18 h. ago Scale of bank fraud and money mules is 'so vast' it should be a national security threat, think tank warns

The scale of bank fraud and money mules across Britain is so vast it should be considered a national security threat, a leading think tank warns.

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27 h. ago IAN WILLIAMS: Ministers blinded by Beijing's cash cannot see their dangerous folly

The warning from America is stark: selling Thames Water, Britain's biggest water and sewage business, to a Chinese company would be a 'national security threat'.

Politics

41 h. ago US politicians warn Labour that selling Thames Water to a Chinese firm would be a 'national security threat'

Hong Kong 's CK Infrastructure Holdings (CKI) has emerged as a leading contender to take over debt-laden Thames Water.

Events

4 d. ago ‘I don’t expect to live a normal life’: how a Leeds teenager woke up with a Chinese bounty on her head

After speaking out about the suppression of Hong Kong’s protests, Chloe Cheung was targeted by Beijing, followed on the street and abused online. Yet she remains defiantIt was Christmas Eve 2024 and 19-year-old Chloe Cheung was lying in bed at home in Leeds when she found out the Chinese authorities had put a bounty on her head. As she scrolled through Instagram looking at festive songs, a stream of messages from old school friends started coming into her phone. Look at the news, they told her.Media outlets across east Asia were reporting that Cheung, who had just finished her A-levels, had been declared a threat to national security by officials in Hong Kong. There was an offer of HK$1m (£94,000) to anyone who could assist in her arrest or capture. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Soaring numbers of children skipping classes risks leaving 180,000 youngsters on the jobs scrapheap, think tank warns

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) said that, without intervention, the high rates of children bunking off school will translate into joblessness.

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1 week ago Some travelers to the US will have to pay $15,000 bonds for visa

Trump administration claims to be protecting U.S. from ‘clear national security threat posed by visa overstays and deficient screening and vetting’

Economics

1 week ago Chinese students at UK universities being 'pressured to spy on classmates', think tank report warns

The UK-China Transparency (UKCT) think tank suggested the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is monitoring discussions on British campuses via students.

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