The arrests near RAF Fairford raise questions extending far beyond the five men detained. While claims of Iranian involvement remain unconfirmed and have been rejected by Tehran, the episode exposes a striking
Britain carried out a covert, systematic effort to destroy or conceal evidence of colonial-era atrocities as its empire moved toward independence in the 1950s, according to historical records and court findings that
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British defence officials have revealed that Russian submarines are being deployed alongside the Moscow-based spy vessel Yantar to monitor and potentially sabotage critical undersea infrastructure near the UK, according to a report
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The United Kingdom recorded its highest-ever arms exports in 2025, with overseas shipments of defense goods reaching £20 billion, according to figures released by the British Ministry of Defence. The total marks
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The United Kingdom is on track to overtake Japan and become the world’s fifth-largest economy by the end of the next decade, according to new long-term forecasts that point to a gradual
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More than half of British businesses say they are struggling to grow sales in Europe as trade frictions worsen, highlighting mounting concerns over the effectiveness of the UK’s post-Brexit trading arrangements. Research
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A man abandoned as a newborn in wartime London has been reunited with his long-lost half-brother more than eight decades later, after a chance DNA test given as a Christmas gift revealed
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The UK government on Thursday imposed sanctions on three smaller Russian oil producers—Tatneft PJSC, Russneft PJSC and NNK PJSC—as Western nations continue efforts to limit Russia’s energy revenues while a US-brokered peace
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In her first public address as head of MI6, Blaise Metreweli offered a sweeping and detailed vision for the future of Britain’s foreign intelligence service, drawing on her decades-long career in espionage
More Legal services revenue in the United Kingdom has surged by 65 per cent over the past ten years, with income from British lawyers increasing more than 10 per cent in just the
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The UK has launched a new spy agency, Military Intelligence Services (MIS), to confront a sharp rise in espionage and sabotage targeting armed forces personnel and Ministry of Defence staff, Times UK
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) issued a stark warning today, stating that a new bilateral agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius over the Chagos Archipelago threatens
More A sweeping legal battle in London has exposed what authorities describe as one of the most audacious people-smuggling operations to infiltrate Britain in decades — allegedly masterminded by two Iraqi-Kurdish men who
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A sweeping new analysis has exposed the scale at which British universities have been drawn into China’s strategic effort to harvest overseas research, with more than 8,000 joint scientific papers linking UK
More A Kenyan parliamentary inquiry has accused British soldiers stationed in the country of engaging in widespread sexual misconduct and causing environmental damage, warning that the behaviour of the forces has led to
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A sanctioned Russian-Israeli billionaire is suing the British government in a high-stakes international arbitration case, challenging measures imposed on him after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Mikhail Fridman, co-founder of Alfa-Bank and
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