90 m. ago ANDREW NEIL reveals his extraordinary phone call with top White House insider

As self-inflicted security breaches go, it was epic - the sort of blunder-cum-fiasco you'd expect if the Keystone Cops had been put in charge of the nation's military and intelligence services.

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4 h. ago 'Trump is on the rampage. It's not safe to talk': ANDREW NEIL reveals his extraordinary phone call with top White House insider... and why the war plans leak scandal confirms a terrible truth

As self-inflicted security breaches go, it was epic - the sort of blunder-cum-fiasco you'd expect if the Keystone Cops had been put in charge of the nation's military and intelligence services.

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4 h. ago Trump attacks The Atlantic editor and denies leaked chat contained classified war plans: Live updates

President facing suggests no punishment for security officials over blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to highly-sensitive Signal group chat by mistake

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8 h. ago Trump intelligence team grilled in Senate hearing after war plans revealed to journalist in group chat: Live

President facing calls to remove senior security officials over blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to highly-sensitive Signal group chat by mistake

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9 h. ago Russia and Ukraine agree to Black Sea ceasefire, US says – Europe live

White House says both sides agree to ‘ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes’A former head of Dutch cybersecurity has expressed his surprise at Donald Trump’s top team’s use of Signal for classified communications that revealed “visceral anti-European messaging”.Bart Groothuis, an MEP for the Dutch liberal VVD party, who used to run the cybersecurity bureau at the Dutch ministry of defence, said he was “a bit surprised” at the US government’s use of a commercial app for highly classified conversations. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Trump stands by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz after Signal text leak amid calls for resignation: Live

President facing calls to remove senior security officials over app blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to highly-sensitive group chat by mistake

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11 h. ago Trump stands by Mike Waltz after Signal text leak amid calls for resignation: Live

President facing calls to remove senior security officials over app blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to highly-sensitive group chat by mistake

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12 h. ago Resignation calls grow over Signal war plans text leak that has Trump administration under fire: Live

President facing calls to remove senior security officials over app blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to highly-sensitive Signal conversation by mistake

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12 h. ago White House security failure prompts calls for resignations – US politics live

Democratic national committee chair Ken Martin calls on defense secretary to resign; House speaker Mike Johnson signals support for Pete Hegseth and national security adviser Mike WaltzSignal leak reveals depths of Trump administration’s loathing of EuropeHierarchies and the human factor: key takeaways from US security leakThe leak of top US officials’ deliberations over planning for this month’s strikes on the Houthis in Yemen – revealed by a journalist who was accidentally invited to a chat group on the Signal messaging app – will be highly useful for hostile intelligence agencies.Read more on what the security blunder means for the Trump administration: Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Fury at ‘stunning’ security failure by top Trump officials after war plans accidentally shared with journalist – US politics live

Widespread condemnation after extraordinary breach of military intelligence While Signal is regarded as a secure encrypted chat service, its weakness is that phones on which it is installed can themselves be vulnerable.Among those aghast at the breach was the Democratic representative Pat Ryan, an army veteran who sits on the House armed services committee who described it using the second world war-era epithet “Fubar” – meaning “fucked up beyond all recognition”. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago US putting ‘unacceptable’ pressure on Greenland with planned trip by Trump officials, Danish PM says – Europe live

Mette Frederiksen says trip by Usha Vance, Mike Waltz and Chris Wright is ‘clearly not a visit that is about what Greenland needs or wants’A historic high of nearly three quarters of European citizens think their country benefits from EU membership, amid increasing geopolitical turbulence.According to the latest Eurobarometer survey, 74% of people think their country benefits from EU membership, the best result since this question was first asked in 1983, reflecting an increasingly positive mood since 2010 when the union was in the depths of the eurozone financial crisis. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Trump live updates: Hillary Clinton responds to secret war group chat leak – ‘You have got to be kidding me’

President facing calls to fire senior security officials over app blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to highly-sensitive Signal conversation by mistake

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15 h. ago Trump live updates: Hillary Clinton responds to Houthi bombing group chat leak – ‘You have got to be kidding me’

President facing calls to fire senior security officials over app blunder that saw Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added to Signal conversation by mistake

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17 h. ago Trump officials shared Yemen strike plans with journalist in massive group chat security blunder

The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg was invited to the app Signal group which included National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and Vice-President JD Vance

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27 h. ago Trump officials shared Yemen war plans with journalist in group chat

US President Trump told reporters on Monday: ‘I don’t know anything about it’

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3 w. ago Biden campaign was ‘gaslighting’ public with ‘denial’ about concerns over president’s age, insider says

Michael LaRosa admitted that such concerns, which became apparent during Joe Biden’s disastrous presidential debate with Donald Trump, were in fact shared by administration officials

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