9 d. ago Was the beheading of this Tudor Queen the first death orchestrated by the Secret Service?

Kate Williams reveals how the Secret Service as we know it today, a murky world of 'codes, secret letters and infiltration', was born during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

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1 week ago ‘His buildings were always ready for their closeup’: how Terry Farrell’s postmodern exuberance conquered the world

From the ziggurats of the MI6 HQ to TV-am’s eggcups and a Hong Kong tower that featured on a banknote, Farrell strived to make uplifting architecture• ‘Nonconformist’ architect of MI6 building dies – news• Spies, eggcups and penthouses: Farrell’s best buildings – galleryTerry Farrell made his mark on London. All his buildings had a certain postmodernist swagger, but one of his most conspicuous (ironically, in view of its function) was the headquarters of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6, on the site of the former Vauxhall pleasure gardens.Completed in 1994, MI6 showed Farrell, who has died aged 87, in his postmodern pomp, energetically juggling historicist motifs to conjure a flamboyant, flesh-coloured fortress, replete with ziggurats and crenellations, dominating its Thames-side locale. Deyan Sudjic described MI6 as “an epitaph for the architecture of the 80s”, and its styling that which “could be interpreted equally plausibly as a Mayan temple or a piece o...

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1 week ago MI5 spy recruitment drive looks for people with one key talent

The MI5 secret service is on a recruitment drive to find people who can foil emerging terrorist attacks and keep Britain safe from serious threats of attack

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1 week ago ‘To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever

When Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were caught on mic talking about living for ever, it seemed straight out of a sci-fi fantasy. But for some death is no longer considered an inevitability Imagine you’re the leader of one of the most powerful nations in the world. You have everything you could want at your disposal: power, influence, money. But, the problem is, your time at the top is fleeting. I’m not talking about the prospect of a coup or a revolution, or even a democratic election: I’m talking about the thing even more certain in life than taxes. I’m talking about death.In early September, China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin were caught on mic talking about strategies to stay young. “With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted, and people can live younger and younger, and even achieve immortality,” Putin said via an interpreter to Xi. “There’s a chance,” he continued, “of also living to 150 [years old].” But is this even possib...

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1 week ago Trump's Secret Service place snipers in Ryder Cup crowd as bulletproof glass disregarded

The Orange Manbaby cheered on Team USA as they once again went head-to-head against old golfing rivals Europe. Donald Trump stepped out from bulletproof glass to hype up the crowd

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2 w. ago Secret Service probes escalator sabotage of Trump even as UN blames snafu on cameraman

The Secret Service is looking into whether the escalator Donald Trump rode at the United Nations was sabotaged, after the UN said his videographer likely tripped a safety switch.

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2 w. ago UN tries to blame TRUMP’S own team for stopping escalator as he & Melania boarded – sparking fury & Secret Service probe

TRUMP's escalator drama at the UN could have been caused by one of his own team, officials have said. The US President and First Lady Melania Trump were left stopped at the bottom of the moving starcase yesterday at the UN building in New York. It came before Trump delivered a scorched earth speech where...

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2 w. ago Secret Service probing if UN escalator was intentionally turned off as Trumps got on, Leavitt says

Trump and the first lady suffered an embarrassing moment when the escalator came to an abrupt stop as the couple stepped on ahead of the president’s address to the UN

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2 w. ago Secret Service in sabotage probe over Donald Trump UN escalator mishap

Donald Trump framed the embarrassing escalator failure as a metaphor for what he views as the incompetence of the United Nations but the Secret Service are now involved

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2 w. ago US Secret Service 'dismantles potential threat to world leaders' ahead of UN assembly

More than 300 SIM servers were found in New York

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2 w. ago Trump says Ukraine could regain all territory lost to Russia since 2022 invasion after meeting Zelenskyy at UN – live

