13 h. ago BREAKING: Russia targeting UK military satellites in space 'every week' warns top general

The head of the UK Space Command Maj Gen Paul Tedman has revealed that Russia have been tracking UK satellites for some time, as he revealed the extent of Moscow's interference

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13 h. ago Russia persistently targeting British satellites, UK Space Command chief says

Maj Gen Paul Tedman says Moscow trying to disrupt UK’s military activities on ‘weekly’ basis and closely monitoring space assetsRussia is attempting to jam UK military satellites on a regular basis, according to the head of the UK Space Command.Speaking to the BBC, Maj Gen Paul Tedman said Russian forces were actively trying to disrupt UK-based military activities “weekly” and were closely monitoring the country’s space assets. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Space command boss warns Russia is targeting UK satellites on a ‘weekly’ basis

The UK and the US conducted their first co-ordinated satellite manoeuvre in space last month

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14 h. ago Russia targeting UK satellites on ‘weekly’ basis, UK Space Command boss says

The UK operates approximately six dedicated military satellites for communications and surveillance.

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51 h. ago UK government resumes row with Apple by demanding access to British users’ data

New access order by Home Office would seek access to the tech company’s encrypted cloud backupsThe UK government has renewed its confrontation with Apple over access to customer data by demanding a backdoor into the tech company’s cloud storage service – targeting British users only.The Home Office had previously sought access to data on Apple’s advanced data protection (ADP) service uploaded by any user around the world, triggering a clash with the White House. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Germany raises alarm over Russia tracking army satellites as war expands to space

Germany’s defence minister warned conflicts of the future ‘will be fought openly in orbit’ after Russia was accused of tracking satellites used by the German military

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8 d. ago Star wars nuke fears: Germany reveals two of Putin's spy satellites are 'chasing' its own military satellites and warns Russia may deploy nuclear weapons in space

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius warned on Thursday about the growing threat posed by Russian space activities.

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9 d. ago A trio of space weather satellites blast off together to study the sun's violent side

A cluster of space weather satellites has blasted off to cast fresh eyes on solar storms

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9 d. ago See this year's strongest storm from SPACE: Terrifying NASA satellite image shows Super Typhoon Ragasa as it barrels towards China with 177mph winds

A new NASA image shows Typhoon Ragasa as it appears from space - a 1,000-mile-wide mass of warm, moist air, swirling around a central point.

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2 w. ago Putin is increasingly carrying out attacks in SPACE, with Western satellites targeted by laser strikes and even Russian spacecraft 'sneaking up on them'

Russian attacks in space are becoming more common and the Western space chiefs are urging resilience against space espionage, laser strikes and other attacks.

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2 w. ago Enhanced Games targets British stars after signing US sprinter Fred Kerley

Controversial start-up reaches out to British athletesOlympic swimmer Ben Proud became first Briton to joinBritish athletes across multiple sports are being targeted by the Enhanced Games after US sprint star Fred Kerley became the biggest name yet to sign up for the controversial event.Kerley, the world 100m champion in 2022, said he was joining the Enhanced Games, which allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs that are banned in official events, to become the fastest man ever. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Death of TV looms as satellites floating in space will reach end of life in just 5 years

EXCLUSIVE: A major deadline is about to hit around six million Brits who use older Sky Q, Sky+HD or Freesat services to watch television, with no plan to fix it in place

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2 w. ago Soldiers disgraced British army in ‘unjustified’ use of force on Bloody Sunday, trial hears

Soldier F is charged with two murders and five attempted murdersSoldiers disgraced the British army by targeting unarmed civilians in an “unjustified” and “gratuitous” use of force on Bloody Sunday, the murder trial of an army veteran has heard.The shooting by the former paratrooper and his comrades was “unnecessary” and had a profound impact on Northern Ireland, a prosecutor told Belfast crown court on Monday at the opening of the long-awaited trial. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Gratuitous’ use of force on Bloody Sunday disgraced British army, trial told

Trial of former paratrooper Soldier F, charged with two murders and five attempted murders, begins in BelfastSoldiers disgraced the British army by targeting unarmed civilians in an “unjustified” and “gratuitous” use of force on Bloody Sunday, the murder trial of an army veteran has heard.The shooting by the former paratrooper and his comrades was “unnecessary” and had a profound impact on Northern Ireland, a prosecutor told Belfast crown court on Monday at the opening of the long-awaited trial. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer will meet Israeli president Isaac Herzog as MPs express ‘grave concern’ at the visit – UK politics live

The visit is seen as highly contentious amid the war in Gaza and Israel’s bombing of Qatar in a targeted strike aimed at Hamas officialsPeter Mandelson, the British ambassador to the US, has spoken at length about how he regrets “very, very deeply indeed” his past friendship with the billionaire paedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.After new evidence about the extent of that friendship came to light yesterday, Mandelson gave an interview to the Sun’s editor-at-large in the US, Harry Cole, accepting that the disclosures were “very embarrassing to see and to read”.I just feel two things now – one, I feel a tremendous sense, a profound sense of sympathy for those people, those women, who suffered as a result of his behaviour and his illegal criminal activities.Secondly, I regret very, very deeply indeed carrying on that association with him for far longer than I should have done I just would say this during all the time I was an associate of his, I never saw the wrongdoing. I neve...

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