Donald Trump another Neville Chamberlain and Ukraine another Czechoslovakia? Is history bunk, or is it a wise old man leaning on the gate as Europe storms into its latest crisis?Godwin’s law holds that the longer a political argument continues, the nearer it gets to Hitler. This reductio ad Hitlerum distorts the issue under discussion and diminishes the exceptional horror of Hitler and the Holocaust. A variant of Godwin’s law goes further. It asserts that having to call Hitler in aid means that you have already lost the argument.Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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