7 h. 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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9 h. 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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27 h. 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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28 h. 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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29 h. ago Former Trump adviser John Bolton indicted by justice department

Former national security adviser was charged with 18 counts of mishandling classified documentsUS politics live – latest updatesA federal grand jury has indicted John Bolton, the former national security adviser in Donald Trump’s first term, on charges of mishandling and transmitting classified information.The indictment, filed in Maryland, appears to ultimately have been signed off on from career prosecutors in the US attorney’s office there despite initial reluctance to bring a case before the end of the year. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton indicted by DoJ

Move is latest by justice department against US president’s critics

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33 h. ago The Guardian view on UK national security: a case of state failure | Editorial

This week’s partisan blame game is the wrong response to the collapse of the alleged Chinese spying case. The failure of governance runs deeperThe China spying row has revealed disturbing weaknesses in the processes of the UK state. It cannot be in the national interest for a case involving national security to get so close to the courts and then for it to be abandoned in what remain mysterious circumstances. Public confidence, as well as security itself, are inevitably placed at risk. But this genuinely important issue now risks being blanketed by the fog of the party-political battle at Westminster.For the third time this week, MPs spent Thursday trading accusations about whether the Conservatives or Labour are more to blame for the fiasco of last month’s collapsed prosecution. To be fair, the latest exchanges did not descend to the abject “did-didn’t” level that was reached at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday. Politicians from Sir Keir Starmer...

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34 h. ago MI5 thwarted China attack in past week, chief reveals as he warns Beijing presents daily threat to UK security

Sir Ken McCallum admitted he was ‘frustrated’ over spy case collapse as CPS faces further questions over failure to prosecute

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35 h. ago Prosecutors expected to ask grand jury to indict Trump critic John Bolton

Potential move against ex-national security adviser comes amid effort to prosecute president’s political enemiesFederal prosecutors are expected to ask a grand jury on Thursday afternoon to indict John Bolton, the former national security adviser in Donald Trump’s first term, according to Bloomberg and Reuters.Details of what prosecutors in the US attorney’s office in Maryland will seek remains unknown, but previous case activity, including the search warrant for Bolton’s home, has pointed at charges related to mishandling classified information. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Decision on China super embassy in London delayed for second time amid spy row

A ruling on the controversial plans has been pushed back amid concerns over national security

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35 h. ago MI5 chief ‘frustrated’ by China spy case as No 10 defends Starmer’s approach

Sir Ken McCallum warned ‘Chinese state actors’ present a national security threat to the UK ‘every day’.

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36 h. ago MI5 thwarted China attack in past week, chief reveals as he says Beijing presents daily threat to UK security

Sir Ken McCallum also admits frustration over spy case collapse as CPS faces further questions over failure to prosecute

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37 h. ago China attacks UK efforts to ‘smear and defame’ it over spy case

MI5 says Chinese ‘state actors’ regularly present threats to UK national security

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37 h. ago MI5 chief says Chinese spies pose threat to UK national security 'every day'

Sir Ken McCallum says UK needs to ‘defend itself resolutely’ against Beijing amid row over alleged spying at Westminster

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38 h. ago MI5 fought another China spy threat in past week, agency boss says

Sir Ken McCallum also said he was ‘frustrated’ by the collapse of the Westminster spying trial

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38 h. ago MI5 thwarted Chinese plot to attack Britain's national security last week as spy chief says UK 'needs to up its game' against outside threats

Sir Ken McCallum vowed that he would 'never back off from confronting threats to the UK' after a critical espionage case collapsed when Government refused to describe Beijing as Britain's enemy.

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38 h. ago MI5 chief ‘frustrated’ at failure to put men accused of spying for China on trial

Ken McCallum, the domestic spy chief, says he will ‘never back off’ from confronting threats from BeijingUK politics live – latest updatesThe MI5 director general, Ken McCallum, has acknowledged his frustration at the failure to put on trial two Britons who had been accused of spying for China, in an apparent rebuke to prosecutors who dropped the high-profile case last month.The domestic spy chief insisted he would “never back off” from confronting threats from Beijing, which he said posed a national security threat “every day”, although the wider UK-China relationship was a matter for the government. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago UK borders chief warns of surge in Channel migrants from southern Africa and 'significant violence' against police

Martin Hewitt, the Border Security Commander, said there had been 'quite a shift' in the nationalities of people who are coming to Britain on small boats.

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39 h. 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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43 h. ago China spy case row: Pressure mounts on Keir Starmer as witness statements are revealed

In the statements, deputy national security adviser Matt Collins called China ‘the biggest state-based threat to the UK’s economic security’

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