4 h. ago Labour goes to war with CPS over China spying trial claiming officials warned of evidence's shortcomings almost two YEARS before it collapsed

Two Downing Street officials at the heart of the affair said they warned prosecutors that evidence would stop short of calling the Communist regime an 'enemy' of Britain in December 2023.

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29 h. ago Revealed: police across US spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats

Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files showAn unverified rumor that Venezuelan gang members were preparing to kill police officers spread like wildfire through US law enforcement agencies last year, internal records reveal, only for federal officials to later quietly acknowledge the claim was mistaken.The intelligence report, which appears to have first been disseminated by a local New Mexico police department in July 2024, suggested that the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang had directed its members to “fire on or attack” law enforcement. The vague assertion quickly traveled among law enforcement agencies. It even made its way into a formal proclamation by Texas governor Greg Abbott, and was repeated by Republican Congress members as evidence of the dangers of Venezuelan immigrants and Democrats’ border policies. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Prince Andrew 'will be told to give evidence' over paedophile Jeffrey Epstein relationship

Just days after announcing he would renounce his royal titles, Prince Andrew has now been warned that he will be called to give evidence against the late billionaire paedophile as part of an extensive investigation

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67 h. ago Labour's declaring war on the middle class, says JEFF PRESTRIDGE: This is what I'm doing to shelter myself

Slowly but surely, the Budget jigsaw is taking shape - and we now have a clearer picture of the Chancellor's direction of travel.

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3 d. ago Hermer and Jones summoned to public hearing on China spy case collapse

The Attorney General and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister have been asked to give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry next Tuesday.

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3 d. ago Top lawyers rounding on chief prosecutor over China spy case collapse rebuked

A CPS source says legal experts are entitled to offer an opinion ‘based on published documents and media reports’.

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6 d. ago DWP officials to be given power to view claimants' bank details under new law

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be given new powers to view the bank accounts of benefit claimants, under a bill making its way through Parliament

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7 d. ago Witness statement for China spy case was 'just 5 per cent short of being enough', CPS head claims

Pressure was building last night on the Director of Public Prosecutions to explain why the China spy case was dropped even though there was bombshell evidence against the accused.

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8 d. ago Starmer intervention in China spy case collapse would have been ‘absurd’ – No 10

The CPS dropped the case after deeming the evidence did not show China was a threat to national security.

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8 d. ago China is a national security threat to the UK, spy case official warned

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer facing questions after witness statements provided for the trial of two men who allegedly spied for China also say government is ‘committed to pursuing a positive relationship’ with Beijing

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8 d. ago Starmer faces more questions after publishing China spy case evidence

The CPS dropped the case after deeming the evidence did not show China was a threat to national security.

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8 d. ago No 10 publishes crucial witness statements in collapsed China spy case

Keir Starmer ordered the release of witness statements provided for the trial of two men who allegedly spied for China

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9 d. ago DWP issues warning to pensioners ahead of winter fuel payments

Fraudsters are sending text messages falsely claiming to be from government officials

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9 d. ago No10 and CPS 'at war' over China spying case as prosecutors deny blocking release of evidence about Beijing 'threat' that caused collapse

Prosecutors last night denied suggestions that they blocked the release of a witness statement made by a senior security official for the trial of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry.

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9 d. ago Starmer to face Commons grilling over China spy case as No 10 at odds with CPS

No 10 claimed the Crown Prosecution Service blocked it from publishing evidence vital to the case, something the prosecutors’ office denies.

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9 d. ago 'Trump is trying to blackmail Putin' after worrying weapons warning, claims Kremlin mouthpiece

Russian officials claim Donald Trump is trying to blackmail Vladimir Putin as the Russian war on Ukraine continues to rage and Trump has threatened to slap more sanctions on the country

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1 week ago Starmer praises official who submitted evidence in collapsed China spy case

The Prime Minister has not seen the witness statement provided to the Crown Prosecution Service by deputy national security adviser Matthew Collins.

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1 week ago Fury as Bridget Phillipson says CPS failed to properly prosecute China spy scandal and insists security chief has Starmer's full backing

The Education Secretary also claimed Keir Starmer has 'full confidence' in his beleaguered national security adviser Jonathan Powell.

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1 week ago ‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system

In the year’s most shocking documentary The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for helpWhen film-makers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman visited Alabama’s Easterling prison in 2019, they found a deceptively pleasant scene. Like Alabama’s 13 other prisons, Easterling largely prohibits media access, but allowed the documentarians to film its annual volunteer-run barbecue, a sunny day in which incarcerated men, most of them Black, ate fresh roasts to live music and sermons. On camera, men danced and smiled. But off camera, many more told a different story – horrific beatings, unreported stabbings, unimaginable violence swept under the rug and appalling conditions that “ain’t fit for human society”. Cries for help emerged from inside the sweltering, filthy dorms. When Jarecki approached the voices, a prison official shut down filming, claiming that it was unsafe for him to speak to the men without a police chaperone.“It was very clear that there were are...

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1 week ago China mega embassy decision ‘set to be delayed again’ amid spy case row

Sir Keir Starmer’s government has faced backlash following the collapse of a trial for alleged Chinese spies

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