Research concludes it ‘was probable’ that Menwith Hill was used to assist in the controversial assassinationCampaigners have called on ministers to explain whether the secretive Menwith Hill intelligence base in Yorkshire is involved in recent drone st…
Covid and Afghanistan ‘reveal weakness of UK’s security policy’
Cross-party MPs and peers say the response to the two crises has exposed system as inadequateThe rapid fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and the response to the Covid-19 pandemic have revealed “serious weaknesses” in the government’s approach to deali…
Tech firms not doing enough to fight terrorism, says Met police chief
Cressida Dick calls for more action to stop online radicalisation and questions push towards end-to-end encryptionThe UK most senior police officer has accused technology firms of failing to identify, monitor and report the activity of terrorists, in a…
The lesson we failed to learn from 9/11: peace is impossible if we don’t talk to our enemies | Jonathan Powell
We should have engaged with the Taliban 20 years ago, but we thought the winner takes all. It undermined our own armed forcesJonathan Powell was Tony Blair’s chief of staff from 1995 to 2007The fall of Kabul 20 years after 9/11 represents not just the …
The white supremacist student sentenced to read Austen and Dickens fits a grim pattern | Gaby Hinsliff
Young, angry men are falling down a rabbit hole of online radicalisation. The isolation of Covid will only make this worseRead a book, as the old saying goes, and it will set you free. But even the power of literature surely has its limits, and this we…
UK wrestles with effects of Taliban rule on terror, drugs and aid
Analysis: whether Britain should recognise Afghanistan’s new regime, and how soon, is a fraught question for officialsWith the Taliban now firmly in control of most of Afghanistan, British government figures have been wrestling with what that means for…
UK police involved in Berlin embassy spy case for ‘number of months’
Arrest of David Smith, 57, on suspicion of spying for Russia prompts calls for review of embassy contractorsBritish police have been involved in the case of a British embassy employee arrested in Germany on suspicion of spying for Russia for “a number …
‘Old-style espionage’: Briton’s arrest feels like cold war throwback
Analysis: eastern bloc spy agencies historically would target western staff in junior rolesGerman police arrest Briton on suspicion of spying for RussiaThe arrest of a British citizen in Berlin for allegedly spying for the Russians has a distinctly col…
Afghanistan could become terrorist base again, UK general warns
Sir Richard Barrons says withdrawal of western troops a ‘strategic mistake’ as Taliban make territorial gainsAfghanistan could once again become a base for international terrorism, according to a former senior UK military commander who has described th…
Omagh still united in grief but fractured by search for justice
Court ruling on 1998 bombing shows how town is divided over whether to push for a public inquiryAmid the unfathomable grief unleashed by the Omagh bomb – the single worst atrocity of the Troubles – the bereaved and injured found purpose, even comfort, …