9 h. ago SAS hero says UK 'can't trust' the US with secrets after Trump war plan leak

Ex-22 SAS Staff Sergeant Chris Ryan believes the major security blunder could put Brits and American spies at risk after war plans were leaked on a messaging app

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13 h. ago David Dimbleby’s hugely compelling history of capitalism: best podcasts of the week

The seasoned pro brings us a slick new listen. Plus, Paris Hilton produces a rare story of social media being used for goodDavid Dimbleby takes on the history of capitalism. It’s a slick listen that opens in a barrage of air raid sirens and rumbling aircraft engines as Anthony Fisher watches his brother die while they both fly planes during the second world war – before going on to found the free-market thinktank the Institute of Economic Affairs. The half-hour episodes don’t allow for deep dives but are as hugely listenable as anything featuring its host’s voice is. Alexi DugginsBBC Sounds, episodes weekly Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Goldberg dismisses Waltz’s Signal leak defense: ‘Numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones’

Atlantic editor says Trump adviser’s defense for accidentally adding him to war plans chat was implausibleAtlantic magazine editor Jeffrey Goldberg has dismissed the explanation offered by national security adviser Mike Waltz for how he was included in a Trump administration group text chat about – and in advance of – the recent bombing of Houthi rebels in Yemen.Goldberg said Waltz’s theory that his contact was “sucked in” to his phone via “somebody else’s contact” was implausible. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Former SAS hero says Britain 'can't trust' the United States with top secret intelligence after 'moronic' war plan leak

Chris Ryan feared the lives of British and American spies could be at risk following the extraordinary security blunder by senior US officials - and warned similar failures would likely happen under Trump

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49 h. ago Hollywood star sparks huge neighbour war with plans to demolish 200

The star is planning to bulldoze the 200-year-old home after his proposal to revamp and expand it were refused last year by the council.

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3 d. ago Kimmel on ‘Signalgate’: ‘A perfect storm of incompetence, inexperience, dishonesty and hypocrisy’

Late-night hosts discuss JD Vance’s trip Greenland and official efforts to downplay sending war plans to a journalistLate-night hosts talked the Trump administration’s attempts to deflect from the Signal group chat leak, Mike Waltz’s public Venmo and JD Vance’s unwanted visit to Greenland. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump threatens to unleash new global nuclear arms race with his team's 'incredibly damaging' rhetoric towards America's allies, defence expert Patrick Turner claims on new Mail podcast

Turner is a tech editor and former colleague of Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist embroiled in the signal 'war plan' leak scandal. Listen to his interview on Mail podcast Apocalypse Now?

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3 d. ago Kim Jong Un inflames WW3 tensions as he shows off new war plane capable of 'wiping out' enemies

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has been pictured inspecting the country's new Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) war plane as it soars through the sky

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3 d. ago Leaked White House group chat detailing war plans put RAF pilots at risk, former military boss says

A British Voyager plane was reportedly used to refuel American jets defending the aircraft carrier that launched the strikes on March 15, killing more than 50 people.

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3 d. ago Signal 'war plan' leak shows that Trump's team is willing to 'play fast and loose' with the lives of American soldiers, former Obama diplomat Brett Bruen tells new Mail podcast

Former Obama White House staffer weighed in on the handling of the Signal 'war plan' leak by the Trump administration on new Mail podcast - Apocalypse Now?

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4 d. ago Fox News star eviscerates Trump officials’ Signalgate excuses: ‘FAR MORE sensitive’ than ‘war plans’

‘This kind of real time operational information is more sensitive than ‘war plans,’ which makes this lapse more egregious, according to two former senior US defense officials,’ Jennifer Griffin reported on Wednesday

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4 d. ago Trump live updates: President plans to intensify global trade war with 25 percent tariff on imported autos

President insists move will boost American auto manufacturing but experts fear it could hit consumers

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4 d. ago The Team Trump big beast who could end up being 'fall guy' for leaked war plans fiasco

Someone's going to have to take the blame for the Signal war plans fiasco.

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer 'walking a perilous tightrope' as Donald Trump situation 'could explode in his face'

War plans were leaked to the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic magazine in a Signal messaging app chat - but the UK Government hasn't strongly condemned the glaring security lapse

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4 d. ago Trump threatens higher tariffs on EU and Canada as UK says it won’t escalate trade war – live

US president threaten ‘large scale tariffs, far larger than currently planned’ if EU works with Canada amid trade war concernsTop aides to Joe Biden “aggressively” warned Democratic donors last summer that if the then president was forced out of the 2024 election over concerns about his age and fitness, the party would inevitably make the “mistake” of running the vice-president, Kamala Harris, against Donald Trump, a new book says.“One donor on the receiving end of an electronic message summed up the sentiments of Biden’s top aides: ‘They were aggressively saying that we would wind up with the vice-president and that would be a mistake.’” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Donald Trump faces 'massive loss of authority' after 'total lies' in leaked war messages scandal

The Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was minding his own business when he received an invite into a Signal messaging chat where secret war plans were being discussed by the key players in Donald Trump's team

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4 d. ago Unearthed photo of Trump security advisor Mike Waltz demolishes major claim about war plan leak scandal

A photo has been published that pokes holes into Mike Waltz's explanation for Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg being allowed into a White House group chat.

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4 d. ago Putin mouthpieces mock Trump's team over leak – and 'want to get in' another chat

The Trump administration was plunged into crisis after Signal chat messages discussing war plans were accidentally shared with a journalist - and now Putin's propagandists have weighed in

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4 d. ago Top Trump officials have private data and passwords leaked in stunning security breach following war plan debacle

Most of the numbers and email addresses were still in use and actively sending and receiving as recently as a few days ago.

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4 d. ago Inside Trump's rage at 'stupid' top national security aide as he battles 'embarrassing' leaked war plans texts

President Donald Trump lauded National Security Advisor Michael Waltz as a 'good man' who will continue to do a 'good job' during an event at the White House on Tuesday.

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