US president’s social media post is one of strongest shows of support for Kyiv yetTrump says he believes Ukraine can regain all land lost to Russia since 2022 invasionTrump calls for nations to close borders and expel foreigners in UN speech: ‘Your countries are being ruined’Fact-check: Trump’s false and misleading claims during his UN addressWhile the Secret Service hasn’t confirmed that the telecommunications threat was targeting the United Nations general assembly, the agency said that the devices were “concentrated within 35 miles of the global meeting” and the investigation is ongoing.The Secret Service added that early forensic analysis of the deviced indicates “cellular communications between nation-state threat actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump says Nato countries should shoot down Russian aircraft entering their airspace – US politics live

US president’s comments come after series of drone incursions by Russian fighter jets; Trump also scolds European countries over migration Trump calls for nations to close borders and expel foreigners in UN speech: ‘Your countries are being ruined’Fact-check: Trump’s false and misleading claims during his UN addressWhile the Secret Service hasn’t confirmed that the telecommunications threat was targeting the United Nations general assembly, the agency said that the devices were “concentrated within 35 miles of the global meeting” and the investigation is ongoing.The Secret Service added that early forensic analysis of the deviced indicates “cellular communications between nation-state threat actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Secret Service smashes massive telecom ‘network’ threat to NYC cell service ahead of Trump’s United Nations address

The threats threat were ‘directed towards senior U.S. government officials,’ according to the Secret Service

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2 w. ago ‘Your countries are going to hell’: Trump attacks European leaders and United Nations in fiery general assembly speech – live

US president lambasts UN for lack of help in peace deals; Trump also scolds European migration and US allies that are supporting Palestinian statehoodSecret Service takes down network that could’ve crippled New York cell serviceWhile the Secret Service hasn’t confirmed that the telecommunications threat was targeting the United Nations general assembly, the agency said that the devices were “concentrated within 35 miles of the global meeting” and the investigation is ongoing.The Secret Service added that early forensic analysis of the deviced indicates “cellular communications between nation-state threat actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Secret Service swoops amid Donald Trump 'imminent threat' alert before UN speech

The service revealed it had identified an "imminent threat" to the US President as global leaders gather in the American city for the UN General Assembly.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump criticizes United Nations and touts his foreign policy in general assembly speech – live

US president lambasts UN for lack of help in finalizing peace deals after declaring America is in its ‘golden age’Secret Service takes down network that could’ve crippled New York cell serviceWhile the Secret Service hasn’t confirmed that the telecommunications threat was targeting the United Nations general assembly, the agency said that the devices were “concentrated within 35 miles of the global meeting” and the investigation is ongoing.The Secret Service added that early forensic analysis of the deviced indicates “cellular communications between nation-state threat actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump in 'imminent threat' alert as Secret Service forced to act at UN

The Secret Service said it had ' that it had uncovered and dismantled a covert, high-tech operation in the New York area which could have let gangs taken over the city

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2 w. ago Donald Trump 'imminent threat' alert before UN speech as Secret Service swoops

An imminent threat against Donald Trump has been stopped by the American Secret Service after more than 300 sim servers were found close to the UN in New York

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2 w. ago Secret Service takes down network that could have crippled New York cell service

US agency dismantled hidden telecom network that would have unleashed chaos ahead of UN general assemblyUS politics – live updatesWhile close to 150 world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the UN general assembly, the US Secret Service was quietly dismantling a massive hidden telecom network across the New York area – a system investigators say could have crippled cell towers, jammed 911 calls and flooded networks with chaos at the very moment the city was most vulnerable.The cache, made up of more than 300 Sim servers packed with over 100,000 sim cards and clustered within 35 miles (56km) of the United Nations, represents one of the most sweeping communications threats uncovered on US soil. Investigators warn the system could have blacked out cellular service in a city that relies on it not only for daily life but for emergency response and counter-terrorism. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Stockpile of devices capable of shutting down entire cell networks or conduct surveillance found near UN

The threats threat were ‘directed towards senior U.S. government officials,’ according to the Secret Service

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