4 d. ago On the front line with the Ukrainian special forces famous for their SAS

Fierce combat with Ukrainian forces is taking place several miles inside Sumy, where the Russians last had a foothold in 2022 as they drove towards the capital Kyiv.

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6 d. ago Thousands sign petition seeking truth about Mull of Kintyre Chinook helicopter disaster

25 senior intelligence experts, as well as four special forces crew, were killed when an RAF Chinook ZD576 helicopter crashed in 1994

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7 d. ago Controversial actor Jussie Smollett returns to Fox in latest Special Forces cast

The ‘Empire’ actor’s hate crime hoax conviction was overturned last November

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8 d. ago Iran urges Taliban to reveal Afghan 'kill list' leaked by UK Government to hunt down MI6 spies

It comes after a leaked MoD database exposed the details of thousands of Afghan asylum seekers

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8 d. ago Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins fans fuming as two more stars say ‘I’m done’ and quit

The Special Forces on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins were left reeling as two more contestants decided to quit the show after struggling on the latest hiking challenge

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8 d. ago The huge cartel cocaine 'mother ships' that constantly circle Britain: Inside the cat and mouse battle on the high seas between drug lords and special forces

EXCLUSIVE: Police warn tens of millions of pounds worth of drugs are being trafficked into Britain using the tactic - and are urging coastal communities to be on high alert.

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8 d. ago Iran 'asks Taliban for spy kill list' to exploit Britain's lost database exposing MI6 spies and special forces

Iran is plotting with the Taliban to exploit a lost database that exposed details of MI6 spies and UK Special Forces, it was claimed last night.

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3 w. ago Afghan troops whose personal details were leaked may be in line for a £20,000 payout, sources say

Al Carns staged talks with former Special Forces soldiers (pictured, file photo) on Saturday before formal negotiations around payouts begin.

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3 w. ago This fiasco didn’t start when Britain leaked Afghans’ names, but when we invaded their country | Simon Jenkins

Even after Tony Blair’s bungled war, UK leaders still yearned to dominate the world stage. With the lifting of the superinjunction, we can all see where that has ledWhat odds on a public inquiry into the Afghan superinjunction? Gold-plated, judge-led, three years of fun and games, that is how British politics normally kicks an embarrassment into the long grass. And what odds on who will get off scot free – Tony Blair?The more we pick away at the stages of this fiasco, the more from the start one blunder seemed to follow inevitably from another. There was no reason for the British invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. If the US wanted revenge on the Kabul regime for harbouring al-Qaida after 9/11, it could have done what Donald Trump did last month to Iran. A savage retaliatory blow against the country’s rulers would have made the point.Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'We saved lives,' says Grant Shapps in defence of super injunction on leaked list of SAS, MI6 and Afghan names

‘There are times where you simply have to act in the most maximalist way in order to stop people from being murdered and executed,’ said the former Defence Secretary

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3 w. ago 'We saved lives,' says Grant Shapps in defence of super injunction on leaked list of Afghan, MI6 and SAS names

‘There are times where you simply have to act in the most maximalist way in order to stop people from being murdered and executed,’ said the former Defence Secretary

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3 w. ago Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – UK politics live

Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’Good morning and welcome to our coverage of UK politics. We’re now in recess but we’ll still be bringing you all the news from across the country including continued reaction to the suspension of Diane Abbott.This morning, a minister has denied the veteran MP’s assertion that “it is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out”.That’s absolutely not the case.What’s happened is Diane has made some comments which come on the back of previous comments which she made and for which she apologised some time ago.The details of more than 100 Britons, including spies and special forces personnel, were included in a massive data leak that resulted in thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK.The voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system.Labour significantly outspent the Conservatives...

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3 w. ago British spies and special forces identities exposed in Afghan data leak

British media reports say a major data leak has exposed the identities of U.K. spies and special forces

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3 w. ago UK special forces, MI6 spies and British MPs were on Afghan database that was lost by Government that obtained super

So that's why ministers wanted to hush it up: secret database the Government lost contained details of more than 100 British operatives as well as the 18,800 Afghans, defence sources revealed

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3 w. ago British spies and special forces soldiers exposed in Afghan data breach

More than 100 names of British government personnel were also exposed by the leak

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3 w. ago Details of Brits including spies and special forces included in Afghan data leak

The details of MI6 spies, SAS and special forces personnel were leaked along with the personal information of nearly 19,000 people who applied for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy

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3 w. ago More than 100 Britons’ details in leaked Afghan dataset, including spies and SAS

Defence sources have said that details of MI6 spies, SAS and special forces personnel were included in the spreadsheet.

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3 w. ago MI6 operatives and UK special forces named in leaked Afghan database

Personal data of British officials was recorded in case notes of Afghans they were sponsoring for relocation to UK

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3 w. ago British spies and special forces soldiers had data leaked in Afghan breach

More than 100 names of British government personnel were also exposed by the leak

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3 w. ago Defence Secretary Healey disclosed details of secret Afghan database to Parliament

The Press were gagged by a new injunction earlier this week from revealing information sensitive to national security from the dataset of Afghans that put 100,000 'at risk of death'.

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