78 m. ago PM's national security chief could be held in contempt of Parliament if he refuses to appear before committee over China spy scandal after Commons espionage case collapses

Jonathan Powell is facing calls to appear before Parliament to explain why charges were dropped against two British men accused of passing secrets to Beijing.

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6 h. ago Home secretary ‘very disappointed’ over collapse of China spy trial

Shabana Mahmood insisted there was no ministerial interference in the collapse of the case

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9 h. ago Starmer's national security chief Jonathan Powell 'must face MPs to explain collapse of China spying trial' amid claims Blairite insisted Beijing would NOT be classed as an 'enemy'

Jonathan Powell is reported to have made clear that the Government would classify Beijing as a 'challenge' rather than an 'enemy' of the UK in evidence for the case.

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11 h. ago Did Blairite national security chief spark collapse of China spying trial? Cabinet minister dodges questions over claims Jonathan Powell made clear Beijing would NOT be classed as an 'enemy'

Jonathan Powell is reported to have made clear that the Government would classify Beijing as a 'challenge' rather than an 'enemy' of the UK in evidence for the case.

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12 h. ago Did Blairite national security chief spark collapse of China spying trial? Cabinet minister dodges over claims Jonathan Powell made clear Beijing would NOT be classed as an 'enemy'

Jonathan Powell is reported to have made clear that the government would classify Beijing as a 'challenge' rather than an 'enemy' of the UK in evidence for the case.

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14 h. ago Home Secretary ‘disappointed’ at collapse of Chinese spying case

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry had denied the allegations, with the Official Secrets Act case dropped last month.

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26 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer facing questions over collapsed Chinese spy trial as it emerges 'top security advisor attended meetings that warned against calling China an enemy'

Sir Keir Starmer is facing hard questions over his government's role in the collapse of the trial involving allegations that a parliamentary assistant was spying for China.  

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48 h. ago Labour 'secretly sabotaged Chinese spy trial' after withdrawing star witness who had been set to label China an 'enemy' of Britain

Christopher Cash, 30, from Whitechapel, east London , and Christopher Berry, 33, of Witney, Oxfordshire, were each charged with the offence of spying under the Official Secrets Act.

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4 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Trump says ready for more Russia sanctions

US treasury secretary foreshadows oil tariffs in cooperation with Europe; Alaska meeting gave Putin the publicity he wanted, says Zelenskyy. What we know on day 1,293Asked by a reporter at the White House on Sunday if he was ready to move to “the second phase” of sanctions targeting Russia, Donald Trump responded: “Yeah, I am.” The US president stopped short of saying he was committed to such a decision or what a second phase might entail. The White House did not immediately respond to an email on Sunday asking what steps Trump was contemplating. Trump said on Sunday night that “certain European leaders are coming over to our country on Monday or Tuesday individually” and he would also speak to Vladimir Putin soon.The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said on Sunday that the US and the EU could put “secondary tariffs on the countries that buy Russian oil”, pushing the Russian economy to the brink of collapse and bringing Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table. China is a major ...

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